The Otela star system has been conquered by the Triglavian Collective! This loss comes as a heavy blow to many of the local inhabitants in this highly populated system and shortly after another crushing defeat for the Caldari State in Kino.
YC 122/08/08
14:35 - The Otela - The Forge - star system entered Stellar Reconnaissance; EDENCOM and Triglavian aligned capsuleers (Kybernauts) began vying for control over the system. Slowly but surely, the Kybernauts were able to gain an early lead and continued pushing the system towards Triglavian influence in spite of the combined efforts of EDENCOM and local capsuleers.
YC 122/08/09
11:00 - The Otela star system reached 70% Triglavian Influence and continued to be pushed by the Kybernauts. Local opposition intensified and the system was held at 80% influence for many hours before the Kybernauts, with assistance from BLACKFLAG., were able to continue pushing the system.
18:35 - Otela entered First Liminality and many of the local inhabitants began to evacuate the system. No significant organized resistance from EDENCOM was present in the system at this time and the Kybernauts were left uncontested for many hours. Several Caldari Navy Phoenix dreadnoughts were destroyed during this time as well as many capsuleer ships unfortunate enough to be caught in the crossfire.
YC 122/08/10
1:45 - Shortly after the system entered Second Liminality, Electus Matari and Phoenix Naval Systems entered the system to engage a Triglavian World Ark, successfully defeating the formidable ship and forcing it back into abyssal space. This, however, had little effect on the overall progress of the invasion.
5:54 - Otela entered Final Liminality; Kybernauts continued to destroy Caldari Navy forces in the system while The Stribog Kybernaut Subclade fought off opportunistic capsuleers and picked off local stragglers. The Triglavian Collective established full control over Otela, deploying its Stellar Transmuter and another World Ark.
I think it is garbage. The WA gives a little bit over 1% progress for such an important asset in an important site of the system. In order for it to be a “difficult choice” it should have way more impact on the progression so that people actually have to decide to protect it or attack it to thwart attacker progress. That it is not a necessity is the issue here. But as said, I am probably the only one who things that way and wants more actual “difficult choices”.