The bottle Gets Shaken

     In the past two weeks, some turbulent times have started to affect us boring people in Providence. As Red Overlord imploded upon itself, it's "friend" -A- has been giving ground to TEST in Catch. TEST has  also decided to revisit areas in Providence to stir up us natives again. Not sure what this means long term. They have been attacking and disabling certain POSs as well as JB facilities to reduce Providence's logistical abilities.  This means to me that they are attempting to splinter and separate certain alliances in the NRDS coalition.
     There has also been some housecleaning in one of the alliances. Apparently, Volition Cult has has  had some splintering of their members. The Rising Stars have left and taken several FCs from Volition with them. IMO, there has been a difference of opinions with the leaders of the group ever since they decided to de-emphasize their pvp only roots and take up sovereignty in Providence as part of the NRDS coalition. I think this will be a larger blow to Providence than people realize. What few roams I went on while over with Volition's training academy, the few that I dealt with will be missed. IMO, Competent FCs are scarce in the NRDS coalition. Hell, warm bodies willing to fight can be few and far between depending on the time of day.
     Which leads me to my other beef of the week.  We have substantial hostiles continuously disrupting our space, yet some of the leader are off filling gaps in CVA's defensive areas. WTF? How many members do they have that are sitting on the sidelines while leaders of our group are off protecting them? Get rid of our disruptions first and then work out from there. BTW, don't bitch when people show up with fits you don't like after you were begging people to join your defense fleets minutes before.  When you buy my ship, you can tell me how to fit it, what color to paint it, and how many fuzzy dice go on the bridge.  Something tells me that I need to learn how to fly some caps in the next few months, especially if large fleet engagements are coming to my back yard. Time to get off the sidelines and start to defend....