Hellstrome Alliance vs Beyond Virginity

Qualifying Round 1 - Saturday 5th September - 18:20

Beyond Virginity's Surprise Battleship Fleet Crush Hellstrome Alliance

Reported by: Ariadne Reece

Beyond Virginity (BYVI) fielded a heavy force of battleships to great effect against Hellstrome Alliance (HELL), decisively winning their first qualifying match of the tournament.



HELL's fleet; two Absolutions, two Nighthawks, two Kitsunes, a Coercer, a Dominix, and a Hyena were not enough to pull off the victory as tomcool of HELL explains how instead of fielding the cruiser sized ships expected, BYVI "turned up in battleships". BYVI's fleet, consisting of an Absolution, an Onieros, a Typhoon, an Armageddon, a Scorpion, and a Tempest, was easily the heaviest team seen so far in the tournament.

The battleship hulls destroyed the frigates fielded by HELL almost instantly, and while BYVI lost their Onieros early, the overwhelming damage output and capacitor neutralizing ability of four battleships kept the field heavily in BYVI's favor. In the end, after seven minutes of fighting, BYVI had lost only their Onieros and smartbomb-fit scorpion.

The two alliances have a history of cordial relations. According to Villwrath, BYVI's team captain, "Beyond Divinity Inc. has flown with Solar Ravengers (the main pvp corp in Hellstrome) before, as they used to be in Dead Terrorists alliance which we are blue with."