Why I Fight

Winning is easy, losing the right way is hard. Justified Chaos [JUSTK] was started at a fairly critical point in FW. The rules of the game had changed, the Caldari were steam-rolling the Gallente systems in hopes of getting to a Tier 5 cash out.

I’ve been playing eve since 2009. Stupidly, I biomassed two fairly advanced players in 2010. Yet Eve keeps me coming back, and where am I, to stay? Gallente Militia. Why? What are the reasons? Well, I’m a 46-year-old single gamer. I’ve done a fair bit in Eve that is solo. I wasn’t always in the Gallente Militia.

Like most pilots, I entered FW for the opportunity to learn how to PVP. I had a short stint as a director/recruiter for my first Gallente Militia corp, The Screaming War Eagles. It was there that I was exposed to some of the veteran corps that anchored The Federation. The exposure to the inner circle gave me an understanding of what made Gallente tick and it influenced the path I would create for myself going forward.

I was “born and raised” here. My first fleet included the late Steelcastles giving me an osprey, a skill book, a mission, and a place to call home within Caldari fleets. I was hooked. That was within the first three months of playing EVE.

Well to be honest faction warfare was a way to fund my account. Caldari FW was the first time I tried FW. I had two friends that were in Minmatar FW, but they moved to Caldari and damn it was good isk vs. low sec rating and high sec living.

Why do I fight for Minmatar?  Because, I am Minmatar!  Here, I tell you what, let me start from the beginning…..  I have no memory of my birth or growing up nor do I know why.  My first and earliest memories of existence go back to 2010.02.02 02:15.  At that exact date and time I simply “came to” in a hangar.

Originally I started my fight for the state as a simple pilot looking for something new to try in EVE and Caldari Militia was the first one I came to when I joined a small frigate focused corp The No.1 Crazy Fighter Squadron (Closed) as you can see now closed as the founder and CEO didn’t have the time run a corp, so following on from that I created the Black Talon Assult Force and decided to focus my emerging skill as an FC to fully support the Caldari war effort.

I spent my first full year of New Eden forging ties and running missions extensively for various Caldari corporations, namely Caldari Navy and Spacelane Patrol, whilst training for the pinnacle of mission running itself, the Tengu. I became disenchanted with the monotone life of the high security missioner, however, and when the inevitable war declarations came from bittervets seeking easy kills, I felt it was high time to try out lowsec, and sign up to the side that I had built up a rapport with.

Why I fight for the State!

I chose Caldari as the culture appealed to my personality. As a fan for the Battlestar Galactica reboot it was a fit. Choosing to join Faction Warfare (FW) was a no brainer. I love competition.

Why do I fight for the Gallente in Factional warfare? It seems like a simple question and I should be able to answer this question with a simple one line response. I fight for the Gallente because “Gallente rules, Caldari drools!” The truth of course is much more complicated and the real question should be why do I continue to fight for the Gallente in Factional warfare.