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EVE-Pirate.com summer makeover
Posted by Ander in
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Sunday, June 14. 2009

Ander
First of all, the reason for the slow updates has been my real life schedule and my involvement in a new EVE project has taken lots of my time.
It's possible that EVE-Pirate one day will be incorporated in this project as a sister site, if it succeeds.
To remedy the speed issues of the site I'll be working on migrating the site over to a new server.
Meanwhile, EVE-Pirate may be in a transition state while changing.
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The Real Fun Begins
Posted by Gumbles in
Thursday, June 11. 2009
Empire wars.
At first I was nervous about starting wars with people because I was not sure exactly how much I am able to handle. Up until this point I have only engaged cruisers and frigates because that’s all I have ever run in to not including blob gatecamps. So I decided that our first corporation to declare war on would be Jeti-Su Avars, a Turkish corp based out of Osmeden.
The war goes through and we don’t hear anything from their CEO and only 2 of the 15 people I regularly saw floating around Osmeden were online the first 2 days. I knew that a majority of them were mission runners so they would have fighting skills instead of rock biting skills, so it was a little depressing to see that they weren’t willing to log in, let alone engage.
Unfortunately, I had to put EVE on hold because of an exam I had that week so I didn’t have time to go out and hunt them, and from what I hear my other corp mate and then CEO didn’t have time either. Since this whole empire war thing was new to us, our CEO forgot to pay the war bills and the next time I logged on I had a mail laughing at me that I wouldn’t be able to attack them in 24 hours.
Fortunately there were two war targets in system so I decided to try the easiest way to find them: fleet invites.
Dai Khan > hi, do i know u?
Dai Khan > did u just offre me fleet?
Nexi Katu > yes i offered you to join my fleet
Dai Khan > for?
Dai Khan > seems we are at war
Nexi Katu > you looked new and i was wondering if you needed some help
Dai Khan > lol
Nexi Katu > yes we are at war
Dai Khan > how stupid do u think i am m8
Nexi Katu > hey its worth a try
Dai Khan > lol ok goodluck
I quickly found out which station they were in and plopped my Thorax right outside. I guess my corp’s absence lulled them in to a sense of security. Either way, I scored my first war kill against another Thorax. I gave him good fight in local which he didn’t return, but I was not sure if he even spoke English so I let it go. Not two minutes later, Dai Khan in a caracal undocks which I quickly lock down and pop in no time flat. Score first and second blood in a war that was set to end in 5 hours.
The second guy was pretty cool about the whole war thing, even though he was a little angry that I attacked right before the war lapsed. As I talked to him about the war and Turkey and what not, I notice a 6 year old player fighting three or four of his corp mates outside the station. They were in Maiden Corp, a UK based corp. I decide to fly over and see what happening when the 6 year old’s Navitas was blown up by the others. I opened the wreck and stole a lone T2 light blaster from it and sat and waited.
It didn’t take long for my flashiness to entice one of the Thoraxs to open fire on me. I was disappointed at how fast he went down, but I got my hopes up when I realized 3 other characters just saw me blow up their corpie. Just as I had hoped for, two opened up on me simultaneously so I scooped up the loot from the first wreck, sent my drones after one of the others, and tackled and blastered the other one that aggroed. They both popped about the same time, and the fourth hurriedly docked up.
Feeling satisfied with myself, I scooped up what loot I could fit in my cargo and slowly made my way back to station when the six year old player, Heaven Sent, came out in a Ferox. I asked him if he could patiently wait for me in local and ran to grab my Myrmidon which was in a different station.
I warped practically right on top of him when I got back and opened fire as soon as he aggroed me. I never expected my 6 month old character could stand up to someone as old as him, but I figured I would give it a shot and see what I really can do. Turns out it was next to nothing. I got his shields down near half when I decided I should de-aggress and redock. At 50% structure I finally was able to dock up.
I had a good conversation with Heaven and the Maiden CEO, Markus Sparkus. They told me that Heaven was teaching them a few things about pvp when one of them accidentally blew up his Navitas, and Heaven said that they were glad I came along and gave a real pvp lesson.
[ 2009.04.13 19:44:35 ] Nexi Katu > hey sorry for blowing up your guys ships
[ 2009.04.13 19:44:51 ] Nexi Katu > that was a really fun fight though
[ 2009.04.13 19:44:57 ] Nexi Katu > are you the ferox pilot?
[ 2009.04.13 19:45:19 ] heaven sent > ferox and nighthawk
[ 2009.04.13 19:45:39 ] heaven sent > can fly raven also
[ 2009.04.13 19:45:49 ] Nexi Katu > nice
[ 2009.04.13 19:46:15 ] Nexi Katu > i kind of feel bad for destroying the ships, but you guys opened fire first
[ 2009.04.13 19:47:04 ] heaven sent > did we
[ 2009.04.13 19:47:25 ] Nexi Katu > yeah i did take from the wreck, but you guys still fired first
[ 2009.04.13 19:48:21 ] heaven sent > we were in fleet these guys are only a few weeks old i was training them......you must have flashed red to them
[ 2009.04.13 19:48:45 ] heaven sent > showing that a friget can get under your guns
[ 2009.04.13 19:49:02 ] Nexi Katu > ah yeah
[ 2009.04.13 19:49:03 ] heaven sent > one got trigger happy and shit me frig
[ 2009.04.13 19:49:20 ] Nexi Katu > you want what i stole back? it was a t2 blaster
[ 2009.04.13 19:49:33 ] heaven sent > you flash red and they think its world wor 3 with me in a pod lol
[ 2009.04.13 19:49:51 ] heaven sent > nah there cheap you serve them lol
[ 2009.04.13 19:50:13 ] heaven sent > i build them 20 thoraxes for training
[ 2009.04.13 19:50:17 ] Nexi Katu > ok i do feel bad for popping new players sometimes
[ 2009.04.13 19:50:19 ] Nexi Katu > ok
[ 2009.04.13 19:50:32 ] heaven sent > good xp for them lol
[ 2009.04.13 19:50:52 ] Nexi Katu > that was fun, i hope to see you around
[ 2009.04.13 19:50:52 ] heaven sent > they loved it best fun they had in a while lol
[ 2009.04.13 19:51:01 ] heaven sent > nps
Since our first war left me feeling a little dejected I decided to throw in a vote for a war against Maiden. I figure I could dodge Heaven for a while and score some kills against the rest of the youngins I saw that day. Luckily for me, a spectator of the whole thing named fwgmrtoad that was in a corp called FWG Mining and Salvage said that my picture looked cute. Aww what the hell, lets vote to deck his corp too.
While waiting for the vote and dec to go through I got a convo from my old lame alliance leader. He had sent me a mail with a link to his killboard about about wanting me back since they were getting so many uber awesome kills against Bestowers and Caracals. Since he ran a vent that my current corp mate and I still used, I decided to be civil. Even so, I was happy he wasted 1 mil on my CSPA to beg me to come back.
With my epeen-o-meter near full, I logged out and dreamt about all of the pretty explosions I will be seeing in two days. I will write the rest of the story as soon as our wars with Maiden and FWG finish up.
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Another Loss, Another Entry... Yarr....
Posted by Gank Boy in
Wednesday, June 10. 2009
I was greeted with a few reds in local. Ami seems busy today. Unfortunately all i have in here was a shuttle so i quickly headed for Daran to get my trusty old Maller. Daran's empty, which is a bit disappointing, the party's in Ami it seems. Changed ships and suddenly someone popped into local. lil Zyphad was his name. Great! I hope he'll go ratting.
I undocked and did a 360 degree scan. I pinpointed his location quite easily and already i was wondering whether its a trap. There are a few reds and CVA guys just one jump away. CVA hate my corp Core impulse. Simply because we are more good looking than them.
So back to the story, and yes, we are sexy too! I decided to warp in and hope to kill him quickly before his friends can get to me. He was flying a Vexor.
When i came out of warp i landed just 2km off of him. Perfect. Here we go...
Target.
Point.
Neut.
Shoot.
Orbit.
What did i miss? Oh yeah, overheat weapons.. My shields melted quickly but so did his and he entered armor first. At that point i noticed i was no longer doing much damage. shit! 1600mm plates im sure! A few more seconds (or minutes) and i completely stopped doing damage. Curse the Gods i overheated my weapons till they broke! about this time i noticed 4 people enter local. i know im screwed.
lil zyphad was in 25% armor and i know his friends are in warp to us now. Fuck the pressure was so intense i cant think staight. I noticed my neut was still working and my only hope now was to drain his cap and warp off. I pointed to a planet and clicked warp. Surprisingly my ship was trying to initiate warp so his cap must be dry now; but i forgot to turn off my afterburner and the few seconds it added to my align time was costly. I turned it off as quick as i can but a thorax already popped into view and started to target me. I really really thought i can get out, it was so close but just not enough. Thorax managed to get a point. Lost my hope for the second time.
