- Lowsec solo/small gang PvP
- Nullsec solo/small gang PvP
- Griefing
- General villainy
That's what we do or strive to accomplish each time we log in. Whether one of us achieves multiple objectives, or share the workload throughout the corp, those above bullet points is what we base our corp on and measure our success by. It's interesting to see the people who arrive at our club house, wide eyed and full of fantasies of ransoming mining barges and going Rambo on ratters. But solo pvp isn't for everyone. It takes a special type of player/person/pilot/nutter to really appreciate the solo life, both its good and bad. The bad when you fly for 20+ systems aching for a fight, to finally find one and discover that ship should not be going that fast, or tanking that much damage. Damn links. You undock feeling optimistic about todays roam. You jump into the next system ready to roll. Gate camp. With time and experience you learn how to find signs of links in system and ways to evade gate camps, but that knowledge comes through many losses and perseverance. But the good .. oh the good! When you grab tackle on that Merlin and see a huge spike in local. Adrenaline pumping, his shields are beginning to give, you make the call to stay and finish him. You check short scan and see some visitors. Almost there! Your guns punch through his shields as his armor melts and hull breaks apart. The sound of frigs landing on grid forces you to align out. The Merlin explodes and you moon walk out of there as the gang yellow boxes you. When you say screw it after weighing the risks for a 2v1, and emerge victorious. Those moments, those victories that result from the lessons learned of many explosions are what keeps us going.
Especially the explosions :]
Guide to the Light
Even though there aren't many who have a fondness for solo pvp, it doesn't mean they aren't out there, wandering, wondering if there's a place for them to call home. We do our best to find those capsuleers and invite them to fly R1FTA colors. Well recently I stumbled upon one such individual, and needless to say I had to contact him to see if he wanted to fly with us.
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| Fool Auto. Rifter Drifter. |
Thy Ship: Rifter
Thy God: Wensley
Thy Text: Wensley's Rifter Guide
My goodness! This man possesses all the right stuff to become a Black Jacket! Loves the Rifter, worships Wensley, and his holy book! We share very similar views and interests;
From R1FTA;
You read Wensley's Rifter Guide and decided he is now your god and you want to be just like him.
Great minds think alike :]
Still A Hot Spot
I logged in and was greeted by fellow Black Jackets Darth Terona and Tox Uitra. We chatted it up asking what we were all up to and how things were going.
[ 2016.08.18 06:17:47 ] Tox Uitra > just getting blown up, no blowing up sofar
[ 2016.08.18 06:17:49 ] Darth Terona > Max Emelyanov next door in a kitey instalock curse. watch out
[ 2016.08.18 06:18:14 ] Tox Uitra > atron in small darth
[ 2016.08.18 06:18:32 ] Sem Skord > rgr
Busy busy! I wanted to get in on the action, but I had other things in mind. I began to type out a message to Fool Auto, to see if he'd be interested in joining up with us since we share a love of all things Rifter. But then Tox said this:
[ 2016.08.18 06:20:49 ] Tox Uitra > Sem Skord hookbill in caldary small outpost
[ 2016.08.18 06:20:55 ] Sem Skord > undocking
Message can wait! I undocked and scanned around. Usually from our station you can scan all the nearby plex's. The only thing out of range were the outgates to Nikkishina and Usi.
[ 2016.08.18 06:21:05 ] Tox Uitra > I cant enter, will grab rifter
[ 2016.08.18 06:21:22 ] Sem Skord > aligned
[ 2016.08.18 06:21:26 ] Sem Skord > let me know when ur rdy
[ 2016.08.18 06:21:32 ] Tox Uitra > even better, 1 month old toon
[ 2016.08.18 06:21:35 ] Sem Skord > :D
[ 2016.08.18 06:21:49 ] Sem Skord > You want the honors then? since you found him
[ 2016.08.18 06:21:57 ] Sem Skord > dont think he'll put up a fight solo
[ 2016.08.18 06:22:21 ] Tox Uitra > sure
[ 2016.08.18 06:22:37 ] Sem Skord > let us know how it goes :]
I returned to my correspondence. I was keeping an eye on local, and saw it go plus one. Well no shit!
