A. Fleet boss should always be held by a member of the FC structure in test, DDFC above, exception being when no DDFC or above is present, then fleet boss can be held by a member, until one is available, boss must always be yielded to a fc or ranking test official. This is not your daddy's standing fleet where everyone is AFK and the only thing that matters is having the advert up. If you aren't at your computer, don't be fleet boss. If you don't have the confidence to manage the ESF correctly, don't be fleet boss. If you go AFK, immediately hand off fleet boss. Never ever let the fleet boss be AFK, if you think the boss is AFK, try to get a hold of them, if they don't respond, make a new fleet ASAP.

B. In this, the role of fleet boss is key. You're responsible for managing your fleet comp and drops. If you aren't able to do this, don't be fleet boss. Read the Fleet Composition, Proper Rorqual Save Procedures and the Umbrella Status Explanation to make sure you are doing it right! If you are not sure yet and are still Fleet Boss, keep the Umbrella Status on “Amber” or even “Red” and try to find a suitable Fleet Boss.

C. Another big concern that gets brought up is numbers. Fleets are capped at 256, and we have a lot of rorqs and stuff, and you want room to be able to move in PVP Ships. Aim to have fleet at around 210 max. There are several ways you can manage this.

• One option is to sort out VNI ships. Every hour or so, take a looksee at the fleet comp window. If there are any VNIs/ishtars/deadfish in fleet and boot them from fleet.

• The next way to keep numbers down is range checks. You can sort fleet comp by system, so just do that and boot everyone outside of D-P range. They can't cyno you in, so they shouldn't be in fleet. Pow pow chuck em out.

You should not create an ESF if you do not have the template. You can simply copy the template from an existing ESF.

Just click on the Fleet menu (as shown in the picture) and select “Store Fleet Setup”.

There are currently many different setups of Esoteria Standing fleets. To reduce this in the future, version numbers were introduced which are at the beginning of the MOTD. Therefore always try to have the most up-to-date setup saved.

Below are screenshots of how such a setup should look like. However, since manual creation is quite a hassle, it would be better to copy the setup of an existing fleet. We created the Channel ESF_SETUP (Alliance Access) for that to share the setups. Just ask in the channel if someone can create a fleet with current setup and invites you. Sometimes there are also ESF Setup Template fleets which you can join to save the current version.last seen Version of the Setup: 6.1 ^{The following screenshot may differ from the current version!}

It's possible to copy & paste the MOTD from below. The whole squads in the wings you can only enter manually if you do not want to import a setup like told above. Below an example list. But without formatting, the whole thing looks pretty ugly

