I really wanted to share this someone, anyone. I am a newbie still with about 20 hours played. I currently own a Viper with an average of class c internal modules and decent weapons. My main source of money is hitting up nav points and using a Kill Warrant Scanner in anarchy systems to find some awesome bounties.
So, I'm doin my thing in an anarchy system at a Nav Point shooting any NPC that has a bounty and raking in the money. A giant python shows up, listed as 'dangerous' and a quick subsystem check shows he is very fit for combat. Well, I shoot at him to get the fight going and 2 other bounty hunters join in to help me take him out. With the way things go, he was primarily shooting at me (and it hurt!) so it was hit and run tactics the entire time. Being that the bounty hunters were a viper and a Cobra, it took us quite a while to finally drop him. I cant remember what his total bounty was, but after killing him, I had about a total of 120k worth of bounties to turn in. Might not sound like a lot compared to some of you, but to me I was seeing $$$$ in my eyes lol.
So, I decide to Super Cruise back to the station and turn in. I see a Unidentified Signal Source so I decide to drop in. What do ya know, there are 2 'Dangerous' Anaconda's just sitting there. I KWS'd both, one turned out to be a bounty hunter with no wanted status, the other was a pirate with ~60k bounty on his head. By this time, the bounty hunter had opened fire on this guy so I joined in. After a grueling and amazing 10 minute fight (really...10 mins!) we finally drop that Anaconda. The last 5% of his health I made sure to have full weapons charge so I could unload on him and get the bounty.
Now, I am sitting around 36% hull strength left with almost 200k in bounties. I engage that supercruise and start making my way to the station. Dummy me, I forgot I picked up some cargo that was dropped by one of the bounties. So, omw to the station I get interdicted by a Pirate - I submitted to try and reduce damage taken (idk if it works like that) and I see its only a mostly harmless viper (i think. He had shields but wasnt listed as dangerous)
Me being greedy, I KWS him and decided I wanted his measly 8k bounty as well. So I start attacking him - What normally would have been a pretty easy fight for me was absolutely not. He rips through my shields like wet tissue paper. I CANNOT get my orientation right. I'm putting pips in Sys, into engines to out-turn, back into weapons to recharge, back to engines to turn again...NOTHING was working. He just keeps firing away - My hearts pounding. I'm getting a sinking feeling in my gut. I do NOT want to lose all this cash. I make a split decision. Flip off the flight assist and boost away as fast as I can to get out of weapon range. Im charging the FSD, Dodging, swerving, turning, dropping, bobbing, weaving, doing everything I can to throw off his aim. My Indicators are red, I keep seeing messages pop up. My ships heat is well over 100% I have modules going offline. I hear multiple alarms going off. His beam weapons are just eating through my hull like a hungry hungry hippo.
Finally! FSD is charged........."Must Orient yourself with your target" GAAHHH WHAT!?!?!?!? - Flip the flight assist back on to turn around - Bang - Cockpit breached...Hull, 3%!!!! I am desperate. Trying to manage everything, trying to orient my ship to that station. I'm seeing the red beams of death barely missing my ship. Panic. Then.
"3....2....1....SWOOSH!" and I am away! At this point my heart is pounding in my ears so hard, I cant hear a thing. I start to release the breath I was holding. Then I see it. "3 Minutes of Life Support Remaining"......oh crap. - Luckily I was pretty close to the station. I warp in, and the site in front of me was like a kick in the teeth - Oh, it was station. But not any station. Noooo. It was one of the Coriolis Tetrahedron (or whatever it is) Starports, that has like 20 sides with one entrance that is impossible to find. I have no idea where the entrance is and I am running out of time
2 minutes of Life Support left.
Full pips to engines. Full Throttle. I'm boosting like crazy while holding down the lateral thrusters looking at all the segments to find that stupid entrance - My face is burning, My heart is racing - I'm just watching those seconds of air left just tick, tick, tick, tick away.
1 Minute remaining.
I am absolutely frantic now - searching...searching...searching...30 Seconds left...FOUND IT!!!! - Now, im pretty okay at flying but I am not the best at precision maneuvering. Still getting used to my x52.
Let. Me. Tell. You. I have never flown that good in my life. I had to come from the underneath the station, loop around, twist, turn, using all my lateral thrusters, and slide right past a type 7 idiot npc blocking the slip.
15 seconds left.
I jam the throttle to full and slip in. My eyes are scanning every square inch of that starport, looking for that wonderful haven of a landing pad. Found it. The pad was just below me - Activate landing gear. Then I flew down, smacked one of those buildings, almost got fined for blocking another pad, and slid perfectly into my spot.
When that starport menu came up, I threw my hands in the air and screamed OMFG I MADE IT!!!! I almost started crying I was so happy. Turned in my bounties for just under 200k in my pocket and then got to sell the stolen cargo for more profit.
This. This is why I play this game. This is why I spent the money. I couldn't stop shaking for 10 minutes after all of it. What was a normal bounty hunting run, turned into an experience I will always remember. Thank you FD.
