Over the course of me trading in my Type-9, I have developed a profound hatred toward Cobras.
So far, I have encountered three types of pirates: one, NPC pirates, which are no problem in most cases unless they're in a Dropship or Clipper and would lead to a rather lengthy battle; and two, the types would ask first then shoot later. Those are either too green and are too caught up in their pirate play, or very experienced and understand the value of the ship, and for the former I would simply open fire, and for the latter, well, they would probably ask again when my hull is at around 10% and at that point I guess I would just drop what they want for the sake of it.
The third type is what I would call "rabid dogs", because they would open fire on sight and would not stop until you explode. And since I'm in a T9 which hauls a massive load, the chance of some my goods surviving is almost guaranteed.
And I hate them. For obvious reasons.
And they're always in Cobras. Of course it's Cobra. Because it's only ship that suits that role. Sidey is too wimpy, Eagle can barely carry anything and Vipers are mostly used by bounty hunters. Those that can afford anything above that probably worked their rear off and understand the labor that goes into those ships.
Because of them, I had to find trade routes that are relatively low-vis with profitability at only 2000Cr per ton per round trip. And whenever I finds a trade route ending in a new system, I'm always fanatically looking around for hollowed signals, and whenever a Cobra pops up my heart begins pounding hard.
I've had two encounters with those that I call rabid dogs. I've run into Cobras that don't really understand what they're doing, and then I run into another one carrying chaff launcher and I got exploded. Total loss around 7 millions. With a burning ball of fury rampaging within, I replaced all my weapons with seeker missiles - fixed weapon in a T9 is impossible, gimbal/turret are junk against chaffs. With five missiles, even if the pirate is carrying Point Defense, there's still a chance at least a couple of missiles will find their ways through.
And today I got interdicted by another one of those rabid dogs. I finally had the chance to test out my new loadout, and I'm very glad to see that after four rounds of alpha-strike his hull was down to 2%, after which I didn't hesitate to go ahead for a fifth. Oh boy it felt good. So good. My shield was gone and my hull was knocked down to 65% but UGH IT FELT GOOD.
Anyway, just letting off some steam.
So far, I have encountered three types of pirates: one, NPC pirates, which are no problem in most cases unless they're in a Dropship or Clipper and would lead to a rather lengthy battle; and two, the types would ask first then shoot later. Those are either too green and are too caught up in their pirate play, or very experienced and understand the value of the ship, and for the former I would simply open fire, and for the latter, well, they would probably ask again when my hull is at around 10% and at that point I guess I would just drop what they want for the sake of it.
The third type is what I would call "rabid dogs", because they would open fire on sight and would not stop until you explode. And since I'm in a T9 which hauls a massive load, the chance of some my goods surviving is almost guaranteed.
And I hate them. For obvious reasons.
And they're always in Cobras. Of course it's Cobra. Because it's only ship that suits that role. Sidey is too wimpy, Eagle can barely carry anything and Vipers are mostly used by bounty hunters. Those that can afford anything above that probably worked their rear off and understand the labor that goes into those ships.
Because of them, I had to find trade routes that are relatively low-vis with profitability at only 2000Cr per ton per round trip. And whenever I finds a trade route ending in a new system, I'm always fanatically looking around for hollowed signals, and whenever a Cobra pops up my heart begins pounding hard.
I've had two encounters with those that I call rabid dogs. I've run into Cobras that don't really understand what they're doing, and then I run into another one carrying chaff launcher and I got exploded. Total loss around 7 millions. With a burning ball of fury rampaging within, I replaced all my weapons with seeker missiles - fixed weapon in a T9 is impossible, gimbal/turret are junk against chaffs. With five missiles, even if the pirate is carrying Point Defense, there's still a chance at least a couple of missiles will find their ways through.
And today I got interdicted by another one of those rabid dogs. I finally had the chance to test out my new loadout, and I'm very glad to see that after four rounds of alpha-strike his hull was down to 2%, after which I didn't hesitate to go ahead for a fifth. Oh boy it felt good. So good. My shield was gone and my hull was knocked down to 65% but UGH IT FELT GOOD.
Anyway, just letting off some steam.
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