What to do now i was thinking? Im taking damage from the thorax and lil zyphad's hammerhead IIs but still they didnt manage to break my tank. I still have about 60% armor left which is pretty good. But with no guns to use, fuck it seems all i can do is wait for them to pop me. I tried to repair my guns with nanite repair paste but i know full well they're already offline. Then it struck me, some may still be online, all i need is to ungroup them. I hit ungroup... Nothing happend.. Shit need to unload the crystals first then ungroup and sure enough 3 of my lasers are still online. I put the crystals back in quickly and started to shoot the vexor again hoping to take him out with me. I got a few volley's in and my armor is holding up well. Already im adoring myself for being so goodlooking and sexy when a megathron and hurricane entered the fight!
Now im really dead! my armor melted quickly. the end is near... i began to spam warp as i entered structure. my maller's explosion followed shortly.
My Maller
PS: Core Impulse is recruiting. It's an awesome corp with awesome people.
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First taste.
Posted by Keith Katar in
Tuesday, June 9. 2009
A few days later I found myself sitting behind the controls of my first Punisher, floating in the depths of the Old Man Star System. I pulled up my scanner window, rather unfamiliar with it I fiddled for a few minutes until I managed to figure it out. A few hits, some cruisers, and command ships. I thought better of engaging just yet. My patience was rewarded as a little later I picked up an Incursus on scan. I tried several times to locate and ambush the Incursus, but to my dismay every time the belt I warped to came zooming into view there was no ship to be found.
I continued stubbornly, missing the ship by mere seconds I could swear. Another 4 or so misses and I gave up, sighing as my attempt flopped, or so I thought. My screens lit up, alarms went off as I felt the ship lurch. Sensors indicating an Incurses off to the side, about 5km already firing on me. It was the same guy I had been chasing all day. I quickly turned the ship around, heading straight for him. My afterburner giving me the sweet speed I desired, as I swept past him, bright blue lights flaring from my lasers. My shield at this point was nearly gone. I threw on my NOS hoping his capacitor would be generous to mine as well as my damage control and my small armor rep. I took 2 solid hits nearly taking my armor to 50%. I was sure I was done for. My lasers had managed to obliterate his shield, but seemed slowed at his armor. I figured it must be plated and that this was turning out worse than I had anticipated. My repper began working the armor back into existence as we traded volleys. I soon became aware that my armor was regenerating faster than he could damage it now. His guns had stopped firing and my warp drive was online again. I had lucked out, his capacitor was empty. A few more seconds and I watched his armor disintegrate.
I quickly pondered the notion of calling off my lasers and requesting some Isk for his safe passage. This is the moment I realized that even though my own intentions were hostile, he had attacked me and there was just no way that I was going to let him get away with that. I grinned as the last of his hull was melted and destroyed by my lasers. I offered a simple good fight to his comm system on his pod and warped off after collecting some of his modules. I hadn’t realized until it was over how hard my heart had been beating, the few moments where I could swear I had stopped breathing and the almost twitching sensation of my fingers at the controls. The Corporate Police Force can find themselves a new errand boy, I know where I belong.
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TRAPS-3 years later, still cashing checks and breaking necks!
Posted by freaky in
Piracy
Monday, May 11. 2009

freaky
I am still amazed that it's been three years and we are all having a blast still. We've made a ton of friends over the years and even more enemies and we're nowhere close to stopping anytime soon. I used to play EQ1 and EQ2 for ages and never made such good friends as I have in this game. While we are miles apart, leading different lives and going in opposite directions, we still chat it up every night and share in each others adventures that happen in game as well as out of game.
I would love to write a massive tale about all our exploits over the last 8 months but alas, I am a bit lazy and don't have the stamina to piece it all together. Instead I will show a few bits and pieces to tide you over until I can fully get back in the saddle and knock out another whopper of a story. Another reason I am being lazy is because I did a fresh OS install and I forgot to transfer the folder with my story in it. But I did save my original Eve folder so I still have all my chat logs and pics, but I am not in the mood to deal with re-writing and retrieving all the pics and logs. It turns out I think it will be a long story, but I won't have as many chat logs since it's hard for me to get it all in order, so I will try to peace it all together via pics and my own sweet words.
So where to begin? Well you might remember in our last story we had dec'd a corp called Butterfly Effect. They were so laughable because their corp recruiting bio said they don't do stuff that's against the rules and they aren't immature 12 year olds who haven't taken their Ritalin and in actuality, that's exactly what most of them were. They swore up and down that we would do nothing to them because they showed up with a ton of players right off the bat. Sure enough, as time goes on, their clot of players dissipated and we put the hurt on them. Even though they swore they would never pay and they would dec our supposed industrial wing, they got tired of losing and paid up.
I love that kind of ending. People unload a massive amount of smack and you end up getting them to pay you 500 million ISK. Good times! As you know we tend to run into a lot of retards in this game. It's always fun when these morons threaten you and end up being a no-show and give you all sorts of excuses why. One day I log in to see a typical death threat to me and our corp.
2009.01.17 19:54
OK, im gonna be very Blunt and when replying to this mail be aware that i hold your corp fully accountable. Chae Csee is a little fuck tard, who needs to learn some respect. Unless he is Kicked from your corp in the next 48 hours we will war deck and perma camp you until you quit. and with an active member count at any given time of 120 people thats not that hard. (shift works easy)
I want an apology on behalf of your corp for his outragous insults. Oh BTW? dis i memntion we are part of a Coalition with Chain of chaos alliance and Huzzah Federation? so with 600 online member count @ any given time... ok well i think you get my drift.
I begged him to follow through but said I know he wont and I will bet anything he will never, ever dec us. No way in hell I would ever boot a member over a threat. If one of my guys got us an endless war dec, I'd thank em, not boot em. Guess what happened?

NOTHING! So typical. It was around this time we noticed a disturbing trend in Eve. Over 60% of our opponents were/are doing it. What is it you ask? Loggoffski? Neutral alts remote repping? Corp jumping? Nope. Well yes, they all do that cause they suck, but you want to know what the most recent addendum to the Carebear Playbook is? Read on!
Continue Reading TRAPS-3 years later, still cashing checks and breaking necks!
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TRAPS-3 years later, PART TWO!
Posted by freaky in
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Sunday, May 10. 2009

freaky
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On a whim.
Posted by Oregin in
Piracy
Tuesday, April 28. 2009
Exiting the warp tunnel the station began to loom into view but something made me pause; I sat there with the docking ramp beckoning me home.
I had moved to Vittenyn a few months ago after finding my services needed by a Fed Navy contact I had in station there. I enjoyed the bustle and its busy atmosphere. It had only been a short hop from the quiet and sleepy next door system of Pucherie where I'd spent a lot of my time previously.
Swinging the ship around an impulse made me head for the system which had been home for so long. Appearing the other side of the gate I was met by the familiar sight which had welcomed me back many times before. Pangs of nostalgia swept through me.
'Let's have a look around' I thought.
The course was entered for the first asteroid belt. My Arazu swung seemlessly into its warp and, engaging my cloak, it disappeared into the dark.
Appearing 30k from the belt I stumble upon a Megathron mining away, his corpmate sat at the other side of the belt in his Hulk. A quick background check reveals the Mega pilot to be reasonably fresh from the academy; the exhumer pilot on the other hand has been around a fair old while, since years before my own creation.
What strikes me as interesting are the cargo containers floating aimlessly next to each ship, their nights industry seemed juicy for the taking.
Swinging the Arazu around and above the ships and rocks below me I strike up a conversation with my corporation. It is the Mega which inspires most interest...the waste of such a fearsome combat ship, we all felt, deserved a little retribution.
One of the younger miners, a good friend of mine already, wants a look see.
I sit and watch.
A few minutes later, his navitas, dwarfed by even the rocks, let alone the ships, in the belt, comes to a stop between the two. A second later he is gone, only to reappear alongside the imposing silouette of the Mega.
Within seconds the property so lovingly mined had changed hands. However, as we are all aware, ore theft is petty crime, and decidedly underwhelming.
As the navitas one again disappears into the dark his amusement is clear from his tone of voice.
I sit with the Mega in full view, a little over 30k away. With Concord already breathing down my neck I must abide them here. I am already considering my indignation at the cheek of the pilot for stealing our ore and the carefully worded letter of ignorance regarding any initial theft which I would be writing to Concord the next day to explain my assault on the Megathron.
At the same time, my thoughts are clouded by the repetition 'Uncloak, target, scramble, damp...'
