Every now and then our trigger happy merry band of solo frigate pilots get together in the name of comradery and explosions, to spread our special flavor of love throughout low sec! Sometimes our roams end in a blaze of glory with wrecks left in our wake. Other times we wade through our own wrecks as we push on looking for another thing to shoot. Either way, we have fun shooting shit and hanging out. Our most recent roam proved to be VERY fruitful!
On the Hunt
Three of us were in Rifters, and our scout was in a Firetail. It was a good bunch! Our newest Black Jacket:
Phontis Uta was in a Rifter ready to roll!
Veteran Black Jacket ThunderaceNL, always a blast to fly with him!
And R1FTA's very own Vice Prez, Amand Caldurik!
And the fourth Black Jacket was myself, also FC'in this small band of outlaws. Target? Anything we deemed worthy of the Holy R1FTA's 200mm Autocannon Blessing!
Since it was the weekend, and from prior roams in the area, we expected many gate camps and many big gangs to be out for blood as well. We undocked into the cold embrace of space and began our roam. We burned straight through Heydeiles because that system was always crowded. Full of Russians and links. We leap frogged our way along the route, scout enters first while the gang holds on the gate as he searches for targets. If we don't find anything, scout pushes on into the next system as we enter and hold on THAT gate. Twenty minutes in and no fights. We begin to chit chat on comms as we continue our leap froggin', when Amand reports a lone Catalyst in system sitting at a plex. Let's do it! We lay down a plan of attack (point it, scream, and we'll come to the rescue), eagerly gather around the gate as we wait for the word from our scout. Point! Go! Go! Go! Like a pack of hungry wolves we enter the system and warp to Amand to help him bring down the destroyer (or big moose for the purpose of the analogy). We circle the Catalyst and unleash our beautiful barrage of projectiles and rockets as the prey succumbs to its wounds. Amand reports he's real low so I tell him we got this bad boy and to warp out if he needs to. The Catalyst will not take one down with him as he exploded. Woot!! Gf! Good catch! Off to a good start! We hold his pod and hold back the blood lust just in time to make sure our brave tackle and scout gets in on the pod kill. The Catalyst pilot wanted to be sent on his way.
[ 2015.12.12 19:21:43 ] Sem Skord > gf
[ 2015.12.12 19:21:47 ] shwing shwing > gf
[ 2015.12.12 19:21:51 ] Phontis Uta > gf
[ 2015.12.12 19:21:55 ] ThunderaceNL > gf
[ 2015.12.12 19:22:12 ] shwing shwing > express?
[ 2015.12.12 19:22:15 ] Sem Skord > waiting for a friend
[ 2015.12.12 19:22:16 ] Sem Skord > 1 moment
Shwing shwing took the express home. I collected his corpse and gathered the loot, dropped it off in a station and repaired. The rest of the gang repaired and shortly after we were ready to rock 'n roll. We continued our leap frog along our route. Sam Sobati met up with us on the move as a fellow Black Jacket had something to share with us about the Catalyst we just exploded.
[ 2015.12.12 19:35:46 ] Vincent II > Kill: shwing shwing (Catalyst) saw you guys kill him on twitch <3
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:10 ] ThunderaceNL > nice
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:14 ] Sem Skord > <3
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:31 ] Sem Skord > did he rage??
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:34 ] Sem Skord > what did he say!?
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:36 ] Sem Skord > DETAILS!
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:40 ] Sam Sobati > NOW
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:53 ] Vincent II > little bit when you were all whoring on the pod :)
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:07 ] Vincent II > and whne the RFF warped out :)
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:14 ] Sam Sobati > HAHAHA
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:16 ] Sem Skord > lol
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:20 ] Sem Skord > thats awesome
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:55 ] Vincent II > i wouldnt have even noticed untill he was like "devils tatoo hmmm"
[ 2015.12.12 19:38:06 ] Sem Skord > <3
We were having a good laugh about the ordeal, not a bad way for a bunch of frigate junkies to get a bit of free public advertisement *smile* We continued our roam as Vincent came up with a brilliant idea.
[ 2015.12.12 19:40:48 ] Vincent II > time to stream snipe his vexor i think
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:10 ] Sem Skord > lol
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:24 ] Sem Skord > wheres his vexor?
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:26 ] Sem Skord > whats his fit?
