LFT 37 Civil War
17 Jan 2016Strange
Picked up playing ED again yesterday (after a week's break) to find Paladin's involved in a Civil War with Blue National Corp in the LFT 37 system. Of course I went to assist the Paladin's. This being my first foray into Civil War combat I piled straight in to the first conflict Zone I found, but without knowing how and where to start I decided to just get involved and took out out a dozen System Authority Vessels.
Maybe this did no real harm, but it wasn't really helping the Paladin's and to my disappointment didn't yield any Combat Bonds. After searching the internet I realised I needed to:
a) find a Combat Zone in which the Paladin's were actively fighting
b) choose sides (via the System Panel) when I first entered the Combat Zone
Doing these two things turned all enemies (Blue National Corp) red on the scanner, and provided Combat Bonds whenever I assisted in destroying them.
A lesson to be learned.