Back into the black
15 Dec 2024WarPug
Heading back out to do exploration. My attempts at killing bugs cost around 100 mil.Rant below.
Well here goes. You have read all those stories about commanders fighting the good fight and kicking the titan in the teeth, heart, pineapple? Yeah this ain’t one of those. Few weeks back I joined the fight. I had three ships, 100 million credits. I dropped in on the Cornwallis and bought before I thought. I had my Krait Mk2 loaded up like I was taking that titan on right out of the gate. Then I started learning. It was expensive lessons. First jump into Sol I was jumped by not just a griefer. 7.5 million later. I jumped into Sol again and I started ferrying wounded out and lost 40 people before I actually figured out the hyperdiction skill set. A bunch of fines later, I started being successful in getting in and out of Sol. I didn’t make a bunch of credits but I wasn’t losing them hand over fist. Then I put an economy cabin and for a while I was running small groups out and buying stuff that would be in the mission list in Sol. That way if I lost cargo going into Sol I wouldn’t fail missions. All went pretty well until Cocijo showed up in Sol.
Hey! I have all those guns! I went out hunting bugs. Honestly it was a mixed bag. If I had a couple hundred million in the bank I could probably develop the skills to be decent at it. But I didn’t have a couple hundred million in the bank. In fact I was scraping the money pot dry.
I tried a ground mission. Bleep! Those are hard core. Fun, long, and seriously hard. To the good I didn’t loose any credits, to the bad, I didn’t accomplish the mission. End of the weekend. I just don’t have time for missions during the week. So, yesterday I docked back at the Cornwallis with enough credits to make two maybe three attempts at Cocijo. So after reviewing all the guides and help files I’m as ready as I can be to give it a shot or three.
Attempt 1: Jump into Sol head to Mars High to get some more heat sinks (hyperdiction was more aggressive). The interdictions heading there were what I expected. I was about 5 LS and I get interdicted again. I start the routine and now I’m taking real damage. Now I’m yanking and banking, I’m hitting the gas and not letting up. Doesn’t help. Redeploy. Yes I was killed trying to get to the only semi safe haven in Sol by a griefer. Time for a break.
Attempt 2: Tweak the build, do some training run outside Cornwallis. I head to Sol. I don’t use any heat sinks on the way and I head into the cloud. About the middle of death and destruction avenue I realize that my ship is melting around me. I have been hitting the wrong button for caustic sinks. Hey this one’s on me. Redeploy.
Attempt 3: I make sure I have all my sinks and the pulser set. Weapons are set. Repair limpets are stocked. This is it. I don’t have enough to redeploy again. Jump into Sol. Head to the cloud. So far so good. Not to much damage and the guides have helped me so far. Here comes the pulse. Bleep my timing is off and I am thrown out. Bunch of damage. I jump to a nearby system and I repair and rearm. I am heading back in. Get hyperdicted, and this ain’t like before. This bug is serious. And my drive goes off line. Crap! I’m at the redeployment screen. Except I am in debt now.
I sell everything I can. Including most of the AX weapons. I put the Krait back in explorer kit.
Current condition. Out of debt and heading to the deep black. Give the hell commanders.