Providence Burns Once More

Hydra Traitor Engineers Ushra'Khan Coup

As of downtime on July 24th, 2010, all fifteen active corporations in the Ushra'Khan [U'K] were expelled from the ancient and venerable Minmatar alliance by a disgruntled director in the U'K's executor corporation. Using legal, but underhanded 'midnight voting' techniques, the stealthy takeover took all alliance members by surprise.

The Ushra'Khan organization and assets, including all of its systems and outposts in Providence, were then handed over to the pirate alliance Hydra Reloaded.

The traitor who conducted the silent coup boasted to the press that the meta-gaming treachery was conducted for money and a prominent position in the Hydra organization. Others allege he has "emotional issues."

Ugleb, a Brutor tribalist of the Sarz'na Khumatari and former U'K member told the ISD: "As of now, the Ushra'Khan is under hostile control and considered lost."

The reaction across New Eden was one of condemnation.

"Shame, shame, shame, Hydra," said Deadbeat pilot Hustle Fighter in the Eve Forums. "You couldn't do it by fighting, so you infiltrated and pulled a meta-game take over. How classless."

Even Amarr pilots have spoken against the Hydra treachery.

"I fought against the U'K in the first war in Providence," said Amarr Militia pilot Doctor Scarblood, "but I respect them as warriors. This is no way for an honorable alliance to end. For this, Hydra will be remembered as despicable and cowardly."

Many of the former U'K corps promptly joined the Circle-Of-Two [CO2] alliance, and vowed to retake Providence.

The Deadbeats have offered support and have now set U'K and Hydra to red, and set CO2, Daisho Syndicate [DAI], Important Internet Spaceship League [BDEAL], and their allies to blue for the duration of this latest war in Providence.

This new coalition wasted no time making the first move against Hydra. On July 27, an allied armada locked down KBP7-G, and over 80 ships were destroyed in the first hour. The system was made Vulnerable and Hydra's Frontline Fortress outpost was knocked into reinforced mode at 23:00 Eve Time.

While The Deadbeats were taking pot shots at Hydra pilots during this first engagement in Providence, the level of involvement of the Minmatar Militia as a whole is uncertain. The initial response to the U'K takeover within one prominent Militia channel was ambivalent at best, with one young pilot saying, "The U'K got what they deserved." And another saying, "We want pew-pew in Providence, not friends."

Militia involvement is further complicated by standings mechanics; the friendly alliances in Providence cannot set the Militia as an entity to blue, and setting standings to dozens of small militia corps is not practical.

But whatever the obstacles, many Militia corps have pledged to fight. "ROSS and our friends in Public ROSS are ready to assist," declared ROSS CEO Captain Vaguy in the Unity Forums.

"Our corps is also committed to helping our old friends and allies of the former Ushra'Khan," echoed Deadbeat CEO Lao Zuki. "We know many pilots offer lip service to the struggle for freedom in order to have fun fights in the Militia, but we're in it because the cause endures - and the dream will never die."

If you are interested in joining the fight against the Amarr, visit our recruiting center, or eve-mail Spike Diesel.

For freedom \o/

Minmatar warriors race to defeat the Hydra pirates

Hat Trick in Metropolis

Minmatar Militia Liberates Three Systems

Almost one year to the day after the Minmatar Militia set Halmah free, the sons and daughters of the Matar liberated the systems of Flosewin, Turnur, and Uisper in the region of Metropolis - freeing millions of Minmatar citizens who had toiled too long under the illegal occupation of the Amarr.

On July 18, 2010, a Minmatar fleet of sixty pilots bombed and captured three Amarr bunkers in the Metro constellation of Eugidi, flipping the three vulnerable systems to Minmatar occupancy, and ending a brutal era of slavery.

The operation - which was the culmination of countless weeks of plex battles in the region - started just after 12:00 when Carib Devist, Annah Kitheran, Sasawong, and twenty stalwart freedom fighters finished capping the plexes in the three systems.

While these pilots - who are seldom thanked or acknowledged for their daily battle with the Amarr - were making the systems vulnerable, Seraphine Keratuss was organizing a bunker busting fleet of sixty warriors.

Like clockwork, when the three Metro systems were ready to be flipped, the Minmatar heavy fleet arrived on the scene with over thirty battleships, two dreadnoughts, two carriers, a squadron of stealth bombers, and dozens of support ships.

The Amarr bunkers fell like dominoes. The Flosewin bunker melted at 14:40, the Uisper bunker collapsed at 15:04, and the Turnur bunker exploded at 15:28.

"Three bunkers down!" proclaimed Carib Devist in the general militia communication channel. "Mission accomplished!"

The Amarr, who had put so much effort into capturing and enslaving these systems, did not even bother to show up to defend them.