*I now know that all you need to do is make it through the slip into the starport to get life support air. But I didnt know this at the time.*
So, I'm doin my thing in an anarchy system at a Nav Point shooting any NPC that has a bounty and raking in the money. A giant python shows up, listed as 'dangerous' and a quick subsystem check shows he is very fit for combat. Well, I shoot at him to get the fight going and 2 other bounty hunters join in to help me take him out. With the way things go, he was primarily shooting at me (and it hurt!) so it was hit and run tactics the entire time. Being that the bounty hunters were a viper and a Cobra, it took us quite a while to finally drop him. I cant remember what his total bounty was, but after killing him, I had about a total of 120k worth of bounties to turn in. Might not sound like a lot compared to some of you, but to me I was seeing $$$$ in my eyes lol.
So, I decide to Super Cruise back to the station and turn in. I see a Unidentified Signal Source so I decide to drop in. What do ya know, there are 2 'Dangerous' Anaconda's just sitting there. I KWS'd both, one turned out to be a bounty hunter with no wanted status, the other was a pirate with ~60k bounty on his head. By this time, the bounty hunter had opened fire on this guy so I joined in. After a grueling and amazing 10 minute fight (really...10 mins!) we finally drop that Anaconda. The last 5% of his health I made sure to have full weapons charge so I could unload on him and get the bounty.
Now, I am sitting around 36% hull strength left with almost 200k in bounties. I engage that supercruise and start making my way to the station. Dummy me, I forgot I picked up some cargo that was dropped by one of the bounties. So, omw to the station I get interdicted by a Pirate - I submitted to try and reduce damage taken (idk if it works like that) and I see its only a mostly harmless viper (i think. He had shields but wasnt listed as dangerous)
Me being greedy, I KWS him and decided I wanted his measly 8k bounty as well. So I start attacking him - What normally would have been a pretty easy fight for me was absolutely not. He rips through my shields like wet tissue paper. I CANNOT get my orientation right. I'm putting pips in Sys, into engines to out-turn, back into weapons to recharge, back to engines to turn again...NOTHING was working. He just keeps firing away - My hearts pounding. I'm getting a sinking feeling in my gut. I do NOT want to lose all this cash. I make a split decision. Flip off the flight assist and boost away as fast as I can to get out of weapon range. Im charging the FSD, Dodging, swerving, turning, dropping, bobbing, weaving, doing everything I can to throw off his aim. My Indicators are red, I keep seeing messages pop up. My ships heat is well over 100% I have modules going offline. I hear multiple alarms going off. His beam weapons are just eating through my hull like a hungry hungry hippo.
Finally! FSD is charged........."Must Orient yourself with your target" GAAHHH WHAT!?!?!?!? - Flip the flight assist back on to turn around - Bang - Cockpit breached...Hull, 3%!!!! I am desperate. Trying to manage everything, trying to orient my ship to that station. I'm seeing the red beams of death barely missing my ship. Panic. Then.
"3....2....1....SWOOSH!" and I am away! At this point my heart is pounding in my ears so hard, I cant hear a thing. I start to release the breath I was holding. Then I see it. "3 Minutes of Life Support Remaining"......oh crap. - Luckily I was pretty close to the station. I warp in, and the site in front of me was like a kick in the teeth - Oh, it was station. But not any station. Noooo. It was one of the Coriolis Tetrahedron (or whatever it is) Starports, that has like 20 sides with one entrance that is impossible to find. I have no idea where the entrance is and I am running out of time
2 minutes of Life Support left.
Full pips to engines. Full Throttle. I'm boosting like crazy while holding down the lateral thrusters looking at all the segments to find that stupid entrance - My face is burning, My heart is racing - I'm just watching those seconds of air left just tick, tick, tick, tick away.
1 Minute remaining.
I am absolutely frantic now - searching...searching...searching...30 Seconds left...FOUND IT!!!! - Now, im pretty okay at flying but I am not the best at precision maneuvering. Still getting used to my x52.
Let. Me. Tell. You. I have never flown that good in my life. I had to come from the underneath the station, loop around, twist, turn, using all my lateral thrusters, and slide right past a type 7 idiot npc blocking the slip.
15 seconds left.
I jam the throttle to full and slip in. My eyes are scanning every square inch of that starport, looking for that wonderful haven of a landing pad. Found it. The pad was just below me - Activate landing gear. Then I flew down, smacked one of those buildings, almost got fined for blocking another pad, and slid perfectly into my spot.
When that starport menu came up, I threw my hands in the air and screamed OMFG I MADE IT!!!! I almost started crying I was so happy. Turned in my bounties for just under 200k in my pocket and then got to sell the stolen cargo for more profit.
This. This is why I play this game. This is why I spent the money. I couldn't stop shaking for 10 minutes after all of it. What was a normal bounty hunting run, turned into an experience I will always remember. Thank you FD.
*I now know that all you need to do is make it through the slip into the starport to get life support air. But I didnt know this at the time.*
