Blackops + Recon, Where are they?
September 29, 2009 in pvp, solo by Michan Yu
We had a little issue a while ago where we had a pair (Redeemer + Falcon) of guys plaguing our space with their presence. The biggest issue was the fact the Falcon would roam around through gates cloaked and what not, and the Redeemer would sit by idly inside of black ops jump bridge range to strike on targets. The Falcon, when a target is sighted, would decloak, pop a covert-ops cyno and jump the Redeemer in for the strike. This was particularly effective yet in-effective at the same time. As far as I’m aware, most pilots generally stop ratting/mining if a neut or red pilot enters their system and warp out to a safe somewhere.
So the idea of the gang is innovative, it utilized stealth to the extent of being able to show up on your doorstep when you aren’t ready and take a kill quickly, then fade away into the stars somewhere. Its ingenious and is a fantastic idea, however as all good tactics does have some drawbacks.
- Firepower is limited
- Not truly Stealth but as good as stealth gets in Eve
So how do you combat such a situation. Well it is very difficult. So to ensure we get an engagement, we had to employ a ratting ECCM strategy. We ensured a fleet of ships was in system ready to go and staged a Cerberus in one of the belts. The Cerberus was ratting away quietly when suddenly the Falcon appeared, the Falcon struggled to get a jam cycle off on the Cerberus as it was fitted for ECCM due to the local rats being Guristas Pirates. Worked a charm, the fleet warped in on the Falcon and he was quickly dispatched. Unfortunately we did loose our bait and the Redeemer got away :’(. Sad panda.
Sufficed to say the Falcon pilot retrieved a new Falcon and quickly cyno’d his buddyback home to empire space as fast as he royally could.






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