Hands-on Training

        Despite the lawlessness of 0.0 space, CONCORD was still out there. Not in any official policing capacity, mind you, but their scouts were out there. Capsuleers fighting over solar systems were of no interest to them. It was the pirate factions they were keeping tabs on. These same pirate factions were constantly pushing their way into Empire space, and it was CONCORD's job to monitor their activity at their nerve centers here in nullsec, and reward the capsuleers who took it upon themselves to act as local police.

        It was in this capacity that Knee Anderthal was flying his Dominix with a group of seasoned pilots and new recruits. The purpose was threefold - to give the new pilots some combat experience, to try and discover hidden complexes that would yield lucrative custom equipment reserved for the Dread Guristas, and to collect the bountiful compensation doled out by CONCORD for their efforts.

        It was during the clearing of one of the Guristas sanctums that a simple training exercise became a bit more real. A rogue Crusader Interceptor warped in to the sanctum 100km away from the fleet. One of the new pilots set after him, but the fleet called him back. Not only would a simple frigate be unable to catch an Interceptor, it would be outgunned as well. So the Interceptor was ignored for the moment as the fleet continued assaulting the Guristas.

        Suddenly the Interceptor decided that if the fleet was not going to fight it, it was going to fight the fleet. It warped on top of the fleet and pounced upon a defenseless salvaging destroyer just 15km away from Knee's Dominix. The fleet immediately rallied for tackle and Knee sent out his Hornet drones normally reserved for Guristas frigates. What was a battleship pilot to do?

        Normal fleets would not have warp disruption handy, but extra precautions are taken in zero. Although the Interceptor was able to take out the salvaging destroyer, it was overwhelmed and exploded marvelously before it could escape. A three-million loss for a twenty-million gain.

        The training for the morning was complete.