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:42 ] Vincent II > standard dual rep blaster fit
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:54 ] Vincent II > in vey just now
[ 2015.12.12 19:42:35 ] Sem Skord > beautiful we're en route
Oh EVE! You just continue to provide! Five Black Jackets, one Vexor. His drones would have to go first, and as long as he wasn't dual webbed or had a neut fitted, our frigs can circle him and get under his guns as we take out the drones. Simple plan. We did a hard U-Turn as Vey was the opposite direction we were heading.
Leap frogging went out the window as we roared through systems discussing a plan of attack and the .. ahem .. intel our agents in the field reported. Vincent was keeping us posted on the whereabouts of our Vexor friend. We passed through Vey and into Frarie, and we saw Schwing schwing in local. We spread out to look for him, shortly after Amand reported the Vexor on the Moclimund gate. With the expanded grid we could see the Vexor on the nearby gate 12,000 something km away. The gang warped to catch him, but schwing schwing had the same idea and warped to us! Fortunately Sam Sobati in his Punisher stayed behind in an attempt to get him to aggress and hold him down for us. From the distance we heard the guns rumbling and Sam inform us over comms that he returned fire. No jumping the gate for this guy now! He's ours! Immediately we warped to Sam and swarmed the Vexor. Our guns focused on the hull since there was no enemy drones out on grid and his shields were falling fast. Finally the drones came out on grid and we switched fire to it. As we began working on the drones, we noticed his armor was taking huge hits. Someone suggested we switch back to the Vexor since he was crumbling under the combined might of our 200mm's. Primary Vexor! The switch worked as the Vexor was in deep armor without a single rep. Our frigates were too fast and too accurate for his cruiser as we riddled the hull with bullets, rockets, and lasers. The Vexor began to choke out reps, but our guns were overwhelming its tank. In one glorious explosion, the cruiser became a smoldering wreck in space. R1FTA VICTOR! We whooped and cheered on comms, congratulating each other and thanking Sam for being alone and unafraid with his Punisher to hold him down. We pointed his pod, made sure everyone was on it, and sent him on his way.
[ 2015.12.12 19:49:43 ] Sem Skord > vincent
[ 2015.12.12 19:49:45 ] Sem Skord > the tears
[ 2015.12.12 19:49:48 ] Sem Skord > report the tears! :)
[ 2015.12.12 19:51:25 ] Amand Caldurik > Vincent II is he saying anything?
[ 2015.12.12 19:51:51 ] Sam Sobati > http://www.twitch.tv/shwing_shwing
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:08 ] Vincent II > ah fuck i ran afk i dunno hes gone offline
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:18 ] Sam Sobati > \o/
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:25 ] Sam Sobati > Kill: shwing shwing (Capsule)
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:34 ] Phontis Uta > Kill: shwing shwing (Vexor)
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:59 ] Vincent II > <3
[ 2015.12.12 19:53:05 ] Sem Skord > we got 'em lol
[ 2015.12.12 19:53:49 ] Vincent II > I'll keep an eye on twitch and see if it uploads the highlights
[ 2015.12.12 19:55:37 ] Vincent II > how the fuck didnt he kill any of you?
[ 2015.12.12 19:55:49 ] Sem Skord > his tank didnt hold up at a ll
I don't know if one of us should've died, or all of us, but I know we all survived and took him down R1FTA style. We docked up to repair the heat damage, reload our weapons and drop off loot. We returned to our leap frog method and our scout reported nothing but a cyno. Oh yes! Gotta do the Lord's work! We entered the system and warped to the cyno. As we got into position I informed Phontis on the art of the bounce and what to do in order to avoid death via sentry guns. Once we were in position, we counted down from three. Two. One. Fire! The cyno was blapped as we left another smoldering wreck in our wake. Love doing these drive-by's!
The gang set off to our next system, and we parked our frigates on the gate as our scout entered to take a look around. Algos at a plex. Let's do it! Algos are a tough mofo to fight, but I felt confident with the five of us we'll be fine. Amand gave the word and we jumped into system and burned towards him, knowing he didn't have much time. We landed on grid and were greeted by the sounds of battle. Our band of Black Jackets fired away as we swarmed the Algos. This moose was putting up a fight! Short scan revealed another Algos outside the gate. Uh oh. To make matters worse, Nuke Cave entered system, flashy. Oh man! Slicer on short now. We punched through the destroyer's armor as Amand called out he was going down. I told him if he needed to get out go for it since we had multiple points on the Algos. The moose was in deep hull as our barrage of guns slowly but surely punched through. Slivers of structure were left on the Algos as Amand's Firetail exploded, but the Algos followed suit moments after. Woot! We got him! We held position around the beacon waiting for the Algos and Nuke's Slicer to enter. Seconds ticked away as we waited, guns at the ready. A few more seconds. Short scan clear. Phew! I gathered the loot from Amand's Firetail and the Algos, docked up to where he was and gave him all the loot. I congratulated him for the hero tackle.
