Perhaps some smaller groups will become a buffer between the two powers. But will they want to push their border right up against the Imperium? I am not sure anybody would want to rent that close to the end of the Eye of Terror Ansiblex highway to become content for Goons, and I don’t think Horde is going to move itself down there to protect them. I am sure Pandemic Horde will take some of that space to add to their rental empire. That is a set of eight regions in the southeast of null sec where the owners have run off. That leaves the question as to what happens when they exit. Their structures and sovereignty are all going down. They got a free pass through our space, but we aren’t helping them out otherwise. Null Sec Coalitions Map and the FI.RE exit route That allowed the Imperium to grant FI.RE egress from the southeast to join up with its new coalition mates. On its side of the equation, FI.RE approached the Imperium and “made amends for past wrongs,” the details of which I am sure will come out at some point. We are not allies, but we have cooperated with them against the Fraternity/PanFam Axis of the East at H-PA29 in Venal and just last week at Skarkon in Pochven, so we were apparently open to the idea. B2, on our northern boarder, has become a group we can work with. In a world where almost all of null sec turned against us to wage WWB the Imperium has forged new relations. But the trail there would be past the Imperium, a hazard all its own.Īs it turns out, FI.RE had chosen B2 as a destination, and B2 came to the Imperium looking for passage. The other option was the B2 coalition in the northwest, made up of Brave, WE FORM BL0B, and a few other alliance, some of whom were neighbors until WWB shattered Legacy coalition. That would have been a trail of tears, a trip of frightful losses to get past a hungry Pandemic Horde. The problem is that PanFam space lies between FI.RE and Fraternity space. They could have possibly turtled up and held a single constellation, or at least dragged their foes into an apocalyptic battle, the way the Imperium did in World War Bee, but it isn’t clear if they, as a coalition, have the sort of cohesion and bloody minded stubbornness to pull that off.īetween a rock and a hard place, they could have potentially reached out to Fraternity to join Winter Coalition, with whom they held space with in the southeast previously. They had former allies, Pandemic Horde, attacking them headlong from the north and the a grudge holding Imperium on their western flank not only unlikely to help them out, but actively attacking them in some cases, which left them in an untenable situation. I had just gotten around to writing about the fact that there was a war going on between Pandemic Horde and FI.RE coalition down in the southeast of null sec when the past weekend and now the war seems to have been decided.įor all of its outward bravado, both from its leader and its line members in r/eve, they clearly knew they were in trouble. FI.RE in Flight! Complete Collapse in the Southeast! This entry was posted in entertainment, EVE Online, Null Sec and tagged B2 Coalition, FI.RE, Fraternity, Imperium, NCDot, Pandemic Horde, Pandemic Legion, PanFam, Slyce on Februby Wilhelm Arcturus. How the southeast will fare under the new treaty remains to be seen. However the war washed all of that away and Querious has since become a home to core Imperium members. Querious Fight Club, as it was called, had specific rules to keep groups from being destroyed quickly, enforced by the long arm of the Imperium. How it will play out remains to be seen.īefore World War Bee the Imperium used to use Querious as an incubator region for small alliances wishing to try and spread their wings. The idea seems to be to allow space for smaller groups to come to and explore sovereign null sec. B3 resides in the northeast of null sec and includes many of the former FI.RE members who fled the southeast, so perhaps their agreement to leave the area alone was implied already. Not represented as signatories were any of B3 coalition’s leadership. Noraus of Fraternity, leader of WinterCo.The agreement is slated to last for one year, at which point those party to the agreement can decide whether to extend it or not. In addition, no rental activity of any sort will be allowed within the designated region. The major blocs can still roam through the area for content, but they have agreed not to take sides in any conflict within the area and to not attack sovereignty or structures of those who take up residence in the area. The agreement states that Those regions are now open for unaffiliated alliances to use, meaning alliances that are not affiliated with any of the four major blocs (B3, Imperium, PanFam, Winterco). The Imperium’s grab in Tenerifis from DOTLAN
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