The Raptor roam began like all great Raptor roams do: casually, optimistically, and with absolutely no respect for the clock. Five hours later, we found ourselves skirting the edges of a massive 2000+ pilot brawl over a Keepstar, happily plucking low-hanging fruit from the chaos. By the time the dust settled, the killboard told a beautiful story of over 180 kills, all courtesy of a pack of very patient frigates.

The real magic happened after we were already heading home. A curious scout asked an innocent question about whether a carrier stays aggressed if you steal one of its fighters. The answer, as it turns out, is 'yes'… and apparently for TWO carriers. What followed was a glorious death-by-a-thousand-papercuts as a Nidhoggur slowly melted under a swarm of Raptors. We nearly repeated the trick on its equally unlucky friend before a cyno flared and a serious response fleet arrived just in time to save the second hull. One carrier down, one narrowly escaped - and a Raptor roam doing exactly what Raptor roams do best.

It's hard to believe that a decade has passed since the inception of Explorers' Sanctum. What started as a humble gathering of like-minded pilots has blossomed into a thriving community that has weathered the storms of New Eden together. From our first tentative steps into lowsec roams to our triumphant forays into nullsec sovereignty, every moment has been a testament to our collective spirit and passion for EVE Online.

As we celebrate this milestone, we look back on the countless memories we've created, the friendships forged in the heat of battle, and the adventures that have defined us. Here's to ten years of exploration, shenanigans, and the unyielding spirit of adventure that drives us forward. May the next decade be filled with even more epic tales and unforgettable experiences!

Some pilots chase ISK. Some chase killmails. And then there's Nevi, who chases only one thing: fun! Recently, she discovered a new love for exploration. But instead of flying the usual agile, disposable, "recommended by literally everyone" ships, Nevi did what only a true explorer spirit would do: she took her beloved Loki into wormholes to scan, hack, loot, and vibe. Despite every warning, and every efficiency lecture she simply shrugged and said: "But I’m having fun."

And off she went. And fun she had. And yes… she inevitably got clapped in that exact same Loki. But in doing so she reminded all of us that EVE isn't always about efficiency, ISK per hour, or correct fittings... It's about having fun in a ship you love flying, Even if it means watching it go pop in a glorious ball of fire. Everyone should be more like Nevi.

There are citadels… and then there are Keepstars! The kind of structure you don't so much build as you summon through sheer collective stubbornness. Silent Vale and the rest of the waddling masses pooled their ISK, their minerals, their sweat, and quite possibly a few misplaced sanity points to construct our biggest, meanest, most "please don't shoot this" citadel in Providence.

It was truly a coalition-wide effort. Miners mined, haulers hauled, industrialists industrialized, crabbers pushed ADMs, PVPers kept the space safe and some penguin in the back almost certainly asked where to plug in the power cable. But against all odds, and despite at least three moments where someone said "Wait, where's the core?!" - the Keepstar was anchored towering over R3-K7K like a monument to questionable financial decisions.

After donating over 20 ships to Faction Warfare like it was a blood sport, Shadorrn finally struck gold. In a trusty Punisher, he fought —and defeated— a fully combat-fit Velator. Yes, a Velator. The kind of ship you usually find docked in shame or drifting in rookie hangars. But this one shot back. Victory was hard-earned, long-overdue, and possibly blessed by the Empress herself. Somewhere, a killmail weeps tears of pride.

A massive fleet of allies formed to get rid of a hostile Fortizar in Misaba. With over 500 pilots hammering away at the citadel, the enemy didn't even bother to show up, so it felt more like a neighborhood barbecue than a CTA. Guns were firing in sync, comms were filled with casual banter, and the biggest danger was someone spilling their Quafe or falling asleep mid-cycle. That’s when a confused voice broke through the chatter: “Alfred, how the hell are you dead?”

Turns out, Mr. Dinkledonk decided his Vigil didn’t need logi, backup, or common sense. He drifted out of the main fleet like a lone explorer charting new territory and stumbled upon the only hostile pilot in system who promptly reduced him to space dust. To his credit, Alfred proved you can still lose a ship even when the enemy forgets the fight exists.

With the recent massive Goon move op pulling their forces from Delve to Tenerifis, we decided to seize the opportunity and shift our roam towards the region in search of some action. And we struck gold! In a high-octane night filled with chases and explosions, our Raptor fleet tore through enemy lines, racking up an impressive 78 kills and leaving 14.3 billion ISK worth of wreckage in our wake. Welcome to the neighborhood! Don't mind the mess...

There's just something special about calling capital targets in a fleet of interceptors. As scouts spotted a Thanatos tethered on a structure, something urged us to try the good ol' bump manoeuvre! One small boop after the other, and our target was slowly reaching the end of tether only to finally break the safety of his structure and be attacked. It didn't take long for the cavalry to arrive, but to their displeasure, our glorious dictors made a fantastic job of placing tactical bubbles around the grid so the untimely saviours could only look from afar as their friend helplessly blew up...

End of the year is usually the time to undock something silly and see how truly bad can things go. This year, in true meme fashion, we formed a mining fleet with ore holds empty and ready for some salt! To demonstrate how good at mining our usually PVP oriented pilots can be, we found ourselves a Vargur willing to accept the demonstration.

Another Friday, another wedge fleet, another set of ridiculous fits roaming lowsec warzones. This time, our hero tackle grabbed us a Khizriel that very quickly found out having an overview filled with drones may prove challenging in noticing you are actually being tackled!

