I'm sitting in dock, the lights all out except for a candle on my desk, shadows dance against the hangar walls, I hate when the Station systems are being updated, why do they always schedule these things for when I have the most time to hunt?
Everything is quiet, the numerous ships in my hangar all powered down. It's times like these when the cold reality of space really kicks in.
Yesterday saw very little action, got an unfortunate Thorax pilot on a stargate out of Gusandall as we were trying to set something up but the mark was for the most part unwilling so I docked up.
It was only much later that a fellow Pirate reported some action in Sotrenzur, two Ravens on scan, most likely in a mission. Keira was already in space and headed over to work her magic. She had dropped a Spook 20 AU probe, one which has great range but low strength so chances of getting reliable and accurate hits is slim but Keira's persistance and skills seem to pay off on a regular basis. Within four passes of the probe she had a hit and warped to it. She reported a deadspace gate and the Raven still on scan so I boarded "Karma" and undocked, the Pirate who reported the mark had docked up to change to a Raven battleship. We agreed to meet at the gate into the system and co-ordinate our attack.
Once both in position we agreed to engage and we jumped into system, as our systems resolved we set a warp to Keira's position, that girl had setup a perfect warpin and I burst out of warp on top of the gate, my Raven accomplice joining me seconds later, we activated the gate at the same time and were launched into warp towards the deadspace. It looked like the gods of EvE were against us, I came out of warp 68km from the mark and thought at this time the gig was up, I made all haste to close the distance and only then realised I had a MWD fitted and it wouldn't activate due to the deadspace interference, slowboating the distance would be a pain but it seemed our mark was asleep in his pod as he had not made a move to warp out or target us.
I was slowly closing to within warp disruption range and I had set the module to overload to get that extra bit of range and once within that range I started my lock, it resolved and the disruptor kicked in, the Raven was trapped. My accomplices battleship was still a long way off so I started my attack and launched my drones, closed to within range of my guns and opened up, our mark seemlesly oblivious to my presence but then he locked me and my accomplice and set his drones and missiles on the Raven and not me.
Our marks shields were taking a beating and were giving in, my accomplice finally getting to within range of his torpedoes and soon the mighty Raven succumbed in a flash of light. The system started to fill up and intel confirmed it was our marks friends, hopefully coming to save him but it was too late, we grabbed the loot and got out of dodge just as Keira reported another Raven, a Megathron and Maller warp in to the deadspace gate. We decided to bug out as more of the smouldering Ravens corpmates jumped into system.
We docked up in Gusandall and shared the spoils, being a Pirate is not only about the fights but also about ISK, that which makes the universe go round.
It was a good kill and props to CPT NESSAJA, my accomplice, a good scout and great assist on the kill.
The day brought little else and I generally chatted in various channels and eventually slumped in my bunk. I woke to this black out and am itching to hunt once service is resumed and the station goes active
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Thursday, 10 April 2008
Road trip
I decided that I would grab "Discworld Tours™" a Crow class Interceptor and go on a road trip this evening. If you remember I made a Pilgrimage to New Eden and the EVE gate a month or so ago and I decided I would go to Dead End and see the Black Monolith. This would be a 106 jump round trip but as always I feel seeing the universe is well worth it.
The trip itself was uneventful, blasted past a couple of gatecamps but other than that the route was devoid of any life. These trips are very soothing and are something I highly recommend to others as the universe is truly huge and something we are all too quick to forget as we fight our wars and scrounge for our ISK.
Now to the real reason for this report, the pictures:
The Black Monolith at Dead End
"Oh my god.... it's full of stars"
I popped into New Eden to see the EVE Gate again.
It truly is beautiful.
On the way back I called in at The Myridian Strip
and snapped a pic of a corpse by an unusual stargate complex
I'm really keen to explore some of EVE's other sights and will do so in future but for now I'm kinda tired after such a long trip so I think I'm going to hit the sack.
I'll leave you with a shot of "Crop Duster™" the last thing plex runners in Gusandall see before they take the Clone Vat Express
The trip itself was uneventful, blasted past a couple of gatecamps but other than that the route was devoid of any life. These trips are very soothing and are something I highly recommend to others as the universe is truly huge and something we are all too quick to forget as we fight our wars and scrounge for our ISK.
Now to the real reason for this report, the pictures:
The Black Monolith at Dead End
"Oh my god.... it's full of stars"
I popped into New Eden to see the EVE Gate again.
It truly is beautiful.
On the way back I called in at The Myridian Strip
and snapped a pic of a corpse by an unusual stargate complex
I'm really keen to explore some of EVE's other sights and will do so in future but for now I'm kinda tired after such a long trip so I think I'm going to hit the sack.
