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Join the OpFort fleet, that is what its there for. Theres no reason for you not to if you are operating in space during war, but plenty of reasons why you should. For starters, you now have some intelligence on enemy movements from your fleet. You may even be able to provide intelligence back to them if you are alone in a system. On that note, being alone mining in a system isn't the best idea either but you can figure that into your risk/reward calculations based on how far you are from safety. If several of you are mining, it's helpful to keep tabs on one another whether you are in the same belt, system or not. Ideally you are on opposite sides of the same belt with your dscans in a happy duet, a good way to ensure that at least one of you gets away.

Listening up in Mumble is a part of this. Often pilots will tell each other things they don't say in chat, they are focused, under duress and voice communication is the effective mode. You can watch the local space list all day long but it's the pilots who will be talking about which nearby areas the aggressors may be in.

''A note on INFOSEC''

Information Security seems like an easy thing to stick to but it's not. You will blurt something out in the wrong place at the wrong time and it will cost you or someone else a ship and a clone.

Never divulge your location or anyone elses. This is an easy one for new miners to blow. If you are not in a secure fleet or private channel, do not give your location out. If you aren't sure if the channel is secure, then do not give it out.

There is much more to be learned about infosec <here - need link> during wartime, but I wanted to touch on this one point because this is a common issue for miners. Loose Lips Sink Ships.

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 Join the OpFort fleet, that is what its there for. Theres no reason for you not to if you are operating in space during war, but plenty of reasons why you should. For starters, you now have some intelligence on enemy movements from your fleet. You may even be able to provide intelligence back to them if you are alone in a system. On that note, being alone mining in a system isn't the best idea either but you can figure that into your risk/reward calculations based on how far you are from safety. If several of you are mining, it's helpful to keep tabs on one another whether you are in the same belt, system or not. Ideally you are on opposite sides of the same belt with your dscans in a happy duet, a good way to ensure that at least one of you gets away.
+Listening up in Mumble is a part of this. Often pilots will tell each other things they don't say in chat, they are focused, under duress and voice communication is the effective mode. You can watch the local space list all day long but it's the pilots who will be talking about which nearby areas the aggressors may be in.
+''A note on INFOSEC''
+Information Security seems like an easy thing to stick to but it's not. You will blurt something out in the wrong place at the wrong time and it will cost you or someone else a ship and a clone.
+Never divulge your location or anyone elses. This is an easy one for new miners to blow. If you are not in a secure fleet or private channel, do not give your location out. If you aren't sure if the channel is secure, then do not give it out.
+There is much more to be learned about infosec <here - need link> during wartime, but I wanted to touch on this one point because this is a common issue for miners. Loose Lips Sink Ships.