Intergalactic Summit

"CONCORD has put out a one-time call for capsuleers to provide backup [emphasis mine] on a 'massive, sustained assault on high-priority targets."

Thousands of loyal capsuleers gathered to assist the empires and were betrayed. We were led directly into a series of traps set by null sec capsuleers and given no military or logistics support by the empires we were supposedly providing backup for. In a best case scenario, our assets and the lives of our crews were squandered as unwitting decoys while Empire strike teams accomplished their objectives. Far more likely, the Empires sought to accomplish their own petty ends with absolutely no investment, hoping that volunteer capsuleers would shoulder the entire burden of dealing with this still secret 'threat'.

I for one do not appreciate being manipulated into sacrificing my ships and my people for an organization which refuses to provide even token support to its associates. As far as I'm concerned, and I reflect the sentiments of hundreds of people who I flew with in a fleet, this was an abject betrayal of men and women who were working to serve the greater good.

CONCORD and the Empires' handling of this situation is a travesty, and I personally call for the resignation of Ren Karetta, the fool who ordered unsupported capsuleer forces into a deathtrap and left caught in the bubbles to die. These Empire representatives and their leaders must be held accountable for their negligence and duplicity.

I saw the writing on the wall en rout. No sign of Navy support, no sign of Concord support, and a direct rout into Nullsec through a known staging system for multiple Nullsec alliances.

I made the call to halt at the gate before Null. Didn't even have to listen to the intel channels to know what was on the other side.

Had we been given ANY intel about the target, we could have formed up a taskforce to break through the interdiction bubbles while the rest of the fleet kept the Alliances busy. But we received no such intel, and therefore the entire op was a failure.

Why didn't they use capitals to jump you directly to the target system? I'm a shoddy pilot at best and completely unversed in fleet mechanics, and even I would know better than to fly a fleet that massive through multiple zero-zone gates when Titans are at the beck and call of the empires.

Did the handlers not consider that?

Knowing when you're about to get massively screwed over is a rare skill, as is having the backbone to bow out when literally thousands of people are moving right along anyway.

Hang on to that.

If this is how our governments and enforcers carry out military operations, then my ships shall never again serve any purpose for any empire.


It is a wonder why we are all not shambling on some Sansha-held planet by now.

I had been frustrated with the timing of the supposed offensive as other duties kept me from the pod, but hearing what happened , I am now glad I was unable to attend.

My thoughts go out those lost in this terrible debacle.

I would blame CONCORD, but from what I hear, every reason they would set this operation up to fail seems very much like a tinfoil hat conspiracy. If today proved anything for me, it's that I'm very lucky to have my job and not a naval combat role. I suppose that is why the Sansha, Serpentis, and their ilk still survive even though CONCORD and the major empires dislike them so much. Even a few thousand capsuleers can't appreciably make an offensive into defended space work. It simply becomes a shoal of fish.

If the Imperial Navy desires some advice on 0.0 operations, I would be happy to give it.

On this at least we agree.

For me and mine, we ignored the request.

It's clear they were operating out of their usual environment and territory, and it's a shame they weren't more prepared.

As a piece of friendly wisdom however, I might caution residents of null from believing they are incapable of making the same deadly mistake.