Tell us about your flagship

Picked a new flagship as the Leshak has proven to be a strong ship that fits well into the role I need it. It is actually a shared title between two different ships with two different configurations.


Vash’ka docking at the Goryn Stronghold after an engagement

  • Full name of the flagship: Vash’ka
  • Nickname: Laser pointer, Troika.
  • Class: Leshak
  • Age: A half year
  • Homedock: Goryn Stronghold - Argo (J211000)
  • Builder: classified
  • Status: In service
  • Souls on board: classified
  • Purpose: Anti-capital siege (Troika configuration), Skirmishing (Nano configuration)
  • Reasons for flagship designation:
    The Leshak is a vessel that can easily punch above it’s weight and the Entropic Disintigrator provides us an effective tool against the heavy defences of capital vessels. Leshaks can reach an excellent speed, making it great for fighting outnumbered, while still carrying durable armor, making it able to endure some heavy fire. On top of all this it features a high amount of utility and a large dronebay.
    All this makes the Vash’ka just what I needed and it has allowed me to develop my combat performance especially in situations where I have not had the same possibilities before the Leshak got into capsuleer hands.
  • Favorite moments: I have two favorite moments with the Vash’ka
    First was getting featured in an official DED report on the Leshak’s capabilities. The report refered to an engagement we have had where we with 4 Leshaks, 2 Nestors, and a small support wing of cruisers and destroyers took out 2 Supercarriers, 1 Dreadnaught, 2 Carriers, and some of their support. ((The “DED report” can be found here.))
    Then there was taking out a Leviathan and a sizable capital fleet with our “Troika” Leshaks with assistance of a Pandemic Legion Bomber fleet. We were able to hold the grid ourself but we decided to call in aid as we were worried about a potential saving attempt by Test Alliance. Fortunately Test Alliance didn’t show up.


Our Leshaks’s combined power let us break through the shields of the Leviathan Titan.

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This one isn’t actually my Flagship… though it might get that designation if we deploy the armor supers for the next war again, who knows? Either way, before I fly it into combat, I’m going to change the livery, for, well, obvious reasons.

It is, however, an important and significant vessel, even if I never undock it to fight.

● Full name of the flagship: Formerly I Suck You Dry, awaiting redesignation.
● Nickname: Pending
● Class: Dagon-class Force Auxiliary
● Age: Approximately 18 months since construction.
● Homedock: 1DQ1.
● Builder: DekSwat Consortium.
● Status: Undergoing refurbishment
● Souls on board: Current compliment 1500 engineers, assessing the hull’s condition.
● Purpose: Undetermined
● Reasons for flagship designation: See Below.
● Favorite moments: Acquiring the vessel.

Even if I never fly the ship again, it’s an important acquisition. Force Auxiliaries are the newest type of capital ship to see service in New Eden, and it was not until June of YC119 that the so-called ‘pirate nations’, the Blood Raiders, Guristas, etc, began attempts to construct their own.

This Dagon was the first.

By that, I don’t mean the Dagon-class was the first pirate Force Auxiliary, though of course, that’s true. I mean this hull is the first one ever constructed in New Eden. There will eventually be thousands of these things built, I’m sure… but only one will ever be the first pirate fax to ever exist. And it’s mine, now.

Quick update: alternative livery has been procured in Jita for the exorbitant rate of 1.5M ISK.

The vessel is still not rated for manned operations outside of tether range.
Potential naming candidate: Strzyga.

Edit: Seriously, how much could it cost to grab a few thousand cans of spray paint to make a ‘Sebiestor SKIN’ for this? It’d all be black! I wouldn’t even need to be able to replace the nanocoating later!

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I recently got a new supercapital. After flying it for a week, I have transferred my flag to it, as my Silver Magnate remains in Amarr space. I will always love that ship and fondly remember what we accomplished as a team. As it is, though, my flag will need to be on an active combat ship while in Delve.

● Full name of the flagship: TES Seraph’s Wrath
● Nickname: I have no idea yet.
● Class: Aeon-class Supercarrier
● Age: 1.5 weeks old
● Homedock: 1DQ1.
● Builder: Swat VIP
● Status: Active
● Souls on board: 8,012
● Fighter Wing: 1st Para’nashu Heavy Fighter Wing. Over 75 fighter craft of various types.
● Purpose: Combat against Blooders and enemies of the Imperium.
● Reasons for flagship designation: The most powerful and capable ship in my fleet.
● Favorite moments: Destroying a Dark Blood Titan and Blood Dreadnought in the same engagement.

