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== An Account of the Eviction of Innuendo ==

This is one account of the eviction of Innuendo (J211936 ), the then-current home the [[Wormhole Community]]. The purpose of this is mainly educational and historical. It is not meant to be definitive nor entirely objective.

This is one account of the eviction of Innuendo "Innu" (J211936 ), a vanilla C2 3/H wormhole system, the then-current home the [[Wormhole Community]]. The purpose of this is mainly educational and historical. It is not meant to be definitive nor entirely objective. That said, I will do my best to clearly state when I am speculating or offering an opinion that cannot be supported by the facts.

=== Prior to the Eviction ===

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I wrote a scathing post on the now-defunct EVE University forums essentially saying that if people don't undock for PVP, they will leave themselves open to eviction. This was based on a vague and inconsistent notion that to krab in wormhole space is to take from it and to engage in PVP is to give back. If all one ever does is take, it is not only a drain on the entire wormhole ecosystem but also a sign of weakness. The idea behind calling it a sign of weakness is that if people are unwilling to undock in low stakes PVP fights, they won't be willing or able to put up much resistance when the stakes are as high as losing their home system. Most of the people who were already convinced that PVP was essential component of WHC appreciated the post. I had hoped that it would shake up what I perceived to be stagnation in WHC where too many krabs had come to believe they were safe and that they were not contributing enough to WHC unless and until they began participating in PVP.

It is my opinion that PVP and krabbing both necessary in wormhole space and one without the other creates an imbalance. At the time, I was jaded against krabs because of my own personal distaste for krabbing and also experiencing some burnout with working with new players who require patience and a gentle guiding hand.

==== Ominous Foreshadowing ====

When I still lived in Wormhole Community as either Amoni, Zipporah, or Kamille (I cannot recall which); we were returning home from a little skirmish. I spotted an Orca jumping into Innu from the hisec static. We were excited thinking this would be juicy killmail for us, but then I hear Boran Lordsworth audibly gasp over comms and he tells us that one of our structures (I believe it was the either the fort or one of the industrial structures) had unexpectedly unanchored. This structure had been unanchoring for weeks. The unanchoring process took so long specifically because the goal was reset the timer repeatedly and make it nearly impossible for random groups to know when the structure would actually unanchor. This was part of a process known as "flipping" in which a structure is unanchored and new structure with the same configuration is anchored. The idea is that by doing this, any unnecessary or abandoned assets are removed to kspace and the overall value of the structure is brought down thereby making it a less appealing target for someone to bash.

Instead of a controlled unanchoring, we were now scrambling like kitchen workers trying to scatter rats that had found their way into the kitchen as 30+ hangar containers littered the area around where the structure had been. WHC called upon the Hauling Department as well as our friends from Nullsec Community (who were then just part of Main Community) to help us with the logistics of gathering up and moving all these stray assets into hisec. It was a lengthy process and it is not clear to me what if anything the Orca pilot was able to scoop before we scared it off. I do remember, as the person who first spotted the Orca pilot, that it was a Lazerhawks pilot.

For reasons that will become clear later, I am of the opinion that this accidental unanchoring was not an accident, but an intentional act of sabotage for reasons that I can only speculate were meant to "teach WHC a lesson." The official story from leadership, up to and including the then-CEO, is that the unachoring fiasco was caused by a miscommunication and bad timing with the winter holidays fast approaching. At the time I was discouraged from conspiratorial thinking as it was deemed neither productive nor based in fact.

=== The Eviction ===

==== Initial Incursion ====

In early December of 2023, I received a DM over Discord telling me that my prediction came true and that a large fleet of Legions had stormed Innuendo and were reffing structures. The first 24 hours were absolute chaos as many in leadership were unavailable due to real life. Some WHC folks were podded out of Innu either due to unfortunate circumstances or not being fully cognizant of the fact that with this opposition force ("opfor") maintaining strict hole control, they would not be able to return. I was eager to help WHC but the folks who were there were busy trying to figure out what they were doing and how to respond.

==== Thera ====

Once enough of leadership became aware of the situation and willing pilots were assembled, there was an attempt to infiltrate Innu by way of closest connection from [[Thera]]. Groups of people formed up into squads, given an exit from Thera, and told to burn as fast as possible to the hisec entrance. This was only mildly successful as the opfor were diligent in their hole control. Hole control is a tactical maneuver where all wandering wormholes are rolled off (i.e. closed) and the static connections are kept at critical (10% or below their allowed mass before collapsing) with a [[Wormhole Community Static Rolling Guide|rolling ship on the outside]] to close the hole in the event that anyone they don't want coming in should appear.

