tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31931964761122645532024-02-20T22:25:21.243-08:00Minmatar Can SurviveSem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-88985300790615158362019-08-12T23:52:00.001-07:002019-08-12T23:52:10.034-07:00Explosions and Wormholes<span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>It's Been 84 Years ...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's been a good while since I've made a post. It hasn't been for lack of activity in game though! Towards the end of June, myself and fellow Black Jacket and Road Captain Spectre33 decided to partake in a different type of hunt. I received a Proteus years ago from a R1FTA Secret Santa, but never used it fully. I trained the skills for it just in case the time came when I would have to use it. I took it out for a spin a couple times to nab a mission runner, but never a serious roam. Well with the encouragement of Spectre (and his Loki), <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/77497316/">we</a> <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/77497320/">went</a> <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/77497488/">out </a><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/77497858/">terrorizing</a> <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/77497865/">low</a> sec. We encountered a <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/77599383/">bait Procurer</a> and a <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/77599391/">very intense</a> <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/77599408/">fight</a> ensued. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But this is EVE. Not everything is successful. Losses were <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/78115567/">suffered eventually</a>. For a space pirate that focuses on causing explosions with frigs, keeping a fat wallet hasn't been a priority. The occasional splurge of cash on a faction frig or assault frig, perhaps a Rupture if I'm feeling bold, but T3 Strategic Cruisers!? C'mon now! Yet, even the solo frig pilot has an itch to try something new. A flashing fantasy of themselves piloting a large ship as they unleash havoc and mayhem through space. The T3 roams with Spectre were just what the doctor ordered. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After those losses, I concluded that if I were to continue to partake in that type of hunt, flying those pricey (but very fun) ships would have to be funded through in game means. I get bored very quickly of PvE. I'm a simple Brutor, I like explosions and shooting stuff. I live for the Shakes and good fights. Piracy and the outlaw life is my EVE. How can I find something lucrative yet still keep me sharp and on my toes? After some deliberation, I decided on one aspect of PvE that still exposes me to PvP. Wormholes. J-Space. Bob Wills It! After some research, questions to my knowledgeable current and former Black Jackets (shoutout to Mack & J'Mike), I put together some fits, made the trip to Jita and had them ready in my staging system on the outskirts of the Minmatar/Amarr warzone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After concluding a previous roam from Gultra, I fired up my Rifter and undocked. Immediately d-scan reveals a Rifter and an Executioner in space. Given the fact that my previous roam ended with a couple skirmishes, I was grateful to have targets so soon on my roam. Some quick d-scan work showed the Rifter at a plex. I preheated my guns and modules and spammed "Jump" as I landed on the acceleration gate, the Rifter still on short. I exited warp to find the Rifter sitting right at the beacon. My 200mm's were eager to greet a fellow Rifter as the ship crumbled under my guns. The pilot didn't even lock me up nor moved <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/78254674/">as it exploded</a>. I pointed his pod and <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/78254679/">executed him</a>. A glance at the killmail revealed the Rifter pilot was nothing but a filthy farmer. <i>Atleast the Rifter doesn't have to suffer anymore.</i> I repped my heat damage and continued towards Gultra. A couple jumps later I saw more frigs on d-scan! Excited with the abundance of targets once more, I scanned down a Merlin at a plex and warped. I loaded EMP and remembered to maintain my distance as I expected to encounter blasters. Merlins can pack a punch if you get too close. This time the pilot locked me up and we exchanged gun fire. I noticed my speed drop significantly which meant only one thing. <i>Dual webs. Shit! </i>I had shut off the overheating on my afterburner, allowing the Merlin to land brutal volleys that had my SAAR struggling to rep. I overheated my afterburner to put a bit of distance between my smoldering Rifter and the Merlin's blasters. The Rifter's speed advantage was enough, and I skimmed the edge of the Merlin's optimal range (with my SAAR pumping out dry reps)<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/78254711/"> to watch the Merlin explode.</a> No pod on this one, but three kills within 5 minutes was definitely refreshing! We dropped gf's in local. The Shakes were still flowing as I docked up to rep my Rifter and reload my repper and guns. I slammed a beer and breathed in a smoke to settle the nerves, then reentered the glowing red of Minmatar space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once again I saw another frig on scan, this time an Executioner. We met on grid and the fight ensued. As I closed range, the Executioner's lasers broke through my shields and began burning holes into my armor. My Rifter weathered the storm as I pulsed my SAAR until I was comfortably under his guns. Soon after, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/78254741/">the Executioner's smoldering wreck lingered in space.</a> I was able to lock his pod, and before I <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/78254753/">delivered the killing blow</a>, I dropped a gf in local. <i>Five kills in ten minutes! The gods favor me this day! </i>I gathered the loot, docked n rep'd, and continued my roam to Gultra. I was still intent on going on my first wormhole dive that night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I scanned around quickly as I passed through each system along the route. I didn't encounter a ship on scan until I reached Todifrauan. A lone Algos was on scan, and since there was only one other pilot in system, I checked the bio. An Amarr foot soldier, alone and unafraid. <i>Why not? I'm on a hot streak. </i>I loaded Fusion and went over my tactics as I warped to the plex. <i>Pull range quickly. Keep that repper going soon as your shields fall. Ignore the drones. </i>The Algos didn't warp, which meant the pilot was either confident or not watching short scan. I landed on grid and we quickly locked one another up. His drones were working on the FW NPC as I pulled range and fired away. The drones swarmed my Rifter as I noticed it wasn't blasters, rails or neuts (thank Bob) hitting me .. but autocannons! His Algos was also shield fitted as his shields were reppin'! Unorthodox indeed! I held a close orbit, hoping my 200mm's could do enough to break through the shields. My bet on the damage output proved to be a winner, as the Algos's shields finally went dry which allowed my own autocannons to overwhelm the repper and tear its armor and hull apart. <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/78254880/">The Algos exploded.</a> I locked and pointed his pod, then <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/78254892/">promptly executed him</a>. You never know what you're gonna get as a solo pilot. Some days you'll roam for hours and be lucky to get one kill (if a gate camp hasn't gotten you first). Others it seems the targets are lining up for you. Whatever the case was that day, it reminded me of why I love solo frig pvp and continue to roam New Eden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The luck and favor of the space gods remained with me not just on my roam, but into my first expedition as well. It was actually pretty relaxing in a way. I enjoyed the sounds of the probes as they scanned and analyzed the signatures in space, narrowing down the targets. All the meanwhile keeping an eye on d-scan for any sign of another ship. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Once I found a suitable hole, I began my search for Relics and Data sites. I was in an Astero, and as I closed down on a Relic site, I saw a Heron on scan. My heart jumped. I had no point fitted since I was focusing on sites, but I did have a web and prop mod plus drones. The <a href="https://i.imgur.com/8L9rntI.jpg">spirit of Saint Wensley</a> visited me and commanded I carried out his will. As I frantically thought of where or how to find him (since I had a regular probe scanner and not the expanded one for ships), I used a bit of deductive reasoning. <i>The Relic site I was working on probing down was less than 1 AU from my position. The Heron was 1 AU from me as well (on d-scan). Therefore, keep probing down the Relic site, warp to it and he'll probably be there!</i> My reasoning proved correct as I entered the Relic site cloaked up and watched the Heron. He was sitting motionless as he hacked the can. Similar to a predator stalking his prey, I watched his path and saw he still had a few cans on one end of the site to go. I slowboated towards the closest one as he finished the can and followed suit. He reached the can on the other end much quicker since he used an MWD. Upon reaching the can I was lurking by, he sat motionless as he hacked the can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The brave Heron pilot was a young but ambitious pilot to New Eden, no more than 5 months old. <i>Bold of him to venture into wormholes. But this is EVE, and although we're here for similar reasons, I must teach him a cold yet crucial lesson. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">My heart rate increased as my palms grew sweaty. Something felt different about this. I've warped into fights where two to three frigs were waiting for me. I've entered sites and belts with just one Black Jacket as we took down battleships and cruisers. Yet for some reason, cloaked up in my Astero, stalking this young explorer, waiting for the opportune moment to decloak and bring violence to this Heron was giving me the Shakes of a different kind. I gathered myself, decloaked and spammed target lock. I released the drones as they carried out their deadly task. The Heron pilot panicked like a gazelle frantically trying to escape a lion. His shields crumbled as he sped off towards the sun. I realized I was gripping my mouse tightly as I clicked on his ship to track it, to see what direction he escaped to. <i>Planet.</i> I recalled my drones and warped in chase. Given my Astero's fit and natural agility over a Heron, I landed on grid moments later to see him trapped inside the Customs Office. The prey could not escape this time. I locked him up and released the drones, still spamming scan for any possible ships or backup who might try and strike. The drones conducted their deadly business one final time. The Brave Heron Explorer <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/78255339/">went up in flames</a> with a brilliant flash, his capsule still stuck on the customs office. I wasted no time locking him up and <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/78255352/">setting the drones onto the pod.</a> The Shakes were making it difficult to loot n scoot and grab the corpse as I finally warped to a safe and cloaked up. <i>The rush! The exhilaration! </i>It was a hell of a exciting start to my first expedition into wormholes, and a memorable one at that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The rest of the night ended with me finishing sites and warping in and out of one in particular to avoid exploding myself to Sleeper rats. It took a while, but I was finally able to leave that wormhole with enough loot to satisfy this Brutor. Wormhole space was intriguing, mysterious, and beautiful. The beauty of it was enough to draw you in and distract you from constantly hitting d-scan to spot any ships or probes that aren't yours. I couldn't resist but take a screenshot of an amazing view. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoyed this post :) </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> I hope to post a bit more in the future as well!</span><br />
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<br />Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-36555975963947217472017-06-25T20:53:00.001-07:002017-06-25T20:53:09.910-07:00Pilgrimage to Heild<span style="color: red; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A Familiar Place</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ever since our move to Ishomilken over a year ago, I still found myself yearning for the soothing rusty red glow of Minmatar space. Heimatar, Metropolis and the outskirts of Amarr space were my hunting grounds. As time went on, events occurred that left us no choice but to leave our then home system of Gultratren for greener pastures in Caldari/Gallente space. The migration proved fruitful and continues to provide R1FTA with targets and good fights. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But from time to time one misses the red glow of space, so I made the trip through the sparsely populated non faction warfare low sec that serves as a quiet highway of sorts to Metropolis. From there I pushed further to our first home after our migration from Adirain, to the near empty system of Gultratren. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Golden Age of Heild is a legend to many of us who never experienced it. The literature that covers it along with memories divulged from those who lived through its glory continue to arouse our imagination of a land filled with explosions, frigate wrecks, smoking autocannons and good fights.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was on this reflective note that I realized I've never roamed the area. Sure I paid homage to the sacred home of R1FTA, but I never roamed it in search of targets. Mostly because Ishomilken provides quick action to scratch our itchy trigger fingers. I arrived in Gultratren where my stockpile of ships, guns, smokes, booze and ammo greeted me and prepared to set out on my pilgrim roam to Heild.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From Gultratren I set my destination to Heild. I plotted a route that would keep me in low sec and circle me back around to Gultra. The route bordered both null and high sec systems, so even though I wasn't expecting the amount of activity usual for FW space, I figured my chances of finding a ratter or miner would be pretty good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I double checked the route to ensure it didn't take me through any surprise high sec systems, did an ammo check, and everything was good to go. I undocked and warped off to my first system. Gultratren was empty save one person, a reminder of why we moved a long time ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the lack of FW plex's, I would have to no shit search every nook n cranny of each system along the way. Belts, planets, and even anomalies. If a ship was in system, I was going to find it. The next few jumps I did just that. The handful of folks in system were either some kind of industry alts due to the years in corp, or new players between two and several months old. A couple folks took advantage of the desolate space and were running sites. Imicus and Probes would pop up on d-scan as well as an Ishtar or Gila, conducting their business in peace. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I entered the system of Atlar, a few jumps before Bosena and continued my search.<i> </i>I scanned the belts within scan range and found nothing. There was another cluster of belts far off scan away from the center<i> </i>so I warped to those and did a 360 scan as I neared scan range. <i>Unnamed Bellicose. </i>I landed a distance from the Customs Office and scanned the belts there but no cruiser. There was one more location, a Ruined Minmatar Mining Outpost, so I gave it a scan. <i>Boom. </i>I don't know what's in those outposts, but d-scan don't lie!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I loaded EMP and Mjolnir rockets, overheated everything and warped to it. There were four other people in local and given our distance from center, I wasn't expecting any third parties.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I landed on grid and the outpost came into view. A couple cruiser sized rats and one frig were engaged with the Bellicose who had a couple drones out firing back. I exited warp and immediately burned towards the cruiser who was 25km away. I zoomed in on him to see if he was getting ready to warp but he was burning into empty space at a snails pace of 160 m/s. My Rifter closed distance fast as I landed my web and scram and fired the guns. I settled into my close orbit and shut off the OH on my mods except my rep and guns. The Bellicose was steadily entering deep shields as he yet to lock me up. I glanced at the drones and saw there were two Hobs and a Valkyrie. There was a plus one in local as the Cruiser finally began to lock me up while the guns continued to chew away at his shields. I was target painted and some heavy missiles exploded near my ship but weren't doing any significant damage. With no webs on me plus the combination of my speed and sig radius, the Bellicose might as well been shootin' fireworks. I punched through his shields and his armor began to fall apart as he entered half. Another plus one in local but nothing on short, so I was still in the clear. My Rifter was circling the cruiser like a lone wolf on a wounded beast. His structure crumbled as the drones joined the assault, going to work on my shields. A series of rapid volleys finished off <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63139521/">the last bit of hull</a>. There was a silent flame followed by a brilliant and satisfying explosion as the Bellicose went boom. In the midst of the explosion I scrammed the pod and sent his capsule away with <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/63139537/">a greenish explosion.</a> <i>Saint Wensley be praised! </i>I could've gone for a ransom given our relative privacy, but I was caught up in the blood lust of the moment. I checked the wreck and sifted through the loot. <i>Blueprints! </i>There was nothing above 100k ISK worth of mods, so I left the 'em there, gathered the corpse and the blueprints and warped off to a safe to examine the killmail. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The pilot had a couple good looking blueprints that didn't drop, an Ogre and Bersker drone BPO which surely would've earned us a nice source of ISK. I docked up to rep and thought for a few seconds on whether to leave the loot here or take it with me, and decided to bring it along. I undocked and continued on my way to Heild. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The previous day a corp mate, Chuck Sanussi, got me a gift. It was a badass new skin, and it looked sexy on my Rifter. I took it out for a spin to admire the new look and to break it in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There's nothing more to that story then just a new skin and it looks cool. Now to the pew pew!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Within the following days, it was time to search for the good fights. I hopped in a Rifter and set out. D-scan showed an unnamed Vexor, and a quick search narrowed him down to a Rogue Drone Swarm site thing. These events that bring people into low sec are a real winner. It encourages people who wouldn't otherwise venture into low to fit up a ship, take a deep breath and take the plunge in search of loot; and gives us low sec denizens some fresh targets to hunt. Win win!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I went back and forth between going in with a Rifter or switching to a Rupture. R1FTA pilots are frigate junkies at heart, but from time to time we dabble in other ships. Plus there were only two other people in system (including the Vexor pilot), and the other pilot was in a Tristan fighting the good fight for the Caldari. A golden opportunity for a cruiser 1v1! I parked my Rifter in the Bar and scrambled through the hangar searching for my Rupture. <i>Damn! </i>I must've exploded it a while back and not remembered because there was none available. <i>There's gotta be one in Isho! </i>I jumped back into my frig and burned to Isho which was one jump over, hoping there would be a Rupture there. Isho was empty as well, so the prospect of a legit cruiser 1v1 grew a bit stronger. Once again I scrambled to find the Rupture amidst the rows of Rifters, and there it was. I jumped in and before I undocked, made sure it was fully fit with the guns and repper loaded. <i>Good to go! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I love my Rifter, but there's something majestic about undocking a large ship as the sun shines along the hull and the auto turrets spin. The cruiser slowly turned as it aligned towards the Nikki gate and prepared for warp. The seconds that ticked by made me anxious that perhaps the Vexor pilot was either chased away or finished the site. I entered the system and it was still only us three. <i>Beautiful. </i>The Vexor was still on scan <i>and </i>at the same site, so I warped and prepared for space battle. I landed on grid with the debris of a large damaged station of some sort, and the Vexor was 24km away with his drones out working on the rats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I locked him up, activated my AB and let loose the drones! I was soaring close to 600 m/s as the Vexor recalled his drones and warped off. <i>Nooooo! </i>He warped towards a cluster with a belt and a planet, so I warped to the planet and gave chase. I landed near the customs office but no cruiser. He was still within 1 AU so I scanned the nearby belt and there he was. I hit warp and scanned the belt once more, but now he was gone. <i>Damn. </i>At some point during the chase one more pilot entered the system. I expanded the scan range to 5 AU and it showed the Vexor, Tristan and now a Tengu. I scanned the gate and plex's within 5 AU in search of my quarry, but nothing. <i>Maybe he went back to the drone site? </i>I scanned one site and the Tengu was there. <i>Nope.</i> I scanned the other and a Vexor popped up. I hit warped and went over a game plan. One more pilot entered system to make it five of us. The Rupture was in warp and there was no going back. I did a 360 scan and there was now a Claw in space. <i>Welp! Go out guns blazing man. </i>I shortened the range to 1 and it was only the Vexor at the site as I landed. As the ruined station came into view, another scan revealed the Tengu on short as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Vexor was 17km off working on the rats again (committed!) as a flash brought the Tengu on grid. <i>Oh man. </i>I went back and forth between the two unsure of which to go for. I don't know anything about Tengu's, the Vexor is probably the deadlier target, but he's probably the tank between the Tengu and the Claw (who was yet to arrive). <i>Tengu. </i>I burned towards him as he was closer (16km) and spammed lock. I kept my Fusion ammo because the reload would take too long and shit was about to go down. My Rupture got to 13km of the Tengu, and just as I activated my web he warped off! The Vexor was 16km away from us so I burned towards him and locked him up hoping to grab him before he took off again. The Vexor warped off towards the same cluster! This time I warped to the belt and readied myself. I landed right on top of him and just before I got a lock, he warped off again! <i>Word to self, swap the AB for an MWD. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I warped to the cluster he went off to, but no Vexor at the belt. He was still 1 AU from me, but the only things in range was the cluster I was at, the infra hub and a medium plex, neither of which our Vexor was at. The Tengu and Claw pilot had left system as well, so once again it was myself, the Vexor and the faithful Caldari pilot plexing away. I was at a loss as to where the hell the cruiser was! He definitely didn't go to a safe because he warped directly towards the celestials in the cluster. <i>The sun? </i>Nope. <i>Planet. </i>Nope. <i>Customs office? </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He was at the Customs Office the entire time! I spammed warp once again. The Vexor was motionless as I exited warp. No drones out and no movement as I landed right on top of him. I spammed target lock and burned towards him. He came to life and targeted me as I landed my web and scram and fired the cannons! <i>It's a fight! </i>The Shakes returned as he landed a solid volley with his blasters. <i>Orbit outside their optimal! GET OUT OF BLASTER RANGE! </i>The guns were louder and the hits were bigger as our drones joined the fray. A lot of time with quick, nimble frigates didn't prepare me for the lumbering, slow moving cruisers. By the time I began to orbit outside blaster optimal I was well within the Vexors kill range (700m), as he landed heavy shots. His shields were already down and his armor a quarter damaged at the start of the gun fight, and now he was entering mid armor as his blasters and drones were chewing through my shields. All in all I was sitting pretty in the fight! I overheated my afterburner to get out of range quicker as another volley broke through my shields. I was drifting slowly but surely outside the range of his blasters as the hits grazed my armor or missed entirely. Suddenly I lost my lock on him. <i>What the hell?? </i>I went for another lock and burned back towards him. <i>Maybe I got out of range or something? </i>I webbed and scrammed him again and checked to see if any ECM drones were out. <i>Nope. </i>That was weird, but I returned to business. I orbited at 5,000m and was comfortably outside his range as his armor began to fall. My armor was relatively unscathed as the auto cannons shredded the remainder of his hull, sending the cruiser to <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/62964358/">space Valhalla.</a> I enjoyed the beauty of the explosion as his pod warped off. We exchanged gf's in local as I went in to loot the wreck. <i>That was fun!</i> I checked out the killmail and saw why I lost point. He had an ECM fitted! It would've been a bummer (for me) if he managed to get away, but thankfully it all worked out in the end ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Throughout the entire ordeal, the Caldari militia pilot was still plexing away in his Tristan. Since I was going to take the loot back to Isho, I figured might as well switch ships and fight the Tristan in the chance of me getting more loot and saving an extra trip. I docked up the Rupture at the Bar and hopped in a Rifter and warped off towards the plex. Tristans are very versatile in their fits. They can be shield/kitey/rails, shield/neuts, armor/hull/brawl/neuts, shield/brawl/rails, or armor/hull/brawl/blaster fits. Add in the drones, and you have a solid opponent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My rule of thumb (thanks to fellow Rifter gear head <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/95665486/">47 Goon</a>) is to fit for armor and get in close. That way if he's kitey, just align towards the sun and pop the drones until he has no way to hurt you. If he's brawl, neut and shields, the Fusion ammo is enough to break through his tank and tear apart the armor and hull. I entered the plex and the Tristan was 40km off with the drones out and ready. I burned towards him and zoomed in to eye ball his ship. <i>Rails. Charge! </i>At 35km he began to lock me up and I killed the zoom. My Rifter was burning towards his ship, he still wasn't moving. At 16km his drones swarmed my ship as I locked him up and began firing my auto cannons. His speed jumped to 800 as his rails landed a solid volley breaking through my shields as his drones followed up with a volley of their own, damaging my armor. My Rifter was getting rocked as I struggled to get a tight orbit to mitigate the damage from his rails. At half armor I activated my repper, which by this point is pretty late in the game in terms of frigate fights. My repper was struggling to repair the incoming damage as I creeped towards deep armor. I wasn't getting the range I wanted! I checked out the speed and his speed was enough to keep me in the sweet spot of his rails. Another volley from his rails and drones rocked my ship as I overheated my afterburner to go in for the kill. I broke through his armor and began to take huge chunks of metal out of his structure. My repper was holding my ship together at 3/4's armor as his ship continued to fall apart. Moments later <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/62964398/">the Tristan exploded</a> as I locked up his pod. It was just us two in system still, now with his pod pointed next to the wreck of his Tristan. It's been a while since I ransomed someone, so I decided to give it a go. I got straight to the point in local:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">[ 2017.06.16 06:51:02 ] drex orlan > gf</span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">[ 2017.06.16 06:51:09 ] Sem Skord > gf</span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">[ 2017.06.16 06:51:15 ] Sem Skord > how much isk is your pod worth to you?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">[ 2017.06.16 06:51:20 ] drex orlan > none</span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">[ 2017.06.16 06:51:28 ] Sem Skord > very well</span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">[ 2017.06.16 06:51:29 ] drex orlan > it'd be faster transsit</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">[ 2017.06.16 06:51:34 ] Sem Skord > o7</span><br />