This week in lowsec, the Wedge Fleet embarked on their latest caper: a squadron of meme-fitted Bantams, bravely sailing the warzone. As the day drew to a close, talk on comms inevitably turned to the impending meme mining fleet – a prospect both ludicrous and exhilarating. Just then, a call rang out on comms - an unsuspecting Orca, calmly basking in the tranquility of a local asteroid belt. Like a troupe of determined jesters, the Bantams swooped in, expertly corralling the mighty mining vessel, and with a comical flourish, dispatched it to the celestial scrapheap. The Orca's baffled owner, perhaps underestimating the power of laughter, attempted a bewildering bribe, only to be met with a chorus of incredulous guffaws from the victorious Bantam brigade.

Raz, the intrepid pilot with a penchant for daring stunts, couldn't resist the allure of the Sansha Haven. With a mischievous grin, he eased his sleek 1 billion ISK Ishtar into the ominous cluster of rocks, eager to "check out" the dreaded dread. As the monstrous ship loomed into view, Raz's bravado waned. Suddenly, it felt less like a reconnaissance mission and more like an interstellar staring contest. Just as he was about to make a hasty retreat, the dread, unimpressed by his audacity, unleashed a devastating salvo. Raz's screen flickered, displaying an all-too-familiar message: "Capsule ejected." It seemed even ISK couldn't buy a sense of self-preservation.

This week our Wedge fleet of battle-hardened pilots embarked on a lowsec roam through Heimatar FW zones. After 32 successful kills, we decided to go for a final whelp into Zarzakh. Upon arrival, the fleet of Thrashers was greeted by a Drekavac / Augoror Navy duo. In a battle to Valhalla, the Wedge fleet fought valiantly, leaving a trail of wreckage that would forever witness our first loss in the new system.

It has been a little over two years since EX-SA joined The Ancients, one of the largest NPSI alliances in the game. Since then, we have been promoting the "purple" mindset of shooting first and asking questions later. As more and more groups have joined the cause, keacte, Major, and Skipp took it upon themselves to completely overhaul the NPSI calendar. They have now published a brand new go-to resource for everything related to the purple community. The new NPSI hub was launched during our signature Raptor fleet that managed to destroy a whooping 27bil ISK during the roam. The crowning jewel of the fleet was a lone Phoenix Navy Issue that we introduced to all of our purple friends...

Every respectable nullsec alliance needs to have a logo. Something to reflect what they stand for and how they operate. Inspired by the endearing hisec version, our desire was to create a fierce and dangerous nullsec emblem. However, it seems our adorable penguin didn't receive the memo that jetpacks don't shoot lasers. Nevertheless, its clueless expression mirrors our own, reminding us that we're all navigating uncharted territory together, driven by a shared pursuit of triumph and unity.

The last few months have been half-covered in secrecy as the Linknet leadership established diplo relationships and a small foothold in Providence in their latest attempt at claiming nullsec sov. To help our friends achieve their goal, Silent Vale joined the alliance forces and is now actively recruiting active pilots willing to try out life in nullsec!

We joined our friends in EVE Rookies to celebrate their 2nd birthday in a proper meme style! The tournament was restricted to corvettes only, with two fleets launching into different parts of nullsec in an attempt to locate each other, earning points for survival and potential kills along the way. While Kshal's fleet struggled to find targets, Sierra's fleet came across a bewildered Drekavac pilot who was swiftly dispatched by the mighty corvettes. After evading multiple gatecamps, both fleets engaged in a free-for-all brawl, with over a billion ISK in prizes on the line making sure the celebration ends up in lots of explosions!

Our alliance entered the AT this year as well! The Ancients met up with Rusty Hyenas Clan in the first fight of the day where our fleet wasn't able to burn through the enemy team with a Zarmazd as their logi backbone even though the fight started fairly evenly. The second fight against No Visual was a different story. Both teams warped in at 0 with their battleships sitting on top of one another. The combination of good target calling on our end, and exploiting the fact the enemy team made a mistake of focusing our battleship under reps instead of the heavy damage dealing Oracles pushed us into the 2nd round of the tournament!

How about a new championship? And why make it a single night? Aria made sure to come up with a 10 week long plan to keep a few of us occupied in a permanent brainstorming session of how to outsmart the opponent! This new format will take shape over the course of the next 10 weeks and you can follow it as we blow up each other right here.

Nothing gets your hype going like Kaai screaming his lungs off on comms calling tackle on a target! Only this time it wasn't just any target... It was a pilot known for flying bling which got tackled completely by accident as our scout warped into a plex at range. The full might of rickety Minmatar rustbuckets warped in followed shortly by a beefy Pilgrim killmail. Legends say Kaai's excited screams are still echoing through Amamake...

You've probably heard myths about people falling for a random fleet invite from neutrals in local, right? You also never believed such a thing can work! Well, this time it sure did! As our scout jumped the system and saw an orca on d-scan, he instantly invited the poor sob into the fleet and warped him 0 at the sun. A full Raptor fleet managed to turn back a few systems and land before the big slow miner even loaded grid only to be greeted by a bubble and lots of hot weapons ready to fire.

Another Thursday, another Raptor roam... This time the fleet found its way all the way into Delve. It was Aria's long-time wish to get some kills in the very heart of Goonswarm space and this night surely delivered. After sniping 11 ships in 1DQ, the locals finally formed up and decided to show what Goons can do. In true nullsec fashion, outgates got instantly bubbled and 7 titans dropped on grid.

