Who Says Pirates Are Poor.

Mega Pilot > hi Me > hey, you might want to run... Mega Pilot . yeah why is that? ( local goes from 8 to 18 ) Mega Pilot > wow Me > yeah.... yeah that's why. The Abaddon hauls ass out of there as 10 battleships, command ships and battlecruisers land 10k off. The guy was so dumbfounded, he couldn't even reply to the pod ransom request. (Note: See end of story for kill-mails) Well now we had a predicament... a Dread Guristas Large Tower anchored, completely defenseless... and worth a lot of cash. My CEO pipes up "RANSOM! " so I convo the POS owners. Me > hey bud, looks like your pos is taking a beating.. Me > Pay us 850 million isk and we will leave system asap, leaving you to go about as you wish with your new pos. I'd pay quick, there's bigger fish a'comin' and they have Much Bigger Teeth! POS Owner > How about half now, half when you leave. Me > fair enough, make my wallet flash and we'll begin aligning out. So the wallet flashes, we make a break for the gate and jump out, with a few behind for funny business insurance. They were good sports, paid the other half as soon as system cleared and we went on our way. Well... apparently they felt safe enough to redeploy their dread because sure enough, half hour later, we find the tempest, new mega, abaddon and phoenix IN siege mode, killing another person's tower. Being pirates and opportunists, we can't just let this go so we head back over to pay a second visit. Due to the 60 AU distance we had to warp, all the battleships got away, however... Siege mode does not always = win. We begin hammering on the capital, actually crushing it with a twin gank mega and curse combo. Convo goes up... Me > hey again... you got until we drop a cyno to pay 1 billion isk or you will lose that phoenix. No reply, wallet flashes and we pull out again. So that's 850million isk, and now 1 billion isk. Everyone made at least 100mill in the fleet thus far... not bad not bad. BUT WAIT! it gets better! My scout is still watching as they climb out of their little shells to attack the pos again. I convo the phoenix pilot back up to see if they need help. Me > Hey I've been watching you shoot at that pos for awhile now, and it's really boring... but for a nominal fee, my corp. will suit up and help shoot at it with you, and also offer ecm, damp, neut and remote rep support incase other baddies try and bother you... Phoenix pilot > lol how much? Me > 1.5 bill buys you until downtime, at least 10 dps fit battleships with all the ewar support on standby. Phoenix Pilot > ok I will pay. isk sending. Wallet flashes... BAM, another 1.5 billion isk in our wallets. Everyone in fleet just got another 100 mill payout. We honor our word and arrive with a full fleet ready for pos siege within 10 minutes. I also made it clear to the Phoenix pilot that if Any of his friends try any funny business, any prior ransoms and agreements are null and they all will die ( plus we knew of another pos they had in system that would die as well ). Now... IDLE has its own code of honor for ransoms, 1v1's, etc. One being that a ransom is valid only until the ransomee or ransomer leave system. Once out of system, if they so choose to come back, ransoming again or killing is fair game. We make sure to explain this to anyone we ransom and make sure they are aware. Well apparently the phoenix pilot forgot.... Downtime rolls around and some of us head to bed. I was one of them but when I woke the next morning, I checked the killboard and found a phoenix kill, smack dab at the top of the list. Apparently not only did the guy offer to jump out if we finished off the pos and hand us a capital, but my fellow pirates caught and ransomed his pod for 200mill! So let's recap... in one day of