I'll leave you with a shot of "Crop Duster™" the last thing plex runners in Gusandall see before they take the Clone Vat Express
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Things that make you go BOOOM
I unveiled a new ship today, a Dramiel class Angel faction frigate, a truly beautiful piece of design but somewhat lacking in the firepower department with a split 3 missile/2 autocannon setup with bonuses just to the guns. It flies more like a Crow Interceptor than a normal frigate and needs to utilise its speed. I used it againts a Thrasher that was peacefully accosting some Angel frigates in an asteroid belt. The ship performed well but is lacking IMO, as beautiful as it is, it just doesn't do it for me. The thrasher was dispatched and the pilots corpse added to "The Morgue" I will of course use it again, no use letting it gather dust in the hangar.
I then boarded something a bit more familiar, a Jaguar assault frigate named "Crop Duster™", specifically setup for hunting in my local Angel complex. Keira had spotted a Vengeance assault frigate in system and I decided to use the plex as the baiting ground, I warped there and waited and was not disappointed as the Vengeance scanned me down and warped in. The fight kicked off around the ancient acceleration gate and due to spacial anomolies it means that MWDs are useless, this of course suited me as I have an afterburner fitted and I would use this to my advantage. The Venageance's tech 2 rockets were hitting me but my shields were holding, my guns and rockets loaded with ammo with high thermal damage were playing havoc with the armour of the Ammar frigate, thermal damage being a big weakness for them and the Vengeance crumbled in a shiny explosion, the blinding flash confusing the pilot long enough for me to lock on and scramble the pod, my guns splitting it like a pinata.
ANother Rifter was added to my tally for the day before reports of a ISK farmer Raven warping to Gusandall gate in Ingunn came over intel channels, I rapidly boarded "Guards Guards" a Broadsword heavy interdiction cruiser, a solid ship with the ability to lock down any ship no matter how many warp core stabilisers it has fitted, this ability would be key as I waited on the other side of the gate. The Raven uncloaked 26km from me, my tackling systems primed and hot, lock resolving and in an instant the Raven was going nowhere, I closed the distance an applied a Stasis Webifier to stop him trying to make his way back to the gate, my guns spitting out EMP shells at a rapid rate, the shields of the mighty Caldari Battleship starting to break, I was joined by some accomplices and the Raven flashed into nothingness, the escape pod rapidly being locked down and destroyed.
I returned to my Jaguar and scanned out two Rifters in the direction of the plex, I warped in to find one on the gate, it was locked and destroyed with no fuss, the corpse joining "The Morgue"
I hit the scanner in the direction of the deadspace and saw the other Rifter still in the plex, as I activated the gate another Rifter warped in, a speedbump. I deactivated my warp and downed the Rifter, quickly scanning in the direction of the deadspace to see if the second was still there, it was and I once again activated the gate, I burst out of warp to see the Rifter over 60km away and I started to close the distance but the Rifter decided to get out of dodge, leaving me with only the two kills.
Later on the intel channels were buzzing again as two battlecruisers were spotted in Eifer, a gang was hastily formed and we headed to the gate to the system whilst our prober scanned them out, whilst waiting a Dominix Battleship jumped into system and was greeted by 3 very tetchy pilots, the combined firepower of two Hurricanes and an Astarte vapourising the Gallente Battleship. In this time our prober had some technical issues and Keira made her way to Eifer, she had dropped a probe and got a hit on her first scan, she made her way to the safspot to set up a warpin for us, however both battlecruisers were aligned at speed, Keira made the decision to sacrifice her Cheetah Covert Ops frigate to make the intial tackle until our Recon could get in for the prime tackle. She uncloaked and locked the Hurricane, our primary target and started the tackle, the Hurricane instantly returned the lock and the Cheetah was ripped to shreds but allowed anough time for the rest of the gang to get in and lay down points. By the time I burst out of warp she had managed to get her escape pod out. The fight however was only just starting, the Ferox had warped out and the Hurricane was using its MWD to try and get out of warp disruption range. I started to give chase as did the rest of the gang, the fight spanned 370km from initial tackle to the Hurricane exploding and to top it all off the Ferox came back only to be locked and popped in short order. Loot was scooped and the gang returned to Gus to share the spoils. I'd like to thank the guys who donated loot and mods to get Keira back into a Cheetah as soon as possible, much appreciated.
