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Howard10 · 10-28-2010, 04:45 PM,

28.10.18 - Many pilots have had their bad days ' ship malfunctions, poor spatial conditions or just plain terrible luck. But had the thought that these annoyances could save your life at some point ever crossed your mind? They certainly hadn't to Independent Miner's Guild pilot Ian Sordil, yet a faulty fuel distributor cell ended up rescuing an otherwise normal day from the jaws of death and disaster.

Mr Sourdil had been aboard to buy supplies for IMG holdings in the system with his 23 year-old Clydesdale 'Helga'. Malfunctions on ships of that age are pretty much the norm ' however the majority of faults will be picked up by engineers on the flight deck before the vessel is allowed to leave. The 26th was an exception to this rule when 'Helga' undocked.

Upon leaving the station, Mr Sordil reported what he described as a, 'thumping noise' to flight control, then proceeded to head home. Unfortunately ' or fortunately, as luck would have it ' his ship had just lost a crucial component in its fuel system ' the distributor. The effects of this became apparent when shortly after entering the Malvinas Cloud, all propulsion systems died, leaving him dead in the water. What he didn't know was that an Outcast raider patrol had been stalking him for the last 10k.

Confused at their mark suddenly dropping off the radar, they reportedly raced forward, almost crashing into the beleaguered Clydesdale which had drifted out of sight into the lee of an asteroid. Mr Sordil said that, 'seeing those Outcast ships shooting past was the scariest moment of my life ' if I hadn't lost all power right then, they would've followed me right the way back to base. Then we'd all have been dead.' After an hour of sitting on minimal power, hazarding death by freezing, he risked sending out an SOS and was picked up by a passing IMG patrol. An Outcast we found in the bar declined to comment on the matter.

Mr Sordil concluded our interview with the statement that, 'a lot of people would have been furious with the engineers for not spotting the issue in the first place, but right now, I just want to give the little bastards a hug!' It would appear that every cloud has a silver lining ' especially if it stops you being blown apart by Outcasts.

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