Commanders, this log is not for sensible spirits... beware, you're warned!
Fasten your seatbelts, here we go!
This night I just wanted to go trading my favorite route, over 4 stations, eachother between 20 and 40ly away, in my Lakon T7, 212 cargo space. This you'll understood right: with shields. 2 days ago I armed my type 7 with 4 seeking missile launcher as I were interdicted once by a cobra MK3 commander (short story here if interrested).
So, fully ready to not only being able to defend myself but also strike back, I hit the road again tonight, hoping for a little fight too!
What comes just excited me the most since my +100 hours of flying in space!
If cats would be able to live in space, I'd say that my ship must have crossed a black cat somewhere. Arrived at my 2nd destination to sell and refuel (tank + cargo stuff), I entered the station and just passed the gates "OMG, forgot the docking request again"... the time said, I turned over and boosted out. This was yet usual as 2 days ago I forgot 3 times in a row to request permission to land!
That was the start of my not yet unleached hell...
After buying cargo a good 3M worth for my 3rd destination, and having a slightly over 1M ship assurance, I jumped 2 times when I got an interdiction attempt. Yes, now I can show what my lakon is made of and the opponent if it's NOT a security vessel will be shocked on the given response of mine! So I decided to comit to it lowering the thrusters and left the hyperdrive into normal space & speed, to welcome the guy who wants to welcome me, lol.
Before showing my weapons I fastly checked against who I'll have to show of my fire power.... left screen, contact... and.... "omg"..... "holy madonna".... BOOOOOOST, BOOOOOOOOOST , BOOOOOST...... now I thought I'd surpise my interceptor, but all went down to hell faster for ME what I hardly imagined just a second ago. I ran off as fast as I could, remembering that I removed the shield cells to fit in 4 more cargo units... FAIL! -> I hear you laughing, that's unkind!
Just to understand what comes: I grinded alot for the ASP a time, then Lakon T7, right now Python... then maybe Lakon9 and last bu not least the 'conda! Now, as I know what the ships all look like, when I checked out the contact who intercepted me my heart stopped beating for a second as I thought recognising a Python ship..."wow, I was awaiting a cobra MK3, not a....." the heart left off 1 sec more as underneath the truth came out by reading:" PYTHON!". Confirmed, I'm in deep not-nice-smelling thingy ^^ (swear rules obliged).
Now I rarely panic, as trading is more being cool (as long as you don't forget the docking req!), but this time I really went panic! So boosters worked right all the way nearly non stop! A good point my T7 is well equiped to flee ^^ BOOOOOST, BOOOOOOOOST....... "take a deep fast breath, it will be short but madable....".... now I really started to panic as the FSD was ready to be fired... but... I had a mass distortion because of the Python in my back! "Hell I'll never make it out.... that pirate will cost me a good 4M, HATE YA!!!!" BOOOOOOOOOST, BOOOOOOOOST.....
Then, another problem came in add on to the missing shield cells, the shield now was gone completely and my hull down to 80% and it went fast I tell ya! I starred at the nearly not loading FSD and thought that's the end now! BOOOOOOST, BOOOOOOOST..... and the added problem was? The heat! As I didn't knew where to watch anymore, under all that pressure, I saw the temperature as the canopy started to crackle and dismount everywhere... 300%!!!!!! O M G !!!!!! BOOOOOOST BOOOOOOOST....... "AAAAARGH..... ah yes, HEAT SINK DEPLOYED", nearly forgot that I had some, in case of, and I where right the time I bought 'em! ANd I bought 'em just in case I had an FSD mass distortion whilst boosting away! "YESSSS!"
But still not helped with.... FSD charged at around (ONLY OMG) 20%, saying: not much, shield recharging at 40%, set all pipes to it, slowing down btw, leaving the pythons distance fade down fastly into my neck... temperature under control but.. THE HULL, OMG, 30%!!! "I WON'T MAKE IT OUT ALIVE, NOOOOOOOO" BOOOOOOST, BOOOOOOOOST, BOOOOOOST......
You thought that was it all about problems?! Now plus the pressure and stress I had on myself, another completely unexpected thing showed up: local police. No you're right, them shwoing up wasn't the problem -> they started to shoot at me "HEY, HE IS THE ONE TO SHOOT AT, NOT MEEEEE!!!!! I'M ALREADY COOKING RIGHT NOW" and I'm sure they heard me, as the canopy just exploded in pieces under heavy pyhton rain of fire! Hull at 25%...... 7 minutes of air to breath.... great, one problem more! "WHEN WILL THAT STOP?!"