The fleet successfully noped the hell out and managed to burn through the gate. A game of cat'n'mouse followed with a cormorant fleet chasing the fleet around. Waiting for combat timers to run out, the corm fleet finally caught up and landed on grid at the same time the FC yeeted the fleet via a filament...

It feels like it's been only yesterday when Rynn decided to leave hisec for the first time and join a Raptor fleet for some PVP action... Yet here we are, a year and a half later with our carebear sitting as the 2nd all-time Scalpel pilot! Many lives were saved with her 'Structural Paperclip', even more ships were clapped and countless whore-drones were yeeted into smartbombs... Here's to many more!

People have been crying to CCP about Logi on killmails for years, yet here we are... Celebrating Rynn's 1000th kill in her Scalpel, adequately called "Structural Paperclip"! Training her "Whorrior II" skills over the years, she perfected the art of saving people's asses all while yeeting her tiny drone at enemy targets. As much as 1000 kills in a logi frigate sounds impressive, the actual 1000th kill was disappointing.

With the upcoming massive changes to mining ships, we decided to join our friends from [NOM3D] in the last fairwell bait Procurer fleet before they get nerfed. The fleet tried finding rocks in Tama, but instead, a curious Omen navy payed us a visit. After a short roam through the battlezone without any content, we yeeted ourselves straight into Horde's staging! The bait was on, and before hordlings realized it, two ratting Vexors got mined. This peaked the interest of their response fleet which finally joined our mining ops for a glorious brawl that sent us straight to Valhalla (but not before we mineds a few extra pilots).

Our 7th surprise tournament took us back to flying a Sunesis! Building on our previous rules of engagement, this time participants had to duel inside the Abyss both times swapping between Firestorm and Gamma filaments. This required squeezing two fit types into the already tiny limit of 10mil ISK for the fitting. Shiry got clapped by Mick (who was also his first ever solo kill!). Meanwhile, Rynn won her duel against Ase while Eowyn held her truce until the last room against Skipp

After the mini-game round to decide who the finalists were, Rynn faced justice after trying to backstab Skipp in the finals. Even though the tournament was over at this point, Mick decided to challenge Skipp for the first place once again, but unfortunately ended blown up instead confirming Skipp's rightful tournament winnings.

Killboards are only good for remembering the stories behind the kills. So, kids - what do you do when you plan to move a bil ISK worth of stuff to Jita? That's right - you go full lazy mode on dockup and eat a volley from the local instalocking Tornado! Hey, at least you can make his ISK-per-hour really worth the time!

As the Crimson Harvest event ended, Ase was left with billions of ISK worth of Warclone Blanks. But would he sell them like everyone else in Jita? No, of course not! The madman packed his hauler with close to 4bil ISK worth of clones and set his destination straight for Delve! With 40 jumps from the biggest tradehub, one would think someone would notice... But looks like the bees were completely asleep this time.

Another major milestone was accomplished with the fight against Waffles in this year's Alliance Tournament. After a few training sessions, a lot of alliance members got to know each other a bit better and bond over what we love the most - ships exploding in space! On the other side of the arena, Waffles pilots awaited, and even though the match started pretty equally, thanks to some fantastic baity piloting from their logibro, we managed to get screened and inevitably lose the match.

HUGE thanks to Ancients leadership for making this happen and GF to Waffle pilots! We'll be looking forward to more tournaments in the upcoming years! Oh, and EVE wouldn't be EVE if we didn't have spreadsheets! To commemorate our first AT match in this form, Silas has made a handy little graph of our FC's frequent panic pisses like a true spreadsheet simulator deserves!

You don't see EDENCOM ships flying around every day - especially not in nullsec. They're tanky as hell but their weapons are very niche making them not really desirable in PVP unless you have a whole fleet of them. And being expensive as they are - they simply don't get fielded that often. Unless you bump into one by pure accident and in the middle of a 90% drop-chance event! This "Brave" capsuleer tried his best but in the end, once again, Raptors won the fight. Stay classy Marroc o7

After many shenanigans and weird stuff happening during our Raptor fleets, there's very little left that can catch us by surprise... However, this Saturday our FC got an angry visitor that didn't waste time and went straight for tackle! Luckily, a mighty pink-SKINned hoover fought back and it was as glorious (and confusing) as it sounds.

After some alliance brainstorming, we came to a decision to apply for the comeback of the Alliance Tournament this year! With lots of people chipping in with donations we sneakily skipped the feeder rounds and will be going straight for the knockout phases where The Ancients will be facing WAFFLES.

It was just last month when we hit 9000 kills and here were are again looking at an even bigger milestone of 10k total kills! And boy did the kill not disappoint! We yeeted from Jita in a smallgang fleet of assault frigates and after a few kills and jumps we ended up in Vale of the Silent, 4-HWWF to be exact. As the fleet was holding on a ping above the outgate, various Frat pilots were sitting on their Keepstar among which a cyno. As the fleet jokingly debated about killing it on a manned Keepstar, Skipp innocently mentioned that EX-SA is only a single kill away from 10k and before he knew it - the fleet was in warp onto the cyno.

Just as the warpdrive engaged, a Titan cynod in and docked. As the fleet landed and started shooting the cyno pilot, PDS hit the grid followed by a massive bright zappy doomsday flash! Our comms were filled with laughter, panic pressing of the ADC module and ships blowing up all over the place - the cyno pilot was destroyed giving us the best way of reaching 10k kills - the shenanigans way!

