Operation: Utah Field 2019

July 20, 2019, Pony Riders fielded Utah anchored at Jubilee Guard Station to celebrate Pioneer Day on July 24.

Operation: Utah Field

October 17, 2014, the evening before the Darsana anomaly in Salt Lake City, UT, the Pony Riders fielded Utah using the corners of the state as anchors. The operation was the result of 10 months of planning.

Sitrep

Operation: Utah Field II

May 2016, Pony Riders fielded Utah using the corners of the state and the "Center of Utah" as anchors.

Sitrep

Preparation

For the most part, our lanes stayed clear and very little beyond letting strategic portals decay needed to be done in preparation for the op.

One hiccup we had not anticipated, Niantic's 24+ hour window of REDACTED downtime, could have killed the op. Several of the corners, and our chosen anchor, are all signal challenged. Running this op with only Prime available would have been impossible.

Execution

Teams were assigned to all six corner anchors and a seventh team hiked in to Jubilee Guard Station. Every corner team had keys to both neighboring anchors and Jubilee. Even if one or two teams didn't make it into place, or experienced signal or client issues, we would still throw.

Celebration

After successfully throwing the fields remained up for nearly 24 hours making this the longest lived version of the Utah Fields.