By this time my the fuss has stirred the hornets nest. A Raven, Harbinger and Thorax belonging to my corporation flash up on my direction scan, the names familiar and the pilots good friends of mine. They are waiting a quick warp away.
The tension is deadly, my lethargy has expired and the thoughts 'Uncloak, target, scramble, damp' get my heart pumping.
A little while later the Mega pilot, seeemingly baffled, has stopped mining and is staring at our ore, perhaps in amazement. He stays here for a further fifteen minutes until, low and behold the daring navitas shoot back into view, this time at the barge's can. The Miner's drones flit around.
Again, with split second timing, the ore is relieved of its prior owner and the navitas had departed for the safe-haven of the nearby Moon 8 station.
Again I wait another agonising fifteen minutes, all the while becoming more and more disheartened at the unflinching and uninterested miners. I wonder if they are truly so reserved or whether they wear the mask well.
All of a sudden my spirits are renewed by the departure of the Hulk. Only to be dashed by his return in a Bestower. Was this going to be yet another helpless industrial to cause us no problems and die quietly?
My respect for the Miner is hightened when he manages to confer to his cargo hold a load of ore in the split second he departs the belt. Does he sense I'm here, I wonder?
Expecting a long fifteen minute wait until his return I idly strike up conversation with my corpmates.
Within seconds, though, the pilot returns to the can. The red flashing on my overview shakes me out of my stupor. Uncloak, target, scramble, damp. I begin to draw a lazy arc around the ship at my 30k distance.
'Warp to belt, Raven is primary'
Even I cannot believe my words. The miner has returned in his Raven to grab the rest. Checking his speed and direction I assess my own orbit, his behemoth wheels slowly around and begins move away but I am yet to engage my own propulsion at full. It is an easy catch.
Within seconds our Raven, Harbinger and Thorax appear from their warp. If the Raven pilot had thought he could tank his way to a stalemate he was sorely mistaken.
Seconds later the my guns are blaring, cutting lines inbetween my drones which are speeding their way towards the unfortunate ship. They mingle with the others already at the hapless ship. Our Raven and Harbinger begin pounding at the shields. Their fits, I know, are strongly in favour of damage output.
To our suprise the shields break quickly revealing below a soft armour which melts in two fell swoops.
The explosion is immensely gratifying though the modules we manage to retrieve are perplexing at best. Checking the logs we find a most unusual fitting, one which certainly would have dealt a swift blow to the navitas but little else.
All the while, the Mega pilot sits and watches. His can disappears before his eyes in a hail of antimatter.
Killboard Link
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Trial of a newb, Part 1
Posted by O'lenka in
Pirate-Hunters
Monday, April 27. 2009
Here I was, my second month in Eve universe was coming to an end, and I started to get uneasy feeling that I'm getting myself railroaded into a solo life of cookie-cutter mission runner. Caldari - strike one. On a missile boat - strike two. Not a single PvP encounter on my own - strike three. I started to get bored of chaining mission after mission on a "invincible drake" and I found myself starring at the at least 3 week-long Raven skill plan.So I get this "bright" idea to "invite myself as a friend" (after all, who's a better friend for us all than ourselves?) on a trial of Eve. While skill plan runs its course I switched to a little side project and made a very low SP PvP character to see if I could mess with better trained and more experienced folks. Looking at all sorts and types of PvP in Eve, I figured to get myself involved with the can flipping crowd. Not that I'm against or pro-flipping, I just wanted to see if I can set up a trap for gullible "veteran" or two with a brand new character, for my own amusement. The image I had in mind is a week-old, seemingly clueless blond sitting somewhere in the asteroid belt next to a can of ore, pretending to be interested in mining. Who could possibly pass the lure of it? And this is how O'lenka's life on the trail of blood and destruction has begun.
Now, with the 21-day trial run it's course and almost half a billion ISK blown up, I'd like to reminiscent on some of the more memorable encounters I had.
My first time
My first time was in the candle lit bedroom set to the soft music of Vivaldi concerto. No, that's not right. In truth, my 1st was rather anticlimactic.
I've studied Galente cruiser book and few other essential skills and named my cheap tin can "How to change name?" to look even more clueless. Which caused some "who's on first"-type moments in the chats:
[ 2009.02.12 15:59:38 ] O'lenka > oh, I should rename my ship than. "charity" or something. Although I kinda like the one I have now =/
[ 2009.02.12 16:02:53 ] guy number one> what is your ship named now?
[ 2009.02.12 16:03:45 ] O'lenka > "How to change name?"
[ 2009.02.12 16:04:15 ] guy number two > you need to be in space, right click on ship set name
[ 2009.02.12 16:04:29 ] guy number one> you dont need to be in space
[ 2009.02.12 16:04:37 ] O'lenka > lol, you guys
[ 2009.02.12 16:04:53 ] O'lenka > it's like "who's on first" scketch all over again
[ 2009.02.12 16:05:00 ] guy number one> lol
[ 2009.02.12 16:05:12 ] guy number two > you dont need to be in space but you do need to be sitting in the ship you want to re name
[ 2009.02.12 16:05:15 ] O'lenka > this is how my ship named lol
[ 2009.02.12 16:05:35 ] O'lenka > "How to change name?"
[ 2009.02.12 16:05:52 ] guy number two>
[ 2009.02.12 16:08:17 ] O'lenka > gotta run, o7
I set up my little "mining" operation not far from home. And I waited. And waited some more. Thinking to myself "Who'd buy this "mining Vexor" story anyway?" after a while, I decided to haul whatever ore I could cram into Vexor's cargo, at least to keep the illusion that I was doing something productive. When I got back to the belt I landed nose-to-nose to an Incursus, flown by a fellow Gallente Navy mate, at most few weeks older than myself, if even that. And it was flashing blood-red over the overview! In excitement I smashed all the attack keys, but the fight was over before I could get to "three Mississippi".
To sum up he was quick to finish and I was left unsatisfied. I decided that I'll leave the home pastures and look for greener grass in the Land of Minmatar and their famed pirate-on-a-Rifter candy.
Indeed, soon after landing in the hotbed of Hek I was greeted by a Rifter pilot, better dressed and more mature than my homeboys. The outfit that he left behind in fact nearly paid for my cheaply fit Vexor. We had a nice chat afterwards and I even found his note on my pillow:
Mail from "guy number one":
2009.02.08 20:26
awesome trap, that was good stuff! /bows
I now fondly recall this encounter as the time I lost my PvP virginity for real. I even got to see his cruiser too, but I was not ready to receive it.
Loosing it for real
After I "mined" the Hek out to the tune of 25 mil in wrecks, I set my sights on their mortal enemies, the Amarr, to even the scale a little, so to say. Well, I found Amarr space to be nearly dead, not much to report from there. Except my very first meet with an assault frigate. An Ishkur pilot got my can into his sights and I gave it a go... with my now patented move "web and zap the asteroid"! To make the story short, after realizing what the heck I'm targeting, I switched to real enemy, but after some really messy performance lost it all. First ship lost and a lesson learned. Nevertheless, I got some encouraging:
[ 2009.02.13 04:47:26 ] guy number two > gf man
[ 2009.02.13 04:47:35 ] guy number two > that was good got my blood pumping
The silent killer
My second, and last, loss came as another good lesson soon after. A Gallente support cruiser. Flown by an experienced pod pilot who seemed to belong to a some sort of Portuguese mafia. Neither of those facts deterred my ignorance. Thinking "What a support ship can do to me?" I opened up on it. Soon I was watching my hit points evaporating, while his shield was not moving a notch. As my Vexor turned into fiery ball, the assassin vanished as silently as he appeared, mafia style.
Stand-off with guns-for-hire
After disappointment over emptiness of Amarr space I figured why not give the space around Jita a try, after hearing so many comments about how everyone and his brother is Caldari. Jita itself, fortunately or not, has no ore, so I set up my little dog and pony show in Perimeter next door. That's proved to be a place to meet and greet many new friends, from rag-tag bands of Somali pirates in their cheap dingies, to some what impressive mercenaries for hire, with whom we played some fun cat-and-mouse games, such as "catch a nano-condor". Impressive none the less due to 1 mil CSPA fee threshold they set, some serious business they must run!
[ 2009.02.15 20:43:56 ] O'lenka > lol, there a Badger orgy at belt X
[ 2009.02.15 20:44:00 ] O'lenka > http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/
[ 2009.02.15 20:44:58 ] guy number one > f**k you and your archaic memes
....
[ 2009.02.15 21:24:15 ] O'lenka > lolm 1mil CSPA charge?
