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
[ 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!
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