11/10 - would get doomsdayed again

We've seen our share of weird fleet starts but this one might've just taken the cake! Minutes after formup while flying towards the close by Thera entrance, our fleet jumped into lowsec right next to three Leshaks bashing an Astrahus. After making quick work of them, we noticed the Astra was down to only a couple percent hull with the core installed - an opportunity like this was unlikely to be passed...

Our regular Raptor roam was literally just starting as the fleet was moving to a nearby lowsec system to jump into a wormhole. As the fleet approached the outgate, scouts called out for a ratting Archon while bravely tackling the Carrier. As the rabid frigate fleet arrived on grid and started crunching through the shields, two Revelations landed and started shooting the poor ratter as well. As much as we appreciated the help, the Revs were our next targets!

As we merely started breaking the Archon, a cyno lit up bringing in another big fleet lead by nothing less than a Zirnitra! In the pure chaos that followed with everyone shooting everyone - the Raptor fleet managed to score three juicy kills with only a single Raptor loss. GF you unlucky crab... GF...

If any of our fleets can be classified as a meme fleet - it's the Friday Wedge. This time our FC decided to ditch the usual Thrasher composition in favour of combat Bantams! We never expected to kill much in logi frigates but once again the Loot Fairy had other plans.

The first on our kill-of-shame was this blingy Gila, followed by a Rapier, then this unnecessary blingy Occator, right next to a Procurer, one Ishtar for good measure, then one extremely salty Phantasm to sweeten up the flavouring, followed by an Orthrus (that was very confused I'm sure) just to finish it off with an Osprey Navy...

Mondays have been a regular day for a 'funday' fleet FCed by Chappers - loved by newbros and vets alike. Due to a new job position that will make his EVE time noticeably limited, he decided to yeet his Maelstrom into Tama with the biggest kitchen-sink in recent SiCo times. It didn't take long to escalate Tama shenanigans into a complete mess above the Nourvukaiken gate that we somehow managed to survive (mostly). The roam then continued into null where the fleet yoinked approximately 400mil in ESS bank loot after we finally escorted our FC back to safety of hisec.

From all of us in EX-SA, may your fresh start be bountiful and your seas calm. Until the next fleet o7

Ipheros joined us just recently as a pilot that hasn't done much PVP but that didn't stop him from joining pretty much all our fleets ever since becoming an EX-SA member. Not only that, but he prefers flying logi making himself the hero everyone wants and needs! Unfortunately our hero forgot to swap his pod that made his total losses quickly catch up with the rest of the regular PVPers...

A magnificent 24h timeframe highlighted by two corp milestones! After a fantastic late-night fleet roam we first hit 9000 kills, and the next morning, Jair made sure to tick another milestone by losing his MTU which was the 2000th loss for the corp.

EX-SA has been joining FUN INC fleets for two years now on a weekly basis and many of you feisty PVPers are familiar with who they are and what they do, so at this point it felt right to make our corp a part of their alliance strictly based on friendships we made and mutual content we keep running every single week.

However... Literally just hours after joining, Aria ran his birthday fleet hosting a battle-royale style PVP fight among corp members painting the Alliance killboard red with awoxes. Once that was done, Meloira made shure to put a cherry ontop of our welcoming cake by losing 2bil ISK worth of Abyssal haul to a station suicide ganker. Thank you Ancients for having us!

As we usually do on saturday nights, we undocked once again with approximately 40 other NPSI enthusiasts in search for content. The night started promising with a blingy Ishtar kill - but little did we know this was only a start of a long kill-streak that would prolong the fleet up to 5 hours!

A few capsules, more Ishtars, Tengu, Rattlesnake, Orca, Nidhoggur, Thanatos and even a nice little fleet fight among other smaller kills brought the final tally up to 78 killed and 30b ISK destroyed! And people say EVE is dead... :)

For our 6th surprise tournament we went for a non-violent competition and placed our feisty members against each other in a hauler race on a track around the home citadel! The leading position changed frequently during the 3-lap race only to hit a nail-biting finish in the last lap where Rynn Malukker won by passing Zharo Vereynor at the last checkpoint where he unfortunately burnt out his MWD losing the pole position. Aria Nakatsuri followed shortly taking the 3rd place in the race while the rest of the contestants were still stuck on the Astrahus spire elevator...

Hosted by our coalition friends from [N0M3D], we participated in multiple roaming fleets taking place throughout the day. The total tally ramped up close to 150 kills with a lot of small stuff and a few juicy targets... However, randomly stumbling across two CSM members definitely takes the cake as the fleet found Brisc Rubal (clip) and Merkelchen (clip) in Providence.

During the month of March we had multiple competing categories corp members took part in worth close to a billion ISK! These covered PVP as well as PVE. Our top logibro of the month award went to Ase Drey with 12 fleets flown as logi. Jair Angst grabbed awards in the PVE category winning both the top contributor as well as the most active PVE player, but it was the PVP award that was ending in a photo-finish!

With 2 particular members fighting for the 1st place, Aria Nakatsuri came to a devious plan where he tried using profitable PVE fleets as a distraction almost making Eowyn Serenity drop her guard and lose her advantage - fortunately for her, Aria's trickery wasn't enough to overtake the top spot.

