Merlin Runs Into Gang

Starwalker had rebooted his console and was using a new operating system or more accurately he had returned to his original operating system. The consequence was the same - that all of his client settings were gone.

He had first noticed it in station when inventory windows, local and and so on were not set. It was obvious that in space the display would also need to be reset and so Starwalker undocked in a Merlin to do that.

Rather than hang around station and possible trouble Starwalker decided to warp to the sun at a random distance as he would also be looking for a fight when he was ready. Unfortunately, he was not ready when he came out of warp to find a small gang of four ships just 13km away.

It was a real surprise as Starwalker rarely found anything already at the sun - he was engaged almost immediately by the Caracal, Incursus and two Rifters. He returned fire at the nearest ship, the Incursus, but didn't notice immediately the dialogue that came up that requested confirmation of firing orders.

The Merlin's structure buckled under the combined fire and it was going to end very soon but Starwalker decided it was more important to confirm that he did not wish to confirm his firing orders every time and so set that first. He died secure in the knowledge that this ship loss was the result of stupidity and laziness.

Why not just go to a safe first and then to the sun or even just scan the sun beforehand to confirm that nothing was there? Sometimes, Starwalker despaired that he would ever learn something meaningful from previous losses and apply that knowledge CONTINUOUSLY. It was not that long ago that he had lost a Cormorant at the sun.