U-QVWD system, Catch region. On the 11th of November at 19:00 EVE Standard Time a Soviet-Union [CZ-27] carrier convoy was intercepted by forces belonging to Pandemic Legion [-10.0] and Northern Coalition. [NC] in the system.
The convoy was making its way to the C-J6MT system in the Insmother region for a new deployment as the Stain-Wagon (SW) coalition is deploying to the region in order to bolster Red Menace Coalition (RMC)’s forces in their war with the Drone Regions Federation (DRF). The two coalitions have been cooperating in the last few weeks, with this deployment allowing them to coordinate better and respond faster to the DRF’s assault.
The DRF had not been blind to this development and managed to spot one of the convoys in transit, informing Pandemic Legion and Northern Coalition., as the former had been staging in somewhat close proximity to SW. The two alliances quickly formed fleets, Pandemic Legion managing to assemble 90 pilots in Proteus strategic cruisers while Northern Coalition. gathered 70 pilots in Ishtar heavy assault cruisers. Both fleets then raced to intercept the convoy, managing to reach it as it was crossing from the Curse region into Catch.
A quick skirmish started between the escort fleet of SW, estimated at 60 pilots in Barghest battleships and Cerberus heavy assault cruisers, and the hostiles fleets which landed near the U-QVWD gate. The battle proved short as SW forces were quickly cut down, the majority of their fleet forced to remain a long distance away from the gate as Pandemic Legion and Northern Coalition. forces quickly disposed of one of the convoy’s stragglers while their interdictor pilots jumped ahead in an attempt to capture the rest of the convoy.
Soviet-Union Carriers Tackled on the 0SHT-A Gate in the U-QVWD System
However due to the fact it was a regional gate, thus several times larger than an ordinary gate, before the interdictors could deploy enough interdiction probes and lock down the area around the gate itself a large chunk of the carriers, estimated around 30, managed to escape leaving only 9 behind. The hostile fleets having dealt with the stragglers in the 0SHT-A system , entered U-QVWD and started working on eliminating the remaining carriers, who were too spread out to assist each other and thus were easily destroyed.
As the two forces prepared to extract, SW’s escort fleet which remained in OSHT-A, attempted to snag a few stragglers but was quickly fended off and chased by Northern Coalition. forces. Not willing to contend with 2 hostile fleets and having sustained quite a few losses, SW’s escort fleet preferred to retreat, allowing both Pandemic Legion and Northern Coalition. to extract safely.
Thus, hostilities in the system ended as all involved returned to their respective staging systems.
The Battle from the Perspective of the Pandemic Legion Proteus Fleet
Battle report for the U-QVWD system can be found here.
All told the battle lasted 20 minutes with local remaining below 300 pilots and Time Dilation registered briefly but quickly abating and having no effect on the fighting.
Stain-Wagon lost 10 carriers and 23 sub-capitals for a total of 39.69 billion ISK damage while Pandemic Legion and Northern Coalition. sustained light casualties, only 9 ships totaling roughly 750 million ISK of damage.
Salivan Harddin is a member of Reikoku, Pandemic Legion, and covers battles across New Eden
