Eve: The Rise and Fall of the Mercenary Coalition

From DaveSpace

Throughout most of my history in Eve, I've been a pilot in Corporations of the Mercenary Coalition, I was a member, director and brielfy CEO of Sharks with Frickin' Laser Beams and then a member and for a short time director of Body Count Inc.. I was there more or less at the beginning but sadly I missed the end as I went inactive from around July 2008 to September 2007. When I came back into the game it was to find that the alliance was shattered, our reputation in ruins and our space forfeit.

These articles are part of my attempt to document what went wrong with the Mercenary Coalition, mostly whilst I was inactive. I've used different public sources from Eve-O to ISD news to other Eve Forums. This is still a work in progress as trying to work out what actually happened from the views of an outsider is prone to a strong bias.

• (2005.11.23) Seleene discusses the Mercenary Coalition - (cached)
• (2006.09.24) A Statement from The Establishment - The Battle for 9UY is over - (cached)
• (2006.09.27) The Final Battles of 9UY - (cached)
• (2006.10.25) Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate weathers Mercenary Coalition storm - (cached)
• (2007.02.25) The War of New Eden Begins - (cached)
• (2007.03.01) Diplomatic manoeuvrings dominate Conflict - (cached)
• (2007.03.30) Band of Brothers Shipyard destroyed - contents unknown - (cached)
• (2007.05.19) MC News - Report from the Northern Front - (cached)
• (2007.05.20) Phoenus's summary of Bob vs D2 (cached)
• (2007.06.27) Coalition Counterattack in Tenal - (cached)
• (2007.09.14) 10th Mothership downed - (cached)
• (2007.10.03) Mercenary Coalition Titan Destroyed - (cached)
• (2007.12.15) Tortuga Announcement - (cached)
• (2007.12.16) Tortuga - A new future for Period Basis - (cached)
• (2007.12.23) The Tortugan War - So Far So Good? - (cached) - Commentary from Eve Online, ultimately mistaken
• (2007.12.30) 110 est is upon us - (cached)
• (2008.01.10) Mercenary Coalition – Catching up in the Race - (cache) - Not news but an interesting commentary on the MC.
• (2008.01.11) Will Delve Fall...... - (cache) - Another set of comments from Eve Online Forums
• (2008.01.19) I heard something about an Outbreak Nyx - (cached)
• (2008.01.23) Seleene steps down as MC leader - (cache)
• (2008.01.23) A BoB Member's Analysis of Tortuga blue'ing RSF - (cached)
• (2008.01.25) - Delve Journal - 24 January - (cached)
• (2008.01.29 - The Siege of TPAR-G - (cached)
• (2008.02.04) PR-8CA Host to latest Delve Capital Melee - (cached)
• (2008.02.25) The Siege Of NOL-M9 - The Alamo - (cached)
• (2008.02.25) Outbreak Leaves Tortuga beached - (cached)
• (2008.03.15) KIA - Back to work - (cached)
• (2008.03.22) MC Contract Announcement - Smashy! - (cached)
• (2008.03.26) Tortugan Standings Reset - (cached)
• (2008.07.03) New Alliance forms in Southern Regions - (cache)
• (2008.05.04) [CONIN leaves MC]

Headline text