The Spoils II

Slammed down a Quafe, sucked down a cigarette, hopped in my Rifter and set out to pick up the rest of the loot!

Fast 'n Furious
I picked up from where I last left off. After successfully rounding up the loot and contracting it to my high sec contact, I had some time to kill. I walked over to my hangar as I sipped on a Quafe and looked around. Rifters neatly aligned with various maintenance men doing their duty. I spotted an odd shape towards the back. I made my way towards it as I crushed the empty can and discard it. It was covered in a large dusty tarp. I gripped it and with one strong tug, a shiny Firetail was smiling at me. I ordered the nearby workers to have it ready to roll ASAP.

Beautiful!

I set off from Yvangier with the plan of going through Placid to the system of Vey, and taking the back door through Frarie/Mocli/Ren/Villi/Aldranatte into Black Rise and docking up in Isho. Sounds good! The first few systems reveal nothing. I enter Ouelletta, scan around but come up empty handed as well. To be honest I don't have the best of luck when I fly anything bigger (or more expensive) than a Rifter. The last time I took a Daredevil out, I didn't even get to test it out properly before I got baited by a Slasher at a plex and met two T3 Destroyers. But I was determined to not let my nerves get the best of me! I entered Frarie and saw a flashy Condor on the gate. He knew I was there since we both jumped from the previous system at the same time, so I waited to see what his next move would be. A non flashy Breacher landed on grid as well, and the Condor began to orbit at kiting range at a fast speed. Front row seats to a fight! The Breacher was motionless at the gate, and I waited for the Condor to get close so I can hit him with my scram and webs. At 13km I decloaked, locked him up and failed to land my web or scram. Shit! The curse strikes again! The Breacher targeted me and began to fire, so I focused on him while the Condor fired missiles from far away. My Firetail still had its shields functioning as rockets and missiles exploded on its hull as I returned fire with bullets and rockets. It was an intense fire fight between us. The combination of the Breacher and Condor was beginning to overpower my Firetail, even as the Breacher was doing the low armor/hull dance. I decided to evade the fight. I overheated my afterburner and aligned towards the sun. I escaped the scram of the Breacher easily, but the Condor had me with a long point. His speed and distance was increasing, until I finally heard Aura's soothing voice. I guess he didn't realize I was evading :) The Condor pilot expressed his surprise in local :

[ 2015.09.11 07:02:31 ] Sem Skord > gf
[ 2015.09.11 07:02:41 ] dnl > are you stabbed..
[ 2015.09.11 07:02:43 ] dnl > LOL
[ 2015.09.11 07:02:47 ] Sem Skord > nope. OH ab, spam warp
[ 2015.09.11 07:02:47 ] dnl > gf
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:09 ] Jock Hurin > gf
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:28 ] dnl > ah well
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:30 ] dnl > my fault then lol
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:31 ] dnl > gf gf
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:36 ] Sem Skord > up for another round?
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:43 ] dnl > shureeeee
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:51 ] dnl > fight @ sun ?
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:52 ] Jock Hurin > YEH MAN
[ 2015.09.11 07:04:08 ] Sem Skord > sure

I was confident I could take them both. I jumbled over my controls at the gate and my late reactions almost cost me the fight. This time I knew they were together, and who to take out first. Since the Condor was kite fit, I assumed it would have little to no tank. I repaired my ship and warped at distance at the sun in hopes of the Condor doing the same. Seconds went by. Then minutes ....

[ 2015.09.11 07:05:05 ] Sem Skord > calling for backup ;)
[ 2015.09.11 07:05:13 ] Jock Hurin > HAHAHA
[ 2015.09.11 07:05:17 ] Jock Hurin > rly?
[ 2015.09.11 07:05:26 ] Sem Skord > this is EVE
[ 2015.09.11 07:05:27 ] Jock Hurin > no, getting repped man
[ 2015.09.11 07:05:32 ] Sem Skord > rgr rgr
[ 2015.09.11 07:05:33 ] Jock Hurin > we are not taht lame
[ 2015.09.11 07:06:12 ] Jock Hurin > see you there man

I sat with my Firetail, everything overheated ready to roll. Even if the Breacher and Condor landed together, burn straight for the Condor! The audible sounds of two frigates exiting warp greeted my ears as the Condor appeared on grid first .. 9k meters away! Yes! Go! Go! Go! Right behind him the Breacher landed. I burned towards the Condor and landed my scram and webs and fired the guns. He was trapped and not getting away from me this time. His TD caused my first few volleys to miss, but one landed and brought him to half shields. Another volley sent him into armor. I approached at straight angle to mitigate the effects of the TD. My guns were ripping him to shreds as another volley sent him into half structure. Burn baby burn! He managed one small rep before his Condor exploded. I switched the scram, webs, and gun fire to the Breacher. The gun fire continued with both our shields falling. I activated my SAAR for the incoming armor damage. Another volley penetrated his shields and sent him into half armor. That's when his MASB kicked in. The sounds of projectiles and rockets exploding filled the air as his reps were keeping the shields on his Breacher from further damage to his smoldering hull, while my tank was comfortably holding. His shield reps were doing work but I stayed on him, it was only a matter of time now. One volley punched through his reps and tore chunks out of his hull. His shield reps were done, and his hull fell quickly. I saw a small chunk of armor rep before another volley finished the Breacher.  Wooo! Gf! Gf! Man! My plan to go for the Condor and land at a distance paid off!

[ 2015.09.11 07:07:12 ] dnl > fuckin landed right on you GGGGGGGGGGG
[ 2015.09.11 07:07:44 ] Sem Skord > gf gf
[ 2015.09.11 07:07:49 ] dnl > gf
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:01 ] Jock Hurin > gf,man
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:09 ] Sem Skord > was hoping you'd land on me too :)
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:12 ] Sem Skord > Condor i mean
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:15 ] dnl > yeah T_T
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:21 ] Sem Skord > gf guys
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:22 ] dnl > shoulda warped in farther
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:25 ] dnl > yeye gf
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:25 ] Sem Skord > fucking have the shakes <3
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:34 ] Jock Hurin > hahahhahahaha
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:37 ] Jock Hurin > yeah, me too

I looted the field, docked up to repair the damage, unloaded the loot and collected myself for a couple minutes. Been a while since I've had the shakes, but when they return I love it :)

I set back off on my route still happy with what I just pulled off. Yes I know I was in a faction frigate and they were in T1 frigs, but I finally had a good fight with something that wasn't a Rifter and I was basking in the ambiance! I made it to Ishomilken without finding another fight along the way. I scanned the system just to see if anything was out 'n about, and saw a Condor on scan. I warped to the plex, once I was on grid with him I unleashed the firepower of the Firetail and he exploded quickly. Turns out he was another farmer. Got his pod for good measure. Good roam! I entered the hangar and asked the crew to move the Firetail towards the back. I walked over to it a few minutes later, patted the hull gently, and covered it with a new tarp.