The Battle for 3F-JZF

# **The Battle of 3F-JZF**

## Result:

Decisive Silent Federation Victory:

* [FF][NO][SAKU] Losses: 313 ships valued at - 103,196,585,429 isk
* Silent Federation Losses: 55 ships valued at - 20,799,488,419 isk

## Belligerents:

* The Silent Federation

versus

* Fireflies
* No Please Stop
* Knights of Rhode

## Commanders

* The Silent Federation
	+ Michael JD (FC)
	+ Matarella (FC)
	+ Master Joda (FC)
	+ KissThisThen (FC)
	+ George (FC)
	+ Lucas (FC)
	+ Riful (FC)
* Fireflies/No Please Stop/Knights of Rhode
	+ Tahini (FC)
	+ Master Kun (FC)
	+ Winter (FC)

## Battle

The **Battle of 3F-JZF** was the largest battle fought in the northern reaches of the New Eden Universe. Approximately 1200-1300 pilots would participate in the battle. This battle was part of a larger conflict known as the Great Northern War. The corporation citadel was positioned on the main entry pipeline between Branch and Deklein. Its strategic positioning allowed them to either quickly react to invading Federation fleets or cut them off after they passed on deeper into Branch. The corporation citadel claiming sovereignty in 3F-JZF had narrowly avoided its destruction a week earlier though its its sister citadel was destroyed next door in W-4FA9. It stood as the last Fire Flies citadel before their staging system in BKG-Q2. Prior to the battle Winter had reached out to their contacts in No Please Stop and Knights of Rhode to hire them for the upcoming timer. Both the Silent Federation, Fire Flies and No Please Stop immediately began calling for max attendance.

On the morning of August 21, 2021 a massive fleet belonging to [FF] [NO] and [SAKU] took position on the W-4FA9 gate in 3F-JZF, hereafter referred to as the [FF] fleet. The fleet was made up of: 214 Battleships, 246 Battlecruisers, 117 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 29 frigates, 1 indy ship, and 4 capsules altogether totaling 615 ships. A small Federation Longbow fleet (kite drone cruisers), under the command of Lucas Fetch and Matarella, had navigated through Branch and entered 3-FJZF via C-4ZOS.  The Longbow Fleet warped at range from the W-4FA9 gate and immediately started taking heavy fire as they worked their way out to range to mitigate some of the incoming fire.

Michael JD, commander of the Federation fleets called for everyone to jump in and re-approach the gate. This immediately caused some consternation, due to game mechanics; the system was locked at 1000 pilots.  This would be the first time a battle had maxed out a system in the North and the first experiences of time dilation for both sides.  Of the 548 Federation pilots in W-4FA9 only 167 battleships, 89 battle cruisers, 80 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 32 frigates and 12 capsules made it into the system (381 ships).  In part due to the positioning of the [FF] fleet and the multitude of shield guardians fielded by Federation forces, they were able to huddle beneath the overlapping shield fields and return concentrated fire against the [FF] fleet slowly opening the highway for further Federation reinforcements. As the losses began to stack up for FF the tide slowly began turning against them but a clock was still ticking, beginning an even more desperate struggle at the Citadel grid.

A small group of Federation pilots consisting of 8 battlecruisers, 36 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 22 frigates, and 6 capsules (73 ships) were pitted against a [FF] force consisting of 10 battleships, 47 battlecruisers, 20 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 20 frigates and 6 capsules (104 ships). The heroic Federation task force desperately worked to keep the citadel paused for nearly a half an hour as the main fleets duked it out.  Eventually the main [FF] fleet broke and were forced to retreat from the gate grid, freeing up heavy reinforcements which arrived at the citadel with only 9 seconds to spare.  The citadel was fell and with it the last [FF] strong hold before BKG-Q2.

## Map

https://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/Branch#sov

## Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XombVfJZLpQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX7Lqdv\_ryY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWdgkF1vf-U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc7dSjsAJH8&t=444s