The Imperfect Bliss (1/100)

So, 2 hours later….

Jumping through the gate, I was faced with a stern choice, try to hop back or try to gtfo.

A pack of HACs, HICs and BCs blinked red on my overview, as close as 8km from my still cloaked ship, on the other side of the gate I had jumped through two more had remained, it was the classic gate camp.

And despite getting up to speed and away, one of the Vaga’s managed to hold a point on me, allowing the heavy weapons to engage me from range.

Imperfect shattered around me and my pod warped where she had failed.

And it started so promisingly..

In one of the dead low sec systems in Placid, I had been making tactical bookmarks, no contact for over an hour since I had warped in on a Vexor Cruiser only to find it accelerating into warp as I landed 40km from it’ position. Then a Brutix appeared on scan, I narrowed him down to 5 Degrees and warped.

Arriving amongst the sun scattering ore rich rocks, no Battlecruiser was to be found, once again I brought up the scanner and narrowed him down, entered warp. This time I landed where I wanted to be, 35km from the Brutix.

The lumbering BC, deployed drones and picked up speed, I sent the commands and felt the acceleration even through the protecting gel as the micro warp drive pushed me easily away from the battle cruisers grasp.

The powerful Hammerhead II drones began their acceleration towards Imperfect, but could not keep up. My targeting lock had activated and I opened up with streams of projectiles striking the Brutix shields.

The Dance went on. I targeted the Drones, and opened fire, he pulled them back, as I deactivated the MWD to reduce my transversal enabling my guns to hit harder, they relaunched and powered again towards the Imperfect. The MWD pulsed into life again leaving the drones trailing, and again my Autocannons began to generate glancing blows rather than telling ones.

It was clear to us both that the fight was a stalemate, I pulsed out to 55km away from the Brutix saluted him via the Neocom and warped away from the belt.

He returned the compliment ruing the speed of his ship, just as I was ruing the relatively low damage caused by my Autocannons.

I moved on seeking softer targets, and found myself at the hands of the Voodoo Corporation. I noted as my pod warped away from the wreck, that amongst the pirates who had fired on me was a pilot from a Major Spacefaring Alliance, Ziemny of Coven.

Unlike the other assorted -Sec status goons, this one had high sec status. It could well result in me meeting him someday in high security space with Concord Legal Killrights in hand…