First good news since the interdiction comittment: shields back online! "THERE IS A LITTLE CHANCE NOW... A LITTLE!!!!" BOOOOOST BOOOOOOST, HEAT SINK DEPLOYED....... I was a burning fireball in space, still under heavy fire from all sides... as the final countdown came: 4, 3, 2 ..... 1...... WUUUUUSH..... "FSD I LOVE YA".... "mum I was afraid thrusters would go off a moment...."
Not completely save.... 6 mintues of air, hull at around 20% left.... and a NEW problem added to the long list of those last minutes: I had a WANTED status. WHAT THE HECK?! Hadn't any fine, neither any illegal cargo.... WTH?! A time I'd said I just pay it off on an outpost... but now, I'd loose my ship as soon as I dock... as the ship doesn't land on outposts... "I must have done somthing god didn't pardoned me..."
So, 5 minutes to approch, jump out and go for my very last trip down to hell... docking with a bounty on my head! Last time it cost me my ship in seconds. "Ok, just don't get scanned... how much heat sinks left... 2... should be ok...". I tried to align as best as I could the entrance, the hole of death, the last entrance I'd see anyway, who knows! "3M in my cargo..... pfffffff". 4 minutes left, boosting, aaaand... HEAT SINK!
What I forgot to tell, I tried often to align and dock without being detected.... in the cobra mk3 a time being, and NEVER ever succeded as I always had to correct the ships position, making the thrusters work and the temperature rise. So imagine now, that big ship... no chance!
Approaching the letterbox, temp went up to 30%.... slight correction, HEAT SINKED again, that was my last shot "DO NOT MISS THE ENTRANCE NOW"! Luckily and first time ever: nearly 0 correction needed, I were aligned! But... something was wrong... "what's the landing p...... WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA".. look left-trackIR - click - click - click..... "docking request granted"... those words released, the ship just entered the entrance! This was the ultimate fail which could happen to me!!!! "That was..... hot!!!!!!".
Landed.... I couldn't believe it, "I MADE IT!" "YIHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"..... unloaded my cargo, 350k+ cr profit!!! I was happy I made it back in, well, one bad piece.... smiling came on my face as I saw the repair costs, which would have killed me if I were in the ASP. HUll at 20%, only 5k!!!!! "HERE YOU HAVE"!
That was a whole adventure, that's what Elite spirit is! Wouldn't be fun if it happened every 5 minutes, but this after all those hours..... a real pleasure and air bubble!
I went through Hell... back on the road tomorrow again, need a fresh beer now, leaving the ship in the hangar for the next 18 hours!
Commanders, thnks for reading!!!!
Fasten your seatbelts, here we go!
This night I just wanted to go trading my favorite route, over 4 stations, eachother between 20 and 40ly away, in my Lakon T7, 212 cargo space. This you'll understood right: with shields. 2 days ago I armed my type 7 with 4 seeking missile launcher as I were interdicted once by a cobra MK3 commander (short story here if interrested).
So, fully ready to not only being able to defend myself but also strike back, I hit the road again tonight, hoping for a little fight too!
What comes just excited me the most since my +100 hours of flying in space!
If cats would be able to live in space, I'd say that my ship must have crossed a black cat somewhere. Arrived at my 2nd destination to sell and refuel (tank + cargo stuff), I entered the station and just passed the gates "OMG, forgot the docking request again"... the time said, I turned over and boosted out. This was yet usual as 2 days ago I forgot 3 times in a row to request permission to land!
That was the start of my not yet unleached hell...
After buying cargo a good 3M worth for my 3rd destination, and having a slightly over 1M ship assurance, I jumped 2 times when I got an interdiction attempt. Yes, now I can show what my lakon is made of and the opponent if it's NOT a security vessel will be shocked on the given response of mine! So I decided to comit to it lowering the thrusters and left the hyperdrive into normal space & speed, to welcome the guy who wants to welcome me, lol.
Before showing my weapons I fastly checked against who I'll have to show of my fire power.... left screen, contact... and.... "omg"..... "holy madonna".... BOOOOOOST, BOOOOOOOOOST , BOOOOOST...... now I thought I'd surpise my interceptor, but all went down to hell faster for ME what I hardly imagined just a second ago. I ran off as fast as I could, remembering that I removed the shield cells to fit in 4 more cargo units... FAIL! -> I hear you laughing, that's unkind!
Just to understand what comes: I grinded alot for the ASP a time, then Lakon T7, right now Python... then maybe Lakon9 and last bu not least the 'conda! Now, as I know what the ships all look like, when I checked out the contact who intercepted me my heart stopped beating for a second as I thought recognising a Python ship..."wow, I was awaiting a cobra MK3, not a....." the heart left off 1 sec more as underneath the truth came out by reading:" PYTHON!". Confirmed, I'm in deep not-nice-smelling thingy ^^ (swear rules obliged).