piracy... everyone online made about 200 mill. My corp. made roughly 700mill for new ships (that are handed to longtime members for free) so we managed to suck over 3.5 billion isk out of one corporation in a matter of hours. Damage Report: The unfortunate corp. Losses Dread guristas POS ransom - 850 mill Phoenix Ransom - 1 billion Pod ransom - 200 mill POS takedown help + defense - 1.5 billion Megathron destroyed - roughly 150 mill Mega pilot's pod - 50 mill in implants Phoenix kill - 2.3 billion isk with fittings. IDLE EMPIRE Losses Keres - 14mill (lost to gate guns) Kill-mails 2008.09.05 13:42:00 Victim: BennyRay Riddle Corp: BMD Alliance: NONE Destroyed: Phoenix System: Osaa Security: 0.3 Damage Taken: 803440 Involved parties: Name: Sax Tyr Ship: Raven Weapon: Bane Rage Torpedo Damage Done: 238525 Name: hevskii Ship: Raven Weapon: Bane Rage Torpedo Damage Done: 169099 Name: Malvorak (laid the final blow) Ship: Armageddon Weapon: Dual Heavy Modulated Pulse Energy Beam I Damage Done: 145216 Name: Neill Kerry Ship: Megathron Navy Issue Weapon: Megathron Navy Issue Damage Done: 122945 Name: slymansix Ship: Hurricane Weapon: Hurricane Damage Done: 57195 Name: rowlandos Ship: Curse Weapon: Hammerhead II Damage Done: 38766 Name: Mr Theron Ship: Broadsword Weapon: Broadsword Damage Done: 31694 Name: Jarnobi Ship: Cheetah Weapon: Fleeting Warp Scrambler I Damage Done: 0 Destroyed items: Invulnerability Field II Capital Shield Booster I Co-Processor I Photon Scattering Field II Strontium Clathrates, Qty: 2602 (Cargo) Thor Torpedo I, Qty: 1037 (Cargo) Rift Torpedo I, Qty: 1000 (Cargo) Ballistic Control System II, Qty: 2 Ogre I, Qty: 4 (Drone Bay) Siege Module I Heat Dissipation Field II Thor Torpedo I, Qty: 45 Parallel Weapon Navigation Transmitter Dropped items: Citadel Torpedo Launcher I, Qty: 3 Ballistic Deflection Field II Damage Control II Photon Scattering Field II Ballistic Control System II Ogre I, Qty: 2 (Drone Bay) 2008.09.04 17:53:00 Victim: Chaos Lord Corp: BMD Alliance: NONE Destroyed: Megathron System: Osaa Security: 0.3 Damage Taken: 27312 Involved parties: Name: rowlandos (laid the final blow) Ship: Abaddon Weapon: Mega Pulse Laser II Damage Done: 6640 Name: Commander Pug Ship: Typhoon Weapon: Typhoon Damage Done: 5671 Name: Sax Tyr Ship: Raven Weapon: Mjolnir Rage Torpedo Damage Done: 5400 Name: Bubbleboy Ship: Raven Weapon: Caldari Navy Cataclysm Cruise Missile Damage Done: 2957 Name: Malvorak Ship: Armageddon Weapon: Armageddon Damage Done: 2915 Name: Shuttleboy Ship: Drake Weapon: Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Missile Damage Done: 2357 Name: Sakanoue Ship: Rokh Weapon: Hammerhead I Damage Done: 1037 Name: Tiresias Bishop Ship: Harbinger Weapon: Harbinger Damage Done: 257 Name: Neill Kerry Ship: Megathron Navy Issue Weapon: Modal Mega Ion Particle Accelerator I Damage Done: 78 Name: Kasundra Ship: Hurricane Weapon: Hurricane Damage Done: 0 Name: Juan Ignacio Ship: Scorpion Weapon: 'Hypnos' Ion Field ECM I Damage Done: 0 Name: Meat Missle Ship: Stiletto Weapon: Warp Disruptor II Damage Done: 0 Name: calofery Ship: Armageddon Weapon: Armageddon Damage Done: 0 Destroyed items: Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Qty: 3 Armor Explosive Hardener II Armor Kinetic Hardener II Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron Cap Recharger II, Qty: 2 Antimatter Charge L, Qty: 240 Capacitor Control Circuit I, Qty: 2 Large 'Regard' I Power Projector Ogre I, Qty: 3 (Drone Bay) Dropped items: Neutron Blaster Cannon II, Qty: 4 Armor Thermic Hardener II Damage Control II Capacitor Power Relay II Armor Explosive Hardener II Antimatter Charge L, Qty: 12380 (Cargo) Large Armor Repairer II Antimatter Charge L, Qty: 320 Ogre I, Qty: 2 (Drone Bay) 100MN Afterburner II