After making 3 runs at picking up life pods and dealing hate and discontent to local bug populations I decided to take a break. My manufactured mats are very low and I need replenishment. So, I went hunting HGEs instead. I really need core dynamic composites so off to Fed Boom systems I went.
I ran into a bunch of very large systems and each one had Multiple HGE sites all way out into the system, searching through 20 to 30 signal sources in the scanner got old really quickly. I didn't have much luck on finding the core dynamics, so I ended up in an Imp system picking up Imp shielding. I tried the re-loggo but that got old even quicker... I really hate that crap. So, I decided to head back to tharg territory and call it a night.
On the way back, I got to thinking, maybe I'll just take one of my combat ships, add some collector limpets and go to a res zone and do a little harvesting. I thought about which ship to use as I was going to have to do a fair bit of parts swapping of my combat ships or my mining T-10. I hate all that swapping around of dedicated ships to a new loadout that I would have to swap back later. Then it hit me... Sitting a couple of hundred light years away in Rangchan, under pile of dust, was my old Corvette. That would do nicely. It's half-arsed engineered, but it will do. I tweaked her as best I could and hit a low res to test her out, forgetting to stow some limpets and call up my pilot.
In spite of all that, I had a blast... Shortly after dropping in, I had 6 pirates attacking me because I forgot I picked something from the thargs. The Corvettes handles very well for a big ship and with 4700 armor it soaks up the damage like nobody's business. Haulers popped like firecrackers, my favorites was the unshielded Eagles, one was about 4 km away and I popped it a quick burst from my long range size 4 multi. It was a blast! I synthed a few limpets and played vacuum cleaner while waiting for the next wave. I had so much fun, a nice way to finish out the evening.
I got back to the hanger, cashed in and was so happy with the Vette I bought her a new paint job! I might even fit her out and take over to do some life pod missions... Might be a bit slow for that though...
I ran into a bunch of very large systems and each one had Multiple HGE sites all way out into the system, searching through 20 to 30 signal sources in the scanner got old really quickly. I didn't have much luck on finding the core dynamics, so I ended up in an Imp system picking up Imp shielding. I tried the re-loggo but that got old even quicker... I really hate that crap. So, I decided to head back to tharg territory and call it a night.
On the way back, I got to thinking, maybe I'll just take one of my combat ships, add some collector limpets and go to a res zone and do a little harvesting. I thought about which ship to use as I was going to have to do a fair bit of parts swapping of my combat ships or my mining T-10. I hate all that swapping around of dedicated ships to a new loadout that I would have to swap back later. Then it hit me... Sitting a couple of hundred light years away in Rangchan, under pile of dust, was my old Corvette. That would do nicely. It's half-arsed engineered, but it will do. I tweaked her as best I could and hit a low res to test her out, forgetting to stow some limpets and call up my pilot.
In spite of all that, I had a blast... Shortly after dropping in, I had 6 pirates attacking me because I forgot I picked something from the thargs. The Corvettes handles very well for a big ship and with 4700 armor it soaks up the damage like nobody's business. Haulers popped like firecrackers, my favorites was the unshielded Eagles, one was about 4 km away and I popped it a quick burst from my long range size 4 multi. It was a blast! I synthed a few limpets and played vacuum cleaner while waiting for the next wave. I had so much fun, a nice way to finish out the evening.
I got back to the hanger, cashed in and was so happy with the Vette I bought her a new paint job! I might even fit her out and take over to do some life pod missions... Might be a bit slow for that though...