Our usual Saturday Raptor roam took a detour through LS after we got reports of a big brawl in progress. As we reached the system, the fight was already over which was apparently good enough for a Thanatos pilot to undock and start a lv5 mission. A questionable decision followed by a very predictable outcome.

Not long after, back on our usual route, we stumbled upon yet another Thanny pilot ratting. This one was (un)fortunate to have 100 people in local who just chose to ignore his cries for help so he decided the best course of action would be to self-destruct. GF?

An "experiment", as Barrote put it - a blingy Nergal flying through hisec scanning MTUs in hope of the oldest bait pattern in EVE history: get someone to aggress you then blapp them back since mission & anomaly runners never fit for PVP. Only this time, our baiting hero stumbled upon a fully prepared neuting Gnosis against which a poor frigate didn't stand a chance. However, Barrote didn't wait for long to get ISK positive! He applied the same reverse-bait logic and got himself an Ikitursa. A worthy entry on the timeline of goofs!

It's been almost 2 weeks into 2021 that we didn't do something stupid so DrBreak made sure this is rectified. After forming a fierce corvette fleet, we jumped into a nearby faction warfare zone with a single goal in mind - kill ONE ship! It didn't take long to find a Maller that suffered a shameful death and the word in local got out... Our fleet already declared victory striking fear all across the system.

This prompted a swift reaction with Xtra Squishy warping in a bait Armageddon which we instantly took expecting to die one by one... As we started tickling the Geddon's shields a Leviathan landed followed by a single smartbomb pulse that took out the entire fleet. Op success!

While real-life is plagued by a world-wide pandemic, we somehow managed to not only hold on to our group, but even make it bigger and better than ever before! This year started as a brand-new chapter in EX-SA's history and to commemorate our PVP activities, we made a 2020 stats site with all the numbers...

As EX-SA members started gathering around corp HQ to celebrate New Year, a few of us were running holiday sites around Caldari space. As it usually happens, someone crashes the site baiting people into engagement. With two Drekavacs, a PVP blaster Brutix on grid and a Curse one jump out - taking the engagement against a single Praxis was an easy call to make.

After tackling the obvious bait and dropping him into low armor - everything seemed to be going as planned. But when the Praxis pilot started instarepping himself with 2 fully spooled Dreks and a Brutix bashing his ship (a rough estimate of over 3000 DPS) - we knew this wasn't your regular bait Praxis. As Rynn's Drekavac went down, we got a good demonstration at what a 100% abyssal fitted triple-rep ship can tank... GF good sir, you deserve every bit of that kill o7

Rynn has issues. I mean, everyone does but she's special. It's not that she spends all her ISK on SKINs, it's the fact she's been spreading the addiction to other people as well. This time she even made a transition into real-life by a "subtle" gift to Keacte - FUN Inc FC that hosts Raptor fleets who's corp members decided to gift him a custom-made raptor figurine covered in Rynntastic yellow!

With the winter event in full bloom, we decided to jump into trustful Ventures & Procurers and go mine ourselves some event sites! But, as confused as we usually are - we forgot to put mining modules on our ships and ended up with weapons instead! The belts were rich with content so we ended the night with our hauls full of salt gathered from sources like this Hecate, Scorpion Navy, Endurance, Procurer, Stratios, Phantasm, Stabber, Stabber Fleet Issue, Procurer and a Rattlesnake.

EX-SA has been a part of FUN Inc Raptor roams for a very long time now. It's a fast and agile fleet that gets tons of kills due to large areas of space covered and the fact it gets underestimated very often. One specific Raptor stood out since it refused to die for over 6 months while joining almost every Shrinkwrapped fleet! And just when Skipp got attached to it, a big fight on an overbubbled Thera hole took place that finally brought down a Raptor with over 20 killmarks. GF little guy... you will be swiftly replaced...

...it's a saying you'll hear a lot of FCs quote when doing something that might seem completely stupid. Well, tonight was one of those nights. While we were randomly jumping around nullsec, scouts called out a Rorqual trying to take a gate out of the system. We tackled the miner just for shits'n'giggles while trying to get a hold of Bombers Bar since a 20-man frigate fleet can't even scratch the Rorq's shields. After a few minutes of defanging random drones and chit-chat in local, a bright flash lit up the gate as the pilot decided that the next logical thing to do is to self-destruct his 3bil ISK ship.

*confused raptor noises*

DrBreak showed interest in ammo exchange ever since she joined EVE. After spending a few months within the coalition and after countless of fleetups she decided to make content of her own by joining the FC training program. With Eowyn as a backseat guide it didn't take long to get the JFC title! Here's to many successful whelps o7

It's been 7 months since we first met [HVEN] - our wormhole friends who, once again, found themselves in an eviction attempt. This one was a prime example of how the butterfly effect works in EVE... After they killed a lone Proteus, the enemy forces started invading [HVEN]'s home anchoring multiple structures in an attempt for revenge.

Over the course of multiple days and various time zone structure timers, the fight culminated in a massive brawl over the Fortizar with over 350 pilots participating in the fight that simply reminded people that EVE is all about friendship and good fights! Capsuleers from all corners of New Eden came to help defend but the superior ship setup and the massive C4 bonus to remote reps were in favour of the attacking force that managed to destroy the Fortizar. Check out the full battle report here.

(Soundtrack) - EX-SA was anything but a PVP corp when we started out - but over the last year we managed to slowly introduce members into the beauties of ammo exchange turning some hi-sec carebears into fuzzy trigger-happy carebears! To make this milestone even greater, the final kill that pushed the corporation over the 1 trillion ISK destroyed mark was an extremely unlucky Moros pilot that jumped into a system where a NPSI fleet just randomly stumbled upon him during a roam.

