Tale of Two Frigates

The Citadel. Ishomilken. This region of New Eden has only been a place I either pass through briefly or avoid altogether. The reputation it has as blob central is pretty prevalent. Black Rebel Rifter Club has generally moved to where the fights are plenty. Born in Molden Heath in the system of Heild (blessed be thy name), we've moved from there to Adirain where we roamed, pillaged, and plundered the local and surrounding regions. After a valiant resistance movement against the Shadow Cartel occupation, we packed our Rifters and thundered off to a new home, Gultratren. Heimatar, Metropolis and Amarr space was our new hunting ground; and the game was plenty.

Now, the past couple months have seen the region not as active as it was when we first moved in. The fights weren't as frequent, and on my roams I'd find myself ten to fifteen jumps before I'd fire a single shot! Black Rebel Rifter Club put its greasy, blood shot, drunken heads together to figure out a new region with the potential for fights that would sake our blood lust and itchy trigger fingers.

The Citadel. Ishomilken. It's only been a few days and the fights have been happening at the rapid (sometimes cyclic) rate. Plus with a couple noisy neighbors known as Stay Frosty and The Bastards nearby, the potential is definitely great. With that said, let's get on to the good stuff!


Off To a Good Start ...
Ishomilken didn't have a lot of capsuleers out 'n about. I set a route that would take me through various constellations in Black Rise and through the back door into Placid. About twenty plus jumps altogether! Ammo, check! Guns and modules, repaired! Tobacco, Spirits, and Quafe - CHECK! Let's do this! Throughout the route I found frigate gangs, destroyer gangs, and mixed gangs. It wasn't until late in my route in Melmaniel that I found my first fight. I entered system sipping on some cheap liquor and washing it down with some Quafe. I warped to my safe and scanned around. Caracal. I shortened the range until I pin pointed its location, which was at a belt. I did another scan of the area to check for any NPC wrecks, and sure enough the Caracal was ratting. I landed in the asteroid belt with excitement as the Caracal was working on some rats. He was 20km away as I burned towards him muttering to myself that he didn't warp off. 15km, 14km, 13km! I activated my web and shot into 10km, landing my scram. I let the guns and rockets loose as they flew towards the cruiser with bad intentions. I held a tight orbit and continued the assault as the Caracal was getting pummeled by projectiles. It wasn't until his shields fell that he began to target me. I saw the smoke as the first volley of missiles were flying towards me. I braced myself for incoming light missiles that would certainly tear up my Rifter. The explosions rocked my Rifter but barely scratched my shields. What the?? Another volley was on its way to greet me with the same results. Heavy missiles. I'm not a missile expert, but I figured out that I much prefer going up against Heavy missile Caracals than Light missile ones *smiley face*. The Caracal was falling apart quick, and went down swinging. Gf! Ratting Caracal, took a while but finally got some good action on this roam! I looted 'n scooted, docked up, dropped off the loot, repaired and went off again into space. A fellow Black Jacket, Richard Averald, logged in as I was heading back towards Isho.

The Fun Begins
I plotted a new course towards Ishomilken hoping to find some more fights before I call it a night. Richard and I were chatting it up about stuff 'n things when I passed a three man frig gang, all flashy. What do we have here? I checked 'em out and they were all in the same corp. The pilot that was on the gate with me was in an Incursus. We were both in Hirri, cloaked up waiting for one another to make a move. Just me and him in system, two frigates, 1v1 at the sun! I warped off to the sun loading Fusion and Nova rockets midway. I landed, and waited. And waited. I checked long scan but saw no Incursus. A few moments went by and there it was! I switched back to short scan and spammed it a few times until I saw him again. Here we go baby. The Incursus pilot landed 3,000 meters from me. I activated my afterburner and began to orbit at 5,000 meters as I locked, webbed, scrammed and fired the guns. Four volleys punched through his shields as he webbed and scrammed me. Another two volleys began to put nice holes in his ship sending him into half armor. Spike local. Two pilots entered system but I decided to stay on him at the rate his ship was falling apart. I checked scan and a Merlin was on short. The Incursus was rocked by another volley of bullets and rockets, tearing up his hull. Stay on him. He began to fire away with his blasters but I was outside their range. His reps kicked in breathing some life back into his armor. I continued to fire away as his ship went between half armor to deep armor. The Merlin landed on grid with us and that's when I began to align towards a planet and spam warp. I overheated my afterburner and an Atron landed 20km away. Here we go! The Merlin locked me up and landed his web on me, bringing my speed to a near stand still. The Incursus was pulling range on me as it entered deep structure. With my lack of speed and the three webs on me, the Incursus pilot was able to escape my point and warp off while his pals finished me off. Gf! I looked over the killmail and saw the pilots were rocking meta 4 weapons, further inquiry revealed they were pretty young. Good on them for banding together to find some pew pew in low sec. But Revenge entered my mind and I raced back to Isho, hopped into another Rifter and sped back to Hirri in search of the gang.

