Cash is always desirable thing to have, so I decided to go make some with the Brutor Tribe. Gave Krar Irwo a call in Ivar and see what he had to offer. This was my first bit of work with a ‘level 4′ agent, all that means is he gets a shiny badge and can try harder to get me killed. Anyway the job was to clear a bunch of Angel Cartel out of a nearby system, and cracking open the Machariel Battleships was on my mind.
I dusted off the ‘cane and had another look at her passive shield setup. I’m quite proud of how this setup works as it was my first bash at a passive shield, and the cap stability and autonomous nature was really refreshing. My problem now was that while Cruisers and Battle Cruisers were no problem in this setup, the damage output was going to spike with the Machariels in the mix. The old adage says it takes isk to make isk, so I splashed out on some shield rigs and doubled the damage I could hold off. 100 million worth of ship in my hands, I convinced Mk to fly shotgun in a destroyer for frigate defense as I was worried this might be a bit more than I could handle solo.
We jumped in on the gang and I got everyones attention while Mk orbited me like a drone on steroids, agro came thick and fast while the shield tank…held like a dream. My only complaint about the ‘cane is without a speed mod, her fat arse moves like a snail and getting from A to B can take…well…forever. Frigates popped well within my falloff range so Mk was a little pissy at the waste of time, but her extra damage helped pop the Cruisers in short order and turned a slow slogging match with the Machs into a pleasantly calm experience.
Long story short the pay was ok, the salvage was better, my ‘cane did me proud and I almost made enough back in total to cover 1 of the rigs.
Now I fancy some frigate fun so I’m off to Dal with Mk to see what falls out the proverbial tree.
Viin