Now I rarely panic, as trading is more being cool (as long as you don't forget the docking req!), but this time I really went panic! So boosters worked right all the way nearly non stop! A good point my T7 is well equiped to flee ^^ BOOOOOST, BOOOOOOOOST....... "take a deep fast breath, it will be short but madable....".... now I really started to panic as the FSD was ready to be fired... but... I had a mass distortion because of the Python in my back! "Hell I'll never make it out.... that pirate will cost me a good 4M, HATE YA!!!!" BOOOOOOOOOST, BOOOOOOOOST.....
Then, another problem came in add on to the missing shield cells, the shield now was gone completely and my hull down to 80% and it went fast I tell ya! I starred at the nearly not loading FSD and thought that's the end now! BOOOOOOST, BOOOOOOOST..... and the added problem was? The heat! As I didn't knew where to watch anymore, under all that pressure, I saw the temperature as the canopy started to crackle and dismount everywhere... 300%!!!!!! O M G !!!!!! BOOOOOOST BOOOOOOOST....... "AAAAARGH..... ah yes, HEAT SINK DEPLOYED", nearly forgot that I had some, in case of, and I where right the time I bought 'em! ANd I bought 'em just in case I had an FSD mass distortion whilst boosting away! "YESSSS!"
But still not helped with.... FSD charged at around (ONLY OMG) 20%, saying: not much, shield recharging at 40%, set all pipes to it, slowing down btw, leaving the pythons distance fade down fastly into my neck... temperature under control but.. THE HULL, OMG, 30%!!! "I WON'T MAKE IT OUT ALIVE, NOOOOOOOO" BOOOOOOST, BOOOOOOOOST, BOOOOOOST......
You thought that was it all about problems?! Now plus the pressure and stress I had on myself, another completely unexpected thing showed up: local police. No you're right, them shwoing up wasn't the problem -> they started to shoot at me "HEY, HE IS THE ONE TO SHOOT AT, NOT MEEEEE!!!!! I'M ALREADY COOKING RIGHT NOW" and I'm sure they heard me, as the canopy just exploded in pieces under heavy pyhton rain of fire! Hull at 25%...... 7 minutes of air to breath.... great, one problem more! "WHEN WILL THAT STOP?!"
First good news since the interdiction comittment: shields back online! "THERE IS A LITTLE CHANCE NOW... A LITTLE!!!!" BOOOOOST BOOOOOOST, HEAT SINK DEPLOYED....... I was a burning fireball in space, still under heavy fire from all sides... as the final countdown came: 4, 3, 2 ..... 1...... WUUUUUSH..... "FSD I LOVE YA".... "mum I was afraid thrusters would go off a moment...."
Not completely save.... 6 mintues of air, hull at around 20% left.... and a NEW problem added to the long list of those last minutes: I had a WANTED status. WHAT THE HECK?! Hadn't any fine, neither any illegal cargo.... WTH?! A time I'd said I just pay it off on an outpost... but now, I'd loose my ship as soon as I dock... as the ship doesn't land on outposts... "I must have done somthing god didn't pardoned me..."
So, 5 minutes to approch, jump out and go for my very last trip down to hell... docking with a bounty on my head! Last time it cost me my ship in seconds. "Ok, just don't get scanned... how much heat sinks left... 2... should be ok...". I tried to align as best as I could the entrance, the hole of death, the last entrance I'd see anyway, who knows! "3M in my cargo..... pfffffff". 4 minutes left, boosting, aaaand... HEAT SINK!
What I forgot to tell, I tried often to align and dock without being detected.... in the cobra mk3 a time being, and NEVER ever succeded as I always had to correct the ships position, making the thrusters work and the temperature rise. So imagine now, that big ship... no chance!
Approaching the letterbox, temp went up to 30%.... slight correction, HEAT SINKED again, that was my last shot "DO NOT MISS THE ENTRANCE NOW"! Luckily and first time ever: nearly 0 correction needed, I were aligned! But... something was wrong... "what's the landing p...... WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA".. look left-trackIR - click - click - click..... "docking request granted"... those words released, the ship just entered the entrance! This was the ultimate fail which could happen to me!!!! "That was..... hot!!!!!!".
Landed.... I couldn't believe it, "I MADE IT!" "YIHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"..... unloaded my cargo, 350k+ cr profit!!! I was happy I made it back in, well, one bad piece.... smiling came on my face as I saw the repair costs, which would have killed me if I were in the ASP. HUll at 20%, only 5k!!!!! "HERE YOU HAVE"!
That was a whole adventure, that's what Elite spirit is! Wouldn't be fun if it happened every 5 minutes, but this after all those hours..... a real pleasure and air bubble!
I went through Hell... back on the road tomorrow again, need a fresh beer now, leaving the ship in the hangar for the next 18 hours!
Commanders, thnks for reading!!!!
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