Today I completed a routine patrol of the Crusade conquest zones.
Why? Well, whilst I hardly think of myself as a mercenary, there were a few items in the loyalty store I wanted for my projects, and needed to endear myself to the armorer. I also felt a little guilty about leaving the front lines so abruptly.
In any case, I planned my patrol as usual, hitting Minmatar held complexes, as usual, flying my favorite frigate, the Kontos Executioner. It's upgraded a little now, since my fitting skills allow a bit more power, but the idea is the same.
Nothing much of importance happened. A few ships dropped in on me as I was capturing, but wisely thought better of tackling a Khanid fighter! My fellow crusaders have been doing well in my absence, so there were few systems for me to capture in.
On the way back I noticed a friendly complex whose cloak had failed, and went to provide cover until they repaired it.
Another Executioner appeared on scans.
After a quick comment to the complex crew not to panic, I readied my weapons, and the capsuleer working for the Minmatar entered.
The fight was short, and altogether uneventful. I was a little rusty, allowing the other ship to graze my armor, but he was defeated in good order.
I sent him a quick courtesy, which was ignored. No matter.
After the complex was restored, I flew back to my staging area, and repaired my ship, and went to smile sweetly at the loyalty store vendor.
Review
My piloting was sloppy. I failed to maintain my orbit of him, and lost warp disruption twice, and over compensated my orbit allowing him to get close. Foolish.
It was not a display of my skill, but more accurately his pilot errors. Even when I was close enough to his scrambler range, he failed to shut down my Micro Warp Drive. I was lucky.
I must maintain better discipline when it comes to orbiting. I think perhaps my early tent-pegging exercises are no longer enough.
I will begin working on my manual piloting skills.
Why? Well, whilst I hardly think of myself as a mercenary, there were a few items in the loyalty store I wanted for my projects, and needed to endear myself to the armorer. I also felt a little guilty about leaving the front lines so abruptly.
In any case, I planned my patrol as usual, hitting Minmatar held complexes, as usual, flying my favorite frigate, the Kontos Executioner. It's upgraded a little now, since my fitting skills allow a bit more power, but the idea is the same.
Nothing much of importance happened. A few ships dropped in on me as I was capturing, but wisely thought better of tackling a Khanid fighter! My fellow crusaders have been doing well in my absence, so there were few systems for me to capture in.
On the way back I noticed a friendly complex whose cloak had failed, and went to provide cover until they repaired it.
Another Executioner appeared on scans.
After a quick comment to the complex crew not to panic, I readied my weapons, and the capsuleer working for the Minmatar entered.
The fight was short, and altogether uneventful. I was a little rusty, allowing the other ship to graze my armor, but he was defeated in good order.
I sent him a quick courtesy, which was ignored. No matter.
After the complex was restored, I flew back to my staging area, and repaired my ship, and went to smile sweetly at the loyalty store vendor.
Review
My piloting was sloppy. I failed to maintain my orbit of him, and lost warp disruption twice, and over compensated my orbit allowing him to get close. Foolish.
It was not a display of my skill, but more accurately his pilot errors. Even when I was close enough to his scrambler range, he failed to shut down my Micro Warp Drive. I was lucky.
I must maintain better discipline when it comes to orbiting. I think perhaps my early tent-pegging exercises are no longer enough.
I will begin working on my manual piloting skills.
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