When I reached Hirri two of them were in system and flashy again. ToyBox77 was in his Incursus as we played cat and mouse around the system. Richard Averald was flying nearby and was on his way to Hiri to assist in the search and destruction of the gang. ToyBox77 was hanging around the Pynekastoh gate. Gang must be on the other side. He didn't jump the gate as I laid motionless 20km away from him, so I began my approach. With the memory of what happened last time I tackled him fresh in my mind, I was comforted by the fact Rich would be in the fight to even things out. We both burned towards one another. I landed my point and web and unleashed a series of devastating volleys that blasted through shields and began tearing up his armor. It took a couple seconds for the Incursus to lock me up and return fire, by then his ship was succumbing to the barrage of bullets and rockets. He was able to get one rep cycle that patched up a good chunk of his armor, but it was too little too late. Sweet Revenge! With a cherry on top! Local spiked and two familiar faces appeared. Ysera E-Dragon and Venix LoneCould entered Hirri to save their buddy, but his ship was already a smoldering wreck and his corpse was in my cargo hold. Ysera was in a Merlin, but as soon as she landed on the gate she jumped into the next system. Venix followed close behind in a Tristan and did the same thing. A few seconds later Venix jumped back in and engaged me. I locked him up, pointed and webbed his frigate as Rich and I pounded away at his Tristan. His shields crumbled and within seconds was in hull taking damage to his structure. Then in one synchronized moment, Ysera, ToyBox and another pal Waterbread decloaked. Multiple webs, points and guns landed on me as I began to align towards the sun. An intense fire fight ensued as the Tristan was inching closer to a glorious explosion and his gang focused their fire on me. I was tanking them pretty well considering the amount of guns on me. Another volley left the Tristan with a small sliver of hull as I exploded. As I warped away in my pod I saw they had Richard's Condor pointed but he was fighting like a warrior. A secondary explosion was heard and saw Venix's pod enter space as well! Wooo Rich got 'em! 

[ 2015.08.21 07:43:59 ] Sem Skord > lol
[ 2015.08.21 07:44:03 ] Richard Averald > lol
[ 2015.08.21 07:44:51 ] Sem Skord > you get the trist?
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:00 ] Richard Averald > incursus melted before I could rep
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:03 ] Richard Averald > yes
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:08 ] Richard Averald > Kill: Venix LoneCould (Tristan)
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:27 ] Sem Skord > im coming back lol
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:36 ] Richard Averald > you alive
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:37 ] Richard Averald > ?
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:41 ] Sem Skord > nah i died
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:51 ] Richard Averald > lol

[ 2015.08.21 07:45:55 ] Richard Averald > need to find a ship

These guys were giving us legit frigate fights! Gonna make the most of this while they're still here! I realized that we were gonna need an extra gun to balance out the 2v4, but no one else was online at the moment! As I was warping back to Isho to reship, I spot this in local.

Arsikere > SEM!

Ariskere! We've known each other since my early days as a Black Dragon roaming Placid. We've fought each other a few times and been pals ever since. And now in R1FTA's moment of need, he's only a couple jumps from the action *smiles*. I contact him in his channel and plead my case.

