Krusty Krab Saved!
At 17:30 EVE time on March the 8th, the Krusty Krab was scheduled to go into repair mode after losing it's shields two days before. At this time an attack was expected by the pilot or pilots who removed it's shields. Two Confederate pilots were present to help with the defense of the Krusty Krab, one manning the structure, the other one in a Tengu scouting the area.
As the timer reached reinforcement phase a single Astero showed up within 100 km of Krusty Krab. We attempted lock-on but it warped away as quickly as it had appeared. While the hope was he was the offender from the other day and we had dodged a bullet, it quickly became obvious that was not the case.
Within a few minutes 5 Drekavac's from the New Republic Corp showed up and began to assault the Krusty Krab. While the station put up a valiant effort it was obvious its firepower was no match for the remote repair rate of the Dreks. Soon the Krusty Krab had lost its flotilla of fighters to the enemy drones. Krusty Krab was also unable to penetrate the Dreks armor as the rep power was applied to any ship that was target by our missiles. As the assault continued the Krusty Krab cap was running low and the armor fell below 50%. All the Tengu pilot could do is watch in frustration as it was obvious that it would do little good to uncloak and attack. Preparations were being made to facilitate the evacuation of the station and the few materials stored aboard the structure.
Just as it looked like things could not get any worse, 4 Navy Drakes showed up with a Falcon in tow from the NexaVast VoidWorks corporation. With a fleet of ten ships their was no hope of keeping the armor intact, and it looked like the Krusty Krab would be down to its hull and days away from total destruction.
What happened next was nothing short of a miracle. Instead of targeting the Krusty Krab, the Drakes engaged the Drekavacs and destroyed three of them before the rest ran off, without a single loss to the fleet of Drakes. Then, in a rare display of chivalry in an unforgiving universe, Xel' Korsten, one of the Drake pilots, messaged us to let us know they would stay until our structure was reinforced. True to their word they stayed until the timer was up, our shields were back, and we were safe again. They picked up their loot and left, but not before befriending us and giving us the fit for their Drakes, which performed valiantly against the Drekavacs.
So please, if you can, drop a letter to the NexaVast VoidWorks pilots who participated in the saving of Krusty Krab, letting them know how much you appreciate their help. While the loss of Krusty Krab would have had little impact in our corp, it was refreshing to receive unsolicited help by another corporation in EVE. It is probably something we won't see again anytime soon and it should be celebrated.
The kill Mails.
The fits are saved in Corp Fit folder under NV-DNI and NV-NI.
