Some things are never over. You think they are, and you go merrily on your way not thinking about it for a while. Then one day they come back and suddenly face you, and you weren't expecting it.
In the time since the OW war, we've been working on economic growth, assisting Mordor as needed, and generally doing internal reorganizing here in our home galaxies. Everything had returned to normal, we gave invasion less thought... until today. Today I was hit by a traitor, a traitor named Frutol.
With the recent loss of many CoRE higher-members and the breakoff to form [-2-], much has been debated about the future of B57. While the discussions on the CoRE side of things remain unknown to us in MI5, it appears that not all has been as smooth as we would like. Frutol, a longtime member of CoRE, has left the guild and struck out on his own, briefly becoming a member of [SFC© ] before throwing everything away. His intentions are unknown, aside from the obvious hostility. Perhaps he is quitting AE and wanted to make life miserable for everyone around him in the process, or maybe he was hacked. We simply don't know yet. But what we do know, and what gets me more than anything is his blatant inefficiency in the way he handles combat. It's one thing to betray people who were formerly your friends, it's another to do so and then be so inefficient at it that it's insulting just to look at the horrible botched attack that was made.
Basically what happened, though the motive is still lacking, is that at about 7pm (server time) Frutol made a sudden and massive attack on the bases of my home system: Ardreas and Cerus. Unfortunately for me, because I was not on at the time he managed to catch my mobile fleet napping and completely wiped it out. But it was not without disgusting losses on his own side that he managed this. For one thing, his attack included all his carriers and recyclers, which were torn to ribbons by my Prings. In addition to that, he didn't fighter drop at all, but included his capital ships with everything else, in the process losing a dreadnought and a Titan to my defenses. He came close to losing a Leviathan too, but managed to spare it... just barely. As soon as the battle was over rushed his fleet over to a base belonging to [Huntr] Quintessence in the same region at B57:57:02:11. Shortly after its arrival, he suicided his fleet into Quintessence's defenses, and then just left the rest of it sitting there. Guesses abound as to the cause of this, but no absolute answers are forthcoming.
StRiDeR and Aledujke were preparing a counter-attack on him to liberate my bases and wipe out his marauding fleets, but [-HUN-] Dark One Of Night beat them to it, destroying Frutol's fleets in my system. She took a small amount of debris, then left. Following her departure StRiDeR came in and took the rest of it. So for now I wait, and watch, and remember. At level 34 I cannot offer much military strength on my own, but I can offer knowledge, insight, and memory. And what happens to me now is not something I will ever forget while I roam this game. I will be riding the stars long after inefficient buffoons like Frutol are gone from this place. And my journals shall reflect all my experiences on my way there...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
Decisions
This is an interesting time for the commonwealth of players in B57 known as MI5. Ever since the end of the [SYM] War last month, we've been growing quietly. Most of our higher players have come back from Mordor, and we've been spending the past few days reorganizing and adding new features to our guild. With new tools, more members, and a much more detailed knowledge of B57 than we've ever had before, this is an interesting time of growth for us. But it is also a dangerous time. MI5 has reached a crossroads in B57, a crossroads that will make a huge difference in the future of our guild...
Until recently, B57 has been composed of largely two main groups of players: Those in the Commonwealth family, and those in the [-ΛSG-]/[CoRE] family. There are other guilds in B57 of course, like UFP, [-2-] (an offshoot of CoRE), and a few other smaller guilds. But the primary inhabitants of this galaxy are these two families of guilds. For the most part since our arrival, we have been on friendly terms with each other, each growing in its own way. Recently, however, our relationship with the [CoRE] element of the
former [-ΛSG-] family has been undergoing some considerable changes. With some of their most prominent players leaving the game, CoRE is at a crossroads for their future. And while seeking courses of action, they came to us with the offer of a merger, thus bringing us to the crossroads along with them. Now here we stand, the possibility of a merger with the only guild in B57 large enough to pose a significant threat to us staring us in the face. What path do we take?
In considering out future, I cannot help but recall our old pal Benny (from the B56 Invasion Journal). But is it honestly realistic to put an entire guild to comparison with a single GOON infiltrator? Somehow I do not think so. In my heart I would like to believe CoRE is sincere in their offer and embrace them into the commonwealth and the Agency working within it. But it is a major crossroads, and not a decision to be taken lightly. Mordor is in favor of the idea of a merger between our guild families. If all worked well, we would gain nearly total dominance of B57 and add it to our stronghold galaxies greater than ever before. But it is never wise to blindly jump at something that looks good without weighing the risks involved. There are many questions to be asked, and policies to be considered if such a merger were to take place. Also the question of dedication and loyalty would need to be put forward. But if that is all satisfactory, then perhaps a joined future could bring considerable blessing... to all of us.
As I write this, the future of B57 is still uncertain. We stand at the crossroads. Where shall we turn?
Until recently, B57 has been composed of largely two main groups of players: Those in the Commonwealth family, and those in the [-ΛSG-]/[CoRE] family. There are other guilds in B57 of course, like UFP, [-2-] (an offshoot of CoRE), and a few other smaller guilds. But the primary inhabitants of this galaxy are these two families of guilds. For the most part since our arrival, we have been on friendly terms with each other, each growing in its own way. Recently, however, our relationship with the [CoRE] element of the
former [-ΛSG-] family has been undergoing some considerable changes. With some of their most prominent players leaving the game, CoRE is at a crossroads for their future. And while seeking courses of action, they came to us with the offer of a merger, thus bringing us to the crossroads along with them. Now here we stand, the possibility of a merger with the only guild in B57 large enough to pose a significant threat to us staring us in the face. What path do we take?
In considering out future, I cannot help but recall our old pal Benny (from the B56 Invasion Journal). But is it honestly realistic to put an entire guild to comparison with a single GOON infiltrator? Somehow I do not think so. In my heart I would like to believe CoRE is sincere in their offer and embrace them into the commonwealth and the Agency working within it. But it is a major crossroads, and not a decision to be taken lightly. Mordor is in favor of the idea of a merger between our guild families. If all worked well, we would gain nearly total dominance of B57 and add it to our stronghold galaxies greater than ever before. But it is never wise to blindly jump at something that looks good without weighing the risks involved. There are many questions to be asked, and policies to be considered if such a merger were to take place. Also the question of dedication and loyalty would need to be put forward. But if that is all satisfactory, then perhaps a joined future could bring considerable blessing... to all of us.
As I write this, the future of B57 is still uncertain. We stand at the crossroads. Where shall we turn?
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