My first kill.....

.....rapidly followed by my quick and painful death. I was out browsing the belts in my new hunting grounds looking for a good target to begin my pirating career. I had been coming up empty for about an hour, everyone I came across either warped before I could get close or was flying something over my head like a BS or AF. Finally I found a belt with what I thought was 3 new-ish players in destroyers. I warped in and checked my overview, I saw 2 Cormorants and a Catalyst. They were NPCing and had spread out in a line with about 40km between each. I considered my strategy and came up with a plan –- Get’em. I fired up my afterburner and dove for the Cormorant at the back of the line. In a matter of seconds I had ripped through his shields and by the time the other 2 seemed to notice me he was in his pod. It was about this time I noticed that it wasn’t 3 destroyers, it was 2 destroyers and a Rupture. Somehow my overview had shifted when I first took inventory and I had missed the cruiser. I figured, hell with it, they’re still spread out and I’ll kill’em one at a time. I turned for the Rupture, now about 20k from me and hit the AB. That’s when his drones came out and I was hit by a volley of missiles. My little frig built for speed and damage was no match. Even quicker than I had killed his friend, he killed me. As I sat there, in my pod, next to my first victim, I had some time to consider his one question to me: ****** > what the hell were you thinking? Um.., well.., you see……. Anyway, frigs are cheap and, at least, I learned just how much damage my ship will do to another player’s and I learned the limits of what my setup can take. Next time I’ll have a much better idea of how far I can push it. Happy Holidays all� -Jocindus.