Farewell, Eve-style

First for the day was a prophecy. Fit it out with a decent T1 pulse setup, bit of a tank, little extra gank. Start my run from J7A (in Curse), and make a standard run up the HED pipe. I hit WD-VTV, and I'm stuck with a dictor and a blackbird on gate. As any good pilot knows, that's usually followed by a LOT of ships on the other side of the gate, so I waited. And waited. And waited. After sitting there for a good 10 minutes, the eris decides to engage me. Took him a while, but he eventually got through my shields and started plinking at the armor. Well, this proph had a decent tank, but I'd run out of cap EVENTUALLY if that kept up. Screw it, web, scram, nos, guns, drones; if I'm gonna die, i'll at least take ONE of them out with me. Well, the eris pilot was paying attention, and was able to MWD out of the web (barely) and warped off at low armor. Blackbird pilot wasn't so fortunate, as he'd missed all his jams, and subsequently got pummeled to ash. Jump into SV5.

Uh oh.

I'm face-to-face with an angry looking frig gang. Crusader, taranis, enyo, and others ready to tear my heart out. I know there's no escaping this, so I target the nearest and let into him. Now, there's a little secret to killing frigs with medium guns, one that lots of people ignore; get the transversal low, web them, get their speed down, and move away from them as hard as you can...you'll eventually start hitting. Popped the sader, moved to the ranis, got him too. Onto a....cormorant? Screw it, he's already targeted. POP! Enyo now! Oh crap...where'd my armor go....Lost the proph, but it was a good fight:

2006.10.05 20:29

Victim: Cold Senthen
Alliance: Axiom Empire
Corp: No Quarter.
Destroyed: Crusader
System: SV5-8N
Security: 0.0

Involved parties:

Name: Audemed (laid the final blow)
Security: 4.2
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Evisceration.
Ship: Prophecy
Weapon: Heavy Pulse Laser I

Destroyed items:

Dual Light Pulse Laser II
Multifrequency S
Dual Light Pulse Laser II
Dual Light Pulse Laser II
Dual Light Pulse Laser II
1MN MicroWarpdrive I
Capacitor Power Relay I
Multifrequency S
Multifrequency S
50mm Reinforced Crystalline Carbonide Plates I (Cargo)
Small Armor Repairer II (Cargo)
'Langour' Drive Disruptor I
J5 Prototype Warp Inhibitor I (Cargo)

2006.10.05 20:30

Victim: Kha'el
Alliance: Lotka Volterra
Corp: Delta team
Destroyed: Taranis
System: SV5-8N
Security: 0.0

Involved parties:

Name: Audemed (laid the final blow)
Security: 4.2
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Evisceration.
Ship: Prophecy
Weapon: Heavy Pulse Laser I

Destroyed items:

Light Ion Blaster II
Light Ion Blaster II
Fleeting Progressive Warp Scrambler I
Emergency Damage Control I
Small 'Knave' I Energy Drain
200mm Reinforced Steel Plates II
X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator
1MN MicroWarpdrive I
Null S, Qty: 1600 (Cargo)

2006.10.05 20:29

Victim: briestomp
Alliance: Axiom Empire
Corp: No Quarter.
Destroyed: Cormorant
System: SV5-8N
Security: 0.0

Involved parties:

Name: Audemed (laid the final blow)
Security: 4.2
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Evisceration.
Ship: Prophecy
Weapon: Heavy Pulse Laser I

Destroyed items:

Spike S, Qty: 940 (Cargo)
Javelin S, Qty: 1500 (Cargo)
125mm Railgun II
125mm Railgun II
125mm Railgun II
125mm Railgun II
Sensor Booster II
Upgraded 'Limos' Standard Missile Bay I
Kapteyn Sensor Array Inhibitor I
Spike S, Qty: 50
Spike S, Qty: 50
Spike S, Qty: 50
Spike S, Qty: 75
Spike S, Qty: 50

And then there was me:

2006.10.05 20:30

Victim: Audemed
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Evisceration.
Destroyed: Prophecy
System: SV5-8N
Security: 0.0

Involved parties:

Name: Guma
Security: 3.7
Alliance: Axiom Empire
Corp: No Quarter.
Ship: Raptor
Weapon: J5 Prototype Warp Inhibitor I

Name: briestomp
Security: 5.0
Alliance: Axiom Empire
Corp: No Quarter.
Ship: Capsule
Weapon: F-392 Baker Nunn Targeting Scrambler

Name: Kha'el
Security: 5.0
Alliance: Lotka Volterra
Corp: Delta team
Ship: Capsule
Weapon: Light Ion Blaster II

Name: Sasaki Dita
Security: 5.0
Alliance: Lotka Volterra
Corp: Delta team
Ship: Crusader
Weapon: Crusader

Name: Buffy Love (laid the final blow)
Security: 5.0
Alliance: Lotka Volterra
Corp: Delta team
Ship: Taranis
Weapon: 125mm Railgun II

Name: N3m3sys
Security: 3.0
Alliance: Lotka Volterra
Corp: Delta team
Ship: Enyo
Weapon: Enyo

Name: FSXtreme
Security: 5.0
Alliance: Axiom Empire
Corp: No Quarter.
Ship: Raptor
Weapon: 'Malkuth' Standard Missile Launcher I

Name: Cold Senthen
Security: 3.3
Alliance: Axiom Empire
Corp: No Quarter.
Ship: Unknown
Weapon: 'Langour' Drive Disruptor I

Destroyed items:

Medium Automated I Carapace Restoration
Ultraviolet M, Qty: 6 (Cargo)
Gamma M
Gamma M
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane I
C4S Coiled Circuit Thermal Radiator
Damage Control I
Medium Nosferatu I
Heavy Pulse Laser I
Heavy Pulse Laser I
Bloodclaw Light Missile, Qty: 55 (Cargo)
Warp Core Stabilizer I (Cargo)
Medium Armor Repairer I (Cargo)
ECM - Multispectral Jammer I (Cargo)
Medium Nosferatu I (Cargo)
'Malkuth' Assault Missile Launcher I (Cargo)


Well, that was an interesting start to the day! Back to agil for a new ship...

I (for some unknown reason) choose a rupture, even though i have very poor minmatar skills. Throw on some Dual 180's, missiles, 1600 plate, other crap. I head to ISS/IAC space. Back down the pipe I go. Fast forward to ZXIC. I find a cyclone and ferox ratting in a belt...damn, 2 BC's vs my rupture, I can't take that...then I zoom in on the cyclone: artillery. There's my spot! MWD activated, a push hard and fast into a close orbit and open fire. Well, unlike most instances where you catch one of them and his buddy runs, the ferox actually stayed and fought...heavy missiles speweing from its maw, it made sure to keep a good distance (and aligned) so that he didn't share his friend's fate. Well, my projectile skills are nowhere near par, and I have a whole 39k SP in missiles, so My damage wasn't great. Infact, it was so UN-great that I he was tanking me perfectly....for a while. The moment his cap broke, his shields fell like a rock, and he was soon in a pod. I wasn't in much danger, SAR II chugging slowly away at my massive plate. Grabbed the loot warped off to a random planet, and let my armor regenerate.

I was feelin good at that point, adrenaline was goin', and I was ready for more. Scan....stabber and ferox. Warp in...that cyclone pilot is back out in a stabber....with his same ferox buddy. And no, I didn't leave system at any point. So, here we have a case of people not learning from their mistakes...target the stabber, and it's out of business in a few seconds. Move onto the ferox. I'm shootin, and he's tankin, and I'm shootin, and he's tankin, and I'm shootin, and the rats start shootin me, D'oh! His missiles weren't hurting TOO bad, but compound the NPC's damage and I was in trouble....kept on him, and he popped just as i hit a low ammount of structure, warped off, and the rats got the KM :/ Ended up selling the cyclone pilot's crap back to him, saved me trouble and made an easy 10 mil.

