Cyclone Fleet Bags Two Carriers

Okay, our intrepid allies, Gentleman’s Agreement, and their Rokh fleet had the larger part in the carrier kills.  But we were there.

I was just sitting down at the computer for the evening and wondering what I should do when the call went out over Jabber.  Fyzick was forming a fleet.  A Cyclone fleet.

A Cyclone fleet?

Not a CFC fleet doctrine I was familiar with.  It is something Blazingbunny and Fyzick were experimenting with I gather.  They put a bunch up on contract for people.  But Drakes were also on the list of desired ships and I had a Drake handy in VFK.  So I went with that.  I joined about 50 other people in the fleet.

We headed down to Tribute where we caught a titan bridge into low sec.  We were there to save a allied customs office.  We arrived on station and flew around, our logistics helping rep the station when word that the opposition, The Retirement Club (401k) again, was actually after a Gents tower back in null sec, in Vale of the Silent.

That was only a few jumps away, but they were already bridging in from one of their titans.

We headed out in a hurry and jumped into Q-L07F only to find the 401k fleet right there on the other side of the gate.

Surprise on the overview!

Fyzick had us hold cloak until we were all through.  One of our Scimitars had broken cloak and was getting pounded on before the rest of the fleet was there.  Down to structure by the time we actually broke cloak and joined the battle, he ended up surviving through the fight.

Fyzick initially called the enemy Onerios logistics ships as targets, but we quickly switched over to 401k Nidhoggur carrier right there in our midst.  We, and the Gents Rokh fleet, which was also on the field, managed to bring the carrier down even with the other carrier, an Archon, repping it.

Once the Nidhoggur was down, it was the Archon’s turn.  Without similar logistics support, it went down much more quickly.

At that point the 401k forces began to bug out.  We caught a couple more on the field before they finally disappeared.

We flew cover for a bit on the logistics repping the Gents tower in the system, then looted the field.  I actually ended up looting more Scourge missiles than I fired, which would have been a net win except for the fact that I lost my drones.  I always lose my drones.

Then it was jump bridges back to VFK where the fleet dispersed while Fyzick and Blazingbunny assessed the potential for Cyclone fleet going forward.

All of which put me on three kill mails for March:

• Nidhoggur
• Archon
• Rapier

Pictures from the operation.

Our titan on station

Fyzick’s Onys

Cyclones in low sec

Orbiting the customs office

Aligning for null sec

Initial volley in Q-L07F

Attacking the Nidhoggur

Nidhoggur wreck and the Archon

Archon under fire

On the field after the battle

POS being repped

Scimitar cluster repping

Archon explodes