Why You Don't Mess With The Empire! (or "Imperial Fighters are Scary")
29 Nov 2016Harold Sackoski
Had a "unique" combat experience recently that should serve as a cautionary tale for any pilots out there thinking of messing with my beloved Empire:So, I'd been doing some mercenary work for the Empire in LTT 1349. It seems that the local eco-freak party was making a bid for power and somehow got a full-on Fed Fleet to back their play. By the time I arrived, it was all out war. There were battles breaking out all over the system. And, in exchange for a fat paycheck, I'd been making sure that the Imperial Fleet was dominating each and every one.
But then, upon returning to the fight after a quick run to reload my guns, I suffered a serious malfunction to my transponder which somehow left my vessel tagged as a damn Fed! (Yes, it may have been operator error, and no, I don't appreciate you bringing it up!) So, anyway, the Imperial Fleet saw fit to dispatch a lone Imperial Gu-97 Fighter toward me.
Of course I tried to explain the situation to him, but you know how fighter pilots are; he wanted to paint a big fat Ferdy silhouette on his ship and nothing I could say was going to change his mind.
So I said, Fine, MotherF'er, lets dance!
Five minutes later, I was limping through the mailslot at Lundwall Station with only 20% of my hull still intact and half my systems melted to slag!
And, that fighter? I never managed to land even a single shot! Literally, not one!!!
And its not like I was running a half-arsed rig, either! I was rolling with my full-on Class A rated Ferdy with a full spread of Engineered, Gimbaled Multi-Cannons! With 900MJ of shield strength and a Hull Integrity rating of over 1000! And he turned it into Swiss cheese without even breaking a sweat!
And sure, this fellow was Elite but I'm a Dangerous man, myself! You'd think I'd at least be able to hold my own, but no!
So next time your thinking about picking a fight with the Empire, just remember, your (or at least my) 80 million credit warship ain't got nothin' on the Gu-97! And that's the weakest ship in their fleet!