User:Masao battousai

This is my guide to E-UNI fleet command. It is a work in progress.

Pre-Command

• Read the following:

    * http://www.eveonline.com/pnp/terms.asp
    * http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Ivy_League_Policies
    * http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Wartime_Standard_Operating_Procedures
    * http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/The_Rookie%27s_Guide_To_Fleet_Ops
    * http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/FC_Guide
    * http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Scouting)
    * http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Tackling_101_Guide
    * http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/EWar_101_Guide

• Add Dotlan to your OOG we browser favorites (http://evemaps.dotlan.net)
• Install the Teams speak overlay utility (http://www.projecttint.com/teamspeakoverlay.php).
• Add the following to your in-game Address book

    * Student Relations Manager
    * Director of Personnel
    * Director of Education
    * Director of Logistics
    * Director of Public Relations
    * Current Diplomats
    * Current War Targets

• Scout your hunting grounds and create safe spots and gate observation warps-ins / mirror points
• Learn to fly a covert cloaking ship
• Know how to scout for an E-UNI fleet
• Train the fleet command skill to level 2

Command

• Create overview filters to sort ships by type / size
• Remember to notify a Diplomat of hostile neutrals
• Remember to notify the student relations manager of problematic fleet members
• Remember to correct all your / fleet mistakes
• Avoid singling out fleet members for mistakes or praise
• Do Maintain a tranquil demeanor (EVE Fleet command is a lot like Online Poker)
• Don't allow your self to be identified as FC of the fleet
• Remember to feed your scouts and fleet bookmarks
• Do Maintain comms discipline
• Don't let the fleet channel become a chat box
• Remember to provide BIO breaks

Pre-Fleet

• Remember to ask scouts to convo you

    * Be sure to ask how much experience they have in scouting
    * How long it takes for them to scan down a signature (if at all)

• Be Prepared to scout and run a wolf-pack if no scouts convo you
• Remember to create a fleet with yourself
• Remember to disable Self Invite
• Remember to disable free move
• Remember to enable loot logging
• Do Change the fleet view to hierarchy
• Do Disable the fleet finder advert
• Do Create a separate wing for the scout
• Do Check the forums, corp and alliance bulletin board, Corp / Alliance mail, Corporation war status, the kill board, in-game map statistics, and corporation calendar for mitigating circumstances
• Remember to check for war targets online and use locator agents, if you have them.
• Do have predetermined routes laid out.
• Do know how long the op will take including setup time and travel times
• Do announce the fleet before role call in the: TS combat lounge, Alliance and Chat.e-Uni channels (asking scouts to convo you).
• Do convey the general nature and length of the fleet when announcing it (who, what, when, where, why, and How)
• Remember to have a pad of scratch paper and a pen handy

Fleet

• Don't accept tacklers larger than a frigate
• Don't accept EWAR larger than a cruiser, or DD smaller than a cruiser / larger than a BC; unless forming a BS fleet
• Remember to send your scouts ahead to probe and hunt down prey
• Remember to restrict Low-sec PVP fleets to E-UNI Members
• Do select your Squad and Wing Commanders wisely and choose leaders that you can work with.
• Remember to request role and ship type when requesting leadership (a working mic is implied)
• Remember to check age, employment history and titles when appointing leadership
• Remember to invite your commanders to squad chat and instruct them which TS wing to join as channel commander
• Do delegate tasks to your leaders (command broadcasting, second in command, Command re-invites, etc..)
• Remember to instruct squad commanders to create squad channels that specify the Wing and Squad number (W#S#)
• Don't let the SCs create 16 character channel names
• Remember to instruct and let Squad Commanders build their own squads with 4 Ewar, 4 Tackle, and 2 DD
• Remember to call for roles in alliance channel requesting ship class (EAF, Recon, Cruiser, Frigate, etc)
• Do Invite EW first, Tacklers Second, and DD Third
• Don't accept or make role calls with ship class (Blackbird, Rifter, Scorpion, etc)
• Remember to Global announce in TS to all Channel commanders that you're taking out a fleet (If at war)
• Do let your SCs invite members to fleet
• Do designate a primary and secondary (bait) squad and give those SCs priority selection in role call (T2 ships)

