Hutton's Dusty Bento Balls Convoy - 8th June

Ouberos

Ouberos
Damortzw said:
So, with minutes to go before JUMP, I was able to join up in Wing PC 2, who consisted of CMDR Banyan (Wing Leader), CMDR Sharjoom and CMDR MASSEY

Took them less than 30 seconds to send me to oblivion. Although, it would have been much nicer of them to just ask for my balls.


PS....I really would have liked to know how they knew where the convoy was routed.....Me thinks someone was a traitor.
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1) Your main issue was instancing. I'd met Cmdr Banyan earlier, robbed him and then let him hold my Balls for the night. I had added him to my friends list and was in system with him many times. Never saw him once though.

2) Those weren't Pirates. There were lots of Pirates around and we always send messages before interdiction, even of its just a friendly "Yaaarrr!". I'm an independent Privateer but there were many Code Pirates about in lots of the instances. The instructions to Traders are always clear and the best defence is simply to stop.

3) The Livestream Twitchers announced the next destination at least a minute before each jump. Several times I was able to jump ahead and get there first. Only to be met by an incoming wave of other Pirates and no juicy targets. See point 1.

Overall I had fun too. Thanks to Hutton Truckers for organising it.

And thanks for Code for stopping me robbing people by robbing me. I was trying to show off by low waking. Obvs it didn't work out too well 😀
 

[DAX]

[DAX]
Vingtetun said:
It was indeed a little disappointing that the pirates decided not to wait for the convoy but start the ramming 2 hours beforehand under the station guns. Also that they kept getting the SAME commanders over and over once it started.
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Please, stop calling Harry Potter and Co "pirates". They are pure gankers and murderhobos. No roleplay here and it's never been. They do not need your in-game balls. They need your IRL salt. :)
I'm amazed that you seemingly do not know who are these people...
 

Gaz70uk

Gaz70uk
I was flying in the Canonn wing with CMDR LCU No Fool Like One and CMDR Badpenny Belle. I made it one jump before being interdicted and shot at but managed to escape. This happened six times in total but the so called “pirates” still didn’t manage to take me out.

Then I finally met a real pirate who interdicted me and fired a hatch-breaker. Unfortunately for them I had no cargo as I was just running decoy. Even then they didn’t destroy me! Can’t remember their name but o7 to them for being so honourable.

Eventually we all made it to Orbruchev Orbital to deliver the Thargoid Links and of course for the obligatory photo shoot at the station.

It was amazing fun and I personally want to thank all the wonderful Truckers involved in setting up such a great event. Awesome work everyone! Looking forward to the next one. FOR THE MUG!
 

Gaz70uk

Gaz70uk
Absolutely! All just part of the fun. Getting destroyed was expected to be honest. It helped to hone my escape skills too. Going off route when interdicted and making sure your high wake trail is difficult to follow. Dropping to low wake in between to break the trail, etc.

And proved my little Krait Mk II can take a beating and come out the other side.
 

Vingtetun

Vingtetun
Indeed, we were very open about the likelihood of it happening, and well prepared! If only mines worked better, eh?
I think the XBox defence wing did the best job and really, we should have organised something like that on the PC wing as well - highly engineered, specialised setup and fast ships targeting inbound troublemakers and keeping them busy.
 

Bam

Bam
Vingtetun said:
we should have organised something like that on the PC wing as well - highly engineered, specialised setup and fast ships targeting inbound troublemakers and keeping them busy.
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We did, 'Infraction Wing I and II' in heavily engineered combat ships took on a lot of heat jumping 1 jump ahead of the convoy. Arriving at some of the earlier systems to be greeted by 10+ pirates all wanting to liberate us of the small amount of balls we each had. I was surprised how long I managed not to die when I was interdicted by The Code and other ner-do-wells. Nearly all the pirates we came across tried to get our cargo rather than just blow us up, but the inevitable happened as we were not going to go down without a fight. We even managed to make some of them run away!
 

Vingtetun

Vingtetun
Well thank you and #forthemug!

We're looking for nominations for "healthy interactions" - if you've got anyone (from either side of the convoy) who went above and beyond and to avoid naming and shaming, who needs a thumbs up from Hutton, could you PM me please?
 
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GreyAreaUK

GreyAreaUK
I'd like to add to your stats please: CMDR Grytpype-Thynne delivered a total of 35 Balls (34 that I carried and one we found floating near the station where some Commander had let their Balls go off prematurely), 6 Hutton mugs and 34 - count them, 34 - Giant Irukama Snails. No party is complete without them.

All cargo was carried by myself in the Federal Corvette Scorpio's Ghost and then transferred to her ship, the Krait MkII R.O.U After The Funeral

If you're still disposed to handing out decals then I'd like to propose my wife for one: this is the first time she's done anything like this in Open, and it took a certain amount of courage for her to do so. Proud of her.

Total number of times we were interdicted:0
Total number of ship destructions suffered:0

My tactic of dropping to normal space after each jump seems to have been effective (although it could have backfired stupendously!)

