^ Siege of M-OEE8 ^^ ^ Part of [[culture:history:tribute_war|The Tribute War]] ^^ | Date | Dec 3, 2016 to Dec 10, 2016 | | Location | M-OEE8, Tribute | | Result | Defeat for the TEST Alliance Please Ignore and Circle of Two, with CO2's Keepstar dying at the end. | ^ Belligerents ^^ | [[:start|TEST Alliance Please Ignore]], [[culture:history:circle_of_two|Circle of Two]], others | [[culture:northern_coalition|The Northern Coalition.]], [[culture:pandemic_legion|Pandemic Legion]], Pandemic Horde, Darkness, others | ^ Commanders ^^ | progodlegend, vily, gigx, others | others| ====== Siege of M-OEE8 ====== The Siege of M-OEE8 was a drawn out battle starting from the initial reinforce of the Keepstar that CO2 were using as their home staging in Tribute to the final kill timer where the battle culminated in the destruction of New Edens first anchored and online Keepstar as well as the marking the end of the Tribute War of 2016. The timers were divided into three battles over each timer in a little over a weeks time with minor skirmishes in between. The two main battles, the armor timer and the hull timer were tidi lagfests of massive proportions as every group in EVE were either on a side or there to third party. Since this was the first battle in the history of New Eden where a defended and online Keepstar was at the center, everything was uncertain and up in the air. PanFams strategy during the armor timer was to park supercarriers on a siege fortizar on grid with the Keepstar and send in fighters to reinforce. This was supported by massive capital and subcapital support. The defenders formed a firewall strategy with doctrines such as rapid light missile cerberus to kill fighters while having other subcap fleets engage and fight off the enemy subcaps and caps. PanFams strategy proved very costly but in the end effective and the Keepstar went into final timer. As is the way of things the armor timer is the real battle of these structures and the final hull timer were mainly a massive tidi slugfest with the outcome a foregone conclusion. ===== External Links ===== [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170228015322/https://www.gameplanet.com.au/pc/news/g58572a0818a04/Over-5-000-Eve-Online-players-wage-biggest-battle-ever/|"Over 5,000 Eve Online players wage biggest battle ever", Gameplanet, by Andrew Todd]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190218085651/https://www.voomed.com/eve-online-death-star-destroyed-epic-seven-hour-battle-involving-5000-players/|"EVE Online 'Death Star' Destroyed In An Epic Seven Hour Battle Involving Over 5,000 Players", Voomed]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190218085956/https://imperium.news/assault-m-oee8-keepstar/|"Assault on M-OEE8 Keepstar", Imperium News, by Rhivre]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20161215185332/http://www.alpha-orbital.com/news/first-fully-operational-keepstar-destroyed-in-a-glorious-battle-of-M-OEE8|"First fully operational Keepstar destroyed in a glorious battle of M-OEE8", Alpha-Orbital ]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180131003452/https://www.inquisitr.com/3802125/eve-online-largest-battle-ever-results-in-destruction-of-15000-keepstar-citadel/|"‘EVE Online’ Largest Battle Ever Results In Destruction Of $15,000 Keepstar Citadel", inquisitr, by Don Crothers]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180225193953/https://www.polygon.com/2016/12/12/13920944/death-star-destroyed-during-the-largest-battle-in-eve-online-history|"‘Death Star’ destroyed during the largest battle in Eve Online history (update)", Polygon, by Charlie Hall]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180518020641/https://www.eveonline.com/article/siege-of-m-oee8/|"Keepstar Destroyed in M-OEE8 in the Largest Battle in EVE Online", eveonline.com, by CCP Logibro]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180603162751/http://massivelyop.com/2016/12/11/eve-evolved-the-siege-of-m-0ee8-the-new-largest-battle-in-gaming-history/|"EVE Evolved: The Siege of M-0EE8, the new largest battle in gaming history", Massively OP, by Brendan Drain]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170920072722/http://evenews24.com/2016/11/25/tribute-hangs-in-the-balance-as-m-oee8-comes-under-siege/|"Tribute hangs in the balance as M-OEE8 comes under siege", Eve News24, by Tiberius Stargazer]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20171222224114/http://evenews24.com/2016/12/09/assault-of-the-m-oee8-keepstar-begins-and-co2-withdraws/|"Assault of the M-OEE8 Keepstar begins and CO2 withdraws", Eve News24, by Tiberius Stargazer]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqBsZ9FYCfg|"The Scope – Circle-Of-Two Prepare For Defense Of M-OEE8 Keepstar"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEN10EHEF0c|"The Scope – M-OEE8 Conflict Culminates In Destruction Of CO2 Keepstar"]]