Pre-Flight

• Remember to Instruct fleet members to join the appropriate TS Wing Channel
• Remember to check improper command channel key ups with fleet
• Remember to instruct fleet members and commanders who they should have in their watchlist
• Do:

    * Remind members not to fly anything they can't afford to lose
    * Remind members to Zoom out as far as possible, to see the entire fleet and battlefield
    * Remind the fleet that weapons are not free, they'll attack only when ordered
    * Remind members that their is no talking in Teamspeak without permission
    * Instruct the fleet on your comm rules for Fleet Channel, local, and TS
         * Keep general chatter confined to squad chat
         * No talking in local
         * No talking to neutrals or hostiles while in fleet (post in fleet channel if convo'd)
         * X up in fleet Channel: if you're fired on by a neutral, warp scrambled, ship / pod destroyed, need RR, have loot to transfer, or currently docked in system
    * Remind fleet members to ask in squad chat for a re-invite and SCS / WCs in command chat
    * Remind squad commanders to echo commands in squad chat if members desire
    * Instruct the fleet to keep general chatter confined to their squad channel
    * Remind members to dock and remained stationed if their ship is destroyed and / or purchase a new clone if they are podded.
    * Remind members to check that:
         * Their clone is up-to date, no implants plugged-in they don't want to lose, ship is insured, in Aldrat / at the POS, renamed their ship, set auto target back to 0, checked their cargo bay for a minimum of 5 ammo reloads, drones in drone bay, guns / missiles are grouped, and all needed modules are online.

• Remember to check your T2 fleet composition and move members around if needed
• Remind Fleet members to mute their microphones if they're not in command channel
• Remember to review fleet rules and maneuvers for any new members

    * JOC, HOC, JJJ, JOC, OGC, DGC, A, Break, Break, Break, Hold Cloak, Check Check
    * T2 tanks and T1 frigate / cruiser rigging rules (if wartime)

• Do review Fleet member broadcast settings (superiors)
• Do review highlights of Varius Arcturus's Overview

    * Good Standing / Excellent Standing / Alliance Member above Outlaw

• Remember to give members a flight destination and test align times
• Remember to specify autopilot and security status penalty settings for destinations
• Do Ask for volunteer +1 and -1 pickets
• Do remember to rotate your pickets in and out if possible after breaks and fights
• Do clarify your engagement rules for each role in the fleet

    * DD
         * All on the primary, secondary locked
    * Ewar
         * Squad 1/2 stay off grid till point is called
         * 1 racial module spread around on targets that have characters name that starts with the same letter as your own character name, or as close as possible
         * Target Painters' primary is FC called primary
         * Tracking Disruptors' primary is Short Range Damage Dealers
         * Remote Sensor Dampeners' primary is Long Range Snipers / ECM
         * ECMs' primary is ECM and Missile / Drone Boats
    * Tacklers
         * All Orbit at minimum 7.5km,
         * All attack drones, excluding interceptors
         * Non-Squad 1/2 interceptors on T1 Cruisers, and T1 / T2 Frigates
         * Squad 1 members on the primary
         * Squad 2 members on the secondary
         * Non-squad 1/2 tacklers on a target that has a character name that starts with the same letter as your own, or as close as possible in the alphabet

* Long range damage (Jam Only), Close range damage (disrupt), Long Range ewar (damp)

• Don't forget your personal disclaimer before departing

    * You shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Masao Battousai and his alts, ILN superiors, and corporation; and their respective employees, contractors, officers and directors, from any and all claims, loss, damages and demands, including reasonable bounty fees, arising out of:
         * Your obedience or disobedience to fleet commands
         * Your access to sensitive fleet intel
         * Your engagement of ship modules
         * CCP's Coding of the Game

Flight

• Have your +/- 1 pickets to initiate their Warp / Jump when a fleet align is issued.

