Kourmonen – The Bleak Lands. In a battle involving a most unlikely fleet, it took the combined efforts of Minmatar Republic militia ships and the Amarr Empire militia forces to break a Wildly Inappropriate [WI] stargate camp.

“The Wildly Inappropriate forces were spotted [engaging] some of the Amarr Militia…” states the joint force fleet commander, Predator Elite, “…we also noticed they were [engaged with] the Minmatar pilots as well.” It was at that point Flyinghotpocket, a member of Filthy Franchise [N4STY] and a member of the Minmatar Militia, is credited with arranging a treaty with the Amarrian fleet.

Although not common, these impromptu ‘cease-fire’ situations do occur when warranted. When asked if the contact from the Republic forces was a surprise, Predator Elite – member of Core Impulse and FC for the Amarr Militia – states, “[I was] not really surprised because there were times before when we were fighting that a pirate gang would jump on us and we all would stop fighting and kill off the pirates…so I was ok with it.” Missy Lorelai, a member of N4STY, echoes that statement, “As of late, some 0.0 pirate corps have been engaging both sides during conflict or pirating plexes or missions.” but she quickly qualifies, “…we only work with one FC with Treaties…Predator Elite.”

The most recent ‘Treaty’ lasted approx twenty minutes while the combined militia fleet held the field against the Wildly Inappropriate camp. No occurances of friendly-fire were reported, and after looting the field, each fleet went their own way. It must also be reported that these two fleets engaged each other later in the evening, with the Amarr Empire forces holding the field.

This is yet another instance of the level of organization that it appears the militias are undergoing to become more competitive against some of the more powerful Alliances. When asked about how the militias are evolving, Wolfduke, a member of Wildly Inappropriate and former Venge Captain for the Republic, states, “It was great to finally see some coordination in their forces,” he adds, “Even though it involved siding with the devil…in their case.” Wolfduke noted that it was only afterwards he heard that the two militias had called for a cease-fire to fight them. But, while he is “far too devoted to [Wildly Inappropriate] to change allegiances”, he was proud to see how the fleets have evolved from being “poor quality and not focused at all.”

Although the two militias remain bitter enemies, they have proven that it would be unwise to get between them while they are fighting.

GalNet References

Battle Details

Hare, Solitude – IT Alliance’s campaign against Cloud Ring residents has met with resistance in Solitude, forcing IT to withdraw from a recent engagement in the Hare system.

Three days ago IT alliance started to reinforce towers belonging to Ev0ke, Dead Terrorists and Cry Havoc. in Syndicate and the nearby low security systems. The events began to unfold when IT formed their attack fleet in 6-CZ49, Syndicate. “[We] Tried to catch their fleet staging out from there, but we missed that…” Hoxothul from Cry Havoc. explained. The IT fleet headed towards Hare, intending to reinforce one of Cry Havocs Towers. Cry Havoc and their allies rushed to defend the tower, mainly in battlecruisers. When they jumped into the system, the IT support fleet came out of warp on the gate and spatial anomalies began to haunt the system.

In an attempt to help their support, the rest of the IT Alliance fleet rallied to the gate leaving a single Revelation dreadnaught behind that became the focus of the Cloud Ring residents. “Their full fleet fell on me, [I] had to go into siege to try [to] survive [until] some help arrives. [It] didn´t work.” WanHungLo, the unlucky dreadnaught pilot remarked. His fleet did come back in an effort to rescue him, but they were too late.

During the battle, many ships were destroyed on both sides of the conflict. While Cry Havoc. and their allies lost mostly tech 1 battlecruisers, IT suffered the loss of several more valuable tech 2 ships. After two hours of fighting, IT Alliance withdrew from the field. “…with the destruction of MinigDude, the opponents fleetcommander it all came to an end.” Bob McFix from Ev0ke stated.

Asked why they started their campaign in the first place, Klezz from IT Alliance explained: “The pilots of IT were getting fat bored and lazy… we are mostly searching for fights, and take the highends as a bonus…”

Commenting on the situation, Ev0ke diplomat TSS1 stated: “No human being gets this. We aren’t allies, but we have a common enemy: The NC”

Interstellar Correspondents will continue to follow the course of this conflict.

GalNet References

Cry Havoc. Killboard
Ev0ke Killboard
IT Alliance Killboard
Evekill Killboard

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