I was flying around discovering stuff in a system, scraping together some credits for a new ship more than likely. Something cheap but better than my Sidewinder (I say mine...it's a loaner. Felt wrong to still be using it. Like I forgot to return a DVD I borrowed from a friend, ya know?)
Spot a strong signal source and decide to take a look. Turns out there are four ships; three space rozzers and one wanted criminal...in an anaconda. Four on one? I fancied my odds. I locked and engaged with my F-rated multi cannons figuring I'd do what I could just for a laugh. His shields go down pretty quickly and he's not actually hitting me that hard. I fly away when shields go down and evade until they come back up, but mostly it wants to shoot at the enforcers. A minute or so into this and things are going well...but then disaster.
The anaconda gets some good shots in and drops my shields. Hull integrity starts dropping and my canopy is cracked. It's okay though, shields come back online and I can keep going. And then...it got *worse*.
Canopy blew out. I figured "Welp, I got greedy and died." and then realise...I'm still flying. What's that say, 5 minutes of oxygen? I...might manage that.
When the timer gets to 4 minutes I figure it's probably a good idea to leave. I check my computer to see how close I got to destroying him before leaving. The ship had 1% hull left. It's on like Donkey Kong. Do or die time. I turned around and went straight for him, guns blazing. With 3:30 left on the oxygen the Anaconda blew up and I netted 147,000 credits bounty. Victory! Only...now I have to get repair as soon as possible. I quickly searched for the nearest base, waggled my wings in thanks and warped out.
I hadn't considered the fact the HUD is projected onto the canopy. All I could see was meaningless starts and dots in front, if I wanted to have a clue where the station was I needed to tilt my nose down and look through the roof. It was tense as hell when I approached the station because sometimes putting the throttle in blue hasn't slowed me down and if I overshot this, I'd be dead. Thankfully the ship got there without overshooting. 1 minute oxygen left. And it's one of those cube stations.
Full throttle, begging for docking access ASAP, granted (thank God). I'm tearing at this station with bits falling off my ship. Low on ammo; less than a minute of oxygen; hull at 34% integrity; the elastic snapped on the furry dice.
I did a sharp turn and blew through the slit of the station at full pelt and literally breathed a sigh of relief as I entered their atmosphere with 5 seconds of oxygen left. That was the most careful landing I've ever made and I could not hammer that "REPAIR ALL" button hard enough. Cashed in my bounty and went on to buy a Cobra =)
TL;DR - Blew up a Star Destroyer with an X-Wing and lived to tell the tale =)
Spot a strong signal source and decide to take a look. Turns out there are four ships; three space rozzers and one wanted criminal...in an anaconda. Four on one? I fancied my odds. I locked and engaged with my F-rated multi cannons figuring I'd do what I could just for a laugh. His shields go down pretty quickly and he's not actually hitting me that hard. I fly away when shields go down and evade until they come back up, but mostly it wants to shoot at the enforcers. A minute or so into this and things are going well...but then disaster.
The anaconda gets some good shots in and drops my shields. Hull integrity starts dropping and my canopy is cracked. It's okay though, shields come back online and I can keep going. And then...it got *worse*.
Canopy blew out. I figured "Welp, I got greedy and died." and then realise...I'm still flying. What's that say, 5 minutes of oxygen? I...might manage that.
When the timer gets to 4 minutes I figure it's probably a good idea to leave. I check my computer to see how close I got to destroying him before leaving. The ship had 1% hull left. It's on like Donkey Kong. Do or die time. I turned around and went straight for him, guns blazing. With 3:30 left on the oxygen the Anaconda blew up and I netted 147,000 credits bounty. Victory! Only...now I have to get repair as soon as possible. I quickly searched for the nearest base, waggled my wings in thanks and warped out.
I hadn't considered the fact the HUD is projected onto the canopy. All I could see was meaningless starts and dots in front, if I wanted to have a clue where the station was I needed to tilt my nose down and look through the roof. It was tense as hell when I approached the station because sometimes putting the throttle in blue hasn't slowed me down and if I overshot this, I'd be dead. Thankfully the ship got there without overshooting. 1 minute oxygen left. And it's one of those cube stations.
Full throttle, begging for docking access ASAP, granted (thank God). I'm tearing at this station with bits falling off my ship. Low on ammo; less than a minute of oxygen; hull at 34% integrity; the elastic snapped on the furry dice.
I did a sharp turn and blew through the slit of the station at full pelt and literally breathed a sigh of relief as I entered their atmosphere with 5 seconds of oxygen left. That was the most careful landing I've ever made and I could not hammer that "REPAIR ALL" button hard enough. Cashed in my bounty and went on to buy a Cobra =)
TL;DR - Blew up a Star Destroyer with an X-Wing and lived to tell the tale =)
