0603.31 Funny Things
31 Mar 2020Wes_7569
Begin Log: I have been helping out all the new Commanders in the squadron, at least all that I have been able to, and it is bringing up a lot of old memories. It goes to show that some things never change in this galaxy no matter how much time has passed.
For combat we had some funny situations with wing missions involving Bounty Hunting and pirate hunting at a Hazardous Resource Extraction Site. The bounty hunting missions was typical at first, a 2 million reward to take out a known pirate. I was not ready for combat yet, I was ending a cargo mission and the other commanders wanted to get started. I warned them that the wing mission would have multiple support ships for the pirate, usually vultures with some engineering and the pirate having a Fer-De-Lance. They thought they could take them but they quickly had their shields start to fail and hull damage from the engineered lasers phasing through their shields. They fought for a few minutes and jumped out and with no help from System Authority. By the time they jumped out I got into the system with my Balance of Judgement. I got into the mission area and that is where everything went different for me. I started the attack on the lead ship thinking it will take more than a few minutes so that there is enough time for my wing to jump in, but instead, about 15 System Authority ships jumped in. I didnt really count but they just kept jumping in, I had friendly ships all over the place. I think there must have been 4 for every wanted ship. Even with me not using my huge Beam Lasers, the pirates were quickly destroyed. WTF and laughter were all over the comms.
In the Hez Res area, the big ships were no where to be found. In an hour we had 1 Anaconda show up and maybe 2 FDLs, the Clipper was the biggest that showed up the most, but the few Pythons were worth the most bounty. What we got a lot of were the Adders and Eagles. As soon as one group or ship was taken out, some more came into range. The funny ones though were the Sidewinders. Not just any though, they were Elite Sidewinders. Lasted about 2-3 seconds, probably 2, good for ranking up but the bounties were horrible. Think I only made around 1 million.
Fleet Carrier Update:
Things are going as planned to obtain the Fleet Carrier. I have around 5.5 Billion at the moment with modules that I can sell to get more close to or over 6 billion. If I wanted to sell a couple ships it will give me around 7 billion. So if there are any additional costs for customizing or outfitting the Fleet Carrier I will hopefully have enough, definitely want to have at least 500 million left over for a comfortable rebuy for my ships. I also have one of my Anacondas (Durin's Tyrfing) completely outfitted for mining and defense. Not sure how obtaining the fuel for the Fleet Carrier will go so I am just preparing for everything.