[ 2015.08.21 07:56:00 ] Sem Skord > arsi
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:03 ] Sem Skord > wanna lend a hand??
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:13 ] Sem Skord > if you can bring a frig?
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:31 ] Sem Skord > Nisuwa
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:35 ] Arsikere > against who
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:36 ] Sem Skord > with you itll be 4v3
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:45 ] Sem Skord > merlin, kestrel. incursus, trist
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:51 ] Sem Skord > corp mate has a tanky ass punisher
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:55 ] Sem Skord > 10k ehp
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:31 ] Arsikere > if they are gall i cant help
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:36 ] Arsikere > hang on
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:40 ] Sem Skord > cal mil :)
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:45 ] Sem Skord > ToyBox77
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:46 ] Sem Skord > Venix LoneCould
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:47 ] Sem Skord > Waterbread
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:49 ] Sem Skord > Ysera E-Dragon
[ 2015.08.21 07:58:52 ] Arsikere > yeah omw
[ 2015.08.21 07:58:58 ] Sem Skord > rgr

Oh yes baby. Three vs Four. With Ariskere and Richard's help, we'll wipe the field with this frig gang. It takes a couple minutes for Richard and I to reship. We coordinate a quick plan of attack.

[ 2015.08.21 07:57:42 ] Richard Averald > I'm thinking on going in nov and bait

Brilliant! Richard has eyes on the gang which is composed of a Merlin, Incursus, Kestrel and a Tristan all of which are sitting inside a novice. He was just as excited and eager as I was,

"We played hunter/hunted around the system and the adrenaline was pumping, and the joy of pvp vs Many." - The Face of Death

Arsikere informs me he has no frigs nearby and will bring his Thorax to the party. The Big Guns! He's on his way three jumps out. While I make my way to Rich (7 jumps out) he keeps me informed. Three jumps out from Hirri, our eyes in the sky says the gang has left the novice and are waiting near the Nisuwa gate. They play gate jump games for a bit between Nis and Hirri, causing me to confuse Arsikere on where to go as he lugs his Thorax around to catch up with the frigates. But they still have no idea on the artillery we're packing.

Arsikere and I finally reach Hirri with Richard and the frigate gang opposition. I warp to the novice hoping to catch one of them outside the gate to force the fight outside the plex which will allow the Thorax to come in and wreck everything. First a Tristan lands and I scramble to lock him up and land my point, but he takes the gate and enters the plex. I inform Rich to not take the gate and focus on catching a frig outside. Another frigate lands but again takes the gate. Damn! A Merlin lands but again joins his pals inside the plex! Just as I begin to think this fight won't happen, our good 'ol pal ToyBox77 lands outside in his Incursus. Get him!!! I spam target lock and manage to land my point! Yes! Richard and I immediately fire away at the Incursus as his friends can do nothing but watch as their pal's ship is destroyed. Either he activated his repper to late or didn't even try, the Incursus disintegrated under our guns. Towards the last couple seconds of ToyBox's life, Ysera landed in her Merlin and deliberated whether to stay and help or enter the plex. Those precious seconds of thinking got her pointed and webbed as her friend exploded. I began my orbit at 5,000 meters and fired away at her shields.

[ 2015.08.21 08:10:39 ] Arsikere > omw

The Thorax landed on grid as the Merlin's armor began to fall apart. The Merlin was taking huge swaths of damage and exploded in a righteous flash of fire and metal. R1FTA VICTOR! Yes it wasn't the big frig fight we wanted, but we were able to catch a couple of their own slipping. I apologized to Ariskere for not having targets for him and taking the time to haul around that big 'ol cruiser to a frigate fight.

