I had accepted an assassination mission and a kill mission (pirates) in the same system. I spend some time interdicting various pirate NPCs, making that system save for everyone.
Suddenly I see the target of my assassination mission heading to a planet in a T-6 in a 4 ship wing. I start to intercept him, checking what ships are in his wing. A T-6? There has to be a big ship somewhere. I double checked the target still T-6, still mostly harmless. I'm getting closer, constantly locking if the interdictor is ready. In the com a constant chatter about praying and family and other religious things - the right target for sure. Only 0.5 ls to go and - bam - he drops out of SC before I can interdict him.
I manage to follow him, drop out of SC where he dropped and I'm surprised. A Coriolis station is big in front of me. I hadn't noticed that my target was heading to that station. I spot him, he's heading directly to the slot. I boost, get closer and then I get the "No fire zone" notification in the com. I stop, can't believe that he just managed to get in the station.
I let my ship drift close to the station, undecided what to do. Scanning ships as the come and go, just to see what's happening. I'm about to jump to SC thinking I'll have to check out a lot of USSs to find him again. Then, to my surprise, the scanner shows "mission target". A T-6 flies out of the station, it's my target. And I'm going to finish my job.
I move behind him, constantly locking at the com to see if i'm out of the no fire zone. Still no fire zone. He activates the FSD. "Not again" I think. Finally out of the no fire zone.
2 large Beam Lasers rip trough his shields in no time, hull taking heavy damage. Dozens of com transmissions come in - red - I ignore them. Some info shows up at the right side of the screen, I ignore it. He won't escape again.
My shields go red with laser fire hitting me. A lot of laser fire. Sensor show everything red. All the security ships within range have started to shoot at me. Finally the T-6 goes BOOM. That info in the right side of the HUD shows something about murder. Security chatter indicates that they really start to hate me. Shields are getting weaker, they don't just talk about killing me, they try to kill me. Weapons retract, pips to shields, boost and jump to predefined home system. I'm save.
The target wasn't wanted! I hadn't locked close enough at the mission, not close enough at the sensor data.
I never had that much fun in PvE in this game. I wasn't aware that the new missions can result in such stories.
Suddenly I see the target of my assassination mission heading to a planet in a T-6 in a 4 ship wing. I start to intercept him, checking what ships are in his wing. A T-6? There has to be a big ship somewhere. I double checked the target still T-6, still mostly harmless. I'm getting closer, constantly locking if the interdictor is ready. In the com a constant chatter about praying and family and other religious things - the right target for sure. Only 0.5 ls to go and - bam - he drops out of SC before I can interdict him.
I manage to follow him, drop out of SC where he dropped and I'm surprised. A Coriolis station is big in front of me. I hadn't noticed that my target was heading to that station. I spot him, he's heading directly to the slot. I boost, get closer and then I get the "No fire zone" notification in the com. I stop, can't believe that he just managed to get in the station.
I let my ship drift close to the station, undecided what to do. Scanning ships as the come and go, just to see what's happening. I'm about to jump to SC thinking I'll have to check out a lot of USSs to find him again. Then, to my surprise, the scanner shows "mission target". A T-6 flies out of the station, it's my target. And I'm going to finish my job.
I move behind him, constantly locking at the com to see if i'm out of the no fire zone. Still no fire zone. He activates the FSD. "Not again" I think. Finally out of the no fire zone.
2 large Beam Lasers rip trough his shields in no time, hull taking heavy damage. Dozens of com transmissions come in - red - I ignore them. Some info shows up at the right side of the screen, I ignore it. He won't escape again.
My shields go red with laser fire hitting me. A lot of laser fire. Sensor show everything red. All the security ships within range have started to shoot at me. Finally the T-6 goes BOOM. That info in the right side of the HUD shows something about murder. Security chatter indicates that they really start to hate me. Shields are getting weaker, they don't just talk about killing me, they try to kill me. Weapons retract, pips to shields, boost and jump to predefined home system. I'm save.
The target wasn't wanted! I hadn't locked close enough at the mission, not close enough at the sensor data.
I never had that much fun in PvE in this game. I wasn't aware that the new missions can result in such stories.
