Bumping and You:

So recently I spent an hour or two in Uedama watching some ganks go down out of pure boredom and I thought I might make a post about some common methods and the morons that get caught by them.

KILLMAIL

This particular event consisted of the following ships and factions

Freighter Owner:

- Bowhead x1

- Dramiel x3

CODE and Affiliates:

- Machariel x3

- Catalyst x35

     If you haven't guessed it already, yes this was a suicide gank. I'm making this post to explain just exactly how it happened. I will use numbering to show the chain of events as it's much easier then making a huge wall of text.

The Bowhead in question and 3 Machariels

Lets begin.

1) Bowhead pilot flies into Uedama, not on autopilot (strange, most pilots don't think of doing this).

2) Bowhead pilot then makes it out of Uedama and lands in Sivala, however the fun isn't over just yet for CODE.

3) CODE Machariel jumps into Sivala the same time the Bowhead does and manages to bump it successfully.

4) Bumping the huge ship prevents it from entering warp and gives CODE and friends the time to amass a large number of suicide catalysts.

5) The deed is done and the Bowhead is no more.

     So how to prevent this from happening you ask? Considering the Bowhead was fit for optimal warp time (mostly) AND had 2 or 3 people webbing rules out the possibility of a shit fit for the situation. You could argue that a tank might have been helpful, I'd agree with that, but CODE has made it known that event the toughest tanks are nothing. What good is a 200k EHP tank when they can crush triple bulked freighters withease?

     So if these two options aren't cutting it, what do you do then? Well my opinion is simple, either take the risk that’s inevitable when going down the Jita – Dodixie/Rens/Amarr/Hek/justaboutanywhereelse pipe OR just don't be dumb/brave and don't do it. Contact a freighter corp to do it for you, even if it's just between the couple of so called “pirate systems”.

      I suggest www.minerbumping.com if you are looking for a good read and contact PUSH-X if you want someone to move your stuff without the risk.

Thanks for reading and I'll be back to writing these with hopeful regularity:)