Late last night, I stumbled across some sort of operation happening in the New York sector. The vessel Blackbeard's Pearl requested my assistance when I flew within scanner range, so I charged my weapons and moved in. Moving in to assist
The biggest target was the Bounty Hunter Battlecruiser [BHG]Ordronaux. I made a few strafing runs on the vessel, before I decided to leave that to the Pearl, who was flying a gunboat. I moved to engage LPI-Andrea Berkeley. Berkely didn't appear to be actively evading me or attempting to engage me, so after stripping her shields, and draining her Shield Battery reserves, I let her live. [BHG]Ordronaux Andrea Berkeley
The Liberty Naval pilot [LN]William.Talon also moved in to engage. His Guardian bore the brunt of my Debilitator fire, until I was again forced to switch targets to a newly arrived bounty hunter, Diagamma.l I tore down the BHG Virage's shields quickly, and pummeled its hull with my Lancer missiles. Within minutes, the fighter had lost nearly all offensive firepower. In my battles with the fighters, I lost track of the engagement with the Bounty Hunter Battlecruiser. I never did find out what happened. [LN]William.Talon Diagamma.l Diagamma.l, missing some weaponry
At this point, Diagamma.lll moved in to assist his comrade. He transferred his full load of Shield Batteries and Nanobots to Diagamma.l, so I ignored Diagamma.l, who essentially had no weaponry remaining, and focused on Diagamma.lll. Another pilot, Psychopath, who had wandered into the engagement quickly destroyed Diagamma.l I wonder if he would have fared as well if the vessel had any weaponry left. In any case, Psychopath was destroyed moments later by yet another new arrival, [LN]Jack.Malrone, flying his Havoc Mk. II. This left me fighting by myself against a rapidly increasing amount of opposition. Diagamma.lll scan Diagamma.l death [LN]Jack.Malrone Scan
I decided at this point it may be wise to disengage. I left the Diagamma pilots behind, however Jack was right behind me and disrupted my trade lane right as I was about to activate it. This Naval hoodlum soon bore the brunt of my wrath, as I turned around and engaged. I stripped the Havoc's shielding and was making a good dent in its hull, when Diagamma.lll returned, joined by yet another associate, Diagamma.ll. After a few minutes of flight, I decided that it may become hazardous for my health to continue an engagement while so severely outnumbered. Some fancy evasive maneuvers allowed me to engage my cruise engines and escape to the Badlands. Deparature
Surprisingly, I took very little damage. My shield reserves were depleted, but my hull was barely scratched. I expended 89% of my on board missile supply, but my ammunition costs should be balanced by the sale of the Nuclear Mines that I scavenged from the wreck of Diagamma.l
In total, I engaged:
1x Bounty Hunter Battlecruiser
3x Virage Bounty Hunter fighters.
1x Havoc Mk II Bomber
1x Guardian
1x Liberator
and none were able to inflict any significant damage on my Slipstream. Apparently that extra piloting training has paid off.
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