Ninja Strike!

flashfresh·

The Killmail below isn't too special on the face of it. It is a noob and he even had some civilian modules installed. However, I am so happy for the kill. Why? I hear you all ask. Read on.

The Killmail below isn't too special on the face of it. It is a noob and he even had some civilian modules installed. However, I am so happy for the kill. Why? I hear you all ask. Well, Tarrek was flying alongside a corp mate in a Rokh who was no doubt showing the young capsule pilot the joys of low-sec. I was flying the Jaguar-class assault frigate and was thinking if I could get in and pwn the executioner before the rokh could lock. It was a challenge to be sure and I needed a plan. The Rokh pilot spotted me in local and there was some friendly banter from him. He said that I shouldn't try any naughty business with his Rokh in attendance. I sort of agreed but man, he was practically inviting me to jump in. They were both brazen enough to comment that the ratting was good with phat lewt etc! Oh the temptation. The Rokh pilot had taken my rifter out last time when he was flying a drake so was no doubt, feeling confident. Still, I love a challenge. Within ten seconds, my plan was: scan, zip in, lock and WTFPWN the rookie and get out before the Rokh had time to lock onto me. I had tangled with the Rokh earlier this week and knew it was packing some webber drones. Not nice. OriasV, the CEO of the corporation was also around but he was hiding around a moon and out of sight and I was not worried about him. He always runs I find. So, at the scan spot I found out which belts the rokh and the executioner were located. Angel wrecks confirmed that they were ratting. I sat back and paused to collect my thoughts. There was a second of reflection. Then ACTION. The order to engage raced out and the Jaguar class assault frigate leapt to life and screamed into the warp; hungry for the kill. I had to be quick, had to be quick. I said to myself over and over. I landed a mere spitting distance from two ships: the small and hated silhouette of an Amarr class executioner frigate and the looming hulk of the Rokh. They were both ready for me. 1 second: I quickly target then lock onto the executioner and had it webbed and scrambled. 2 seconds: Within a second of the lock, I had the three auto-canons spitting out EMP round and the arbalest rocket chugging out gremlin rockets. 3 seconds: The Rokh and the executioner returned the lock with the executioner succeeding first. 4 seconds: The shields of the executioner had almost disappeared. 5 seconds: The Rokh's still flashed yellow but hadn't fired. Dampners FTW! 6 seconds: I started to move into a wider orbit, ready to break out and gtfo. 7 seconds: The executioner's armour was now almost gone, melted through by my angry ordnance. 8 seconds: Some friendly banter by Ethersong (the Rokh pilot) on my actions. 9 seconds: The executioner was on fire and was dying. I was aligning to get out. 10 seconds: The Rokh locked me and clamped a couple of heavy nosferatus on me. The Executioner was destroyed in a satisfying explosion. 11 seconds: I aligned and hit warp. I was scrambled. I was noss'ed. I was then webbed. 12 seconds: SHIT. 13 seconds: Even webbed, I was still a little bit quicker than the rokh - I moved away from him. Combat had fogged my mind. I was already at 12km; how was I still webbed? 14 seconds: Overview settings were barfed! I forgot to include stasis webifier drones on the otherview. I toggled it and saw two drones circling over me. 15 seconds: Locked and webbed the two stasis webbing drones. 18 seconds: First drone dead. 21 seconds: Second webber drone dead. Rokh placing hits from it's large blasters. Shields dwindling. No cap left. Still too far to warp out but Rokh had blasters. No biggie. Move you slow hunk of scrap! 23 seconds: Hit the afterburner, out of scramble range and then warped out. Yaarrr. The Rokh pilot was a bit embarrassed but both him and the rookie took the ambush in good spirits. 2007.07.06 18:31 Victim: Tarrek Arniman Alliance: NONE Corp: The Yin-Yang Concept Destroyed: Executioner System: A## Security: 0.4 Involved parties: Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow) Security: -10.0 Alliance: NONE Corp: Independent Pilots Ship: Jaguar Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon II Destroyed items: Dual Light Beam Laser I Dual Light Beam Laser I Civilian Afterburner Civilian Shield Booster I Small Hull Repairer I (Cargo) Angel Ship Log 303445882 (Cargo) Fusion S, Qty: 100 (Cargo) Note: Since this was written, OriasV is now a pirate. He doesn't like his corp mates and has been busy dropping his security down by killing peeps. Welcome to the darkside. Search for him in Battleclinic..

5 Comments

Halo·

Cute kill. Gotta love the Jaguar. Include some pics next time. I'm trying to do it myself when in combat, but you know, usualy its not the first thing you think about and in the heat of the battle and adrenalin rushing it can be hard.

Nice that they were good sport about it, hard to come by these days.

Ce Lau·

Cheeky kill there mate ;-P

Kuzya·

hahaha wow good read

ant·

before fight start recording with fraps, and later, after the fight, you can pick good shots from the video

Viginti·

Great read and an even greater thing to see that they were good sports about it.

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