Not cut out for military jobs so I'm joining the cops.
27 Oct 2015Kaocraft
Flew the Aleksander out to Polecteri to oppose Hudson's forces. That was a mistake. The place was teeming with heavy-hitting federal ships: gunships, dropships, assault ships. There were hardly any targets that my little Cobra would stand half a chance against in a one-on-one conflict, let alone the frenzy that I had immersed myself into. The resistance forces were severely outmatched, here, with mostly cobras, eagles, and a few vultures on their side. I did my best to weave in and out of the pockets of green radar blips and lure out one red blip at a time, but it wasn't long before some unidentified gunboat had his railguns trained on me and I was torn to shreds. Half a million credits later and I'm launching my replacement Cobra back into the fray hoping that second time's the charm. No such luck. Within a minute of entering the battle, my shields are down and my hull is below 50%, with another railgun-sniper on my tail. I divert all systems power to the engines, engage silent running, and boost out of there as fast as I can (which thankfully in the Aleksander II is pretty darned fast).I've decided that opposition is a job better left to the dedicated fighters and the the behemoth ships like the Anacondas. I'm going to try my luck in AF Leporis as an aid to the Imperial expansion into that region. I participated in a Crime Sweep at HIP 22281 earlier this week and it went well, so hopefully I can expect the same from AF. Fingers crossed.