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===If you get caught anyways===

So you followed the above advice, but got caught anyways? This happens. The most important part is to stay calm.

Being in fleet and on comms also allows you to call for help if you should be caught.

* Calmly call out for help on mumble and in fleet chat. Observe good protocol, call "Break, Break" and be prepared with the following information:

* Describe where you are and what ship caught you. You should give the exact system, or its common short form, and the belt name and number, so help can quickly warp to you. If you are in fleet ~~they have~~ the ~~benefit of~~ "warp to member" which is one excellent reason to be ~~fleeted~~ at all times.

* Calmly and clearly call out for help on mumble and in fleet chat. Observe good protocol, call "Break, Break" and be prepared with the following information:

** Describe where you are and what ship caught you.

** You should give the exact system, or its common short form, and the belt name and number, so help can quickly warp to you.

** If you are in fleet your fleetmates can use the "warp to member" command, which is one excellent reason to be in the standing fleet at ''all'' times.

* Stay aligned, so that you can warp off if the hunter loses point or scram.

* ~~Direct your attacks on~~ the hunter. You may drive them off, and at the very least giving them something to worry about may save your pod by forcing them to pay attention to their own modules and ~~flying and not just hover~~ over the lock target button for when your pod is targetable.

* Attack the hunter with any weapons on your ship and any drones you have. You may drive them off, and at the very least giving them something to worry about may save your pod by forcing them to pay attention to their own modules and piloting rather than hovering their cursor over the lock target button for the moment when your pod is targetable.

* If there are help coming, wait for it and tell them if the situation ~~should change~~.

* [[Overheating|Overheat]] your modules to wring more performance out of them; if you survive, you can always repair them for free at one of the NSC player-owned structures. Your order of priority for overheating is:

* Thank your rescuer!

*# Your propulsion module, if it's working: this will increase your chance of shaking the enemy's tackle off.

*# Your defensive modules: overheating these will help you tank more damage, increasing the time for help to arrive. Active hardeners can be overheated, as well as armor repairers and shield boosters.

*# Your offensive modules: putting more DPS on the enemy will heighten their combat stress, making them more likely to make mistakes. With luck you might even present a serious threat to them!

** If in doubt and working in your own combat stress, '''just overheat everything'''! Worrying about repairs can come after you survive.

* If there are help coming, wait for it and tell them if the situation changes.

* Thank your rescuer(s)! Or, if things went south, your avengers.

Hopefully you didn't lose your ship. Stay docked and wait for the intel on when hunter ~~leave~~ the pocket.

Hopefully you didn't lose your ship. Stay docked and wait for the intel on when the hunter leaves the pocket or is defeated. Combat situation permitting, if you have appropriate PvP ships ready, then you can consider undocking to join the response.

Unfortunately even with these precautions, you still sometimes will lose ships. In these situations, it is important to ~~go through the process~~ and see what you have learned, so that you ~~don't make the same mistakes again~~.

Unfortunately even with these precautions, you still sometimes will lose ships. Ultimately, any ship in Eve has a limited lifespan. In these situations, it is important to review what happened and see what you have learned, so that you can do better next time.

==Preparing your ship==

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 ===If you get caught anyways===
 So you followed the above advice, but got caught anyways? This happens. The most important part is to stay calm.
 Being in fleet and on comms also allows you to call for help if you should be caught.
-* Calmly call out for help on mumble and in fleet chat. Observe good protocol, call "Break, Break" and be prepared with the following information:
-* Describe where you are and what ship caught you.   You should give the exact system, or its common short form, and the belt name and number, so help can quickly warp to you.  If you are in fleet they have the benefit of "warp to member" which is one excellent reason to be fleeted at all times.
+* Calmly and clearly call out for help on mumble and in fleet chat. Observe good protocol, call "Break, Break" and be prepared with the following information:
+** Describe where you are and what ship caught you.
+** You should give the exact system, or its common short form, and the belt name and number, so help can quickly warp to you.
+** If you are in fleet your fleetmates can use the "warp to member" command, which is one excellent reason to be in the standing fleet at ''all'' times.
 * Stay aligned, so that you can warp off if the hunter loses point or scram.
-* Direct your attacks on the hunter. You may drive them off, and at the very least giving them something to worry about may save your pod by forcing them to pay attention to their own modules and flying and not just hover over the lock target button for when your pod is targetable.
+* Attack the hunter with any weapons on your ship and any drones you have. You may drive them off, and at the very least giving them something to worry about may save your pod by forcing them to pay attention to their own modules and piloting rather than hovering their cursor over the lock target button for the moment when your pod is targetable.
-* If there are help coming, wait for it and tell them if the situation should change.
+* [[Overheating|Overheat]] your modules to wring more performance out of them; if you survive, you can always repair them for free at one of the NSC player-owned structures. Your order of priority for overheating is:
-* Thank your rescuer!
+*# Your propulsion module, if it's working: this will increase your chance of shaking the enemy's tackle off.
+*# Your defensive modules: overheating these will help you tank more damage, increasing the time for help to arrive. Active hardeners can be overheated, as well as armor repairers and shield boosters.
+*# Your offensive modules: putting more DPS on the enemy will heighten their combat stress, making them more likely to make mistakes. With luck you might even present a serious threat to them!
+** If in doubt and working in your own combat stress, '''just overheat everything'''! Worrying about repairs can come after you survive.
+* If there are help coming, wait for it and tell them if the situation changes.
+* Thank your rescuer(s)! Or, if things went south, your avengers.
-Hopefully you didn't lose your ship. Stay docked and wait for the intel on when hunter leave the pocket.
+Hopefully you didn't lose your ship. Stay docked and wait for the intel on when the hunter leaves the pocket or is defeated. Combat situation permitting, if you have appropriate PvP ships ready, then you can consider undocking to join the response.
-Unfortunately even with these precautions, you still sometimes will lose ships. In these situations, it is important to go through the process and see what you have learned, so that you don't make the same mistakes again.
+Unfortunately even with these precautions, you still sometimes will lose ships. Ultimately, any ship in Eve has a limited lifespan. In these situations, it is important to review what happened and see what you have learned, so that you can do better next time.
 ==Preparing your ship==