In recent days, the Caldari-Gallente warzone has heated up quite nicely. As pointed out in our previous update, the Caldari push to restore some semblance of balance in the war zone had lured back large numbers of GalMil pilots from the far reaches of Galmilistan (Cloud Ring). The Gallente took back two systems quickly, which threatened to stall the CalMil assault and leave the warzone devoid of conflict once more.
Luckily enough, some determined Caldari pilots decided to press on and blitzed the well-known gate camping grounds of Tama. It fell on September 30, with limited resistance from Gallente forces. However, losing Tama seems to have triggered at least part of the Gallente militia, as Reddit posts started popping up to support the recapture of Tama with some high-grade FW propaganda (here, here, here and here). This was quickly countered by CalMil and hey presto, we had a small-scale system siege on our hands: Tama became the most violent system in EVE according to dotlan statistics.
So how have the two factions been handling themselves in this conflict? While the contested rate of the system shot up to almost 90 percent over the last two days, today saw CalMil organize in numbers, running their favorite comps to take out the often outnumbered GalMil fleets and hold the plexes. Things, of course, are complicated by the eternal gate camps – yes, PERUNGA is back in case you missed that – and as a result, ships are exploding in all the surrounding systems as well.
So how will this end? Will more GalMil rally to the cause? Will even danker propaganda be posted to build up the animosity between the rivaling factions? The coming days should shed light on these questions and more!
Lynx Artrald is a director for Black Shark Cult in The Bloc, a proud member of the CalMil Coalition. You can usually find him derping about Black Rise or Placid, trying to get gud at solo PvP, or in a CalMil fleet. You can reach Lynx in Black Shark Cult Discord.