[ 2015.08.21 08:14:41 ] Sem Skord > taking off arsi?
[ 2015.08.21 08:15:20 ] Arsikere > gottado muh plexes :P
[ 2015.08.21 08:15:39 ] Sem Skord > no worries man, thanks a lot for the show of force :)
[ 2015.08.21 08:15:46 ] Arsikere > ye
[ 2015.08.21 08:15:48 ] Sem Skord > and for lugging that big cruiser around

The dust settled and we gathered the loot from the battlefield. The gang had dispersed and left system, I assume because of our big friend nearby *smiles*
I docked up and repaired and entered space. There was an Incursus on scan towards a novice, so I loaded Fusion and Nova rockets and went to greet him. Richard was in warp as I entered the plex with the Incursus who was 5,000 meters away. I locked him up and stayed outside his blaster's optimal as my guns brought down his shields with a quick few volleys. As soon as he locked me up and landed his web, I saw my speed drastically fall. Uh oh. I continued to fire and began to zig zag as the Incursus entered hull. His frigate was smoking but his reps had kicked in. The blasters were shredding chunks of my armor off as his was patched up nearly all the way. Another volley from his guns put me in half structure as I began to spam warp! My reps were reppin' enough armor to keep him from blasting my Rifter into pieces. Another volley put my Rifter in DEEP hull as a rep cycle breathed some life into my armor. I warped off in a smoking Minmatar engineering miracle!

[ 2015.08.21 08:23:44 ] Richard Averald > want me ngage?
[ 2015.08.21 08:24:37 ] Sem Skord > YAH
[ 2015.08.21 08:24:38 ] Sem Skord > dual webs!

In his words he described what transpired.

"I locked up and fired away but noticed he was almost already dead so I dropped the lock only to find out he was dual webbed and you had to run. Luckily he stayed and locked me up as well so I scrammed him again pretty confident he wouldn't break my 10k EHP tank :)" - Richard Averald

Rich's tank held true.

[ 2015.08.21 08:25:35 ] Richard Averald > thought you had him
[ 2015.08.21 08:25:40 ] Richard Averald > so I disengaged
[ 2015.08.21 08:25:41 ] Sem Skord > nah man he had me dual webbed
[ 2015.08.21 08:25:45 ] Richard Averald > he went for me
[ 2015.08.21 08:25:52 ] Sem Skord > i got out lol in deep hull
[ 2015.08.21 08:25:57 ] Richard Averald > lol

It was getting late for me, so I made my way back to Isho to dock up and hit the rack. Richard had to run as well.

[ 2015.08.21 08:26:27 ] Richard Averald > I need to take kids now
[ 2015.08.21 08:26:31 ] Richard Averald > and you can sleep ^^
[ 2015.08.21 08:26:46 ] Sem Skord > yes
[ 2015.08.21 08:26:53 ] Sem Skord > think we've earned it :)
[ 2015.08.21 08:27:04 ] Richard Averald > thanks for action o7
[ 2015.08.21 08:27:14 ] Richard Averald > most fun in a long time
[ 2015.08.21 08:27:19 ] Sem Skord > same here man!
[ 2015.08.21 08:27:23 ] Sem Skord > have a good one o7
[ 2015.08.21 08:27:29 ] Richard Averald > you too!

It was a good, very fun and exciting roam. Kudos to the frigate pilots who didn't run away and made all this action possible.

One last note! I don't know how to say it, so I'm just gonna say it. I'm now the CEO of Black Rebel Rifter Club. It's an honor to hold this title and be among the Presidents of this great Club before me. Never thought I'd be in charge of a corporation, especially one as awesome as R1FTA. But I was up for the challenge :) Fortunately I fly with some hard working Directors who make things run smooth, a VP who pulls off some amazing stuff, and the best bunch of outlaws anyone could ask for! Gonna do my best to keep R1FTA alive and doing what it does best;

...a willingness to cause explosions be it the enemy or yourself.

Hope you guys enjoyed the story!

Nomad in a Rifter

Although I enjoy the look and feel of the Neighborhood when I fly around in my Rifter, lately the fights have dwindled to almost nothing. After a couple days of roaming the area, all I had to show for it was a Thrasher and three cyno's. A couple corp mates have been telling me that the area out near Essence/Placid has been prime hunting ground lately. The decision was made without much fuss. I restocked my Rifter with ammo and paste, ensured I had my Quafe, smokes and trusty sidearm, and sped off into the vastness of space towards Yvangier.