MOTD CODE

<font size="12" color="#bfffffff"></font><font size="12" color="#ff000000">.<br></font><font size="14" color="#ff007fff"><b><i>ESO STANDING FLEET <ESF> </i></font><font size="9" color="#ffb2b2b2">Version: 6.1 (09/19 by</font><font size="9" color="#ffd98d00"><a href="showinfo:1385//1113688463">BT</a></font><font size="9" color="#ffb2b2b2">)<br><br></font><font size="12" color="#bfffffff"><i>You need to read and understand the</b></font><font size="12" color="#ffffe400"><a href="http://wiki.pleaseignore.com/training:eso_fleet">ESF WIKI ENTRY</a></font><font size="12" color="#ffb2b2b2"><b> else nobody can help you! Keep in Range of the ESF Umbrella (</font><font size="12" color="#ffffe400"><loc><a href="http://bit.ly/2B7l9BX">DOTLAN MAP</a></loc></font><font size="12" color="#ffb2b2b2">) and listen to the</font><font size="12" color="#ff6868e1"><a href="joinChannel:player_-81260614//None//None">TEST Intel Channel</a></font><font size="12" color="#ffb2b2b2">. Systems <u>without Borders</u> are <u>not</u> within the Umbrella Range.</i><br><br></font><font size="14" color="#ff00ffff">Umbrella Status:<br></font><font size="12" color="#ffff0000">RED</font><font size="12" color="#ffffffff">:</font><font size="12" color="#ffb2b2b2"><i>no Umbrella Protection!</i><br></font><font size="12" color="#ff00ff00">GREEN</font><font size="12" color="#ffffffff">:</font><font size="12" color="#ff00ff00"></font><font size="12" color="#ffb2b2b2"><i>protection should be fine!</i><br><br></font><font size="14" color="#ff00ffff">Umbrella Keywords:<br></font><font size="12" color="#ffffff00">XXX</font><font size="12" color="#ffff0000"></font><font size="12" color="#ffffffff">:</font><font size="12" color="#ffb2b2b2">I'm tackled<br></font><font size="12" color="#ffffff00">WWW</font><font size="12" color="#ffffffff">:</font><font size="12" color="#ffb2b2b2">Hostile tackled<br></font><font size="12" color="#ffffff00">DDD</font><font size="12" color="#ff00ff00"></font><font size="12" color="#ffffffff">:</font><font size="12" color="#ffb2b2b2">NPC Dread Spawn<br></font><font size="12" color="#ffffff00">AAA</font><font size="12" color="#ff00ff00"></font><font size="12" color="#ffffffff">:</font><font size="12" color="#ffb2b2b2">abort request<br><br><i>After you called for help follow the</font><font size="12" color="#ffffe400"><a href="http://wiki.pleaseignore.com/training:eso_fleet#communication_notes">ESF Wiki Communication Notes</a></font><font size="12" color="#ffb2b2b2">and speak up on Mumble (</font><font size="12" color="#ff00ffff">Non Military Fleets> Fleet 6</font><font size="12" color="#ffb2b2b2">).</font><font size="12" color="#ffff0000">Please exit this Fleet</font><font size="12" color="#ffb2b2b2">before you go AFK or leaving Esoteria!</i><br><br></font><font size="14" color="#ff007fff">★★★ DO NOT FEED, USE A RECON SHIP WITH CYNO</b>™<b> ★★★</b><br><br></font><font size="14" color="#bfffffff">Links:</font><font size="14" color="#ffffe400"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/reconshipfits">Recon Ship Fits</a></font><font size="14" color="#bfffffff">,</font><font size="14" color="#ffffe400"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/rorqualsrp">Rorqual SRP Fits</a><br><br></font><font size="14" color="#ffb2b2b2">Active FC's:</font><font size="14" color="#ffffff00">Unknown<br></font><font size="14" color="#ffb2b2b2">Titans Count:</font><font size="14" color="#ffffff00">Unknown<br></font><font size="14" color="#ffb2b2b2">Recons Count:</font><font size="14" color="#ffffff00">Unknown<br></font><font size="18" color="#ffb2b2b2">-------------------<br>Umbrella Status:</font><font size="18" color="#bfffffff"></font><font size="18" color="#ffff0000">RED</font>

WINGS & SQUADS

✰ LOBBY> ⁂ ENTRY, ⁂ DANCEBAR, ⁂ BEERBAR
♕ CRABBING> ⁂ ALPHA, ⁂ BETA, ⁂ GAMMA, ⁂ CARELESS, ⁂ PROTON, ⁂ BEASTS, ⁂ BUTCHER, ⁂ DELTA, ⁂ MAGNUM, ⁂ RAGGAE, ⁂ ROIDLOVE, ⁂ CORNETTO, ⁂ COLUMBO, ⁂ MAXDOME, ⁂ MASCOT, ⁂ KICKBACK, ⁂ HANGOVER, ⁂ KINGFISH, ⁂ ISKWHORE, ⁂ KRYPTON, ⁂ SWATTER
☣ RATTING> ⁂ NPCLOVER, ⁂ FALCON, ⁂ EPSILON, ⁂ VNIROCKS, ⁂ SULTANS, ⁂ COSSACK, ⁂ MADBOYS, ⁂ FISHPOT, ⁂ FLIPPER, ⁂ FOXBAT, ⁂ MANPOWER, ⁂ MALLLOW, ⁂ GINGER, ⁂ KAZOO, ⁂ KOALA
☭ PVP MAIN> ⁂ MAESTROS, ⁂ SHADDOCK, ⁂ SKYFALL, ⁂ STOOGE, ⁂ MADGUYS, ⁂ SNIPER, ⁂ SCALLION, ⁂ GAMMON, ⁂ GRIZZLY, ⁂ GECKO
✈ PVP CAPS> ⁂ SUPERS, ⁂ DREADS, ⁂ SQUADWARP
✘ PVP SUBS> ⁂ DPS, ⁂ LOGIS, ⁂ TACKLE
㋡ PVE MALL> ⁂ SINNER, ⁂ MERMAIDS, ⁂ COCKPOT, ⁂ CRUSTY, ⁂ UNICORNS, ⁂ CHILLAX

Get sure to be in one of the squads within the LOBBY as squad command due all new members will automatically join you. Last but not least you have to set up an advert now. In the following screenshot you can see the basic settings that should be made. The option to create an advert can be found in the same menu as saving a Fleet Setup from above.

Depending on whether you are doing the ESF 1 or 2 please adjust the name of the Fleet. If you want such a glittering description, you can copy the following code into the description.

<color=0xFFff6633><b><i>better be inside!</i></b></color>

If you are sure that all settings have been made, you can create the advert. Now everything should be done and your ESF Fleet is created. Just make sure you put your character in the Entry Squad as a commander!