I could have beat you.....

The gate control allowed me through into the target system and lo, the Gods of plunder and yaar were with me. O###'s avatar was in local. My heart beat faster as I anticipated another kill, but chances are he would safe spot or leave. Still, one must not give up. Deep down, I prayed that he would stay. Please stay. My scanning skills were pretty good but I had trouble pinning O### down - as it appeared he was jumping around the belts. After five minutes, I gave up and parked myself at a planet. At least he didn't leave. Let him come to me, I thought. I was tempted to initiate communications but decided against it. Surely he must know I was there. I idly hit the scanner a few times and nothing. He was on the otherside of the system and I couldn't be bothered to chase him. Not right now. Each time I jumped towards him, O### jumped to a safe spot on the other side. At least I knew he was in a rupture-class cruiser - quite a tough ship to bring down in a lonely rifter but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Checking the scanner once more: I suddenly noticed that the rupture was within scan range. I waited for another minute and checked again, he had not moved. Licking my lips in anticipation (as much as one can do when submerged in some gelatinous goo) - I re-checked his position and confirmed his position as being in belt 3. 'All hands. Battlestations. We have a juicy bit of fruit to pick. Ready all weapons and systems.' My crew all gave a collective 'Yarr!' and the ship powered up. The ship leapt into warp - as eager for the kill as I was. The GUI updated itself with the familiar lag as it loaded up the extra information and in a burst of light - the beautiful, solid square bracket appeared on the overview. 'Contact! Contact! Contact twelve kilometers port side.' I had a +2 scrambler on this time so needed to get close to the target - which I did. O### locked me back as I opened up on him. My emp and barrage shells spat out just as the rupture's missile launcher started up. There was no Nosferatu or a webber or drones from the rupture. Strange - could I be fighting another gimped ship? I maintained orbit around O###'s 's rupture as his heavy missiles slammed into me. My nosferatu kept my capacitor topped up and I kept an eye on local to make sure that O### didn't call in more reinforcements. I broke his shields and was finally into O###'s armour when he spat out five drones. SHIT. Don't know why he kept the drones until now, however I was down to armour now and the drones tore into me. Not good. I quickly switched my overview so that I can lock the drones. Switching my guns over to the first of five light drones, my auto cannons started to blast the robotic monstrosities, all the time my armour was being melted off. At about 30% armour, my capacitor ran out. Even with the nosferatu running - it wasn't enough. My webber and small armour repairer switched off. So did the afterburner. SHIT. The rupture was repping his armour and even his shields had crept back up. The shot of adrenaline into my system sharpened my focus however and the second of the five drone disappeared in a cloud of shrapnel. Three left, I glanced at the overview. SHIT. Four drone left. O### must have released his last drone. My armour dropped some more as the third drone blew. I targeted the fourth drone as my capacitor crept back up enough for me to run the small armour repairer for a cycle. My armour sprang back up to 40%. The fourth drone died as my armour slid back down to 25%. All the time, O###'s missiles were hurting me too. My capacitor charged a little back up and I ran the repairer a bit more. The fifth drone blew up but O###'s armour was back to almost full strength. The sixth drone went but my armour dropped to 15%. O### had no more drones left and I started to tank his damage but only just. I decided to switch ammunition to emp as I needed to knock his shields back down. This I did and then switching over to barrage and fusion meant that his armour was also shredded - he must have ran out of capacitor for his repairer. A wonderful explosion later and I had the pod - I wanted to ransom the chap. O### > i coulda beat you :) flashfresh > ? O### > you could just challenge ppl btw O### > instead of pirating O### > its lame that way O### > and i could have beat you flashfresh > you could have beat me? O### > its my salvaging ship :) flashfresh > Maybe flashfresh > 1 milion to let you go O### > if it was actually fitted fo pvp you'd not stand a change O### > lol O### > kiss my ass flash newb flashfresh > ? flashfresh > no need for that O### > plenty ;) O### > you asked, i answers O### > 1mil? kiss my ass O### > :) flashfresh > Look, I *AM* a pirate. What am I meant to do? Sell ice cream? O### > yeah O### > vanilla flashfresh > besides, you are in a cruiser - this is a t1 frigate flashfresh > you had drones - five of them O### > no its not O### > i have salvagers too flashfresh > not what? O### > lol flashfresh > so? O### > you use tech II stuff What on earth is O### on about? flashfresh > you had missiles and drones. plenty O### > so its a salvaging ship? flashfresh > i am using T2 guns yes O### > so its fitted t2 O### > liar much? WTF? O### > :) flashfresh > t2 weapons yes O### > shoot me and be quiet flashfresh > nah. flashfresh > i like chatting to you O### > blocked you O### > talking is pointless O### > newblet And the kill mail: 2007.06.04 15:42 Victim: O### Alliance: NONE Corp: The Y##-Y## C### Destroyed: Capsule System: A### Security: 0.4 Involved parties: Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow) Security: -10.0 Alliance: NONE Corp: Independent Pilots Ship: Rifter Weapon: 200mm AutoCannon II