Mannar – 2025-10-06
EIN-Advisory: Mannar — Elevated Late‑Night Threats; Capital Ganks and Cloaky Hunters Active
Timeframe: 2025-09-29 → 2025-10-04 — System: Mannar (Low‑sec, Everyshore)
Summary
- Threat level: Moderate (3.0) with concentrated high‑risk windows.
- Primary danger window: ~00:00–04:00 UTC — multiple high‑value kills occurred in this interval.
- Days of note: activity spikes observed around Wednesday and late‑week (Friday → early Saturday UTC).
- Known aggressors observed in this period include capital gankers (example: “MtnDew Baja Blast” in Ragnarok), high‑DPS cruisers (example: “Torrent Talon” in Drekavac), and cloaky/strategic hunters (example: “V1ctorovich” in Loki).
Top Threat Profiles (short)
- Capital Gank Squad (real_thread 4.8): Ragnarok-class capital damage used to quickly remove capital or expensive subcap targets. Capital assets in Mannar are at elevated risk during late hours.
- High‑DPS Cruiser Ambush (4.0): Cruisers/battlecruisers striking industrial hulls (Procurer loss recorded).
- Cloaky/Strategic Hunter (3.5): Loki/other strategic cruisers hunting explorers/covert ops (Stratios → Astero sequence).
- Fast Frigate Harassment (2.5): Agile frigates hunting fragile explorers.
- Unattributed Solo Threats (2.0): Kills with no listed aggressor — could indicate stealth bombers, rapid ganks, or other untracked methods.
Operational Advice (for low‑sec transit/ops)
- Capitals & Industrials: Avoid moving capitals or expensive industrials through Mannar during 00:00–04:00 UTC UTC. If movement is unavoidable, travel with escorts, limit time in docking ranges, and pre‑stage safe exit points.
- Explorers / Covert Ops pilots: Assume you are being scanned. Use multiple safespots, cloak immediately on probe or combat probe threat, and avoid re‑shipping in the same corridor after a loss.
- Subcap Combat/Logi: Expect EWAR and high‑DPS ambushes. Keep tackle breakers/point awareness and plan extraction windows.
- Frigate/Small‑ship pilots: Do not linger on gates or bookmarks late at night. Use extreme D‑scan discipline and align bookmarks to fast exits.
- General: Prefer quick undocked transits, use pre‑aligned warp vectors, and maintain watch of gate and grid activity. Treat late‑night low‑sec as a heightened environment — even support/ewar vessels can be caught.
Conclusion
Mannar remains survivable but not safe for complacent pilots. The combination of capital gank capability and persistent cloaky hunters makes late‑night operations particularly hazardous. Plan movements around the identified risk window and apply the precautions above to reduce exposure.