Ok, so after getting caught out of fuel in the middle of nowhere again (and having to use the Fuel rats- Thankyou, Fuel rats!) I decided to make use of a fuel scoop.
So I jumped into a system near the Sun and was scooping up fuel at 50% speed quite happily when I was suddenly interdicted. I began struggling to escape and looked for the escape point - Which was towards the sun!
Well it was a case of cop out and try fighting a battle I`ll likely lose in this Sidewinder or we both burn up in the sun or I escape. And my stubborn spirit to do or die kicked in. I dived for the Sun where the escape point was. I twisted and turned and suddenly my pursuer had gone! I was still ok. Then I had the dreaded heat warnings and panic alarm things began fizzing. I dropped a heat sink and headed back out away from the sun. I kicked on the boost. I couldn`t jump yet cos my next system was obscured, but all seemed ok. The heat sink had cooled things down...
After a little while it occurred to me that I wasn`t moving away very fast. Then I saw a yellowish tinge in front of my cockpit window. To my shock I realise it was a fire flame burst (I don`t know the term) of the sun! I looked back at the sun and it wasn`t getting smaller. Cripes! I realised I was being pulled towards it, effectively slowly flying backwards. In a panic, realising I had very little time, I tried to jump, but couldn`t- then remembered.
I went into my systems map and choose a different lock target- a nearby station. Then I was able to jump, just as my alarms started again and things began to fizz. I used my last heatsink. It still seemed agonisingly slow, but I escaped the pull and got away.
Very cool!
So I jumped into a system near the Sun and was scooping up fuel at 50% speed quite happily when I was suddenly interdicted. I began struggling to escape and looked for the escape point - Which was towards the sun!
Well it was a case of cop out and try fighting a battle I`ll likely lose in this Sidewinder or we both burn up in the sun or I escape. And my stubborn spirit to do or die kicked in. I dived for the Sun where the escape point was. I twisted and turned and suddenly my pursuer had gone! I was still ok. Then I had the dreaded heat warnings and panic alarm things began fizzing. I dropped a heat sink and headed back out away from the sun. I kicked on the boost. I couldn`t jump yet cos my next system was obscured, but all seemed ok. The heat sink had cooled things down...
After a little while it occurred to me that I wasn`t moving away very fast. Then I saw a yellowish tinge in front of my cockpit window. To my shock I realise it was a fire flame burst (I don`t know the term) of the sun! I looked back at the sun and it wasn`t getting smaller. Cripes! I realised I was being pulled towards it, effectively slowly flying backwards. In a panic, realising I had very little time, I tried to jump, but couldn`t- then remembered.
I went into my systems map and choose a different lock target- a nearby station. Then I was able to jump, just as my alarms started again and things began to fizz. I used my last heatsink. It still seemed agonisingly slow, but I escaped the pull and got away.
Very cool!
