Liberty Navy [LN] Feedback Thread

[Inferno]

I'd like to shed some light on that little fiasco that happened earlier.

Two ESRD Ops entered Leeds (which we didn't plan on staying but my perfect navigation skills took us to a disabled gate that we sat at, trying to figure out directions).
Two [RN] log on, no problem, I check the list to see what we get to fight.
Two three [RN] ships logged in. Two of the snub level, then one '[RN]-RNS-Party.Boat'. Not having encountered aforementioned ship before, along with the RNS attachment and rank, the ESRD Operatives assumed it was an Obstinate. No problem, as we had agreed to a duel of 2v2.

The fight starts after a small bit of roleplay. Everything seems fine, the 'gunboat' seemed too close for comfort for the ESRD, when it opened fire, on what (in hindsight) was a NPC. Not knowing that the Party.Boat was shooting at NPCs and not at the Liberty ships (which it seemed like it was, as some of the shots were really close). So, instinctively, we switched targets to shove the ship away. A few warning shots later and the armored transport started shooting.

Of course, we did not take that lightly, and one of the ESRD called for 5th| assistance for 'gunboat deterrence', still not knowing that the ship was, in fact, an armored transport. They all look the same to me.
While trying to gain distance from the 'gunship/armored transport' to finish the now-biased duel, one ESRD operative was, as he claimed it, 'being EK cruised' constantly by the larger ship. When finally getting a duel, an unwarranted outcast (which he knows who he is) appeared and began to attack the ESRD's dueling opponent. That is when the Party.Boat entered the battle a second time.

When the 5th| arrived, instead of finding one or two bombers to scare the Party.Boat off, a large battlecruiser-cruiser-bomber party showed up. No problem, Archangel extracted themselves from the battle, citing 'complete chaos ruining a simple fight' while the 5th| did their thing. The [LN] was done with the battle, they did not wish to be involved any more.
A chain of misunderstandings caused a simple 2v2 to change to a three-way battle involving one snub, one armored transport, and one capital-hunter-destroyer party, which proceeded to decimate the other two parties.

We'll try to increase situational awareness to a higher level when combating the [RN] next time, but remember that keeping a battletransport, gunboat, or anything else dangerous-appearing that can easily tip the battle close to a balanced fight creates tension very quickly for the smaller side.