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Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-69367291881161572852017-06-03T19:03:00.000-07:002017-06-03T19:03:42.833-07:00The Range<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Guns? </i>Check. <i>Ammo? </i>Check. <i>Paste?</i> Got that too. <i>Liquor, smokes and Quafe? </i>Check, check AND check! After a quick prayer to Saint Wensley and Mother Adirain, I undocked from Brink's Bar and set off on a roam through the Citadel and Black Rise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">As I drifted off the undock my d-scan detected a Vexor in system. I began scanning possible locations where it could be. <i>Not at a large plex, or a medium. No FW mission sites up either. Hmm maybe an agent mission? </i>I did a 360 scan for any NPC wrecks but nothing turned up. I narrowed down the search and he was towards a cluster of belts with a station near it as well. I scanned that area and a 5 degree hit confirmed he was certainly there. As I warped I checked to see who was in local. Besides myself, three others were in system.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I landed at the station and the Vexor was motionless near the undock. I eyeballed the ship and saw he was fitted with blasters, but no drones out and still he was not moving. I hit scan again and saw there was a Garmur out in space now. I checked local again and saw one had entered system, and it was a pilot from Se7en Sins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">A while back the heavy hitters in Isho and the nearby systems was DUTY; they had the numbers, the ISK and the ships to fight off any force their size. There is no tactic they won't use to kill you. At some point another alliance arrived to the area and DUTY joined with Se7en. After multiple skirmishes and gun fights with them, we became familiar with their ways. We employ guerrilla tactics with 'em, rarely do they fly solo; let alone in a frig! If you see one, then expect many more nearby. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The memory of <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/62420875/">foolishly expecting a fair, honorbru fight</a> from these folks was fresh, but given the hour and the type of ship the Sins pilot was in, I figured he was flying solo. <i>Why not? </i>With this in mind I warped to a novice and waited. I set my d-scan to the range of 1 AU and every couple seconds hit scan. After a few hits and no sign of the Garmur on short, I extended the range to check if he was still in system. He was, and after some quick scan work saw he was at a large. <i>Well I'm not going to you! </i>I aligned towards the large, killed the engine, and waited some more. I loaded EMP and Mjolnir rockets and planned my course of action. <i>If he lands more than 10km away, I'm warping to large. </i>I lowered my range to 5 AU (since the large plex was 10 AU) and scanned. <i>Garmur. </i>I lowered the range to 1 AU. <i>Garmur. </i>I pre-heated everything as the Sins pilot landed. <i>20km. Warp!</i> I spammed warp as the Garmur yellow boxed me. I landed at the large and immediately aligned back towards the novice to warp at 20km and hopefully get the Garmur right on top of me. A couple seconds before warping, the Garmur landed at the large right at zero! <i>Damn! </i>I didn't want to play these warp games long and lose his interest in the fight, so when I landed at the nov it was now or never. I re-aligned towards the large in case he landed at a distance again, and waited. A flash of light brought the Garmur on grid. Immediately I spammed approach and activated the afterburner. He exited warp 15km away which meant he landed at the gate at zero. He was eager to catch me >:]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I locked up the Garmur at 14km as my speed increased. I had a lock and landed my heated web just as his MWD activated. <i>13, 12, 11, 10 .. </i>I scrammed him, effectively removing his one advantage over me. I left the scram, web and AB heated for one more cycle just to ensure I was sitting pretty. I kept a nervous eye on local, waiting for his comrades to save him. My autocannons were steadily working through his shields as he returned fire. With three volley's the Garmur broke my shields as his was on the last bit of health. Fight wasn't over yet! The 200mm's broke through the last sliver of shields and tore a nice chunk from his armor. A couple more rapid volleys put him in deep armor. Seconds later the Se7en Sins Garmur <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/62675436/">exploded in a wonderful flash of orange</a>. No gf for this pilot as I spammed target lock on his pod. <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/62675438/">Lock, scram, autocannons.</a> The Shakes flowed through my body as I finally relaxed and let out a sigh of relief. Great start to a roam! Still no spike in local or third parties on short, so I scooped the loot from the wreckage (the Loot Fairy favored me this fight), docked up to rep and reload and set back out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I jumped into Ishomilken ready for more, but sadly it was only myself in system. <i>No matter, there will be more down the pipe! </i>From Uuna to Asakai, and the systems in that triangle of sorts, there was no targets. Still riding the high from the Garmur fight, I headed to Okkamon to roam the surrounding systems.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Okkamon was fairly active with at least ten people in local. A quick scan showed another Garmur out, along with a Keres (ew) and other ships. <i>Another Garmur, let's do it! </i>I warped to a nov with the intent of waiting inside the plex instead of on the gate, in case a Keres and other stuff showed up. Mid warp I scanned the nov and saw there was a Breacher in that direction. <i>Shit. </i>I had no intention of fighting on the gate. As soon as I landed I aligned to the nearest celestial in front of me and spammed warp. The Breacher was targeting me but I was able to warp off. Paranoia V.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The rest of Black Rise turned up nothing. Once I hit Pynekastoh I began to circle back to Okkamon through Hirri -> Nisuwa -> Kedama and then Reitsato. I skipped the outlying systems connected to Asakai and headed straight for Nikki to return to the Bar. I entered Mushi and d-scan showed a Merlin in space. The Merlin was at a novice plex, so I warped to it. Guns, web, scram and afterburner heated. Correct ammo loaded. Let's finish strong! The Merlin was right on the warp in waiting for me. As I exited warp I locked up the Merlin and set my orbit to 5,000m to get outside his blaster optimal. The advantage was with the Merlin as his blasters tore through my shields. My Rifter had the speed advantage but struggled to match the Merlin's dps. Nevertheless the speed of the Rifter put me outside the Merlin's range. One last volley landed which damaged my armor. I used one nanite rep and turned it off but kept it preheated ready to go just in case. I was no in the sweet spot, the Merlin couldn't hit me but I could definitely hit him. The Merlin's blasters missed, with a couple grazing hits sprinkled in. Once the shields fell, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/62675900/">the Merlin crumbled.</a> The pilot got his pod off grid and short scan revealed no third parties so I proceeded to loot 'n scoot and continue on home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I entered Nikkishina and docked up at Brink's Bar. Sexy pirate frig kill, even better pod kill, finished with a Merlin. Not bad! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I admired our little piece of home for a bit longer, then hit d-scan. A few people in local but only a Slasher at a medium. <i>Let's do it! </i>I gave the command over the intercom for the crew to load EMP ammo into the guns and replace the Nova rockets with Mjolnir (Caldari ones of course). I took the acceleration gate and prepared myself for the first fight of the -- <i>god dam recon bait. </i>The Slasher was sitting 40km off the warp in but a Huginn was waiting for me with open arms and a shit eating grin. There were no celestial objects directly in front of me (not even 180 degrees in front of me). I hit the red alert button to signal the crew to get to the escape pods as the dual webs and long point sealed my fate. I locked up some drones and took one down <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/56191346/">before I exploded</a>. <i>Sigh</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > gf</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > you owe me one hob</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > quafe?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > gotta stay hydrated as you roam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > that´s true i use other boosters tho</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > Krivich o7</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Krivich > o7</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > nice fitting btw</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > i like rifters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > me too</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > slashers are better imo but that´s just my opinion</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > well too bad we didnt get to find out</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > true</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I cursed myself as I returned to the Bar to grab another Rifter from the garage. Something about all this seemed very familiar. I checked the neocomm and scrolled through my recent fights. <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/56087246/">Aha!</a> Same person, same method, same system! Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I'm getting revenge!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Veteran Black Jacket, R1FTA Director and good friend xxMACKxx was at the bar smoking a cigarette and throwing back some whiskey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > Kill: Sem Skord (Rifter)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > got something to kill a huggin?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > this fucker has gotten me twice</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">xxMACKxx > I have an incursus you could use to get tackle on it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">xxMACKxx > while I come in my crucifier and TD it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">xxMACKxx > then it would just die</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > hmm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">xxMACKxx > it's an AC boat dual TD would shut him the fuck down he's running 425's on there ez pz</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A tanky Incursus that would grab point and hold it long enough for Mack's TD Crucifier. We could definitely use a couple more ships. I looked around the Bar for someone that could lend some guns to the cause. Across the room I spotted two fellows sitting in a corner, both baby sitting a couple beers, huddled close to each other conspiring about something. <i>Gallente Mil. </i>I made my way over and recognized one of them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > Gentlemen!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > Good evening</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > hey HEY</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kim Karsons > o/</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > you guys up to kill a huggin?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > sitting inside a large</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > with a bait slasher</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ariskere glanced at his companion as they whispered quickly to each other, I couldn't make it out. A couple moments later, Arsikere took a long swig of his beer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > alas, i am dodizzle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kim Karsons > you gonna try to take em in frigs? Those things have pretty hard tanks, no?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > huggins, not as much</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > wanna join?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > and we have a 3rd guy in fleet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > you'll make 4!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kim Karsons > yeah I do, lemme see what I have for ships </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Four pilots! I'm comfortable with this! They finished their beers and followed me back to the bar where Mack sucked down his cigarette and stood up. With suspicious eyes Mack looked 'em both up 'n down. When he saw the Gal Mil patches on Arsikere and Kim, I could tell even behind those shades that he was questioning their motives. But Gal Mil don't associate with outlaws, so his suspicions were put at ease. We walked out to the parking lot and formulated a quick plan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > plan is pretty straight forward. im gonna grab tackle with incursus</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > hope i live long enough for ya'll to get here</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > then shoot him</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > gg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > rgr</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kim Karsons > Wish we had some Tracking disruption</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > FUNNY YOU SAY THAT KIM</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">xxMACKxx > <-- cruci</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">xxMACKxx > <--- double td</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > haha :P</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kim Karsons > There we go</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We separated and jumped into our ships. I was in Mack's Incursus, Kim jumped into an Incursus as well. Arsikere was bringing the big guns with a Coercer, and Mack with the Crucifier. <i>We can do this. </i>I took off and set out to get the ambush in motion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Slasher was in a medium plex now. Before I left Mack gave me a crash course on how to use the dual rep cursus and a couple of boosters to help with the tank and reppers. My concern was first getting point, then living long enough for the guys to ride in and shoot the Huginn. We left the Bar at different intervals as to not alert our quarry. We all held on the other side of the Nikkishina gate in Isho and went over the plan one more time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > as i take acc gate ill scream</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > yarp</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > u said he's in large right</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > then ride in like that helicopter scene in apocolypse now</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">xxMACKxx > should be medium</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > medium now</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > ah rgr</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I slammed down a Quafe, said a prayer to Saint Wensley, and jumped in system. I warped to the medium plex and repeated "Don't f*** this up. Don't f*** this up." to myself. I landed on the gate and checked short scan. Slasher still there. I popped the drugs and took the gate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > GOING IN</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Huginn was right on the beacon as before. So far so good. I locked up the recon and burned towards it, the Huginn returning the favor. My shields melted. I landed point and activated both reppers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > GOOOOO</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > comin</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > warping</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was already in deep armor choking out reps, struggling to stay alive. Mack was in system, followed by Arsikere and then Kim. I checked short scan for any sign of them but nothing. <i>Cmon! </i>I was going down fast. I activated my cap booster to refill the capacitor and keep the reppers running. I might as well been motionless with the dual webs holding me down as the drones and big autocannons blasted away at the Incursus. <i>Crucifier on short! </i>Another volley put me in structure but my dual reps patched it up quickly. <i>I'm not gonna make it. </i>I didn't care about surviving the fight, I cared about holding point long enough for a secondary point to land. Another volley tore the frig apart and put me into deep hull. Still no Crucifier on grid. I coughed up one last rep as I exploded. As I warped off in my pod, I saw Mack land on grid. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sem Skord > down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > get gim</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > him</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I sat at the sun and checked d-scan and saw the rest of the guys were in the plex. I didn't know what was going on or whether or not Mack landed point. I decided to grab another Rifter from the Bar and join the fray. Just then Arsikere's voice came over the radio with one word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/56191531/">dead</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Woooo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kim Karsons > shit nice</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > Fuckin ay</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > Good shit guys :]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > <3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > 9M bounty</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kim Karsons > Kill: Freya Godspeed (Huginn)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > Sem Skord we get the gud will with you :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > aw yiss...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our perfectly thought out and organized plan worked (/s), and I was happy to say the least. There was a shit eating smile on my face :]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > nice one ;)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > ;]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">xxMACKxx > =D</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > gf o7</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > was time too i suppose</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kim Karsons > gf</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > gf</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > least i got sem again ;)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > dying was part of the plan that time :]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > i did not die</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Freya Godspeed > could have warped but fuck that</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whether he decided to stay or Mack pointed him before he could leave, I don't know. What I do know is that our mission of revenge succeeded. Arsikere and Kim were very content with the kill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kim Karsons > Thanks Sem</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > at a safe btw</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > No thank you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sem Skord > finally got revenge</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kim Karsons > lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsikere > revenge is a dish best served with Scorch S</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mack and I returned to the Bar with the loot from the recon. We asked our Gal Mil companions if they wanted a cut but they turned it down. <i>More for us! </i>Mack was sitting at the bar again, cigarette lit and whiskey shots in front of him. Arsikere and Kim were in their booth in the corner again, conspiring and scheming. I cracked open another Quafe and took a swig and smiled. <i>What a day!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The story was more simple than what I wrote above. After Freya got me again, I switched back n forth between corp chat and Arsikere's pub channel to get the fleet going. Arsikere and Kim were actually 16 jumps away moving stuff for their corp. They had to dock in hostile FW space and go a bit out of the way to execute this ambush. They made it back successfully through enemy territory and got their cargo home :] Hope you guys enjoyed the story! Happy hunting o7</span>Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-17289899010507894602016-08-21T00:27:00.001-07:002016-08-21T00:27:11.007-07:00R1FTA DRFTA<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Things we do in EVE:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>-</b> <b><u>Lowsec solo/small gang PvP</u></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>- Nullsec solo/small gang PvP</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>- <b>Griefing</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>- <u>General villainy</u></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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. <i>Damn links. </i>You undock feeling optimistic about todays roam. You jump into the next system ready to roll. <i>Gate camp. </i>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. <i>Almost there! </i>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. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Especially the explosions :]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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 <a href="https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=490608&find=unread">one such individual</a>, and needless to say I had to contact him to see if he wanted to fly with us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fool Auto. Right at the top of his post;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Thy Ship: Rifter</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Thy God: Wensley</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Thy Text: <a href="http://go-dl1.eve-files.com/media/corp/wensley/The_Rifter_Guide_Solo_PvP.pdf">Wensley's Rifter Guide</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>From R1FTA;</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>You read Wensley's Rifter Guide and decided he is now your god and you want to be just like him.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Great minds think alike :] </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:17:47 ] Tox Uitra > just getting blown up, no blowing up sofar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:17:49 ] Darth Terona > Max Emelyanov next door in a kitey instalock curse. watch out </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:18:14 ] Tox Uitra > atron in small darth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:18:32 ] Sem Skord > rgr</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:20:49 ] Tox Uitra > Sem Skord hookbill in caldary small outpost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:20:55 ] Sem Skord > undocking</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:21:05 ] Tox Uitra > I cant enter, will grab rifter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:21:22 ] Sem Skord > aligned</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:21:26 ] Sem Skord > let me know when ur rdy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:21:32 ] Tox Uitra > even better, 1 month old toon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:21:35 ] Sem Skord > :D</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:21:49 ] Sem Skord > You want the honors then? since you found him</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:21:57 ] Sem Skord > dont think he'll put up a fight solo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:22:21 ] Tox Uitra > sure</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:22:37 ] Sem Skord > let us know how it goes :]</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I returned to my correspondence. I was keeping an eye on local, and saw it go plus one. <i>Well no shit! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:23:00 ] Tox Uitra > in warp, fool auto is rifter btw</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:23:19 ] Sem Skord > lol</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:23:32 ] Sem Skord > i was just writing him a message</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:23:41 ] Sem Skord > Fool Auto</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:23:43 ] Sem Skord > 1v1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:23:44 ] Sem Skord > Sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:23:56 ] Fool Auto > o7</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:24:06 ] Sem Skord > o/</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I warped to the sun and loaded Fusion bullets and Nova rockets, eager for what seemed to be a very promising duel. <i>Two Rifters, 1v1, at the sun. *excited girl scream*</i> 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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:24:18 ] Fool Auto > GL HF :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:24:23 ] Sem Skord > gl hf</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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. <i>Oh man. </i>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. <i>No plate, gyro. </i>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! <i>Stay on him! </i>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. <i>Yes! </i>My tank held steady at a quarter armor as I let loose one last barrage of bullets and rockets that turned his<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/55619229/"> Rifter into a glorious wreck.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:25:19 ] Sem Skord > gf</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:25:27 ] Fool Auto > GF</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:25:34 ] Fool Auto > nice tamk!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:25:38 ] Fool Auto > tnak*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I linked our club house so I can return his loot, to honor our Rifter fight and out of respect for a Rifter gearhead :]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:25:59 ] Sem Skord > The Rifter Gods are proud :]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:26:10 ] Fool Auto > Rifters for the Rifter God</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:26:15 ] Tox Uitra > Fool Auto ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:26:26 ] Sem Skord > Fool Auto</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:26:28 ] Fool Auto > cheers mae to the victor the spoils</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:30:45 ] Fool Auto > cheers man</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:30:50 ] Fool Auto > wanna blow me up again</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:30:51 ] Sem Skord > no prob man</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:31:01 ] Sem Skord > haha yea let me rep up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:31:08 ] Sem Skord > its the same fit as me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:31:12 ] Sem Skord > so it'll be good :]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:31:46 ] Fool Auto > nice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:31:52 ] Fool Auto > top belt for sexyness?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:32:02 ] Sem Skord > sure</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:32:07 ] Sem Skord > gl hf</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:32:08 ] Fool Auto > GL HF :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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. <i>Why is he still faster than me?? </i>I eyeballed his speed and saw he still had his afterburner overheated. <i>Doh! </i>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, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/55619282/">R1FTA Victor!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:33:22 ] Fool Auto > gf</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:33:32 ] Sem Skord > gf man</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:33:35 ] Fool Auto > fark baked my dinner twice :P</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:33:39 ] Fool Auto > need revenge lol</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:33:57 ] Sem Skord > how about we get that hookbill at the small?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:34:03 ] Fool Auto > kk</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:36:41 ] UltimateKen > 2v1 now?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:37:01 ] UltimateKen > when in doubt, call for backup... i understand.. lol</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:37:08 ] Sem Skord > ;]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now this is where Mr. Ken became a bit pompous. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 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</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:38:10 ] Tox Uitra > I never called, they are on their own</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:38:20 ] Sem Skord > Get off your high horse ken</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:38:34 ] Sem Skord > Tox didnt call for help, fought you twice alone.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:38:44 ] Fool Auto > UltimateKen, name like that you need fear nothing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 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</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:39:02 ] Sem Skord > Im not your brah friend</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:39:02 ] Fool Auto > hey I am handycapped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:39:18 ] Fool Auto > check your microagression brah</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:39:19 ] UltimateKen > and i'm not your friend brah.. lol</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:39:33 ] Sem Skord > then we're strangers o_O</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:39:56 ] Tox Uitra > stranger danger!!!!!! UltimateKen is a creep!!!! hide yo kids</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:39:59 ] UltimateKen > keep crying, my bucket isn't full yet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:10 ] UltimateKen > so salty in this system</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:18 ] Sem Skord > How do you feel?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:20 ] UltimateKen > i like it, i'm gonna stay here for a few days</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:22 ] Fool Auto > it goes with my chips</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:25 ] Fool Auto > got any vinegar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:30 ] Sem Skord > Got any cheddar to go with 'em?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:43 ] Fool Auto > fuck thats...thats just...wrong</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:41:18 ] Tox Uitra > but bbq sause and cheese is awesome on chips</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:42:11 ] Fool Auto > think I sicked up a little in my mouth</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Over at the pub we were having a laugh about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:21 ] Darth Terona > Epoara. its obviously an alt their dealing with. i was just pooring on the salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:36 ] Epoara > I know</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:42 ] Darth Terona > <3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:50 ] Epoara > heavy metagaming inc</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:51 ] Epoara > https://zkillboard.com/kill/55618694/</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:40:54 ] Epoara > Probably the fit</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:41:46 ] Sem Skord > well</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:41:49 ] Sem Skord > hes not gonna fight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:42:11 ] Sem Skord > i wonder if he'll do a 1v1 with me</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:42:18 ] Sem Skord > How's about a 1v1 Ken?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:42:29 ] Sem Skord > Me and you ... friend</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:42:38 ] Fool Auto > oh oh then me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:43:04 ] Darth Terona > UltimateKen id like a 1v1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:43:23 ] Darth Terona > our corp has to honor requested 1v1s</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:43:39 ] Sem Skord > Yup. Mandated by Miura Bull and the beloved Saint Wensley</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:43:43 ] Sem Skord > blessed be thy name</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:43:51 ] Tox Uitra > otherwise we get the boot</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:44:28 ] Darth Terona > you have to accept though</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:44:42 ] Fool Auto > The Original and First Rifter Drifter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 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</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:44:51 ] Sem Skord > ^</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Silence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:45:38 ] Sem Skord > well shit man</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:45:43 ] Sem Skord > dont wanna put you on the spot in the pub</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:45:53 ] Sem Skord > but i was in the middle of writing you a message when you showed up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:46:08 ] Sem Skord > was gonna see if a fellow Rifter lover like yourself would like to fly with us?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 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 :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 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</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:48:09 ] Fool Auto > if you set me as blue I would take it as a personal injury</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:48:19 ] Fool Auto > mutual orange it is then :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hey I tried! Not gonna push it, perhaps if he spends enough time flying with us, he'll <a href="http://i.imgur.com/8L9rntI.jpg">see the light</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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. <i>To hell with this! </i>I declared in the pub;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:57:24 ] Sem Skord > gonna probe him down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:57:34 ] Sem Skord > standby in Isho if you want to get in on it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:57:50 ] Tox Uitra > on my way back. Just needed to dispose of another cyno</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:58:02 ] Sem Skord > doing the Lord's work</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:58:10 ] Fool Auto > lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:58:11 ] Fool Auto > you guys</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 06:59:18 ] Sem Skord > Probing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As my probes went out and did their soothing sonar sound, Ken spoke up in local.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:04:02 ] Sem Skord > he keeps moving</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:04:05 ] Sem Skord > but i think i got him</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:04:28 ] Sem Skord > he doesnt know we're probing tho</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:04:30 ] Sem Skord > thats a plus</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:05:24 ] Sem Skord > Geez</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:06:02 ] Sem Skord > ok</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:06:06 ] Sem Skord > close</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:06:15 ] Sem Skord > 27%</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I found the red dot! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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 ... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:07:45 ] Sem Skord > fleet warping</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:07:56 ] Sem Skord > get em!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:08:18 ] Sem Skord > then warp to him</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ahhh! I warped to the station, hopped in my Rifter, undocked and warped to Ken's safe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:09:02 ] Sem Skord > alright</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:09:10 ] Sem Skord > then yall warp to me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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. <i>Oh yea! Almost forgot!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">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. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:09:42 ] Sem Skord > AHHHH</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Within moments the guys had lent their extra points and webs, trapping Mr. Ken to meet his doom. <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/55619468/">The Hookbill exploded</a> shortly afterwards. The shakes were still going through me as I readied a trembling hand on my overview to lock the capsule. <i>Scram! </i>I held point on Ken's pod, fired a volley, shut off the guns and held it so the guys could <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/55619476/">get their hits in.</a> Wooot!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We did it! Through some determination, smack talk, patience and probing, we got him!</span></div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:10:36 ] Fool Auto > i believe he is dead</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:10:37 ] Sem Skord > we fucking did it</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:10:45 ] Sem Skord > god dam my heart is beating</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:10:49 ] Sem Skord > Kill: UltimateKen (Caldari Navy Hookbill)</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:10:50 ] Fool Auto > nice work mate</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:10:50 ] Tox Uitra > WOOOOOOOOOOOOO \o/</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:10:52 ] Sem Skord > Epoara</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:10:54 ] Sem Skord > can you message him for us</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:11:03 ] Sem Skord > and tell him R1FTA sends its regards</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:11:06 ] Sem Skord > or something cool like that lol</div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[ 2016.08.18 07:13:09 ] Fool Auto > heheh didn't block me</span></div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:13:14 ] Sem Skord > lol</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:13:18 ] Sem Skord > Message him</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:13:26 ] Fool Auto > oh I did :)</div>
