Decided to try mining for the heck of it. Had my Viper kitted for fighting and mining (twin beam lasers, 1 multicannon, 1 mining laser, two cargo holds and a refinery). Found a metal rich site and went to it. Only had 2 tons of silver and 1 ton of something else (can't remember). All of a sudden I hear "under attack". I bug out and try to see what's going on.
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I'm being attacked by NPC Cobra, and due to my new Viper with non-upgraded thrusters, I can't shake him. I lose shields, then start losing systems. My cargo hatch is destroyed and my 3 tons of cargo float away. Then my thrusters are destroyed and I'm dead in space. Cobra bugs out and leaves me to spin helplessly until I decide it's time to self-destruct.
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What a nice guy to not just blow me up and be done with it.
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Oh well, paid to get my ship back and started to rebuild my bank account to get those thrusters upgraded.
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I'm being attacked by NPC Cobra, and due to my new Viper with non-upgraded thrusters, I can't shake him. I lose shields, then start losing systems. My cargo hatch is destroyed and my 3 tons of cargo float away. Then my thrusters are destroyed and I'm dead in space. Cobra bugs out and leaves me to spin helplessly until I decide it's time to self-destruct.
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What a nice guy to not just blow me up and be done with it.
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Oh well, paid to get my ship back and started to rebuild my bank account to get those thrusters upgraded.