First Eve-Pirate entry :D
Hope you all understand my english, I'm from Brazil.
It was sunday, I was really excited that I finally acomplished my skill training goals to fit a Kestrel so I can act as a pirate. 4x Missle Launchers with bloodclaws, 20km Scrambler, Stasis Webfier, Cold Gas AB, MAPC and a RCU. Damn... no BCU for me...
So here we go... set my course to the nearest .4 system, get my nerves ready, feel something scary and exciting when the system secure message pops while I activate the last gate.
Soon as I arrive I warp to the nearest safe spot possible, picked up a planet, and start scanning stuff. Then in like 10 minutes I found a.... kestrel!? Oh well... lets do it...
"Warp to within 20km" made me arrive like 50km from the target. I decided to warp out and in again at 0km and ended up at 15km this time. Great, Locked him as he locked me, scrambled him and sent the first missle pack, taking out his shield and a lil armor. He got me locked and scrambled too, and I also saw him trying to get close to me. Think to myself again "This guy is using rockets... let´s see... he can´t get me under 10km or I'll be stuck on his webfier and his rockets will eat me... that means im not using my webfier too..."
Turned my screen on 180º, double click and hit afterburner, at 18km I hit "Keep at range - actual range" and he was stuck on it. I decided to check his info now, his ship was almost destroyed by now. "Damn... crap ship means no ransom..."
As he never sent me a convo I destroyed the ship while I was 100%, scrambled the pod and saw my convo window blink.
"WTF R U DOING?" he asked me...
"You know... just walking around..."
"Can you please stop using the scramble my pod I gotta go grab my Cruiser and burn you down"
"Sure... be my guest... I will wait you around..."
He left, I continued my scan adventure but found nothing. Only 2 ppl on local chat and, around half hour later a Caracal pops in my scan, at the same belt. Checked the local, and guess... he REALLY came back.
Jumped over, AB, lock, scramble, fire the first missle pack. At this time he was already annoying me at the chat. Somehow he didn't locked me, didn't fired even 1 missle, his shield was gone, his armor was half way yet, I decided to stop firing.
Waited for like 5 minutes, no convo, no reaction... Convo again, no answer. The overview shows me 2 ships jumping in the same belt. Damn!! I forgot to check the scanner. 2 Drakes, T2 Heavy Missles. I got scrambled, and my frigate was destroyed in 1 single drake missle volley.
My convo, then, comes up: "Happy now?" says the big bad guy.
My answer was: "Sure. It's fair, you have friends, no problem in using then."
Got no more answer, at least on the convo chat, maybe because he decided to scrambled my pod, and destroy it.
I will have my chance. Soon or later. His friends wont be around forever.
Cleared for publication by: Ander
Sunday Bloody Sunday
7 Comments
Dude - you should have destroyed his caracal straight away...and then podded him for good measure.
However, well done for for the first kill. Post the kill mail here - lets try and see what the other dude had as a kessie setup.
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It sounds to me like you had fun to doing it.
That being said, pop the cruiser! :D you had him dead from the way it sounds.
Look forward to hearing more tails of Kestrel piracy. Its a hard life in a Kessy, but thats part of the fun and the challenge.
An opponent displaying salient stupidity regarding tactics is never a reason to call off the dogs.
Next time send him back to his clone vat.
Otherwise, good tale! No apologies required for the English. It's far better than my French.
DESTROY!! MURDER!! KILL!!!! MUTILATE!!!! Pop goes to poddie!
Never give them an opening. If it moves, shoot it.
Yeah now I'm understanding a lil better how a pirate works.
I was really considering honour and stuff, as the guy wasnt firing back I decided to not just "gank" him while he was afk or having connection problems...
Well... I was wrong... and learned my lesson.
Mercy is for the weak.
Next time fry his ass the first chance you get cos noone else out there is gonna give you a second chance.