A huge thanks to every EX-SA member for making this such an enjoyable journey! It's a pleasure flying with you all. o7

After smartbombing her way through the last one, Rynn hosted her own version of the Surprise tournament with Probes limited to only 2 modules per slot and restrictions on any dual module of the same category. The tournament was named appropriately - The ZWEIKAMPF! This tournament saw a comeback of some familiar names as well as a rise in brand new contestants!

Even while flying the fastest ship in the tournament, Shiry lost the duel making DrBreak jump on the 3rd place podium while Skipp dodged first place losing to Barotte by judge rules after a stalemate of almost identical fits that couldn't break one another for a long time.

Eowyn started EVE only a couple of months ago and is a prime example of how community engagement with solid guidance can get you far even as a new player! Following in the footsteps of a few experienced coalition FCs, she actively keeps running both newbro training fleets as well as her own "Dessies & down" doctrine that is quickly becoming one of the favourite EX-SA roams.

Her efforts haven't gone unnoticed as Eowyn takes the first ever LinkNet JFC of the month award!

Wedge fleets are a well-established doctrine in the coalition that grew to be one of the favourite LowSec fleets for all kinds of shenanigans! This time, we moved from Amarr space into Tama for a night of gate camping. The usual blapping was interrupted by a lost Thanatos that decided to warp onto the station but not tether. The fleet swapped into beefier ships and made quick work of the carrier. Just moments later a Revelation followed but ended up blown up just the same.

As the fleet was crunching through last percentages of the Rev's hull, another Revelation warped on grid to everyone's disbelief. As it dropped down to 20% armor, a bright flash lit up next to it cynoing in a full fleet of capitals. Wedge members scattered thinking this was an obvious bait but it turned out Snuffed Out hot-dropped and finished the job for us. The Wedgening of Tama was complete with 16bil ISK on the killboard!

After our surprise tournaments grabbed the attention of a wider audience, we decided to make our 5th iteration open to the whole coalition! With prizes stretching over 1.3bil ISK in ships, SKINs and apparel, the biggest tournament to this date had a special twist to it by making contestants run Abyssal sites before the actual duel phase!

After a few mishaps with the Abyssal boundaries, some fantastic timings and trolly fits, Vant Neth reached 3rd place while Garen Willow made it to the finals where he lost to Barrote Pax. The full tournament info and contestant progression can be found here.

On his usual trip from Jita, Skipp needed a random ship to hop over a few jumps so he boarded his speedy Pacifier for a quick way back. One jump out he noticed a flashy Velator slowboating to the gate and decided to blapp the squishy corvette. Upon engaging, the first alarm went off as he noticed the Pacifier only had Auroras and no close-range ammo. The second alarm went off when he noticed there was just a single gun... The third alarm went off as Skipp noticed that's not his usual Pacifier but rather a fit with missing slots! But hey - It's just a Velator right? What could possibly go wrong? One scram, web, a couple of drones and a pair of blasters to the face later...

Our fourth surprise tournament had a few extra rules and limitations. By now, everyone already half-expected Rynn to be a smartass (as she usually is) - but no one could even imagine her undocking a no-prop smartbombing Magnate! Her tactics were extremely simple and deadly. Sit still, rep up and simply 2-shot enemy drones. With literally all of the opponent DPS eliminated, her grinning face laughed at the slow death her tiny T1 drones inflicted upon the helpless ships on the receiving end.

Elial even had some solid counters in form of webs and missiles but forgot to utilize them properly during the fight which got him the 3rd place while Aria, although his neuting looked promising, didn't manage to keep his drones alive long enough to do any significant damage - making him take 2nd place.

Rynn participated in an unprecedented amount of PvP fleets this week. A whooping two! And since EVE usually has an interesting sense of humor, this got our carebear to share the 2nd place on the alliance killboards for the week. To push that final kill, Skipp quickly found a lone MTU only to hit an unscannable signature at around 90%. A flashy "Magpie" was just sitting there with no way of fully scanning it without reshipping into a dedicated scanning ship... Just as they both were about to quit, one final scan finished to reveal the owner landing in a Noctis! The pair quickly warped on top of the unlucky pilot and rid him of a very blingy asset. Rynn got her +1

Altiair joined us recently by leaving nullsec but his pewpew habits weren't left behind. After he got approved to FC Spectre Fleet, his first run took him into FW space around the Bleak Lands. A handful of Jackdaws spotted a small mining fleet that was actually paying attention to their surroundings and instantly warped into the safe hug of a local freeport. Unfortunately for the Orca pilot, he kept his boosts up and wasn't able to tether which gave the hunting fleet more than enough time to land tackle and make quick work of his 1bil ISK ship. ISK positive?

By now it's obvious people around here tend to do silly stuff and not take everything seriously... So this evening, a fleet of battleventures formed and jumped straight into nullsec for some proper mining. The roam took the fleet into RF-X7V where a Falcon, Gnosis, Kikimora and an Arazu were sitting on top of a Keepstar. As the fleet started "mining" the Falcon, other ships decided they didn't like the tether mechanic and engaged the battleventures one after the other, patiently waiting for their turn to get blapped. OP success!

