Intergalactic Summit

And so the Drifters fall before the Righteous.

Well, that's that then, isn't it ?

Public combat records are nothing more than text and numbers, almost totally devoid of useful details and context that explains how things played out to result in their generation. The assumption was that we had 'wiped' based on little more than that there were multiple losses within a few minutes of each other, which is in fact no different from most times a site was run.

Furthermore, a 'wipe' implies a complete failure of the objective at the loss of the entire group. While the fight turned into a bit of a tit-for-tat once we ran out of Exequrors, we still managed to hold the field with three or four ships left standing once the last Drifter fell and the influx was closed.

Considering we have ranged from as few as two losses to upwards of eight in an individual Influx across the several testing sessions that have been held, I would be rather hesitant to consider that one incident to be out of the ordinary in any way, outside of the particularly (un)lucky strike on my vessel.

The Consortium appears to have arrived at what is, at the very least, a semi-reliable method for handling smaller groups of Drifters. The question of how reliable it is, and how much it can be scaled upward, still remains.

Incorrect, Arrendis. Reread the post we are referring to.

Hm. As you will. There's an aphorism, "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity." I tend to think, though, that most capsuleers are bright enough to know what they're saying, especially on this forum

It's unfortunately easy to assume Blackwind is just ****-slinging.

By starting with so loaded a statement that also displays misconceptions about what occurred, I then assume she's trolling.

Something, something, stupidity and hydrogen?

That said, pilots, back to the weightier topic at hand. We've completed three test operations, with variable success; a full AAR will follow some consultations over the next several days.