EVE General Discussion

All my intel sources points out that if Bob wasnt disbanned they would have been militarily defeated in 2 years at most but thats a poor estimate since my group doesnt dabble in what ifs of things that are no longer what ifs.

If BOB was still around, null sec might have some real wars going on.

February 2009: Disband of Brothers, and the Second Great Invasion of Delve

"It looks like we are being ****** royally" -cflux, BoB director

As January faded into February goon morale was worsening. SE and other denizens of Stain, C0VEN and Systematic-Chaos, were chipping away at our Esoteria claims. The Newper, a "secret" jump bridge network running along -A- space, had collapsed after weeks of being camped. The AZN to 77S connection, the thin jump bridge lifeline holding the two major GoonSwarm capitals, was severed, crippling alliance logistics. GoonSwarm was bleeding on several fronts, and with no clear future goons began to despair.

During this quieter period in the war Suas, a long-time director and hero of GoonSwarm, came back suddenly and began disrupting operations. The GS directorate told him to take some time off, but Suas was apparently so enraged by their response to his actions, that he decided to go **** goons; using his status in GoonSwarm, he convinced a goon to give him his Titan. Suas then ripped him off, and later wrote a song called "I Robbed A Goon" (a take on "I Kissed A Girl")[2].
Although Suas bathed in the spotlight of his treason, it would in no way compare to the nuclear holocaust that was about to unfold in the south.

Over the course of January, Tamir Lenk of Igneus Auctorita had spoken to and recruited a random pubbie from EVE's public recruitment channel; initially intending to recruitment scam him, he had a change of heart and instead accepted him into the alliance genuinely. After some background checks on the new recruit's corp history, however, it was decided that there was the possibility of this character being a spy and that he should be purged from the alliance before he could do harm.

When the new IGNE character was informed of this, he made a full and unexpected confession: the pubbie was actually an alt of Band of Brothers director Haargoth Agamar. A full director, with full directorate access in Tin Foil, the executor corporation of Band of Brothers. The director told a person in IGNE who they were, that they had had enough of BoB, and that the brief time in GoonSwarm had reminded them that EVE could be fun again. Tamir and IGNE's CEO Aaron Static proceeded to go to The Mittani with the info, who was sceptical at first, but then began to plan a quick smash-and-grab of any assets the director could get his hands on.

It then struck Mittani, upon looking at the measly grabbings of a dozen dreads and a few billion ISK. "The director has full access in Tin Foil. The director can disband BoB." Upon this realization, he set it in motion. And finally, on February 5th, a full director in the Tin Foil executor corporation of Band of Brothers, disbanded and closed the alliance, resetting all BoB sov claims to 0, destroying constellation sovereignty in all Delve constellations, and putting every capital ship assembly array into a vulnerable position. The call was made to GoonSwarm a few hours later: "We're moving. Get your ass to Delve. All other regions are forefeit."

Thus began the Second Great Invason of Delve, and the mass evacuation of Tenerifis, Feythabolis, Esoteria and Detorid - the regions GoonSwarm had worked so hard to claim in The Great EVE War and lived in for over two years. With the initial help of RAZOR Alliance, KIA, and Pandemic Legion, Morsus Mihi and TCF on their way, and the total lack of any BoB jump bridges or cynosural jammers, GoonSwarm saw that to crack Fortress Delve, this would be the only chance they'd ever get.
The former Band of Brothers reformed a day later using the placeholder alliance KenZoku (affectionately called "KenGoku" and "Kenny"). Their sov remained at Sov 1.

Within a day, dozens of Dickstars were erected in station systems, including the infamous QY6 system which had been the main thunderdome in the first war as well. GoonSwarm and its allies were well on the way to claiming sovereignity in many of Delve's hardest station systems.

Goons don't really do the whole "pet" thing. They really aren't into the whole "padding their space with people they don't like" thing, either.

Goons tend to shoot people they don't like. Hell, Goons tend to shoot people they DO like, for fun. All these people that you refer to as "pets", likely because you think they have no voice or something (idk, really). They are all friends of Goons. They like Goons, and Goons like them.

Goons don't abandon their friends, like certain alliances did with their "pets". If Raiden. or whoever decides to try and take a swipe at an ally, and that ally looks like they might not handle it, Goons will come and help out if asked. Not for any cost, or payment or anything. Just to help out a friend in need.

So you can take your little "pets" business and turn around and go back to whatever corner of space that you call home and enjoy your little ideas on your own time.

Mitt's always been quick on his feet.

Don't worry so much. BoB 4.0 is still around and the war continues!

After BoB had the button pushed on them, they didn't just all ragequit, after all.

Yes, after they had the button pushed, someone immediately reformed BoB. I think Goonfleet is a corp in the BoB alliance. But the person in charge got banned or something, so they're both stuck in time etc.

(Someone has a character in BoB who posts still).

LOL!

So what you are saying is they didn't want to play this game anyway.

Look at the Sov map, eve has several great empires and many smaller but powerful ones. Goons are no the largest Sov owner.

Right now it looks like 2012 will turn into north vs south.

Infiltration part is always funny.
If someone gives you their house keys, and you use them, is that infiltrating? No. Breaking and entering? Still no.

Not that i give a damn about BoB or GSF, but politics and campaigns at that time were interesting.

OTOH, what happened to SirMolle? RageQuit or got tired?