Lost another rifter.

I spotted Orrelious in local and decided to get him. He took me out last time in Hrondedir and this time, I was in my bleeder setup. However, he was with a wing man and therefore a cautiou target.

I warped to a planet and waited for him ...he found me and pwned me.

Am losing faith in the punisher.


2007.02.06 20:46

Victim: flashfresh
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Destroyed: Punisher
System: Gusandall
Security: 0.4

Involved parties:

Name: Orrelious
Security: 0.7
Alliance: NONE
Corp: The Umbrella Union Fleet
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: Rifter

Name: 0utllaw (laid the final blow)
Security: -8.5
Alliance: The Sani Sabik
Corp: Bloodveil
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: 150mm Light Prototype I Automatic Cannon

Name: Angel Ambusher / Archangels


Destroyed items:

Warp Disruptor I
Capacitor Power Relay I
Monopropellant I Hydrazine Boosters
150mm Light AutoCannon I
150mm Light AutoCannon I
EMP S, Qty: 3000 (Cargo)
EMP S, Qty: 59
EMP S, Qty: 59

Got a catalyst

YAAAARR!

I should say that more often. I tracked a destroyer for 15 minutes until I pinned her down in the Angel complex. While I did most of the damage - the angels got the all important kill mail.

I ransomed Secretia's pod for 5million but she logged out. She died.



2007.02.05 15:01

Victim: Secretia
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Khatovar Industries Ltd
Destroyed: Capsule
System: Gusandall
Security: 0.4

Involved parties:

Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -9.9
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: Gremlin Rocket

I got a VEXOR

First confirmed VEXOR kill for me. I saw this pilot in local and realised he was in a vexor. Oh, what a lovely ship - even better if it fell to my guns! He was being smart and moving around but I wanted to tackle it nonetheless and in a punisher no less!

Found the cruiser in a belt salvaging a wreck. I raced in and took on the vexor. The punisher is a tough ship and with the massive cap and high resists; it can soak up damage and still do damage over time. Problem is, in a crowded system - a long drawn out fight tends to bring out fight 'fans'.

Taking the vexor down took a fair few minutes - he didn't call out for help in local but may have been in corp chat so I was praying that the kill would come quickly. The vexor amazingly did not launch his drones but had some dual 150mm rail guns on. I could easily tank the damage but my output (while slow) was steady. Just hoped no-one would come in and spoil the party!

Eventually, his hull gave up and his pod warped. I couldn't snare it in time and to ransom.

2007.02.05 22:35

Victim: Hashu Daishin
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Pax Sacramentum
Destroyed: Vexor
System: Eifer
Security: 0.4

Involved parties:

Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -9.9
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Punisher
Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon I

Killing peeps in Eifer.

In Eifer with Revivor. She snagged a rifter pilot while we both got the pod.

YAAARRR

2007.02.05 17:35

Victim: von Corvus
Alliance: United Legion
Corp: Russian Coalition
Destroyed: Capsule
System: Eifer
Security: 0.4

Involved parties:

Name: Revivor
Security: -1.7
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Republic Military School
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: Rifter

Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -9.9
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Punisher
Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon I

Got pwned by a raptor

Waiting in the Angel complex for victims is a time honoured tradition - but a raptor jumped in and landed on my rifter. It ripped the rifter to pieces. The pod escaped.

Gah.

2007.02.05 23:19

Victim: flashfresh
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Destroyed: Punisher
System: Gusandall
Security: 0.4

Involved parties:

Name: Anette Plathe (laid the final blow)
Security: -8.4
Alliance: Curse Alliance
Corp: LoneStar Industries
Ship: Raptor
Weapon: Thorn Javelin Rocket

Name: Gistii Hijacker / Minmatar Republic


Destroyed items:

Phased Plasma S, Qty: 500 (Cargo)
EMP S, Qty: 5034 (Cargo)
150mm Light AutoCannon I
150mm Light AutoCannon I
Capacitor Power Relay I
Salvager I (Cargo)
Small Energy Transfer Array I (Cargo)
Phalanx Rocket, Qty: 25 (Cargo)
100mm Reinforced Crystalline Carbonide Plates I (Cargo)
200mm Reinforced Steel Plates I (Cargo)
Small Armor Repairer I (Cargo)
Rocket Launcher I (Cargo)
200mm AutoCannon I (Cargo)
Medium Proton Smartbomb I (Cargo)
Auto-Gain Control Tracking Enhancer I (Cargo)
EMP S, Qty: 60

