Gunners at the Auga POS got the Fourth of July holiday off to an early start last night with a brilliant fireworks display that destroyed two dozen Amarr ships, of which twenty were battleships.
The action started just after 22:00 on July 1, when Auga spiked with sixty Amarr ships, followed shortly thereafter with an equal number of Caldari support vessels. At the height of the conflict, the system maxed at 175 pilots, with the Minmatar outgunned two-to-one.
Despite the usual lopsided deployment, the Minmatar Militia drove off the slavers using a hit-and-run Thrasher fleet to harass the Amarr while the big guns of the POS took out their battleships one at a time. Deft target coordination by Alpha Point Security POS gunners Novemno, John Taggert, and Killerno were the deciding factor in the engagement.
The Thrasher fleet, lead by Fatmanpaul, has become one of the standard Minmatar responses in the developing asymmetric war with the Amarr blobs.
"At this point in the war, you can't go muzzle-to-muzzle with the Amarr and expect to win," said Deadbeat pilot Spike Diesel, who flew with the Thrashers. "But you can be very effective with hit-and-run tactics, nibbling at the edges of their blobs, catching stragglers at gates, forcing their light ships to chase you, and generally distracting them."
Although the kill boards suggest that the Thrashers delivered more dismay than damage in this encounter, the final outcome was a resounding victory for the Minmatar Militia, who lost only three small ships, and drove the enemy armada from the field and out of the system.
"Enjoy the victory, but be certain that the slavers will be back," warned Deadbeat CEO Lao Zuki. "The sight of over one hundred abandoned Amarr drones at the POS was encouraging, but the enemy has deep pockets. The slavers and their puppet allies have won so many plex battles recently that they feel the momentum - but in this case, they overreached. Next time, however, they will probably return with dreads and carriers."
Although many critics have written the Minmatar Militia off as dead, the war is far from over, no matter how many systems the Amarr occupy, no matter how many POS they destroy.
"Liberty lives in our hearts," said Zuki. "And that's something they can never destroy."
If you are interested in joining the fight against the Amarr, visit our recruiting center, or eve-mail Spike Diesel.
For freedom \o/
Fireworks at the Auga POS drove the Amarr from the field
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