Life in Solitude: Bluefucking

How to Get a Permanent Disinvite

A few weeks ago I was hunting around Solitude when I came across a rather sizeable mining OP; about 10 Hulks and a Porpoise. I noticed that I had them set red. They were old friends from <STFU>! A corp known as Know-Nothings [KNONO]. So, naturally, I went on the hunt.

I followed them for 2 systems and one of their pilots, "Das Hagen", stated that he was a friend of [Redacted].

So I spoke to [Redacted], a top ranking member in <WHBOO>, and he explained to me that Das Hagen was a friend, and that he would appreciate if I didn't pester his dudes and gank them. Alright. No problem.

A rather polite mail was sent, (polite given the fact that I was dealing with [KNONO], which are pretty much the reason everyone hated <STFU>):

I never received a response. He must not have taken my warning seriously, because a few weeks later I'm watching the X-Files and my wingman informs me that 20+ Hulks just jumped into Straloin and made a beeline for the Dark Ochre anom. My mouth began to water. I opened my EVE client up and saw reds in Local, and indeed, Das Hagen amongst them.

We undocked and went to engage. There were five separate entities on field (which I will collectively refer to as Bluefuckers Inc, since they're all the same people on different characters): LowKey Ops [L0.KI], [KNONO], Singularity Syndicate <SYND>, SYNDE Associations <CINDY>, and Minamar Specialized Industries [MSI.]. [L0.KI] was blue, but the others were not. I began shooting neutrals, and immediately got spammed with private conversations with claims of being blue. But... no one I was shooting was blue. For what it's worth, I wasn't killing anyone. Just sniping at them with a rail Talos until they started to dock up. I never tackled anyone and let them go.

I figured, maybe there was an error somewhere, and we can sort it out after everyone is docked up and no lawbreaking is taking place.

But when I began to explain the situation to them - politely, again - I was met with insults.

Xuixien > Das Hagen you [were] told that we would honor your friendship with [Redacted] but the stay of force did not apply to mobrault
Das Hagen > stay of force hmmmm
Xuixien > You're not blue to WHBOO
Xuixien > As you were told in the mail, you're friends with [Redacted] and he asked me not to, so I don't hunt you in Solitude, but you were also told not to come to Mobrault
Asamaisen Sai Isu > nothing was said about  Mobrault. we just here for rocks. all good tho
xRenegade > u need grass
Asamaisen Sai Isu > wtf
Asamaisen Sai Isu > lmao
Renegamer > BMI over 40 no doubt
Das Hagen > bms
Das Hagen > go touch some grass
Asamaisen Sai Isu > one man to ruin diplo with a alliance. nice
Xuixien > You're not blue.
Xuixien > No blues were shot this day.
Xuixien > Das Hagen > go touch some grass <-- and this is the sort of reason why KNONO is not welcome here, regardless of who he's friends with in WHBOO, especially since they're not blue.
Xuixien > vOv

But it doesn't matter what insults they want to level at me to cope. They were slowly emptying out of Local, except for a small group that lingered in station. Then, one of them spoke up. He wanted to parley which, under the laws that govern The Crown, he had the right to do.

Kryptex Zin > Xuixien want to chat on your TS
Kryptex Zin > im here

I spoke to Kryptex, CEO of [MSI.] on <WHBOO> comms. On comms, he had a [L0.KI] tag. Apparently, Das Hagen is his son in real life. I tried to explain the situation to him, that [Redacted] told me that Das Hagen was a friend and to leave him alone, about the terms in the mail, and staying out of Mobrault etc. He tried to cajole me with offers of going on mining fleets with them, mining Crokite and Dark Ochre "all over EVE", if only I would let them come to The Crown and mine whenever they wanted.

I declined. I told him that we stay in The Crown and are not interested in venturing abroad, and that despite any relationship he may have with people in <WHBOO>, his people are not welcome due to the unsavory and classless Local banter, the presumptousness, and the swarm of neutrals they brought with them. His response?

"I don't agree with that."

Well buddy, too bad. Just because you're blue or friends with people in <WHBOO> doesn't mean you can come to our house and start harvesting our stuff. We only let blues in The Crown, but we don't have to let all blues in. This is not unprecedented; that's basically how nullsec Alliances and blocs work: everyone gets their area. Running another corp's anoms in their area gives them leave to shoot you down. And rightfully so.

