Now there had been indicating the presence of a Leshak in the area, and sure enough a Leshak landed on grid. The Armageddon in fleet started taking heavy damage but thanks to the valiant efforts of the logi guys the ship remained stable. The fleet moved to engage and found itself with a heavier response this time from their valiant foe who was making effective use of his drones. Just as it appeared the hog had bedded down for the night and the QRF was about to dock up, word came the hog was making a run for the gate. Not wanting to waste a lot of time sitting and waiting which is no fun for anyone, the FC warped the fleet to the Jufvitte gate to watch for movement of hogs in the bushes so to speak. This time however the Vargur was able to make it into Garoun Investment Bank station. This hunting party thought the action was over and was almost ready to stand down when, hello, another Vargur landed on the Amygnon gate in Jufvitte. Now Deimos was indeed locked out of the station due to a weapons timer and soon the QRF had him pointed and were applying damage when that pesky timer ran out and he was able to dock up. But hey, Eve University is a learning fleet and often the best learning comes from doing. He’s been up against many a hunter and many a prey in his day with an efficiency rating according to zkillboard of 93.1% and at the time of this writing 1,647 kills to 123 losses. Shortly after intel came that the infamous Hog Deimos Barret was in the area, specifically on an NPC station in the neighboring system of Ansalle. The total damage per second (dps) the fleet could employ was so high the Vargur went down and was turned into space junk. But it was happening too quickly and the Unistas far outnumbered the Hogs. The stars were lighting up with tracers and drones moving to take their shots as well when suddenly two Hog Guardians landed on grid to provide their own logistic support to the stranded Vargur. So providing reps (healing sheilds, armor, and hulls) requires good capacitor supply. Now logi will cap chain to reinforce one another’s capacitors because if you run out of cap you cannot use modules that require this stored energy. It was all happening so fast that the logistics group was having trouble some trouble establishing and holding their cap chain. The QRF quickly applied Statis Webifiers (slow that ship down), War Scramblers (keep it from running away) and Energy Neutralizers (suck out its power so it can’t shoot back). Upon landing and clearing gate cloak, the QRF engaged the target, only to learn from intel sources in the area that the Hogs were rallying and sending help. The QRF was ordered to jump the gate upon landing and join the scout who was holding point (that is keeping the Vargur from warping away). Now for folks new to Eve this basically means that through the applications of various types of modules a ship can be slowed down and even prevented from warping away, basically holding them in a particular location in space. But alas for this particular boar, the move was expected and the QRF’s scout as able to jump as well and tackle the Vargur. While the QRF was in warp to the gate, the Varur jumped through into Jufvitte. Logi can provide extra power (cap), repair sheild, armor, and even hull repair (depending on the ship and fittings present based on the doctrine employed) when one finds oneself on the receiving end of the enemy’s fire. Logi (short for logistics) refers to a special class of ships that provide vital support to the damage dealers. Now for folks new to Eve it is important to note that fleets large and small can live or die because of logi support. So she warped the DD (damage dealing) squad and order the logi to warp themselves to the gate. Now normally an FC might fleet-warp the group to the expected battle sight, but this FC was hampered because they were part of the standing fleet. The QRF was quickly assembled and roles established and within minutes came the call, “undock, undock, undock”. Quickly assessing the available assets, because in Eve time is often of the essence, she decided to go with the previous QRF’s doctrine using Vexors and Augorors as there were unistas still shipped and ready to go. The active QRF had just stood down, so an enterprising UNISTA Nienke Solette took charge quickly forming a QRF calling first for a Caracal/Osprey doctrine. It only took moments to discover the pilot was the infamous Vargur, in this case slowboating toward the gate that would take him into the Jufvitte system. In this case a member of Hog Hitman with whom Eve University was at war was in system. It was beautiful and quiet and the stars where shining bright around our campus in hisec, when comm channels began to buzz with reports of a wild bore in the vineyard.
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