A little later on, once again targets had appeared in Eifer, two Drake class battlecruisers, myself and deathstarbeing the most eager and getting to the gate to Eifer first. The gang formed in drips and drabs as blood in the water attracts the predators and there's no shortage of them. Tim Burton was our prober on this one and did a stellar job as we were struggling to track the two marks down. He had setup a perfect warpin and the signal was given to warp in and engage, tackle was to be shared between the two targets to make sure none made it out alive. Both Drakes exploded in short order, the legendary tanks of these Caldari battlecruisers not standing up to the combined firepower of an Astarte, Brutix, dual Hurricanes, Manticore, Pilgrim and after looking at the killmails it looks like they were weapons testing against each other, not the smartest thing to do in Pirate infested space.
On my way home I encountered a Stilleto on the gate in Gusandall, I engaged the Goonfleet pilot and he popped almost instantly under the fire from my mighty 425mm autocannons.
I docked up for the night, a long days hunting and some great kills, I make myself a cup of Earl Grey, light a cigarette and reflect on a good day, 18kills including 6 pods to the one loss of Keira but she's still giggling and has a new Cheetah. Some good loot and good memories.
I love my job
I then boarded something a bit more familiar, a Jaguar assault frigate named "Crop Duster™", specifically setup for hunting in my local Angel complex. Keira had spotted a Vengeance assault frigate in system and I decided to use the plex as the baiting ground, I warped there and waited and was not disappointed as the Vengeance scanned me down and warped in. The fight kicked off around the ancient acceleration gate and due to spacial anomolies it means that MWDs are useless, this of course suited me as I have an afterburner fitted and I would use this to my advantage. The Venageance's tech 2 rockets were hitting me but my shields were holding, my guns and rockets loaded with ammo with high thermal damage were playing havoc with the armour of the Ammar frigate, thermal damage being a big weakness for them and the Vengeance crumbled in a shiny explosion, the blinding flash confusing the pilot long enough for me to lock on and scramble the pod, my guns splitting it like a pinata.
ANother Rifter was added to my tally for the day before reports of a ISK farmer Raven warping to Gusandall gate in Ingunn came over intel channels, I rapidly boarded "Guards Guards" a Broadsword heavy interdiction cruiser, a solid ship with the ability to lock down any ship no matter how many warp core stabilisers it has fitted, this ability would be key as I waited on the other side of the gate. The Raven uncloaked 26km from me, my tackling systems primed and hot, lock resolving and in an instant the Raven was going nowhere, I closed the distance an applied a Stasis Webifier to stop him trying to make his way back to the gate, my guns spitting out EMP shells at a rapid rate, the shields of the mighty Caldari Battleship starting to break, I was joined by some accomplices and the Raven flashed into nothingness, the escape pod rapidly being locked down and destroyed.
I returned to my Jaguar and scanned out two Rifters in the direction of the plex, I warped in to find one on the gate, it was locked and destroyed with no fuss, the corpse joining "The Morgue"
I hit the scanner in the direction of the deadspace and saw the other Rifter still in the plex, as I activated the gate another Rifter warped in, a speedbump. I deactivated my warp and downed the Rifter, quickly scanning in the direction of the deadspace to see if the second was still there, it was and I once again activated the gate, I burst out of warp to see the Rifter over 60km away and I started to close the distance but the Rifter decided to get out of dodge, leaving me with only the two kills.
Later on the intel channels were buzzing again as two battlecruisers were spotted in Eifer, a gang was hastily formed and we headed to the gate to the system whilst our prober scanned them out, whilst waiting a Dominix Battleship jumped into system and was greeted by 3 very tetchy pilots, the combined firepower of two Hurricanes and an Astarte vapourising the Gallente Battleship. In this time our prober had some technical issues and Keira made her way to Eifer, she had dropped a probe and got a hit on her first scan, she made her way to the safspot to set up a warpin for us, however both battlecruisers were aligned at speed, Keira made the decision to sacrifice her Cheetah Covert Ops frigate to make the intial tackle until our Recon could get in for the prime tackle. She uncloaked and locked the Hurricane, our primary target and started the tackle, the Hurricane instantly returned the lock and the Cheetah was ripped to shreds but allowed anough time for the rest of the gang to get in and lay down points. By the time I burst out of warp she had managed to get her escape pod out. The fight however was only just starting, the Ferox had warped out and the Hurricane was using its MWD to try and get out of warp disruption range. I started to give chase as did the rest of the gang, the fight spanned 370km from initial tackle to the Hurricane exploding and to top it all off the Ferox came back only to be locked and popped in short order. Loot was scooped and the gang returned to Gus to share the spoils. I'd like to thank the guys who donated loot and mods to get Keira back into a Cheetah as soon as possible, much appreciated.
