u/Megaman39

On this beautiful holiday, the Sedition Defense Forces, alongside the United States of Deepwater, formed up to defend Metropolis from the Ayatollah Out regime and its various proxies.

The operation was a beautiful display of logistics, teamwork, and coordination. The result? The Ayatollah forces spent most of the evening doing what they do best: sitting safely docked in station.

The Ayatollah proxies, otherwise known as the Amarrolah militia, didn't fare much better. They, too, found themselves confined to their naval bases while the skies over greater Metropolis remained firmly under SDF control.

Special recognition goes to our great tech HIPPA and our cutting-edge, instantaneous Osprey-based repair technology. Thanks to his efforts, every important Metenox objective was successfully repaired.

The highlight of the evening came when the Ayatollah coalition attempted to escalate but made the unfortunate decision to bridge in roughly 300 kilometers away from the Metenox. Apparently cyno placement remains a developing technology for the regime. That extra distance gave HIPPA all the time needed to finish repairs. By the time the SDF landed on grid looking for a fight, the enemy decided that discretion was the better part of valor and rapidly returned to the safety of their station.

SDF forces camping Ayatollah Out in the station

Our superior lancer technology, courtesy of David's Lance, also known as Abraham's Lance, proved highly effective at keeping them exactly where they wanted to be: inside. Meanwhile, their Mimatarian drone technology and cruise missile platforms failed to achieve any meaningful strategic objectives.

At that point, we simply camped them in place using superior lancer technology while they explored innovative new docking mechanics, logoff tactics, and self-preservation strategies. They engaged even in low levels of copium due to their oppression of black rise and not getting any content complaining staying up till 3am and proceeding to stay docked.

https://preview.redd.it/hb1v47c2wfbh1.png?width=209&format=png&auto=webp&s=2367f99ae3d3888a74eea9faab3c11668cabe787

Later in the evening, one of their proxy groups decided that attacking one of our POCOs with capitals was a fantastic idea. We respectfully disagreed, conducted a drive-by on their dreadnought, and removed it from the field with extreme efficiency.

https://zkillboard.com/kill/136785310/

Overall, we defended every objective that mattered. Maybe a POCO changed hands for a little while, but those are replaceable. Strategic objectives were secured, enemy escalations failed, and morale remained high.

We've also heard reports of growing frustration within the Ayatollah coalition after spending most of Independence Day docked up instead of fighting. If true, that's unfortunate, but perhaps next timer they'll undock.

There are two holidays that really mattered this weekend. One was the Dragon Boat Festival celebrated by our friends in Fraternity, and the other was Father's Day weekend celebrated by our American and Canadian allies. Thus, the stage was set: Slightly Intoxicated Middle Aged Fathers vs. The Dragons all over a metenox that makes only 750m a month.

Over the past few weeks, we've been fighting Fraternity following the end of the Goon War. With that conflict wrapped up, Fraternity decided to push back into low sec and reclaim some of their moon operations. Last week, we had to blue-ball them because they significantly outnumbered us, but this week we had a plan.

Working alongside our good friends in The Initiative, the stupor men of low sec, Deepwater Hooligans and Sedition, decided to send it and take the fight.

We successfully defended the first two Metenox drills, and while doing so we pre-positioned our capital fleets in preparation for the major timer. At the same time, we watched Fraternity continuously move more and more dreadnoughts into the area until they outnumbered our dread fleet roughly two-to-one. We formed a Mach fleet, INIT brought a Zealot fleet, whereas, FRT brought a fleet of ahacs, barghests, and apoc navies.

That left us with a choice.

We could play it safe and try to save the final drill, a structure that only generates around 700 million ISK per month, or we could commit to the fight.

After not much deliberation, several Summer Shandys, and struggling to figure out where to place our cynos, we came to the obvious conclusion:

"Fuck it. Let's fight."

And fight we did.

Not even five minutes in all parties committed FAX and dreads, and committed to the brawl. As the battle escalated, more pings went out. Brave showed up. Goons showed up. The fight continued to grow into exactly the kind of low-sec capital brawl that makes EVE great.

It was great to see Fraternity commit dreads, and hopefully more groups will do the same. After all, what's the point of owning all these capitals if you're not willing to undock them and have a good time with the boys on a weekend? Even when you are not guaranteed the win?

https://preview.redd.it/r9da6z7o0o8h1.png?width=3840&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae5dc0636638b893ab11a81fd0dbd5dfa1e4e222

In the end, we lost the drill not because of enemy action, but because our otherwise excellent logistics team forgot to put fuel in it, leaving it low power. Very based

So yes, we lost the objective.

But the fight was incredible.

https://preview.redd.it/dyzcnr9t0o8h1.png?width=3840&format=png&auto=webp&s=15257141a8209c8972bf60de4afd1a3fb823e8d5

The brawl was exactly what many of us play EVE for: huge capital commitments, multiple alliances piling in, and everyone willing to throw down for a good fight. Even though we lost on the scoreboard and the objective, it was a good time.

We'll see you on the next timer.

https://preview.redd.it/uiaz57xq0o8h1.png?width=3840&format=png&auto=webp&s=f62daaea198f7c33f7cab0c605066d7276b157d3

This morning all SEDIT Members woke up from their drunken malaise and applied for SRP below.

SEDIT members SRPing their capitals

P.S: Happy Father's Day!

https://br.evetools.org/br/6a381eb2aba983d71f344a1f

Hello gamers,

It has been a while.