[ 2016.08.18 06:23:00 ] Tox Uitra > in warp, fool auto is rifter btw
[ 2016.08.18 06:23:19 ] Sem Skord > lol
[ 2016.08.18 06:23:32 ] Sem Skord > i was just writing him a message
Fool Auto had made the trek from Metropolis all the way to Isho. I remembered his thread said to hit him up for a fight, so I closed the message and reached out in local.
[ 2016.08.18 06:23:41 ] Sem Skord > Fool Auto
[ 2016.08.18 06:23:43 ] Sem Skord > 1v1
[ 2016.08.18 06:23:44 ] Sem Skord > Sun
[ 2016.08.18 06:23:56 ] Fool Auto > o7
[ 2016.08.18 06:24:06 ] Sem Skord > o/
I warped to the sun and loaded Fusion bullets and Nova rockets, eager for what seemed to be a very promising duel. Two Rifters, 1v1, at the sun. *excited girl scream* Our diplomat 200mm Autocannon II, was ready to begin introductions. I overheated everything, took a deep breath, and waited. Seconds later he appeared on short.
[ 2016.08.18 06:24:18 ] Fool Auto > GL HF :)
[ 2016.08.18 06:24:23 ] Sem Skord > gl hf
Fool Auto landed about 4,000 meters from me. Immediately I activated my afterburner and pounced on him, simultaneously spamming target lock. Once I had a lock I let the guns loose and unleashed a volley of bullets and rockets. His Rifter returned the favor as his volley put me in half shields. Oh man. The gunfight was in full swing, and he was winning the dps war. When my shields fell I activated my SAAR and got my first rep off when another volley took a quarter of my armor out. My guns had put him in armor as well but not at the rate same as me. I noticed his Rifter was also faster than mine. No plate, gyro. I overheated my afterburner (usually I shut off the OH once I get right on top of my opponent) and tried to keep him in range. If he got outside 10km, pack your bags boys war's over! As he pulled range, I stayed on his tail, our Rifters continuing their explosive exchange. My tank was keeping my armor steady at half, while his shot down all the way to hull! Stay on him! This disciple of Wensley wasn't going out without a fight. A couple more volleys broke through my ancillary reps as I began to bleed into structure. I was coughing up reps that would bring me back to low armor, but the damage was bleeding through. Slowly but surely I was gaining on him, on top of that he was deep into structure but still causing enough damage for me to hold my breath. For a second he repped himself back into 3/4's armor, but right away another volley broke through and returned him to deep structure. Yes! My tank held steady at a quarter armor as I let loose one last barrage of bullets and rockets that turned his Rifter into a glorious wreck.
[ 2016.08.18 06:25:19 ] Sem Skord > gf
[ 2016.08.18 06:25:27 ] Fool Auto > GF
[ 2016.08.18 06:25:34 ] Fool Auto > nice tamk!
[ 2016.08.18 06:25:38 ] Fool Auto > tnak*
I linked our club house so I can return his loot, to honor our Rifter fight and out of respect for a Rifter gearhead :]
[ 2016.08.18 06:25:59 ] Sem Skord > The Rifter Gods are proud :]
[ 2016.08.18 06:26:10 ] Fool Auto > Rifters for the Rifter God
[ 2016.08.18 06:26:15 ] Tox Uitra > Fool Auto ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US
[ 2016.08.18 06:26:26 ] Sem Skord > Fool Auto
[ 2016.08.18 06:26:28 ] Fool Auto > cheers mae to the victor the spoils
Very well! That fight was closer than I expected. If I had activated my reps too late, Fool Auto would've most likely came out on top. Not wanting to dirty up local, I invited him to the pub and we talked about the fight, our fits and tactics. He mentioned that he had no ships in the area since he was based in Avenod. I gave him two of my Rifters (custom made!) so he wouldn't be stranded in a pod. But Fool Auto wasn't done.