A little later on, once again targets had appeared in Eifer, two Drake class battlecruisers, myself and deathstarbeing the most eager and getting to the gate to Eifer first. The gang formed in drips and drabs as blood in the water attracts the predators and there's no shortage of them. Tim Burton was our prober on this one and did a stellar job as we were struggling to track the two marks down. He had setup a perfect warpin and the signal was given to warp in and engage, tackle was to be shared between the two targets to make sure none made it out alive. Both Drakes exploded in short order, the legendary tanks of these Caldari battlecruisers not standing up to the combined firepower of an Astarte, Brutix, dual Hurricanes, Manticore, Pilgrim and after looking at the killmails it looks like they were weapons testing against each other, not the smartest thing to do in Pirate infested space.
On my way home I encountered a Stilleto on the gate in Gusandall, I engaged the Goonfleet pilot and he popped almost instantly under the fire from my mighty 425mm autocannons.
I docked up for the night, a long days hunting and some great kills, I make myself a cup of Earl Grey, light a cigarette and reflect on a good day, 18kills including 6 pods to the one loss of Keira but she's still giggling and has a new Cheetah. Some good loot and good memories.
I love my job
Monday, 7 April 2008
Aces high
I walked into the hangar to see the vidphone flashing "targets in Eifer, bring DPS" so I boarded Karma™ and primed her systems, she hadn't been used in a while as I've been doing a lot of solo work in Frigates and Cruisers.
I joined the hastily assembled gang as they were preparing to send a baitship in to get the hostiles to engage, I'm not a big fan of this tactic but it's one that has proven results. Blobs don't like to get outblobbed.
Our marks consisted of:
1 Megathron
2 Hurricanes
1 Myrmidon
1 Harbinger
1 Phobos
1 Vagabond
A decent high DPS setup but light on electronic warfare which has become all the rage these days.
Our gang consisted of:
1 Maelstrom (Baitship)
1 Dominix
1 Raven
1 Astarte
1 Vulture
1 Falcon
1 Pilgrim
2 Hurricane
Very balanced and a good turnout for such short notice. As pirates we have our differences but anti pirates and blobs are a common problem for us. Five different corps in one gang and sometimes with this comes the problem of communication, this time we had very little issue.
Our bait went in with the Falcon cloaked above him, he was very shortly engaged by the Vagabond which was joined by his friends and the order to jump in was given, once in system all haste was made to warp to him and engage, targets being called as we were in hyperspace.
Burtsing out of warp my systems resolved to show our Maelstrom swarmed by drones, our Falcon going to work on the bulk of their DPS, removing their ability to lock.
I locked onto the first 4 targets and our gang went to work, knocking off the targets one by one. Hurricane, Hurricane, Myrmidon, Megathron, Phobos and Harbinger, very soon all that was left were 6 wrecks and a corpse as we podded the Phobos pilot, his corpse making a nice addition to "The Morgue", swarms of drones abbandoned in space by the downed pilots littered the asteroid belt, we took a look around to see where we stood with regards to losses and found we were all intact, not a single loss. A quick survey of the wrecks showed we had killed everything but the Vagabond, we were however left on a field of victory and looting and scooping of drones commenced
I don't often run in gangs lately as I lost a lot of my solo edge but this felt damn good, bringing the pain in such a manner is invigorating even though our communication is always lacking, however, the pirates of the Evannater constelation are exceptional in their efficiency and ruthlesness, this allows even ad hoc gangs to cause havoc.
Props to Ace Secunda for some brilliant gang bonus, Redbad playing bait to perfection, Serenetor for keeping Redbad alive with some great repping, Prediction Pain for some great Raspberry Jams and the rest of the guys for a good gang and fight.
I finished the night with a quick solo kill of a Thrasher in my favourite Plex.
I docked up, a few restless nights with little sleep has me feeling rather drained, I hope I can get some more hunting done this week
I joined the hastily assembled gang as they were preparing to send a baitship in to get the hostiles to engage, I'm not a big fan of this tactic but it's one that has proven results. Blobs don't like to get outblobbed.
Our marks consisted of:
1 Megathron
2 Hurricanes
1 Myrmidon
1 Harbinger
1 Phobos
1 Vagabond
A decent high DPS setup but light on electronic warfare which has become all the rage these days.
Our gang consisted of:
1 Maelstrom (Baitship)
1 Dominix
1 Raven
1 Astarte
1 Vulture
1 Falcon
1 Pilgrim
2 Hurricane
Very balanced and a good turnout for such short notice. As pirates we have our differences but anti pirates and blobs are a common problem for us. Five different corps in one gang and sometimes with this comes the problem of communication, this time we had very little issue.