[ 2009.02.15 21:24:44 ] guy number one > only a scrub balks at paying 1 mil cspa
One of the more memorable encounters was with a mercenary pilot snatching some ore 1st in his cargo ship, which I didn't catch, 'cause I was scrambling asteroid, as usual. He then shows up in Sentinel, orbiting me from afar. I dock one mining drone and send a single hornet after him, just for kick and giggles. What followed was a lengthy game of "show me your drones", where he would orbit me outside my web range and deploy his tech 2 drones for few seconds so that he can chip off a bit of my buffer tank before I could target and destroy them, while my tech 1 drones alone could not break his tank. Soon I figured out that if I apply my two webs to a drone, I can trap it for long enough to shoot it down. After losing a million or two in drones, he calls in his corp mate in Taranis, who deployed some of his own drones into the mix, I guess in attempt to get me to aggress both pilots, after which hell knows what he'll bring back while I'm still scrambled. Anyway, to keep it short, I blew few more mill ISK in his drones and after 15 more minutes of orbiting around we parted our ways....
Another fun exchange I had there was with someone 1st enticing me to fight, then having a bit of a meltdown over lost gear
[ 2009.02.15 18:39:21 ] O'lenka > hi
[ 2009.02.15 18:39:27 ] guy number two > hey
[ 2009.02.15 18:39:59 ] O'lenka > that's, like, a big ship you have there here,will pop me in 5 sec
[ 2009.02.15 18:40:16 ] guy number two > lol
[ 2009.02.15 18:40:20 ] guy number two > likely
[ 2009.02.15 18:47:07 ] guy number two > yea actually i think that is my better ship
[ 2009.02.15 18:47:14 ] guy number two > it has all tech 2 stuff on it
[ 2009.02.15 18:47:21 ] O'lenka > will it pop a vexor like that?
[ 2009.02.15 18:47:28 ] guy number two > umm idk
[ 2009.02.15 18:47:32 ] guy number two > how do you have it set up
[ 2009.02.15 18:51:24 ] guy number two > you wanna duel but stop at structure
[ 2009.02.15 18:51:45 ] O'lenka > well, if I can call off drones in time
[ 2009.02.15 18:52:20 ] guy number two > im not realy worried bout this ship cause i only have like 10 days untill my account lapses
[ 2009.02.15 18:53:23 ] guy number two > either u have to steal from my can or u have to atack first
...
[ 2009.02.15 18:54:51 ] O'lenka > doh sorry, drones...
[ 2009.02.15 18:55:00 ] guy number two > ahh
[ 2009.02.15 18:55:04 ] O'lenka > I'll leave your wreck
[ 2009.02.15 18:55:12 ] guy number two > ty sir
[ 2009.02.15 18:56:00 ] guy number two > damn i lost all my autocannons
[ 2009.02.15 18:58:00 ] guy number two > hey cock
[ 2009.02.15 18:58:34 ] O'lenka > what?
[ 2009.02.15 18:58:46 ] guy number two > you left you were supposed to gaurd my shit
[ 2009.02.15 18:59:13 ] O'lenka > what does "guard" means, in high sec anyway?
[ 2009.02.15 18:59:38 ] guy number two > stay there are take my stuff and give it to me
[ 2009.02.15 18:59:57 ] guy number two > well its gone now
[ 2009.02.15 19:00:52 ] O'lenka > doh, well, look, on trial still, learning stuff, sorry about your loss
To be continued, if you guys think it makes an interesting read and want to hear about CCC-rigged Merlins, wolfpacks of flippers and frozen food....
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Then, and now.
Posted by Reikso Feesh in
General
Saturday, April 25. 2009
The little Incursus nestled amongst the looming asteroids, it's pilot tense with trepidation. This was a proud day for Reikso Feesh, novice capsuleer and recently promoted CEO of a small industrial and salvage corp. The ship she was currently interfaced with had been entirely built by her budding corporation - every module lovingly crafted, guns carefully maintenenced, the finest materials refined from the highest grade asteroids - it was a thing of beauty, to be sure. The rack of three Light Neutron Blasters was filled with ammunuition supplied by her business contacts who had links to the Federation Navy - so even out here in Amarr space, where the Kernite span in belts scattered across the high security regions of space, Reikso could get her hands on the finest Gallente military munitions; truly, she was a force to be reckoned with!
Or so she believed.
Local transmissions had been few and far between - nothing but frightened industrialists fleeing between gates, seeking the fastest routes between trade hubs. Not even the ever-present belt-pirates had made an appearance today, the over-eager pilots usually so willing to hurl their barely-equipped ships at every target in overview were suspiciously absent. It was quiet.
And then, she appeared. A face in local, a quick background check revealing a less-than-savory character. The name, obviously an alibi. The details - negative security standing. Outstanding bounty. Wanted for questioning. While this information was processing, the overview lit up yellow - she had arrived. 20k out, and with a sudden adrenaline surge, Reikso's trembling mind attempted to activate weapons systems, propulsion systems, disruptors, damage controls, drones - wait, targeting might help, aquire the lock, set the orbit, dammit, set the orbit...
The overview flashed red.
As the first barrage of shots from the Moa crashed into her shields, Reikso became aware of several things. Time slowed, and all of a sudden the asteroids that had seemed so sheltering suddenly became a claustrophobic nightmare. With no room to maneuver, the Incursus bore the brunt of repeated volleys of hybrid power head on, dissolving her pitiful defences. The tiny Hobgoblin drone she so desperately tried to release never made it out of the drone bay, as her ship accelerated straight towards the waiting demon, and-
Pod fluids boiled. What had she been doing in Aldali?
Aldali, 0.4 - present day.
The graceful Myrmidon swam through the glittering field of stars, it's pilot watchful, at ease. A cluster of asteroids lay some 70 clicks below, the hard lumps of rock interspersed with the more valuable jewel-like crystal formations - a miner's happy dream. A group of drones were returning from a successful sortie with a Battleship sized belt-pirate - in recent times, the local rats were getting bigger and bigger - a fact both worrisome, yet profitable for those prepared. Reikso's Battlecruiser was a wonder of modern technology - manufactured by her own corporation, and fitted with the finest high-grade advanced tech available on the market - her rack of advanced Heavy Ion Blasters filled with deadly faction ammo, her armor bolstered by layer after layer of active hardeners. Truly, she was a force to be reckoned with!
And she was right.
Local was quiet - barely a blip, save for the occasional courier running between gates on one errand or another. Several waves of bold belt-pirates had come and died, their deadly but mechanically-minded pilots unable to discern fair game from certain death. And still the Myrmidon wandered this way and that, direction often changing, motion never ceasing.
And then, she appeared. A face in local. If there was the slightest twinge of recognition in Reikso's mind, she didn't feel it. A quick background check - false name, bad sec status, medium bounty. As soon as the details had registered, the overview lit up yellow - she had arrived.
70k out, nestled amongst the asteroids, the Drake turned to face the Myrmidon. A transmission came through local:
"Care for a rematch?"
"Have we fought before?" came Reikso's reply.
"I believe so."
"Was it in Ami?"
"No, Aldali."
Then the time for talk was over. Like some avenging angel, the Myrmidon descended from on high. Like a creature from hell, the Drake erupted from the asteroids - glorious battle would join! The distance closed rapidly. Microwarpdrive screaming, Reikso's mind raced to remember. Who was this pilot? When had they fought before? A flash of memory - a tiny ship, an ugly cruiser, a brief, fiery death...
The overview flashed red.
The first volley of heavy assault missiles crashed into Reikso's shields. At that moment, she unleashed a flight of drones - 2 Ogres, 2 Hammerheads, and a little Hobgoblin, back for revenge! Setting orbit as close as possible to the flat, mean-looking Drake, Reikso set all her little helpers onto it, and activated her group of advanced Heavy Ion Blasters - a mighty volley smashed into the solid block of energy surrounding her enemy. As the last of her perfunctory shields were vanishing, Reikso activated the bank of hardeners and the two medium repairers - the little damage control that had been ticking over until now continued it's cycles - it's time was yet to come.
Pinwheeling through space, the two combatants raked each other with wave after wave of horrific damage. The massive shield buffer of the Drake seemed to disappear only millimeter by millimeter, while the continuous barrage of navy heavy assault missiles kept Reikso's armor repairers straining to handle the incoming damage. Rippling waves of nanobots flowed over the surface of the Myrmidon, trying desperately to fill the widening gaps, whilst Reikso continuously pumped round after round of enormous cap charges into her booster to keep the whole show running.
The Drake was down 3/4 of it's shield, when suddenly, Reikso lost her lock - the enemy battlecruiser was still in range, but her guns had shut off! Was it an ECM burst? Quickly reaquiring the lock, Reikso was thankful her drones were still plugging away - so far, the Drake had ignored them and focused solely on blasting her ship. As soon as her guns reactivated though, they stopped doing any damage - looking quickly to her object targeter, Reikso saw the Drake afterburning away from her short blaster range. Pulsing the Microwarpdrive, and using precious capacitor energy, Reikso moved her battlecruiser back into range, only to lose lock again! What was happening?! And then she saw - light ECM drones! They weren't showing up in her
overview, but they had been circling her the whole time! They were barely effective though, and the lock was soon reaquired.
