So there I was, freshly deployed at the Federal distress call for my daily dogfight, and as usual I was having a bit of a scout, weapons undeployed, faction unchosen; swooping majestically through the dreadnoughts superstructure and partaking in a bit of space battle voyeurism.
On my sensor there were a couple of hollow triangles so I boosted over to see if I could make out who they were obliterating so I could join the team. One of the blighters opened up on poor defenceless me, a sidewinder like myself, damn cheek. A couple of laser pulses up the tailpipe sent the scoundrel running/CTDing/rage quitting. This put me in an awkward spot as I then could only choose the Federal side. Hoping that the as then faction unknown PC Cobra was also a Fed I jumped in.
Bare with me, I'm getting to the point, just setting the scene.
Lo and behold the other Commander was a Fed too, and we charged merrily into the midst of the enemy creating havoc and leaving carnage behind.
After a while I noticed my wingman had come to a halt, I laterally thrusted around him, drawing slowly closer so as not to spook the old fella. Once dead ahead of him and with my heart in my throat I undeployed my weapons, flicked on the lights and waggled my wings.
There was a pause....oh, I've made a huge mistake......then his lights came on and his weapons stowed, he was now a hollow green square.
We sat there for a heartbeat, face to face, stationery in the midst of the maelstrom, sharing the moment. There was a connection. And then it was over, I rolled and boosted away never to see him again.
THIS! This is what I've read about in the threads, this is what I've been waiting for. This is what multi-player is all about. I cannot wait until there is ship to ship comms (there is ship to ship comms in the pipeline isn't there?) to make this even more special.
My name is Commander Lazza, I'm sorry if that got a bit gooey, but I'll be out if anyone wants to share a moment.
On my sensor there were a couple of hollow triangles so I boosted over to see if I could make out who they were obliterating so I could join the team. One of the blighters opened up on poor defenceless me, a sidewinder like myself, damn cheek. A couple of laser pulses up the tailpipe sent the scoundrel running/CTDing/rage quitting. This put me in an awkward spot as I then could only choose the Federal side. Hoping that the as then faction unknown PC Cobra was also a Fed I jumped in.
Bare with me, I'm getting to the point, just setting the scene.
Lo and behold the other Commander was a Fed too, and we charged merrily into the midst of the enemy creating havoc and leaving carnage behind.
After a while I noticed my wingman had come to a halt, I laterally thrusted around him, drawing slowly closer so as not to spook the old fella. Once dead ahead of him and with my heart in my throat I undeployed my weapons, flicked on the lights and waggled my wings.
There was a pause....oh, I've made a huge mistake......then his lights came on and his weapons stowed, he was now a hollow green square.
We sat there for a heartbeat, face to face, stationery in the midst of the maelstrom, sharing the moment. There was a connection. And then it was over, I rolled and boosted away never to see him again.
THIS! This is what I've read about in the threads, this is what I've been waiting for. This is what multi-player is all about. I cannot wait until there is ship to ship comms (there is ship to ship comms in the pipeline isn't there?) to make this even more special.
My name is Commander Lazza, I'm sorry if that got a bit gooey, but I'll be out if anyone wants to share a moment.