I'd also like to apologise for singing "Staying Alive" over chat at some point but, in my defence, I was slightly drunk..:)

Finally got docked, getting stuff sold:
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134224


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Dropping cargo in batches of five to give the limpets opportunity:
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Vanity shot at one of the waypoints:
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Bam

Bam
Carrumba said:
The best part of the whole event was the laughter, fun and sense of community behind this event. I mean, even the player killers got what they wanted so everyone was happy... assuming their aim was to kill players who died laughing of course.

Great fun Hutton Truckers. Would do again. 10/10
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PwP for the win!
 

Ouberos

Ouberos
Gaz70uk said:
Then I finally met a real pirate who interdicted me and fired a hatch-breaker. Unfortunately for them I had no cargo as I was just running decoy. Even then they didn’t destroy me! Can’t remember their name but o7 to them for being so honourable.
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I believe that was me!

Next time fill your hold with Balls!

Can I get a decal for not stealing this guy's Balls?
 

Flossy

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Flossy
Just before the convoy was due to start I logged in on my pre-loaded Krait. I realised that although I had a Fuel Transfer Limpet controller, I had no limpets - originally intending to buy any I needed at the destination but I had said I would be able to refuel so needed to make some space. I decided to take the loss on some of my mugs and gin and four of my balls. Unfortunately with the new Commodities Market screen I forgot that the maximum can now be sold with one click and instead of choosing 4 to sell, I chose all BUT 4. The prices must have altered since I bought them as I did notice I'd made a good profit but it was only later I noticed my mistake!

After a quick scrabble to load more I ended up with another 40, but in all the chaos I completely forgot my plan to replace the collector limpet controller with my fuel scoop in storeage, and to buy another controller at the first outpost in Geawen.

For some reason I only seemed to have bought 2 limpets as well so was not really prepared for any rescues. At least after being blown up and losing all my cargo I had the opportunity to buy limpets and filled my hold with them.... still unaware I had no fuel scoop!

It was only during refuelling Vingtetun (who had also forgotten his fuel scoop) on the first occasion that I became aware that my fuel was getting pretty low and I said I'd need to scoop myself before continuing on the convoy. On re-entering supercruise I attempted to scoop and thought the star must have been a T Tauri, so checked the system map.... and realised the reason I could not scoop was because I didn't have one!

I checked for a station and headed for it to hopefully buy a scoop; however on the way there I was interdicted once again so reached it a little bit quicker! OK this time I had a fuel scoop, remembered to buy more limpets and headed out to once again to start playing catch-up with Vingtetun, who was running low on fuel again. Finally caught up and successfully refuelled him.

All made for a hilarious chain of events during the convoy - all For The Mug! :D
 

Purge#

Purge#
Had a awesome Time, me and Flossy were an awesome loading team ...with others of coarse! My first convoy but not my Last!!
Even made my first Ever appearance atop a Hutton Stats Record. #FTM
 

TaoZero5

TaoZero5
Purge# said:
Had a awesome Time, me and Flossy were an awesome loading team ...with others of coarse! My first convoy but not my Last!!
Even made my first Ever appearance atop a Hutton Stats Record. #FTM
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You handled most of my Balls. Thanks for the loading.
 
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TaoZero5

TaoZero5
Oh How We Ran.
The Madams of Mayhem hitched up their skirts and legged it.
And We Jumped.
Our Wing Leader used a cunning 'exploding at the first hurdle' technique to distract our pursuers long enough for the rest of the Wing to get away. Aunt Agonize fell - A Glorious Sacrifice.
Jump, Scoop and Run - system after system. Each jump landing us in the huge crowd of Commanders that was the Convoy . . and the Pirates.
I got so focused on the scooping - skimming close to the star, sucking up more than 500t/sec - and I didn't even need to. My Cutter, "Prescience In Grace" - callsign HOTPIG, with 300 Shiny Balls in the holds, could have done the run twice without refueling. Then find the Wing and follow. Lydia of the Void and Funky Abigail were pretty quick at targeting the next system on the route so, for most jumps, I'd target my 'Wing(wo)man' and target her target.
I made it as far as the second to last system with no incident - then, the Interdiction.
I thought I could beat it. My plan to submit and then run was immediately forgotten. I fought the Interdiction. I couldn't let it go. I lost it!
I was pulled out of SuperCruise so I ran. Boost, boost, boost. It's not working! I was spamming Chaff - or trying to but.... nothing. I wasn't able to drop Heatsinks! Why was my Landing Gear Down? I didn't even think to use my massive Shield Cell Banks.
My Shields were down now, and my Hull health dropping rapidly.
I hadn't tried to talk to whoever had Interdickted me. I don't think he tried to talk to me before he started shooting. I think he was casting Fireball Spells. A friend of his had joined the Clubbing.
I still hadn't targeted another System by the time I Low-Waked out of there with 10% Hull, then I Jumped to somewhere not too close to drop out of SuperCruise and apply the Repair Limpets.
One of my more successful PvP encounters. Excellent!
Cmdr Tao Zee
 

Vingtetun

Vingtetun
One of my highlights was one of the systems we passed through in open had another commander in it that was NOTHING to do with the convoy when all of a sudden the whole screen lit up with ships jumping in and shouting to each other in system chat (a lot of it was about our Bento Balls!). He posted a full "what the HECK?" in system chat.

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