War in Durius.....

The fight's not being going well for me today, the 1st 2 battles those damn empire ships would rather play banger racing than have a good honest fight!

3rd one went better, think I plastered 15 of those empire thugs! :D
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But this last battle was hectic, the 1st thing I see on dropping in, or rather don't see is many of my Dominion allies ....... I knew it was going to be a hard day at this point!
We were badly out numbered & I took some equipment damage early on, damn missile got past my PDT with shlds down & nearly took out a beam laser! (13% H), bloody thing keeps cutting out when it gets just a bit hot now....
We manage to take out some of their big ships & my hull's still good @85%, after being separated in the last fight with a Python I head back to the fight zone, and run straight into a healthy Anaconda, by myself!
I give it a quick go at dropping his shlds (with 1 laser sporadically cutting out) & decide to bug out as my shlds fail, boosting away with my hull now at 66% & a cracked canopy.... that was a bad move taking that on!
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I rejoin my allies, the fight's still not going well, about 2/3 of the blips are red, I join in to take out a severely damaged anaconda, seconds latter its dead & after some cross fire whilst searching for a damaged python I go on the tail of a cobra, then the canopy fails!........it's been a long day!
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I notice we are pulling away from the pack at this point, so, damn it I'm not going to let this fracking ship get away!
With the hull on 36%, shld gen 31%, 1 beam laser cutting out, canopy breached with the target sight gone, the 25min countdown running, warnings of cabin pressure & 'module malfunctioning' (the laser), I lay into this cobra, I usually hold back the multis for the big ships, not this time!
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My ship doesn't seem to fly well, but I eventually get him, no more hull damage & 13mins left on the oxy, 1st time I'm glad I got that top rated life support!
The few bounties I actually got didn't quite cover damage repairs & ammo........ well I knew it was going to be a tough day!

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Not quite proper RP & I'm no story teller but I thought it was worth a post ;)
How's the war been going for other cmdrs? Friend or foe :D
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Btw I noticed both the Durius dominion & the citizens of ??? were up in rep! (69%^ & 21%^), how is that possible??
Oh & I've really got to learn FA flying properly, the Cobra seems to turn like a slug :p
 
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Yeah no thanks, I won't travel tens of thousands of lightseconds from a star through an uncharted system just to toast enemy ships for 3000 cr each while in constant danger of being ganged up on and blown to hell.

I can have much more fun in any backwater system with a gas giant ring system that has extraction sites in it and an outpost nearby. More profitable, too.
 
This is why you should come to Buricasses, same war but much friendlier system to fight it in, plus a high tech station only 6ish LY away. Plus I am lonely shooting Durius Independents all by myself there. Not to mention empire capitals happen alot
 
Not heard about any war in Buricasses, what's the story there?
Re Durius, no capitol ships turn up at the low intensity war zones, or the high ones AFAIK, in fact don't they only turn up at the capitol ship locations? Easily avoided :).
So you in or near Buricasses now?
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I'd like to help out in Durious, but that system is just so damn inconvenient.

Yea it is somewhat of a PITA needing 1/4hr SC, what I've been doing is camping out there for extended periods with only 2 sorties out since I've been there (soon after the war started).
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Katkon
Guess I might see you on the end of my gun sights then ;)
 
Not heard about any war in Buricasses, what's the story there?
Re Durius, no capitol ships turn up at the low intensity war zones, or the high ones AFAIK, in fact don't they only turn up at the capitol ship locations? Easily avoided :).
So you in or near Buricasses now?
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Yea it is somewhat of a PITA needing 1/4hr SC, what I've been doing is camping out there for extended periods with only 2 sorties out since I've been there (soon after the war started).
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Katkon
Guess I might see you on the end of my gun sights then ;)
Just left Durius. I have to get me some credits in order to continue fighting! :D
 
I think Buricasses is where the Durius Independants counter-attacked a system Patreus (sp) owns, as his faction (citizen of tradition) are the most influential there. I also see cap ships quite a bit there and I think the stations/conflict zone are about 300LS from the jump in point/nav beacon.
 
Well the war has turned badly for the Durius dominion :(, their influence peaked at about 69% about a week or so ago, but then started falling, last night it was down to 52%.
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Looks like those loan shark-slavers are winning & defeat seems inevitable. Still I destroyed 16 empire ships last night & 19 the night before! :D (a record for me, less than 2hrs play but I can't remember how long).
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Anyway, on another note, is it me or has this war been forgotten about on Galnet?
Also a Galnet post earlier this month has disappeared! It said something about the war going badly for the DD partly due to the larger support the empire had from cmdrs, it also had the DD governor thanking the cmdrs who had fought for them.
 
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