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Auto forwarded me the mail he sent Ken. The first two lines were ingame links to the killmails. Underneath that was a meme I <a href="http://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a5K13nG_460s_v1.jpg">asked him to include</a>, followed with a <a href="http://i.imgur.com/DPu5rP3.gif">GF link</a> from Auto. He closed the message with "<3 Fool Auto and the R1FTA crew."</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:23:14 ] Sem Skord > well gents</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:23:23 ] Sem Skord > gonna rack out for the night</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:23:27 ] Sem Skord > thanks for the fun :]</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:23:27 ] Fool Auto > nn mate</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:23:30 ] Fool Auto > thanks for the fun</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:23:34 ] Fool Auto > and the Rifters</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:23:35 ] Sem Skord > good meetin ya n flyin with ya Auto</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:23:48 ] Fool Auto > ditts</div>
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[ 2016.08.18 07:23:50 ] Sem Skord > later guys, happy hunting o7<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My time in Avenod was short lived. Although I enjoy the red, rusty glow of Minmatar space; my time there wasn't satisfying my thirst for good fights and explosions. I remained there for a week in hopes of finding them, but the action wasn't happening at the rate I liked. As I continued my scenic stroll through space, Black Jackets back at the club house in Isho were dropping killmails in corp chat like it was cool. <i>Alright. That's it. </i>I did one last roam around my constellation, docked up, prepared my body for the clone jump, said goodbye, and (a lot of commas there) off I went! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Isho was just how I remembered it when I arrived. Local's in system, a few of 'em flashy and gf's exchanged in local. Home! After I gathered myself, I checked my hangar to inspect what I still had laying around. <i>Rifters, my beautiful Rifters. Ah! A Wolf! </i>There was some other goodies, but I had enough ships to continue my quest of causing explosions. From mid June to early July I was roaming various regions; the Citadel, Black Rise, Essence, Placid, and Verge Vendor (those commas again). There were victories, defeats, and the addictive shakes. I remember what the original intent of this blog was, to share cool things that happened in my travels and fights with other players of New Eden (because my wife can only pretend to care so much, bless her heart). Well just recently, one such event occurred! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Earlier this week as I was returning to my home station to drop off loot after a roam, I saw just four other people in local. I checked d-scan as I warped and saw a Caracal, Hecate, and a Merlin on scan. D-scanned a bit more and they were at a large together. Since one other person was in the same station as me, I checked the remaining three and sure enough they were newbro's (about a month to two months old) in the same FW corp. I started entertaining the thought in my head of harassing them, disrupting their plex'n, perhaps split them somehow and maybe pick off the Merlin. The biggest ship I had in my hangar was a Thrasher, which was not suited to what I wanted to accomplish nor how I like to fly. My Wolf was there, ready to roll. I was wary about flying without a web, but in the search of good fights and explosions these risks must be taken! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I searched the local market for 280mm's and a long point so I can do this by kiting, but artillery always gives me stupid powergrid issues (grrr) so brawling Wolf was what I was gonna work with. I do not have footage to help me tell the story properly, but it was one of my proudest feats of solo pvp to date. It took a lot of warping in at distance to gain intel on how their ships were fitted and small skirmishes with Barrage loaded to see if they were long or short point. The Caracal was as expected; fit for kiting, the Hecate had an MWD with blasters and a short point, and the Merlin was also MWD with blasters & short point. More probing the lines and small engagements led to the culminating event of my Wolf gloriously <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/54985029/">exploding the Hecate</a> (scram kite ftw!) <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/54985033/">and the Merlin</a>! It was my tank that kept me in the fight when it all went down, but without the footage or any notes I can't give it the proper justice. What impressed me more was that the newbro's stuck together very well and remained to fight! That was their plex and they weren't gonna give it up without a fight! EVE needs more newbro's with that mentality, who aren't scared to fight in Factional Warfare. Bravo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was still giddy about the previous day when I logged in. I did my usual inspection of my Rifter. <i>Ammo. </i>Check. <i>Repaired. </i>Check. <i>Any loot or corpses out of the cargo bay. </i>Check. All set! As I undocked I saw the hardy group from last night online plus one more Caracal. I stopped my ship and went back and forth on whether I can pull off the same feat but in a Rifter. A few seconds later I decided <i>Why not? </i>Just space pixels! I hit warp and began my pre-battle checks. But something was amiss. The UI wasn't responding quick enough, and the camera wasn't centering on whatever I clicked on. <span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">No. </span>I clicked like a madman all over hoping it was just a momentary freeze or something. Then ... it popped up. <i>Socket Closed. Eve is kill. </i>Well that was anti climatic. A few agonizing minutes later, my internet was backup and I logged in to see I had <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/54998757/">not only lost my ship </a>(as I expected) but <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/54998759/">I had been podded as well.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was butthurt. Yes, shit happens. D/C's happen. But I was upset that I didn't have the opportunity to properly defend myself or give an actual good fight. Ah well! I sat in Yvangier displeased with what happened. The pilots who had exacted their revenge were pleased; they had sent me a message saying gf and stuff, nothing negative. But in the spirit of New Eden, I must avenge my own loss; for my e-honor!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You know those moments where a number of thoughts and memories come together in what seems like an instant, and the result is a plan of clarity and purpose? Well I had one of those. Many months ago a fellow Black Jacket, Sam Sobati, gave me a fit for a Rupture. It was dual webbed and brick tanked fit, mainly for anti-frigate stuff for the lulz. I never brought that fit to life, but I kept it because you never know what the future will bring. The future had presented me with an opportunity to use Sam's Rupture fit to dish out some R1FTA vengeance.<a href="http://i.imgur.com/8L9rntI.jpg"> Wensley wills it!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Off the top of my head, the mission involved two phases. First would be to actually buy everything I need for the fit and get it to Isho, which would require me to use my hauler shopping dude. The second one would be the easiest, put everything together, fly into the middle of the FW pilots, and fire away! I hopped into a Rifter to get myself across Black Rise and to The Citadel so I can be ready to roll when the Rupture arrived. I sent the fit to my hauler, switched over to him and like a tortoise burned towards Jita in my indy. The entire trip to and from, I was anxious. <i>Will they be there? Are they still there!? Will they even stay to fight if I land on them with a Rupture? </i>I docked in the club house, contracted all the stuff to Sem, switched over to him and began to fit everything up. A wrench was thrown into the gears that brought my plans of revenge to a grinding halt. The original fit was made before the whole module tiercide, and there were powergrid issues as a result.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The plan was simple. Get in the middle of all of them, point and web the closest ship, and unleash hell. The Hecate, Caracal, and Kestrel were all at the Novice. That's where they were when I D/C'd midwarp, perhaps they were protecting the Kestrel? That's some love right there. The Hecate would be the first to go since it wouldn't stand up to the fury of Dual 180mm's and Warrior drones (Trust in the Rust!). After the Hecate I would focus the drones on the Kestrel while the guns go to town on the Caracal (point would go to the Caracal of course). Republic Fleet Fusion was loaded into the guns as I practiced deep breaths, reminding myself to not forget the drones and manage overheat. Perhaps because this was my first time flying a Cruiser into a 3v1, that the shakes and adrenaline was running through me. This is why I love solo pvp. I flicked on the switches to have my guns and modules overheated, ready to roll. I repeated instructions to myself untiI I exited warp and saw the Hecate and Caracal outside the gate. The Kestrel must be inside plex'n. The ships were right on the gate. I began to lock up the Hecate, sticking to my plan. As soon as I locked him, a thunderous boom from my 180mm's calmed my nerves a bit. The Hecate was scrammed, webbed and his shields were already gone. I hit orbit to keep him close as a volley from the Hecate's blasters reminded me to neut him. I shutoff the overheat on my modules (except the weapons) as my guns were tearing the destroyer apart, the larger size projectiles putting beautiful holes into its armor. At this point I was long & short pointed and webbed. I remembered my Warrior drones, and they screamed towards the Hecate to do their work. A combined volley of blaster and missile fire put me in low shields, signaling me to hit my SAAR. The gun fight was on as the sounds of battle were echoing outside the acceleration gate. Autocannons, blasters, missiles and drones were once again conducting a symphony of burnt metal and destruction. The Hecate was struggling to repair the damage it was sustaining as my tank was holding up very well. I was missing a few volley's, but the hits that were landing were putting the Hecate deeper into hull. I checked d-scan and the Kestrel was no longer on short. Although the ship was bigger, slower but more powerful and tankier, the essence of it was the same. I was still missing, and that's where I remembered I was flying with bigger guns against a smaller target. The fact that I was orbiting so close was working against the tracking of my guns. I checked the optimal of guns and orbited at the appropriate distance. There was nothing left to do but sit back and watch. The Hecate coughed up one last rep that put it into low armor as its structure was slivers from exploding. My neocom pinged as the <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/54999373/">Hecate exploded in a brilliant flash </a>as the Kestrel landed. The adrenaline and shakes were still flowing through me, and the Caracal was still on grid. Sticking to the plan, I pointed and webbed the Caracal as I switched ammo to EMP. I set the drones on the Caracal (modified plan) and noticed that only two of my original five drones were alive. Either the Caracal or Hecate focused on my drones, which explained why I began to tank comfortably at one point in the fight. I had one drone left in the bay, so I let it fly like a peacock to join its brethren in space battle. All my guns were set on the cruiser as I activated the neut. The 180mm's let out another roar as they fired away and tore through the target's shields. I was no longer taking any damage, so I shutoff my SAAR to save some cap life. A few volleys shredded through its armor and began to chew up the structure of the Caracal. Moments later, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/54999380/">another glorious explosion.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My hand was trembling as I navigated my Rupture to the wrecks to scoop up the loot and call my battle hardened drones back to base. Oh man! What a rush! The time from when I got exploded and podded, me scrambling throughout space to fit up this Rupture, and finally exploding two out of my three intended targets, had took about an hour n a half! I went over the entire chain of events. I could've logged off and nursed my butthurtness and done something else after I D/C'd and got podded, but instead I decided to get my revenge and the result of it was explosions and gf's :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a long while (about 3 weeks according to zkillboards!) with short sporadic sessions, I was finally able to go out on a proper roam! I hopped in my Rifter, cracked open a beer, and undocked into the cool, loving embrace of Mother Adirain. I admired the stars and reminisced about all the mining barges, the mission runners we probed down, ratters, miners and anyone else we've shot it out with in the past. Seasons change, the herd moves elsewhere, and we roam where the game is ripe :] </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I set my destination to a trip down memory lane, through the Jove pipe. At the end of the route I'd resupply at my outpost and make my way to Avenod. With my long absence from the game, returning to where I first stumbled around forgetting to turn the safety off (for three days!) would be a good way to shake off the rust (no pun intended). The roam through the Jov pipe was uneventful. Disturbed a farmer, was even able to get a lock and take down his shields but the stabbed fellow took off, leaving me and my auto cannons alone and sad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I arrived at my outpost to resupply, repair and get another beer. My Rifter was stocked, patched up and ready to roll! I went through Old Man Star through Ladister and into Aeschee. I entered Onne and set my destination to Avenod and burned through the highway. The patch of low sec connecting Peccanouette and The Bleak Lands is non Faction Warfare space. Perhaps because I travel that highway late at night, but the systems along the route are not very populated. I imagine it'd be a nice retirement spot or somewhere to PvE in peace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I arrived at the border of Amarr space. The golden red glow shined bright on the hull of my Rifter as I plotted my old roaming route into the computer and set off in search of fights. I wasn't expecting to find much since it was late, but it was worth a shot. Halfway through the roam, I plotted an additional few systems in order to visit Heimatar as well. <i>Vard, Lantorn, Dal, Amamake. </i>Good times! The cluster of systems in Devoid yeilded nothing. I passed through the Myridian Strip and entered the Rusty Red space of Heimatar. I raised my glass and drank one for the home worlds. I passed through each system in the constellation, searching for something to shoot. Over an hour of roaming with 15+ systems and nothing! My autocannons began talking to me, the rocket launchers egging them on. <i>C'mon Sem. You've neglected us. Let us out, we're dying here! </i>I entered Lantorn continuing the back and forth with my zealous companions, when I saw a Comet at a novice. <i>Him! Please! </i>Fine! I warped towards the plex going through my pre- battle check list. <i>Proper ammo loaded. </i>Check. <i>Everything overheated. </i>Check. <i>Last minute stretches.</i> Check. Woo! Let's do this! My guns were screaming with glee as I took the acceleration gate. My course of action with these stronk Comets was to orbit at 5,000 meters to stay out of blaster range. It's easier to get in range under rails, then out of range with blasters is my motto. Bullets and rockets screamed from their bays as they hit the Comet's hull. It's shields were falling fast but the drones strafing runs already punched through my shields. I activated my repper and set in my orbit but was rocked by a couple solid hits. <i>Rails. </i>I overheated my afterburner and spammed approach in a late attempt to close range. My repper was struggling to keep my Rifter together between deep and 1/4 armor, but the Comet was feeling the eagerness of my autocannons and rockets. The Comet must of noticed my maneuver because his speed increased significantly. I was locked in to the death, no way out! I overheated everything and fired away, my guns had one final thing to say. <i><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/53468559/">Thank you Sem. </a></i></span><br />
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I docked up and took a look at my lonely hangar. Nothing but three Rifters and assortment of frigs moved by some contracted space truckers. Time to settle in and visit the Neighborhood soon :]<br />
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The system of Notoras in Black Rise is a nice little, out of the way system I dock up in every now and then. When I roam and don't want to head back to Isho, I'll call it a night there so when I undock I'm already behind enemy lines *cue in James Bond theme*. I see a fellow Black Jacket xxMACKxx in corp chat and we start chatting it up. As I undock a cyno is waiting for me *smile*. Off to a good start! I align to a celestial, lock up the Reaper and <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51499321/">explode the cyno</a>. I continue on my roam of Black Rise, stopping along each system on my route to scan around and look for targets. A few systems and no targets so I begin to roam towards Isho, stopping by the Asakai constellation first. Mack is having more luck finding fights as he shares a couple killmails with me. I enter Okkamon and continue to search. About twenty minutes in and no luck. I turn my Rifter towards Isho with the intent of hopping into my Astero and trying my luck with wormholes again. Mack dropped another fight in chat and I looked to see that he had fought the same Rifter twice, and was defeated. <i>The fights happened in Isho! </i>A Rifter pilot in Isho killing Black Jackets! I must fight him! I skip scanning the systems in the Isho pipe and burn as fast as I can over there. I was excited at the possibility of fighting a Rifter mano a mano! I entered Isho and as usual it was active and populated. I checked out local and saw the Rifter pilot was still here *fist pump* As soon as I enter system I see this:<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 18:23:15 ] Lost touch > you good for ISK?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:23:21 ] xxMACKxx > totally<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:23:40 ] Lost touch > hehe T1 frig pew is cool coz you die its like 8m<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 18:23:52 ] Sem Skord > Lost touch 1v1 nov?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:23:55 ] xxMACKxx > yeah every now and then I sell a plex and I'm good for months<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:24:04 ] Lost touch > man let me rep<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:24:08 ] Sem Skord > kk<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:24:51 ] Lost touch > T1 frig?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:24:59 ] Lost touch > or dragoon?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:25:04 ] Sem Skord > t1<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:25:11 ] Sem Skord > your Rifter and my Rifter are gonna dance :]<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:25:28 ] Lost touch > hehe sounds like a party i wanna be a part of :p<br />
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Awesome! I warped to my home station and saw a flashy Thorax on the undock. I ignored it as I made last minute repairs and resupplies to my Rifter. After everything checked out I undocked and warped to the novice for our 1v1. But my opponent, Lost touch saw the Thorax and had other plans.<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 18:27:14 ] Lost touch > Thorax on gate<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:27:16 ] Lost touch > novice<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:27:20 ] Lost touch > team?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:27:21 ] xxMACKxx > awesome<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:27:23 ] Sem Skord > sure<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:27:23 ] xxMACKxx > let's do it<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:27:35 ] Sem Skord > iw<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:27:48 ] xxMACKxx > undocking<br />
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For some strange reason I wasn't worried about this guy setting us up or backstabbing us during the fight. I think the fact that he fought Mack 1v1 and he was in a Rifter was the cause. Three frig pilots uniting to take down a nice big Thorax is always special though!<br />
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After a bit of warping back and forth between plex's trying to land on top of the Thorax (he was really fast for my AB brawling Rifter), I land 40km away from him as Lost and Mack are closer at 25-30km and burning. Mack brought his Crucifier to the fight and was able to land his long point on him but the Thorax was still faster than our frigs. I warped off to try warping back at a distance to get closer as Lost and Mack stayed on grid with the Thorax.<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 18:29:10 ] xxMACKxx > point<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:29:14 ] Sem Skord > iw<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:29:18 ] Lost touch > omw<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:29:35 ] Sem Skord > burning<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:29:50 ] Sem Skord > too fast<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:29:54 ] xxMACKxx > he's too fast<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:30:35 ] Lost touch > scrammed<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:30:36 ] Sem Skord > burning<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:30:49 ] Lost touch > drones<br />
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Yes! I landed on grid and was again 40km away but the Thorax had lost its speed advantage. The sights and sounds of battle were echoing as my Rifter made its way towards the fight. The sounds got louder and louder. The drones were out and were swarming the Rifter. I landed my point on the Thorax to hold him down in case Lost had to warp off and began going to work webbin' and shooting the drones. Mack's Crucifier had gone down during my trek to get to the fight but his sacrifice wasn't in vain as it allowed Lost to land a scram and hold down the cruiser. The system was still bustling with activity our Rifters shot down the wave of drones and turned our guns onto the Thorax. Our auto cannons and rockets were blasting through his shield and putting nice smoldering holes into his armor. A Firetail had landed but he took the gate immediately, probably unsure of what to make of the situation. Soon after a Punisher landed and was burning towards us.<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 18:31:25 ] Lost touch > kill kill<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:31:35 ] Lost touch > punnisher is friendly<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:31:39 ] Sem Skord > rgr<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:31:50 ] Sem Skord > dragoon after?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:31:50 ] Lost touch > is draggon is friendly?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:31:52 ] Sem Skord > no<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:31:54 ] Sem Skord > i dont know him<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:32:02 ] Lost touch > let us know if aggro<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 18:35:12 ] Sem Skord > well that was a turn of events<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:35:17 ] Sem Skord > good shit :]<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:35:27 ] Lost touch > hehe<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:35:28 ] Lost touch > was fun<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:36:00 ] Sem Skord > mack i grabbed ur loot from ur wreck<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:36:02 ] Sem Skord > show me the km plz<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:36:05 ] xxMACKxx > ahah thanks<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:36:13 ] xxMACKxx > Kill: xxMACKxx (Crucifier)<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:36:23 ] xxMACKxx > i'm pretty rusty<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:37:05 ] Lost touch > hehe that was hectic<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:37:18 ] Lost touch > oldschool ships tho :)<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 18:41:06 ] Lost touch > wanna fleet and safe<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:41:11 ] Lost touch > coz some ships on scan<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:41:37 ] Sem Skord > 100km off planet x?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:41:42 ] Lost touch > okies<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:41:53 ] Sem Skord > iw<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:41:54 ] Sem Skord > gl<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:41:57 ] Lost touch > need a sec<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:42:00 ] Sem Skord > np<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:42:01 ] Lost touch > repper loading<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:42:09 ] Lost touch > i derped and misclicked haha<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:42:21 ] Sem Skord > haha no worries<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:42:54 ] Lost touch > ok r<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:42:59 ] Lost touch > Gl Hf mate<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:43:05 ] Sem Skord > ditto<br />
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We moved towards each other from 100km out. He approached me at a side spiral as I went the climb altitude then dive bomb method. I eye balled his guns and he had auto cannons. At 50km we activated our afterburners and closed the distance. At around 15km he locked me up and began landing solid blows to my shields. I was still closing the distance and by the time I got to 10km I was already in low shields. I fired my guns and rockets and activated my repper. For a few seconds we exchanged gun fire and rockets, but I couldn't get closer than 5 or 6,000 meters. I checked his speed and sure enough he was faster than me. That meant he must of had falloff rigs with no plate and a gyro because my repper was getting overwhelmed with the incoming volleys. I managed to get him into deep armor and punch through his hull a bit but the speed gap between our Rifters was <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51500061/">the deciding factor</a>. Gf!<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 18:44:57 ] Lost touch > gf<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:44:58 ] Sem Skord > gf<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:45:07 ] Sem Skord > scram fit? no plate?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:45:18 ] Lost touch > yup<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:45:24 ] Lost touch > want fit?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:45:32 ] Sem Skord > sure<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:45:36 ] Sem Skord > 1 more?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:45:44 ] Lost touch > Bleh?!<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:46:34 ] Lost touch > yea can do mate<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:47:32 ] Lost touch > Should have gave you my fit after the 1v1 hehe<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:47:52 ] Sem Skord > lol no worries, i got no mods to counter it :]<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:47:54 ] Sem Skord > same place?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:47:58 ] Lost touch > okies<br />
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As I was hopping into another Rifter, Mack informed us of some more possible action.<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 18:48:28 ] xxMACKxx > couple incursus out there<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:48:36 ] Sem Skord > got 'em at plex's?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:48:46 ] Lost touch > what plex?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:48:49 ] xxMACKxx > they're gone<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:48:56 ] Lost touch > :(<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:49:06 ] xxMACKxx > rax at medium<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:49:12 ] Sem Skord > lets do it<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:49:13 ] Lost touch > team?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:49:16 ] Lost touch > ok<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:49:16 ] xxMACKxx > nm he's warping around<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:49:18 ] Sem Skord > ah<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:49:22 ] Lost touch > go together<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:49:43 ] Lost touch > fleet me<br />
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After some scanning and chasing around, the Thorax was no where to be seen as well as the two Incursus's. Once again Lost and I returned to our previous arrangement.<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 18:50:22 ] xxMACKxx > yeah<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:50:25 ] xxMACKxx > system's clear now =/<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:50:38 ] Lost touch > ok 1v1 P x at 100?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:50:44 ] Sem Skord > lets do it<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:50:51 ] Lost touch > rgr<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:50:55 ] Sem Skord > gl!<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:50:59 ] Lost touch > go on landing<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:51:11 ] Lost touch > gl fh<br />
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I was flying the exact same fit as before except I had Barrage loaded in an attempt to counter his speed. Midwarp I switched to regular close range ammo (Fusion) since we both warped from the same spot at the same time. I exited grid followed moments later by Lost exiting warp as well. He was right on top of me. Immediately we lock one another up and let loose the bullets and rockets. I kept my AB overheated to stay close as long as I could to dish out as much damage as I could. His shields fell first as his armor began to take heavy damage. My Rifter wasn't far behind him but I activated my reps at mid shield to time the incoming damage to my armor. A few more volleys blasted through his reps sending him into hull! I was holding steadily at half armor with some gun fire sending me a bit over; but my reps would patch the damage up and hold. The first few seconds allowed my Rifter to gain the upperhand early in the fight, but he was beginning to out pace my frig and gain range on me. The Gyro was kicking in as my tank began to cough up reps in a feeble attempt to repair the heavy damage. Quickly the fight became reminiscent of our previous 1v1 as I struggled to stay on him. He entered half structure as my last nanite rep kept me in deep armor. Soon both our Rifters were smoking and aflame but intact and firing away! It was glorious! A hard volley sent me into structure as he crept into low structure, it was getting close! He reached 4,000 meters and I thought it was done. There was an explosion as my neocomm pinged, with the <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51500189/">wreck of my opponent</a> in front of me!<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 18:51:53 ] Sem Skord > gf<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:51:54 ] Lost touch > gf<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:52:09 ] Sem Skord > Ishomilken IX - Moon 4 - Corporate Police Force Assembly Plant for loot<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:52:18 ] Lost touch > am good mate keep it<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:52:26 ] Lost touch > spoils of war :P<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:53:42 ] Lost touch > Well guys the fights were super fun so thanks alot<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:53:48 ] Lost touch > i need a shower and food tho<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:53:59 ] Sem Skord > yea man gf's and good killin stuff with ya<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:53:59 ] xxMACKxx > sure thing<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:54:08 ] Sem Skord > you gonna operate around here?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:54:25 ] Lost touch > yea mate just remade fla5hy and isho top station<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:54:37 ] Sem Skord > awesome :]<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:54:49 ] Sem Skord > we dont have blues, but we can set you to the orange setting<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:54:57 ] Sem Skord > means ur honorable and give gf's<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:55:03 ] Lost touch > you guys need a hand takeing something down or a few 1v1's just holla at me or any of my guys<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:55:13 ] Lost touch > hehe sounds ood<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:55:15 ] Lost touch > good*<br />
[ 2016.01.20 18:55:18 ] Sem Skord > will do, same for you n ur guys<br />