[ 2016.08.18 06:30:45 ] Fool Auto > cheers man
[ 2016.08.18 06:30:50 ] Fool Auto > wanna blow me up again
[ 2016.08.18 06:30:51 ] Sem Skord > no prob man
[ 2016.08.18 06:31:01 ] Sem Skord > haha yea let me rep up
[ 2016.08.18 06:31:08 ] Sem Skord > its the same fit as me
[ 2016.08.18 06:31:12 ] Sem Skord > so it'll be good :]
[ 2016.08.18 06:31:46 ] Fool Auto > nice
[ 2016.08.18 06:31:52 ] Fool Auto > top belt for sexyness?
[ 2016.08.18 06:32:02 ] Sem Skord > sure
[ 2016.08.18 06:32:07 ] Sem Skord > gl hf
[ 2016.08.18 06:32:08 ] Fool Auto > GL HF :)
Now I don't have footage of our second round so my memory is hazy, but I do remember this. I waited at the belt for him, guns hot n loaded ready to roll. He landed right on top of me and we charged at each other rockets and autocannons lettin' loose. I settled into my close orbit as my shields went down first again! I waited until my shields had a quarter life left before I activated my SAAR. Why is he still faster than me?? I eyeballed his speed and saw he still had his afterburner overheated. Doh! Once I did the same the distance between us no longer increased, which put us right into the golden zone of one another's guns. My tank was holding steady at a rate that didn't alarm me as his struggled to repair the incoming damage. My guess is that he mistimed his reps. Seconds later, R1FTA Victor!
[ 2016.08.18 06:33:22 ] Fool Auto > gf
[ 2016.08.18 06:33:32 ] Sem Skord > gf man
[ 2016.08.18 06:33:35 ] Fool Auto > fark baked my dinner twice :P
[ 2016.08.18 06:33:39 ] Fool Auto > need revenge lol
[ 2016.08.18 06:33:57 ] Sem Skord > how about we get that hookbill at the small?
[ 2016.08.18 06:34:03 ] Fool Auto > kk
Now while Fool Auto and I were getting to know each other, Tox was having his war with that Hookbill from earlier. Turns out this was no mere Hookbill, it had exploded Tox twice. We warped to the small, and as we entered the plex, the Hookbill had warped off.
[ 2016.08.18 06:36:41 ] UltimateKen > 2v1 now?
[ 2016.08.18 06:37:01 ] UltimateKen > when in doubt, call for backup... i understand.. lol
[ 2016.08.18 06:37:08 ] Sem Skord > ;]
Now this is where Mr. Ken became a bit pompous.
[ 2016.08.18 06:38:04 ] UltimateKen > you see, when someone lose 1 leg and become handicap, they have to rely on another person to help them walk around... lol
[ 2016.08.18 06:38:10 ] Tox Uitra > I never called, they are on their own
Usually I ignore people like this, but something about this guy I just couldn't ignore. Maybe it was his face, I don't know.
[ 2016.08.18 06:38:20 ] Sem Skord > Get off your high horse ken
[ 2016.08.18 06:38:34 ] Sem Skord > Tox didnt call for help, fought you twice alone.
[ 2016.08.18 06:38:44 ] Fool Auto > UltimateKen, name like that you need fear nothing
[ 2016.08.18 06:38:45 ] UltimateKen > lol, what gave it up was both incoming rifters were name exactly the same!! lol... i don't buy your handicap storry brah
[ 2016.08.18 06:39:02 ] Sem Skord > Im not your brah friend
[ 2016.08.18 06:39:02 ] Fool Auto > hey I am handycapped
[ 2016.08.18 06:39:18 ] Fool Auto > check your microagression brah
[ 2016.08.18 06:39:19 ] UltimateKen > and i'm not your friend brah.. lol
[ 2016.08.18 06:39:33 ] Sem Skord > then we're strangers o_O
[ 2016.08.18 06:39:56 ] Tox Uitra > stranger danger!!!!!! UltimateKen is a creep!!!! hide yo kids
[ 2016.08.18 06:39:59 ] UltimateKen > keep crying, my bucket isn't full yet
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:10 ] UltimateKen > so salty in this system
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:18 ] Sem Skord > How do you feel?
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:20 ] UltimateKen > i like it, i'm gonna stay here for a few days
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:22 ] Fool Auto > it goes with my chips
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:25 ] Fool Auto > got any vinegar
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:30 ] Sem Skord > Got any cheddar to go with 'em?
