Rejoice - the Daramo System is Ours.
26 Jun 2016NickTheGrey
A few days ago I decided a change of pace was in order. I'd built the Leverage up to a reasonable funds-permitting combat ship and was itching to try it out. The Battle of Daramo was building momentum not too far away so I decided to head on over and lend my efforts to the Federation presence in the system. The first outing was a valiant effort but ultimately doomed. No bounties and a wrecked Cobra IV later and I was back at Knights Port. Undaunted, I picked up the Leverage II and went back out.This time I fared much better. Four kills, totalling 144KCr. A little worse for wear after that encounter, I decided to head back to Knights Port and cash them in. Not too bad a result: up in the Top 50% bracket.
The next time I took the ship out was a complete disaster. I dropped in to the local Combat Zone and had precisely enough time to declare my faction when I was fired upon. I lasted all of ten seconds, tops.
After waking up in the Knights Port infirmary for the second time in as many days I decided to hold fire on the battle. My funds had dipped below the minimum insurance payment to get the ship back so recouping my balance was now the top priority. I ran a quick delivery mission and then headed back to Knights Port to see what was what.
I was still in the Top 50% bracket but by now the sixth tier had become unlocked. This was going to make me very rich!
I didn't want to risk going back out because the payout was going to be far more than I had anticipated anyway. So I decided to wait it out.
The Battle of Daramo has just ended, massively in favour of Federation forces, some three and a half days ahead of projected figures. As a result I've earned a little over 14MCr which is more than enough to upgrade the Leverage III and perhaps even kit out a Diamondback Explorer too.