Alachene – 2025-10-30
Date: 2025-10-30
Source: Everyshore Intel Network — Analyst Summary (Alachene)
Executive Summary
Alachene is experiencing a marked increase in organized, high-tier aggression despite its recorded high‑security status. Coordinated groups are employing Covert Ops capabilities and Strategic Cruisers (T3s), plus heavy hulls (Vargur/Marauder), to gank miners, industrial assets (MTUs) and occasional high‑value targets (Praxis/Arazu). Current assessed threat (real_thread): 3.8 — trending toward 4.0 (Elevated Danger / Significant Risk of death).
Observed High‑Risk Actors (from analyst data)
- Dejan Estemaire Cell — Vargur, Loki, Lachesis — real_thread 4.5 (coordinated; Marauder + T3s + EWAR/Logi)
- Hunter Dredd & Co. — Loki (T3 Cruiser) — real_thread 4.0 (repeated T3 usage; ganker)
- Michel Ferran — Proteus (T3 Cruiser) — real_thread 3.5 (solo T3, likely cloaked tactics)
- Additional methods observed: Tornado alpha strikes against recon/fragile targets.
Temporal Pattern / Peak Windows
- Highest concentration: Late EU → Early US prime, especially Wednesdays around 21:00+ UTC (double engagement observed).
- Other notable activity: Saturdays (early morning and 19:35 UTC) and Sundays (mid‑day EU prime).
- Minimal activity observed on Tuesdays.
Tactical Assessment
- Attack methods include pre‑scanning/tracking (Covert Ops/Probes), EWAR to control targets (Lachesis), alpha/gank strikes (Tornado), and heavy sustained DPS with Marauder support (Vargur).
- Use of cloaked/Stealth‑capable T3s indicates professional or highly prepared actors who exploit high‑security mechanics and timing to maximize kills before CONCORD response.
Advisory — Immediate Mitigations (rooted in observed behaviors)
- Avoid bringing high‑value ships (Praxis, Battleships, Marauders) through Alachene during peak windows — especially Wednesdays 21:00+ UTC.
- Do not deploy MTUs in the system unless you accept high risk; MTUs have been targeted in coordinated attacks. If you must deploy, limit exposure time and do so only when in a larger, defensive fleet.
- Miners (Venture) should suspend or relocate mining to safer systems during peak times. Single miner profiles are routine targets.
- Haulers and freighters: avoid solo movement through the system during EU/US prime hours. Use alternate routes or move high‑value cargo outside peak windows.
- Explorers/covert pilots: assume you may be scanned, probed, or held by EWAR. Use covert cloaks, bookmarks for safe spots, or avoid risky signatures in the system during reported activity windows.
- Patrol and gate transit behavior: align to a bookmark, keep instant warp ready, and consider fleet escorts or tethering to a friendly structure if available. Do not loiter on grid near gates/customs unless you can tank immediate alpha.
- If you operate combat/logistics in the area, expect coordinated multi‑ship attacks that can include EWAR and Marauder DPS — single‑ship response is unlikely to succeed against a prepared cell.
Ship‑Specific Notes
- Miners (Venture): High risk. Move to safer belts outside peak times or operate within fleet/escort.
- MTU operators: Deploy only inside secure, friendly staging systems. MTUs in Alachene have been recovered as primary objectives of gangs.
- Scouts/Covert Ops: Use cloaks and probe suppression; do not assume invisibility — multiple T3s have demonstrated cloaked aggression.
- Battleship/High‑Value Packets (Praxis): Avoid transit and undock only with confirmed fleet support outside peak windows.
Final Warning
Treat Alachene operationally as a hostile hunting ground. Although classified high‑security in the analyst report, observed tactics and asset types make Alachene functionally similar to dangerous low‑security behavior. The combination of T3 Strategic Cruisers, EWAR platforms and Marauder support establishes a capability to rapidly overwhelm single ships and small industrial operations. If you must operate in Alachene, plan around the Wednesday 21:00+ UTC window, move high‑value assets only in numbers or with escorts, and limit use of MTUs and solo miners.
End of Advisory — Everyshore Intel Network