The success or failure of a fleet operation depends on reliable and timely intelligence. What is the opposing fleet's location, strength, makeup? These are all things the Fleet Commander needs to know in order to make good decisions and lay effective traps.
PVP-COVOPS will provide you with the basic knowledge needed to fly as a covert ops scout for a fleet. The class will meet in highsec and proceed immediately into nullsec. Class practicals will occur in nullsec, and there is a real chance you will loose your ship. There will be a few staged exercises but we may also head out into deeper reaches of nullsec. At the end of class you will be offered the opportunity to test yourself and your skills with an exercise wherein you will likely have to evade multiple hostile forces and retrieve a few items. This is a real trial-by-fire, so don't sign up unless you're ready to dive in and start swimming.
The class is tailored for newer covops pilots but would be still be a good review for the old hands.
Topics this class will cover:
- Strengths, weaknesses, and uses of CovOps ships
- Ship fitting and skills needed to fly this ship effectively
- Directional scanner and probing
- Recon reporting format
- Gatecamp evasion
- Getting undetected next to a target to provide a warp-in for your fleet
Logistical details:
- Course Code: COVOPS - 20110717
- Time and Duration: July 17 at 18:00 (Approx 5 hours, allow, 6)
Arrive on time. The class will not wait for stragglers.
- Price: 55m isk per pilot
Send the course fee directly to the Agony Unleashed corporation. Reference the course code in the transfer.
- Meeting Location: Stacmon V - Impro Factory
- Instructors: dzu, cr8r
- Maximum Enrollment:
1520 (no alumni this time 'round)
- Prerequisites: PVP-BASIC, PVP-WOLFPACKS
See the PVP-COVOPS Wiki for preparation material for this class.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW TO ENROLL IN A PVP UNIVERSITY CLASS
Use the following pattern to enroll:
AGONY_SITE_DISPLAY_NAME - PILOT NAME (CORP TICKER)
For Example
Bamar - Christina Bamar (AGONY)
If you chose to be creative, sloppy, use different brackets, put in your pilot name twice or anything else like that we may not process your enrollment and you may lose your spot. Link to the pages that show you graduated from the prerequisite classes.
Class equipment
Come to class in a covert ops frigate, not a stealth bomber. Fit a Covert Ops Cloaking Device II, MWD, and Expanded Probe Launcher, and bring 10 each Core and Combat scan probes (Sisters of Eve probes are recommended, but not necessary). While the remainder of the fitting is up to each student, there are recommended modules and fittings in the reading material.
Required skills
- Cloaking 4+
- Covert Ops 4 +
- Warp Drive Operation 4+
- Evasive Maneuvering 4+
- Navigation 4+
- Astrometrics 4+
- Astrometric Rangefinding 3+
- Astrometric Pinpointing 3+
- Astrometric Acquisition 3+
- Confirmed and Paid students:
- Ajax Smith - Ajax Smith [ALIASTRA]
- Aria Wolfe - Aria Wolfe (MODRO)
- ashred - Ashred Evanalan (R-FED)
- Brititos - Brititos (EDROP)
- Davidus - Davidus Julius (.IBM.)
- Gath - Gath Ra'nan (E-UNI)
- Kaan - Threyer Kaan (VI)*
- Leiro San - Leiro San (GRIFC)
- Maudite 9 - Maudite 9 (CFOR)
- Necr0n 99 – Necr0n 99 (GRTP)
- Scrivet – Scrivet (R-FED)
- Shamfor - Shamfor (EDROP)
- Silvonus - Silvonus (E-UNI)
- Somares - Somares (MW)
- Sphyrnidae - Sphyrnidae (AFUSE)
- usnameri - USnameri (PWWN)
- Zophoo - NyuEvy (NTX)
- Storiim - Storiim Tsovoran (E-UNI)
- AGONY Students:
- t011phr33 (AGONY)
- Kalamaner syscomika (AGONY)
- Paid but not properly registered:
- Awaiting Confirmation of Payment:
- Waiting list:
- Bylator - Bylator [NSTRS]
- Tom_Vek - Tom Vek
- Credited:
- Ajax Smith - Ajax Smith [ALIASTRA]
- Somares - Somares (MW)
- Zophoo - NyuEvy (NTX)
- Storiim - Storiim Tsovoran (E-UNI)
- Graduated:
- Aria Wolfe - Aria Wolfe (MODRO)
- ashred - Ashred Evanalan (R-FED)
- Davidus - Davidus Julius (.IBM.)
- Gath - Gath Ra'nan (E-UNI)
- Kaan - Threyer Kaan (VI)*
- Leiro San - Leiro San (GRIFC)
- Necr0n 99 – Necr0n 99 (GRTP)
- Scrivet – Scrivet (R-FED)
- Shamfor - Shamfor (EDROP)
- Silvonus - Silvonus (E-UNI)
- Sphyrnidae - Sphyrnidae (AFUSE)
- usnameri - USnameri (PWWN)
- Kalamaner syscomika (AGONY)
- Maudite 9 - Maudite 9 (AGONY)
- t011phr33 (AGONY)
and (drum roll please). . . .the speediest gauntlet runner is: Gath Ra'nan with contract up at 00:49 (Prize was credited back to the -ITA- account, as requested). And a close second of Scrivet, then Silvonus. Congrats!