[Official Event] Even Chance

[Nika]

I leave cause Mollys were supposedly overlogged and then this shit happens. lol, lmao even

Same story but different. I logged 9 minutes into the event to see poor BAF|HMS-Hellbound with a couple of snubs dying, no one else around. In 1.5 hour we kill em all, kek

That's because, from my firsthand knowledge, BAF planned to gather at a very specific time and while they kind of ceded a good chunk of their objectives for that (basically, all the 4D objectives and 5E battlecruiser), but the 5E siege was already happening over the course of the main fight.

While I'm strongly of the opinion both sides deserve to have fun it is really a matter of gentleman's agreement between sides and, to an extent, staff intervention. If you're going to regulate a fight, regulate it to the end and not just to favor the supposedly losing side. Or don't at all. But take all this as my subjective opinion and with a grain of salt I guess. If one side engages preemptively or can not gather to a notification with a specific time given several hours in advance and even then it takes them an extended period of time to gather. That is, not to mention, that the first fight was initiated by the lawful side so they probably considered their force sufficient.

Or assumed they couldn't muster better numbers.

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[10.05.2025 18:01:38] RPA|PRW-Belfast: Blyat.

This is when I first logged for the event. (Please bear with my first message, I got stuck in Arranmore snub docking point in a cruiser and it ate half my shield before I could type in the command.)

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[10.05.2025 18:08:31] CV-Lindwurm has set BAF|HMS-Hellbound as group target.

The time of the first engagement at 4D. Hellbound and 2-3 snub escorts versus whatever force we had at the time.

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[10.05.2025 19:03:25] Bessie-"Bison"-Bishop: Captain?  What do you want me to do with this intruder ship?

Hellbound is trying to collapse on Molly objectives, some snub escorts with it again. Hunters this time. Took down all gunboats and substantially scratched the Scylla.

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[10.05.2025 19:49:00] TFP)-Bellamy.Crowe: Freud, Saoirse, let's fall in around With.
[10.05.2025 19:49:00] Target group size: 17 (17 in space)
[10.05.2025 19:49:00] Your group size: 23 (23 in space)

Rough timing when the fight reached 5E objectives.

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[10.05.2025 20:01:47] Base Battlecruiser Adlington destroyed

The roughly estimated time and odds at the start of the second engagement that has begun at 6D and have drawn out towards 5E BAF objectives, and gradually the Somerset. Lawfuls chose to come at us, so in my humble opinion, they've only themselves to look at for picking a losing fight with a substantially cruiser-heavier and I imagine more well-rounded force.

We may have overstepped a bit with proximity to Somerset, but I honestly to god tried to call for that, as well as some other people, can't reasonably leash and tug on 20+ players at the same time. Our retreat was a bit of a hot mess too.

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[10.05.2025 20:12:31] RPA|PRW-Belfast: back off from Somerset
[10.05.2025 20:12:36] RPA|PRW-Belfast: 10k from Somerset everyone
[10.05.2025 20:14:23] RPA|PRW-Belfast: Restock and repair if you need, then joint up with formation.
[10.05.2025 20:14:45] RPA|PRW-Belfast: Remember to stay 10k away from Somerset.
[10.05.2025 20:16:11] [OOC] CPW-Abha:  remember to try and maintain distance from Somerset

Trimmed the logs a bit to include only the essential stuff.

This is when we've retreated to our objectives, and from there I can not tell what happened, called it a day.

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[10.05.2025 20:19:57] 2025-05-10 20:19:58 SMT  Traffic control alert: RPA|PRW-Belfast has docked