Intergalactic Summit

I have been doing research in wormhole dynamics and sleeper behavior and history for some time now. My current research focuses primarily on low class wormholes.

For the most part sleeper behaviors are common knowledge to capsuleers versed in wormhole salvaging. Aside from isolated incidents sleepers rarely show aggressive or patterned behavior aside from guarding what for the most part has shown to be ancient abandoned facilities.

In spite of simple tactics used to repetition by capsuleers in combat sleepers have to this point shown little growth in primary combat maneuvers. However, I stumbled onto a rather bizarre spectacle in my recent work. For security measures I recently equipped sister class combat scanners onto my vessel. While doing routine scans I noticed rather by accident that a pack of sleepers were migrating from site to site. My scanners showed a fleet comprising of 10 cruisers and 2 Battle ships. I was not equipped with a cloaking device so I followed with my scanners only. The small fleet visited each site and then moved to a class 4 wormhole promptly collapsing it behind them.

I immediately retrieved my probes and had my crew perform rigorous testing on them to ensure they were not faulty. A few of the probes showed minor anomalies in their guidance systems and signature analysis subroutines, but it did not appear to be significant enough to invalidate the findings.

I am interested in seeing if anyone else has noted bizarre sleeper activity recently, either of a similar type or any other strange behaviors. I am attempting to track down the convoy on my own, and will provide an update if I make any further discoveries.

Hello Mr Dreygun.

No disrespect intended but I think perhaps you've been spending a little too much time buried in your research.

After listening to your account I'm tempted to question the true extent of your deep space experience, but I'm confident you have spent time there. Maybe a lil too much? It leaves me questioning your state of mind. Drugs sir? You did mention making ship changes for "security reasons". Why the extra security, Mr Dreygun? Gotten yourself involved in something you shouldn't have, sir? Boosters perhaps...

Sleeper drones, much like some pirate factions, are undetectable by the scan and probe technology employed by most capsuleers. Yet you claim to have not only detected them with such scanners but to have possessed such admirable skills in it's use that you followed a small gang of sleepers as they warped about a system. Something, by the way, that no other pilot has ever witnessed.

If your scanners truly saw anything at all it sounds as if you've encountered a small gang of capsuleers who'd changed the names of their ships to match sleeper drone wreck types. A common tactic. The gang was likely combating sleeper drones for their salvage and moving site-to-site until finally returning to their home system.

My advice, lay off the drugs, take a break from your research, and don't forget to scan for ship type next time instead of paying attention to name only.

Get well soon sir. I will prey to Bob for you.

I haven't observed any of the behavior you described, but recently me and some of the other pilots of our corporation i've noticed that the sleepers have begun to use feint tactics when fleets are in question to attempt to trip our logistic support. for instance most of the sleepers are targeting and firing upon my ship then switch targets fire shot or two at a different target forcing logistic support to switch targets and immediately return to me, this as far as were aware is new behavior.

As for the sleeper fleet its possible it was a capsuleer fleet as I've seen several ships named after sleepers at least partially to fool pilots. to my knowledge sleeper drones as they are aren't even detectable via standard scanning measures available at current time.

This seems to be a new Sleeper Drone tactic that has been mentioned, by a few other capsuleers that I am in contact with. This may be another guardian script in their tactical libraries.

Fascinating. If you're able to document this occurrence in the future with either telemetry videos or pictures, it would be greatly appreciated. I've always been fascinated by the Sleepers, and I'd be quite curious to hear of any new developments.

At present, it looks as if PRIAN will be making an expedition to an Ishuk-Raata outpost in wormhole space some time in the next few weeks. If so, I'll be reporting any findings of note-- even though I suspect it will be business as usual.