Well I have been so bored to tears as of late as far as flying my Rifter that I decided to be as stupid as ever. Finding myself alone in a system with only 1 other soul in the system I decided to ask for a duel. I had seen him sitting off the station when I arrived and knew he was in a Retribution so it was probably a forgone conclusion but like I said I’m not the sharpest spoon in the cutlery set. So we popped off to the planet and having done some homework my modus operandi was to keep my distance from his pulse lasers and hope that single mid slot was not a web.
Things kicked off and at 10km my shields and half my armour vanished…hmmm. Best laid plans of mice and men were quickly crumbling and no amount of transversal was doing anything to those pulse lasers. Armour didn’t last long, structure even less and despite trying to warp out mid way through the fight I still found myself in a pod. Even webbed he was closing on me constantly and I couldn’t keep distance and transversal at the same time, I only just got into what was probably an armour tank the size of a house. Learning…I hope I get the learning in the evemail, because so far all I’m learning is that most ships are on the ‘I can’t even scratch’ list. Must be doing something wrong I suppose, pity I cant find me a skill to learn called ‘Don’t be stupid and get yourself popped all the time’, I’d pay out the arse for that skill.
I knew I was going to lose and his mid slot was a speed mod of some sort so I should have been able to get out, really I was hoping I’d last for more than the 3 or 4 volleys it took to vapourise me and I let myself down. I think I’ll leave the pro flying yarr to Mk and stick to working for them man for now.
Viin