Captain Jammer and his stabbed rifter

I have to admit, I am impressed with the Bleeder setup on the punisher but I question whether it is effective against other frigates. I engaged Jinzai in his rifter and we both sat there and tanked. He tanked me because, without a webber - his rifter was too quick; even for my 150mm ACs to hit consistently and I could tank him 'cause the Bleeder is designed to tank most things. Also, with Amarr frigate level V - I have an extra 25% on all armour resistances. Sweet.

We both agreed to call it a draw.

Later on in the evening, I spotted Captain Jammer in a rifter. I was also in a rifter too and managed to snag him a couple of times - each time; he warped out. The first time I thought it was a targetting problem but the second time, I definitely had him. We exchanged fire and once it go too much for him - he warped out.

OK, a stabbed rifter.

My 1pt, 20km disruptor was obviously not effective so I quickly swapped to a 7.5km, 2pt scrambler. Hopefully, when I engage him - he would have assumed that I was still using a 1pt.

I dock and refit and undock quickly and continue the hunt.

Local was quite busy with stabbers and ruptures all milling about. My sights were set on Captain Jammer though.

The scanner window popped open and I had to adjust the settings to remove the clutter. I grinned at the number of corpses floating around. Lots of kills today from various peeps.

Finally, tracked down Captain Jammer and it appeared he was at the complex - either inside or at the entrance. I checked ammunition levels and mentally ordered the jump computer to activate the engines. The rifter responded smoothly and slid into the warp tunnel. Many thoughts tumbled through my mind: i rarely use a 7.5km scrambler as it means tearing ass towards a target who might run. A 20KM disruptor gives so much more versatility to hunting.

I could see the ship was about to exit the warp and mentally readied myself - the command to hit the afterburner and slam my way towards the target was almost on my lips. Had to be quick.
The rifter burst out in front of the ancient acceleration gates - landing 2.3km from the ancient devices. Captain Jammer was there and waiting for me.

Bonus.

He locked me (ha, with a stabbed installed?) as I locked him. My two-point scrambler sank its teeth into Captain Jammer's rifter and completely fubar'ed his navigation computer. He decided to web me and scramble me also. No matter.

I trusted my 150mm ACs and EMP with my life.

His bloodclaw missiles slamming into the shield gave me pause. He had two missile launchers on his ship. Could be tough but still shouldn't cause me too many problems. I orbitted him with the webber on and opened up a broadside.

I grinned as the emp ate his shields quickly and did the same to his armour. Oh yes.

Unlike Jinzai or Jak-O, Captain Jammer did not have a cap booster so he would have to contend with cap issues. I could smell victory as Captain Jammer tried to wriggle free from the webbing streams and activate his navigation computer. I could imagine his face contort in horror as he realised he was trapped.

My EMP shells and gremlin rockets knocked his shield down and into his armour. I opened up a conversation window but Captain Jammer blocked me. More fool him.

With no option to ransom (i did not want to alert the others in local) - I decided it was time to pod him once his ship went up in flames. I love the sound of debris sparking off the shields or armour of the ship.

Sweet.

His pod went soon after and no other words exchanged in local. He certainly lived up to his corp name. These guys are wannabe pirates. Bring them on.

2007.02.04 22:58

Victim: Captain Hammer
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Down In Flames
Destroyed: Rifter
System: Gusandall
Security: 0.4

Involved parties:

Name: Angel Crusher / Archangels

Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -9.9
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon I


Destroyed items:

Monopropellant I Hydrazine Boosters
Piranha Light Missile, Qty: 239 (Cargo)
Standard Missile Launcher I
Power Diagnostic System I
Fleeting Progressive Warp Scrambler I
Standard Missile Launcher I
Medium Shield Extender I (Cargo)
EMP M, Qty: 100 (Cargo)
Passive Barrier Compensator I (Cargo)
200mm AutoCannon I (Cargo)
Small Capacitor Battery I (Cargo)
Small Capacitor Booster I (Cargo)
Shield Recharger I (Cargo)
Stasis Webifier I (Cargo)
Small Energy Transfer Array I (Cargo)
Nuclear S, Qty: 100 (Cargo)
Bloodclaw Light Missile, Qty: 32


AND THE POD. YAAR.