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Gf! My stomach was rumbling as I hadn't had breakfast yet, so I docked up and was about to log when Mack again informed me of a possible target.<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 19:00:12 ] xxMACKxx > sem<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:00:14 ] xxMACKxx > caracal?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:00:41 ] Sem Skord > where<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:00:47 ] xxMACKxx > novice entrance<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:00:52 ] Sem Skord > lets do it<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:00:58 ] xxMACKxx > sec<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:01:04 ] xxMACKxx > looks like a blob<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:01:08 ] xxMACKxx > tons of crap<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:01:17 ] Sem Skord > lets hit the nov<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:01:19 ] Sem Skord > see if anyone enters<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:01:26 ] Sem Skord > the other nov<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:01:27 ] Sem Skord > compound<br />
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The Caracal had left by now, but the two Incursus frigs from earlier were in system. D-scan showed them at one of the two novices, so I waited at a safe for Mack so we could hit the other nov at the same time and duke it out with the frigs. A couple minutes went by and Mack informed me he was ready.<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 19:01:58 ] xxMACKxx > hmm kk<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:02:28 ] xxMACKxx > undocking<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:02:40 ] Sem Skord > rdy?<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:02:45 ] xxMACKxx > yeah<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:02:51 ] Sem Skord > iw<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:02:52 ] xxMACKxx > iw<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:02:59 ] xxMACKxx > tristan now<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:03:01 ] xxMACKxx > gonna be fun<br />
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Tristan? I didn't see anything but the two Gallente frigs at the nov but maybe my d-scan was acting up or something. I landed on the acceleration gate and Mack wasn't on grid with me nor on short. Only one Incursus was left inside the plex. I scanned the other one and it was a party. Condor, Incursus's, and a Tristan. That's when I realized Mack had probably warped to <i>THAT </i>nov!<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 19:03:14 ] Sem Skord > taking gate<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:03:18 ] Sem Skord > bro!<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:03:20 ] Sem Skord > the other nov!<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:03:29 ] xxMACKxx > fuck dude i'm warping into this thing<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:03:37 ] Sem Skord > lol take the gate<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:03:39 ] Sem Skord > omw<br />
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I chuckled and smiled to myself as I warped to the nov where the party was it. I mashed d-scan expecting to see his capsule but the Tristan, Condor and both Incursus's were still on scan along with Mack's Rifter. <i>Don't die Mack don't die! </i>I landed on the gate and activated it. Everyone was still alive, even Mack. My auto cannons were spinning with eagerness and my Nova rockets were ready to fly and deliver their deadly payload. What better way to end the session by going out in a blaze of glory with a fellow Black Jacket!<br />
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I enter the plex and the sounds and sights of battle greet me. I saw a capsule and figured it was the Tristan. The two Incursus pilots were flashy, the Condor was flying around and Mack was in the middle of it all, alone and unafraid firing at one of the Gallente frigs. I locked up the frig he was firing on and let my guns and rockets loose. I landed my point and web and began to orbit outside his blasters. The frig was already in half armor as Mack and I shredded through his armor and blasted away his hull. I locked up the other Incursus and Condor as the frigate began repping. The Condor had pulled range to 20km plus but was still on grid. Incursus #1 (our victim) was in deep hull but stubbornly refusing to explode. He was within a sliver of hull left when he repped once more but our guns quickly overwhelmed his reps and <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51500428/">exploded the Incursus</a>. Wooo! The fight wasn't over yet! I turned my fire to the remaining Incursus. My auto cannons and rockets were firing away as I set into my orbit. This Incurus seemed to crumble as his shields melted, his armor fell apart, and his structure <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51500435/">simply disintegrated.</a> Two down, one to go! The Condor was at 18km as I turned my Rifter in its direction. Suddenly it was approaching us at a fast speed, within seconds he was in scram range as I landed my point and web and fired away with my Fusion ammo and Nova rockets. Mack had closed range and began to tear apart the Condor's shields as I shut off my auto cannons to load EMP. I took the time to check short scan as my guns loaded and it was just us three on short. The Condor's shield were about to fall as my guns were ready to roll with EMP ammo. I fired away and we punched through his shields, blasting apart a nice chunk of armor. A Hookbill was on short but the Condor was close to exploding. A few more volleys ripped through the rest of its armor and moments later destroyed his hull as the Condor <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51500458/">joined the wrecks</a> inside the plex.<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 19:06:21 ] xxMACKxx > lol<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:06:22 ] Sem Skord > lol loot up<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:06:56 ] xxMACKxx > gotta dock<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:06:59 ] Sem Skord > rgr<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:07:11 ] Sem Skord > im looting<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:07:13 ] Sem Skord > short is clear<br />
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The spoils of war were ours! R1FTA was the victor in this frigate brawl! I was still laughing at the fact that Mack was in there by himself for a good little bit. I imagined him just firing his guns at everything and I laughed again. Man that was intense and badass!<br />
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[ 2016.01.20 19:08:04 ] Sem Skord > lol i warp in and ur just alone n unafraid in this frigate brawl<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:08:08 ] Sem Skord > that was fucking awesome<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:08:13 ] xxMACKxx > it was pretty rad =D<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:08:17 ] xxMACKxx > i should have been recording<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:08:17 ] Sem Skord > hahaha oh man<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:08:21 ] xxMACKxx > this place is becoming a hotspot<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:08:26 ] Sem Skord > aye<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:08:55 ] Sem Skord > alright man i gotta go<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:08:58 ] Sem Skord > get my kids ready for school<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:09:06 ] Sem Skord > good luck! o7<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:09:07 ] xxMACKxx > haha sure man have a great day dude<br />
[ 2016.01.20 19:09:09 ] Sem Skord > you too bro<br />
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Finally got the video to work! It has the Vagabond fight I mentioned before along with the Stay Frosty fight (the fight was longer than the video, I just didn't hit record until the end). I also included the footage from our frigate brawl. Hope you enjoy!<br />
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<br />Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-37997278629176933102016-01-19T16:56:00.002-08:002016-01-19T16:56:38.795-08:00Out of My FunkFirst off the video I mentioned before is running into technical difficulties. I'm having trouble rendering the final product into high quality when I upload it to YouTube and I've been working on it all morning and afternoon. Uploading, deleting and re uploading again. I'm not gonna give up! The vid is missing our seven man frig gang battling a gang of battle Ventures (10+) because the firefight was intense and I didn't hit the record button to capture the action. The vid highlights a very tough fight against a Vagabond and an honorable Stay Frosty Rupture who met our gang at the sun in his Rupture to whoop it on. Full after <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwAPWTZv4Io_OGRSSGh2aWFwZ1U/view">action report is here</a> for this who are curious! (Report courtesy of Amand Caldurik!)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the past three/four days I've been on a dry spell of sorts. I attribute this to playing other games and putting EVE on the back burner for a bit. Scraping by on cyno's and the random farmer, and racking up a few Rifter explosions along the way as well. Determined to break out of this bad mojo, I grabbed a Rockstar (Lime green flavor), sat down, cracked it open, booted up EVE and got in the zone! My buddy Sam Saboti was online spreading the love along with one of our Prospects Ziro Santos. Whenever Sam and I are online we always pair up and roam space together looking for fights, and rarely do our roams disappoint. Ziro accepted our invite to fly with us and get some pew pew. It was a good roam, snagged a Venture and a couple faction frigs and a pod or two. I logged off wanting more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Later on in the day (about 11pm ish ) I logged in to the ambiance of the station. I had docked up in Melmaniel and I was still carrying the loot from the earlier roam with Sam and Ziro. I reloaded my guns and rockets, put some last minute touches on my Rifter (<i>some duct tape here, a little bit there</i>), undocked and set off for my nearest outpost to drop off the loot. Hopefully on the way I find something to shoot! The flight there was uneventful as I arrived at my outpost and restocked on the essentials. With a fully loaded, ready for anything Rifter, I undocked once more and set off towards Black Rise. I would enter Black Rise through Abune from Heydieles (it was late and not the weekend, which reduced the risk of a gate camp greatly). From there I'd do a half circle through Pynekastoh/Rakapas/Reitsato/Okkamon, hit the Asakai cluster of systems, then victory lap it to Isho.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't remember exactly which system, but somewhere in that constellation I saw a Hookbill on scan at a novice. <i>Why not? </i>I loaded EMP and Mjolnir rockets and warped to the plex pumping myself up. <i>Just overheat the afterburner and stay on him. </i>Pretty straight forward plan I had! I entered the plex and the Hookbill was right on the beacon waiting for me. We locked each other up as bullets and rockets flew furiously from both sides. My systems showed a TD being used on me but I ignored it as we continued to shoot each other. The Hookbill began to pull range as it's dual webs were dictating range, all I could do was keep the afterburner overheated and fire away. His shields gave way in the first couple exchanges of gunfire. When my guns broke through and he hadn't repped that's when the thought that he may be armor tanked entered my mine. A chunk of armor was repaired to confirm my suspicions. My own tank was repping incoming damage from half armor as I immediately shut off my weapons to reload to Fusion. Precious seconds ticked away and I was getting pummeled waiting for the guns to be loaded. The Hookbill was about 4,000 - 5,000 meters away as I returned fire and filled his ship with holes putting him in half armor as well. The Hookbill was just stronger than my Rifter as I pumped out my last two nanite reps and began to evade. The ammo switch was working as my Rifter slowly pulled range to escape the Hookbill's scram, but I was in deep hull as Aura assured my narrow escape. Gf gf!! I found a station to dock up and repair the damage and went over the fight in my head. I think if I had Fusion ammo from the get go I would've got him, but how was I suppose to know he was armor tanked! Ah well! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I continued my roam of the Asakai cluster but nothing was there to shoot. I was clinging to my fading hopes that I would find something to shoot on the pipe to Isho. It's funny how you'll roam 20+ jumps away from home, and end up finding a fight either 1 system over or your home system! Lo and behold, as I landed on the gate to the system before Isho, Uuna, the Hookbill I had fought earlier was there as well. We both jumped into Uuna and held cloak. I opened up a novice and watched the Hookbill de cloak as I warped off. This time I was ready! I loaded Fusion and Nova rockets, took the gate and waited right on the beacon. Everything was overheated as seconds ticked by, the shakes already setting in. <i>Unless he switched to shield tank between our first fight and now, I got him. </i>The Caldari frig was on short. I steadied my nerves and waited. The Hookbill entered the plex and I immediately burned to him and spammed target lock. My scram, web, guns and rockets activated simultaneously as I kept my afterburner overheated to keep up with him. His shields fell quickly again as my auto cannons and rockets began blasting through his armor. My shields were about to give so I activated my repper and continued the assault. The Fusion and Nova rockets were overwhelming his repper as he danced between low and half armor! My repper was tanking the incoming damage ok but I had an early lead on him. A volley punched through his armor and damaged his hull. The Hookbill was trying to evade now as I overheated my scram to hold point for as long as I could. He drifted out to 7,500 meters and it was looking like he might escape! I couldn't do anything but stay on with my current tactic. The Hookbill coughed out its <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51475646/">last reps as it exploded!</a> Gf! Man! I was stoked! At last I had killed something other than cyno's! I looted 'n scooted and warped to safe so I could shake off the shakes. I jumped into Isho and docked up my battle scarred Rifter, adrenaline still running through me. I just roamed about 15+ jumps from Placid, Verge Vendor and Black Rise to find this fight. I wasn't finished! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Instead of re-roaming the same route in hopes of finding something, I decided to grab my Astero to probe down wormholes in hopes of finding one last thing to fight. I admired the ship for a bit (looks so cool!), ensured I had enough probes along with a mobile depot and my pvp mods (for those explorers I might find!) and undocked. There was only one signature in Isho, so I probed it down and to my pleasant surprise it was a wormhole to another part of low sec! I bookmarked it and jumped through and ended up in the Gallente border zone. There were four sigs in system. I launched my probes and began to scan 'em down. One was a combat site (unrated), another was a wormhole that led to J-Space, and the last was another wormhole that led to another part of low sec! I jumped through the low sec wormhole and was in Minmatar space. I checked my assets because the name of the system was familiar, and <i>again </i>to my delight I was four jumps from our old club house, Gultratren! After a short trip I docked up in Gultratren and grabbed a Rifter, checked to make sure it was ready to go, and undocked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Something about the warm, rusty red glow of Matar space feels very homey to me. Maybe because I'm a Brutor? I jumped into Arnstur which was empty, and jumped into Brin. I saw one person in system but nothing on scan, so I warped to Helga. There was a few people in system, but all I saw on d-scan was a Comet. I held cloak as it landed on the gate with me. Feeling confident from my last victory against a faction frig, I zoomed in on the Comet to eye ball its guns. Before it jumped into Brin I was able to make out rail guns on the bad boy. <i>Burn back! </i>I decloaked and burned back towards the gate. If I caught up to him, my plan would be to keep my afterburner overheated and hold a close orbit to counter the rails tracking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I entered system and he was there along with the lone pilot from Helga, but the plex's were well outside scan range. I opened a novice and that's when a Comet and a Kestrel showed up on scan. One was at a small, the other at none of the plex's. I warped to the Kestrel's plex, loaded my shield ammo and entered it. The Kestrel was 15km from the warp in but warped off before I could point it. I checked scan and the Comet was at the novice I opened. <i>Let's dance. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I warped towards the plex, Fusion and Nova rockets ready, my heart beat increased. The shakes were returning! The Kestrel pilot was still in system, but nothing was on short as I took the acceleration gate and landed right on top of the Comet. We locked each other up and furiously exchanged volleys of gunfire. I was successfully closing range as I eyeballed the speed of our two frigs and I was significantly faster than his Comet. I kept my afterburner overheated anyway and continued the assault. My shields had fallen but he was already into armor, his repper struggling to patch up his ship and keep him in the fight. The drones were the only thing hitting my ship (pretty hard too) but the rails were effectively out of the fight as I stayed right on top of him sending bullets raining and rockets flying towards his ship. I was halfway through my reps as he entered deep armor. I checked short scan and saw a Kestrel on d-scan. <i>You little bastard. </i>I stayed on the Comet hoping to finish him off before the Kestrel joined the fight, but it was putting up a stubborn defense. The Kestrel locked me up and landed his webs, which allowed the Comet to pull range and land solid hits with his rails. I began to zig zag towards the Comet with my afterburner a couple cycles from burning out. My tank was holding steady a bit past half armor but I wasn't in deep trouble yet. A final barrage of gunfire and rockets <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51475959/">exploded the Comet</a>, allowing me to focus everything I had left into the little Kestrel. I had about 1/4 of my armor left, with a couple nanite reps left (still cycling to tank the Kestrels rockets), my afterburner about to burn out, and my guns with half heat damage. Immediately I shut off my weapons and loaded EMP and Mjolnir rockets. The ten seconds of doom seemed like ten minutes as the Kestrel was landing free shots on my Rifter. As I choked out my last rep and began the empty rep cycle's, my guns were ready to fire! I burned towards the Kestrel to get a comfy orbit and throw it down in a good 'ol fashion brawl. Steadily his buffer shields were falling, but my repper drained my cap as it began the 60 second reload of death with a bit of armor left. A volley of rockets put me in hull as I could do nothing but shoot back. Our frigs were orbiting each other firing away as my hull was slowly but surely giving way to his rockets. I had 3/4's left with nothing but my DC keeping me in the fight. Finally I punched through his shields and began tearing huge chunks of his armor away. My afterburner had burned out, and I had perhaps a good two or three volleys worth of overheated guns and rockets before they burned out. My Rifter was halfway into structure as I overheated my weapons and ripped through his hull. We both held a bit past 3/4's hull. I didn't align to a celestial and stayed on him. The neocomm pinged as the <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51475969/">Kestrel exploded</a> and my smoking, fiery Rifter flew victorious among the wrecks. I let out a deep breath and smiled in disbelief. I threw them a gf in local which they returned as I looted the wrecks and safed up again. The shakes took over me again and I was ecstatic at what just happened. I walked around my living room and kitchen again to shake off the shakes with a big smile on my face! My goodness that was intense!<a href="http://i.imgur.com/8L9rntI.jpg"> Saint Wensley was pleased.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After I gathered myself, I went to Gultra to drop off the loot, repair and rearm. From finding the wormhole in Isho to finding that battle, only ten minutes have passed. I decided to continue forth! Why end the hot streak? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I passed the Arnstur triangle, went straight through Todi, took a detour into Ofstold and Las, and continued on to Egmar. Bosbogger and Lulm yielded no fights. Even though I miss this place, I remember why we left in the first place. I entered Amamake, the ghetto of New Eden, but nothing was there for me to fight. About twenty minutes in I decided I would circle through Metropolis and back into Heimatar then return home via the wormhole chain. I jumped into Vard and saw a Breacher on scan. Among T1 frigs, the Breacher has been my Rifters nemesis. They're too tanky for my Rifter to break and about 80-90% of the time I explode when I fight 'em. But today was different. Today I was slaying faction frigates and wild T1 frigs alike. Today this Breacher will fall to my guns. I load EMP and Mjolnir rockets and entered the plex. Immediately I see two ECM drones on grid. <i>Ah shit. </i>The second I recognized them and exited warp the Breacher was locking me up, so I ignored the drones and returned fire on the Breacher. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I overheated my afterburner and scram and orbited at 7,500 meters. Now I know missiles hit full damage, but the reason I extend my range on Breachers is my belief that the flight time from when the rockets launch and when they hit gives me just a bit of time to land more hits with my guns before the rockets land. I'm most likely wrong with this train of thought, my knowledge of missiles is just how far they fly out before losing their target and which rockets to use for which tank. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Breacher was going through his shield reps as my autocannons were blasting through his tank, damaging his armor. I noticed an ECM symbol and hovered my mouse over it to see what it was. The ECM drones were failing to jam me! I continued to orbit and fire my guns as I broke through his shields and begin to tear apart his armor. I was pulsing my reps so I wouldn't waste any nanite cycles and burn through my tank. The Breacher's armor had been destroyed and my guns were putting holes through his hull, so I closed the distance to maximize the damage. I had a few reps left and was still a bit below half armor and holding. As I went in for the killing blow, the drones managed to get through and jam my Rifter. <i>Noooooooo!!! </i>Right as the frigate was in hull!! I overheated my afterburner and continued with my path hoping the extra speed would shave some of the oomph off the rockets. The change in distance was allowing the Breacher to rock my Rifter with devastating explosions. I began to align towards the sun as the ECM jam cycle thing was still halfway and I was now in deep armor. The distance between us was slowly but surely widening and I was still unable to lock him. When I reached about 5,000 meters my afterburner burned out. He realized what I was trying to do and went in for the finishing blow himself. My smoking Rifter continued with its slow trek towards the sun as it got pounded by volley after volley of rockets. Finally the jam finished and I spammed target lock and landed my web and point and fired my guns again. His armor was still gone and his hull was hanging on by duct tape but his shields had fully recharged. <i>Go down fighting. </i>The first volley of bullets and rockets rocked his shields to 3/4's damage. <i>No way. </i>Another volley punched through his shields. <i><b>DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES!?</b> </i>My neocomm pinged as my capsule ejected from <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51476131/">the exploding Rifter</a> and I warped off to the sun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ah man! SO CLOSE! SOOO CLOSE! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">[ 2016.01.19 08:29:06 ] Sem Skord > gf</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">[ 2016.01.19 08:29:08 ] Sem Skord > nice ecm drones</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">[ 2016.01.19 08:29:19 ] Shadow Kaundur > very good fight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">[ 2016.01.19 08:29:31 ] Shadow Kaundur > so close</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">[ 2016.01.19 08:29:39 ] Sem Skord > yea</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">[ 2016.01.19 08:29:49 ] Sem Skord > woulda had you ;}</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">[ 2016.01.19 08:29:56 ] Shadow Kaundur > I know</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">[ 2016.01.19 08:30:25 ] Shadow Kaundur > i almost bailed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">[ 2016.01.19 08:31:20 ] Sem Skord > o7</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It gave me a bit of consolation with him admitting I would've had him if it wasn't for the ECM drones. On the way to Gultra I was going over the fight, replaying it in my head. <i>Should I have gone for the drones early on? Would it had made a difference? </i>I could've, would've, should've the fight but I wasn't gonna let it ruin my night. I had the chance to get out of there when I first saw the drones, but I chose to stay and fight. But Griffins and ECM ships ... I still hate you and your existence.</span><br />
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My usual route through the Isho/Manjo pipe turned up nothing. I had to push out from Okkamon to hit the Okkamon/Pynekastoh cluster of systems in hopes of finding a fight, but again no success. I could either go through Abune and take the Heydelies pipe towards Placid, or go through Hikkoken and take the back way into there. I weighed the pro's and con's of each route and went with the more populated route through Heydelies. I warped system through system, stopping at each to scan around for things to explode but no luck. I reached the fork in Melmaniel where you could go into Placid via Ouelletta or continue down towards the Jov pipe towards Aeschee. I was feeling lazy and didn't wanna venture too far from home, so I turned my Rifter towards Ouelletta in hopes of finding a fight in Placid.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I entered the system of Agoze and basked in the </span>ambiance<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of Placid. Having roamed this region when Black Rise didn't have things to shoot, I set off on my route through the cluster. I jumped into Intaki and it was only myself and another pilot in local. I warped to the center of the system and scanned around. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Unnamed Gnosis. </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh baby! After all those systems of nothing to shoot, a big juicy ship was in system! I scanned the plex's, nothing. As I was scanning down the anom sites, I saw a couple Operation Frostline plex's in system. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Jackpot! </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not knowing what the tank would be for a Gnosis, I loaded Phased Plasma and Inferno rockets and warped towards the plex. My heart beat increased as my Rifter rocked side to side exiting the warp. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Nice and easy man! Nice and easy! </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Gnosis was sitting about 40km from the warp in with two drones out. With my afterburner overheated I burned towards the battlecruiser locking him and the drones up. His shields were at half strength and I noticed T1 drones around him, but I wasn't going to underestimate them. The Gnosis was slow boating towards the Serpentis rats in my direction. 30km and closing and he still hadn't locked me up! </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">25 .. 23 .. 15 ... 13 .. 10! </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I activated my scram and web, and let the guns loose! The guns were chipping away at his shields but they were steadily falling. I held a close orbit and saw that he had railguns fitted as my small nimble Rifter was too fast for them to hit me. I </span>orbited<span style="font-family: inherit;"> the Gnosis and continued to fire away at his ship waiting for the drones to attack. My autocannons and rockets punched through his shield and were tearing up his armor. That's when the drones came to life and swarmed my Rifter. My shields were holding, but if I wanted to finish off this Gnosis those drones would have to go. I switched my guns from the battle cruiser to the drones and fired away. The pilot's rail guns were firing away but missing my Rifter. Suddenly my shields get rocked! </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">What the!? </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The damn Serpentis rats were firing at me! One of the cruiser rats landed a solid hit! </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">C'mon guys! I'm one of you! I'm defending you!! </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I overheated my afterburner to mitigate the tracking of the cruisers. The Gnosis had pulled in his drones as I blew one of them up, so I returned my weapons to their original target and pressed on. Moments later another wave of drones, this time Hobgoblins were out in space and swarmed my Rifter. The cruiser rats landed another solid hit that put me into armor which was followed by a volley of drone strikes. I activated my repper and began shooting the drones again. My tank was holding but my repper was on its last two nanite reps. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">No! I'm taking this guy down! </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I shot down two of the hobs and worked on the last one as my repper ran out of paste and began to pump out empty reps. I was managing the overheating on my afterburner as the drones and I continued our dog fight around the Gnosis and other cruisers firing away. The rats had closed in on us which gave my Rifter the advantage of flying under their guns as well. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Alright, still in this fight! </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">My SAAR pumped out its last rep as my capacitor ran out which began the 60 second reload of death. The Gnosis was still in armor as another wave of drones entered space. My speed was working to my advantage against the incoming fire. My armor was roughed up a bit, but I finished the last drone and and turned my attention to the Gnosis. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My Rifter was in half armor. The cruiser rats were getting lucky with random hits that rocked me as my guns steadily grinded away at the Gnosis's armor. My repper was about 10-15 seconds from having a full cycle of nanite reps ready to patch up my ship. The amount of heat damage on all my mods made it very dangerous to risk another heated cycle of any of 'em. I watched with anticipation as the reload bar dwindled closer to completion. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Yes! REP!! </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I activated my repper and chunks of armor were brought back to life! The Gnosis was in half armor as my guns continued to fire away. With my Rifter back at full armor, no drones in space, and a couple nanite reps left, I ceased fire and switched to my trusty Fusion ammo and Nova rockets. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Time to finish this! </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The extra armor damage will blow nice big holes into the Gnosis and turn it into a smoldering wreck. The switch worked as planned as my guns were tearing apart the last bits of his armor and sent him into structure. My shields were coming back online, almost at half strength as I zoomed around dodging fire and pounding away at the last line of defense of the battle cruiser. As the Gnosis reached half structure, local spiked by two people. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">No! </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">My heart beat spiked as I switched between long and short scan looking for any incoming ships. Another wave of drones entered space as the cruiser rats landed a nice blow to ship that damaged my armor. I activated my reps and ignored the drones and focused on finishing off the last bit of structure left in the Gnosis. As I pumped out my last two nanite reps, the battle cruiser was on its last slivers of hull. The drones were slowly damaging my armor as my reps entered their reload cycle. I watched a volley of rockets and bullets hit the Gnosis as it </span><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51175129/" style="font-family: inherit;">exploded into a glorious flash of light and fire.</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I was excited to have brought down a big 'ol ship! I looted 'n scooted and warped to a safe. The entire fight lasted almost ten minutes! I thought when those two pilots entered system they would interrupt my kill, but thankfully I never saw anyone but us two on scan. I finished that roam with a </span><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51175335/" style="font-family: inherit;">close fight with a rail Comet </a><span style="font-family: inherit;">and came out victorious with some zig zagging to close the distance. A couple days later, another big ship fell under the </span>cross hairs<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of R1FTA's autocannons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Amand, Ruthless Chi and myself were flying around the Neighborhood blowing stuff up and getting blown up. After a brawl we made our way back to Isho to reship and head back out. On the way out we spotted another unnamed cruiser, a Rupture. All three of us saw the same thing and spread out to scan it down. We scanned it down at the sun, and Chi was already there in his Slicer. <i>Gotta go help him!</i> Expecting the Rupture to be a big armored brick, Fusion ammo and Nova rockets were loaded. I landed on grid with drones surrounding the Rupture its guns firing away at Chi's Slicer. As I locked up the cruiser I saw that Chi had brought down his shields and was going to work on his armor. My guns and rockets joined the party as we began to put dents in his armor. It was slowly giving way, so I switched my fire to the drones out in space and began to shoot 'em down. Amand landed on grid as Chi's Slicer<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51208216/"> exploded valiantly</a>. It was just Amand's Firetail and my Rifter left to take down the Rupture. We focused our fire on the drones and the dog fight was in full throttle. As the first wave of drones exploded and the second wave entered space, local went up by one. I checked short scan ... <i>Daredevil. </i>The Rupture had been focusing his firepower on Amand's Firetail leaving me untouched as we shot down a few more drones. The Daredevil was still on short but not on grid, so we continued to fire away at the cruiser. The Rupture pulled in his drones so we switched our guns to the hull. There were no reps as our autocannons were ripping through his armor, followed up with love taps from rockets. The Rupture was in deep armor as the drones came back out. We ignored the drones and focused on punching through its remaining armor to finish it off. The decision led to Amand's Firetail <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51208234/">going up in flames</a>, leaving me with a Rupture almost in structure and my Rifter with a full load of nanite reps to avenge my Black Jackets! The pressure was on! My speed plummeted as the Ruptures webs landed on my Rifter. I immediately overheated my afterburner to gain some more speed to out-track its big guns. The Hob's landed their first volley scratching my shields but so far nothing significant from the cruiser's big guns. I punched through his armor as a chunk of hull got blasted off the Rupture. It's Dual 180mm's missed my Rifter. I was under his guns, but my afterburner was midway from burning out. I would have to do as much as I can without burning out my prop mod, or else all this would be for nothing! At half shields I activated my repper to time the incoming damage. The drones were doing their cold thoughtless work strafing my Rifter putting me in half armor, but my tank was holding. The big guns on the Rupture were still missing as he entered half structure. He was nearing the final stretch of structure! I overheated my afterburner (which would surely be its final cycle) and pressed on to finish it off. The rockets spiraled towards the cruiser, causing it to go up in a <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51208242/">glorious explosion!</a> We did it! The sacrifices of my fellow Black Jackets were not in vain! The pod was caught amidst the smoke and debris of the wreck, and I <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51208260/">exacted final revenge</a> for the ships of my comrades. It was a good finish to that night's roam as we congratulated one another for the combined effort on bringing down the Rupture.</span><br />