The trip there was uneventful as space went from the rusty red tint to the cool blue of Gallente space. I arrived in Heydieles, where the roads split off into different directions. I had entered through Old Man Star, which led towards Aeschee and Adirain. One route will take you to Black Rise via Abune and Oinasiken, and further down the pipe through Indregulle and Murethand you'll hit Verge Vendor and Placid.

When I roam this area I usually branch off into Ouelletta from Melmaniel and hit the constellations there. Let's see what this land has to offer tonight!

I reach Ouelletta without incident. I scan around and find a Merlin at a novice plex. I warp off with EMP and Mjolnir rockets at the ready, all my mods overheated and ready to roll. I enter the plex and the Merlin is on grid 20km away. I burn towards him as his speed shoots to 2k m/s. Moments later we're in brawling range as I land my scram and web first and let loose with bullets and rockets. I begin my orbit outside of his blaster's optimal and comfortably enjoy the show. The Merlin's guns are shooting off into space unable to hit my Rifter. Once I break through his shields, the Merlin fell apart as the guns and rockets tore into the hull. A few seconds later the Merlin exploded. Gf! Loot 'n scoot, dock up, drop loot, repair, slam some Quafe and head back out! I hit D-scan and spot an unnamed Algos. I check the name and sure enough, young player in a NPC corp. Probably ratting. He's in a belt. My mouth waters as I warp towards the belt. Through the debris of the belt I spot the Algos 20km away going to town on an innocent rat. My Rifter closed the distance quickly and pounced on the destroyer with a barrage of Fusion ammo and Nova rockets. I stayed at 5,000 meters incase he had blasters. The Algos doesn't lock me up, even as he enters low shields. As my guns blast into his armor I orbit closer tearing apart his ship. The Algos enters deep armor and still no response from him. I go in for the kill and close in at 500 meters. Seconds later the Algos explodes in a beautiful explosion. Taking advantage of the ratter's state of shock and surprise, I scram his pod and explode that as well. I salvage the good loot from the wreckage and retrieve the corpse to add to my Crypt, dock up and repair my Rifter. Man! So far so good! Only been here for half an hour and already finding more fights than Red Space! I undock and head to Loes.

I enter the system, and as soon as I warp off to my safe a flashy Tristan lands on the gate! Damn! I arrive at my safe and immediately warp back towards Ouelletta hoping to catch the flashy Tristan. He leaves system by the time I arrive at the gate. I jump back over and warp to a safe. He's still here, and d-scan tells me he's at the Melmaniel gate. I wait a few seconds to see if he jumps, but he lingers. I search around for a novice plex, warp to it and wait inside. A couple tense minutes go by as I continually spam scan on the gate while switching from 5 AU to 1 AU to see if he's gonna fight. Alas, scan informs me he's not at the gate anymore .. but 1 AU from me. Let's do this!

I overheat all my modules and sit close to the warp in beacon waiting for him to show up on grid. The Tristan warps in and I immediately burn towards him and orbit at 5,000 meters. That way if he's rails I close width, if he's blasters I'm already outside his optimal, and if he has neuts I'm good as well. Three volley's from my guns bring down his shields as they begin punching holes into his armor. Through the gunfire I notice he has rails, so I overheat my afterburner and close the distance. His Drones enter the fight and take down my shields. Ouch! With my Rifter about to enter armor I activate my repper to begin the rep cycle's as his ship does the dance between half armor and deep armor. My tank holds steady as another volley of projectiles and rockets take a nice chunk of metal out of his structure. The timing on my SAAR activation was golden (for once!) as the Drones did their work and the trio of trusty 200mm Autocannons  punched through the Tristan's armor and put the finishing touches on it's hull. I also managed to catch his pod. Man on a roll tonight!