Unfortunately, these delays had meant the Drake had caught up to Reikso damage-wise - her shields were almost gone, but Reikso's Myrmidon was starting to take structure damage. The powerful repairers were keeping her barely in armor, but it was now the little damage control's time to shine! As the Drake's shield finally broke, the race to the kill was on in earnest. The afterburning Drake once again tried to move out of range, but this time, Reikso was ready - another quick burst of Microwarpdrive brought the enemy ship back into range for a final set of volleys, as the last of her cap charges was pumped into the booster. The drake's armor gone, and structure fading, the two ships were neck-and-neck. The damage control cycled on, it's incredible bonus to structure resistance was the only thing keeping Reikso in the race. A short transmission appeared in local: "It's going to be a close one..."
And then. The brief moment where the lock disappears. The guns shut down due to a lack of determinable target. And space lights up with the explosion of a mighty battlecruiser - the Drake was no more.
Pod fluids bubbled in almost tangible triumph and relief. Both pilots offered 'gf' as the little pod sped into warp. Scooping up the loot, Reikso though, 'THIS is why I came to Aldali.'
This is my first contribution to Eve-Pirate, i'm a big fan of the site, and I hope you enjoy this account of a satisfying victory over an old foe of mine
- many thanks for a fantastic fight!
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Into the breach, once more!
Posted by Syringe in
OOC
Friday, April 24. 2009
What does one do when one has nothing to shoot? Grab some expendable ships and start heading towards CVA space, of course! With a rifter, arazu, thorax, huginn, sacrilege, caracal and a last-minute ares, we began our trek into lowsec.
Continue Reading Into the breach, once more!
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Guest story from hisgoatness: THE ADVENTURES OF DOX ROX
Posted by Ander in
Roleplay
Thursday, April 23. 2009

Ander
Disclaimer Disclaimer: Yes I was very bored when I wrote this.
Part 1: Bomber Down
The time was 2000 hours, fresh off a day of lectures about his poor CAOD posting habits, Captain Dox Rox walked into the doorway of his personal hangar at the G-TT5V outpost with a bit of gleeful anticipation in his step. After being heckled by the Illuminati Corporation for the configuration of the Chimera class carrier he had custom ordered, he was eager to redeem himself at the next possible military operation. Dox plopped into his desk chair as it creaked at the daunting task of supporting his bulbous mass. Repeatedly missed exercise sessions and a daily lunch of chili covered Delve Dogs was starting to reap rewards towards the blobby figure that was so popular on his home world. He fired up his teamspeak server and logged on to the Pathetic Legion facebook nation to check for news across the alliance. Dox skimmed through the most recent news articles while keeping an open ear for any coms traffic on alliance teamspeak channels. He had barely gotten through the latest xxAngelxx fat jokes and worthless USTZ supcom stories when his headset began to crackle with activity. “Important Fleet Mission, all available pilots stop counting your jew gold and form up at the POS on Gaia Jane. Long range heavy assault cruisers and interdictors requested.†It was no other than the sensual baritone of the Italian Stallion himself, Admiral Goberius. Dox began to sweat in excitement. His microscopic genitals were still a light shade of blue from the last Gobbins lead operation, but he had faith the Italian man pleaser would not fail them again.
Dox Rox surveyed his hangar inventory for a suitable combat vessel for the fleet mission. He dismissed the thought of using his Zealot class cruiser, its too overpowered and everyone flies them anyway. His indecision was quickly washed away when he laid eyes on the next ship in his hangar, a Caldari made Raven class battleship. Sure Admiral Goberius had called for cruiser sized ships, but just yesterday Dox had dispatched six battleships from the Serpentis faction in his Raven, surely it would be the mainstay force in Admiral Goberius’ fleet. With its full rack of cruise missile launchers and thick tungsten armor plating, it would be able to strike from as far as 249km, perfect for sniping an enemy POS. And you never know when your fleet mission will end in attacking a POS when you are a member of Pathetic Legion! Dox smiled proudly as his captain’s capsule was loaded into the Raven. This will show those Illuminati smackers how a combat ship should be fitted.
Dox pulsed the massive ion engines to ease the Raven out of the docking bay while performing the final checks on his systems. As the twinkling brightness of the heavens lit up his front viewport, Dox aligned his navigation system for the coordinates of the alliance form up POS and engaged the warp drives. His captain’s chair jerked slightly, not from the strain of supporting his ass for once, but from the force as his Raven battleship lurched into hyperspace towards the alliance POS. His destination was not far from the outpost he was stationed at so it was a short trip, nevertheless Dox managed to delight on two chili covered Delve Dogs while reviewing the status of his weapons systems. Dox licked the last bit of chili from his chin as his Raven slowed from warp speed and re entered normal space at the form up POS shield barrier. Dox sized up the fleet his alliance had gathered, countless Zealot class cruisers, Muninns, and even some Caldari Cerberus cruisers. Excellent Dox thought to himself, no one has shown up in anything as fantastic as my Raven. He set his navi computer to approach Gaia Jane’s Avatar class titan at zero. “Who is this faggot who brought a Ravenâ€, squawked from the joint coms link. His Heads Up Display was filled with spam lines from the other pilots that simply read, :bos:. Dox ignored their jeers; he knew he would have the last laugh. As he neared Gaia Jane’s titan, Dox heard Admiral Goberius begin to bark out orders, “Jump bridge active, jump bridge active, all pilots jump to destination.†Dox Rox synced his navi computer with the massive titan and watched in awe as the jump vortex opened in front of his Raven and swirled around his viewport.
As the vortex dissipated, Dox sat stunned for a moment. He blinked his eyes twice and begun to gather his bearings. His navi computer chirped alerting him that his current location was the 49-U6U system. He looked up at his viewport and saw the silhouette of a Rapier class recon cruiser with what military experts call a cynosural field pulsing off his starboard bow. Dox only took in the beautiful sight for a split second before watching the Rapier recon erupt in a ball of fire and the vacuum of space swallow up the death cries of the crew. Dox glanced around to the other side of his viewport to see the looming figure of a Deathstar POS with 15 smoking guns pointed where the Rapier used to be. His HUD chirped and went a shade of red, identifying the Deathstar as an enemy combatant. Dox’s chili soaked brain had barely begun to process all that was happening when the Italian Stallion barked over his com unit snapping Dox to attention. “Worthless faggots, stop sitting there and set ship alignment for the star, activate micro warp drive evasive systems, go faggots, go.†The Raven hummed as Dox activated the MWD propulsion system and set his navi computer in line with the system’s single star. Dox looked up as his HUD chirped and a green tactical overlay of the Pathetic Legion fleet displayed over the grid. Damn those cruisers are fast, Dox thought to himself. The tactical overlay agreed, and Dox watched as the fleet moved towards the star and Dox’s Raven quickly fell to the back of the formation.
Dox murmured a silent curse under his breath, but was suddenly interrupted when the Raven violently shook to the starboard side. “Shield impact, integrity holding at 95%,†the report from his bridge crew came through his shipside com unit. It seems the enemy had noticed his slower moving Raven as well. Dox checked his tactical overlay, and sure enough two dozen enemy battleship class ships were moving out from the bottom of the Deathstar shield barrier and bringing their weapons systems online. This was going to get ugly fast, Dox though to himself. Admiral Goberius was quick to respond, “Go weapons hot, primary fire target is AJ Regard, secondary target is Lady Scarlet.†Dox’s HUD chirped yet again as ship designator intelligence was added to the tactical overlay by the admiral. The enemy formation was a mix of Kenzoku Federation and Triple A warships. Dox recognized the primaried enemy captain well, he was well regarded for his accurate unbiased battle debriefings on Scope TV. Dox thumbed the shipside com unit, “Weapons Officer, bring the aft launchers online and set target painting systems for ship id #157. Engage when you have a firing solutionâ€. The mighty Raven shook again as more enemy fire impacted the shield matrix. Dox checked the HUD again, he was falling dangerously behind the allied formation. He diverted more power to the MWD systems sending them into overload mode hoping to coax a little more speed out of the heavy battleship. The heavens from his viewport lit up like the sunrise of a red giant as dozens of laser beams from the Zealot class cruisers raced towards the enemy fleet. Dox wouldn’t be able to enjoy the fireworks though as his Raven was rocked repeatedly by violent collisions that activated the emergency lighting. “Shields are down Captain, multiple armor impacts, integrity at 45%â€, his bridge commander’s panicked voice announced over the shipside com. Dox began to sweat. He would not last long under focused enemy fire and the engines just couldn’t move the heavy ship out of range in time. As if personally answering his prayers, a cynosural field lit up his viewport and instantly jumped in a guardian angel. And he brought friends. The enormous Leviathan listed towards the enemy POS flanked by two Avatar class titans. “Good job being bait you useless failure, why don’t you go reevaluate your optionsâ€, raged over Dox’s com unit. Dox recognized the friendly voice of Admiral Shadoo, the Pathetic Legion back up Fleet Commander. Before Dox could swallow the lump in his throat, his bridge commander broke through the shipside com, “Fleet warp orders issued from central command sir, following fleet into hyperspace.†As the warp envelope enclosed his Raven, Dox looked back at the Deathstar just as the stars went dark and a massive blackhole opened on the horizon. “Warp Drive Active†his navi computer informed him.