Our bait went in with the Falcon cloaked above him, he was very shortly engaged by the Vagabond which was joined by his friends and the order to jump in was given, once in system all haste was made to warp to him and engage, targets being called as we were in hyperspace.
Burtsing out of warp my systems resolved to show our Maelstrom swarmed by drones, our Falcon going to work on the bulk of their DPS, removing their ability to lock.
I locked onto the first 4 targets and our gang went to work, knocking off the targets one by one. Hurricane, Hurricane, Myrmidon, Megathron, Phobos and Harbinger, very soon all that was left were 6 wrecks and a corpse as we podded the Phobos pilot, his corpse making a nice addition to "The Morgue", swarms of drones abbandoned in space by the downed pilots littered the asteroid belt, we took a look around to see where we stood with regards to losses and found we were all intact, not a single loss. A quick survey of the wrecks showed we had killed everything but the Vagabond, we were however left on a field of victory and looting and scooping of drones commenced
I don't often run in gangs lately as I lost a lot of my solo edge but this felt damn good, bringing the pain in such a manner is invigorating even though our communication is always lacking, however, the pirates of the Evannater constelation are exceptional in their efficiency and ruthlesness, this allows even ad hoc gangs to cause havoc.
Props to Ace Secunda for some brilliant gang bonus, Redbad playing bait to perfection, Serenetor for keeping Redbad alive with some great repping, Prediction Pain for some great Raspberry Jams and the rest of the guys for a good gang and fight.
I finished the night with a quick solo kill of a Thrasher in my favourite Plex.
I docked up, a few restless nights with little sleep has me feeling rather drained, I hope I can get some more hunting done this week
Saturday, 5 April 2008
New Forum Sig
I have some new sigs courtesy of Tsuyoshi Takeru
This is my old sig courtesy of Scrapheap Challenge
Even older and a memorial to my speed record
A variation
From my time in Ars ex Discordia
From my old corp Ars Caelestis
Way back in time when I first started on my way in the EvE universe
Keira has a sig too :D
Some random images from my time in game:
Real men pod tank :D
Thursday, 3 April 2008
I'm in your plex killing your dudes
It's almost a year now since I moved to Gusandall, a year that has seen me grow as a pilot both in skill and determination. I have made many friends and many more enemies and through it all I'm still learning.
Something that always bothered me about our local 2/10 plex was that when I scanned out targets there and warped in they were nowhere to be found, meaning they were deeper inside than I was able to go, with this in mind I started collecting the keys for the various gates for a chance to introduce a plex runner to my autocannons. I have tagged a few pilots in my time here and have done research on them adding them to my friend finder so that I would be notified whenever they entered system.
Tonight was such a night, I opened my friend finder and saw that an old adversary was in system, a pilot who has been known to run dual warp core stabilisers on his Hawk class Assault Frigate, I have only managed to catch him once before and I wasn't going to let him slip by me. He had managed to escape me a few nights ago as I only had a 2 point warp scrambler fitted so with this in mind I had my deck crew fit another 2 point scrambler to "Crop Duster™" my Jaguar class Assault Frigate. I watched the local intel channel and made sure my mark was still in system, he was and I undocked into the black. Gusandall's station undock allows an insta warp towards some stargates and to the Angel Creo Crop plex and I used this to sling myself directly into warp towards the plex. Once there I activated the ancient stargate and was flung deep into deadspace. Coming out of warp my systems resolved and the mark was nowhere to be seen but I expected this and hit the afterburner towards the second acceleration gate ignoring the Gistii deadspace frigates targetting me. I reached the gate and narrowed my onboard scanner to scan in its intended direction, the result was positive, the Hawk was in the second room.
I activated the gate using one of the key cards designated for it and was launched into warp towards the second room and my prize, I had a key card for the third gate were I to need it but as I came out of warp I was greeted by the sight of the Hawk killing Gistii frigates and assaulting a deadspace structure. I activated my afterburners and closed the distance as he was slightly too far for my scramblers which were eagerly pulsing as they were primed awaiting lock to resolve.
Once I was close enough I started the lock and as it resolved the scramblers kicked in "Let's see you run now" I said to myself with a wry smile, I activated my weapons systems and my autocannons and rocket launcher started their merry song. From past engagements I knew the Hawk's shield systems were very strong and it was only then I noticed I had the wrong ammo loaded as he was repping easily sitting at 10% shields, I deactivated my weapons and started the reload procedure which would take 10 seconds, the Republic Fleet EMP rounds and Caldari Navy Gremlin rockets would make short work of the shields and it would need to as in that 10 seconds he had repped to 100% shields. Reload complete I hit fire and the guns and launcher responded with eagerness, the Hawk's shields taking a battering and his complex shield booster straining under the relentless barrage. Shields failed and I was into the meat of the Hawk, its fragile armour melting and within a fraction of a second so did his structure, his escape pod jettisoned into space amidst the shiny explosion.