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Happy Hunting o7Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-10838471373480019232016-01-03T18:27:00.001-08:002016-01-03T18:28:03.987-08:00First BloodHappy New Year! Three days and I haven't had the time I'd like to spend exploding space ships in my Rifter, but fortunately my fellow Black Jackets have been spreading the love themselves! <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/92802390/">Dr Bob Madeveda</a> shares his stories of his travels from time to time with us, and this one was so full of badassery and pew pew I had to share it here!<br />
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<i>So it's been a while, but I finally got back in a Rifter in Ishomilken:<br /><br />First up I spotted a Thrasher in a small, with good odds he was a newer pilot, seemed reasonable odds: as I landed a Comorant landed alongside, took the gate and hoped for the best. They were together, so I just got smashed.<br /><br />Re-shipped into an alternative fitting: 150mm guns, neut, and 400mm plate. Not sure how good it is, we'll see. Launched myself at a Kestrel. Dual web: got kept at range; neut no use; my DPS too low; I exploded. Definitely missed the extra power of the 200mm Autocannons and the little extra help from the rockets.<br /><br />Got back in the standard brawler again, and headed out. Saw a Stay Frosty in a Kestrel in a Novice plex. The last one was armour and dual web, so I loaded Fusion and Nova, and took the gate. We locked each other up and opened fire. His shields were dropping slowly, he's shield fit and I'm firing the wrong ammo. I overheat the AB and speed up the orbit, mitigating more damage. His shields drop slowly, and my reps start triggering. I staggered the reps to save some cap, and overheated the rockets as well. I was in deep structure as he <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51081221/">exploded. </a> The AB burnt out before I could loot the wreck, and a Tristan appeared in short scan. I aligned and warped out as another SF warped in. The pilot suggested a fight once I had repaired, which I took.<br /><br />Reloaded with Fusion and took the Novice gate. We locked each other up and opened fire. I kept a loose orbit to avoid the neut, and overheated everything. My damage punched through his reps and so I dived in at the end to punch through the final bits of<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51081332/"> hull.</a> GFGF!<br /><br />Two Stay Frosty kills back to back!<br /><br />Dropped the loot off, repaired up, and headed out. Flushed with success against Tristans, I took a fight with another. Loaded Fusion, set a tight orbit and opened fire. His shields were blown away and his armour reps pulsed. As my shields dropped, I went to trigger my own reps, but no cap! I'd missed him neuting me out! I overheated everything and I<a class="bbc_link" href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51081690/" target="_blank"> exploded</a> with him in structure. The fight was closer than I expected, and if I'd thought to keep a looser orbit it might have been a different outcome.<br /><br /><br />Re shipped and headed out again. Saw an Incursus, Rifter and Punisher on scan, but I couldn't find them at a plex. Thought they might be at the sun, so I loaded Fusion and Nova (common theme tonight!) and warped to zero.<br /><br />No one was there, do I started D-scanning again, and after 30 secs or so, the Incursus landed: Great come to me! We locked each other up. I orbited wide, anticipating Neutron Blasters and overheated guns and fired the rockets. My damage punched through his armour, and his reps started. As he started dropping into armour the Rifter and Punisher appeared alongside us! Shit, locked them up, but I'm going to take at least one out - overheated guns and AB and dived directly at the Incursus. More damage was coming in, but I watched him <a class="bbc_link" href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51081903/" target="_blank">explode</a>. Damage was high, and I was losing armour. I switched guns to the Rifter, not hopeful, but he would be least tanky. I went to trigger reps but no cap! Shit, not again... I overheated everything on the Rifter, and prepared to go down fighting. We both dropped into structure together, maybe I'll get two! Suddenly he disappeared; he warped out! Orbit the Punisher, mitigate some damage, watch the cap, fire shells and rockets at the Punisher. Cap inches higher, and bang, off goes a rep! Watched the mod cycle round, as my structure dropped down. With a sliver left it pulses a big chunk of armour back! Still in the game, but desperate times. Before I can do anything else the Punisher warps off too.<br /><br />3v1 and held the field! GFGF in local, looted the wreck, and went to find a station to repair again.<br /><br />Found one more fight with a <a class="bbc_link" href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51082787/" target="_blank">Tristan</a>, more luck in one night against them than I've ever had before. That recent little nerf clearly helped. They don't feel quite as OP anymore.<br /><br />A fun return to shooting and looting.</i><br />
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Good stuff Dr Bob, real good stuff :]Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-2362885372719962532015-12-31T13:42:00.003-08:002015-12-31T13:42:35.300-08:00End It With A BangThe New Year is upon us! And before we begin another year in New Eden, I had to hop in my Rifter and get some end of the year fights!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Ishomilken</span><br />
Ishomilken has proven fruitful in fights. This was one of those nights. Right off the undock, d-scan showed two Firetails at the same novice plex. <i>Gonna grab something with a bit more oomph! </i>I docked up, hopped into my Comet and warped off to the plex. The pair of Firetails were still there. It was weird not flying a Rifter; when I fly something else to shake things up, I have a tendency to think throughout the fight <i>"Oh if I had a Rifter I'd do this!" </i>so adjusting is a bit difficult. I'm just set in my ways I guess!<br />
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I land on grid and was greeted by the sounds of battle. I lock up the closest Firetail, scram web and fire the blasters! <i>Oh yea I have drones! </i>I let the little guys loose as my blasters tear apart the Firetail. <i>Man these things pack a punch! </i>The other Firetail had broke off and warped away, leaving me and the faction frigate alone to our dance. My blasters were ripping into his armor as the drones followed up with their guns. The Firetail was in deep armor already taking damage into his hull when his reps kicked in. The neut hit me and his autocannons were hitting my armor but I was tanking it comfortably. It was too little too late for this pilot. The blasters fired a few more volleys to <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51057337/" target="_blank">explode the ship.</a> Man this Comet! I was impressed with the amount of damage these blasters could do! I looted 'n scooted and docked up to repair. The other Firetail was still in space, so I switched into a Firetail of my own and met him at the novice.<br />
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I landed my webs and point on him and went in for my close orbit, but I was moving at a snails pace. I looked at my speed and saw I was dual webbed as well just as my frigate was rocked by a huge volley. <i>Arty. </i><i>Ah man! </i>I began my evasive maneuvers as another round of artillery blasted through my shields and sent me into half armor. My plan at this point was to rely on my reps long enough to get me outside scram range and warp off, he had range on me and although I was hitting him with my autocannons, I was outgunned in this fight. <i>8,000 meters, 8,500 ... c'mon! </i>At around 9,500 meters I spammed warp. I was choking out enough reps to keep my smoking and flaming Firetail together, and to my dismay I saw him closing in. <i>You fought well my dear Firetail. <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51057365/" target="_blank">You fought well.</a> </i>I threw a gf in local and docked up to hop into my Comet. It's a fight in Isho gentlemen! A couple minutes passed and I saw his Firetail back on d-scan. I waited outside the novice as he landed on grid. I spammed target lock and just as I was about to point him he warped off to a different plex. I chased him and he warped back to the novice as I landed on grid. <i>Damn! </i>The battle was now in his favor as he would be inside the plex at a favorable range for his arty's, meaning I'd have to work a bit harder to get my blasters on his ship. I took the gate and he was about 2,000 meters away. I land my scram, web and fire away. The dual webs hold me down nice and steady as he glides to a comfortable range outside my blasters. Now remember when I mentioned I have a tendency to revert to my Rifter skills/knowledge when I fly a different ship? Well I did exactly that, except times ten and with a dose of panic. I activated my reps when I was at half shields, wasting a precious amount of cycles. I continued to fire at him with anti-matter ammo, forgetting I had null in my cargo hold. I aligned to the sun and immediately began to evade, not even attempting to launch my drones. I lost my shit!<br />
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The Comet was tanking his arty volleys for a good while. When I broke out of my funk, I loaded Null and launched my drones but continued to align towards the sun. My SAAR was pumping out empty reps, but my hull was tanking very well to my surprise. The Null ammo switch had worked and my blasters were reaching out far enough to blast his ship and bring him into hull as well. <i>Oh shit! </i>The life in my hull was keeping me in the fight as his reppers patched up his armor. He was doing the hull/armor dance and my structure was holding strong. My blasters landed a solid blow and he joined me in deep hull. <i>Oh man! OH MAN!! </i>I was staying in the fight by a sliver of hull left, but me losing my shit early on <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51057461/" target="_blank">cost me dearly in the later rounds.</a> Gf!! I warped off in my pod as we chatted a bit in local:<br />
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[ 2015.12.31 07:15:51 ] Sem Skord > wow gf<br />
[ 2015.12.31 07:16:05 ] Cosmoseal > very gf<br />
[ 2015.12.31 07:16:23 ] Sem Skord > i burnt out all my mods<br />
[ 2015.12.31 07:16:26 ] Sem Skord > wasted my reps<br />
[ 2015.12.31 07:16:32 ] Sem Skord > didnt switch to null till late in the fight<br />
[ 2015.12.31 07:16:51 ] Cosmoseal > was close<br />
[ 2015.12.31 07:17:00 ] Sem Skord > yea<br />
[ 2015.12.31 07:17:04 ] Cosmoseal > befor i forgot to reload my reper ^^<br />
[ 2015.12.31 07:17:40 ] Sem Skord > haha<br />
[ 2015.12.31 07:17:43 ] Sem Skord > well<br />
[ 2015.12.31 07:17:46 ] Sem Skord > gf anyway man<br />
[ 2015.12.31 07:17:54 ] Cosmoseal > u to<br />
[ 2015.12.31 07:21:03 ] Cosmoseal > ^^<br />
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I learned a lot from that fight, and that's the key! Gotta learn something from each loss and victory to improve. Thank you <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/1758231595/" target="_blank">Cosmoseal</a>. I had no more faction frigs and hopped into a Rifter to see if I could do something against his Firetail, but I met the <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51057541/" target="_blank">same fate even faster.</a> Alright! Time to head outside of Isho and get some kills to end the night on a good note!<br />
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One system over in Uuna, d-scan showed a Tormentor and an Executioner at a novice plex. It's been a while since I had a nice 2v1, so I overheated everything, loaded my Fusion bullets and Nova rockets, and warped to the plex. I began to go over a plan of attack in my head. <i>Tormentor has drones, Executioner doesn't. Shoot Torm first, then Executioner. </i>Sounds good! Both frigates were waiting for me right on the beacon as I locked up the Tormentor and charged straight at it firing everything. As my guns broke his shields, I was locked and scrammed and webbed by both parties. Lasers and drones began to redecorate my hull as I zig zagged towards the Tormentor to give my autocannons a chance to do their holy work. The Torm was in half armor as my shields broke. I activated my reps and continued my attack. The Tormentor pilot was gaining range on me but he was in deep armor! My tank was keeping me in the fight but the lasers and drones had me at half armor. The Tormentor continued to gain range as my autocannons brought him into structure. I was now into structure with a couple nanite reps left, so I made up my mind to take this Tormentor down with me! I cut my zig zag and went into a straight approach towards the Torm bringing him into a sliver of hull left as he choked out his last rep! I coughed out my last rep in hull as<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51057737/" target="_blank"> his Torm exploded!</a> <i>Oh shit! </i>The Executioner was still nearby shooting at me, and I wasn't out of the fight yet. All my modules were close to burning out, I switched my fire to the last Amarr frigate and within a few volleys he was in half armor! I had about 1/4 of my hull left as my afterburner burnt out. <i>Keep firing! Keep FIRING! </i>Another volley sent him into deep armor, and <a href="http://imgur.com/8L9rntI" target="_blank">Saint Wensley of Rifters </a>was with me this day, as another volley <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51057744/" target="_blank">exploded the Executioner</a>. Oh man! Oh man! Gf! GF! I was psyched! During the fight I was calm and my nerves were steady, after the fight the shakes took a hold of me and my heart was racing! My heart's beating, my hearts beating MY HANDS ARE SHAKING!<br />
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I looted the field, returned a system over to Isho to rearm and repair. I went back over to Uuna and saw a Tristan on scan. My autocannons were spinning and my rocket launchers were ready to fly. Forgive me because I didn't record this fight and I don't recall much detail except he got outside my scram range in the beginning and pulled range forcing me to align to sun and take out his drones. As I was working on the last couple drones, with a couple nanite reps left and my Rifter in half armor, the Tristan went in for his kamikazee charge and began to neut me. I said screw the drones and focused everything on the Tristan! With some hull life left, and the help of<a href="http://imgur.com/8L9rntI" target="_blank"> Saint Wensley</a> (blessed be thy name), I exploded the <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51057855/">Tristan.</a> Gf! Loot 'n scoot, to Isho rep and rearm, head back out!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Manjonakko</span><br />
At one point in the night, an old friend returned from the abyss.<br />
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Former CEO Darth Terona was back! Him and I go way back as Black Dragons, earning our Black Jackets and climbing up the ranks to run the corp. Darth did a lot for R1FTA to keep us alive in our dark days.<br />
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The Executioner and Tormentor pilots I encountered earlier were flying a Coercer and Tormentor. I asked Darth if he wanted to join and I followed them as he caught up. The duo met up with some friends, a Thrasher and a Catalyst.<i> Ehhh .. gonna need a bigger boat. </i>That's when R1FTA Vice Prez Amand graced us with his pretty mug!<br />
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And another Black Jacket logged in as well.<br />
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Nyar Darkfire, Amand, and Darth! A nice four on four! We were in different parts of Black Rise but were burning to my system to take down this gang. After some chasing and baiting up and down the Isho pipe, the Destroyer gang went back to Manjo to a novice plex. Darth and Amand had entered system as I landed on grid and took the gate, so we could gather ourselves. I checked short scan, and the gang had got <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51058094/">Amand's Rifter.</a> Damn! Darth made it inside as we waited for Nyar to arrive with his Jackdaw a couple jumps out. Amand went back to Isho to reship. The Destroyers were still outside, and that's when a Stay Frosty, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/91094943/">Ciba Lexlulu</a>, landed with his Svipul. Darkfire had just entered system and warped to our position. <i>It's about to be a fight. </i>The destroyer gang had warped off all save for one who <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51058118/">got caught</a>. Darth and I warped to a nearby celestial to get on grid with the fight outside the plex. I landed on grid just as the Nyar and the Svipul were duking it out in their T3 Destroyers. Alright, we got this. I fired away and began to work on his shields, that's when <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51058132/">Nyar exploded.</a> <i>What the!! </i>He had mentioned it wasn't a pvp fit but we weren't expecting a Svipul to show up. I held point waiting for Darth to arrive with his Rifter. I aligned towards the sun as my armor began to take damage and the Svipul's shielding were at half strength. Darth's Rifter landed on grid. My Rifter was about to go boom as I got outside scram range and warped towards the sun with Ciba at low shields. <i>Hold on Darth! I'm coming back! </i>I landed at the sun and immediately warped back towards the novice plex where Darth was holding down the Svipul. I landed on grid and fired away. In those seconds I was warping back and forth, Darth's Rifter had taken a lot of damage. His <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51058140/">Rifter exploded valiantly.</a> I held point and kept shooting, we were almost through his shields! I activated my reps to time his guns breaking through my armor, tightened down the strap on my helmet, and braced for impact. The Svipul's autocannons were peppering my hull but I was holding. My guns returned the fire as he was in the very last slivers of his shield. <i> Cmon baby! Cmon! </i>I saw another Rifter on short scan. It was Amand. The Cavalry was coming! My last two nanite reps patched up my armor as the Frostian's shields fell! Amand landed on grid and I began to pull range to get outside the autocannon's falloff. I got out to 15km, projectiles zooming past my Rifter as Amand's Rifter tore up the Svipul's armor. I circled back around to help Amand finish off Ciba. His armor was falling apart and shortly he entered hull. In one glorious explosion, the <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/51058153/">Svipul was a smoking wreck in Manjo.</a> Oh man! GF! We've encountered Stay Frosty from time to time and they always give a good fight. Be on your stuff when you fight them!<div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:31:09 ] Ciba Lexlulu > gf</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:31:12 ] Sem Skord > gf</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:31:13 ] Darth Terona > gf gf</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:31:21 ] Amand Caldurik > gf</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:31:36 ] Ciba Lexlulu > very nice guys</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:31:48 ] Darth Terona > that was some tank :)</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:32:05 ] Ciba Lexlulu > actually i burned one of my extender</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:32:52 ] Sem Skord > took two of us with ya man</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:32:58 ] Ciba Lexlulu > Kill: Ciba Lexlulu (Svipul)</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:32:59 ] Sem Skord > thumbs up :)</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:33:04 ] Ciba Lexlulu > i jackdaw with you?</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:33:07 ] Sem Skord > aye :)</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:33:12 ] Ciba Lexlulu > ah</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:33:23 ] Ciba Lexlulu > gf gf</div>
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[ 2015.12.31 08:34:03 ] Nyar DarkFire > gf</div>
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BAH GAWD! High octane adrenaline pumping action tonight! We looted the field and handed back the loot to my fellow Black Jackets as I headed back to Isho for the night. Most fun I had in a good while :) Looking forward to 2016 for more explosions, more adrenaline, and of course, more good fights.</div>
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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 <u><b>VERY </b></u>fruitful!<br />
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Three of us were in Rifters, and our scout was in a Firetail. It was a good bunch! Our newest Black Jacket: <br />
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<a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/94796124/" target="_blank">Phontis Uta</a> was in a Rifter ready to roll! </div>
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Veteran Black Jacket <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/510503174/" target="_blank">ThunderaceNL</a>, always a blast to fly with him!</div>
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And R1FTA's very own Vice Prez, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/92534058/" target="_blank">Amand Caldurik</a>!</div>
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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! </div>
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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. <i>Let's do it! </i>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! <i>Go! Go! Go! </i>Like a pack of hungry wolves<i> </i>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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/50666614/" target="_blank">as he exploded.</a> <i>Woot!! Gf! Good catch! Off to a good start! </i>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.<br />
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[ 2015.12.12 19:21:43 ] Sem Skord > gf<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:21:47 ] shwing shwing > gf<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:21:51 ] Phontis Uta > gf<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:21:55 ] ThunderaceNL > gf<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:22:12 ] shwing shwing > express?<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:22:15 ] Sem Skord > waiting for a friend<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:22:16 ] Sem Skord > 1 moment<br />
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<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/50666673/" target="_blank">Shwing shwing took the express home</a>. 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. <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/94377436/" target="_blank">Sam Sobati</a> met up with us on the move as a fellow Black Jacket had something to share with us about the Catalyst we just exploded.<br />
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[ 2015.12.12 19:35:46 ] Vincent II > Kill: shwing shwing (Catalyst) saw you guys kill him on twitch <3<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:10 ] ThunderaceNL > nice<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:14 ] Sem Skord > <3<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:31 ] Sem Skord > did he rage??<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:34 ] Sem Skord > what did he say!?<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:36 ] Sem Skord > DETAILS!<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:40 ] Sam Sobati > NOW<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:36:53 ] Vincent II > little bit when you were all whoring on the pod :)<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:07 ] Vincent II > and whne the RFF warped out :)<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:14 ] Sam Sobati > HAHAHA<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:16 ] Sem Skord > lol<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:20 ] Sem Skord > thats awesome<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:37:55 ] Vincent II > i wouldnt have even noticed untill he was like "devils tatoo hmmm"<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:38:06 ] Sem Skord > <3<br />
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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.<br />
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[ 2015.12.12 19:40:48 ] Vincent II > time to stream snipe his vexor i think<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:10 ] Sem Skord > lol<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:24 ] Sem Skord > wheres his vexor?<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:26 ] Sem Skord > whats his fit?<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:42 ] Vincent II > standard dual rep blaster fit<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:41:54 ] Vincent II > in vey just now<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:42:35 ] Sem Skord > beautiful we're en route<br />
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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.<br />
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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. <i>No jumping the gate for this guy now! He's ours! </i>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. <i>Primary Vexor! </i>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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/50667429/" target="_blank">smoldering wreck in space.</a> <i>R1FTA VICTOR! </i>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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/50667474/" target="_blank">sent him on his way</a>.<br />
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[ 2015.12.12 19:49:43 ] Sem Skord > vincent<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:49:45 ] Sem Skord > the tears<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:49:48 ] Sem Skord > report the tears! :)<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:51:25 ] Amand Caldurik > Vincent II is he saying anything?<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:51:51 ] Sam Sobati > http://www.twitch.tv/shwing_shwing<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:08 ] Vincent II > ah fuck i ran afk i dunno hes gone offline<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:18 ] Sam Sobati > \o/<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:25 ] Sam Sobati > Kill: shwing shwing (Capsule)<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:34 ] Phontis Uta > Kill: shwing shwing (Vexor)<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:52:59 ] Vincent II > <3<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:53:05 ] Sem Skord > we got 'em lol<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:53:49 ] Vincent II > I'll keep an eye on twitch and see if it uploads the highlights<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:55:37 ] Vincent II > how the fuck didnt he kill any of you?<br />
[ 2015.12.12 19:55:49 ] Sem Skord > his tank didnt hold up at a ll<br />
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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.<i> Oh yes! Gotta do the Lord's work! </i>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. <i>Two. One. Fire! </i>The cyno was blapped as we left another smoldering wreck in our wake. <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/50667684/" target="_blank">Love doing these drive-by's!</a><br />
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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. <i>Algos at a plex. </i>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. <i>Uh oh.</i> To make matters worse, Nuke Cave entered system, flashy. <i>Oh man! </i>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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/50667874/" target="_blank">followed suit moments after.</a> <i>Woot! We got him! </i>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. <i>Short scan clear. Phew! </i>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.<br />
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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 <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwAPWTZv4Io_UUV4Vm13NzB6dmc/view?pref=2&pli=1" target="_blank">delighted to see that more explosions were caused.</a> Two Thorax's!! And their pods! Bah GAWD! I love these guys!<br />
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We found the twitch stream with footage of the Catalyst and Vexor's fight from the receiving end!<br />
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http://www.twitch.tv/shwing_shwing/v/29566561<br />
2:48:55 - 2:51:15 is the Catalyst<br />
3:14:48 - 3:17:10 is the Vexor fight.<br />
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Till next time! Happy Hunting o7<br />
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Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-68263669104957583782015-12-03T13:56:00.001-08:002015-12-03T13:56:39.477-08:00Dance with the DevilsIshomilken! For a few months now Black Rebel Rifter Club has called this place home. We wasted no time in ... introducing ourselves throughout the neighborhood. Now we're all settled in and making the most out of what this region has to offer. I had some time to kill before I had to pickup my kid from school, so I hopped in my Rifter and undocked.<br />
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When we first arrived, it took a while for me to get familiar with the region. Which systems led where, where the gate camps usually sit, which systems had the most potential for finding fights, all that good stuff. Basically I had to know the new neighborhood.<br />
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My usual route for a quick hunt is the pipe from Isho to Manjo, which led to the constellation of Kunala. That small cluster of systems allowed for a circular route back to Isho that usually yielded a couple fights. A fellow Black Jacket,<a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/91425517/" target="_blank"> kage Huren </a> was looking for trouble as well. It's been a while since we've seen each other so I was excited as we exchanged greetings. One of our Prospects, Samadhi Amarata also logged on and we chatted as I roamed around. A couple jumps in I entered Mushikegi and saw a Tristan and an Incursus at a novice.<br />
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Sem Skord > hey<br />
Sem Skord > trist and incursus at a nov in Mushikegi<br />
Samadhi Amarata > sorry, was reshipping - no I lost to a Tristan and ... I think a Kestrel and something else<br />
Sem Skord > anyone nearby?<br />
kage Huren > 1j<br />
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I aligned to the novice, loaded my nice shiny Republic Fleet Fusion ammo and Caldari Navy Rockets, and overheated everything.<br />
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I started listing the possible ways that Tristan would be fit.<i> Long range, MWD, with rail guns? Long range with no rails? Brawling with neuts? Shield? Armor? </i>Tristans are very versatile, but like the 'ol saying goes, "If it bleeds .. We can kill it.".<br />
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kage Huren > incursus dual rep, try to burn it?<br />
Sem Skord > if trist is close range go for that first<br />
kage Huren > iw<br />
Sem Skord > if its kiting, hold the incursus and blap drones of trist<br />
