But as on Discord, i promise not to hurt Salome. No guarantee for others, but i solemnly promise on all i hold dear not to fire a single shot at Salome. That's a solid promise.
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That's actually quite a brilliant strategy. I'm not a fighter myself, so won't stand a chance against a fully rigged PvP ship, but shutting them down with interdictions is just as good, and non-PvP players can pull it off, hopefully.
Then why your build includes:
Hardpoints:
2X Frag Cannon (M) (G) G5 Lightweight 1X Drag Munitions
1X Beam Laser (M) (G) G5 Lightweight 1X Regeneration Sequence
Seriously. For all explorers, rifters and whatever beings out there (who don't read the discord-channel):
The PAC has declared the region a
Gun-Free-Zone. Anyone with guns will be considered a possible threat (as we all know, the story of the Galaxy is rich in betrayal, murder and assassinations). Yes, there are a few CMDRs at discord, who are maybe slightly exaggerating their pvp-skillz. But if you turn up in the area, carrying guns without being on the whitelist the following will happen:
scouts will spot you, and report you up the command chain as possible threat.
You will then be
a) chain-interdicted by the fast builds (read: you will be chasing the escape-vector for the whole event)
or
b) jumped by complete wing opening up with plasmas, rails, and whatnot. Think CG-gank, but in 'serious'. SO even If you rate your pvp-skillz as en-par with the skillset of the defenders ... It will be not enough too survive a 4vs1 engagement, right?
or
c) you will enjoy the possibilities a) and b)
Additionally, there will be no comms-activity during the whole process. You will not be able to explain yourself. The 'Thing' will be fast moving, and "Ain't nobody got time for that!" So seriously: If you do not plan to shoot at the VIPs, don't bring guns. Except if you are on a whitelist, or a well known white-hat - your chances are slim to ejoy the event.
Yes, I do know, the noises the pvp-crowd tends to make when boasting with their abilities are sometimes slightly irritating. But believe me: the
no guns directive is probably the only way for slimming down the chances of some assailant/traitor/whatnot killing one of the VIPs from point-blank range. I don't have a better Idea, and I haven't heard of a better Idea.
TL;TR: If you want to attend the event as visitor, come
UNARMED. At least the pro VIP-Side will very likely not open up on you. The opponents probably will, for blowing of steam due to their frustration. Bring Heat sinks, and some decent shields (if you pop a Heatsink when >2km out the attacker will likely lose target-lock, giving you time FSD-Out).
And to be extra clear: anything fitted in a hardpoint is considered a gun. So: no healing lasers, no mines, no missiles, no anything.
And spread the word along your friends:
NO GUNS
Always remeber: Friends don't let their friends bring guns to the event!
I'm tied up in the bubble helping the new trade CG tonight, but I'll arrive at the Soul Nebula base tommorow night and will have a more coordinated approach from there.