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:43 ] Fool Auto > fuck thats...thats just...wrong
[ 2016.08.18 06:41:18 ] Tox Uitra > but bbq sause and cheese is awesome on chips
[ 2016.08.18 06:42:11 ] Fool Auto > think I sicked up a little in my mouth
Over at the pub we were having a laugh about it.
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:21 ] Darth Terona > Epoara. its obviously an alt their dealing with. i was just pooring on the salt
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:36 ] Epoara > I know
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:42 ] Darth Terona > <3
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:50 ] Epoara > heavy metagaming inc
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:51 ] Epoara > https://zkillboard.com/kill/55618694/
[ 2016.08.18 06:40:54 ] Epoara > Probably the fit
[ 2016.08.18 06:41:46 ] Sem Skord > well
[ 2016.08.18 06:41:49 ] Sem Skord > hes not gonna fight
[ 2016.08.18 06:42:11 ] Sem Skord > i wonder if he'll do a 1v1 with me
I'm not much for smack talk, I prefer to settle those kinds of things over 1v1's at the sun or belt. But with all of us talking to him, I doubted he'd accept the challenge.
[ 2016.08.18 06:42:18 ] Sem Skord > How's about a 1v1 Ken?
[ 2016.08.18 06:42:29 ] Sem Skord > Me and you ... friend
[ 2016.08.18 06:42:38 ] Fool Auto > oh oh then me
[ 2016.08.18 06:43:04 ] Darth Terona > UltimateKen id like a 1v1
[ 2016.08.18 06:43:23 ] Darth Terona > our corp has to honor requested 1v1s
[ 2016.08.18 06:43:39 ] Sem Skord > Yup. Mandated by Miura Bull and the beloved Saint Wensley
[ 2016.08.18 06:43:43 ] Sem Skord > blessed be thy name
[ 2016.08.18 06:43:51 ] Tox Uitra > otherwise we get the boot
[ 2016.08.18 06:44:28 ] Darth Terona > you have to accept though
[ 2016.08.18 06:44:42 ] Fool Auto > The Original and First Rifter Drifter
[ 2016.08.18 06:44:47 ] Darth Terona > i mean. you dont have to accept. but for it to be an official 1v1. you have to accept
[ 2016.08.18 06:44:51 ] Sem Skord > ^
Silence.
With Ken not wanting to accept anyone's 1v1, I suggested to Auto that we continue on and check out other systems to shoot something. Tox was conducting the holy duty of disposing of cyno's while Darth stayed behind as we jumped a system over into Uuna. Nothing was on scan so we pushed on to the next system. I warped to my safe and scanned around, waiitng for Auto to enter system. I decided this was my opportunity to make my pitch! I'm not the savviest guy when it comes to this kind of stuff!
[ 2016.08.18 06:45:38 ] Sem Skord > well shit man
[ 2016.08.18 06:45:43 ] Sem Skord > dont wanna put you on the spot in the pub
[ 2016.08.18 06:45:53 ] Sem Skord > but i was in the middle of writing you a message when you showed up
[ 2016.08.18 06:46:08 ] Sem Skord > was gonna see if a fellow Rifter lover like yourself would like to fly with us?
[ 2016.08.18 06:46:52 ] Fool Auto > when in town happy to fleet up or shoot each other whatever is most fun at the time :)
[ 2016.08.18 06:47:44 ] Sem Skord > haha sounds good. we dont have blues, but we'll set your corp to orange. means you give gf's and dont use links
[ 2016.08.18 06:48:09 ] Fool Auto > if you set me as blue I would take it as a personal injury
[ 2016.08.18 06:48:19 ] Fool Auto > mutual orange it is then :)
Hey I tried! Not gonna push it, perhaps if he spends enough time flying with us, he'll see the light!
