Groothese – 2025-10-24
Summary
Groothese (low-sec) currently registers consistent moderate-to-high risk for unescorted miners, haulers and explorers. Attacks are predominantly solo hunters who frequently follow ship kills with capsule kills — expect no CONCORD intervention and little mercy.
High-risk windows & targets
- Peak activity: UTC 20:00–22:00 and 12:00–13:00. Opportunistic spike: 01:00–03:00 UTC.
- Favored prey: Ventures, Miasmos, Viators, light exploration frigates (Astero/Imicus).
- Tactics: Solo pilots conducting swift, decisive engagements; frequent immediate pod kills post-ship loss.
Top hostile profiles (most active / dangerous)
- Dejan Estemaire — Gnosis (Threat 4.5)
- Targets: Miasmos, Viator, Rook. 100% capsule follow‑through. Highly efficient solo hunter.
- Peter Powers — Tholos (Threat 3.5)
- Active late evening; focused miner-hunting (Venture).
- Aladar Krahn — Garmur (Threat 3.0)
- Early-morning fast-frigate hunter; dangerous to small ships.
- Kush Alien — Stratios (Threat 4.0)
- Cloaky/stealth threat to explorers; can outmatch lone frigates.
- Unidentified attack on Metamorphosis (insufficient data)
- Anomalous loss without recorded attacker — exercise extra caution around unexplained deaths.
Threat-level summary
- Baseline: 3.0 — unescorted non-combat ships are routinely vulnerable.
- 4.0–5.0 scenarios exist when high-value targets encounter experienced pilots in Stratios/Gnosis/Tholos; survival odds drop sharply.
Recommended precautions (low-sec mindful)
- Avoid solo operations during listed peak windows.
- Scout with cheap frigates or alts before committing valuable ships.
- Travel in numbers — even a small wing deters most solo hunters.
- Fit contingency modules: warp core stabs, micro-warp/afterburner, align tricks; consider cloaks for explorers.
- Always align to a celestial or gate; keep instant-undock points configured.
- Monitor local for sudden arrivals/vanishes of the named profiles and act accordingly.
Stay vigilant — Groothese favors fast, ruthless solo hunters; assume hostile intent.