This may not be in the current flow of the thread, for which I apologise. Consider it a light deviation.
Since the 'tick' on Saturday morning I've not logged into the game until tonight just to see how things were shaking out. What a surprise, another attempt at a system grab, didn't see that coming... So EN and their lackeys got their backsides handed to them in two wars and have passed the baton over to another set of wannabe empire builders. Sigh,
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
I've spent three days in RL walking in the sunshine, relaxing in the garden, eating good food and drinking nice red wine. It's been bliss and I'm now refreshed, rested and ready to go again.
In game RP:
I told my Elite SLF pilot to get some R 'n' R and go see her folks. I lent her my iCourier 'Persephone' with instructions not to ding it or worse or engage in combat otherwise she'll be paying for it out of her millions. She said, "It doesn't work that way. You get to pay for everything whilst I pay for nothing and take 10% of the earnings." Hmm, I may have to rethink our arrangement.
She'll probably do some canyon racing in it though, just for the thrills. It's got 627m/s TS and 851m/s boost along with 910mj shields and 981 armour. Oh and it carries twin frags and a Packhound launcher. I may have to rethink the frags though as they don't really suit the iC or I'm just rubbish at using them. It's quite the little beast. Now I come to think of it, that might be a better name. I think I'll change it to that when it gets back.
The 'Vette I left in the hands of Robardin's mechanics and service crews. Knowing what was the likely outcome in Carcosa when I got back the service schedule was geared toward making it combat A1 again. I know they'll do it proud.
RP off
I discovered something in the last war (not to be confused with the last war) about the corrosive effect applied to multi cannons that I didn't know before, me not being a combat pilot and all that. I'm sure it's not news to anybody else though. I can now do 4 to 6 HI CZs before returning for re-arming. Excellent.
As for the political aspect of all this I don't really know anything about it apart from what's been written in various threads including this one. Would it make any difference if I did? Not really. I'm here because the under-dog is my kind of dog and Anarchy factions are perennial under-dogs.
TLdR We roll at mid-day.