The winner of our last PvP tournament didn't wait long to host the next one in the series! [EX-SA] surprise tournament got enriched by various other rules and with more people joining, fun and shenanigans began! Aria's ship of choice was the Sunesis while the prize pool consisted of Guristas ships and apparel. After moving through the initial two knockout rounds, Rynn Malukker grabbed the 3rd place by blowing up Numa Unu with her extremely kitey fit, while Skipp Doe's trolly triple-rep Sunesis won the finals against Barotte Pax who took 2nd place.

Our friends living in J204030 are no strangers to eviction attempts, so this new one has been just another on the list of attackers needed to be repelled. However, this time, attackers were none other than Hard Knocks. With a formidable opponent, once again, a large fleet of around 150 pilots formed to defend the Fortizar which led to success. Seeing how heavily outnumbered they were, the attackers stood down and fell back to the safety of their own anchored Raitaru.

Unfortunately, due to time zone differences, the defence fleet diminished in numbers over the course of the next few days while HK kept hole control. Without adequate forces to defend the final timer, the Alamo fell and along with it, one small corp home was destroyed. With the amount of people gathered over this structure regardless of politics and ingame alliances, we're pretty sure [ZWEI] will rebuild bigger and better. So, keep your chin up, [EX-SA] will always be at your side o7

To follow up on our first meme tournament, this one pitched together contestants in vicious corvettes! Some really interesting fits were made but only one lived through multiple fights! Aria's experience in PvP engagements won the tournament finals against EX-SA's biggest carebear Rynn Malukker, while Eowyn Serenity reached 3rd place by taking our last year champion Noys Lambent in an extremely tight fight where her active tanked Velator managed to hold the incoming damage of the opponent's rustbucket.

With the newly added proving grounds, many capsuleers rushed to exchange ammo with one another... Our very own pilot Aria and pilot Noys were no exception. After a short debate on which ships to take, they both got into cheap Caracals and dived straight into their first victory winning the arena over a pair of Stabbers.

Rynn doesn't do PvP. In fact, she never leaves hisec! So last night when she requested an invite for a nullsec roam we all knew something will go down. The roam itself was mostly calm with scarce kills here and there until we stumbled blindly into L-A5XP with max TiDi slapping our faces at the same time. The grid loaded after Bob knows when revealing hundreds of capitals, over 600 HACs and 2300 in local! While our Raptor fleet tried to snatch smaller stuff close by, Rynn, the "pro"-PvPer, wanted to get onto nothing less than an Archon... A prime example of the elegant art of killmail whoring :)

It all started as your regular night of mindless NPSI roaming through the usual lowsec systems around Black Rise... After a few smaller kills someone called to attention a few Mastodons jumping right on the next gate to where the fleet of hungry assault frigates was waiting for scout intel. With a juicy target in sight, the fleet jumps and lands tackle on the closest Mastodon. After the initial surprise of the killmail itself, another one followed after seeing the actual loot dropped... Sorry Latetia...

After our latest endeavour in helping the defence of the J134716 wormhole, Explorers' Sanctum got an invitation to join the Silent Coalition. Seeing how they share the exact same mindset as we do - it was only logical to give our own members access to more activities and players of the same type. Here's to many years of successful shenanigans. The full PSA can be found here

Together with our wormhole friends from [ZWEI], we answered a call for help to aid in the defence of a C4 class wormhole of another friendly bunch of wormhollers. Multiple defence timers were spread during the day making this a long and an exhausting play of hole-control and crippling the invaders in any imaginable way. If done right - wormhole control may end up being a very boring activity but it ensures you not getting evicted. In the end, the wormhole was successfully defended and even cleaned from the invading structures - both the Astrahus and a POS. Even though we ended up without a major brawl, some juicy kills were made.

After a successful null-sec brawl, Skipp returns to the staging hisec system only to find his friend Jebi sitting on a citadel all flashy and inviting. So as any good fellow would do - he opens fire only to be party-pooped by a roaming Triglavian fleet. In a matter of a second, Maller's shields go down and they start crunching away the armor forcing him to warp off. Sadness occurs...

One of our newbros displayed perfect signs of efficiency by ticking multiple milestone goals all at once! On his first fleet, during his first PvP roam Viper managed to snipe down his first kill and finally end the night by not warping off the gate on time and getting killed by gate guns!

When you become an EVE veteran, you play big, you aim high, you shake off the losses... And it's all thanks to passive incomes that make great players stay afloat. Bort finally became one of such capsuleers by dropping a structure and setting up taxes that are bringing him enough ISK to last a lifetime! Better put those 2 ISK to good use...

Our latest coalition corp has made some really nice kills recently but this one takes the cake! It was almost midnight when a lone Kronos jumped from hi-sec into Mara for Bob knows what reason. As one may have guessed - without any hesitation tackles are landing, webs are flying and the poor Kronos is dying. We all know no one can hear you scream in space... but the echoing rumble coming from the killmail might say otherwise...

It's always so heart-warming to see a newbro land his first kill... especially while in a big fleet! Today was such a day for Gladys! Even if it's just a simple Merlin, we hope it's a start to a long career of ship blappin' all over New Eden!

If it looks like a battleship, moves like a battleship and tracks like a battleship - sometimes reading the name of the NPC might tell you that it's not an ordinary battleship! Lamp got the chance to "appreciate" exactly why this huge pancake actually has the words "special", and "warfare" in its name... Luckily, mr. Commander gave him enough time to take screenshots and ponder his last moments...

With his tough-face on, Noys joins SpectreFleet in their Nullsec shenanigans only to realize moments later he forgot to swap pods...