Moving on!

I make a few more jumps past ISS and into IAC space, I go right into G-7, their home system. I enter the system, and what do I find? Munnin waiting for me on the gate. Damn. No getting away from this one i guess, zoom in on him real quick and...oh damn, arty! *click* MWD on, and I'm hurdling towards him as fast as my duct-taped trashheap will allow. Ouch, T2 arty, that hurts...get under the guns...he has no web! I web and scram him, open fire, and let it all play out from there. Another KM recieved, and some nice loot:

2006.10.06 00:59

Victim: skull01
Alliance: Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
Corp: Out Of Exile
Destroyed: Muninn
System: G-7WUF
Security: 0.0

Involved parties:

Name: Audemed (laid the final blow)
Security: 4.2
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Evisceration.
Ship: Rupture
Weapon: Bloodclaw Light Missile

Destroyed items:

Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
Phased Plasma M, Qty: 738 (Cargo)
Cap Recharger I
N-Type Thermic Hardener I
650mm Artillery Cannon II
650mm Artillery Cannon II
'Malkuth' Heavy Missile Launcher I
Dual Heavy Pulse Laser I (Cargo)
Large Proton Smartbomb I (Cargo)
Large Energy Transfer Array I (Cargo)
Heavy Capacitor Booster I (Cargo)
1600mm Reinforced Steel Plates I (Cargo)
Mega Beam Laser I (Cargo)
EMP M, Qty: 40 (Cargo)
Phased Plasma M, Qty: 11
Phased Plasma M, Qty: 11
Phased Plasma M, Qty: 11
Phased Plasma M, Qty: 11

Sweet.

60 odd people in local still, there's GOTTA be someone else to kill. Only 3 belts, so I go to the first. As I land, an apoc warps off to another belt...I follow. He lands at 15, I land at 15, scram, web, pew. As I still had fusion ammo loaded at this point, I switched my guns, one by one, to phased plasma, as his shields were still up...shields fell, and I switched back to fusion....Keep shooting....and shooting...and shooting...he's in structure now, I'm nearing my second reload. Crow comes in and starts pecking at me; annoying little ships they are. I keep shooting. Reload...he's almost dead! Raven lands on me...oh crap....keep shooting! That raven has nos, ouch...wait, where'd the apoc go, he was almost gone!?!....no cap :( And, well, ruptures can't kill crows, and dont last long against ravens, so, that's all she wrote...

2006.10.06 01:27

Victim: Audemed
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Evisceration.
Destroyed: Rupture
System: G-7WUF
Security: 0.0

Involved parties:

Name: Eck Stone (laid the final blow)
Security: 4.6
Alliance: Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
Corp: Orion Ore International
Ship: Crow
Weapon: Bloodclaw Light Missile

Name: Red Skigh
Security: 0.3
Alliance: Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
Corp: Orion Ore International
Ship: Raven
Weapon: Paradise Cruise Missile

Name: Braxis
Security: 4.6
Alliance: Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
Corp: Orion Ore International
Ship: Apocalypse
Weapon: Warrior I

Destroyed items:

Dual 180mm AutoCannon I
Dual 180mm AutoCannon I
1600mm Reinforced Crystalline Carbonide Plates I
J5 Prototype Warp Inhibitor I
Bloodclaw Light Missile, Qty: 360 (Cargo)
Counterbalanced Weapon Mounts I
SV-2000 Assault Missile Bay
Hornet II (Drone Bay)
Bloodclaw Light Missile, Qty: 41
Fusion M, Qty: 30
Fusion M, Qty: 34
Bloodclaw Light Missile, Qty: 41

There was some more action later that night, (got a cormorant and faction fitted arazu in my cyclone, got ganked, manti in a rupture, got ganked), but it's not worthy of writing about.

Moral of the story: Every fight is fun when you fly T1, but it's a lot more fun when you kick ass!