The success or failure of a fleet operation depends on reliable and timely intelligence. What is the opposing fleet's location, strength, makeup? These are all things the Fleet Commander needs to know in order to make good decisions and lay effective traps.
PVP-COVOPS will provide you with the basic knowledge needed to fly as a covert ops scout for a fleet. The class will meet in highsec and proceed immediately into nullsec. Class practicals will occur in nullsec, and there is a real possibility of you losing your ship. There will be a few staged exercises but we may also head out into deeper reaches of nullsec and at the end of class you will be offered the opportunity to test yourself and your skills with an exercise wherein you will likely have to evade multiple hostile forces and retrieve a few items.
The class is tailored for the younger CovOps pilots but would be still be a good review for more experienced stealth specialists.
NOTE: This class is scheduled concurrently with a Wolfpacks class. Students should sign up for EITHER this Covops class OR the Wolfpacks class, not both. Immediately after the lecture, Q&A, and practical exercises, the students of this class will scout for the Wolfpacks class that is occurring at the same time.
The core topics this class will be covering are:
- Strengths, weaknesses, and uses of the CovOps ship
- Ship fitting and skills needed to fly this ship effectively
- Directional scanner and probing
- Recon reporting format
- Gatecamp evasion
- Getting invisibly on top of a target to provide a warp-in for your fleet
Using a Covert Ops Cyno
- Course Code: COVOPS - 20130420
- Time and Duration: Lecture and Practicals: April 20 @ 22:00 Lecture & Practical last about 2 hours, then the students will be scouting for the Wolfpacks class & roam that is occurring at the same time. Plan on total time of 4 to 5 hours.
- Price: 30m isk per pilot, payable to AGONY UNLEASHED
- Meeting Location: Berta
- Instructors: Dzu
- Maximum Enrollment: 10 (plus Agony). This is a HARD limit.
- Prerequisites: PVP-BASIC, PVP-WOLFPACKS
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CLASS EQUIPMENT
You are required to show up in a covert ops frigate, not a stealth bomber, and have a Covert Ops Cloaking Device II, MWD, and Expanded Probe Launcher with 10 each Core and Combat scan probes (Sisters probes are recommended, but not necessary). While the remainder of the fitting is up to the student, there are recommended modules and fittings in the reading material.
REQUIRED SKILLS
*Cloaking 4+
*Covert Ops 4 +
*Warp Drive Operation 4+
*Evasive Maneuvering 4+
*Navigation 4+
*Astrometrics 4+
*Astrometric Rangefinding 3+
*Astrometric Pinpointing 3+
*Astrometric Acquisition 3+
If you do not meet the minimum skill requirements, please do NOT sign up.
Confirmed Students: PAID
1. Zea - President Zea (IBUIN)
2. athnae - Athnae d'Azjol (ATHV)
3. Nos - Noslen Nosilla [FLIC]
4. Fenix Ookami - Fenix Ookami (ATHNA)
5. Excrus - Excrus Ite (GGLZ)
6. felix_nukem - Shivanthar (AOD)
7. Llyd - Llyd ApDicta (SPROT)
8. Socretez - Socretez Momaki (PLA)
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11. Paladin109 - Walter Egoh (SSERV)
Awaiting Confirmation of Payment:
Confirmed students: USING CORPORATION ACCOUNT/SPONSORSHIP
Confirmed students: USING CREDIT FROM PRIOR MISSED CLASSES
Paid and confirmed for attendance but enrollment or payment is nonstandard (such as alt paying or alt attending):
AGONY Students:
Odious - Odious Maximus (AGONY)
Ingelo - Ingeloakastimizliam (AGONY)
Jysella - Jysella Halcyon (AGONY)
ALUMNI:
Alumni of prior covops classes may sit in the class, but please be aware that the focus of the class is on the new students. Alumni are encouraged to join the Wolfpacks class instead, as that has likely changed quite a bit since the last time you took Wolfpacks
(Note to self: waidus j, waidus j (LSKYL) is actually registered and paid for the Wolfpacks class)
CANCELLED/UNABLE TO ATTEND, credited:
Ajax Smith - Ajax Smith (ALIASTRA)
neutron - Neutron Dreams (Perkone)
GRADUATES:
Socretez - Socretez Momaki (PLA)
Excrus - Excrus Ite (GGLZ)
Nos - Noslen Nosilla [FLIC]
Jysella - Jysella Halcyon (AGONY)
Llyd - Llyd ApDicta (SPROT)
felix_nukem - Shivanthar (AOD)
Fenix Ookami - Fenix Ookami (ATHNA)
Paladin109 - Walter Egoh (SSERV)
Ingelo - Ingeloakastimizliam (AGONY)
athnae - Athnae d'Azjol (ATHV)
Dog Walker - Dog Walker (XXXPT)
Odious - Odious Maximus (AGONY)
(Zea, were you there?)