I left the system and continued on my route through the rest of the constellation. The rest of the systems turned up nothing, so I pushed into Ostingele and roamed the constellation there. Again same story. I entered Uphallant, EVE Uni's low sec hang out and found a Caracal at a belt but he was too far off and warped away. I circled back and decided to call it a night. When I entered Loes, I spotted an unnamed Catalyst. Oh yea! I found him at a small plex, warped off with guns ready to sing! He was on the acceleration gate as I locked, scrammed and webbed. I unleashed the torrent of bullets and rockets as the destroyer entered half armor. His rail guns weren't doing enough damage as I held a tight orbit and continued to fire away. Seconds later the young faction warrior's ship was a floating heap of smoking metal as he joined the vast darkness of space.

I continued with my return to base when the Tristan pilot from earlier flags me down in local.

 Cheradenine-Zakalwe Amtiskaw > SEM WHERE WAS SHE, i WAS HUNTING HER DOWN?
 Sem Skord > who?
Cheradenine-Zakalwe Amtiskaw > OH, I guess it wasn't you
Cheradenine-Zakalwe Amtiskaw > <1 week player in a vexor
Cheradenine-Zakalwe Amtiskaw > went flashy, then you showed up
Sem Skord > where'd you spot her?

Just as I said that, a flashy pilot entered system. I checked out his info and sure enough, it was a young pilot in a Thorax. Cheradenine confirmed this with

Cheradenine-Zakalwe Amtiskaw > that one

With some quick d-scan work I get the Thorax down to a belt and warp towards him loading the appropriate ammo. I land in the middle of the cloudy belt but no Thorax. I check scan again and he's at a different belt this time. I turn my Rifter around and warp towards the belt. This time the Thorax is there as I land right ontop of it 6,000 meters away. I lock him up, scram and web and fire away. I see a large group of drones out in space but neither moving nor orbiting the cruiser so I continue to focus my fire on him. Within seconds the Thorax's shields have fallen as I spam short scan waiting for any backup. The Thorax locks me up and fires rails at me, missing completely. I'm under it's guns not taking any damage and no drones out. My heart is beating fast as the shakes enter my body. I spam short scan waiting for that backup of his to arrive. The guns and rockets scream as they fly with bad intentions towards the Thorax, now putting holes into it's hull. Tristan on short. Stay on him! The Tristan lands 50km off! I continue to fire on the Thorax, and moments later it explodes in a glorious flash of light! I grab his pod, loot what I can fit in my Rifter and warp off! I drop off all the loot, repair my lovely frigate and continue on home.

Man what a roam! I went from dying of thirst from lack of kills, scraping by off of cyno's to violencing space boats in belts and plex's! Gonna stick around here for a while :)






All Roads Lead to R1FTA

"All Roads Lead to R1FTA." - Dominoe Vyse

The past week has been chalk full of fights, explosions and exciting news! First off, the explosions and fights!

Yesterday
After a vacation over in Gallente/Caldari space, mainly the area around Heydieles and Placid, I returned to the warm red embrace of Minmatar space. I undocked in my Rifter and went off with one thing in mind, explosions! Local shows only four people in local (including myself). Two of them are in the same corp and are young players. They're not FW. Maybe those far belts? Mining!? Far belts turned up nothing, so I decided to just go on about my way. Docked maybe. When I landed on the out gate, I checked d-scan one more time and a Covetor and a Worm were nearby! I narrowed them both down at a belt together, one mining and the other providing security. I was the only one online because it was late, and I had no one around to lend a hand. Gonna have to do this solo!

