Today, The Mittani, CEO of the CFC/GSF, posted his “Goonswarm CEO Update.” Shortly before(leak), or right as it was posted on TMC, a thread was started in the TEST forums to discuss the level of accuracy, from TEST’s perspective.  TEST capital ship builder Aerallo added his responses inline with The Mittani’s own words. Below are his responses, in red & bold line by line. (I tried to just use bold, but it looked off with the normal headings of the update itself.)

This is posted with permission of Aerallo. I have edited a tiny bit for grammar and removed all the pictures the new doctrines, as they can be view on the original story if so desired.

[Disclosure: I, StupidGenius, have a small isk investment in Kaesong Kapitals, owned by Aerallo]

CEO Update: Slouching Towards Bethlehem

An alliance without a leader in a time of war is adrift; a leader going ‘on vacation’ during a war is a classic sign of late-stage failure cascade. So it was with teeth-grit trepidation and an anxious feeling in my stomach that I set out to Los Angeles for E3 for the last week; while our media empire had received accreditation and the trip was a must, our space empire had just launched an invasion of Fountain, initiating our most exciting war in years. During the day I obsessively checked my phone and jabber, fearing the worst upon my return: our coalition pushed back into Cloud Ring or worse, directors in hysteria, line members in panic.

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