Dox barely had time to gather his thoughts and get a damage report from the crew when his Raven dropped out of hyperspace. The fleet was assembling near a small gas giant a few AU from the enemy POS they had just left. As he set approach vectors with the position of the fleet, Admiral Goberius came over the com, “Re align to planet 9, maximum sublight speed, go, go.†Dox groaned. He wished he had time to order repairs to the deep scars on the Raven’s armor plating, but he could tell from the urgency in the admiral’s voice that something pressing was underway. “Fleet warp coordinates coming in now Captainâ€, his bridge commander informed him over the shipside. “Warp Drive Activeâ€, blurted the navi computer, and once again Dox was off.
As Dox’s Raven dropped out of hyperspace the cockpit of his capsule lit up with pulsating light. Dox looked out the viewport and was astonished at what his implanted eyes showed him. Silhouetted inside the haze of countless warp disruption spheres was an alliance Avatar class titan. The ship designator beeped on his HUD and Dox was saddened to see it was Gaia Jane, the same captain who had bridged him into this hell storm. As the tactical overlay came up on the HUD, Dox could see hundreds of enemy warships orbiting in formation outside of the warp disruption spheres raining in weapons fire on the hapless titan as it sat dark with its main power offline, as if someone had simply turned off a light switch and went to sleep. Dox watched in awe as the hull of the great ship buckled and gave way in a massive explosion that sent a shockwave outward for hundreds of kilometers. The captain’s capsule ejected from the rubble and auto warped off into the distance. A much more somber Admiral Goberius came over the com unit, “Fleet fall back to the stargate, regroup in the 8QT-H4 system.â€
As Dox set the coordinates into his navi computer, he couldn’t help but think about Captain Gaia Jane after today’s events. As the warp drives spun up to enter hyperspace, Dox typed out a quick note to Gaia Jane on the pilot to pilot line. Dox smiled proudly as he finished. “Warp Drive Activeâ€, the navi computer announced. Dox clicked ‘transmit’.
“My condolences on the loss of your Avatar, sir. Perhaps you will consider the triple rep fitting design I have attached to this note in your next ship purchase.
Regards
/Doxâ€
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The Breaking Point
Posted by skeletondenial in
Roleplay
Saturday, April 18. 2009

SkeletonDenial was slowly driving through systems in The Forge, looking for targets. She jumped into the next system.
This was not going to be a good day. It was a beehive, and she had no support.
SkeletonDenial looked at what she was up against. A Raven, a Thrasher, a Celestis, 2 Throaxes, a BlackBird, and a Sabre. It's not impossible. She made past worst camps before. SkeletonDenial searched for the nearest warp to object she was aligned to and engaged the warp drive. It’s amazing how much you can think about in just a few short seconds.
Warp. Warp. Warp.
She kept repeating the command in her head.
Warp. Warp. Warp.
She remembered the hull of her ship imploding; she felt the ensuing concussion wave.
Warp. Warp. Warp.
She thought she was still in her pod, but she couldn’t be sure. She wasn’t sure if she had been podded, she didn’t remember the pain of the last minute brain scan. She kept repeating the warp command in her head, trying at the same time to orientate herself. Just in-case the pod was still floating next to her Hawk’s wreckage.
Warp. Warp. Warp.
Why was she so damn cold? Where the hell were her camera drones? She could not see anything, there was nothing but blackness. It was so cold she was numb. She felt so very tired, she thought about giving up and just going to sleep. It would feel so good to just let go….
Warp. Warp. Warp.
She thought she heard the crackle of her pod voice communications coming to life. She started to feel pain. The numbness she felt was being replaced by pressure, like she was getting squished by a capital amour plate, while being stuck by pins at the same time.
Warp. Warp. Warp.
Did the cloning process malfunction? What she thought was the white noise from pod communication console was getting louder. Her heart did not feel right. It hurt. Her chest felt tight. SkeletonDenial? She thought she heard her name through the noise, faintly, she could not be sure.

The station manager at Mattere was pissed. Ships needed to dock, and he didn’t have enough hangers. Usually this wasn’t an issue. Usually pilots kept on schedule. Showed up on time, and left on time. The station also had some spare hangers for the unexpected and emergency arrival of pod pilots, but this wasn’t a typical war zone. Wars in Empire were getting more frequent, but Mattere was not a system on one of the more common travel pipes, and it definitely was not a major trade hub. Most of the pilots in this system were high-sec miners, a couple of mission runners, industrialists, that sort of thing. At any rate the station needed some critical supplies, and there was one hanger in particular that was causing a major backup.
“You better get done here Sir!†The station managers’ communication link relayed suddenly from the hanger operator.
“I’m already on my way!†he replied.
There was a Cerberus docked and was scheduled to leave over 90 minutes ago. To compound the issue, his station crew could not get into the hanger.
Just he was about to head down to the hanger to deal with the incompetence of his employees, he received an incoming transmission on his desk terminal.
It caught his attention because it was a transmission coming in encrypted, priority level 2.
“Oh God.†He thought, “Now what. This day just keeps getting better.â€
He entered the security code and was slightly taken aback by the person he was about to talk to.
“How are your shipments through Mito going Mr. Cathedance?â€
“Very well, actually, is there a problem?†he said cautiously. He hated this woman he was talking to. But it was a necessary evil for him, as well as profitable, and that was his main motivation for dealing with this pirate organization.
“Well, that depends on you. I have a small task I wish you to undertake, that is, to insure that your shipping lanes remain open through Mito.â€
“YOU BITCH! …†Mr. Cathedance yelled trying to act like he wasn't afraid of the woman on the other end of the terminal.
“You told me I had two more weeks left in this agreement!â€
“And, you will, as long as you complete a simple task for me. It will take you hardly no time whatsoever.â€
“What!?â€
“I believe you’ve been requested to go to hanger H5-3 on your station?â€
“Yes.â€
“There is a female pilot on board the ship there, I want you to shoot her in the head......, now listen....., and this is important......., with a laser gun.â€
“Are you insane? I can’t go around killing people? Even if I do run this place!â€
“Mr. Cathedanceâ€, the female voice from the terminal replied sternly, yet calmly, "I didn’t ask you to kill anybody. Just shoot her in the head. You can’t kill a pod pilot if it’s done correctly. You do want your shipments to go through still don’t you?â€
“Fine.†Mr. Cathedence replied, “Fine.†after all, he thought to himself, a life of a pod pilot for a few more million in profit, 49 million actually, was a good deal.
The manger pushed his way past the crowd of onlookers, pilots, and station crew. It looked like the stations crew was finally able to get into the hanger, and onto the Cerberus that was supposed to undock.
“What in the HELL is going on HERE!†The manager barked, as he made his way past several medical personnel.
“What the…†the manger stopped short of finishing his sentence as he looked around the Heavy Assault Ship. There was blood splattered everywhere. There was blood on the walls, the floor, and the consoles. He went over to see what the medical personal were frantically doing when he saw a pod pilot laying on the deck floor of the ship.
She didn’t look too good. She had cuts on her arms, her neck, and her ribs. “Lock this station down! Nobody docks or undocks until we find the criminal who did this!â€
“That won’t be necessary.†replied a medic, “It looks like a suicide attempt.â€
“Is she dead?†the manager responding with a note of hopeful optimism in his voice. He didn’t care what her problem was. He needed to get the station docking services back onto schedule.
“I think she is going to pull through.â€
The manager frowned. “What difference does it make? Shoot her in the head and let her get cloned wherever her contract is. I got a station to run!â€
“She seemed a bit off today.†A man replied from behind him.
“Who the hell are you now?†asked the manager as he turned around to look at this person.