WHC folks tried to organize skirmishes to antagonize, exhaust, and distract opfor from their hole control efforts. Unfortunately, this would occasionally result in someone who was already in Innu getting podded out. It was for this reason combined with the low efficacy of the infiltration squads from Thera that this strategy was abandoned. Folks were told to sit tight and wait for further instructions.

==== POS Staging ====

One member of WHC who had been podded out pitched leadership on the idea of trying to roll a static C2 connection as a means of getting into Innu. A [[Player-owned starbases|POS]] was anchored and I led the initial wave of Unistas from all areas of New Eden to our infiltration staging. People took turns rolling the C2 static for hours on end across timezones. Unfortunately, [https://anoik.is/systems?systemclass=c2&staticdest=&planettype=&effect=_unfiltered&shattered=_unfiltered there are 537 C2s] and therefore the chances of this method succeeding were miniscule. I was there and on comms when the discussion and decision was made to stop rolling for Innu. The main concern, as I recall, was that we were risking burning out both the most enthusiastic and the most casual participants. The most enthusiastic were putting incredible amounts of effort and hope into their attempts to roll into Innu. The most casual participants were essentially sitting in space waiting for the moment someone wait, "warp to me and splash the wormhole" for hours on end. Either way, it wasn't very fun for anyone and there's only so much a person can take before they want to do something, anything else.

==== Opfor ====

Before I can continue with the rest of the story, I need to talk a bit about the opfor. Opfor was not one corp or alliance, but rather a loosely affiliated group of pilots who do evictions for fun and profit. One notable alt corp was [https://evewho.com/corporation/98646435 Corporation 98646435] which at the time had a name that was so obscenely racist and culturally insensitive that CCP eventually stepped in and changed it the way they will with pilot names. As I said, this was an alt corp that included an alt of CSM's own Mick Fightmaster (this I only learned later from Mick himself when he casually bragged about being part of the eviction in NoVac's comms). I don't believe anyone uses these alts to hide their identity as much as they enjoyed the edgelord nature of their corp and character names. There is also the simple fact that having alts who can do evictions while your main stays wherever it is normally staged is extremely convenient.

The majority of the group were wormholers: Lazerhawks, Hard Knocks (who at the time were considered dead), as well as a variety of smaller names and characters in NPC corps. It is important that I name Lazerhawks and that I now explain that EVE University's FC Team boss (manager or director, I cannot recall), Sparklez Ripper had her main in Lazerhawks while one alt was serving as leadership and a central part of WHC's strategic management team.