After the Blood Raider-provoked uprisings in the Empire, it was realized among the capsuleers of House Sarum that defensive operations would not be enough. These attacks would have to be stopped at the source. And the Blood Raiders were in Delve. So, a change of employment was in order, and I returned to Goonswarm with the objective to kill every Blooder I would see.

And in order to accomplish this feat in the most effective manner I knew how, I commissioned an Aeon-class supercarrier to be built.

I have had her for a little over a week. In that time, I have killed over 8300 Blood Raider ships, earning more than 5.75 billion ISK in bounties from CONCORD. However, the most fruitful engagement came early in the morning on 1.2YC121.

Seraph’s Wrath was clearing out a Blood Raider site in Delve when the Blood Dreadnought Perfect Harvest and the Dark Blood Titan Sovereign of Blood warped in with an escort of a half dozen battleships and battlecruisers.


After a lengthy engagement, all the enemy ships were destroyed.

Amarr Victor!

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  • Designation: TES Laus Deo
  • Class: Paladin-class Marauder
  • Homedock: Classified
  • Status: In Active Service
  • Souls on board: 6534
  • Purpose: In service to the Amarr Empire, annihilating its enemies within.


TES Laus Deo sending righteous indigation towards an Equilibrium of Mankind ship

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● Full name of the flagship - IRV Mushegesaki
● Nickname - Geno
● Class - Raven-class battleship
● Age - The hull itself is 16-years-old, constructed in YC105; in its current iteration (post capsule-compatibility upgrades) it is about 4-years-old
● Homedock - Ishukone Corporation Factory, Malkalen V
● Builder - The original hull was constructed in Ishukone Watch shipyards; renovations were performed by I-RED in YC117
● Status (in service, destroyed…) - In Service
● Souls on board (crew, janitors…) - 399
● Purpose (combat, diplomacy…) - Primarily used as a parade ship, museum, and diplomatic vessel; in urgent cases, can be refit for tactical responses within an hour
● Reasons for flagship designation - This Raven was originally captained by a man I looked up to within the Ishukone Corporation; he provided a strong mentorship role following my transfer of citizenship from Sukuuvestaa to Ishukone during the early YC100’s; in YC113, about a year after I obtained my capsuleer license, his taskforce was ambushed in a fake distress call trap set up by Guristas pirates in low-security Lonetrek space; Mushegasaki sustained a fatal puncture wound from a collapsed bulkhead when the vessel sustained critical damage from the assaulting Guristas forces; however, despite his wounds, he managed to maintain command of the bridge and through sheer perseverance his taskforce managed to overcome the Guristas and chase them off; Geno Mushegasaki perished shortly after a rescue team arrived on scene; in his will, I discovered that he wanted me to inherit his command ship; I have continuously upgraded the hull throughout the years I have had it
● Favorite moments - Celebrating I-RED’s 10th Anniversary while conducting a parade cruise over the Ishukone capital world of Malkalen V

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Full name of the flagship: TES Jerusalem
Class: Harbinger Naval Issue
Age: Six years as a designation, but sees continual rebuilds and remodels
Homedock: TOMHA - Hjoramold / Greater Theology Council Dock - Ashab
Builder: Imperial Temple Yards constructed the hull, and Shotan Brothers remodeled the interior
Status: In Service
Souls On Board: 150+
Purpose: Whatever is needed

Reasons for flagship designation:
Jerusalem has been my archdiocesal flagship since I became a capsuleer. I required a ship that could handle anything that I needed it to do, from transporting equipment to assisting local security to hosting onboard diplomatic missions. Jerusalem has been that perfect ship. There are larger ships in the fleet, of course, perhaps more capable ones. For now, she is like an old, comfortable couch; I can’t bear to be rid of it when I know just where to sit on it.

When I began our crew training program, I thought it would be only fitting that I enroll my flagship first. Therefore, we tend to have a higher-than-necessary crew load. I also made sure the interior was appropriated well, as I do tend to have visitors on board and I like to see the crew feel the comforts of home and the fellowship. That also helps quite a bit on missionary trips; it’s always more comfortable to meet someone in person than to send a hologram from the capsule (and far easier on the sensibilities for those who aren’t used to the idea of capsuleers). Most importantly, she is large enough to provide security when local authorities send out an alarum without being so large as to unduly threaten those authorities.