Stabs won't save you
Unfortunately he was very quick to get his pod out before my lock resolved and I was denied his corpse as a trophy. I scooped the loot and warped to a safespot in system to allow my systems to recover from the assault, I had taken some damage and some of my systems were damaged from overloading but I had some nanite paste on board and set to repairing whilst allowing my Global Criminal Countdown to expire.
I docked up, a short, succesful and satisfying hunt, I finished up the evening paying bills for office and hangar rent that needed attention and caught up on the days news.
It's been a long day, I need some sleep and my bunk looks very inviting, I put some music on, light a cigarette and take a sip of my Earl Grey tea, all's well with the universe.
Something that always bothered me about our local 2/10 plex was that when I scanned out targets there and warped in they were nowhere to be found, meaning they were deeper inside than I was able to go, with this in mind I started collecting the keys for the various gates for a chance to introduce a plex runner to my autocannons. I have tagged a few pilots in my time here and have done research on them adding them to my friend finder so that I would be notified whenever they entered system.
Tonight was such a night, I opened my friend finder and saw that an old adversary was in system, a pilot who has been known to run dual warp core stabilisers on his Hawk class Assault Frigate, I have only managed to catch him once before and I wasn't going to let him slip by me. He had managed to escape me a few nights ago as I only had a 2 point warp scrambler fitted so with this in mind I had my deck crew fit another 2 point scrambler to "Crop Duster™" my Jaguar class Assault Frigate. I watched the local intel channel and made sure my mark was still in system, he was and I undocked into the black. Gusandall's station undock allows an insta warp towards some stargates and to the Angel Creo Crop plex and I used this to sling myself directly into warp towards the plex. Once there I activated the ancient stargate and was flung deep into deadspace. Coming out of warp my systems resolved and the mark was nowhere to be seen but I expected this and hit the afterburner towards the second acceleration gate ignoring the Gistii deadspace frigates targetting me. I reached the gate and narrowed my onboard scanner to scan in its intended direction, the result was positive, the Hawk was in the second room.
I activated the gate using one of the key cards designated for it and was launched into warp towards the second room and my prize, I had a key card for the third gate were I to need it but as I came out of warp I was greeted by the sight of the Hawk killing Gistii frigates and assaulting a deadspace structure. I activated my afterburners and closed the distance as he was slightly too far for my scramblers which were eagerly pulsing as they were primed awaiting lock to resolve.
Once I was close enough I started the lock and as it resolved the scramblers kicked in "Let's see you run now" I said to myself with a wry smile, I activated my weapons systems and my autocannons and rocket launcher started their merry song. From past engagements I knew the Hawk's shield systems were very strong and it was only then I noticed I had the wrong ammo loaded as he was repping easily sitting at 10% shields, I deactivated my weapons and started the reload procedure which would take 10 seconds, the Republic Fleet EMP rounds and Caldari Navy Gremlin rockets would make short work of the shields and it would need to as in that 10 seconds he had repped to 100% shields. Reload complete I hit fire and the guns and launcher responded with eagerness, the Hawk's shields taking a battering and his complex shield booster straining under the relentless barrage. Shields failed and I was into the meat of the Hawk, its fragile armour melting and within a fraction of a second so did his structure, his escape pod jettisoned into space amidst the shiny explosion.
Stabs won't save you
Unfortunately he was very quick to get his pod out before my lock resolved and I was denied his corpse as a trophy. I scooped the loot and warped to a safespot in system to allow my systems to recover from the assault, I had taken some damage and some of my systems were damaged from overloading but I had some nanite paste on board and set to repairing whilst allowing my Global Criminal Countdown to expire.
I docked up, a short, succesful and satisfying hunt, I finished up the evening paying bills for office and hangar rent that needed attention and caught up on the days news.
It's been a long day, I need some sleep and my bunk looks very inviting, I put some music on, light a cigarette and take a sip of my Earl Grey tea, all's well with the universe.
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
It's oh so quiet...
Been a while since my last report, to be honest I've been struggling with a few things so been very rare that I undock recently, mostly just sorting out things in the hangar and chatting in various channels.
Targets have been few and far between too but there have been one or two engagements.
Yesterday: Keira doing her usual stellar work scanned down a Caracal repping itself in between mission rooms and it was dispatched using a Rupture.