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 == An Account of the Eviction of Innuendo ==
-This is one account of the eviction of Innuendo (J211936 ), the then-current home the [[Wormhole Community]]. The purpose of this is mainly educational and historical. It is not meant to be definitive nor entirely objective.
+This is one account of the eviction of Innuendo "Innu" (J211936 ), a vanilla C2 3/H wormhole system, the then-current home the [[Wormhole Community]]. The purpose of this is mainly educational and historical. It is not meant to be definitive nor entirely objective. That said, I will do my best to clearly state when I am speculating or offering an opinion that cannot be supported by the facts.
 === Prior to the Eviction ===
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 I wrote a scathing post on the now-defunct EVE University forums essentially saying that if people don't undock for PVP, they will leave themselves open to eviction. This was based on a vague and inconsistent notion that to krab in wormhole space is to take from it and to engage in PVP is to give back. If all one ever does is take, it is not only a drain on the entire wormhole ecosystem but also a sign of weakness. The idea behind calling it a sign of weakness is that if people are unwilling to undock in low stakes PVP fights, they won't be willing or able to put up much resistance when the stakes are as high as losing their home system. Most of the people who were already convinced that PVP was essential component of WHC appreciated the post. I had hoped that it would shake up what I perceived to be stagnation in WHC where too many krabs had come to believe they were safe and that they were not contributing enough to WHC unless and until they began participating in PVP.
+It is my opinion that PVP and krabbing both necessary in wormhole space and one without the other creates an imbalance. At the time, I was jaded against krabs because of my own personal distaste for krabbing and also experiencing some burnout with working with new players who require patience and a gentle guiding hand.
+==== Ominous Foreshadowing ====
+When I still lived in Wormhole Community as either Amoni, Zipporah, or Kamille (I cannot recall which); we were returning home from a little skirmish. I spotted an Orca jumping into Innu from the hisec static. We were excited thinking this would be juicy killmail for us, but then I hear Boran Lordsworth audibly gasp over comms and he tells us that one of our structures (I believe it was the either the fort or one of the industrial structures) had unexpectedly unanchored. This structure had been unanchoring for weeks. The unanchoring process took so long specifically because the goal was reset the timer repeatedly and make it nearly impossible for random groups to know when the structure would actually unanchor. This was part of a process known as "flipping" in which a structure is unanchored and new structure with the same configuration is anchored. The idea is that by doing this, any unnecessary or abandoned assets are removed to kspace and the overall value of the structure is brought down thereby making it a less appealing target for someone to bash.
+Instead of a controlled unanchoring, we were now scrambling like kitchen workers trying to scatter rats that had found their way into the kitchen as 30+ hangar containers littered the area around where the structure had been.  WHC called upon the Hauling Department as well as our friends from Nullsec Community (who were then just part of Main Community) to help us with the logistics of gathering up and moving all these stray assets into hisec. It was a lengthy process and it is not clear to me what if anything the Orca pilot was able to scoop before we scared it off. I do remember, as the person who first spotted the Orca pilot, that it was a Lazerhawks pilot.
+For reasons that will become clear later, I am of the opinion that this accidental unanchoring was not an accident, but an intentional act of sabotage for reasons that I can only speculate were meant to "teach WHC a lesson." The official story from leadership, up to and including the then-CEO, is that the unachoring fiasco was caused by a miscommunication and bad timing with the winter holidays fast approaching. At the time I was discouraged from conspiratorial thinking as it was deemed neither productive nor based in fact.
+=== The Eviction ===
+==== Initial Incursion ====
+In early December of 2023, I received a DM over Discord telling me that my prediction came true and that a large fleet of Legions had stormed Innuendo and were reffing structures. The first 24 hours were absolute chaos as many in leadership were unavailable due to real life. Some WHC folks were podded out of Innu either due to unfortunate circumstances or not being fully cognizant of the fact that with this opposition force ("opfor") maintaining strict hole control, they would not be able to return. I was eager to help WHC but the folks who were there were busy trying to figure out what they were doing and how to respond.
+==== Thera ====
+Once enough of leadership became aware of the situation and willing pilots were assembled, there was an attempt to infiltrate Innu by way of closest connection from [[Thera]]. Groups of people formed up into squads, given an exit from Thera, and told to burn as fast as possible to the hisec entrance. This was only mildly successful as the opfor were diligent in their hole control. Hole control is a tactical maneuver where all wandering wormholes are rolled off (i.e. closed)  and the static connections are kept at critical (10% or below their allowed mass before collapsing) with a [[Wormhole Community Static Rolling Guide|rolling ship on the outside]] to close the hole in the event that anyone they don't want coming in should appear.
+WHC folks tried to organize skirmishes to antagonize, exhaust, and distract opfor from their hole control efforts. Unfortunately, this would occasionally result in someone who was already in Innu getting podded out. It was for this reason combined with the low efficacy of the infiltration squads from Thera that this strategy was abandoned. Folks were told to sit tight and wait for further instructions.
+==== POS Staging ====
+One member of WHC who had been podded out pitched leadership on the idea of trying to roll a static C2 connection as a means of getting into Innu. A [[Player-owned starbases|POS]] was anchored and I led the initial wave of Unistas from all areas of New Eden to our infiltration staging. People took turns rolling the C2 static for hours on end across timezones. Unfortunately, [https://anoik.is/systems?systemclass=c2&staticdest=&planettype=&effect=_unfiltered&shattered=_unfiltered there are 537 C2s] and therefore the chances of this method succeeding were miniscule. I was there and on comms when the discussion and decision was made to stop rolling for Innu. The main concern, as I recall, was that we were risking burning out both the most enthusiastic and the most casual participants. The most enthusiastic were putting incredible amounts of effort and hope into their attempts to roll into Innu. The most casual participants were essentially sitting in space waiting for the moment someone wait, "warp to me and splash the wormhole" for hours on end. Either way, it wasn't very fun for anyone and there's only so much a person can take before they want to do something, anything else.
+==== Opfor ====
+Before I can continue with the rest of the story, I need to talk a bit about the opfor. Opfor was not one corp or alliance, but rather a loosely affiliated group of pilots who do evictions for fun and profit. One notable alt corp was [https://evewho.com/corporation/98646435 Corporation 98646435] which at the time had a name that was so obscenely racist and culturally insensitive that CCP eventually stepped in and changed it the way they will with pilot names. As I said, this was an alt corp that included an alt of CSM's own Mick Fightmaster (this I only learned later from Mick himself when he casually bragged about being part of the eviction in NoVac's comms). I don't believe anyone uses these alts to hide their identity as much as they enjoyed the edgelord nature of their corp and character names. There is also the simple fact that having alts who can do evictions while your main stays wherever it is normally staged is extremely convenient.
+The majority of the group were wormholers: Lazerhawks, Hard Knocks (who at the time were considered dead), as well as a variety of smaller names and characters in NPC corps. It is important that I name Lazerhawks and that I now explain that EVE University's FC Team boss (manager or director, I cannot recall), Sparklez Ripper had her main in Lazerhawks while one alt was serving as leadership and a central part of WHC's strategic management team.