Bractus D-14 was the stage for a fierce battle between ONE and ITAN. The fighting started when Seragyn and Starbuck of ONE attacked an Itani convoy, carrying purified xithricite, headed for Divinia. ARF_01 and spidey of ITAN responded to the attack. Reinforcements arrived shortly after. Apparently ONE needed assistance, and so called upon the aid of their allies in TGFT, with Gymbalok and Ahuramazda answering the call. Eventually, both sides were evenly matched and the tides of battle shifted as mercury slides along glass. Both sides eventually withdrew as fatigue from such an extended combat started to take it's toll.

awesome fighting all around, cheers everyone.

Though the fighting was intense, as usual the Itani have rewritten history to make themselves the aggrieved party. The fighting was instigated by a probing attack of Pelatus by ITAN, when ONE went to respond, members of the the Itani nationalists forces attempted to ambush the commander, resulting in a long, pitched battle.

wow, ITAN and ONE fighting eachother?

Things like this makes me wish VO TV... like we had ETTV, a "camera" that displays the game as a streaming video, the most active spot... and the best battles can be reprised on demand...

I thought TGFT had a no involvement policy with regards to ctc ?

Following its own publicly-stated policies has never been a TGFT policy.

It does JJ, however, as stated before, this particular battle had nothing to do with CtC.

endercp12, there may have been a probe at one of the Conq. Stations prior to the battle. This may be what put you on high alert. However, it was the CtC convoy being destroyed along with the presence of Seragyn and Star Buck that served as the impetus for the battle. TGFT aiding ONE in a shipping lane, resulted in their support of the Serco in yet another convoy not be able to pass.

I understand that due to the current state of conflict between ITAN and TGFT, things get kinda murky for them. I would put forth that any conflict that arises between ONE and ITAN could most likely be considered a part of the Serco-Itani conflict, as is obviously interfereing with the CtC convoy. However, ONE coming to the aid of TGFT would not necessarily be the same.

Regardless of the reason for high-alert in the system, the reason for our assemblage was the inteferrence with our CtC convoy. TGFT's involvement put them in a position that runs counter to their own stated restrictions.

The CtC convoy was hit nearly an hour into the conflict by Star Buck, not by any tgft forces. I understand you want to put a political spin on things, but, like what happens in politics sometimes, you got called out on this one. I know how it started, as I was attacked by arf and spidey well before the ctc was hit.

One other little note, the Itani CtC does not pass through the odia/bractus wormhole, so saying you were trying to defend a convoy there just doesnt work.

No, that was the second convoy. I went to Bractus from Pelatus because someone attacked one an hour before, and found ONE there. Pretty standard if you ask me.