Later that same day I lost a full faction fitted Rapier to sentries, don't ask how or why, it's just one of those things that happens and I'd rather not dwell upon it. The Rapier has since been rebuilt. A severe headache cut my day short and I retired to my bunk for the remainder, the dizzy spells have me a bit worried but I assume one too many clonings has left me with a legacy of pain.
Today was quiet, I was in a Rifter bouncing between Eifer and Gusandall, looking to pick off the lost and unweary.
It kicked off with Enver Lanuver, a Rifter pilot who I was tracking and just missed at a planet as he thought I was flying a Jaguar, I offered a 1v1 and he accepted. It was a close fight as his setup was very similar to mine except he was using an Energy Vampire. I've seen a lot of pilots using this module and if I see it I will always count on myself to win the engagement but to each there own, it's a solid setup just not one that can stand up too well against mine. Later I received an evemail from him, saying he reads these reports and would one day be back once he's trained a bit more. Always great to see young pilots treading in deep water with the sharks and looking to improve themselves.
Next door in Eifer I had tracked down a Thrasher and engaged, a rather short and unremarkable fight and podding.
Back in Gusandall I had tracked down a Rifter pilot by the name of Zel'Tar, he was sitting a few clicks off a belt and I hit the MWD to close the distance, primed my tackling gear and resolved lock, a good fight ensued with an Energy Vampire once again being used against me and as earlier the result was pretty one sided, I podded him and claimed the 500,000 ISK bounty set on his head. It was only after that I noticed Zel'Tar hangning out in the Independence channel. we chatted a bit and he went on his merry.
Next up was an engagement against a tech 2 artillery Thrasher piloted by Yllaer Dessip inside the Gusandall plex which ended rather badly for my Rifter but I docked up and grabbed a Wolf and went back for more, I tracked him down in the plex again and he was engaging a Retribution and whilst he was distracted I dispatched him and his escape pod. Had a good conversation with him after and through various channels discovered he was joining a friends corp soon. As is the way in Evannater, introductions are made at the end of a barrel. In fact most of the friends I've made I've exploded at one point or another, a few have even relieved me of ships.
I encourage any new pilots in the Gusandall area to join Independence channel, hosted by my friend flashfresh, a place where pilots of all types are welcome to chat and hang out but keep in mind that it's just a channel and being in it does not guarantee safety as standings are a personal thing. It's also important to remain civil even when one of the residents relieves you from the confines of your ship, after all, we're Pirates.
I'm hoping to dedicate a bit more time to hunting in future, it's just very difficult atm with various other projects and my heads seeming ability to spawn Migraines at will.
I have a new toy that will soon be seeing some action in the area, a Dramiel Angel Faction Frigate. Need to polish up some skill training first before I undock it and I'm also looking at expanding my repertoire of ships to include the Amarr Assault Frigates.
I'm also going to concentrate on hunting in Frigates and Cruisers again as they are the most fun and a challenge to fly, sure I can fly some epic Tech 2 ships but you don't always get a fight in them and that's mostly what I'm looking for.
I'll leave you with some of my favourite Local chat channel quotes:
oogs > wow, heh. i thought i was looking at local, and I saw Kane up there. first thought was "oh shit, dock!"
oogs > kane, i think you made a friend for life with that farmer :
oogs > :)
Kane Rizzel > I hope he doesn't get beaten :D
Cletus Cassidy > lol
Cletus Cassidy > just imagine the inspirational poster now.... "The Beatings will continue until Kane goes away"
Tadrith Windblade > what kind of ore is in this belt
Kane Rizzel > it's normally explosive with a load of kinetic and thermal thrown in, sometimes there's even EM
Tadrith Windblade > hey i dont need pvp info, im just a miner trying to earn some money
AlphaMeridian> i need to convince my L4 agent to stop sending me to lowsec
AlphaMeridian> with the reason, "Kane Lives there"
Trinity>Don't become a statistic. ;)
seldon> lol
AlphaMeridian> actually kane doesn't live there, since I highly doubt he's in caldari lowsec, but it's the general principle.
Targets have been few and far between too but there have been one or two engagements.
Yesterday: Keira doing her usual stellar work scanned down a Caracal repping itself in between mission rooms and it was dispatched using a Rupture.
Later that same day I lost a full faction fitted Rapier to sentries, don't ask how or why, it's just one of those things that happens and I'd rather not dwell upon it. The Rapier has since been rebuilt. A severe headache cut my day short and I retired to my bunk for the remainder, the dizzy spells have me a bit worried but I assume one too many clonings has left me with a legacy of pain.
Today was quiet, I was in a Rifter bouncing between Eifer and Gusandall, looking to pick off the lost and unweary.