Never Safe
While Darth was in Isho, Auto had made his way back there as well. I was still a couple systems over waiting around, when they told me they tried to snag him again but he managed to escape. He was still in system safed up. To hell with this! I declared in the pub;
[ 2016.08.18 06:57:24 ] Sem Skord > gonna probe him down
[ 2016.08.18 06:57:34 ] Sem Skord > standby in Isho if you want to get in on it
[ 2016.08.18 06:57:50 ] Tox Uitra > on my way back. Just needed to dispose of another cyno
[ 2016.08.18 06:58:02 ] Sem Skord > doing the Lord's work
[ 2016.08.18 06:58:10 ] Fool Auto > lol
[ 2016.08.18 06:58:11 ] Fool Auto > you guys
I burned back to Isho, jumped into my Cheetah, undocked and scanned around. The first scan showed no Hookbill, so I warped to a celestial near the outgates outside scan range. Another scan revealed our quarry! I lowered the range to get a better idea of how far he was from me so I knew where to set my probes. He was between 10 and 14.3 AU. I checked the map and there was no celestials within that range, just the outgate and the nearby planets, which I confirmed were free of Hookbills with a couple more d-scans. All signs were pointing to this fella being safed up.
[ 2016.08.18 06:59:18 ] Sem Skord > Probing
As my probes went out and did their soothing sonar sound, Ken spoke up in local.
[ 2016.08.18 07:00:34 ] UltimateKen > blocked.... can't hear you guys... leave me alone, i just want to plex for some fast ISK
Oh NEIN you didn't! Our determination to catch him increased at this arrogant request! But I was having trouble getting a solid red dot thingy, and without that red dot, I couldn't probe him down. The guys had occupied the plex's in system, so when he warped to another safe nearby, I had to find him again. I moved the probes closer to the center and scanned. They were there and my d-scan was empty, which meant he was no longer near me. I held my position and waited a few seconds. I hit d-scan again and this time Ken was there, so I brought the probes back and scanned again. It was taking a while.
[ 2016.08.18 07:04:02 ] Sem Skord > he keeps moving
[ 2016.08.18 07:04:05 ] Sem Skord > but i think i got him
[ 2016.08.18 07:04:28 ] Sem Skord > he doesnt know we're probing tho
[ 2016.08.18 07:04:30 ] Sem Skord > thats a plus
[ 2016.08.18 07:05:24 ] Sem Skord > Geez
[ 2016.08.18 07:06:02 ] Sem Skord > ok
[ 2016.08.18 07:06:06 ] Sem Skord > close
[ 2016.08.18 07:06:15 ] Sem Skord > 27%
I found the red dot!
[ 2016.08.18 07:06:58 ] Sem Skord > 84
[ 2016.08.18 07:07:00 ] Sem Skord > 1 more probe
[ 2016.08.18 07:07:07 ] Tox Uitra > jackdaw in system
[ 2016.08.18 07:07:23 ] Sem Skord > wait
[ 2016.08.18 07:07:26 ] Sem Skord > get ready
I had probed him down to 100%! I felt like that had taken an eternity, but looking at the logs it had taken almost 10 minutes. Fortunately (for us) he wasn't paying attention to d-scan or else he would've saw those combat probes near him. I didn't want to waste any time, so I decided to fleet warp the guys so they can get explode him and Tox get his vengeance. Little did I know ...
[ 2016.08.18 07:07:45 ] Sem Skord > fleet warping
[ 2016.08.18 07:07:56 ] Sem Skord > get em!
[ 2016.08.18 07:08:05 ] Sem Skord > catch it?
[ 2016.08.18 07:08:08 ] Tox Uitra > fleet warp didnt work
[ 2016.08.18 07:08:12 ] Sem Skord > dammit
[ 2016.08.18 07:08:14 ] Sem Skord > ill get a shi[
[ 2016.08.18 07:08:18 ] Sem Skord > then warp to him
[ 2016.08.18 07:08:20 ] Sem Skord > then u guys warp to me
Ahhh! I warped to the station, hopped in my Rifter, undocked and warped to Ken's safe.
[ 2016.08.18 07:09:02 ] Sem Skord > alright
[ 2016.08.18 07:09:08 ] Sem Skord > ill xxxx up
[ 2016.08.18 07:09:10 ] Sem Skord > then yall warp to me
[ 2016.08.18 07:09:25 ] Tox Uitra > k
My heart began to beat faster. I don't know why I was getting the shakes, maybe it was because of the smack talk from earlier and that he didn't know what was about to happen to him.
