New Personal Log Entry: 4.30.818.A.S. Back in the Groove, Seriously This Time
Can you say splash one?
Er.. well actually it was a mission kill, but I had that sucker whipped, honest! Got a call from the ICMG that some of their ships in Coronado, of all places, were gettin' jumped by Cartel. Hopped on over, scaring a few merchants as I went, found 'em, and before I knew it we just laid into 'em. Two bombers versus a colony ship, a gunboat, two fighters, and the Outflyer Four. Well, those Cartel had a chance: at first it was just a fighter and the colony ship, but as soon as the others sorted out whatever the Hell was goin' on with their gunboat we just swarmed in like a wave. One of the Cartel bit a Battleship Razor in the face and popped on the spot, and the other, well...
I started chasin' him after Roger gave me the target, nothing new. But after his buddy got slagged, he started to bug out a bit, with me hot on his ass. Roger called the other fellas off, so before I knew it I was in a one-vee-one with a bomber, soarin' through the dust rings around Sarissa. The sucker tried using torpedos on me; not a terribly good idea, I dodged 'em pretty well. Then he tried usin' SNAC shots, but to do that he needed a high-aspect passing shot. Other fellas call it a "Joust". Big mistake: twin Battle Razors make a nice dent in the face if y'know what I mean. Eventually he ran for it, his ship just a hair short of falling apart, and I gave him a sendoff: a Razor in the ass at max range. Meanwhile the Outflyer Four hardly had a scratch on her. I had that sucker beat, no doubt about it; if he kept pressin' I'd have trashed him for sure. But what's important is he didn't nail the colony ship I guess...
Ah what the Hell, I can't chalk it up on the hull in good conscience...
Anywho, after stoppin' by Barrier Gate, where Tinsley once again was "indisposed", I went back to Java. Other than a few run-ins with very confused Outcasts who probably thought they were takin' too much Cardamine when they saw my ship, it was pretty uneventful.
But damn, this ship rules. I like it. It's kinda slow, but I'll deal.
