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[jammi]

So I guess we could just circle around the argument for hours and not get anywhere. I'll tell you what, next time I find a Phantom, I will halt my ship to talk with him. If I get the same quality of RP that I got this time around, you will see me here again.

Worked for me last time. I jumped through from Omega 3 into Omega 7 in my Bowex Shetland, the Bowex)Bramall and was greeted by one Phantom Cruiser and two of their fighter things. After the initial "OSHI" moment at the realisation my BAF escort would be at that point heading back to Cambridge, and knowing I'd be dead before they could assist anyway, I decided to deal with the Phantoms solo. In my Shetland of Doom.

Basically, they dropped the lane, took my shields out, then mauled my hull. After the initial "rargh! Big scary ogre!" thing, they settled down to talk though. This was probably because I parked with my ship halfway through the lane ring and killed the engines to show I wasn't making any sudden moves though.

Then I got some solid RP. It was mostly them probing the captain for information, trying to make him turn on his own morals and question the Houses and what they'd done. After about half an hour (I think) they asked for a crew member, which I stubbornly refused to give them, because Bowex wasn't going to sell it's own employees out. After a while longer they actually caved on that demand (which was a O_O moment for me) and let me go, after forcing me to grind through all my nano gear and leaving me on one bar of health.

To be honest, I was pleasantly surprised by the whole encounter, seeing as I was just expecting instant death for being a corporate transport. Although, it probably would have been instant death if they'd known it was Bowex's CEO at the helm.:P

I had a good time anyway. That was Valentine, Djiin and a cruiser I've forgotten the name of.

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