Intergalactic Summit

I wish your faction navy (and CONCORD) would allow me that deep into Amarr Territory. I would have happily assisted the Drifters...

Drifters are a force, similar to a star going super nova or a shower of asteroids.
We can not strike fear into their hearts.
We must destroy them, erradiate their existance, wipe the air from a planet to remove the hurricanes and we must do it decisively for they use our fallen to rebuild their numbers.

Old Earth stories speak of zombies, well these Drifters are mechanical puppet zombies.

While I mourn all those brave souls lost on TES Impavidus, I'm proud that Hawkwoods yet again served our Holy Empire and, by His Will and our blazing lasers, we participated in this great victory.

This is indeed a very interesting point, they must be to busy waving their little sticks around and playing god to have noticed the hostile and highly dangerous fleet of 100 highly technologically advanced vessels fly right past them, and yet if I tried in a single vessel I'm sure they would notice right away.

CONCORD clearly do not care for the stability of the cluster nor the notion of peace as they were originally founded to do, albeit they are far more concerned with stifling research and making zealous threats to a degree that their more fanatical then the Blood Raiders are.

It was hard to discern in the melee of battle, but some present said it was akin to the great super weapon the Empress used. I'm not a student of history but others could correct me, she used it in the same location against the Elders. Others thought is was the Drifters super weapons. However after it fired the shield integrity of the Drifters seemed significantly compromised. It only fired the once. Just before the Admiral's ship was destroyed by the Drifters.

It is widely now regarded that the Amarrian Navy remains a significant threat to the drifters because of this unknown weapon.

Interesting. To my understanding, the Empress's weapon was described to be a Blue-white ball of plasma, with arching electric currents' or something to that effect. It was said to hit one ship and spread outward. This sounds a little different, but if the shields of the Drifters were significantly weakened after this effect It does indeed sound like a weapon.

If any Capsuleer has camera drone footage of this event (specifically the weapon effect) I would be most interested in analyzing it.

I don't believe I was on the field to witness the "blinding flashes of light", but I will check my footage again to make sure.

Regardless, you are correct - The Isogen-5 Abbadon was, essentially, a giant ship-sized weapon - that was its sole function. Upon firing, there was reportedly a blinding white (or blue-white) beam emitted from the front of the ship, and as it hit its first target, it arced between most/all of the ships in the Elder fleet. The weapon was so strong it crippled the Abbadon around which it was built, with (now Empress) Jamyl exhausted afterward; most, if not all, of the Abbadon's crew were killed.

However, more interesting is what the original superweapon reportedly did - it caused the shields of the affected ships to begin pushing back against the ship, essentially crushing them with the force of their own shields.

And now we have reports of a blinding white-blue flash, and Drifter battleships, known for their incredibly strong double shield defenses, seem to be easier to break. Hmm...

Not to mention, the Drifters' own "Mini-Doomsday" beam is also a blue-white beam, emitted from the front of the ship, unlike any other weapon we've seen before ... Well, except for one.

OOC: This is based on the Empyrean Age novel, but please correct me if my memory/facts are skewed here...

Praise to the victors!

Honor to the fallen!

The might of the righteous is forever unyielding.

Amarr Victor!

Interesting theory, some kind of residue from the initial weapon firing effectively shorting out the Drifter shield systems.

From what we've witnessed so far I think the Amarr need to prepare for further attacks, I doubt very much that the 100 battleships was the entire Drifter battle fleet. Considering how they have learned and adapted from previous encounters this could simply make them more cunning and dangerous pilots.

The strength of the Empire has always been the commitment, integrity, and unity of the faithful. In that sense the greatest weapon the Empress could ever wield was present that day.

I was present and fighting through the entire engagement. No blinding flashes were seen, other than the flashes of warp drives as combatants entered the fray. I did see the Drifters attempt to destroy the Faithful with their weapons, which seemed to be more green-white in color.

The Empire does not need superweapons. We have the numbers and will to fight, as well as God backing our righteous cause.