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My though process behind this was the Tristan would be the most threatening and lethal since it can project its firepower from long range or close range. The Incursus is a slow frigate and a single web would allow us to operate outside its blaster range as we dealt with whatever the Tristan threw at us. Here we go!<br />
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[ 2015.12.02 22:13:44 ] kage Huren > incursus alone<br />
[ 2015.12.02 22:13:46 ] kage Huren > 60k off<br />
[ 2015.12.02 22:13:49 ] Sem Skord > damn<br />
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Kage hauled ass towards the Incursus. Moments later the sounds of lasers and blasters greeted my ears as my slow Rifter hobbled over to catch up and join the fight. I checked D-Scan to see if the Tristan would return.<br />
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[ 2015.12.02 22:14:05 ] Sem Skord > dd on short<br />
[ 2015.12.02 22:14:07 ] Sem Skord > come to beacon<br />
[ 2015.12.02 22:14:19 ] kage Huren > omw<br />
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I was 20km from the beacon when I slammed Ctrl+Space to stop my Rifter and burn back towards the warp in to catch that Daredevil. Kage made it before me with his speedy Tormentor. The Daredevil warped in and the shakes punched me in the stomach. He was about 5,000 meters from me as I landed my point and web and let loose with my barrage of bullets and rockets. I orbited him outside blaster range to give me some breathing room as his shields fell. Kage was zooming around the Daredevil firing away with his lasers as the pirate frig yellow boxed me. His blasters missed my Rifter as a Black Jacket assault of projectiles, rockets and lasers blasted him into half armor. The Incursus was 38km away closing in. <i>Oh shit!</i> My heart beat was up, my hands were trembling and I think I wasn't breathing for a bit. Another devastating volley ripped through his armor as his hull began to take damage. The Daredevil choked out a shield and armor rep as his structure was being redecorated. The Incursus was 27km away and began to lock me up. Some desperate shots from the DD's blasters landed but my shields were holding up. <i>Almost there! Almost there! </i>The Daredevil continued to rep, but our <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/50478929/" target="_blank">fury and relentlessness was too much.</a> <i>Wooo!! </i> I scrambled to target his pod as the Incursus drew closer at 18km but he managed to escape. I locked up the Incursus at 13km and burned towards him as Kage blasted through his shields with a volley. Before I could get my guns on him Kage's lasers were landing big hits putting our target into half armor. When my guns finally began firing the Incursus was already into structure and falling apart. My Rifter was being hit with some solid shots but my tank held comfortably. All of a sudden the smoking and flaming Incursus repped its armor back to full with 1/4 of its structure left! The gunfire continued and it overwhelmed the frigate in a <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/50478941/" target="_blank">satisfying explosion.</a> Oh my goodness! The shakes! 2v2 Frigate action! R1FTA Victor!<br />
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The celebration was short lived as short scan showed some visitors outside the plex.<br />
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Sem Skord > dramiel on scan<br />
Sem Skord > on short<br />
Sem Skord > beacon<br />
kage Huren > heres hoping<br />
Sem Skord > beacon<br />
Sem Skord > dram<br />
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The fights had moved us away from the beacon a bit. After Kage collected the loot off the battlefield we burned back towards the warp in and waited. The autocannons were still smokin' but spinning with bad intentions. Our Tristan from earlier appeared on short too. I began to think about evading as the Dramiel and Tristan might be a bit too much, but Kage .. the Crazy Englishmen settled my nerves with one command.<br />
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kage Huren > stay<br />
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I stayed. Moments turned into seconds, and the duo still hadn't warped in. I checked short scan again.<br />
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Sem Skord > get out<br />
Sem Skord > daredevil on scan too<br />
Sem Skord > Daredevil, DD and trist on short<br />
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Needless to say we got out of there as local went up by three or four people. But something had possessed the Englishman. The lust for explosions and twisted metal? The thrill of emerging victorious after a 2v2?<br />
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Sem Skord > you out?<br />
kage Huren > yeah<br />
Sem Skord > nice<br />
Sem Skord > local went up a bit as well<br />
kage Huren > we can do this<br />
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I'm not gonna let a fellow Black Jacket fight alone!<br />
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Sem Skord > let me reload my SAAR<br />
kage Huren > warp novice at 100km<br />
kage Huren > when ready<br />
Sem Skord > kk<br />
kage Huren > hopefully drag them out some<br />
Sem Skord > alright<br />
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My SAAR was loaded and ready to go, and we warped to the novice. The three from earlier weren't there but were still on long scan. A few moments went by and the group was replaced by a couple of Firetails in system. We sat and watched 100km away as a Firetail landed on the gate. I was unable to eye ball the guns on his ship as he warped into the plex. Shortly after a Daredevil landed at the same distance. He warped off to a large which was empty. We gave chase, but he warped back to the Novice. We turned around and went back but he escaped our grasps. Kage and I entered the novice, and we didn't have to wait long when a Firetail appeared on short.<br />
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Sem Skord > firetail short<br />
kage Huren > sliding in<br />
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I still had Fusion loaded as the Firetail entered the plex. I figured with Kage's lasers, his shields wouldn't put up much of a fight and in case the Tristan or other pair of pirate frigs show up I'll have the proper ammo loaded and ready to rock. Kage and I locked up the Firetail and fired away. Our volleys penetrated his shield and tore apart his armor, but his shield reps kicked in as his structure began to take damage. His fire focused on me, but my shields were holding. Our gunfire was overwhelming his shield tank.<br />
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Sem Skord > DD short<br />
kage Huren > dd short<br />
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The Firetail was putting up a stubborn fight, but it <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/50479080/" target="_blank">exploded</a> just as the Daredevil warped in. The shakes came back again as we turned our fury to the pirate frig. Within two or three volleys the Daredevil had lost its shields AND its armor. It was melting under the barrage of bullets and lasers. The Daredevil wasn't able to get a single rep off as <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/50479088/" target="_blank">it sat there and exploded.</a> <i>What!!? </i>The shakes continued to hold me as we sat there in Mushi victorious. The smoldering wrecks of our enemies hovered around us. Corp chat was something like this:<br />
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Sem Skord > kage, good shit bro :)<br />
kage Huren > my cargos full loot<br />
Sem Skord > lets go drop it off in isho<br />
kage Huren > I didnt even need to rep once, you got all the abuse<br />
Sem Skord > My tank held :)<br />
Sem Skord > haha<br />
kage Huren > im glad<br />
Sem Skord > still shaking btw<br />
kage Huren > yeah i cant breath properly<br />
Sem Skord > lol<br />
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Good fun! We dropped gf's in local as we headed home with the spoils of war. We encountered a big gate camp, with logi cruisers and a Gnosis on both sides of the Isho gate but were able to get away no problems. The gods favored us this day! I docked up in our home station still collecting myself, thinking about what just transpired in a manner of ten minutes. Man! That was intense! RL began to knock at the door as I thanked Kage for the fun.<br />
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kage Huren > shall we go?<br />
kage Huren > or you wanting your own thing<br />
Sem Skord > i have to pickup my kid from school in a few<br />
kage Huren > ahh fair enough, its like 11pm here<br />
kage Huren > forget about timezones<br />
Sem Skord > alright guys i gotta run. kage thanks for that intense pew pew man <3<br />
kage Huren > <3<br />
Samadhi Amarata > o7 Sem<br />
Sem Skord > later guys o7<br />
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<br />Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-58765873653028219602015-11-27T21:09:00.000-08:002015-11-27T21:09:54.795-08:00Holiday UpdateHello to the readers of this blog!<br />
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The last month and a half or so have been real busy, with school work (plus finals coming up), family and the holidays arriving I haven't had the time to share my stories with New Eden. On top of all that, Fallout 4 was recently released and I've been playing the shit out of it!<br />
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I've been neglecting EVE (forgive me baby), but I do find time to squeeze in a quick roam and look for some fights to get the autocannons spinning and the rockets flying!<br />
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Among the ratters, miners, farmers, and other folks I've encountered recently, I have had a couple good 'ol nail biting fights :)<br />
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So after this semester ends and the frenzy dies down, the stories of frigate action and gun fights will return.<br />
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Happy Holidays! Be safe! And Fly Dangerous!<br />
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- SemSem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-78858804666309276042015-10-30T16:56:00.003-07:002015-10-30T16:56:40.093-07:00War PartyWar! Recently <a href="https://zkillboard.com/corporation/423280073/" target="_blank">R1FTA</a> declared war on <a href="https://zkillboard.com/corporation/1788079876/" target="_blank">Rifterlings</a> for two reasons.<br />
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1) Content!<br />
2) And we felt Rifterlings doesn't kill enough stuff with Rifters, so we dec'd 'em in the good name of the Rifter and Wensley!<br />
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A manifesto listing our grievances was sent to the CEO, and the response was a manifesto from their CEO <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/775664711/" target="_blank">Fintarue</a>. The war wasn't the Rifter action packed slug fest I had hoped. One of our Prospects fired the first shots in a Rifter against a Rifterling Comet, signaling the beginning of the conflict. <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49730193/" target="_blank">Not to be deterred</a> by a mere faction frig, he reshipped into a Merlin and <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49730611/" target="_blank">charged right back into the fray</a>. Uncertain Fate's gung ho blaze of glory was the last engagement between us. For a few days R1FTA roamed searching for Rifterlings. One was spotted nearby Isho, but he was docked in station and remained there for a couple days. A few of us ventured into Metropolis to their home system Sirekur, but no luck. I got into the war by heading over there myself and saw a couple of them in system.<br />
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I offered in local 1v1's inside the novice, and <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/93262243/" target="_blank">Vincent Caerbannog</a> accepted my request. The first fight I <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49831636/" target="_blank">suffered a defeat</a> due to poor management of my SAAR (damn shakes!) and beginning the 60 second reload of death mid fight. I returned in another Rifter and asked if he was willing to go again, and he agreed. This time I was ready! We orbited each other close and danced as we rained the holy fire of projectiles at one another. I noticed I was dual webbed, so I overheated my afterburner to stay close. He was also firing away with 150mm's, so I worked to stay on him to deliver the full punch of my 200mm's. I was able to manage my reps properly and still have some left over after <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49831845/" target="_blank">his Rifter exploded.</a> We were one for one so I offered a rematch since he gave me one. The final battle went the same way as our Rifters orbited close and exchanged volleys. That's when he hit me with the neut! I immediately overheated my afterburner and began to pull range, but he managed to cap me out and all I could do was keep firing and spam my repper hoping to get a rep or two off as we tore each other's Rifters apart. Although my cap was empty, the extra damage my rockets were doing put him in hull early in the fight as my Rifter was approaching deep armor. The gunfire was too much and overwhelmed his tank as <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/94363754/" target="_blank">he exploded</a>. Good fights!<br />
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The war ended a day or two afterwards, and unsatisfied with the lack of fights between the two of us, R1FTA renewed the war. Hopefully more of them come out to play this time :)<br />
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<i>The following took place a few hours before the war officially ended.</i><br />
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It was late (for me at least) when I logged in. I was back in Minmatar Space with the hope and intent of killing more Rifterlings. The Rifter duels earlier from one of them was badass and was hoping to get some more good fights. A friend of mine and fellow Black Jacket Amand Caldurik recently returned to New Eden from a long break, and was also online. We celebrated the occasion by taking our Rifters together to hunt some war targets. Early in our roam we spotted a lone Slasher in a plex, with only myself, Amand and Priestess Melisandre.<br />
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The Priest warped off as we landed on the gate.<br />
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Amand Caldurik > ahh, this chick is cool<br />
Amand Caldurik > i spoke to her a while<br />
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I don't know if it was because we were in a good mood, if it was because it was only us three, or if it was because we had a main target we were after, but we extended an olive branch in local,<br />
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Sem Skord > Priestess Melisandre o/<br />
Sem Skord > Wanna roam with us?<br />
Amand Caldurik > 0/<br />
Priestess Melisandre > hi<br />
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A while went by. I switched to corp chat,<br />
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Sem Skord > think shes wary of us<br />
Amand Caldurik > she should<br />
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I tried again.<br />
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Sem Skord > Wanna shoot stuff with us?</div>
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Amand Caldurik > it will be worth you time</div>
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Sem Skord > haha deal<br />
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Nice! We continued on our hunting party with our new pal. We searched the local constellation but no targets presented themselves. When we entered Frerstorn, d-scan detected a Merlin. I narrowed it down to a novice plex and warped off while I informed the gang.<br />
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Sem Skord > xxx<br />
Sem Skord > Frerstorn<br />
Sem Skord > novice outpost<br />
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The Merlin had just landed on the gate moments before me, I set a 5,000 meter orbit as I mashed ctrl+click to lock him up. The Merlin was pointed and I let loose with a barrage of bullets and rockets.<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 06:49:29 ] Sem Skord > point<br />
[ 2015.10.27 06:49:32 ] Amand Caldurik > good<br />
[ 2015.10.27 06:49:39 ] Sem Skord > shoot him :)<br />
[ 2015.10.27 06:49:52 ] Sem Skord > priest<br />
[ 2015.10.27 06:49:53 ] Sem Skord > come shoot him<br />
[ 2015.10.27 06:49:56 ] Sem Skord > warp to one of us<br />
[ 2015.10.27 06:49:58 ] Priestess Melisandre > omw<br />
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Amand's Rifter landed on grid and joined the fun with his trio of 200mm's but Priest was no where to be seen. <i>Cmon Priest! </i>Finally a Slasher warped in as Priest arrived just as we put the Merlin in hull. Moments later the Merlin <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49834118/" target="_blank">exploded</a>.<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 06:50:49 ] Sem Skord > chasing pod to sun<br />
[ 2015.10.27 06:50:49 ] Amand Caldurik > gj<br />
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I chased the pod to the sun but no luck.<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 06:50:53 ] Sem Skord > grab loot someone<br />
[ 2015.10.27 06:50:56 ] Sem Skord > Kill: Peter Shvec (Merlin)<br />
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I checked out the killmail and noticed Priest wasn't on it. Before I can ask why she didn't fire,<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 06:51:17 ] Amand Caldurik > getting loot<br />
[ 2015.10.27 06:51:24 ] Priestess Melisandre > had safety on<br />
[ 2015.10.27 06:51:30 ] Sem Skord > lol<br />
[ 2015.10.27 06:51:30 ] Amand Caldurik > lol<br />
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I laughed as I remembered I did the exact same thing in my early days of spreading the pew pew! We told her to set it to red, docked, repped and continued on our way to Sirekur.<br />
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We hit Sirekur, and no Rifterlings in system. Ah well, we could investigate the rest of Metropolis on the way to Heimatar. System after system we went through looking for something to shoot but found nothing. We entered Heimatar through the top from Dal and explored the rest of the constellation. When we entered the Ghetto of New Eden, Amamake, I was surprised at what I saw.<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:07:27 ] Sem Skord > wow this is the least amount of people ive ever seen in amamake<br />
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Seven! <b>SEVEN! </b>People in the entire system of Amamake! On top of that, D-Scan was clean of POS trash. Wow! We pressed on to Auga, where there was some activity in space. We scanned the center of the system where the plex's were but found nothing. Just as we were about to warp towards our Auga, I noticed someone went flashy in system, and the only other plex was a small outside scan range.<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:11:01 ] Sem Skord > gonna check that small outpost<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:11:05 ] Sem Skord > someone just went flashy<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:11:17 ] Amand Caldurik > i see<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:11:18 ] Sem Skord > cruor punisher<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:11:19 ] Sem Skord > lets do it<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:11:22 ] Sem Skord > primary cruor<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:11:34 ] Amand Caldurik > wait<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:11:37 ] Sem Skord > oops<br />
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When Amand had said wait I was already taking the acceleration gate into the plex. <i>Overheat everything! </i>I was greeted by the sounds of battle as the Cruor had caught the Punisher and was finishing it off. They were fighting about 12km from the warp in, so I burned towards the Cruor. The Punisher exploded just as I scrammed the Cruor and my Rifter let loose with a barrage of bullets and rockets. I set an orbit to 5,000 meters knowing this thing can neut or something, and within seconds I was capped out! <i>Shit! </i><br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:11:55 ] Sem Skord > xxx<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:12:21 ] Amand Caldurik > stay alive<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:12:24 ] Amand Caldurik > im close<br />
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I aligned towards the sun as the Cruor was in deep armor, but with my capacitor unable to keep my repper going my Rifter was dying a slow death. Seconds felt like minutes as I wondered where the gang was! Lasers were blasting holes into my beautiful hull but my projectiles and rockets were returning the favor. The Cruor entered structure as I neared deep armor! <i>Oh man! Oh MAN! </i>My afterburner was still going, but I still didn't see my backup on short scan. <i>Evasive maneuvers! </i>I overheated my afterburner and spammed warp as the range between us was slowly increasing. A laser blast wrecked my armor and damaged my structure pretty good. His repper kicked in as he was in half structure. <i>8,200 meters ... 8,600 meters .. 9,000 meters! </i>Rifter on fire and smoking, I saw my backup on short. Aura's voice reassured me that we were safe and outta there!<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:12:56 ] Sem Skord > wooo got out<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:12:58 ] Sem Skord > kill him<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:13:00 ] Sem Skord > hes almost dead<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:13:12 ] Sem Skord > 38% structure left<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:13:29 ] Sem Skord > he escaped?<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:13:35 ] Amand Caldurik > he did<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:13:43 ] Amand Caldurik > before i landed<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:13:52 ] Amand Caldurik > i got someones pod<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:13:53 ] Sem Skord > lol man<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:14:01 ] Sem Skord > we were both in hull<br />
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We couldn't get that Cruor, but that skirmish between us was intense as hell! I've never fought a Cruor before, but now I know those things can neut you out real quick. We lingered in the system for a while watching Svipuls and cruisers come in and out before finally moving on.<br />
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The next system over we saw a cyno, and after explaining how to do the bounce, we warped to it and did a drive by. Except our drive by was interrupted by an Archon with the cyno having a sliver of hull left! Ah well! Comet on scan!<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:28:21 ] Priestess Melisandre > comet<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:28:24 ] Sem Skord > warp to me<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:28:41 ] Sem Skord > station<br />
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A flashy comet was sitting on the undock, so we fired on the frig and punched through his shield. As we began to work through his armor, he must of noticed he was getting shot at and docked up. *sigh*<br />
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Amand docked up to repair some damage while Priest and I waited at a safe. I saw a Comet on scan again, this time I opened a novice and waited outside the gate with Priest. Instead of a Comet, the Amarr rookie ship landed on the plex inside. <i>No time for questions! Shoot it! </i>We locked up the rookie ship and <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49834344/" target="_blank">proceeded to destroy it.</a> Woot! Explosions! I spammed target locked for the pod, and succeeded >:)<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:29:13 ] Sem Skord > shoot it<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:29:25 ] Sem Skord > priest<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:29:28 ] Sem Skord > shoot the capsule<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:29:40 ] Sem Skord > Beautiful :)<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:29:41 ] Priestess Melisandre > yay<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:29:44 ] Sem Skord > Kill: Koshei Vestov (Impairor)<br />
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An image of Chancellor Palpatine telling Anakin to execute Count Dooku when he had two light sabers on his throat entered my head at that moment.<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:32:18 ] Sem Skord > priest can you link the km?<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:32:20 ] Priestess Melisandre > Kill: Koshei Vestov (Capsule)<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:32:24 ] Sem Skord > ty<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:32:26 ] Priestess Melisandre > my first kill!<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:32:29 ] Sem Skord > <3<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:32:35 ] Sem Skord > a pod too :) and a war target for you<br />
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<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49834348/" target="_blank">Mwahahahaha!</a> We had roamed throughout Amarr space for the next twenty minutes as plexer's warped off on us and had some false alarms with possible targets. Our trigger fingers were getting jumpy.<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:52:00 ] Sem Skord > Oyonata nothing<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:52:37 ] Amand Caldurik > something wil pop up soon<br />
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As we were nearing the last few systems of our roam for the night, a catalyst called us out in local. All four of us landed on the out gate, and we watched the Catalyst warp back to a small plex.<i> Let's do this! </i>I warped off to follow the catty and informed Amand and Priest where to go. I landed on grid and the Catalyst was waiting. We locked each other up at the same and exchanged gun fire. My shields fell in the first volley so I activated my repper. I noticed my speed had dropped dramatically but I wasn't pointed. Another volley put me in half armor but my repper did it's thing and patched me up. The Catalyst was in half armor as I began to align to get out of there. Each successive volley was a devastating hit to the Rifter, and as Amand and Priest landed on grid, the destroyer was in hull as I warped off. Another close one! The Rifter and Slasher will finish off the Catalyst.<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:55:17 ] Priestess Melisandre > wow<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:55:21 ] Priestess Melisandre > got me<br />
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Huh!? I checked d-scan and saw <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49834477/" target="_blank">Priest's capsule</a> in space! My repper was still going as I turned my Rifter around and warped back to the small plex.<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:55:50 ] Amand Caldurik > qhe got me too<br />
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<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49834481/" target="_blank">Noo!</a> I landed on grid with the <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49834483/" target="_blank">smoldering wrecks of my brethren</a> in space and the Catalyst's blasters ready to keep spreading the love. I locked him up and orbited at 5,000 meters. His shields were gone, was in half armor, and had some damage to his structure. I let the guns and rockets loose as I was double webbed again and rocked with a volley blast. My SAAR coughed out its last two reps as the Catalyst <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49834485/" target="_blank">exploded my Rifter.</a><br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:55:52 ] Priestess Melisandre > did you get him?<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:55:54 ] Sem Skord > same here<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:55:56 ] Sem Skord > nah he got me<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:56:00 ] Amand Caldurik > lol podded<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:56:01 ] Sem Skord > went back to die in a ball of fire<br />
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I typed a gf in local and we were impressed with the Catalyst on how easy he swept us under the rug!<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 07:57:27 ] Amand Caldurik > that guy did well<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:57:33 ] Sem Skord > yea man i wonder what that fit is<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:57:41 ] Sem Skord > the dps was insane<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:57:44 ] Priestess Melisandre > hull?<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:57:52 ] Priestess Melisandre > well, he is a destroyer...<br />
[ 2015.10.27 07:58:29 ] Sem Skord > true<br />
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Fair point Priest, fair point!<br />
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I had some ships about five jumps away as myself and Priest made our way over there so I can compensate her with a Rifter for the Slasher she lost. Amand was back in Isho.<br />
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[ 2015.10.27 08:02:15 ] Sem Skord > im in station, rifter is rdy when u get here<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:03:07 ] Priestess Melisandre > docking<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:04:23 ] Priestess Melisandre > thanks<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:04:31 ] Sem Skord > np, theres some t2 mods on it<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:04:39 ] Sem Skord > so if you need to swap out stuff for meta 4's feel free<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:04:50 ] Priestess Melisandre > I can't run the rocket, but the rest is fine<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:04:57 ] Sem Skord > cool<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:05:08 ] Sem Skord > alright priest, nice flying with you. see ya around o7<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:05:20 ] Priestess Melisandre > thanks for everything!<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:05:24 ] Priestess Melisandre > great night<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:05:39 ] Sem Skord > if you ever wanna shoot stuff again<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:05:45 ] Sem Skord > let us know :]<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:06:01 ] Priestess Melisandre > I will<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:06:25 ] Sem Skord > cool, gonna hit the rack. have a good night o7<br />
[ 2015.10.27 08:06:38 ] Priestess Melisandre > thanks, u too<br />
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Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-80052799351038002592015-10-09T16:41:00.001-07:002015-10-09T16:41:03.813-07:00EVE Is a Cruel MistressEVE has not been good to me lately. After returning to New Eden from a small break of losing at FIFA 16, I went out looking for explosions. The day prior yielded a few good skirmishes where I was able to warp off in low structure, and a <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49492934/" target="_blank">farmer kill </a>to ease back into the<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49492958/" target="_blank"> groove </a>of things. Afterwards, I tried to beat a Svipul + Hyena gate camp (<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49495412/" target="_blank">I lost</a>). Determined to bag me a decent kill I reshipped and almost got ganked by a number of frigates, but was able to escape. I was feeling confident, so I opened a novice and waited. All three entered, and my Rifter <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49496017/" target="_blank">fought bravely</a>. I was not to be deterred from my goal! Went back out and found a Condor nearby in a large plex. I died a <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49496602/" target="_blank">slow agonizing death.</a> Surely EVE was punishing me for playing a different game! I was happy when he finally exploded me so I could dock up and try again later in the day.<br />
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<i>Alright baby, round three! </i>Caldari space still felt a bit alien to me as I headed off into my usual route. One of our new Prospects, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/95561801/" target="_blank">Alex Splinter</a> was out and about looking for stuff to explode. We greeted each other in local and chatted a while as I scanned around and moved on to the next system. </div>
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The constellation of Kurala is where I usually find a few fights without venturing far from home. This cluster of systems leads off into more low sec through Okkamon, and from there even more hunting grounds. I entered Ikoskio and scanned around and noticed something good.</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:34:00 ] Sem Skord > hey</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:34:03 ] Sem Skord > Ikoskio</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:34:06 ] Sem Skord > vexor at a belt</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:34:24 ] Alex Splinter > i can take a vexor ?</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:34:26 ] Alex Splinter > we*?</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:34:28 ] Sem Skord > yes we can</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:34:29 ] Alex Splinter > omw</div>