“Lysander. Lysander Kaldenn. We usually fly together. I was just congratulating her on her first 250 kills since becoming a Privateer. She acted like she had no idea what I was talking about. She brought up the CONCORD logs and then ordered everyone off the ship. She kept mumbling how she ‘had to stop her’ and that she 'wouldn't let her hurt anybody else anymore’. Then she just locked herself in on the ship.â€
Someone in the crowd nearby could be heard saying, “SkeletonDenial? What kind of a name is that anyway?â€
If your looking for SkeletonDenial, well, she isn’t here right now. She couldn’t handle the pressure. She’s scared. A weak… pathetic… lamb, who will break like crackers… and she needs me to take care of things. You know that.
STOP! Just stop. I don’t need you, I’ll handle it!
Let me take care of it for you, and then you won’t have to deal with it. You know it has to be done. I’ll protect you. I’m strong enough to take care of you, and me. You’re part of me. You do what I say.
It’s just that I get these voices in my head and their telling me to do things. Things I normally wouldn’t do. Bad, Horrible, Things! They are constantly talking and talking and talking. They are starting to scare me. Should I listen to them? I’m not suicidal, never have been. I’m not depressed, never have been. I’m normal. But, because of the voices in my head I can’t hear anything else. Dear GOD! Can’t you stop the voices in my head?
Who needs God when you got me?
My first podding of a Caracal pilot made me feel whole. Yet I felt like I lost something, a part of me. But it felt oohhh Sooooo GOOD!!! My second podding of an industrial pilot was even more satisfying. Even more pleasurable are the destruction warships with thousands of innocent souls onboard.
But it’s ok, I feel bad afterwards…
Sometimes.
I have cut myself time and time again and poured my own blood on this ship to reveal the thousands that have died by the use of this weapon.
I look at it logically. I tell myself the only thing I lost was security status. But really I am losing who I was. The worst was when I was in my pod, floating in space, barely conscious; listening to the voice of what I thought was my one true and only love, Anika. I couldn’t hear the voices anymore. It had gotten worse. I know I should have gotten help but I’ve gone too far.
I told her not to cry, I told her I was the reason she didn’t die. Not yet at least. I knew I was the one, who hurt her, and she didn’t deserve it, but she must have known this was coming.
What will happen to me when she leaves? I think she killed me…
…but I think I killed her.
And though I have killed my only one true love, she will remain with me forever.
“Let someone else deal with her.†the station manager said angrily.
The station manager turned and looked at the pod pilot by his feet, and ordered the medics to back away. He took his laser pistol out of his holster that was strapped to the side of his leg, pointed it towards SkeletonDenial’s head, and fired, severing the top of her cranium right down the middle.

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What's in a name?
Posted by Arcani Victus in
Piracy
Friday, April 17. 2009
More commonly known as the 'Killer Whale.' It's a predator, a hunter of sea mammals. Although it's sleek complexity and docile appearance may give you a sense of harmlessness, due to it's relative the dolphin, your mind will quickly change when it's teeth are turned on you.
But what's in a name? The words "predator," "hunter," "killer," and "fear" bear to mind when you hear 'Orca', but in the world of Eve, the name suggests no less than an ironic title.
The Orca, seconded only to the Rorqual, is a well coveted family member of the mining industry; a teacher, a sage and mentor amongst the mining field. With the extensive knowledge and experience in mining operations, an Orca pilot will prove invaluable to a mining fleet with massive enhancements to the lasers that bore down into barren rock, reducing the asteroid to dust in a matter of minutes. A well trained Orca pilot will guarantee a profitable day to the happy miners.
While the Orca is amongst the top most coveted ships for miners, it's also high up on the pyramid of coveted kills for a pirate. But unlike the infamous Orca whale, this Industrial will raise an eyebrow upon hearing the name. The Orca has no means of defense, aside from a small drone bay for such a mammoth of a ship, and should not be left unattended in hostile environments.
Sunday March 1, approximately 00:00 Eve time. System - Mod:
Proceeding my methodic searches through the low-sec chain, I felt my mind drifting with a heaviness that could only be described as weariness on the verge of boredom from the lack of activity in this region of low security systems. Even the smallest of frigates that would pass me by without a pension of my mind's interests, started to appear as bread and water to a starving man exhausted from the heat and broken from the endless barrage of cruel mirages of the Desert's fury, which in the end, proved nothing short of despair.
Before I managed to inform my alliance mates that I'll be turning it in for the night, a curious opportunity arose that I could not refuse;
"There's an Orca and a hulk in Gasavak. Get ready."
With a wry smile on my face, I pointed the tail of the ship towards the heaviness that trailed behind in the fires of my micro-warp drive as I sped back to the gate. Maybe this night will prove to be fruitful after all.
"I'm on my way," I informed him.
"What ship are you bringing?"
"Deimos."
As I was rushing to Menri, I thought about how much people take the Deimos for granted. With near battleship-sized dps, and the agility and signature radius of a cruiser accompanied by remarkable armor resistances, the Deimos sits at #1 for highest dps among HACs. If properly fitted and piloted, the Deimos will render any ship it gets a beat on to shreds in a manner of seconds. With my squire pg implant, I smiled happily at my passively buffer tanked HAC, and wondered what would break through the 10k armor in time before the 800+dps tore through their hull.
I gratefully accepted the fleet invite as it appeared on my screen, making sure not to accept it before jumping into a gate, seeing as the fleet formation interferes with your ability to use the stargates. Added to our ranks, we had a Pilgrim, Myrmidon, Rupture, Ishkur and a Rifter, all waiting at the Gasavak gate.
"Victus, jump in immediately and get to the planet V area. Find the belt they're at."
"Jumping in now," I complied.
I engaged in warp, and took off to the planet over 30 A.U. away, calming my nerves and focusing my attention on the task at hand. Anxiousness would not interfere with my performance. Not on a chance at a kill like this. The entrancing feeling of nostalgia from battles past seeped into my veins. I would enjoy this. As a battle-hardened veteran of many wars, victories and defeats past, I still could not help the feeling of elation at the thought of an Orca kill. Maybe it was the thrill of a defenseless behemoth at the mercy of a ship of seemingly insignificant size; or perhaps the promise of revenge that offers a possible wardec from this kill to ensure more targets, or simply the fact that I was tired of finding insignificant ships to turn the guns to caused me to feel particularly...happy...that this opportunity arose.
I was reminded of the pirates who sailed under the Black flag, a symbol of sure destruction to the merchants and travelers of old. The menace of the seas, outcasts of society, a race looked down on, mercilessly killing others for their own survival, satisfaction to the boredom that plagued them, those countless months at sea, pleasure to the blood-lust that feeds the demons within. They were Pirates. Though I do not crave bloodshed, I share the sadistic pleasure at the loss of a valued possession of those who careless wandered into my territory.
"He's not at any of the belts. Could it be a POS?" I inquired.
"There aren't any in this system," came the reply.
"They must have warped off to a safespot." Why wouldn't they? My security status bears witness to the acts of hostility, and is a testimony assuring that I won't let Opportunity slip past the door without first greeting it.
"Clear the system, I'm going to fit probes on here," came the order.
Sitting at a safespot off the Gasavak gate, in case they decided to poke in to see if there were hostile gangs, my anticipation ate at my nerves. I dreaded the thought of this opportunity slipping away. But shortly enough, my alliance mate was ready to go, and was in system probing him down.
"Damn, I can't get them with probes. They're withing 5 A.U. but the 5 A.U. probe isn't picking them up."
If a 5 A.U. probe couldn't pick up a signature as massive as the Orca's, then that means only one thing. They were hidden in a gravimetric site.
"They're at a gravimetric site," I said, impatient to get this resolved quickly.
"I don't have my anathema here with me. it will take me a long time to find them."
Luck was on our side though. My alt was only a few short jumps from the system, so I rushed to log my alt on. I was lucky enough to have been fitted with the correct probes already, and quickly proceeded to the target system. To our fortune, they were still there.
They seem pretty confident in their site, I thought to myself.
It took some time to strategically plot the placements of the probes to overlap the scan ranges, but with credit to either fortune of blindness, or arrogance of their pride, they did not leave the system. They were really getting cocky now. Either that, or this is going to be an incredibly difficult site to find.
The latter proved true.
I spent what seemed like ruthless hours scanning the system. 'No signatures detected' became the taunt from the ominous figure of a raven "perched above my chamber door." Half an hour, 45 minutes, a hour, an hour and a half, coming on 2 hours now and they still haven't left, yet they noticed the probes. This intensified my will to find them even more. But, luck was only with us for so long. The orca pilot had warped out. We thought it over, but I decided to continue probing out the site, in the event of his return. Why wouldn't he come back? He seemed so proud of finding that site, that he would sit there all day in it without a care in the world. I was starting to see why.
