Starwalker arrived in Adirain with local showing only a few pilots in system. Whilst roaming and running had been usual, Starwalker decided on a different approach this time and that was to stay in system (or a few) and lurk. The idea being to wait patiently in local until a suitable target appears in local and then to hunt for it.
Braza 2hot4u was in local and in time it became clear he was flying a Punisher - target acquired, hunt on. Starwalker hit the directional scanner as he guided his Rifter away from a random asteroid belt and by chance, that very same Punisher warped past to that belt. As Starwalker warped in his heart started pounding and he arrived right on top of the Punisher ratting.
Target lock, set orbit, start damage control, autocannons, rocket and scramble. The Punisher shields dropped very quickly as expected but the armour was not dropping quite so fast and its repair cycle seemed to be limiting damage. Time to overheat guns and rockets and the results were soon seen as armour dropped to zero and the Punisher entered structure. Strangely the range increased as the Punisher entered 50% structure. Starwalker thinking the Punisher was warping away hit the scramble again and inadvertently turned it off. The Punisher did not need an invitation to leave and warped away immediately.
The Punisher should have been killed instead it was the one that got away. It was the first but it probably wouldn't be the last. It was a disappointment but the good news was that it was the first fight in ages.
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