Before today I had only ever fired my weapons in a RES, letting the cops do all the hard work. But I have recently wiped my save and am back in a sidewinder in open play.
I was delivering data this morning when I was interdicted, but instead of running away as usual I thought I'd punch the cheeky so and so in the gipper. Came out of supercruise to be faced with an NPC Adder upon which I unleashed the full fury of my sidey's pulse lasers. Took me a minute or two (and remembering about pip management), but eventually he was a rapidly expanding ball of fiery atoms. Woot!
Got back into supercruise and was immediately interdicted again, this time by an NPC Eagle. He only lasted 30 seconds or so until he met the same fate as his erstwhile colleague.
I spent the rest of my session eagerly looking for interdictors, but alas, the news of a vicious and lethal sidewinder in the vicinity must have scared the pirates off!
I reckon that is one of the best 5 minutes I've had in the game, and I'll try a little more pew-pew I believe.
Hibachi.
I was delivering data this morning when I was interdicted, but instead of running away as usual I thought I'd punch the cheeky so and so in the gipper. Came out of supercruise to be faced with an NPC Adder upon which I unleashed the full fury of my sidey's pulse lasers. Took me a minute or two (and remembering about pip management), but eventually he was a rapidly expanding ball of fiery atoms. Woot!
Got back into supercruise and was immediately interdicted again, this time by an NPC Eagle. He only lasted 30 seconds or so until he met the same fate as his erstwhile colleague.
I spent the rest of my session eagerly looking for interdictors, but alas, the news of a vicious and lethal sidewinder in the vicinity must have scared the pirates off!
I reckon that is one of the best 5 minutes I've had in the game, and I'll try a little more pew-pew I believe.
Hibachi.