Invasion Halted: Fortress Nisuwa

The beginning of the month saw some new events in Black Rise. The rise of TEST in the West and in the SouthEast, Talons of Blood began an invasion of the Gallente Fortress of Nisuwa. What looked to be a full invasion was stopped in only in 7 days.  Thanks to the efforts of QCATs and DRACO.

It all kicked off when Talons of Blood put a staging POS in Nisuwa. Before the POS could be taken down they completely "DickStarred" it. Meaning put up ECM, warp Scramblers and Guns to the max. Inside the POS there was only Ship Maintenance Hanger. With all the CPU and Powergrid in defense the only thing left was to stock it with ships. And that they did fast. Within 2 days over 500 ships were brought into the POS and made ready for their invasion.
Seeing this QCATs and members of DV-MS  began to stockpile ships of their own in the Nisuwa Station. FC's called for standard Gallente Fleets of C*ckbags and derptrons. C*ckbags fully fitted only cost about 2 mil and derptrons cost 1.3 mill ISK. These fleet were also supported by three new fleets. Sniarpies, (rail harpies), Tweed Kestrels, and Win button Kestrels.  While the Sniarpies have a great tank, the two Kestrels fits were set up for attrition fits only costing 1.6 mil each.
On the first day of fighting the story in local made it look dire for the Federation in Nisuwa, as State pilots out numbered them 3-to-1 to even 5-to-1 at one point, do the fast reships and a great FC, the Gallente militia was able to hold Nisuwa stable after 7 hours on constant fighting.  As the EU TZ logged off the US and AUS TZ, kept chasing Squids out of plexes and set the stage for a round two.
On the second day the Federation employed a new trick. They would let the State take small complexes while hold both Novices and Mediums. This forced the Caldari to use only one fleet doctrine while the Federation was able to change into different doctrines to hold the different plexes. So with the State mostly in an expensive Cormorant fit costing 9 mill each, the Federation would simply  use cheap attrition ships camp the outside of the small complex gate and kill anything going it. all the while holding the other plexes.
The next trick was the FC called for everything to burn on the beacon once it hit a 1 min left on the timer. to force the Caldari close their site first. Once the Caldari closed the small the Federation was able to closer either the Medium or Novice resetting the contestion bar for the system. This type of deplex was a huge kick in moral for the Squids as all they could only watch as their work was taking away before they could mount a defense.
At the height of the Nisuwa Invasion, Talons of Blood pushed the system just over 7% contested, with the help of Dust Mercs on the ground. But without a strong US TZ, these gains were quickly lost. While I will not call the Invasion of Nisuwa over,  I will say that it has been Halted for now, and the that brave men and women of the Federation will continue to fight for control over Fortress Nisuwa.
FUN FACTS:
Leaders of the State Assault on Nisuwa are former Gallente Pilots and FCs
At one time Nisuwa was the most dangerous Low Sec system, seeing more than 500 kills in 24 hrs
Derptrons were only called for twice, both times leading to a successful fleet.