There will be an Ultimate/Planned Capital Ship Battle (10) Saturday, July 16, 2005, at 7pm GMT. Use Daylight Saving Time (where applicable) to translate the time. We will be using Scenario 2 for this battle.

NO RULES. Ok I’ll say it again NO RULES. Do what ever you want. I won’t be coordinating this event (because there is no need too). Fight anyway you want. Attack any ship you want and team up with anyone you want. Also no prizes at all for this battle. Just have fun.

18:00 GMT All cap ships will spawn at their ready positions:
UIT -- Azek I-16, Serco -- Initros O-12 and Itani -- Edras H-15

18:20 GMT Cap ships will start moving toward Sedina B8. When the cap ships jump to the following locations the battle will start:
UIT = Latos H-2, Serco = Ukari A-10 and Itani = Pelatus K-15

Please be sure you are all on time. With the changes we should be able to start the battle at 6:20 pm GMT. I would like to start as close to that time as possible. You should arrive at 6 pm GMT though.

I once again want to thank the developers and guides for their help. Without them we wouldn’t have a game at all.

I want to give a special thanks to Borb. This was actually his idea.

As always your suggestions, comments and opinions are welcome.

JB

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To Guides and Developers: Can someone post the date and time to the Guide forums. I just need someone to spawn the cap ships, and if you want to you can leave. Also can a developer confirm the locations of scenario 2.

my bet is on the Sola, since it has no one to fight till b8 while the Protaris and Zelor will meet much sooner. Should spawn the Sola in Bractus or something.

Or spawn them all in sedina sectors. I think the sectors are b-9, b-7, and c-8.

Touriaus: there are acually 2 senarios we used to use. Senario 1 cap ships are spawned within one jusmp of b8 and battle startes when they enter b8. and senario 2 where the cap ships are spawned close to the border of grey and battle startes when the ships enter grey space.

Since the last couple of weeks we have been using Senario 1 i thought it might be time we give senario 2 a try. we haven't done it since the recent changes to the cap ships. and this will give all side a chance to form some stratagy. With the whole battle not taking place in b8 i expect teams will attack the cap ships before they get to b8.

I haven't heard back from the developers yet, but i'm assuming everything is ready for saturday. If not we'll just switch back to senario 1. No problem.

As always your suggestions, comments and opinions are welcome.

JB

Results of the last battle:

Serco won the Greatest Cap ship battle of all time. Joyce Sanders led the Serco and UIT to victory against the Itani nation. Congratulations to the Serco for winning and to Joyce sanders for her leadership.

[07/16/05 13:59:58] [100] Itani Defense Vessel Sola arriving at Edras to Pelatus wormhole.
[07/16/05 13:59:58] [100] Serco Military Vessel Protaris arriving at Initros to Ukari wormhole.
[07/16/05 13:59:58] [100] Union Peacekeeper Zelor arriving at Azek to Latos wormhole.
[07/16/05 13:59:58] [100] You have 20 minutes to man these vessels before they go through their respective wormholes
[07/16/05 14:20:22] [100]<Krevnik> Ships are now accellerating. :) (BATTLE START)
[07/16/05 15:20:13] [100]<Jestatis Bess> ITANI SHIP DEAD... everyone kill joyce :)
[07/16/05 15:28:48] [100]<Jestatis Bess> UIT SHIP DEAD
[07/16/05 16:05:43] [100]<Jestatis Bess> SERCO CAP SHIP DEAD WOOT i got the kill

SERCO time: 1:45:21
UIT Time: 1:08:26
ITANI time: 0:59:51

The UIT and Serco forces ganked the Itani cap ship as soon as it entered Pelatus. The Itani ship had no chance. Since there were actually more Serco online then Itani (amazing) we really had no chance without the UIT helping us.

Now Joyce was paid (I’m sure a large amount to make sure that the Serco won this battle. She also encouraged players to kill the Zelor (UIT ship). I hope the UIT officials make her pay for being a traitor to her own nation just for a little cash :)

Quotes from the battle (or Joyce Sanders’ crimes against her own nation:) :

[07/16/05 13:54:16] [100]<Joyce Sanders> The plan is to rush and sink the Sola as quickly as possible
[07/16/05 13:54:56] [100]<Jestatis Bess> "Joyce Sanders" don't u want to kill the serco ship 1st?
[07/16/05 13:54:57] [100]<Joyce Sanders> Then we go after the Zelor
[07/16/05 13:55:14] [100]<Joyce Sanders> That way the Serco win and it's all good
[07/16/05 14:00:08] [100]<Jestatis Bess> joyce when did u get so evil... i thought the uit and itani were supossed to be friendly :)
[07/16/05 14:00:41] [100]<Joyce Sanders> The serco offered me a deal I couldn't refuse
[07/16/05 14:01:54] [100]<Jestatis Bess> if i didn't like you so much i would call you a tratior to uit/itani relations :)
[07/16/05 14:02:14] [100]<Joyce Sanders> It's just business, Jes ^^ surely you can understand that
[07/16/05 14:02:32] [100]<Jestatis Bess> yes i can but i don't have to like it

Now before you post remember the chat log was on public channels and I thought the Itani and UIT should know how easily Joyce’s loyalty can be bought.

(And remember it’s the Role Playing forums :)

JB

Thanks to all those that participated, I had a lot of fun :)

I was the last onboard the Zelor, to the very end. The Itani ship WAS the first to fall. The Serco and UIT ships exchange fire before reaching Sedina where we all got to dance. :)

Joyce's actions drew Itani fire from the Zelor as they chased her. Joyce did receive funds but distributed them to both UIT and Serco players. As I see it, it was a "No Rules" battle and the Serco paid for services rendered like any other Merc. work.

Since Joyce has good UIT standings, she couldn't friendly fire the Zelor any more than the rest of the UIT players. Which means the Zelor was taken down by either Serco or Itani fire, end of story.

All in all, it was a fun battle! Hope to see all of you at the next one!