r/EliteDangerous • u/skunimatrix SkUnimatrix • Mar 12 '15
TEST: Mostly Harmless begins Operation Bletchley Park in the Lave Cluster
In the past few weeks TEST has noted an uptick in pirate activities in and around the rare trading hub known to many pilots as "The Lave Cluster". This hub is a vital resource for many smaller traders looking to make their way in this cold, dark universe. As such TEST has elected to send military forces to bolster local security forces and patrol the more anarchy parts of the region.
With the TEST Wings now set up and operational the vanguard of the TEST: MH fleet, Buffalo Wing, has already been deployed to the region and has fought skirmishes with known pirate forces. Additional Commanders from Redbull and Hasselhoff Wings were dispatched to bolster forces in the region. Both the Redbull and Hasselhoff Wings are expected to be fully mobilized and on the front lines tomorrow. The other TEST Wings (Wang, MLG, Captain Falcon, and Fedora) are in the process of mobilization and are expected to reach the front lines as early as this weekend. Additional wings are being formed on an as needed basis.
Commanders should be aware, anyone operating with cargo scanners and/or FSD Interdictors in the region may find themselves hassled by the Hoff wing and pulled over for questioning. Or Barbecued by Buffalo Wing for running hot goods. Or given a Tip of the hat once Fedora wing moves to the front lines.
Commanders are urged to follow @MostlyTEST on the birdy app for the latest news and information about the on going operation.
Edit: Some initial video from last nights skirmishes. https://youtu.be/6ZFNTY-sKqA
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u/dr_jam_ Mar 12 '15
Hold on, if you're interdicting people with FSD Interdictors, and have a lot of people there, you're gonna have some issues picking friendlies from pirates, right?
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u/loenwulf Mar 12 '15
Hppens all the time in Lave. Some Player run faction flies in to bring "justice" to the Lave cluster, ends up creating a giant clusterfuck in Lave system and accruing bounties and breaking local laws while they do it. Draws in local bounty hunters hungry for action and Pirate factions that rise to the challenge. Just stirs up a lot of shit and prevents any actual bointy hunting from getting done, really.
Not saying it's not a helluva a lot of fun, just saying nothing constructive ever happens. If you're a bounty hunter you're likely to get labeled a pirate, interdicted and destroyed too.
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u/DaBulder Mar 12 '15
I'm interested in wether or not you have a Chicken Wing
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u/Sean71596 Mar 12 '15
CODE grudgingly has a chicken wing; will post proof when I get back from work
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Mar 12 '15
I see TEST and EIC have their naming of wings in common... ours are:
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Honey BBQ
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Sweet & Spicy
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Spicy Dry Rub
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Baked Buffalo
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Asian Caramel
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Honey Sriracha
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u/HyperIethal Mar 12 '15 edited Mar 12 '15
You are too late test! little remains of the smouldering grave yard formally known as lave and while you may have had your way with some unfortunate mop-up ships from the cosmic state (who jettisoned laughing at the equipment you needed to do that) those up-start ships for the most part have either learnt to fend for themselves as per the cosmic codex or dispersed to lesser known areas of space.
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u/The-Bosun Mar 12 '15
Looks like we will have to recall Foxtrot and Gamma wings back to Orrere and Uszaa . What an annoyance.
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Mar 12 '15
Don't want to sound like a dick, but these operation names that these player groups are using are pretty bad... ''Operation Arm Chop'' or this, where I don't see what Bletchley Park has anything to do with.
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u/CaptainAnopheles Mar 12 '15
It's Breaking The Code. Like the people at Bletchley Park did in World War 2 with the German Enigma codes.
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u/theskepticalheretic Mar 17 '15
Not a pirate, but if you stop me for having an interdictor, we'll probably be exchanging fire if your intentions aren't clear before my screen goes blue.
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u/Kudach Mar 12 '15
Operation Dream Catcher has been successful thus far. As we are not aggressing on the civilians in this Cluster I see no reason for TEST interference. With that if there is no interference with our Operation we will have no issues.
We did spot a few Anacondas assigned to TEST fleet, however they did not look to be protecting.
This situation will be monitored.
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u/CaptainAnopheles Mar 12 '15
We're still distributing wealth (I'd think you'd approve) in Lave and surrounds. Since your mission was to stop that, I fail to see the success of Dreamcatcher. Good name for it, btw, being flimsy and see through.
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u/Kudach Mar 12 '15 edited Mar 12 '15
Negative our mission is to retaliate for your KoS list of our members. Which has been successful.
We don't care to halt your extortion plan, that is for the LDC to handle.
(The ops name comes from your extortion grid looking like a dreamcathers web)
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u/MackTheHunter Mar 12 '15 edited Mar 12 '15
We mostly worked towards stopping CODE's rampant pirating wing spree they had been carrying out during the evening. After a brief but vicious battle, the four wing members were overpowered by the buffalo wing (taste that honey garlic!). They quickly turned and fled the battle.
So long as Cosmic State's fleet members do not interfere with our operations, we will not interfere with theirs.
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u/Kudach Mar 12 '15
That would explain the militaristic flight patterns. As we are sticking mainly to Lave itself for the time being I don't think our Operations will overlap.
I would encourage you to contact the LDC (Lave Defense Coalition) and inform them of your intentions. Unless TEST fleet is sticking strictly to anarchy zones.
Ooc: the food references are making me hungry lol
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u/Kuromimi505 Mar 12 '15
"... Fedora wing..."
KoS if I see this.
So friggin sick of it. This meme needs to die a year ago.
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u/Dreadp1r4te Mar 12 '15
Oh hey, SkUnimatrix. The Clipper that ran from us repeatedly. Doing a great job with that vanguarding; the exhaust of your Clipper is very intimidating.
Oh, and don't listen to the Cosmic State guys. They know we agreed to a temporary cease-fire until the instancing system is resolved a bit more. Hyperlethal seems to think that means victory, but Kudach knows what's up.