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What was your proudest moment or greatest accomplishment as an agent?

My time in LV was mostly mundane recon work and feeling out the various alliances and relationships the south had. We didn't have a whole lot of information about what was going on and at the time there was a real debate going on about possibly joining up with LV as a space holder under their umbrella. To that end LV didn't have very many 'a-ha!' moments aside from me giving real time reports about that Mothership event they cheated on. My time in Sc0rched Earth has been a lot more fun as I've personally led 3 fleets into the loving embrace of Shadoo's titan or bridged HAC gangs. There isn't a lot to report on in a dying alliance so I get to do more direct action which has been a blast. It gets amusing when your FC expresses disbelief that Pandemic Legion somehow found them yet again which crushes their morale and makes the log off in a huff.

What do you think is the Achilles Heel of alliances in EVE?

Cohesion. It's been said a thousand times but it's still true that nothing else matters. If you have some sort of bond, either an out of game forum or some sort of unified language/nationality, then you can get through a lot of bad shit without losing everything. Alliances that are just a bunch of miserable nothing corps that joined up to take advantage of nice free space that fell in their lap won't last very long because they have nothing else in common other than self interest. That's what we're seeing right now in Sc0rched Earth as their primary corps leave the alliance and they find themselves unable to even enjoy their space due to the 23/7 presence of cloaking blackops ships. They feel helpless and abandoned by leadership and start to think that it has to be better off nearly anywhere else because they get no benefit out of their effort right now.

Did you have any 'near miss' experiences where your cover was almost blown?

Not really, no. It's been so easy as long as you don't do anything too stupid and don't become predictable. It's even easier when your target has no real community so there's no opportunity to stand out or be noticed. As long as you show up for PVP ops and don't do anything that draws attention you are just a quality member of the alliance and welcome.

How would you compare your time as a spy to other professions/paths in EVE that you've experienced?

Well I've enjoyed spying, even more so in my current mission, but there's nothing quite like hot dropping a dread on somebodies cap fleet knowing they are completely boned. Not nearly as fun when it happens to you though.

Do you feel any sympathy for your target? Do you think this reflects on you as a person?

It's a video game. This is something that everybody playing this game should take a few moments and consider quietly to themselves from time to time. Do I have any sympathy? Of course not. I blew up Megaton while playing Fallout 3, but I don't think that reflects on me as a person. To me it's just part of the video game and a successful spying mission is along the same lines as soloing a jump freighter with a single dread at a hostile pos or taking over a region. Spying is, and should always be considered just one more aspect of the EVE experience and if you don't take advantage of it you are really handicapping yourself.  It's all about killing the enemy or destroying their space empires and in the end it's all just video game pixels. Besides it's nothing personal, just business.