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Once I landed, through the floating debris of rocks the Vexor was sitting 200km off the belt. <i>Ah poop. </i>I scanned around some more and noticed an Orca out in space. It wasn't POS trash because I've never seen it on scan before, so I figured what the hell and scanned the planets. Once I pinpointed him, I warped off and loaded my Phased Plasma and Inferno rockets. I exited warp and was pleasantly surprised to land right on top of an Orca! <i>What the shit!? </i>Immediately I locked him up, scrammed and webbed the big beast and fired away! </div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:37:55 ] Sem Skord > xxxx</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:38:03 ] Sem Skord > Ikoskio V</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:38:05 ] Sem Skord > customs office</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:38:09 ] Sem Skord > planet V</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:38:11 ] Sem Skord > orca pointed</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:38:38 ] Sem Skord > cmon man!</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:38:47 ] Alex Splinter > omw</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:40:05 ] Sem Skord > once we punch thru his shields</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:40:08 ] Sem Skord > hes dead</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:40:39 ] Alex Splinter > why the hell is it here</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:40:57 ] Sem Skord > was doing PI maybe</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:41:05 ] Alex Splinter > ?</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:41:12 ] Alex Splinter > clear on dscan</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:41:29 ] Sem Skord > rgr</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:41:33 ] Alex Splinter > omg just overloaded -.-'</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:41:34 ] Sem Skord > planetary interaction</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:41:44 ] Sem Skord > watch the heat damage :)</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:42:26 ] Alex Splinter > is there anything i can do to repair here ?</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:43:11 ] Sem Skord > go 1 system over and rep at a station</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:43:17 ] Alex Splinter > yup</div>
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Even with just four of us in system, I continued to mash short scan and keep a nervous eye on who was coming and going in local. As Alex went a system over to repair his guns, a small spike of three pilots occurred. <i>Oh no. Backup has arrived. </i>I continued to mash short scan and to my relief saw nothing, but the pilots were still in system.</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:44:18 ] Alex Splinter > whos angle?</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:44:22 ] Sem Skord > dunno</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:44:29 ] Sem Skord > not showing up on short scan</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:44:31 ] Alex Splinter > watch out</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:44:36 ] Sem Skord > rgr</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:45:07 ] Alex Splinter > all good ? just about to dock</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:45:11 ] Sem Skord > yea im good</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:45:27 ] Sem Skord > almost thru his shield</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:45:36 ] Sem Skord > just us :)</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:46:02 ] Sem Skord > shield broken</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:46:25 ] Alex Splinter > omw back</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:47:37 ] Sem Skord > shoot it</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:47:40 ] Sem Skord > almost in hull</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:48:02 ] Alex Splinter > bulkheads</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:48:21 ] Alex Splinter > firetail in ystem</div>
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A pair of pilots that had been chasing Alex entered system. One was in a Coercer and the other in a Firetail. We stayed on the Orca and watched short and long scan. The duo was on long, most likely looking for us but fortunately haven't succeeded. The Orca was now in half structure as its reinforced hull gave us trouble. I had gone through 3/4's of my shield ammo and rockets to break its shield, and was on the last two reloads of my armor to finish off the big beast. Ammo was running very low. Fortunately the Orca had no drones out (not sure if they can or not) so our only worry was having enough bullets to blow this bad boy up. Just then;</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:49:30 ] pugthetraveler Antollare > anyone want to help on gankers near V</div>
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Ah man! Almost three quarters of the way through his structure and he asks for help in local! Now the Firetail/Coercer duo know where we're at. Minutes later, both ships land on grid with us but 100km off. Not wanting to abandon this Orca, I extended a bloody olive branch.</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:51:38 ] Sem Skord > Help us kill it :)</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:52:36 ] pugthetraveler Antollare > Rhight so you can take all the lot from others. Piss ants.</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:52:48 ] pugthetraveler Antollare > Of course I was stupid to stay in system that long</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:52:50 ] Sem Skord > Ya'll can have the loot when he pops :)</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:53:00 ] Sem Skord > Just wanna see this guy explode</div>
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Yes! Happy that these fellas were helping us bring down this Orca faster, I told Alex to stay on his guard and get ready to warp off as soon as the Orca explodes. The Coercer was slow burning at afterburner speed towards us as we continued to fire on the ship. A couple minutes later the destroyer lent his guns to the destruction and I watched as lasers, autocannons, rockets and blasters came together for one glorious purpose. <i>Pew pew! </i>That's when Richard the Longshanks logged in.</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:53:41 ] Richard Averald > o/</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:54:03 ] Sem Skord > o/</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:54:03 ] Alex Splinter > o/</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:54:05 ] Sem Skord > shooting an orca</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:54:08 ] Sem Skord > Ikoskio</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:54:09 ] Sem Skord > Ikoskio V</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:54:25 ] Richard Averald > long left?</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:54:38 ] Richard Averald > nice</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:54:44 ] Alex Splinter > 2/3 intro hulll</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:54:46 ] Richard Averald > I'm shipless at Nisuwa</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:54:50 ] Richard Averald > have a ship in Okkamon</div>
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The Orca was approaching the last bits of life in its hull. Fire and smoke began to engulf the ship as I reminded Alex of the plan. I typed out a message and hit enter in corp chat, but got a weird ding sound. <i>Maybe I'm typing too much. </i>I hit enter again. Same sound. <i>Hmm that's weird. </i>I hit short scan again, and the Scan button stayed pushed down after I released the click from my mouse. <i>No.</i></div>
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EVE definitely punished me for playing other games that night. I scrambled to log back in but was getting errors that connection wasn't there. I couldn't believe it. Seconds seemed like minutes as the launcher was back up and I opened up the exe file to log back in. <i>Did Alex make it? I missed the Orca explosion. Is my pod ok? I probably got podded by those two. </i>The character menu showed I was in a pod but still in system, so I didn't get podded. I entered space and landed on the Customs Office where the huge Orca wreck was floating like a fallen monument. The Firetail and Coercer were there with the engagement timer on 'em. I warped off to a safe.</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:57:49 ] Alex Splinter > sem ?</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:58:18 ] Sem Skord > Dam game D/c'd</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:58:23 ] Sem Skord > I got d/c'd</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:58:26 ] Sem Skord > in the middle of that shit</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:58:43 ] Alex Splinter > they both targeted so i warped and missed :@</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:59:00 ] Sem Skord > good job man</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:59:12 ] Sem Skord > im feeling mixed emotions</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:59:20 ] Alex Splinter > mmmm annoying. wanted kill</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 07:59:36 ] Alex Splinter > those two have been following me all day</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:02:11 ] Sem Skord > well, we almost got an orca alex :)</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:02:19 ] Alex Splinter > richards aggressing</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:02:27 ] Sem Skord > im getting a firetail</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:02:35 ] Richard Averald > got both</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:02:41 ] Alex Splinter > richard...show off :L</div>
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Richard had arrived to the battlefield in the aftermath, and with the element of surprise killed both the <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49502631/" target="_blank">Firetail</a> and the <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49502624/" target="_blank">Coercer</a> who were still at the wreck. Beautiful work! R1FTA VICTOR!</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:03:36 ] Sem Skord > Richard the Longshanks!</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:03:38 ] Richard Averald > Kill: Turok Alar (Coercer)</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:04:12 ] Sem Skord > fucking beautiful man</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:04:17 ] Richard Averald > we need transport</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:04:45 ] Richard Averald > golem entered</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:04:45 ] Alex Splinter > whats that ^?</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:04:51 ] Richard Averald > same guy</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:04:55 ] Richard Averald > want a golem kill?</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:05:02 ] Alex Splinter > i need ammo</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:05:02 ] Sem Skord > omw</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:05:12 ] Richard Averald > I need repairs</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:05:18 ] Richard Averald > going asakai to return</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:05:23 ] Richard Averald > he's at planet V</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:05:27 ] Richard Averald > probably taking loot</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:05:50 ] Sem Skord > yea omw ill help ya</div>
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[ 2015.10.09 08:06:49 ] Sem Skord > whats a golem?<br />
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[ 2015.10.09 08:13:29 ] Sem Skord > i cant point him<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:13:42 ] Richard Averald > m,aybe he doesnt try to warp<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:14:30 ] Alex Splinter > we warped off for good ?<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:14:30 ] Sem Skord > thats so weird<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:14:34 ] Sem Skord > it wont let me point or web him<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:14:46 ] Richard Averald > hacked?<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:14:51 ] Sem Skord > maybe cuz the ship type??<br />
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[ 2015.10.09 08:15:04 ] Sem Skord > im good<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:15:07 ] Sem Skord > his shield is almost gone<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:15:13 ] Richard Averald > coming in again<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:15:15 ] Sem Skord > rgr<br />
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That's when Alex shed light on why we weren't able to point him.<br />
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[ 2015.10.09 08:15:21 ] Alex Splinter > Bastion Module I<br />
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That's why! Hey I'm just a frigate pilot! At that point we knew we would need something big and fancy to hold down the Marauder and take him down before he warps off. Problem was that it was only us three on in corp chat and we didn't have a bat phone to peeps who could drop the heat on something that big. Richard and I switched over to the Bastards public channel since they had some people online and calmly requested assistance.<br />
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[ 2015.10.09 08:17:48 ] Sem Skord > Golem<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:17:50 ] Sem Skord > pointed<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:17:53 ] Sem Skord > Ikoskio V<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:17:56 ] Sem Skord > need deeps<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:18:13 ] Richard Averald > golem pointed a planet V<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:18:13 ] Sem Skord > and something that can point it :)<br />
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Nothing. We continued to fire on it. Minutes later I had to warp off to repair while Alex and Richard took turns repping and shooting. I returned to the battlefield where the Golem was getting out of the wreck. My fellow Black Jackets were dry on ammo and in need of reps, so I was alone with the big ship. I had already gone through all my EMP and Thermal ammo and was firing my Fusion and Nova rockets at him. With the consistent stop and go of our fire, the Golem's shield had returned to full strength. Seconds later, it warped off.<br />
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[ 2015.10.09 08:21:42 ] Sem Skord > he warped<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:21:47 ] Richard Averald > noes<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:21:47 ] Alex Splinter > fudge<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:21:59 ] Sem Skord > lets loot the hazmat stuff?<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:21:59 ] Alex Splinter > take loot<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:22:03 ] Richard Averald > yea<br />
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There was 480 Hazmat Detection Systems worth 30 mil, so we began to fill our frigate hulls to the max with the stuff and ferry it a system over and repeat. We were only doing around 15-20 at a time.<br />
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[ 2015.10.09 08:26:23 ] Alex Splinter > is there a frighter or something in a local station ?<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:27:19 ] Sem Skord > you mean corp freighter?<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:27:25 ] Richard Averald > I can't fly anything like that<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:27:28 ] Sem Skord > same here<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:27:28 ] Alex Splinter > or a cheap industrial<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:27:36 ] Alex Splinter > itll easily pay off<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:27:47 ] Richard Averald > samanuni has badgers<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:27:54 ] Richard Averald > but that's highsec<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:28:13 ] Sem Skord > yea we'll get popped<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:28:23 ] Sem Skord > alex you can get away with it.<br />
[ 2015.10.09 08:28:31 ] Alex Splinter > ill try<br />
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At this point Richard and I guarded the wreck as Alex was returning from high sec four jumps away in an industrial to expedite the process.<br />
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As Alex loaded the Hazmat stuff into the cargo hold of his industrial and ferried it back and forth, I went over what had transpired in an hour. It was awesome :] It's pretty crazy how things fall into place or have that domino effect. The Orca pilot wanted to do some PI in low sec, Alex and I were roaming nearby, scanned down the Orca, pointed it, then two guys who were following Alex earlier found us, exploded the Orca, then Richard arrived and EXPLODED THEM! Orca pilot returns in a Golem, we do our best to fight him, he warps off, R1FTA pilots putting their heads together to get this loot out of the wreck and in our hands in a timely manner. Crazy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful ain't it?</td></tr>
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Alex loaded the last of the Hazmat materials into the cargo and ferried it to the station a system over. We sorted out the details on how to get it to high sec and were chatting about the events that just transpired when Alex shared an interesting piece of information with us.<br />
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[ 2015.10.09 09:01:35 ] Alex Splinter > err that guy we killed<br />
[ 2015.10.09 09:01:45 ] Alex Splinter > hes lost 2 orcas now<br />
[ 2015.10.09 09:01:46 ] Alex Splinter > :L<br />
[ 2015.10.09 09:01:48 ] Sem Skord > lol<br />
[ 2015.10.09 09:01:58 ] Alex Splinter > lost one on the 4th :L<br />
[ 2015.10.09 09:02:01 ] Richard Averald > not learning the lesson<br />
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Hopefully we can <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/49502596/" target="_blank">continue to teach him</a> >:]</div>
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Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-23019009082956789682015-09-18T14:54:00.001-07:002015-09-18T14:54:06.327-07:00The Spoils IISlammed down a Quafe, sucked down a cigarette, hopped in my Rifter and set out to pick up the rest of the loot!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Fast 'n Furious</span><br />
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.<br />
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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. <i>Front row seats to a fight! </i>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. <i>Shit! The curse strikes again! </i>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 :<br />
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[ 2015.09.11 07:02:31 ] Sem Skord > gf<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:02:41 ] dnl > are you stabbed..<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:02:43 ] dnl > LOL<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:02:47 ] Sem Skord > nope. OH ab, spam warp<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:02:47 ] dnl > gf<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:09 ] Jock Hurin > gf<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:28 ] dnl > ah well<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:30 ] dnl > my fault then lol<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:31 ] dnl > gf gf<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:36 ] Sem Skord > up for another round?<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:43 ] dnl > shureeeee<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:51 ] dnl > fight @ sun ?<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:03:52 ] Jock Hurin > YEH MAN<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:04:08 ] Sem Skord > sure<br />
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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 ....<br />
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[ 2015.09.11 07:05:05 ] Sem Skord > calling for backup ;)<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:05:13 ] Jock Hurin > HAHAHA<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:05:17 ] Jock Hurin > rly?<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:05:26 ] Sem Skord > this is EVE<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:05:27 ] Jock Hurin > no, getting repped man<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:05:32 ] Sem Skord > rgr rgr<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:05:33 ] Jock Hurin > we are not taht lame<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:06:12 ] Jock Hurin > see you there man<br />
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I sat with my Firetail, everything overheated ready to roll. <i>Even if the Breacher and Condor landed together, burn straight for the Condor! </i>The audible sounds of two frigates exiting warp greeted my ears as the Condor appeared on grid first .. 9k meters away! <i>Yes! Go! Go! Go! </i>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. <i>Burn baby burn! </i>He managed one small rep before<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48988972/" target="_blank"> his Condor exploded</a>. 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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48988979/" target="_blank">finished the Breacher. </a> Wooo! Gf! Gf! Man! My plan to go for the Condor and land at a distance paid off!<br />
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[ 2015.09.11 07:07:12 ] dnl > fuckin landed right on you GGGGGGGGGGG<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:07:44 ] Sem Skord > gf gf<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:07:49 ] dnl > gf<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:01 ] Jock Hurin > gf,man<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:09 ] Sem Skord > was hoping you'd land on me too :)<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:12 ] Sem Skord > Condor i mean<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:15 ] dnl > yeah T_T<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:21 ] Sem Skord > gf guys<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:22 ] dnl > shoulda warped in farther<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:25 ] dnl > yeye gf<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:25 ] Sem Skord > fucking have the shakes <3<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:34 ] Jock Hurin > hahahhahahaha<br />
[ 2015.09.11 07:08:37 ] Jock Hurin > yeah, me too<br />
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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 :) <br />
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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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48989160/" target="_blank">another farmer</a>. Got his pod for <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48989170/" target="_blank">good measure</a>. 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.Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-12108124141701948542015-09-11T16:35:00.000-07:002015-09-11T16:35:51.554-07:00The SpoilsFirst off wanna welcome our newest Black Jackets to the Club!<br />
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<a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/331997605/" target="_blank">Mina Reverse</a>, a Prospect for only a couple weeks but has the blood lust of a veteran Black Jacket. Always up for a fight and a chill person. Welcome!<br />
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<a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/92155326/" target="_blank">Bloody James</a>. No stranger to solo frigate action or low sec, Bloody James has left nothing but smoldering wrecks where ever he goes. It's almost machine like the amount of ships he destroys. Welcome to the Club!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Gimme the Loot!</span><br />
Now that I've been flying around Caldari Space, the images of camps at every gate and blobs lurking I had of the place gradually faded away. It's been about a month since we've set up shop in Ishomilken, and the amount of blobs/gate camps is relatively the same in the other regions we've roamed. The amount of fights throughout the region has left me with loot all over the place. And having a big 'ol asset window just irks the hell out of me. Only assets I want to see are just my outposts with Rifters, guns, ammo and other necessities for roaming. So I decided to stop procrastinating and collect all the loot to send it back to the market to rejoin the cycle.<br />
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Late night is best time to go around collecting loot. Minimal chances of running into gate camps. My only problem would be getting side tracked with fights along the way! But I will focus on the task at hand! I undocked from Isho and set off to my first destination. Two jumps in as I warp to the outgate, I do my usual scanning around in case something good pops up. A Mammoth appears on scan and there's only 1 person in local. I know it isn't POS trash, so I pin point it to a planet. I turn my trusty Rifter around, load my Phased Plasma and Inferno rockets so I don't waste the good stuff and warp off! I land on grid, and the Industrial is 27km off right next to the customs office. I burn towards him and lock him up, but still a good ways away from killing range. Yet the Mammoth sat motionless in space as I got closer. <i>17km, 16km .. 13km. </i>I get in scram range and let loose the bullets and rockets as I ram my Rifter into him to throw off his alignment, in case of dirty stabs. His shields fall in two volleys and his armor began to crumble quickly. The pilot woke up to the sounds of his ship being violated and began to realign to warp. I tactfully rammed my Rifter into him again. A few seconds later,<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48972413/" target="_blank"> the Mammoth explodes.</a> I chased his pod to the sun but he warped off right as I got a lock. Ah well! I returned to the planet, looted the good stuff and continued on with my mission.<br />
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I arrived in Rakapas and picked up my stuff. I undocked to continue to my next destination, but saw a cyno. Oh yes. I'm that guy. I docked back up, threw everything out on the loading bay and raced back out into space. I was right next to the cyno, when a flashy Daredevil landed about 30km away. I stopped and waited for him to make a move, when he began to burn towards me. <i>Nope! </i>I picked up my stuff and continued on my way. I was enjoying the scenery, playing with the camera taking cool screen shots of my Rifter warping through space. I land on the Heydieles gate and hear an explosion that immediately puts me into armor. A small dose of the shakes run through me as I jump gate and realize what happened. A Raven tried to smart bomb my frigate. <i>Good thing I had my Damage Control on! </i>It's like a seat belt, don't fly without that thing on!<br />
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I arrive at the station and dock up. I step out the Rifter to enjoy some Quafe and watch the crew load the loot onto my ship. As I'm sipping my cold, cold Quafe I get a ping. It's from my pal Arsikere.<br />
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Arsikere > sem... saw this guy in local... read his bio Ruthless Chi<br />
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I remember him. I passed him in on the way as he was in a pod.<br />
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Sem Skord > talking to him in the pub right now<br />
Sem Skord > saw him in a pod, asked if the incursus on scan got 'em<br />
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<a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/95368591/" target="_blank">Ruthless Chi</a> was looking for a pirate corp, and I've spotted him a few times in our pub. As we passed each other, we chatted about what got him. I had the idea of killing the guy who got him, then approaching him to fly with us.<br />
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Sem Skord > what was his name?<br />
Ruthless Chi > Kill: Ruthless Chi (Coercer)<br />
Sem Skord > rgr<br />
Sem Skord > gracias<br />
Ruthless Chi > avenge me<br />
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The crew signaled that the Rifter was loaded and ready to go. I slammed down the rest of my drink and took the reigns. I told Ruthless I'd keep an eye out as I set off to Ouelletta. I pass through the systems enjoying the scenery, paying special attention to local for any sign of Ruthless's killer. I reach Ouelletta, and that's when I spot him. Not <i>thee </i>killer, but a killer nonetheless.<br />
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<a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/95122601/" target="_blank">Duke Kincaid</a>. Former Black Jacket, former Hayabusa pilot, now a one man wolf pack. We greeted each other in local. I scanned around and saw only a Merlin out in space .. at a plex. It was only three other people in local, so I warped towards it expecting to find the Duke. His background as a Black Jacket and SKRMR pilot, I expected an unconventional Merlin fit. The only thing I could think of was an armor tanked, would have to gamble with the type of guns. I've been caught by surprise by dual web, armor tanked Merlins, even tried it once before but exploded in a ball of fire and fail. I loaded Fusion ammo and Nova rockets and overheated everything. The Duke was 6k meters from me as I locked him up and burned towards him. I landed my scram and web first and fired away. Three volleys put him in half shields, so my gamble paid off! He locked me up and returned fire. <i>Rails! </i>I kept my afterburner overheated and closed range. The Duke put me into armor just as fast, but my charge to close distance had already put his Merlin into structure! He was landing some good shots as my speed fell and he slowly began to widen the gap between us. That's when his reps kicked in. All I could do was mash approach to maximize the effectiveness of my autocannons. My tank was holding comfortably as his ship danced between very low armor and hull. I landed a nice hit that put him into half structure but one of his reps brought life back into his armor. His Merlin was on fire struggling to pull range. My tank continued to hold nicely as my guns and rockets tore apart the frigate. A sliver of hull remained, and I watched my rockets fly towards the Duke to <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/95122601/" target="_blank">deliver the final blow</a>. Wooo! Gf!! The shakes were upon me! I didn't bother to capture his pod out of respect for the Duke. We exchanged gf's as I looted n scooted. I docked in the station and exited my pod to guzzle down another Quafe. I contacted Ruthless to let him know I haven't seen any sign of the quarry.<br />
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Ruthless Chi > its np brah<br />
Ruthless Chi > my executioner is full of win<br />
Sem Skord > have we shot each other before?<br />
Ruthless Chi > if you fly ut here then more than likely yes<br />
Ruthless Chi > im always flying exe torms and coercers out here<br />
Ruthless Chi > im down if you want to make it official : O<br />
Ruthless Chi > then I need to go to bed<br />
Ruthless Chi > gonna go crush a dart brb<br />
Sem Skord > talking 'bout shooting each other?<br />
Ruthless Chi > yes<br />
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After some discussion on where to meet, we settle on a halfway mark between our current locations. I set my destination towards Reitsato, inform the loading crew to keep the loot packaged and ready to go, and take off in my Rifter. I reach the system and see Ruthless on scan along with other frigates. We decide to fight at a far away planet away from the buzz of the center. I inform him to warp 100km off the planet, and that the fight begins when both ships are on grid. I land and no one is on grid, so I sit and wait while mashing short scan. A few moments go by until an Executioner pops up. I load Fusion ammo along with Nova rockets and wait. Moments later he lands right on top of me. I burn towards him as I lock him up, land my point and web and let the guns loose. Within seconds the Executioner is in deep armor but is faster than my Rifter. I overheat my afterburner to regain a bit of ground or stay closer a bit longer. Ruthless pulls range at a straight angle and I stay on him, the distance increasing little by little. He's 5k meters from me but my autocannons continue to land solid blows that rock his frigate. My tank holds the line while his reps are doing enough to keep him from going down but struggle to repair the damage from each volley of bullets and rockets. Seconds later, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48972768/" target="_blank">the Executioner explodes.</a><br />
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Sem Skord > gf<br />
Ruthless Chi > gf<br />
Ruthless Chi > started a little too close lol<br />
Sem Skord > just the way i like it :)<br />
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I decided now was the time to ask him to fly with us.<br />
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Sem Skord > couldnt help but notice ur bio<br />
Sem Skord > would love to have you fly with us, blow stuff up<br />
Ruthless Chi > thats why im hanging out here<br />
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:D<br />
After some more discussion, Ruthless decided to join Black Rebel Rifter Club. <i>Yes! </i>His attitude and willingness to undock and cause explosions is just what we're looking for, and I know he'll fit right in.<br />
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We exchange gf's again and part ways. I made my way back towards Ouelletta to pick up the loot I left there. As I entered the hangar, the loading crew had purchased some food and drinks and made themselves comfortable. After they loaded the loot I gave 'em some ISK for their patience and went towards Yvangier where I had most of the loot stored. I docked up for the night as it was getting late, and decided to collect the rest of the spoils tomorrow night. An eventful and fruitful roam :)<br />
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<br />Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-54236486384505361012015-08-25T10:14:00.003-07:002015-08-25T10:14:34.145-07:00Tale of Two Frigates<i>The Citadel. Ishomilken.</i> 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.<br />
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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.<br />