It kicked off with Enver Lanuver, a Rifter pilot who I was tracking and just missed at a planet as he thought I was flying a Jaguar, I offered a 1v1 and he accepted. It was a close fight as his setup was very similar to mine except he was using an Energy Vampire. I've seen a lot of pilots using this module and if I see it I will always count on myself to win the engagement but to each there own, it's a solid setup just not one that can stand up too well against mine. Later I received an evemail from him, saying he reads these reports and would one day be back once he's trained a bit more. Always great to see young pilots treading in deep water with the sharks and looking to improve themselves.
Next door in Eifer I had tracked down a Thrasher and engaged, a rather short and unremarkable fight and podding.
Back in Gusandall I had tracked down a Rifter pilot by the name of Zel'Tar, he was sitting a few clicks off a belt and I hit the MWD to close the distance, primed my tackling gear and resolved lock, a good fight ensued with an Energy Vampire once again being used against me and as earlier the result was pretty one sided, I podded him and claimed the 500,000 ISK bounty set on his head. It was only after that I noticed Zel'Tar hangning out in the Independence channel. we chatted a bit and he went on his merry.
Next up was an engagement against a tech 2 artillery Thrasher piloted by Yllaer Dessip inside the Gusandall plex which ended rather badly for my Rifter but I docked up and grabbed a Wolf and went back for more, I tracked him down in the plex again and he was engaging a Retribution and whilst he was distracted I dispatched him and his escape pod. Had a good conversation with him after and through various channels discovered he was joining a friends corp soon. As is the way in Evannater, introductions are made at the end of a barrel. In fact most of the friends I've made I've exploded at one point or another, a few have even relieved me of ships.
I encourage any new pilots in the Gusandall area to join Independence channel, hosted by my friend flashfresh, a place where pilots of all types are welcome to chat and hang out but keep in mind that it's just a channel and being in it does not guarantee safety as standings are a personal thing. It's also important to remain civil even when one of the residents relieves you from the confines of your ship, after all, we're Pirates.
I'm hoping to dedicate a bit more time to hunting in future, it's just very difficult atm with various other projects and my heads seeming ability to spawn Migraines at will.
I have a new toy that will soon be seeing some action in the area, a Dramiel Angel Faction Frigate. Need to polish up some skill training first before I undock it and I'm also looking at expanding my repertoire of ships to include the Amarr Assault Frigates.
I'm also going to concentrate on hunting in Frigates and Cruisers again as they are the most fun and a challenge to fly, sure I can fly some epic Tech 2 ships but you don't always get a fight in them and that's mostly what I'm looking for.
I'll leave you with some of my favourite Local chat channel quotes:
T'Renn > hahahahaha
T'Renn > looks like kane gotcha :P
T'Renn > kane's doing a pretty good job of killing folks but yet avoiding me :)
T'Renn > I'm just visiting eifer going corp shopping mebbe
T'Renn > I was going to try to kill kane but now I like him too much
Irish Whiskey > hes not too shabby a character
Kane Rizzel > gf
Aerevf > respect Kane, nice going :-)
Aerevf > good fight lol, 2 against you, and you prevail, you obliterated us
Achmetha > lol thats one fast crow
Kane Rizzel > you guys don't want to play?
Maladren > Can't catch you lmao
Ruscky > you know how to fly that hehe
Kane Rizzel > thanks for the hammerheads
Vaediris > you're welcome, thanks for the lesson:)
Fallout Minsk > bastard
Fallout Minsk > idiot
Julius Lincinius > your pirate ways intrigue me greatly.
darthimus > the rizzels are multiplying
Arrunca > thats why i love flyin with kane:)
Arrunca > when he is around im sure to have something to shoot at:P
oogs > wow, heh. i thought i was looking at local, and I saw Kane up there. first thought was "oh shit, dock!"
oogs > kane, i think you made a friend for life with that farmer :
oogs > :)
Kane Rizzel > I hope he doesn't get beaten :D
Cletus Cassidy > lol
Cletus Cassidy > just imagine the inspirational poster now.... "The Beatings will continue until Kane goes away"
Tadrith Windblade > what kind of ore is in this belt
Kane Rizzel > it's normally explosive with a load of kinetic and thermal thrown in, sometimes there's even EM
Tadrith Windblade > hey i dont need pvp info, im just a miner trying to earn some money
AlphaMeridian> i need to convince my L4 agent to stop sending me to lowsec
AlphaMeridian> with the reason, "Kane Lives there"
seldon> lol
AlphaMeridian> actually kane doesn't live there, since I highly doubt he's in caldari lowsec, but it's the general principle.
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