The 2nd Hutton Convoy - with Ed Lewis at the head. We'd plotted a route through dangerous space, the Dastardly Don had brought his evil minions to attempt to interdict the convoy and steal the cargo. 200 plus ships, all heading on a 20 jump route..... All broadcast live
We jumped into the first waypoint with Ed firing up the timer for the next jump - reading out the co-ordinates and the various wings checking in.
Couple more jumps later and the first interdictions started - then.... they got Ed. He attempted to bribe his way out of the situation by offering to drop booze for them. It didn't work and he ended up a the rebuy screen.
He was so into the event that he might have inadvertently f-bombed live on a Frontier stream - then realised he was still streaming to the world and not just being part of the experience. The look on his face when we realised he'd been destroyed.... He had to go and load up on SOMETHING to offer the pirates and attempt to catch up with the convoy. Which he did and kept broadcasting throughout with aplomb as the convoy thundered on through space. He still lists it as his #1 gaming experience ever, despite having moved on to other things in recent years.
It was hectic, at one point the Fuel Rat at the refuelling point (there were a load of unscoopable stars en route) the pirates held up the waiting Fuel Rat and DEMANDED that they be refuelled as well.
The convoy made it, less a few ships. The cargo was unloaded.... the pirates took some of theirs to a nearby black market. It was incredible fun and to see even the community manager get into it so much, we KNEW we had a great event. Seeing all those hollow squares each jump as ships arrived - tens upon tens upon tens of pilots in the same instance - hearing the radio calls as people were interdicted, or escaped..... hearing people attempting to catch up to the convoy so they weren't easy prey on their own. THere was a wing of ships jumping ahead of the convoy to intercept any trouble - as we were jumping to catch them we could hear the banter as they engaged the enemy.
Incredible fun.
We jumped into the first waypoint with Ed firing up the timer for the next jump - reading out the co-ordinates and the various wings checking in.
Couple more jumps later and the first interdictions started - then.... they got Ed. He attempted to bribe his way out of the situation by offering to drop booze for them. It didn't work and he ended up a the rebuy screen.
He was so into the event that he might have inadvertently f-bombed live on a Frontier stream - then realised he was still streaming to the world and not just being part of the experience. The look on his face when we realised he'd been destroyed.... He had to go and load up on SOMETHING to offer the pirates and attempt to catch up with the convoy. Which he did and kept broadcasting throughout with aplomb as the convoy thundered on through space. He still lists it as his #1 gaming experience ever, despite having moved on to other things in recent years.
It was hectic, at one point the Fuel Rat at the refuelling point (there were a load of unscoopable stars en route) the pirates held up the waiting Fuel Rat and DEMANDED that they be refuelled as well.
The convoy made it, less a few ships. The cargo was unloaded.... the pirates took some of theirs to a nearby black market. It was incredible fun and to see even the community manager get into it so much, we KNEW we had a great event. Seeing all those hollow squares each jump as ships arrived - tens upon tens upon tens of pilots in the same instance - hearing the radio calls as people were interdicted, or escaped..... hearing people attempting to catch up to the convoy so they weren't easy prey on their own. THere was a wing of ships jumping ahead of the convoy to intercept any trouble - as we were jumping to catch them we could hear the banter as they engaged the enemy.
Incredible fun.
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