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The latest reports appear to be placing the Provists Ina Okonada and Aikabinen Unijila in the Orpana constellation. Happy hunting.

Edit - a correction states that the Provists that were spotted are Saara Humo and Tuohmirasen Oittakko, not those originally stated above.

It would seem that in high security space, the Provists are being melted quickly by independent capsuleers, and small gangs associated with high security organizations; there's no real battlefield control, so much as a race to destroy the Provists. In low security space, well-- there, the full weight of capsuleer alliances can be brought to bear.

PRIAN pilots have participated in the operations of 13.4 and 16.4; the difference between the two was stark. In the first, Pandemic Legion played with the Provists as if they were dolls, and used them to lure in other capsuleers to engage; other forces were nearby with mid-sized destroyer groups, hunting stragglers, capsules, and any other targets of opportunity. In the second, it was as if a pack of fish had been let loose on a piece of meat; they nibbled, they nipped, and eventually the school was large enough and had enough time that it ate through the meal.

Still, congratulations to my associate Sebastian Melmoth for securing a license reward for participation in the downing of Saara Humo's Chimera.

The latest report on the Manhunt: Dragonaurs Saara Humo and Tuohmirasen Oittakko slain at Mastakomon

This time, the bounty was being shared among various capsuleer groups, no dominant force in claiming the PLEX bounties.
Adding to this is that capsuleers are taking more drastic measures to claim bounties. A good example is the smartbomb rigged Apocalypse that participated.

In an attempt to claim a podkill PLEX he detonated the smartbombs amidst a fleet, causing the loss of dozens of capsuleers or their ships. Despite this massive collateral damage ( he literally nuked the area) he failed to hit his mark, as the Dragonaur Pod was killed moments before by another.
This is an excessive display of the length some capsuleers go for in order to claim these high bounties.

So to all those who are on this Manhunt, watch your back.

Thank you for the kind words! Doing my part to keep folks up to date on the manhunts.

The report on todays manhunt: Provists Ina Okonada and Aikabinen Unijila defeated at Torrinos

Not much of special note to report, capsuleers showed up & killed the Provist taskforce. The one thing of note is something to keep in mind however. The Provists have changed targetdoctrine, they now went for high value ships first, causing the loss of some expensive ships.

Once more a smartboming ship appeared, but it acted oddly, It arrived after the fight was over, and detonated in the dispersing capsuleer fleet, causing only a handful of losses. Motivations of the pilot unknown., Dragonaur capsules were gone for a while by then.

Seems like someone ejected corpses right before Inu went down to throw off people waiting to grab her anticipated biomass.

I also happened to catch the smartbombing Rokh in the act.

Not sure what the Dragonaurs hope to achieve by wasting these ships and the crew onboard. Killing a few random capsuleers and sitting 100km off a Home Guard station hardly seems like a good use of their resources.

-Eran

I would have agreed with you there, if not for the timing, various reports indicate he detonated the Rokh Smartbombs when most of the fleet was dispersed, causing much less collateral damage then if he did it during the fight or the PLEX podkill scramble.

However, the Smartbombing Apocalypse of the previous Manhunt had this tactic down to the core!



That's some good observations! I wasn't aware of the corse dumping, in order to throw off those who went after the dragonaur corpses.

Also your second videofeed does show people leaving the scene as the fight is over, when the Rokh detonates, showing the futility of his act.

On why the Dragonaurs do all of this, it's probably a combination of the unexpected high bounty, making the realize that they can't hide anywhere, and they couldn't trust people to keep their mouths shut with such high bounty awarded to them, and the desire to be a Martyr for the Cause. This desire for Martyrdom was explained during the Okagainen event, these Provists seem to think there is no higher good then to die for the True Caldari Way, and to be remembered as Fallen Heroes for the Cause.

This does display how far the Provists have fallen from grace.

Edit: Today Provists have succeeded in completing one of their objectives in Taisy, thanks to Pandemic Legion assistance! The objective at this time remains unknown.

More on this shocking news here: Provist Taskforce succeeds at Taisy!

The fight itself was very chaotical, seeing several multi-side engagements and relocations of the Carriers. PL in the end dominated the field, but not without a fight.

There's no ideological motivation behind this. Pandemic Legion are just seeking attention.

Is "coercion" the word you intended to use? Because I don't see the Provists being in any position to coerce Pandemic Legion, and on the flipside, although Pandemic Legion might well possess enough power and resources to do the reverse, the Provists have shown since their inception that they'd rather destroy everything to spite their enemies rather than be told what to do, even if the suggestions are perfectly sane ones.

And so it ends in a massive showdown. 8 Provist capitals (7 Chimeras & 1 Wyvern) facing a 1000 ship strong capsuleer fleet. The fight was one final, last stand for the Provists as they lost one after the other capital under the relentless attacks of the capsuleer fleets.

More info can be found here: Dragonaur capital fleet defeated at Usi!

The Provist victory at Taisy did bolster their supporters; making them run campaigns of disinformation to keep people away and running terrorfleets of smartbomb ships.
But in the end it wasn't enough, and the Dragonaur fleet perished under capsuleer might.

Traitors, yes. May their ancestors not know them and may the Winds give them no peace.