sc0rched earth calls for cease fire - fade fighting over

"The fighting is over. Sc0rched is pulling out." Said Elrac of sc0rched earth.  

Elarc also went on to say, "Thanks to MH and G-Fed for low/no smack and some fun fights. Isk loss wise fight was about even, with us losing more ships and towers, but the two cap kills evened it out. Thanks to Sc0rched pilots for their dedication and participation. "   It looks like the Northern Coalition is starting to shape up into one mean fighting force.  With the addition of TCF into their mix, and the repel of the Band of Brothers Alliance in their recent attack on Northern Coalition space, is there anyone that can stop them?  Time will tell.

Mostly Harmless/GFed Take L-C Station

Mostly Harmless and GFed have engaged in fleet battles against sc0rched earth and managed to take control of the L-C Station in Fade.  Stay tuned for more reports as this battle drags on.  Sc0rched Earth seems to be putting up a fight, but as Morsus Mihi capitals and super capitals come into play, it will soon turn into a numbers game.

South On Fire: AAA Vs. Goonswarm: Battle Report - 12/25/2008

This is a translation of a battle report written by one of AAA commanders. There could be few inaccuracies, but I've tried to stay as close to the original text as possible. The battle report describes events, that occured on the morning of 25.12 in C9N System. 

We received information, that the last Goonswarm POS in the system was coming out of reinforced at 4:00 EVE time, obviously set to come out deep in US Prime Time. A certain number of people got a request to wake up a little early. Most of the American members of -A- were also involved in this op. 

Approximately 5 minutes before the POS was exiting reinforced mode, it became evident, that Goonswarm was logging in their capitals and was planning to defend it. Since the sovereignty in the system is SE(1) and they couldn't online a cynojammer, the top commanders of SE\AAA\ROL decided to use this opportunity to destroy Goonswarm capital fleet. The planning of the op was thorough and the main stages of the plan were carried out well. 

1) SE warped their 25 capitals near the Goon POS Shields and sieged their dreads. 
2) Goonswarm regrouped their dreads, they had around 40 capitals with 31+ dreadnaughts. 
3) Goonswarm lit a cyno about 150 km away from SE dreads, however that tactic was not new to SE, who had easily countered it (I cannot disclose details on that without permission of their alliance) 
4) Goonswarm entered their dread fleet in the system, at the same time -A- hictor was already in warp to 0km of the enemy cyno. 
5) Goonswarm dreadnoughts entered siege mode and started their fight with SE. Almost at the same instant -A- hictor came out of warp on top of Goonswarm dreads, lit his own cyno and activated hictor bubble. AAA and ROL dreads entered the system, they had around 40 capitals, which immediately started to focus fire the enemy. 

The aftermath of the initial capital battle were 21 dreads lost for Goonswarm, 6 dreads for AAA, 2 for ROL. A good number of Goon capitals were able to get out, because -A- couldn't remote rep their hictor with bubble activated. Also due to a timezone difference AAA\SE\ROL were severely lacking in support fleet. Nevertheless Goonswarm fleet successfully countered their own advantage by partially bubbling friendly capitals, that were not in siege and trying to get out. Goonswarm ran out of capitals on the field and SE capitals finished off GS POS. However the amount of Goonswarm support on field was overpowering, which left most of AAA\SE\ROL dreads bubbled and under enemy battleship focus fire. 

SE rewarped their capitals closer to AAA\ROL, then another battle ensued for about an hour between a Capital fleet vs BS + support fleet. In the end Goonswarm ran out of dictors and the capital gang warped to another POS in the system, leaving one dreadnought tackled, who was beyond remote rep range and doomed in any case. However not all capitals entered the POS password, many were disconnected, desynced, had to relog and etc. A part of the capital fleet was stuck 10km out of the shields. In addition to that because of the gang warp, many of them were bumped out even further. Goonswarm made its move then and warped their entire fleet to SE Deathstar. They managed to kill one dread quickly, then a cyno lit up and the first -A- Titan entered the system. DD killed about 35 Goonswarm ships. I have to note for truth's sake that it was a minor miscalculation by -A- because their Titan Fleet was not assembled beforehand within jump range of C9N. Titans were getting in position during the course of battle against enemy support ships on destroyed GS Pos. Otherwise they could have been used to provide a cover for the capital gang warp. However even after DD not all capitals were able to utilize the clear field and Goonswarm fleet returned to the SE Deathstar. I also have to note here that during this entire time Goonswarm BS fleet was suffering considerable losses from the POS gunfire. Goonswarm's primary target was a Revelation stuck 100km away from the shields. He had entered siege mode and was trying to tank the damage, SE POS gunners continued to clear the field of enemy battleships. When it became obvious that Revelation tank will not hold and he began to enter structure, the second -A- titan entered the system and DDed the field. 

However that appeared to be the biggest mistake on AAA's part all morning. The cyno was placed incorrectly (mildly speaking). It was set too close to the POS shields and modules, the end result was -A- titan had to align for a very long time due to the shield bump and ended up being bubbled by 2 Goonswarm dictors. He destroyed them along with their warp disrupt probes utilizing his smartbombs (have to give the pilot what is due for his cold demeanor in that situation). The rest of -A- titans were preparing to enter the field to rescue their alliance mate. At the same time arriving Goonswarm hictors were being killed by the carriers who drifted out of the shields along with POS gunner's fire .... and then... Goonswarm lit up another cyno 150 km out, dreadnoughts begin to enter the system, 5 managed to jump through before the cyno ship was killed. Seconds later -A- titan finally managed to warp off (causing a state of euphoria and relief in all ranks). Goonswarm dreads were approached by tacklers, SE\ROL\AAA dreads drifted out of the shields and were getting ready to enter siege. Two dreads ended up being tackled and killed, Goonswarm support was still under heavy POS fire, all AAA\SE\ROL capitals were finally safe and a call was passed on TS for the end of the night.(Source: Dekanor SHC) - 

Killboard Link: http://killboard.goonfleet.com/battles/934