I've not really done a lot of Fleet command. The most experience I have had was running shuttle ops from Catch to Delve during the RSF/NC invasion of Delve last year. Before that, nothing. I've always wanted to FC and have an active role in combat, other than activating my ships modules. So I took the opportunity to lead a few fleets over the past week or so.
I try not to let my Members know that I don't have a lot of experience, so that they don't just bugger off. Confidence is the biggest attractor for followers. So lets get on with the Battle report I suppose.
"Accidental FC"
I had logged on to find Corp chat empty,so I joined up with the fleet after reports of War Targets milling about. I apparently caught on to the fleet as the FC at the time was getting ready to break, so he was looking for someone to take-over. The other usuals were turning down offers, so I picked up Command after a threat to disband the fleet.
I saw one Amarr in system, and decided to stat off with a little bit of fun. If I can't be effective, I might as well be entertaining. I invited the lone war target to our Fleet. Vancorporate, a well known amarr pilot was out in a percieved Arbitrator, and I figured it would be funny if he joined fleet, and I was able to warp us on top of him. Didn't work, so we tried to get some 'funny' out of it by playing around with Vancorporate.
Vancorporate fails at entertainment. I guess I should expect this, he is Amarr. I took the fleet over to Kamela looking for a fight, but nothing was going to play. MirrorGod, who had just logged in for a short spot joined the fleet and was scouting in Kamela, where he found some pirates chasing him.
Raising the fist of Udina, "SEND THE FLEET IN!"
Problem was, he started shooting first, and so did we, so while we managed to kill a Myrmidon and a Harbinger, I also managed to kill my Rens Access. Which lead to some hilarity later, when I went to Rens to fit another ship and almost lost my rupture to Concord... Welp.
Those couple of pirates were pretty much all that was out and about, so I was going to break fleet. They then BEGGED me to stay and to take them on a 0.0 roam. Well, I wasn't all that confident in my ability to not get us bubble-raped, so I tried to ease them off that idea.
Failed.
Shortly thereafter we were all in interceptors and frigates moving to Dital to enter Null-Sec. Turned out to be a short trip. Weekends tend to be pretty busy, and CVA was on the ball with their Fleets, so bubbles were following us around. Luckily, in interceptors, we managed to burn out with nary a loss, but one poor bloak who brought a cruiser to a 'Ceptor roam, and an unfortunate Merlin who got caught on the edge of a bubble on the out-gate back into empire.
We managed to pop Two drakes, and their pods before we left 0.0 and did the streak through Amarr Prime.
I was going to log off then, but again, I was goaded into staying on to lead the gang a little bit more.
Which lead to us killing a Pilgrim, a Moa, and a Catalyst.
Turned out to be pretty successful little night for my second FC run.
Cheers.
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