I exited warp to see the Hookbill sitting there motionless. Right away I locked him up, landed my web and scram and fired away. The autocannons spun furiously spitting out bullets as the rockets soared towards the sitting target. Volley after volley landed on the Hookbill and still no movement, not even an attempt to lock me! At this point my heart was beating out of my chest. Oh yea! Almost forgot!
[ 2016.08.18 07:09:30 ] Sem Skord > xxxxx
Ken either returned from his AFK, or snapped out of the surprise of a Rifter shooting him in his safe because I was locked and dual webbed as rockets rained upon my ship.
[ 2016.08.18 07:09:41 ] Sem Skord > `XXXX
The surprise I had early on gave me a head start on the dps race, but the Hookbill closed that gap quickly. Out of nervousness I hit my reps early, wasting two nanite pumps. I left them on because I didn't want to lose point. The Hookbill's shields had fallen and was nearing half armor, but the dual webs were allowing him to drift out of my scram range. When he was 5,500 meters away, the sounds of ships landing on grid greeted the battlefield.
[ 2016.08.18 07:09:42 ] Sem Skord > AHHHH
[ 2016.08.18 07:10:06 ] Sem Skord > get point!
Within moments the guys had lent their extra points and webs, trapping Mr. Ken to meet his doom. The Hookbill exploded shortly afterwards. The shakes were still going through me as I readied a trembling hand on my overview to lock the capsule. Scram! I held point on Ken's pod, fired a volley, shut off the guns and held it so the guys could get their hits in. Wooot!
We did it! Through some determination, smack talk, patience and probing, we got him!
[ 2016.08.18 07:10:34 ] Sem Skord > LMAO
[ 2016.08.18 07:10:36 ] Fool Auto > i believe he is dead
[ 2016.08.18 07:10:37 ] Sem Skord > we fucking did it
[ 2016.08.18 07:10:45 ] Sem Skord > god dam my heart is beating
[ 2016.08.18 07:10:49 ] Sem Skord > Kill: UltimateKen (Caldari Navy Hookbill)
[ 2016.08.18 07:10:50 ] Fool Auto > nice work mate
[ 2016.08.18 07:10:50 ] Tox Uitra > WOOOOOOOOOOOOO \o/
[ 2016.08.18 07:10:52 ] Sem Skord > Epoara
[ 2016.08.18 07:10:54 ] Sem Skord > can you message him for us
[ 2016.08.18 07:11:03 ] Sem Skord > and tell him R1FTA sends its regards
[ 2016.08.18 07:11:06 ] Sem Skord > or something cool like that lol
Turns out UltimateKen had blocked Epoara as well! And he wasn't even in the system! Perhaps he blocked R1FTA as a whole??
[ 2016.08.18 07:13:09 ] Fool Auto > heheh didn't block me
[ 2016.08.18 07:13:14 ] Sem Skord > lol
[ 2016.08.18 07:13:18 ] Sem Skord > Message him
[ 2016.08.18 07:13:26 ] Fool Auto > oh I did :)
Auto forwarded me the mail he sent Ken. The first two lines were ingame links to the killmails. Underneath that was a meme I asked him to include, followed with a GF link from Auto. He closed the message with "<3 Fool Auto and the R1FTA crew."
<3 it! We chatted excitedly about the events that led up us probing down his safe and exacting cosmic R1FTA justice on Ken. It was a fun and rewarding night! It was late so I decided to call it in right there.
[ 2016.08.18 07:23:14 ] Sem Skord > well gents
[ 2016.08.18 07:23:23 ] Sem Skord > gonna rack out for the night
[ 2016.08.18 07:23:27 ] Sem Skord > thanks for the fun :]
[ 2016.08.18 07:23:27 ] Fool Auto > nn mate
[ 2016.08.18 07:23:30 ] Fool Auto > thanks for the fun
[ 2016.08.18 07:23:34 ] Fool Auto > and the Rifters
[ 2016.08.18 07:23:35 ] Sem Skord > good meetin ya n flyin with ya Auto
[ 2016.08.18 07:23:48 ] Fool Auto > ditts
[ 2016.08.18 07:23:50 ] Sem Skord > later guys, happy hunting o7
A good night!
A good night!
