A Day Trip Goes Wrong

I've been down in Curse now for a while getting slowly back into the grind. I'll be the first to admit I've been dragging my ass, but piloting had to take a back seat to some other duties. The past two weekends have seen extended and (for me, at least) unproductive trips out hunting for the head of BoB. This past Saturday was more active than those in the past -- I actually laid eyes on some of them -- but I think it's time to spend some money on the Thrasher. She's obviously got some shorts under the hood as I couldn't ever get her to score a hit, much less barely score a lock. Note to self: get that looked at. And avoid blobs ~100.

All that flying about got me thinking, though. There's been few targets down south (a major drawback over the time spent back in Empire), so I thought to take a day trip up a few jumps out of Amamake. Maybe I could score a small fish or two in too deep a pond. As it turned out I was the minnow and 7Q-8Z2 was the pond.

I was probably a solid fifteen jumps into the trip. All was going well and the Merlin was hobbling along quite well despite it's own weight. Passed lots of CAs and some Goons. All was good. Jumping into 7Q, though, found me in the midst of a slew of bubbles. I came in first (tripping the bubble), and an alliance mate came in directly after. I lay in cloak hoping for the best, when he broke and engaged. I don't know what he was flying. I don't even know his name. He was pod-bourne before I even hit my MWD. I was pod-bourne as he was dispatched back to his clone. I followed suit shortly thereafter.

I'm sure those boys were psyched to no end that my t2 rails apparently survived the blast. Drakes and a Heretic? I hadn't an ice cube's chance.

I'm guessing I should just stay closer to home. Or fly more than a Merl.


Killmails moved to extended body... // Ander

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I had the best intentions tonight of writing up a tale of exploits peppered with salty language. Instead all I did was spout salty language and end up with a mouth full of pod juice.

Cleared for publication by: Ander