Apparently, daddy was so upset that he got some BLOPs together to drop on us. They had a few Hulks and a Porpoise out mining. As Pest Control Catalysts were landing, the Hulks scrambled, leaving only the Porpoise. We ended up killing their Porpoise and lost some Catalysts and a Garmur in the process. A new acquaintance, who had come out to assist, lost a Stabber.

But as I always say: no cost is too high to defend our territory from those unwanted.

Renegade Melkem > stop rping, buncha incels get a wife

And there's more of that lowbrow Local banter.

Even though they were able to field 7 BLOPs against us, we showed them that A) we don't care about losses; B) we can still get the kill before our Catalysts die, C) we can make mining here very inconvenient and not cost-effective for them.

So they left.

Angry and Spiteful

I was content to let it go. Another victory for Solar Winds. But this isn't the end of the story. Apparently, even though they "won", they still felt like they lost, and wanted to "get even".

When I opened the game in the morning, I had a mail regarding SRP for some friendly fire. I was confused, but it didn't take me long to sort it out. I guess Bluefuckers Inc must have been pretty disappointed that I wouldn't just give them their way, and that their "oVeRwHeLmInG fOrCe" could do nothing for them.

So a few hours after we held the field and forced them out, they decided to come back in a neutral Arazu with the same 7 BLOPs behind it, presumably hoping to catch Solar Winds mining. They caught someone else instead.

In the ensuing chat with their victim we see Bluefuckers Inc lying, trying to sew discord amongst friendlies and attempting to gain access to our private Discord and chat channels:

Insidious Insidious > Xuixien invited us here
AdmiralCane > ?
AdmiralCane > so we are blues
Insidious Insidious > ya he said [we] are to police the pocket
AdmiralCane > ya we are blues then
AdmiralCane > we are mining and supplying the crown
Insidious Insidious > sorry we wont shoot you next time. ill add you as blue. Praise the crown 
AdmiralCane > um ya we will need reinbursment for our losses sir
Insidious Insidious > Xuixien will cover it im sure of it

Insidious Insidious > on a real note. we are new to the crown but are really dedicated to its security. there was some misinformation and we were not notified of you.. Xix will prob ask us to cover your loss, but we must wait for him to ask because like i said he did not mention you guys. i would be upset if i was you and i recommend you tell him to make sure to let new blues know of you guys
AdmiralCane > correct we are sending mail now
Insidious Insidious > Praise the crown!
Intergalactic Bucket > Praise the Crown!
Renegade Melkem > For the crown!
Glitch Rebellion > For the crown!

KingSpartan > you guys on their discordx?
Intergalactic Bucket > my discord got reset, can you link it again?
KingSpartan > im on solar winds

Insidious Insidious > i dont think we are in that one
KingSpartan > odd
Insidious Insidious > we litereally just talked to xix today

Insidious Insidious > Anyways very unfortunate we had to meet like this. Im sure it will be all sorted tomorrow. We have another threat to the crown and must go back to patrol. Good luck!

Insidious Insidious > coulda been friends

Could have been friends if what? We let you do whatever you wanted? Why would we want to be friends with your group?

1. Bluefuckers Inc ignored a polite, if rather sternly worded mail stating that we would leave them alone, except in The Crown.
2. Blufuckers Inc ignored a second, polite warning, after they brought a horde of neutrals to our system.
3. Bluefuckers Inc shat up local with classless trash talk, when we were being polite, and issued warning shots instead of killmails.
4. Bluefuckers Inc, out of spite and bruised ego, tried to sour relations between friends and find ways to access our private Discord and chat channels.

Yeah now. We don't need "friends" like that. Trash isn't welcome in our house.

The Final Result

The fact that they came back hours later to hunt us, and, upon killing someone else instead, used it as an opportunity to spoil Solar Winds' reputation and try to gain access to privileged channels, made the situation exigent. I was going to let it go, but folks like this are like a bad smell that never goes away.

So I contacted <WHBOO> leadership, informed them of the bluefucking, and that I would be firing upon members of these groups regardless of standings until it was sorted out. I explained the entire situation in detail, with receipts ready to bolster my position.

Within only an hour the situation was sorted out. They are not returning to The Crown.

For what it's worth, if it was only a couple of dudes from [L0.KI], who are actually blue to <WHBOO>, I probably wouldn't have cared and probably would have joined them. But to bring 20+ dudes from who knows who, shitting up Local with nasty trash talk. Nah, you can go pound sand.

I wasn't going to write this blog, but am posting it anyway as an "official record".

This is Space Cat Xuixien, signing off.