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<i>The Citadel. Ishomilken. </i>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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/corporation/98199279/" target="_blank">Stay Frosty</a> and <a href="https://zkillboard.com/corporation/1449814438/" target="_blank">The Bastards</a> nearby, the potential is definitely great. With that said, let's get on to the good stuff!<br />
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<u><span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">Off To a Good Start ...</span></u><br />
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! <i>Ammo, check! Guns and modules, repaired! Tobacco, Spirits, and Quafe - CHECK! Let's do this! </i>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. <i>Caracal. </i>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.<i> What the?? </i>Another volley was on its way to greet me with the same results. <i>Heavy missiles. </i>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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48590052/" target="_blank">went down swinging.</a> 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, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/94236526/" target="_blank">Richard Averald</a>, logged in as I was heading back towards Isho.<br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><u>The Fun Begins</u></span><br />
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. <i>What do we have here? </i>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. <i>Just me and him in system, two frigates, 1v1 at the sun! </i>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. <i>Here we go baby. </i>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. <i>Spike local. </i>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. <i>Stay on him. </i>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. <i>Here we go! </i>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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48590161/" target="_blank">while his pals finished me off.</a> 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.<br />
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When I reached Hirri two of them were in system and flashy again. <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/95633104/" target="_blank">ToyBox77</a> 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. <i>Gang must be on the other side. </i>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. <i><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48590322/" target="_blank">Sweet Revenge!</a> </i><a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48590325/" target="_blank">With a cherry on top!</a> Local spiked and two familiar faces appeared. <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/95751932/" target="_blank">Ysera E-Dragon</a> and <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/94783970/" target="_blank">Venix LoneCould</a> 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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/95798872/" target="_blank">Waterbread</a> 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! <i>Wooo <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48590354/" target="_blank">Rich got 'em! </a></i><br />
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[ 2015.08.21 07:43:59 ] Sem Skord > lol<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:44:03 ] Richard Averald > lol<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:44:51 ] Sem Skord > you get the trist?<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:00 ] Richard Averald > incursus melted before I could rep<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:03 ] Richard Averald > yes<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:08 ] Richard Averald > Kill: Venix LoneCould (Tristan)<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:27 ] Sem Skord > im coming back lol<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:36 ] Richard Averald > you alive<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:37 ] Richard Averald > ?<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:41 ] Sem Skord > nah i died<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:45:51 ] Richard Averald > lol<br />
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[ 2015.08.21 07:45:55 ] Richard Averald > need to find a ship<br />
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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.<br />
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Arsikere > SEM!<br />
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<a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/781424560/" target="_blank">Ariskere!</a> 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.<br />
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[ 2015.08.21 07:56:00 ] Sem Skord > arsi<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:03 ] Sem Skord > wanna lend a hand??<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:13 ] Sem Skord > if you can bring a frig?<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:31 ] Sem Skord > Nisuwa<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:35 ] Arsikere > against who<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:36 ] Sem Skord > with you itll be 4v3<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:45 ] Sem Skord > merlin, kestrel. incursus, trist<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:51 ] Sem Skord > corp mate has a tanky ass punisher<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:56:55 ] Sem Skord > 10k ehp<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:31 ] Arsikere > if they are gall i cant help<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:36 ] Arsikere > hang on<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:40 ] Sem Skord > cal mil :)<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:45 ] Sem Skord > ToyBox77<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:46 ] Sem Skord > Venix LoneCould<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:47 ] Sem Skord > Waterbread<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:57:49 ] Sem Skord > Ysera E-Dragon<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:58:52 ] Arsikere > yeah omw<br />
[ 2015.08.21 07:58:58 ] Sem Skord > rgr<br />
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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.<br />
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[ 2015.08.21 07:57:42 ] Richard Averald > I'm thinking on going in nov and bait<br />
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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,<br />
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<i>"We played hunter/hunted around the system and the adrenaline was pumping, and the joy of pvp vs Many." - The Face of Death</i><br />
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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.<br />
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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. <i>Damn! </i>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. <i>Get him!!! </i>I spam target lock and manage to land my point! <i>Yes! </i>Richard and I immediately fire away at the Incursus as his friends can do nothing but watch as <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48590579/" target="_blank">their pal's ship is destroyed.</a> 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.<br />
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[ 2015.08.21 08:10:39 ] Arsikere > omw<br />
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The Thorax landed on grid as the Merlin's armor began to fall apart. The Merlin was taking huge swaths of damage and <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48590582/" target="_blank">exploded in a righteous flash of fire and metal.</a> 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.<br />
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[ 2015.08.21 08:14:41 ] Sem Skord > taking off arsi?<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:15:20 ] Arsikere > gottado muh plexes :P<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:15:39 ] Sem Skord > no worries man, thanks a lot for the show of force :)<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:15:46 ] Arsikere > ye<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:15:48 ] Sem Skord > and for lugging that big cruiser around<br />
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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*<br />
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. <i>Uh oh. </i>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!<br />
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[ 2015.08.21 08:23:44 ] Richard Averald > want me ngage?<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:24:37 ] Sem Skord > YAH<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:24:38 ] Sem Skord > dual webs!<br />
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In his words he described what transpired.<br />
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<i>"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</i><br />
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<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48590670/" target="_blank">Rich's tank held true.</a><br />
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[ 2015.08.21 08:25:35 ] Richard Averald > thought you had him<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:25:40 ] Richard Averald > so I disengaged<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:25:41 ] Sem Skord > nah man he had me dual webbed<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:25:45 ] Richard Averald > he went for me<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:25:52 ] Sem Skord > i got out lol in deep hull<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:25:57 ] Richard Averald > lol<br />
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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.<br />
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[ 2015.08.21 08:26:27 ] Richard Averald > I need to take kids now<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:26:31 ] Richard Averald > and you can sleep ^^<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:26:46 ] Sem Skord > yes<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:26:53 ] Sem Skord > think we've earned it :)<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:27:04 ] Richard Averald > thanks for action o7<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:27:14 ] Richard Averald > most fun in a long time<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:27:19 ] Sem Skord > same here man!<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:27:23 ] Sem Skord > have a good one o7<br />
[ 2015.08.21 08:27:29 ] Richard Averald > you too!<br />
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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.<br />
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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;<br />
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<i>...a willingness to cause explosions be it the enemy or yourself.</i><br />
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Hope you guys enjoyed the story!Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-53414852709393171392015-08-13T14:16:00.000-07:002015-08-13T14:16:54.309-07:00Nomad in a RifterAlthough 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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48418651/" target="_blank">Thrasher</a> 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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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!<br />
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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<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48437654/" target="_blank"> the Merlin exploded.</a> 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. <em>Probably ratting. </em>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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48437676/" target="_blank">the Algos explodes in a beautiful explosion.</a> Taking advantage of the ratter's state of shock and surprise, I<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48437678/" target="_blank"> scram his pod and explode that as well.</a> I salvage the good loot from the wreckage and retrieve the corpse to add to my Crypt, dock up and repair my Rifter. <em>Man! So far so good! </em>Only been here for half an hour and already finding more fights than Red Space! I undock and head to Loes. <br />
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I enter the system, and as soon as I warp off to my safe a flashy Tristan lands on the gate! <em>Damn! </em>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! <br />
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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. <em>Ouch! </em>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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48437730/" target="_blank">put the finishing touches on it's hull.</a> I also managed <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48437735/" target="_blank">to catch his pod.</a> <em>Man on a roll tonight!</em><br />
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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. <em>Oh yea! </em>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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48437978/" target="_blank">floating heap of smoking metal</a> as he<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48437988/" target="_blank"> joined the vast darkness of space.</a> <br />
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I continued with my return to base when the Tristan pilot from earlier flags me down in local.<br />
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Cheradenine-Zakalwe Amtiskaw > SEM WHERE WAS SHE, i WAS HUNTING HER DOWN?<br />
Sem Skord > who?<br />
Cheradenine-Zakalwe Amtiskaw > OH, I guess it wasn't you<br />
Cheradenine-Zakalwe Amtiskaw > <1 week player in a vexor<br />
Cheradenine-Zakalwe Amtiskaw > went flashy, then you showed up<br />
Sem Skord > where'd you spot her?<br />
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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<br />
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Cheradenine-Zakalwe Amtiskaw > that one<br />
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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. <em>Tristan on short. Stay on him! </em>The Tristan lands 50km off! I continue to fire on the Thorax, and moments later <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48438023/" target="_blank">it explodes in a glorious flash of light!</a> I <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48438024/" target="_blank">grab his pod</a>, 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.<br />
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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 :)<br />
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Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-10824293750406394452015-08-07T11:50:00.003-07:002015-08-07T11:50:38.678-07:00All Roads Lead to R1FTA<em>"All Roads Lead to R1FTA." - <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/92245349/" target="_blank">Dominoe Vyse</a></em><br />
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The past week has been chalk full of fights, explosions and exciting news! First off, the explosions and fights!<br />
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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. <em>They're not FW. Maybe those far belts? Mining!? </em>Far belts turned up nothing, so I decided to just go on about my way. <em>Docked maybe. </em>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. <em>Gonna have to do this solo! </em><br />
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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! <em>Still in the fight! </em>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! <em>Shit! </em>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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48318745/" target="_blank">I give my Rifter a good death.</a> 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.<br />
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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, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48318882/" target="_blank">R1FTA Victor.</a> Gf! I loot 'n scoot, dock up, repair and drop off the loot and continue on my way. <br />
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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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48319029/" target="_blank">the ship fell apart.</a> It was a farmer! I caught his pod, read him his rights <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2WK_eWihdU" target="_blank">(Ezekiel 25:17)</a>, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48319031/" target="_blank">then delivered justice.</a><br />
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That's when <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/93835314/" target="_blank">Grease PaYN</a> entered system asking for a 1v1.<br />
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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.<br />
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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 <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48319427/" target="_blank">explode the Tormentor!</a> Gf! I return his loot to him at a station. <br />
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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!<br />
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On my return trip home I saw a Rifter at a Novice, so of course <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48322790/" target="_blank">I stop by and say hello.</a> He never broke my shields :)<br />
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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 :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/91176676/" target="_blank">Remi Nardieu</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/92129932/" target="_blank">Ano Regni</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/92245349/" target="_blank">Domino Vyse</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/91959848/" target="_blank">Lucas Padecain</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/90761677/" target="_blank">Brink Albosa</a></td></tr>
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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!Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-87296494622778135302015-07-28T10:16:00.002-07:002015-07-28T10:16:31.132-07:00Blood Red TerrorSolo and very small gang pvp is the main play style in Black Rebel Rifter Club. A lot of us in the solo pvp community have memories of our most favorite fights, and those which we cannot believe we pulled off. Well our very own Prez, <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/90488987/" target="_blank">Darth Terona</a> recently achieved one of these feats. I admire the skill it took to pull off what he did. Anyway, in his own words!<br />
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So I start the night off in my trusty duel web Republic Fleet Firetail. I check my ammo to make sure its topped off and set a course for Tama from Gultratren.<br />A couple of jumps in, I encounter a lone Throax sitting on the large in Todifrauan. Without question, I order my ship to warp to the plex at zero. You see, I'm a crazy fool who hunts for those famed outmatched fights. The Thorax should make short work of my ship with duel webs and blasters, coupled with tech II drones. <br />
I'm a fool for attacking him. But there is no room for fear when you're a Black Jacket.<br />I land right on top of the Thorax and quickly tell my ship to orbit at 500. One cycle of my MWD locks me into close orbit fast, and I lay in with Republic Fleet Fusion and Nova rockets. I only put one web on him though and a scram. He launches drones, and I quickly switch my aggro to them. Web, AC's, rockets, BOOM. Web, AC's, rockets, BOOM, web, AC's, rockets BOOM, webacrocketboom warb! Now the Thorax is defenseless against me. He is shield tanked. I neglect to load EM ammo. <br />
I get him down to low armor and a Hookbil lands on top of me. So I let loose one web, AC's and rockets on him. Again without switching ammo. <a class="bbc_link" href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48004280/" target="_blank">https://zkillboard.com/kill/48004280/</a><br />The fight is lost, with the Thorax in deep armor and the Hookbill's shields stripped away. If only I had switched to EM or Thermal ammo.. Oh well.<br /><br />Determined not to let this derail me, I pick up a Retribution from Gultratren and head back towards Tama hoping for a rematch. I didn't find that Thorax and Hookbill duo.. but I did find a beautiful death.<br /><a class="bbc_link" href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48004678/" target="_blank">https://zkillboard.com/kill/48004678/</a><br /> <br />
On my way to Tama, I find a Rifter and Hawk in Arnher. The details of how the battle began are fuzzy to me, but I do know I found two of em' at the large outpost. I warped in at 100, turned 180 and burned away. A third landed, and a fourth, and a fifth. They seem like they wanted the fight. Their FC chanting taunts in local. My tactic is working. In a bid to catch me, they are all burning at me at different speeds. The Tristan was the fastest. He got within 30km and the next closest opponent was 65km. I shut off my MWD, and wait for it to cycle. Then I turned and burned with an overheated MWD right at him. I know that with that speed, he is set to kite. He is caught well off guard with my Retribution 1km off his tailpipe re-sculpting his hull quickly with Conflag. I'm able to pull off shooting Conflag at him, which usually kills tracking, because I know he wants nothing more than to get away from me. He does pull out to 11k towards the end of the fight, and I'm forced to fit scorch and oh MWD and scram to catch him again. <br /><a class="bbc_link" href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48004587/" target="_blank">https://zkillboard.com/kill/48004587/</a><br /> <br />
The next fastest is a Rifter. I fly away from the blob after my first kill with my micro warp drive screaming.<br />I pull a 30k separation on the Rifter, and use the same move to slingshot back on top of him, Conflag heated and ready to go. It takes all of two orbits to completely destroy him. <br /><a class="bbc_link" href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48004616/" target="_blank">https://zkillboard.com/kill/48004616/</a><br /><br />Burn away from the blob you fool! Oh yea!<br /><br />I pull straight up and light the MWD again. this time. This time I notice the Kestrel and Punisher are far enough away (90km) for me to have a nice long fight with the Hawk. So I turn back onto him. The Hawk does nice bits of damage to me, but my Pulse Lasers and Conflag coupled with approach and some manual piloting to keep my nose pointed right at him melt away his shields. I hear an alarm and look down. My hull is 20%! so I have a moment of weakness, load Scorch and start to pull away with the intent on leaving the fight. Its not going well though, as he has a web. But I notice his shield stopped repairing. I had tasted victory, I needed only to turn back into him to ensure my destiny. Conflag loaded, I burned all the way out of scram range in order to cycle my MWD and approach. It works nice! I swing right at him passing 500m from his bow. as I pass, he showers me with a beautiful explosion!<br /><a class="bbc_link" href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48004638/" target="_blank">https://zkillboard.com/kill/48004638/</a><br /><br />I'm really hurting at this point, but I want them all. With less than 5% armor I turn and burn for the Kestrel who is within 20k of a punisher. I know I probably wont survive.. but I don't care. I never care.<br />I make a running pass at the Kestrel while really working my way into a tight orbit on the Punisher. I know I can get under his guns. Punisher is the primary target, but I wont ignore the Kestrel while I have a shot on him. I pass the Kestrel at 1.3k peppering him with Scorch on the approach from 14 to 6k and Conflag from 6k to 6k and finally scorch again from 6k to 9k on the opening vector. He, to my surprise, could not handle the attack and melted.<br /><a class="bbc_link" href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/48004668/" target="_blank">https://zkillboard.com/kill/48004668/</a><br /><br />My move works well, I'm right up next to the Punisher just like I want to be. But sadly cannot establish an orbit like I want because of my lack of AB or web. I started the fight in 40% structure after the Kestrel, and got the Punisher down to under 10% structure.. One more shot!!! but it was not to be.. With 40% structure and severe heat damage to all my mods, I was out of tricks. Great Fight!<br /><br />The guys are really cool about the fight, and I explain to them not to be discouraged. I've been doing solo for years, and designed this ship to fight Svipuls. We chat in local a bit, many good fights where exchanged and I learned that the FC (Hawk guy) was getting people to follow him to low sec to pick up fighting. I offer to pay for all their losses and make some new friends... well, such as friends are for me.. I'm likely to shoot my own tail if I can ever catch the damn thing. <br />
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Some good shit right there! As he shared the story with me and later on with the rest of the corp, I was just amazed. Biggest I ever fought out numbered was about a 3v1 in a Rail-cursus (and lost), but this right here is another level! This deserves a celebration from SpongeBob!<br />
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<br /><br />Sem Skordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16850510694461150900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193196476112264553.post-67585644510434409022015-07-19T15:04:00.000-07:002015-07-19T15:04:00.370-07:00Man of the HourSince the last post I've been out fighting the good fight, looking to cause explosions and rescue any stranded drones I come across. Got some real good action while out roaming in Verge Vendor. I entered Ouelletta and saw an unnamed Vexor on scan. My memory is hazy, but if I remember correctly there was about four people in local and the pilot who matched the Vexor was a month old! <em>Oh yea! Let's do this!</em> Once I found the belt he was at, I warped to it with Phased Plasma in my 200mm's and Inferno rockets courtesy of the Caldari military loaded and ready to go. Wrecks of poor helpless rats scattered the belt as the Vexor was finishing up the last npc. I landed right on top of him and proceeded to fire with extreme prejudice. His shields were falling fast and my guns were already tearing up his armor when I saw an unnamed Retriever on short scan. <em>What the? </em>I continue firing on the vessel as I was tanking his tech one drones comfortably and when he entered deep armor, the barge shows up on grid right on top of us! <em>What is going on!? </em>The Vexor is in halfway through structure and the barge just sits there, I assume watching the fight going on. When the <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/47881005/" target="_blank">Vexor exploded</a> I locked up the barge and began unloading on him as well. The shields were falling fairly quick but his drones were banging up my Rifter pretty good. When the barge had 3/4's shields left, I switched to the drones. I fired at the drones for a few seconds when it clicked in my mind that his shields are almost gone, and to switch back to the barge. The fight ensued and I had him in deep armor as my Rifter was running out of <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/47881013/" target="_blank">it was too late!</a> Gf gf!! <br />
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nanite reps and was in low armor as well. I began to align towards the sun to get out of there, but I was close to getting him into structure and decided to turn back around finish him. Two big volleys from the drones put me in deep hull, and I turned around AGAIN ... but <br />
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I got my pod out of there and raced back to my outpost in Yvangier to reship. Minutes later I was in a Rifter burning back to Ouelletta hoping that the barge was still there. This time I loaded Fusion ammo with the mindset that since his shields fell quickly, I'll need the extra oomph to punch through his armor and explode the barge. I enter the system, and not only is the barge still there, but there's an unnamed Venture with him as well! Christmas came early! <br />
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I warp to the belt and there they were, like a mother whale guiding her young calf through the vast ocean. The two ships were mining together, and I locked up the barge and unleashed my 200mm's and rockets as I swooped in. The drones were out doing their thing, but I wasn't going down this time! The Venture remained in the belt, motionless and still mining! <em>Shock perhaps?? </em>Couple minutes later <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/47881117/" target="_blank">the barge went down fighting</a> as my gamble with the Fusion ammo paid off, as I checked short I saw a Vigilant on scan. First off I don't know what that is but it sounds bad so I begin aligning towards the sun to get out of there. But the Venture is still chilling in the belt! I lock up the Venture and fire away as I'm aligning. Moments later the Vigilant lands <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/47881121/" target="_blank">just as the Venture explodes!</a> <em>Time to get out of here! </em>I mash the warp button as the Vigilant locks me up, and just as I'm about to get that last little bit of speed to warp off .... I bounce off an asteroid. <br />
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Oh how cruel New Eden is! Kill a ratting Vexor, a barge and a little 'ol Venture, only to be <a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/47881123/" target="_blank">denied my escape via an asteroid!</a> The Vigilant landed his long point and shortly after made quick work of my Rifter. All good fun though, in under 30 minutes got some quick juicy action so I'm a happy camper. <br />
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But enough of that! What I really want to share is a kill by a fellow Black Jacket <a href="https://zkillboard.com/character/94236526/" target="_blank">Richard Averald.</a> We've been having a monthly contest of who can get the best solo kill (preferably while flying a frigate) and he not only landed this juicy kill, but told us the story. So in his own words, Richard Averald's account of how<a href="https://zkillboard.com/kill/47908035/" target="_blank"> he killed a Cruor in a Kestrel!</a><br />
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I was starting a solo-roam in Arzad where I had left my ship last time I was logged in. In the area I met a few gangs a few two-person-teams in slicers (one team I engaged but they were plexers and fled). I slowly went through the FW-systems in Devoid and Bleak Lands and came around to Laama the other way around and then entered Tzvi which usually have a couple of vets and the occasional newbie playing hunter and prey.<br />
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At the time there was a novice site in Tzvi with a Tristan and a Cruor close. The people in the system had neutral-ish sec status and no one flashed which got me thinking they were team and a "no-go" on engaging with any odds in my favor. In the very next minute I saw the Tristan disappearing from d-scan, he probably went towards the other end of system and next a new medium site appeared at the same time as the Cruor went off d-scan too. Hoped that they were going for a split taking one plex each made hit warp to the new site.<br />
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When reaching 14.3AU I saw the Cruor on d-scan, alone. I narrowed d-scan in the direction to see that he was at the site and not nearby. Maybe this could be the chance to try a 1vs1? I suddenly left warp and saw the gate - and there the Cruor was waiting at the gate... I didn't who the pilot was so I was pretty secure of my imminent death:<strong> <span class="bbc_color" style="color: white;">a Cruor at a gate with me warping in at 0km</span></strong> <img alt="???" class="smiley" src="http://www.r1fta.com/Forum/Smileys/akyhne/huh.gif" title="Huh" /><br />
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I overheated my racks and targeted him. He targeted me first and was already coming closer. I took a few hits and looked into the eyes of the Cruor's death-neuts before my webs hit him. Together with the overheated AB I was slowly getting outside neut range which otherwise would've been a fast - and certain - death. <br />
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I kept an eye on d-scan and didn't see the Tristan coming. Then my rockets started chewing into his armor. He had pretty good resists but my chewing was still going at a steady pace. His hits made go into armor when I had taken all his. I was feeling a bit confident now but knew that if he got me inside neut range I would be at a loss - my AB had 96% heat damage now, in other words, overheating any further was not an alternative.<br />
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When he was at 50% structure I slowly moved closer to him - I didn't want him to slingshot out of scram in a last effort to break free. On the other hand I was back inside neut range. Luckily rockets have good alpha and two rounds of rockets later I was blinded by the awesome destruction of the Cruor. I immediately tried to scram his pod but he was already on the way and I was full of adrenaline and joy - <strong>this is why Eve rocks!</strong><br />
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Man! I read that and was smiling the whole time! That's why we enjoy solo pvp! Motivated pilots doing amazing things with tech 1 frigates! I'm grateful to have found a home in New Eden with other pilots who share the same love and play style :]<br />
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Until next time!<br />
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