Intergalactic Summit

I have way too many stories about logi saving myself or the day in general. Either way they are THE battle in alot of ways. If you don't have good dedicated logi more often than not the battles lost before you hit the ao. Thanks logi!!!

There those people you primary in a fleet fight...

Let me rephrase it - those pilots who try to keep your ship in one piece.

On behalf of myself, Riever, and the rest of the Imperium's RepSwarm Special Interest Group, thank you for thinking of the cluster's dedicated Logistics pilots. While modesty prohibits any tales of personal accomplishment, an example that's always stood out in my own mind is The Lazamo:

In the depths of the Fountain War four years ago, a single CFC battleship fleet encountered three TEST and NCdot fleets with no way to evade the fight. Outnumbered and outgunned, the fleet led by Lazarus Telraven would have been destroyed if not for the heroic efforts of their logistics pilots. Those pilots kept their fleet alive and fighting for two hours, long enough for four full reinforcement fleets to be formed and reach them, turning the tide of the battle. I was leading the logistics wing of the second reinforcement fleet, under Suas, and the job Laz's logi did in that fight was an inspiration to every pilot in the coalition, especially those of us who make Logistics our vocation.

Once I was on Logi duty.

That was years ago, when Biohazard hadn't shot at the TLF POSes.

I had to lock, unlock, lock, unlock, lock, unlock. As soon as someone reaches 50% shield and broadcast for reps, I must lock and rep. As soon as they stop taking damage I must unlock to clear the target list so that I may lock someone else who needs the reps. It's the kind of job that requires one to pay his fullest attention to the fleet window, the overview and also the comms.

I kept that bait SFI in working order though.

Maybe it sounds sad or (more than likely) shows how little I did back in the day, I can't imagine that many Baltics in a fight... Must have been amazing to watch though I doubt you had that luxury honestly.

As a logi pilot, I thank you for this post. I'll go poke Lady Newelle to write about this one fight in the trials where her logi pilot did amazingly amazing.

I'm actually going to talk about the first time that ARC killed eleven Drifter Battleships for no loss of live. Using the Heavy Weasel doctrine, the Logistics pilots are not only logi for the fleet, we're the primary targets. So, there's a lot of coordination between the logi wing to make sure that we are all set in exactly what positions we need to be to survive. Morwen Lagann and Daisha Voluptia both did amazingly well, hitting every mark perfectly.

Not just that, but our Tengu was tackled by a Drifter in another part of the Hive complex. Normally, this just means death, but the logi wing refused to accept that, and managed to overheat their props to get back and get reps on the Tengu before the shields were gone. It was a flawless run, thanks to the Logi pilots being 100% on their game. Even Arrendis admitted she was bored in a Scythe.

One day, I'll be a Logi pilot too! Which will probably happen from two weeks from now!

I wish I had friends I could Logi with...

I remember working on logistics once. It was awful.

Cheers to anyone who wants to do that by their own volition though!

I usually fine myself flying logi, and more often than not, I'm the lead ship, so this might be self serving. However, one thing that I have found of logistics pilots is they don't give up. No matter what situation, they keep reps up until they die, keep trying until they die, keep giving 100% until they die. I've heard fleet commanders say over comms that we've lost. I've seen fleet commanders refuse to engage because they don't think they can win. I've never heard a logi pilot say the same. (I'm not saying it's never happened, just that I've not heard it.) I've seen logi pilots knowingly go into hopeless tactical situations to try and save as many ships as they can, knowing that they are risking almost certain death, time and time again. It's just who they are, and it's a privilege to command such pilots.