"We came ready to fight the slavers," said Deadbeat pilot Spike Diesel, who was among the corps warriors in the fleet. "But the Amarr didn't make an effort. But what they did do was call the Caldari to do the fighting for them."

Unfortunately for the Amarr - who have recently been using mercenaries to fight their war - the Caldari fleet arrived late, hours after the Metro operation had finished.

And when FC Fatmanpaul sent a Minmatar fleet to attack the Caldari in Dal, the capitalist puppets fled just as the Minmatar were ambushed by an Amarr heavy fleet. But unlike the Caldari, the Minmatar did not flee.

"Stand and fight!" said Fatman over audio, barking out the primaries in another outgunned battle - 60 to 40 - in which the Minmatar lost 29 to 11. But at the end of the day, our freedom fighters flew away with heads held high - they had made a statement on the field. They would not flee and they would not falter.

"What happened today in Metro and Dal tells you what the Minmatar are all about," said Deadbeat CEO Lao Zuki. "There is no reward for busting bunkers, no money, no standings, nothing. These pilots do thankless work everyday. And Fatman's stand in Dal against the combined Caldari and Amarr fleets was absolutely stunning because the enemy was light on tackle - our pilots could have bailed at any time. But they chose to stand and fight. Our people spoke today, loud and clear."

If you are interested in joining the fight against the Amarr, visit our recruiting center, or eve-mail Spike Diesel.

For freedom \o/

Screen shot of explosions at the Amarr bunker in Turnur

Man Bites Dog in Auga

ROSS Battles Forces from the Underworld

In one of the oddest developments in the long war with the Amarr, wealthy pilots in the slaver militia hired a mercenary alliance known as the Underworld Excavators to attack and destroy The Royal Order of Security Specialists [ROSS], a prominent corps of the Minmatar Militia.

Apparently mortified by the recent loss of twenty battleships to a Minmatar Militia gang of thrashers and POS gunners, the Amarr were willing to pay 1 billion isk per week for the mercenary alliance to attack one lone Minmatar corporation.

Fighting commenced on July 4, 2010 at the Republic Fleet Assembly Plant at Auga VIII, when the Amarr's hired guns camped the station, which serves as the operational headquarters of ROSS.

The mercenaries brought two dozen battleships and battlecruisers to the station, but forgot to bring any fast tacklers - allowing ROSS pilots to use insta-undock points, fly to range, and pick off the hostile ships one at a time until the mercenaries fled in disarray.

Thus started several days of blunders by the mercenaries, who could not manage to win a single battle against ROSS pilots - and eventually the Underworld Excavators fled the Heimatar region after losing twenty-six heavy ships for a KB loss of 2.31 billion isk to ROSS's loss of six ships.

The whole affair ended on July 10, when the hired guns received a complimentary send-off party by a small gang of disgruntled Amarr Militia pilots who attacked and destroyed several of their own mercenary ships at the Auga VIII station.

The thugs have not been seen or heard from since, and the 'war' is apparently over.

Humiliated by the stunning defeat to one lone Minmatar Militia corps, the leader of the mercenary alliance announced on the Eve forums that the group of killers has disbanded and no longer does business. It is unclear whether they plan to refund any money to their Amarr bosses.

"You can't make this stuff up," commented Deadbeat pilot Spike Diesel. "This was the strange case of man bites dog in outer space. We're still laughing."

ROSS CEO Captain Vaguy - who recently celebrated his 5,000th Faction Warfare kill - did not seek and did not allow any other Minmatar Militia corporation to war dec the mercenaries.

"We appreciate the offers of assistance," said Vaguy in the ROSS Public channel just prior to the outbreak of hostilities, "but we don't want to scare them off, we don't want a lot of Militia corps to war dec them. We'd like to handle this ourselves."

And handle it, they did.

Infuriated by yet another public embarrassment, the Amarr switched gears and went on to hire the infamous mercenary group known as Sharks With Frickin' Laser Beams [FRICK] to attack ROSS. Sharks were once an elite member of the Mercenary Coalition [MC] who fought with the Band of Brothers [BoB] near the end of that alliance's tyrannical reign.

The new mercenaries declared war on July 11, and according to their own KB, flew around the FW war zone regions for three days without managing to kill a single ROSS pilot. Then, in the final turn of this twisted tale, the Sharks mysteriously retracted their war dec on July 14.

"It's quite baffling," said Captain Vaguy. "We were really looking forward to having some fun with the Sharks."

No reason for the Sharks retraction has been given by either side, but Amarr insiders say some senior slaver pilots are "steaming" and a leadership shake-up may be imminent.

Stay tuned and keep the popcorn hot.

If you are interested in joining the fight against the Amarr, visit our recruiting center, or eve-mail Spike Diesel.

For freedom \o/

The Amarr plan to send more sharks to Heimatar

Auga POS Destroys 20 Amarr Battleships

Slaver Loss Exceeds 1.4 Billion isk

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