Alas I had to leave my comrades in arms! RL duties were calling! It was a very successful roam and one I was proud to FC and be a part of. Amand agreed to take over as FC and continue fighting the good fight. Later in the day, I was delighted to see that more explosions were caused. Two Thorax's!! And their pods! Bah GAWD! I love these guys!
We found the twitch stream with footage of the Catalyst and Vexor's fight from the receiving end!
http://www.twitch.tv/shwing_shwing/v/29566561
2:48:55 - 2:51:15 is the Catalyst
3:14:48 - 3:17:10 is the Vexor fight.
Till next time! Happy Hunting o7
[ 2015.12.12 19:21:43 ] Sem Skord > gf
[ 2015.12.12 19:21:47 ] shwing shwing > gf
[ 2015.12.12 19:21:51 ] Phontis Uta > gf
[ 2015.12.12 19:21:55 ] ThunderaceNL > gf
[ 2015.12.12 19:22:12 ] shwing shwing > express?
[ 2015.12.12 19:22:15 ] Sem Skord > waiting for a friend
[ 2015.12.12 19:22:16 ] Sem Skord > 1 moment
Shwing shwing took the express home. I collected his corpse and gathered the loot, dropped it off in a station and repaired. The rest of the gang repaired and shortly after we were ready to rock 'n roll. We continued our leap frog along our route. Sam Sobati met up with us on the move as a fellow Black Jacket had something to share with us about the Catalyst we just exploded.
[ 2015.12.12 19:35:46 ] Vincent II > Kill: shwing shwing (Catalyst) saw you guys kill him on twitch <3
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:10 ] ThunderaceNL > nice
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:14 ] Sem Skord > <3
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:31 ] Sem Skord > did he rage??
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:34 ] Sem Skord > what did he say!?
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:36 ] Sem Skord > DETAILS!
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:40 ] Sam Sobati > NOW
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:53 ] Vincent II > little bit when you were all whoring on the pod :)
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:07 ] Vincent II > and whne the RFF warped out :)
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:14 ] Sam Sobati > HAHAHA
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:16 ] Sem Skord > lol
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:20 ] Sem Skord > thats awesome
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:55 ] Vincent II > i wouldnt have even noticed untill he was like "devils tatoo hmmm"
[ 2015.12.12 19:38:06 ] Sem Skord > <3
We were having a good laugh about the ordeal, not a bad way for a bunch of frigate junkies to get a bit of free public advertisement *smile* We continued our roam as Vincent came up with a brilliant idea.
[ 2015.12.12 19:40:48 ] Vincent II > time to stream snipe his vexor i think
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:10 ] Sem Skord > lol
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:24 ] Sem Skord > wheres his vexor?
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:26 ] Sem Skord > whats his fit?
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:42 ] Vincent II > standard dual rep blaster fit
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:54 ] Vincent II > in vey just now
[ 2015.12.12 19:42:35 ] Sem Skord > beautiful we're en route
Oh EVE! You just continue to provide! Five Black Jackets, one Vexor. His drones would have to go first, and as long as he wasn't dual webbed or had a neut fitted, our frigs can circle him and get under his guns as we take out the drones. Simple plan. We did a hard U-Turn as Vey was the opposite direction we were heading.
