Thread by @tshugart3

Logging in and getting ready for what promises to be one of the largest multiplayer virtual fleet battles in history:

We already have 6000+ players logged on in our alliance's forward staging area, just waiting to go into the fight. My corporation has already sent in a 256-person fleet, and is forming up four more to go soon:

Finally undocked, fleet standing by for orders.

Looks like for now my fleet is acting in an auxiliary capacity to defend assets in nearby systems while the main battle goes on. This is actually more fun for now, getting some kills:

Here's live coverage of the fight - broadcast from our adversary's propaganda network: twitch.tv/imperiumnews

Chyrons and a guy in a suit and everything:

Update: the fight did not go well for my side. It appears server issues caused by huge traffic slowed down our pilots' jump-in transitions so much that their ships were destroyed in before they could even take control of them. 😕

But my auxiliary fleet roaming around on the margins had a good time, I racked up a half-dozen kills. So there's that, I guess. Will be interesting to see where this goes and how @CCPGames fixes these issues.

Back in the fight, now in the thick of it. Our fleet helping to cover extraction of largest ships by fighting off enemy's smaller ships.

Fleet Cdr from one of the big ship groups dropped into our comms to tell us how much our efforts appreciated. Classic good mil leadership.

Well, that's it for me, ejected from my ship after it was destroyed; my capsule will be destroyed soon.

We received word a while back that no more reinforcements are coming, so expect I'll see my fleet mates in Valhalla. o7