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=== Destruction of the Uni POS ===

Seppuku Warriors had declared war on the Uni simultaneously with Dynaverse, a larger corporation with no previous interaction with the Uni. The war opened with SW suicide-ganking haulers before the formal onset of hostilities, which should have been a hint. SW assured Uni management that they wanted a clean war, and that they weren't interested in the Uni POS. So it was a bit of a surprise when 50+ battleships arrived to assault the POS.

The war had been timed to fall during the final exam period of many real-life universities, which limited the Uni force available. The Uni leadership present at the time decided that they couldn't contest the Dynaverse-SW fleet, and ordered a total lockdown to prevent losses. The POS was put into reinforced mode, and the battleship fleet left. SW insisted that of course they wouldn't blow up the pos -- they just wanted to teach the Uni a lesson. They also expressed regret that the Uni hadn't come out (in a largely frigate-and-cruiser fleet) to fight. (Remember that at this time, the Uni had very few battleship-capable pilots).

The Uni leadership kept its plans quiet, but the student body was spoiling for a fight.

When the POS came out of reinforced mode, a large Dynaverse fleet again showed up to attack it. Uni fleets responded, and a battle royal ensued. Dynaverse/SW showed a number of cheap tricks in addition to their superior firepower (parking neutral alts in shuttles in the middle of a drone swarm, for instance). This led to perhaps the lightest moment of the day -- Dierdra Vaal, who had used smart-bombs to clear the enemy drone swarm, running away from Concord at high speed, toward low-sec. Dierdra's security status had dropped instantly from +5 to -6 as the "neutral" shuttles and pods got destroyed.

Unfortunately, the POS was destroyed in the end. A replacement POS was donated to the Uni by the members of D6, so the material loss in the end was mitigated -- but the emotional impact on the Uni membership was enormous.

==Move to Aldrat==

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 === Destruction of the Uni POS ===
+Seppuku Warriors had declared war on the Uni simultaneously with Dynaverse, a larger corporation with no previous interaction with the Uni.  The war opened with SW suicide-ganking haulers before the formal onset of hostilities, which should have been a hint.  SW assured Uni management that they wanted a clean war, and that they weren't interested in the Uni POS.  So it was a bit of a surprise when 50+ battleships arrived to assault the POS.
+The war had been timed to fall during the final exam period of many real-life universities, which limited the Uni force available.  The Uni leadership present at the time decided that they couldn't contest the Dynaverse-SW fleet, and ordered a total lockdown to prevent losses.  The POS was put into reinforced mode, and the battleship fleet left.  SW insisted that of course they wouldn't blow up the pos -- they just wanted to teach the Uni a lesson.  They also expressed regret that the Uni hadn't come out (in a largely frigate-and-cruiser fleet) to fight.  (Remember that at this time, the Uni had very few battleship-capable pilots).
+The Uni leadership kept its plans quiet, but the student body was spoiling for a fight.
+When the POS came out of reinforced mode, a large Dynaverse fleet again showed up to attack it.  Uni fleets responded, and a battle royal ensued.  Dynaverse/SW showed a number of cheap tricks in addition to their superior firepower (parking neutral alts in shuttles in the middle of a drone swarm, for instance).  This led to perhaps the lightest moment of the day -- Dierdra Vaal, who had used smart-bombs to clear the enemy drone swarm, running away from Concord at high speed, toward low-sec. Dierdra's security status had dropped instantly from +5 to -6 as the "neutral" shuttles and pods got destroyed.
+Unfortunately, the POS was destroyed in the end.  A replacement POS was donated to the Uni by the members of D6, so the material loss in the end was mitigated -- but the emotional impact on the Uni membership was enormous.
 ==Move to Aldrat==