So, I took this assassination mission in one system to hunt down and destroy a guy. Almost 170K credits so I thought, why not.
Got in the neighboring system and started scanning all ships I could see on my radar. No trace of him (is there a trick to track those assassination targets?).
At some point, a poor NPC in an Adder decides to interdict me. Since I was getting a bit bored after 20 minutes of searching, I thought, why not again.
Start pummeling the guy then, 3 security ships drop by. They just circle around, hard points retracted. Being distracted by the security ships, I fail to see the NPC activating this FSD and fleeing. Damn.
I routinely target one of the security ship to see what he was doing and what ship it was. It happens to be the guy in the mission! He's flying a Python, with 2 other combat ships, although I didn't pay much attention to them. And he's a member of the security forces of that system. Being probably a bit tired, I decide to engage him with my Clipper. Not a very good idea. I brought him to one ring of shield when my own shields collapsed, even though I had used 2 shield cells. That's because the 2 other guys with him were pounding me. So, I started taking damage and decided to get the hell out of there. Successfully escaped to another system. Docked and repaired but now, what do I do? I'm wanted in that system, which is in the Empire, of which I'm also a supporter. I have a bounty on my head for opening fire on a security ship. should I go back in the hope that I might find him not in a wing this time or is he likely to be in a wing? I still have about 6 hours to complete the mission. I'm a little worried if I abandon it that it could hurt my reputation. The impact on reputation was high but impact on influence is low. My Clipper is equipped with 2 C3 gimbaled beam lasers and 2 D2 gimbaled pulse lasers.
What would you do?
Got in the neighboring system and started scanning all ships I could see on my radar. No trace of him (is there a trick to track those assassination targets?).
At some point, a poor NPC in an Adder decides to interdict me. Since I was getting a bit bored after 20 minutes of searching, I thought, why not again.
Start pummeling the guy then, 3 security ships drop by. They just circle around, hard points retracted. Being distracted by the security ships, I fail to see the NPC activating this FSD and fleeing. Damn.
I routinely target one of the security ship to see what he was doing and what ship it was. It happens to be the guy in the mission! He's flying a Python, with 2 other combat ships, although I didn't pay much attention to them. And he's a member of the security forces of that system. Being probably a bit tired, I decide to engage him with my Clipper. Not a very good idea. I brought him to one ring of shield when my own shields collapsed, even though I had used 2 shield cells. That's because the 2 other guys with him were pounding me. So, I started taking damage and decided to get the hell out of there. Successfully escaped to another system. Docked and repaired but now, what do I do? I'm wanted in that system, which is in the Empire, of which I'm also a supporter. I have a bounty on my head for opening fire on a security ship. should I go back in the hope that I might find him not in a wing this time or is he likely to be in a wing? I still have about 6 hours to complete the mission. I'm a little worried if I abandon it that it could hurt my reputation. The impact on reputation was high but impact on influence is low. My Clipper is equipped with 2 C3 gimbaled beam lasers and 2 D2 gimbaled pulse lasers.
What would you do?
