Executed in Egghelende

The call had come to head down to Amamake and see what trouble could be found. It would be rude not to answer, so Starwalker headed over there in the trusty Rifter “Lick and a Promise”. Unfortunately, Lick and a Promise had seemed to be developing a few rattles after the encounter with rats in Ladistier but the additional duct tape seemed to be working fine.

Jumping into Egghelende Starwalker saw Red Unit, piloting a Tristan warp away. It was time to hunt. Miura Bull came into system too as the search began and then by chance, Red Unit landed near Miura. Immediately the Tristan was pointed and an easy kill (http://r1fta.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=10209655). As the Tristan evaporated from existence the pod appeared and Starwalker decided to execute the pod too (http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?id=13872430). Nice easy kill, good start.

Interestingly, there was a capsule only 25km away just floating in space and Starwalker decided to head over to it, assuming it would leave. After all, if the capsuleer was watching events then Aelita Rotsuda had just seen Red Unit podded. However, she didn’t leave and was also podded (http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?id=138724).

After warping back to a safe, the hunt for the next victim started and an Imperial Navy Slicer came onto the d-scan. The scan resolved to a belt and Starwalker called the belt and warped in but the Slicer was micro warp drive fitted and just out of range. A couple of other Rebels came in to try and catch the Slicer but it was too fast. However, the Slicer was looking to play as it kited around just outside of range. This quickly grew tiresome for the Rebels as it was clear that the Slicer would not engage.

It was a different story with a Drake that was ratting. It was pointed and the Rebels converged onto it in their Rifters. The Drake was fighting for its life and the missiles were hitting targets and lots of Warrior II drones filled the area. Starwalker engaged the drones but was quickly taking lots of damage from the drones and not killing them anywhere near fast enough. Shields dropped to zero and quickly the armour started giving way and was down to 25%. This was not good, time for Starwalker to leave and he warped to a station to dock and repair.

Going to the station was not the brightest idea as the station opened fire and Starwalker took even more damage but it was only one hit and the repairs were done. Other Rebels called that they could not hold much longer and to get back fast. Starwalker headed back to the fight and arrived almost at the same time as another Rebel but just too late. The Drake was no longer scrambled and was able to warp away in structure. Close but no kill.

Rebels decided it was time for a break and dock up. Starwalker docked in a random station and Miura Bull demonstrated a bit more experience by selecting the quieter Aliette system to dock. Live and learn.