Someday, maybe if situations change and it becomes necessary to fly a larger (or smaller) ship, one with different capabilities, I may have to shift my flag. But, as she has been for well-nigh on six years, Jerusalem is my pride and joy.

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The Harbinger is my favorite ship. It’s true that I can’t fly one, but I can’t fly anything so that’s no mark against it. I am very very very disappointed that the Harbinger of Hope wasn’t quite able to deliver a Sword of the Righteous.

Long live the Empress!

Oh! Oh, my, a little bit of patriotism.

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Oh, it’s a fun topic. Why not be social and participatory? Because I am by nature a modest and unassuming old woman of great spiritual depth, I shall opt for something appropriate to that profile:

I call her Brothers.

She is fully automated, just me, a couple of cuddly nanite paste infused Sebiestor spliced with slaver hound genetics for company, and the hum of rock scoopers. Go team!

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USS Yamato
Long Arm
Marshal Battleship
1 year
Classified
Classified
In Service
1548 Crew, 102 Janitors, 500 Militants
Diplomacy/Combat
Classified
Escort mission for Max Singularity, Space Pope, to and from home Port.

Currently has a Sister Ship the USS Montana built 6 months after deployment of USS Yamato. Both Marshal Class Battleships equipped in different formats. While one operates with Torpedo’s and shield, the other operates with Long range guns and armor. Both equipped with the ability to remove itself from a fight instantly, and both equipped with more secretive technologies based in Triglavian nature.

USS Montana
Sister ship to Yamato

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● Aiko Danuja’s Catalyst
● Cat
● Destroyer
● Built by ethically sourced mining corp
● Status: Already replaced
● Souls on board: They are with James now
● Purpose: Tax collection
● Favorite moment: The explosion

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CODE Scum

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Hidden in the depths far from prying eyes ‘Huron’ lurks. Having left no survivors, only whispers in the dark tell of its existence and ‘‘though my guards may sleep and my ship may lay at anchor, our foes know full well that the big guns never tire…’’

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● Full name of the flagship: normandy sr2
● Nickname: none
● Class: heavy assault cruiser
● Age: 1 day
● Homedock: classified
● Builder: classified
● Status (in service, destroyed…): in service
● Souls on board (crew, janitors…): classified
● Purpose (combat, diplomacy…): combat
● Reasons for flagship designation: Upgraded vedmak
● Favorite moments: none

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● Full name of the flagship: Spectacular Failure
● Nickname: none
● Class: Tech 1 Scanning Frigate
● Age: 2 Months
● Homedock: Heluene
● Builder: Me
● Status (in service, destroyed…): In Service
● Souls on board (crew, janitors…): 1 (lost)
● Purpose (combat, diplomacy…): Exploration
● Reasons for flagship designation: Not applicable
● Favorite moments: Any time I’m not dying

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The Lost Heiress is my most precious posession, more than being a mainline ship its more like a heirloom. i’m learning the ways of the matari spacecraft but is nice to have a fragment of the past sitting in my current residence. the only complain is not being able to paint her in the colors and motives of Khanid, the homeland of my masters.

● Full name of the flagship: The Lost Heiress
● Nickname: none
● Class: Corvette
● Age: 1 Month or so
● Homedock: Hek
● Builder: unknown
● Status (in service, destroyed…): In Service
● Souls on board (crew, janitors…): 1(pilot)
● Purpose (combat, diplomacy…): Civilian work
● Reasons for flagship designation: Personal value
● Favorite moments: clearing Rogue Cloning Facilities, hunting Rogue Drones, transporting Spirits and other goods between stations

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● Full name of the flagship: TAS Truth
● Nickname: Truth
● Class: Marshal-Class Battleship
● Homedock: Nomadic
● Builder: Classified
● Status: Active
● Souls on board: 2089
● Purpose: Flagship of Triquetra Combined Arms | Primarily Anti-Trigvalian
● Reasons for flagship designation: Our beacon of hope against hostile threats
● Favorite moments: Participated in ARC’s first offensive against a World Ark. Was successful.