    * +1s should orbit and -1s align at the end of their movement

• Have your +/- 1 pickets to Jump / Warp to reposition themselves when the JJJ or JOC command is issued.

    * -1s should orbit and +1s align at the end of their movement

• Here are a few optimized low sec pirate haven pipelines I built around Aldrat

   * Decon makes for a nice 12 point high sec jump-in from Aldrat
   * Pipes can be joined with common hubs: Ingunn and Goinard (instead of Decon) 
   * Set auto pilot to prefer less secure - stay in 0.0 to 0.4 where possible
   * set Security Penalty to 100
   * Add the following way points 
        * Pipe A - 62 Jumps
             * 1. Akora
             * 2. Messoya
             * 3. Tasti
             * 4. Ingunn
             * 5. Frulegur
             * 6. Illamur
             * 7. Atlar
             * 8. Oddeluf
             * 9. Bosena
             * 10. Sedaya
             * 11. Mifrata 
        * Pipe B - 61 Jumps
             * 1. Ingunn
             * 2. Rancer
             * 3. Hagilur
             * 4. Hadozeko
             * 5. Resbroko
             * 6. Amamake
             * 7. Eggheland
             * 8. Goinard
       * Pipe C - 54 Jumps
             * 1. Decon
             * 2. Old Man Star
             * 3. Goinard
             * 4. Naguton
             * 5. Vecamia
       * Pipe D - 46 Jumps
             * 1. Decon
             * 2. Old Man Star
             * 3. Tama
             * 4. Jan
             * 5. Otsela
             * 6. Ihkana
        * Pipe E - 44 Jumps
             * 1. Decon
             * 2. Old Man Star
             * 3. Tama
             * 4. Aunen

Pre-Fight

• Remember to keep eyes on the target and system local count
• Remember to have scouts or bait position themselves behind the target(s) for the fleet warp-in
• Do have a strategy and know when and how to get out if need-be
• Remember to review target selection for each role
• Do keep commands to 6-7 words or seven words and detailed with who, what, when, and where
• Remember to keep your composure

Fight

• Remember to speak clearly, moderately, and confidently
• Don't loose your composure for even a second
• Remember to stay and warp-in with the fleet
• Remember to repeat calls of primary, secondary, and tertiary
• Do call targets according to threat assessment based on your current fleet EWAR composition

Post-Fight

• Remind members to post kill mails and loss mails with a comment
• Do designate a squad to stay behind and loot, salvage, and destroy wrecks (Move the rest of the fleet to a safe spot)
• Remind looters to note and trade / contract loot from wrecks back to corp mates
• Do have tacklers transfer loot to a tanked DD
• Do have your tackles loot while the rest of your fleet aligns for a fast get away (if need be)

Post-Fleet

• Remind members to:

    * Deposit all war target loot to ILN Hangar, and fleet loot to the sorting hangar
    * Set auto pilot settings back
    * Remove avoidance system settings
    * Leave the fleet only after docking
    * Leave their squad chat
    * Remove channel commander from TS
    * Leave the Teamspeak Wing channel
    * Un-mute their microphones
    * Comment your AAR (provide a estimated post time)

• Remember to download your fleet log
• Write an After Action Report, including the:

    * Objective of your fleet and the operational area
    * An explanation of what happened during the fleet operation
    * What you learned during this experience
    * A link to your ILN Patrol Log (if relevant)

Fleet Commanders

Masao Battousai

• Who: PVP Unistas for Low Sec Pirate Roams
• What: Wolpacks
• When: 12:00 -17:00
• Where: Derelik, Domain, Essence, Genesis, Heimatar, Lonetrek, Metropolis, Sinq Laison, The Citadel, The Forge
• Why: LoSec Pacification

--For the whole of your life you will be your own closest companion. You will be the one who really understands what it is like. 02:39, 8 October 2010 (UTC)