Usually I don't attack Worms, but since they were young players I weighed the odds in my favor. Load EMP and Mjolnir rockets, overheat everything, and warp in! I landed in the belt, the Covetor and the Worm 34-36km away from me. The frig was orbiting the barge, circling it in a protective orbit while the Covetor mined away. My plan was simple, burn towards the Worm, hold a close orbit and fire away! We burn towards each other with the Worm locking me at 30km sending a volley of Light Missiles my way. I enter brawling range, web and scram the Worm and return fire. I'm hit with a TD as a couple volleys send me into armor and I activate my SAAR. My 200mm's are halfway through his shield as the missiles keep coming, but so far my tank is holding up! Still in the fight! His shields fall past the halfway mark and enter it's last quarter of life! But the barrage of light missiles are beginning to overwhelm my reps. I notice that my distance increases from the Worm! Shit! With no web on me I was soaring away from him, I hit the brakes and burned back towards him. As I turn around 8,000 something meters from him, another volley sends me into deep armor as I finally break his shields. My autocannons tear his armor apart as my repper coughs up another rep, bringing some life back into my Rifter. I bleed heavily into hull, and my SAAR can't repair quick enough. The Worm enters half armor, and I give my Rifter a good death. If only I had another pilot to help out! Bah! Such is the solo life I guess! I make a mental note to bring in a couple assault frigs to Avenod for these situations in the future.

I hop in another Rifter and set out to Amarr space through Isbrabata. The first border system I enter, there's three people in local (including myself again). I scan around and spot a Tormentor at a plex. I warp to the plex, load Fusion and Nova rockets and prepare myself. I land on grid and the Tormentor was 6k meters away, right in brawling range. I lock him up, web and scram, and unleash a rocking barrage of projectiles and rockets that take out 3/4's of his shields! He locks me up, lands his web and scram and blasts my Rifter with his lasers. His ship is getting tore apart as he enters half armor when my shields have just fallen. I leave my afterburner overheated incase he begins to pull range. I watch his speed increase but not enough to evade my Rifter. Another volley of rockets and bullets send him into hull as his armor begins the repair dance. I'm comfortably tanking the damage as he begins to bleed into structure. The Tormentor is on fire and smoking as it struggles to escape. My SAAR runs out of reps, but with my Rifter not even close to half armor and his Tormentor already at half hull I don't worry too much. The Amarr frig refused to die, but it must've ran out of reps as well because the armor was no longer coming to life. Seconds later, R1FTA Victor. Gf! I loot 'n scoot, dock up, repair and drop off the loot and continue on my way.

A few jumps further into Amarr space, I spot a Kestrel at a plex. I land inside and the frig was in hugging range of my autocannons. Didn't put up a fight at all as the ship fell apart. It was a farmer! I caught his pod, read him his rights (Ezekiel 25:17), then delivered justice.

That's when Grease PaYN entered system asking for a 1v1.

Honors 1v1's :)

We've fought before and it was a good fight, so of course I agree to a frig 1v1 at the sun! We also agree to fire on any third party that attempts to interrupt our fight. Ok! Let's do this! Tormentor at the sun, I load Fusion and Nova as I warp to meet him.

I land on grid and he's 11km away. As I burn towards him I immediately lock him up, web and scram and unleash my guns. We both enter armor at the same time as we blast each other. I activate my repper which begins patching my Rifter together as PaYN enters half armor. I close in on a straight approach towards him as my guns continue to tear apart the ship, sending him into structure. His repper kicks in and repairs some of his armor as it takes significant damage to his hull. I punch through his repper, and with a series of devastating volleys explode the Tormentor! Gf! I return his loot to him at a station.

We duel twice more after that, the second round he flew an Executioner that gave me hell. He was able to stay outside my range effectively, preventing me from landing any good volleys. Although I had him in deep armor, I was a breath away from death when I noticed he had no point so I warped out. Third round was no different. Gf!

On my return trip home I saw a Rifter at a Novice, so of course I stop by and say hello. He never broke my shields :)


Now! The exciting news! We have some veteran Black Jackets who are dusting off their cuts and returning to the gang. I feel like a Black Dragon again :)

Remi Nardieu

Ano Regni



Domino Vyse

Lucas Padecain

Brink Albosa

These fellas are the pirates that showed me the way and helped me grow as a pvp'r and an outlaw. Even though I was sad when they went their own way to do bigger and better things, I was thankful for the time spent flying with 'em and blowing shit up together. Now that these straight killers are flying their old colors again, I couldn't be happier! Welcome back gentlemen!