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Full name of the Flagship: ISD Inspector Flying Free
Class: Polaris Inspector Frigate
Age: 5 years, 9 months and 25 days from this posting
Homedock: Polaris
Builder: Polaris
Status: Retired
Souls on Board: 1
Purpose: Search and Rescue, New Pilot Orientation and Fluid Router Maintenance

This Polaris Frigate was commissioned the date of my service start. It has stayed with me my entire career, and will probably outlast me. Shes dirty, and scarred from many attempts against my life, but she still flys straight and true.

~Buldath

Edit: This ship has been retired

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This feels like a challenge

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Yeah, so, I mean, who wants to go after that Polaris Frig. I sure as heck didn’t, not with a mere Nyx. So I had to wait until I had a ship that would stand out.

  • Name: Unrepentant Sinner
  • Class: Vendetta-class Serpentis Supercarrier
  • Age: Pretty new.
  • Builder: Tuoni Cruiser Lines. This was actually their fist super build. Love it.
  • Status: Active. Spending all that ISK for a hangar queen would infuriate me.
  • Designated as Flagship because: “… really? You have to ask?” -Mizhara Del’thul. She said it best.
  • Purpose: Capsuleer Combat, bloc wars, fleet ops. Unlike my Nyx-class which I use to kill Blood Raiders on occasion, Unrepentant Sinner’s purpose is war.
  • Crew: Confidential. However, all fighter pilots receive regular backups. No less than 15 exotic dancers.
  • Favorite Moments: So far we’ve only done one operation; it was great fun!. Undocking for that was exciting. However, my favorite moment so far was when Sin showed me how to commune with the spirit of the ship.
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Of all ships that I’ve flown, two (repeatedly replaced) can truly be described as flagships.

Most recent iterations’ names: GER 429 Terrorgheist and GER 564 Sequitor. Brutix-class battlecruiser and Retribution-class assault frigate, respectively. Both fit with short-range weapons: blasters and pulse lasers.

Home: Previously J211396 - Azmo’s Large Innuendo (first citadel to be anchored by EVE University, Fortizar). Mothballed in Auviken V-5 Caldari Business Tribunal Offices station since I removed my possessions from the citadel in order to establish myself elsewhere in Anoikis, along with several other ships (most common hulls in the mothball fleet being Exequeror and Scythe of a few different fits).

Age: Latest iterations were not particularly old at time of mothballing.

Builder: Nearly all ships which I flew at this time were supplied by a logistician operating in the Fortizar.

Status: Three previous Retributions, two Brutices lost, present ones in mothballs.

Reason for flagship designation: A flagship is, specifically, a ship from which a fleet is commanded. If the fleet commander does not have his flag on a ship, it is not a flagship. My most successful fleet command experience has been in these two ships. Even in the same corporation, other ships from which I commanded did not have the same level of success for a variety of reasons (consistently leading the same people in these ships probably being the main one), and while I have had a bit of command experience in my three corporations since then, I have not had the opportunity to lead any particularly interesting or noteworthy fights since leaving this corporation. There have been a couple of other ships which I’ve flown which would be candidates due to the connection that I’ve felt with them, such as the Drekavac (which was being phased in as the heavy ship of the line when I left this corporation, alongside the Sacrilege which already filled that role, but the heavy line of battle was not flown often enough for me to get a chance to use it before I left, though my next corporation used it as the primary ship of the line). If it was based solely on connection to one particular ship, the Anathema which was the first ship that I brought into and the last ship that I brought out of every system in Anoikis which I have called home (though was destroyed when I had the brilliant idea to undock it from Jita IV-4 where I had been keeping it while Pandemic Horde was subject to CONCORD-sanctioned warfare) would be a candidate, but since I have not commanded anything from it for obvious reasons, it cannot be considered a flagship.

Purpose: Combat operations.

Crew: Currently none.

Favorite moments: Many. My first experience commanding from either of these ships could be considered a standout. After previously fighting POS Party earlier in the day (successfully, though I did not command; I flew an Oracle which was a replacement for one destroyed in battle against my current corporation, Sniggwaffe), they returned with a fleet consisting primarily of Muninns. I led a fleet of assault frigates in order to fight them again. We held the position, they disengaged after losing logistics. If I recall correctly, the last Retribution in this series to have been destroyed was the only loss on our side, on either side of the wormhole where the fight occurred. https://zkillboard.com/kill/78820374/

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