The best way of getting involved in PvP is when your better half keeps calling you a chicken! To prove her wrong, Aria undocked, set course to the closest lowsec system and landed his first solo kill. The missus was still not pleased...

While waiting for some fleet members to join our Guristas FOB bash fleet, Rynn decided to open fire on her own fleet for no apparent reason. This action resulted in a quick lesson about how any form of aggression in Hisec ends up with a swift Concord intervention...

Why spend 2bil ISK on a single Gila or a Tengu when you can literally buy every single T1 hull in game! Built by Bort, our coalition dedicated craftsman, Skipp made his hangar collection bigger by 93 ships. Still not as big as his Exotic Dancer assortment...

With the coalition bolstered by more experienced pilots, we decided to tackle on a few FOBs since a lot of members never did the content. A decently large Coalition fleet entered systems around Genesis and successfully rid them of 3 Blood Raider FOBs...

Autopiloting... you know, the one thing everyone agrees NOT to do. Well, Rynn gives no fucks! Ever since she found out she can get a fast frigate with a tiny sig radius up to 20k+ EHP she's been "playing" the game by autopiloting everywhere. If you see her yellow taxi near a gate feel free to engage. A few have tried and failed. [EX-SA] leadership will reward anyone who actually manages to finally blow that banana-frig up and wipe the grin off her face in the process...

Remember that Insmother venture from 2018? Funny how things work out in EVE... Turns out that the same Nullsec corp some of [EX-SA] members were in back then wardecced one of the Coalition members and were trying to destroy citadels in their home wormhole. With over 130 pilots on grid, this brawl is one of the biggest defence fleet the Coalition has been in to this date - and it was glorious! After long preparations, a huge attacking fleet, mostly made of Triglavian vessels, was repelled by the defence forces. There was no salt involved even after heavy losses and all parties involved were extremely pleased with the provided content...

We've all been there - newbros trying to learn PvP. This time it was Mat's turn to learn that dawdling on grid while other players are landing near you is something that can only result in a single outcome - a blapp...

Anyone can run a tournament in combat ships so we decided to put a twist on our version by doing it in battleVentures! While Rynn and Mateus joined the tournament without guns or drones (some say they are still orbiting one another locked in a permanent duel to infinity), Noys landed the final blow against Tsjoenders in the tournament finals...

One would think that transferring cargo hundreds of times more valuable than your ship would make you take some precautions? Turns out Aria doesn't believe in such nonsense... (Un)fortunately, a hisec ganker taught him a lesson...

It was a chillout evening of running Triglavian invasion sites. Lots of people running through the system and the local conduits... One specific Nestor pilot kept warping in and out trying to either salvage wrecks that did not belong to him or ninjaloot stuff close by. After a few hours the [EX-SA] fleet warps into an already started conduit that had a lone MTU just sitting there - The Nestor pilot sitting next to it. Just when the FC was about to fleet warp everyone out, the Nestor pilot succumbs to the incoming damage of the Minor conduit and the MTU scoops the remains. We simply had to clean up the place...

While clearing out Autothysian Lancers around Gallente space Skipp and Tsjoenders learned just how hard a Drifter doomsday weapon can hit. After chasing multiple Lancers around the system one of them warped back to the Drifter wormhole entrance where our "fierce" members got welcomed by multiple Drifter cruisers and a Battleship...

The upcoming months were bountiful with multiple smaller corporations joining the Coalition. More people meant more content and access to various other parts of the game as Coalition members had branched into activities such as mining & salvaging, industry and wormholes. Our activities grew and so did the friendships we made along the way...

From the premise that there were certainly more small corporations around New Eden that like their community and friends but lack manpower for tougher activities, [EX-SA] founds the Sanctum Coalition - a group of like-minded corporations teamed together around the idea of making new friends and bigger fleets.

In winter of 2018, [EX-SA] reforms under the old leadership and decides to do their own thing. Promoting all the beauties EVE has to offer from the safety of hisec while poking their noses in lowsec and null for occasional small-gang PvP roams. With active recruitment pulling in likeminded people that got tired of Nullsec politics and restrictions, [EX-SA] starts to steadily rise in numbers setting a foothold around Gallente space...

With nostalgic memories of PvP roams, [EX-SA] CEO position gets transferred to a safe alt while the rest of the leadership moves into Insmother. Unfortunately, only a few months in - one of the biggest coalitions at that time starts to crumble and gets evicted from their home space making any logistics and asset movement a complete nightmare...

With politics in null starting to heat up and the higher-ups demanding high monthly fleet participations, [EX-SA] leadership returns to hisec. The next few months were spent bashing structures, POCOs and taking mercenary jobs from various small corporations around Minmatar space...

The majority of the initial founders either quit EVE or were playing on a rare basis so the few left moved on into nullsec. Even with very limited skillpoints, they continue to learn the ropes of the game with the biggest null-blocks roaming far edges of New Eden in search of wealth and knowledge...

With gaming focus switching to other games and MMOs, [EX-SA] enters a prolonged dormant state of minimal activity that would last for approximately a year...

After spending way too much time in NPC corporations, a bunch of RL friends (Skipp Doe, Rynn Malukker, Abigail Nassau, Vivi Deathbringer, Evolette Deox and Pan Riraille) decided to avoid high taxes and start an adventure of their own. With a passion for exploration and venturing into the unknown, Explorers' Sanctum was born...