Rifter Kill in Egghelende

It was generally quiet with few other lights in space apart from the stars. Starwalker moved from system to system looking for prey and found none. The punisher kill was still vivid and it drove Starwalker on – to seek the next adrenalin rush.

A Probe came up on d-scan at a customs office and Starwalker initiated warp to zero. It was gone. Starwalker aligned out and as had become customary more recently simply burnt away, as who knew what opportunity might present itself.

Indeed opportunity did present itself in the form of a Rifter that had arrived 45km away at the customs office. Starwalker hesitated for just a moment – he knew nothing about this pilot (Cable Udan) but then the desire to engage in mortal combat took over and Starwalker turned around and moved towards the Rifter. It was kill or be killed.

As the distance closed to 10km Starwalker engaged the afterburner, set orbit to 500m, turned on the warp scrambler and starting the guns blazing away. Range settled in at around 1500m – it was going to be a slugfest with the last man standing collecting the spoils of war.

Starwalker’s shields evaporated but that was to be expected in this active armour tank fit but the other Rifter was clearly sporting a shield Rifter as the little red bar had hardly made any progress around the dial. It was time to overheat the guns spewing phased plasma. Now, to check defence, the armour was being blown away so time to start the repair cycle.

Now the inflicted damage on Cable Udan's Rifter was going much better, the red damage bar was moving along the dial. Looking to defence and the armour repair cycle had slowed the rate of damage to the armour. Good. Aura chimed in with “the capacitor is empty” and Starwalker hit the capacitor booster. It was a new fit, one that had done well against the punisher and was doing fine now.

Everything was holding, the armour was now down to 25% left but the enemy Rifter was quickly moving through armour. Another capacitor boost was needed, and another. Udan Cable was fighting for his life but the end was inevitable and his Rifter exploded (http://r1fta.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=10556749).

Starwalker’s hands were shaking, his heart was pumping and he was elated. He tried for the pod but it got away. No matter. Starwalker quickly collected the meager loot and warped away. It was another kill and Starwalker was happy with that and basking in the afterglow of victory.