yeah capitol ships are awesome.
My first encounter was the first Onionhead CG- where the galnet news talked about the Fed blockade of the system- sure hint that capitol ships would be there.
For me, I was in a "dream spot" when the Fed cruiser arrived- I was directly in front of its path, slightly above... while my ship was drifting out of control- I had a front row seat of the nose of the cruiser emerging from the rip in space, and the length of the ship sliding by me- much like a Star Destroyer in that opening scene.
Still out of control, or struggling for control, my view spun to see the cruiser open fire...
I was familiar with the cruiser all throughout Beta (it was the only conflict zone for that whole time), but to see it come to life (finally) was truly amazing.
I had never seen pythons and anacondas explode quite so en masse before. Glad I was to have been on the right side of that conflict, as the cloud of large ship debris steadily grew as all the enemy ships, large and small were firing on the Cruiser, but getting vaporized before ever getting close.
My Cobra (at the time) was darting through the mayhem, chasing the odd viper that avoided its fire, and my shields were flashing constantly not from enemy fire, but from constantly running into anaconda debris.
To those that have yet to experience it: read the news. when the Empire speaks of amassing for take on Archon Delaine, there are cruisers there. stuff like that are the hints you get.
