Alachene – 2025-10-18
EIN-Advisory: Alachene — Elevated Pirate Activity (Threat Level 4.0)
Date: 2025-10-17
System: Alachene (Everyshore Region) — Low-Sec
Summary
- Overall System Threat Level: 4.0 (High Threat). Coordinated, cloaky, high-DPM pirate groups and recon/strategic cruisers are actively hunting miners, haulers, and lightly defended subcapitals. Avoid solo operations during identified windows.
Observed Patterns
- Peak days: Weekends (Saturday & Sunday) — most high-threat kills.
- Peak UTC windows:
- Mid-day: 12:00–15:00 UTC (Sundays especially)
- Evening: 21:00–22:00 UTC (notably Sundays)
- Sporadic weekday spikes: Thursday 06:00 UTC, Friday 18:00 UTC.
- Preferred attacker ships: Loki, Proteus, Vedmak, Orthrus, Lachesis — cloaky, high damage, and fast locks.
- Favorite targets: Mining barges (Retriever, Venture), haulers (Epithal, Nereus), combat subcaps (VNI, Caracal, Harpy), MTUs and mobile cynos.
Top Active Threads (high-level)
- "Hunter Dredd & Co." — coordinated Loki/Proteus/Orthrus strikes — Real_Thread 4.5 (very dangerous).
- "The Orthrus Swarm" — multi-Orthrus/Lachesis speed alpha-strikes — 4.0.
- Azenda Leii & Junebug Khagah — duo strategic cruiser hunters — 3.5.
- Lone Proteus (Eccho Ellecon) and lone Orthrus operations — 3.0–3.5.
- Silent Harpy kills indicate cloaky bomb/smartbomb tactics — 2.5 (hard-to-predict one-shots).
Immediate Operational Guidance (rooted in observed intel)
- Avoid weekend solo mining/hauling in-system. If you must operate, use fleets with dedicated tackle and cloaky scouts.
- Schedule critical transits outside peak UTC windows where possible.
- Haulers/miners:
- Fly ships you can afford to lose.
- Maximize align time, carry warp core stabilizers, and consider cloaks (where applicable).
- Avoid deploying MTUs or cynos unless actively defended.
- Combat pilots:
- Do not engage groups of strategic cruisers or multiple recons alone.
- Prefer numbers, tackle, and ECM/point support. Target painters and webbing can buy time against fast alpha.
- All pilots:
- Assume contacts may be cloaky; do not go AFK.
- Treat uncorrelated/sudden warp-ins and empty-killmail Harpy-style deaths as indicators of cloaky or smartbomb tactics.
- Keep escape plans: pre-aligned bookmarks, safe spots, and warp-in/warp-out support where possible.
Conclusion
Alachene is actively hunted by organized pirate threads using cloaky recon and strategic cruisers. Exercise strong risk discipline, avoid high-value solo activity during weekends and noted UTC peaks, and rely on prepared evasion or grouped security to operate with acceptable risk.