Leap frogging went out the window as we roared through systems discussing a plan of attack and the .. ahem .. intel our agents in the field reported. Vincent was keeping us posted on the whereabouts of our Vexor friend. We passed through Vey and into Frarie, and we saw Schwing schwing in local. We spread out to look for him, shortly after Amand reported the Vexor on the Moclimund gate. With the expanded grid we could see the Vexor on the nearby gate 12,000 something km away. The gang warped to catch him, but schwing schwing had the same idea and warped to us! Fortunately Sam Sobati in his Punisher stayed behind in an attempt to get him to aggress and hold him down for us. From the distance we heard the guns rumbling and Sam inform us over comms that he returned fire. No jumping the gate for this guy now! He's ours! Immediately we warped to Sam and swarmed the Vexor. Our guns focused on the hull since there was no enemy drones out on grid and his shields were falling fast. Finally the drones came out on grid and we switched fire to it. As we began working on the drones, we noticed his armor was taking huge hits. Someone suggested we switch back to the Vexor since he was crumbling under the combined might of our 200mm's. Primary Vexor! The switch worked as the Vexor was in deep armor without a single rep. Our frigates were too fast and too accurate for his cruiser as we riddled the hull with bullets, rockets, and lasers. The Vexor began to choke out reps, but our guns were overwhelming its tank. In one glorious explosion, the cruiser became a smoldering wreck in space. R1FTA VICTOR! We whooped and cheered on comms, congratulating each other and thanking Sam for being alone and unafraid with his Punisher to hold him down. We pointed his pod, made sure everyone was on it, and sent him on his way.
[ 2015.12.12 19:49:43 ] Sem Skord > vincent
[ 2015.12.12 19:49:45 ] Sem Skord > the tears
[ 2015.12.12 19:49:48 ] Sem Skord > report the tears! :)
[ 2015.12.12 19:51:25 ] Amand Caldurik > Vincent II is he saying anything?
[ 2015.12.12 19:51:51 ] Sam Sobati > http://www.twitch.tv/shwing_shwing
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:08 ] Vincent II > ah fuck i ran afk i dunno hes gone offline
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:18 ] Sam Sobati > \o/
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:25 ] Sam Sobati > Kill: shwing shwing (Capsule)
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:34 ] Phontis Uta > Kill: shwing shwing (Vexor)
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:59 ] Vincent II > <3
[ 2015.12.12 19:53:05 ] Sem Skord > we got 'em lol
[ 2015.12.12 19:53:49 ] Vincent II > I'll keep an eye on twitch and see if it uploads the highlights
[ 2015.12.12 19:55:37 ] Vincent II > how the fuck didnt he kill any of you?
[ 2015.12.12 19:55:49 ] Sem Skord > his tank didnt hold up at a ll
I don't know if one of us should've died, or all of us, but I know we all survived and took him down R1FTA style. We docked up to repair the heat damage, reload our weapons and drop off loot. We returned to our leap frog method and our scout reported nothing but a cyno. Oh yes! Gotta do the Lord's work! We entered the system and warped to the cyno. As we got into position I informed Phontis on the art of the bounce and what to do in order to avoid death via sentry guns. Once we were in position, we counted down from three. Two. One. Fire! The cyno was blapped as we left another smoldering wreck in our wake. Love doing these drive-by's!
The gang set off to our next system, and we parked our frigates on the gate as our scout entered to take a look around. Algos at a plex. Let's do it! Algos are a tough mofo to fight, but I felt confident with the five of us we'll be fine. Amand gave the word and we jumped into system and burned towards him, knowing he didn't have much time. We landed on grid and were greeted by the sounds of battle. Our band of Black Jackets fired away as we swarmed the Algos. This moose was putting up a fight! Short scan revealed another Algos outside the gate. Uh oh. To make matters worse, Nuke Cave entered system, flashy. Oh man! Slicer on short now. We punched through the destroyer's armor as Amand called out he was going down. I told him if he needed to get out go for it since we had multiple points on the Algos. The moose was in deep hull as our barrage of guns slowly but surely punched through. Slivers of structure were left on the Algos as Amand's Firetail exploded, but the Algos followed suit moments after. Woot! We got him! We held position around the beacon waiting for the Algos and Nuke's Slicer to enter. Seconds ticked away as we waited, guns at the ready. A few more seconds. Short scan clear. Phew! I gathered the loot from Amand's Firetail and the Algos, docked up to where he was and gave him all the loot. I congratulated him for the hero tackle.
Alas I had to leave my comrades in arms! RL duties were calling! It was a very successful roam and one I was proud to FC and be a part of. Amand agreed to take over as FC and continue fighting the good fight. Later in the day, I was delighted to see that more explosions were caused. Two Thorax's!! And their pods! Bah GAWD! I love these guys!
We found the twitch stream with footage of the Catalyst and Vexor's fight from the receiving end!
http://www.twitch.tv/shwing_shwing/v/29566561
2:48:55 - 2:51:15 is the Catalyst
3:14:48 - 3:17:10 is the Vexor fight.
Till next time! Happy Hunting o7
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