Over the past few months, as many of you know, the major war between Goons and Fraternity has dominated headlines across New Eden. At the same time, lowsec has been experiencing its own version of a large-scale conflict, one that has become politically fascinating in its own right.

The current campaign began after Shadow Cartel deployed to Aridia following their eviction from the Drone Regions by Russian groups, a detail that becomes important later. Prior to that deployment, we had already been fighting their coalition, which effectively stretches from Essence to Domain, contesting structures, timers, moons, and infrastructure across both highsec and lowsec.

As many of you know, Sedition's average autism score is exceptionally high with a willingness to throw dreads around. Rather than simply trading structures, we decided to return the favor when Shadow Cartel began taking some of our moons. Approximately two months ago, we launched a sustained POCO campaign against them.

The results have been significant.

Over the last 90 days, Shadow Cartel has lost more than 250 POCOs and over 65 Metenoxes averaging around 100-150b in income. At the same time, they made the strategic decision to antagonize Russian groups in Aridia, arguably one of the last groups in EVE you want to provoke.

Before that phase of the war began, however, we focused on liberating two key systems formerly under Shadow Cartel control: Decon and Sharu. These systems served as important infrastructure and projection hubs throughout the region and contained moons, POCOs, and structures that had long been part of Shadow Cartel's sphere of influence.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cbiit-X0GLc&t=1s

https://warbeacon.net/br/report/20300df4-cfeb-4b75-a950-9de1dd545c5b

The campaign resulted in several dreadnought engagements. Through a combination of poor planning, questionable compositions, and ineffective execution by Shadow Cartel, they suffered a series of defeats totaling roughly 400 billion ISK in losses before the larger Aridia campaign even began.

Once deployed, Shadow Cartel continued escalating tensions with Russian groups. Unsurprisingly, this did not go particularly well. As a result, they began losing substantial portions of their remaining moons and POCO networks throughout Aridia and other bordering regions.

https://warbeacon.net/br/report/46f74a73-444c-44d4-8b80-fda995a60c9b

Meanwhile, we continued pushing forward, reclaiming and liberating systems such as Maya, Gerper, Todifraun, and numerous other lowsec systems previously dominated by Shadow Cartel infrastructure.

Liberation of Mya and Gerper from Shadow Cartel Control

One of Shadow Cartel's primary defensive strategies has been timezone tanking and avoiding direct engagements whenever possible. Despite being largely a EUTZ alliance, they frequently rely on timers that require opposing groups to alarm-clock or significantly adjust their schedules as a tactic to avoid conflict. However, repeated events have demonstrated that if meaningful opposition appears during those timers, particularly around 11:00 EVE time, they often struggle to effectively defend their assets.

This brings us to the most recent major engagement: a roughly 500 billion ISK fight in Aridia.

https://br.evetools.org/br/6a1c88b7902913b29a68c4cf

Shadow Cartel continued applying pressure against LSH and their Russian allies. We elected to join the defense, motivated in part by generous Russian diplomacy involving vodka, potatoes, and dreadnoughts.

The battle escalated rapidly.

Shadow Cartel committed dreadnoughts and force auxiliaries while once again attempting their favored Triforce-style long-range dread doctrine. Unfortunately for them, most of lowsec flies short-range dreadnoughts. As a result, we dropped directly onto their capitals and a massive brawl developed.

Shadow Cartel also called upon long-standing allies, including Blackflag and various highsec organizations. The mighty Triumvirate alliance arrived in force as well, bringing approximately three people.

Jokes aside, credit where it is due.

Shadow Cartel actually undocked and fought. It was a genuine capital engagement rather than another 100mn Loki fleet, and the battle delivered exactly the kind of content lowsec thrives on. Given the frequency with which they field this sort of doctrine, we may not see it again for another six months after they accumulate another few hundred billion ISK from their Metenox empire, but it was refreshing nonetheless.

The broader context here is important.

A previous analysis highlighted that Shadow Cartel controls more POCOs and Metenoxes than any other lowsec group in the game. The ongoing campaign against that infrastructure has reignited discussions about POCO mechanics, Metenox timers, timezone warfare, and how CCP might better encourage conflict throughout lowsec.

Because at the end of the day, stagnation is bad for the game.

Empires should be vulnerable. Infrastructure should be contestable. Conflict should be encouraged.

While our nullsec friends are busy destroying Keepstars, killing titans, and fighting wars involving trillions of ISK, lowsec continues to burn in its own way. Across highsec, lowsec, and nullsec, long-established power structures are beginning to fracture and slowly bleed territory.

The next three months should be very interesting. See you soon boys!

Many people have been asking about the projection proposal that was submitted, which has not yet been fully shared publicly. I’ve attached an imgur link here for transparency and discussion purposes.

This was a community-driven proposal developed across multiple groups within the EVE community. In total, nearly 100 groups signed onto the proposal, including 20+ current and former CSM members, before it was formally submitted to CCP regarding concerns and potential adjustments surrounding long-range projection mechanics and Ansiblex networks.

Feel free to share your thoughts, feedback, agreements, or disagreements below. The goal is to encourage a constructive and productive discussion around the current state of projection, logistics mobility, and regional balance within the game.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z5Fnx10USj9PifXBkIi0NAYLUxYfZVq0RMEbfo8zjN8/edit?usp=sharing