But lady luck came knocking at our door again, as I finally found the gravimetric site. I warped in to discover a massive field of different kinds of Gneiss spread all across the screen. Traces of their presence could be seen by the frigate wrecks among the site. I got the bookmark, as did my alliance mate, and we left system to wait for his return. We sent one of our fleet members to go to the high sec system we thought him to be in. Sure enough he was there.
Images and scenes of the destruction of this ill omen raced through all of our minds. Revenge for the hours of annoyance and silent antagonizing would not go unavenged. We will destroy the Orca tonight.
With determination fiercely coursing in our blood, the lucky numbers of chance rolled in our favor yet again. The Orca undocks, and heads back to Gasavak. My alliance mate is back in the system in the hidden belt, just waiting to spring the trap. We're all fitted with scramblers to ensure that he does not enter warp. The pilgrim at the site is equipped with double scrams, in case the Orca is stabbed.
The Orca arrives, and the Pilgrim moves in. I'm sitting on the gate with the other fleet, just ready to jump in and set the guns loose.
"I'm 25km away."
20
15
10
8km
4km
"Pointed! Jump in and warp to me now! Primary is the Orca."
We all jump, the anxiousness flaring up almost uncontrollably now. Gone was the focus and concentration, replaced by only 1 desire: Kill. I exit warp, and immediately lock target with the Orca. Weapons already hot, I bore into his shields as if I were a lion feasting on it's prey. His shields drop in a matter of a few seconds. I notice my guns are doing 1.5k damage every volley. And the volleys come quite frequently thanks to my cybernetic hardwiring and vast knowledge of the rapid firing mechanics of gunnery. His shields were down before we knew it.
Unbelievable, I thought. I thought a large ship would hold longer than that.
His armor was almost nonexistent. I don't even think it stopped in armor before structure was already taking damage.
"He's in structure. He has a lot of it, so it may take a while."
60k structure hp. It would hold a while if there was a damage control unit fitted. But luck or arrogance have it, no damage control was fitted. I was hitting for full, unresisted damage. Half of his structure, erased. I notice I got a conversation invite from one of the hulk pilots that was with him, but managed to get away. I opened the convo, assuming he wanted a ransom.
"I'm getting a convo from the hulk pilot. He probably wants a ransom," I inform the rest.
"No ransoms. We waited long enough for this. He's not getting away."
"Agreed." With an emphasis on *greed*, I continued to bore into the structure of the Orca.
20% structure. The private convo with the hulk was still blank, although it has only been open for a couple seconds. The Orca was dropping quickly. Fire starting erupting from the Orca. It was only a few seconds away until the inevitable...
The Orca burst into a brilliant explosion. The shockwave of the explosion resounded from the speakers, and flowed into our veins, quelling all of the anxiety, impatience, and offering nothing but the sweet feeling of success. And that, was all that we were after.
Elation.
The hulk pilot never got to finish his plea for ransom. The window was still blank as he closed the chat window. The battle was over in less than a minute. Cheers of joy rang up through the speakers. The tensity about the atmosphere was lifted into a state of relaxation. Hours of patience had paid off. We got our kill.
The Aftermath:
Well, me and some alliance mates are sitting in their gravimetric mining site right now, mining up the Gneiss for ship production. I must say, I do feel safe in here. People have come in to try to scan us down, but left with frustration and nasty words in local. I doubt they want to spend over an hour to probe us down. And I guess that's what the mindset of the Orca pilot was.
Here's the killmail:
http://uol.evekb.co.uk/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=577647
We still haven't received a wardec. Although, I'm not so sure that their CEO would be so angry at us, as he would be at them for bringing an Orca, undefended, into low sec.
ISK sellers will be blocked - ander at eve-pirate.com
Meanwhile in Olfeim...
Posted by Xonja in
Piracy
Wednesday, April 15. 2009
As i'm moving the bit of stuff I still have in Bosboger over to Hek, I make a quick stop in Olfeim in my Ranis. Haven't been here in ages. Sure enough, it is the same sleepy system it always used to be. A deadend lowsec with only one entrance from a 0.5, it used to be playground for noob ratters and pirates alike. It's more than quiet tonight, and the tranquility carries over to me.
Bored, I warp around for a quick scan. I don't feel like engaging anything, having my cargohold full of the shiny faction stuffs i'm hauling. The faint "ping" of my scanner barely wakes me, and like in a trance I turn the dials and knobs. My tiny 'ceptor seems to move by itself, sleepwarping in on the Scythe Fleet Issue in belt 1-1.
The pilot, short of a year old, is oblivious to my presence. I'm not too excited either, having just NPC'd my security status back up to -1.94, being barely legal in 1.0 systems again. I hate missions. Mindless and boring, almost as bad as... wait-- Getting closer, I notice a distinct glow emerging from his ship. Mining lasers! As my ship eases into a 500m orbit around his, I almost bump into the little dronies zipping about between the Scythe and a nearby 'roid. A closer look reveals them to be Harvesters, the holy grail of mining directors.
I must be dreaming. Is this some kind of set up, deliberately staged to rob me of my precious secstat? It just looks too good to be true. It dawns on me this young pilot might not have noticed that he has left the safe haven one stargate over, and is no longer under CONCORD protection. Slightly amused, I do the logical thing: I flip his can!
The ore muncher gives me an unexpected reaction. Not only does he keep mining, he reaffirms his generous altruism in local chat:
Vector 8 > you're welcome
Seems there's a mining party, and i'm invited. Coming to my senses, I strike up a convo.
Vector 8 > Howdy M8
Xonja 2zero > so, what are you up to?
Vector 8 > Im mining so that I can pay the 50 mil to join ur corp
Xonja 2zero > really
Vector 8 > yup
Xonja 2zero > that's kinda cute
Right. Cute in a very special way. What's he on? Joining our corp? I have no idea who he is, or since when we require 50m to join. Much less accept miners. I'm pissed off. Stupid roid humper got bonked on the head by a few too many rocks, thinks we're a mining corporation? This cannot be tolerated. His icon in my overview has changed to a dollar sign. However, I play along, holding back, drawing out this moment of tranquility. I want him to feel his stupidity, all the passed chances of running away as long as he still could.
Xonja 2zero > so that's done
Vector 8 > hehe....ty
Vector 8 > luv killin rats
A couple other chat windows pop up, and while I tell people to get back to me later I miss the mining Scythe picking up speed... and warping out. To station. Escaped. ARRRGH!!! Convinced now that the pilot is a noob, I figure he might still have noticed his mistake and ran to never come back. Staying in character as the friendly hisec ore thief, I keep up the chit chat.
Xonja 2zero > i don't mind
Vector 8 > that's ok m8....It wasnt that much and there's alot to go around....gotta keep on friendly terms with my new corp m8's
Xonja 2zero > how do you mean?
Vector 8 > keep the loot
Xonja 2zero > oh, ok :)
Is he playing with me? I'm puzzled, as endlessly long minutes pass. I'm hammering the scanner, and finally, there is his Scythe again. Moments later, he's back in belt. Refitted? Expecting a barrage of projectiles and missiles hitting my hull any second now, i'm almost speechless as he turns his mining lasers back on.
Xonja 2zero > did you?
Vector 8 > what?
Xonja 2zero > you didn't
Xonja 2zero > you're in lowsec
Xonja 2zero > wanna keep your ship?
As I say this, I get to work. Describing his duo of Tech 1 Hammerhead and Acolyte drones as underwhelming would be giving them grossly too much credit, but I kill them off anyway, going for a ransom.
Vector 8 > I know that
Xonja 2zero > make me an offer then
Vector 8 > im in low sec
Vector 8 > I can only spare 10 mil
Xonja 2zero > well, you could spare your ship then
Vector 8 > common.....Im joining your corp after all
Xonja 2zero > doesn't look like it
While we chat, two rifters warp in. They're noobs, but go for my itsy red-flashy ceptor without a second thought. Not their lucky day. Just as I vaporize them, Mr. Mining Fleetscythe takes his chance for a bold maneuver: he ejects to save his pod! Without his skills holding it together, structure melts down to a little square, my drones still whacking on it. Phew, called back just in time :o
Quickly, I park the ranis at a safespot and go back in pod to pick up my catch. Expecting a lackluster mining setup worth selling for around 50m total, i'm speechless as I find this:
Over 500m worth all together it seems. I'd have settled with a 30 to 40 mil ransom. Silently, I fly my new Fleet Scythe back to Hek, a question burning in my head:
WHY? D:
So.... ahem. Anyone want to buy a Fleet Scythe with a T2 Purger?
ISK sellers will be blocked - ander at eve-pirate.com
Fight my brute
Posted by Ander in
Wednesday, April 8. 2009

Ander
So go ahead and challenge me
http://anderswe.mybrute.com
(and yes, this is one of those silly recruit other players games)