2007.02.04 23:00

Victim: Captain Hammer
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Down In Flames
Destroyed: Capsule
System: Gusandall
Security: 0.4

Involved parties:

Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -9.9
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon I


2007.02.04 23:00

Victim: Captain Hammer
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Down In Flames
Destroyed: Capsule
System: Gusandall
Security: 0.4

Involved parties:

Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -9.9
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon I

Kill 'em all.

So am still hungry for more victims and I spotted a slasher in hrondedir amongst all the battleships and battlecruisers. No idea what he was doing but he knew enough to keep warping between safe spots and only wander into belts when the place was clear. It took me a good ten minutes to figure out his movements but once I knew, I decided to lie in wait close by and warp in at the same time and give him a fright.

The familiar feeling was building up in me as waited, my fingers twitchy on the fire controls. My ship, linked to me via the pod was straining to jump into the fight.

He disappeared from my scanner and I knew he was heading into the the other side of the system away from the main mob of pilots clustered around the Hrondemund gate. I counted down 30 seconds and then also jumped.

Hitting the scanner in mid warp at 180 degrees, I was rewarded with the return of a single frigate signal.

Sweet.

My rifter shuddered as it broke free from the warp tunnel and roared out into normal space. The slasher was there - just where we had planned it.

My targetting computer came on and almost on its own accord started to lock the slasher just as the guns and rocket launcher swivelled to track the target. The afterburner roared as he pushed the rifter towards the 800ms speed limit.

I locked, scrambled and webbed and killed the slasher in two salvoes.

Blood lust meant that I couldnt be bothered to ransom and kill his pod stone dead. His flash-frozen corpse bumping into my ship as I approached it.

2007.02.04 22:09

Victim: Mr Parkinson
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Republic Military School
Destroyed: Slasher
System: Hrondedir
Security: 0.3

Involved parties:

Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -9.9
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon I


Destroyed items:

Civilian Expanded Cargohold
Nuclear S, Qty: 2747 (Cargo)
Small Hull Repairer I (Cargo)
Small Armor Repairer I (Cargo)
Small Shield Booster I
200mm AutoCannon I
Miner I (Cargo)
Shield Recharger I (Cargo)


2007.02.04 22:10

Victim: Mr Parkinson
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Republic Military School
Destroyed: Capsule
System: Hrondedir
Security: 0.3

Involved parties:

Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -9.9
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon I



2007.02.04 22:09

Victim: Mr Parkinson
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Republic Military School
Destroyed: Slasher
System: Hrondedir
Security: 0.3

Involved parties:

Name: Angel Shatterer / Archangels

Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -9.9
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon I


Destroyed items:

Civilian Expanded Cargohold
Nuclear S, Qty: 2747 (Cargo)
Small Hull Repairer I (Cargo)
Small Armor Repairer I (Cargo)
Small Shield Booster I
200mm AutoCannon I
Miner I (Cargo)
Shield Recharger I (Cargo)


2007.02.04 22:10

Victim: Mr Parkinson
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Republic Military School
Destroyed: Capsule
System: Hrondedir
Security: 0.3

Involved parties:

Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -9.9
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon I

Trapped and almost killed

Ach another day, another victim.

This time me.

Lucius and I were hunting and came back empty handed to Gusandall when we spotted an ares from RLE. I smelt like a trap to be honest but I nipped over there to check it out. Nothing - as I was leaving the Ares appeared and scrambled me. Oh dear.

The punisher re-acquired and I let loose and managed to strip the ares of its shields and started to eat into its armour. However, this is the infamous 'bleeder' setup so it was designed to outlast CRUISERS and not take down nippy interceptors in one or two volleys.

Local filled up just as Lucius warped into my belt - he was soon followed by a brutix, a thorax and a stabber.

Oops.

Famed Bleeder tank or not, the punisher lasted another 8 seconds before the pod popped out. My crew all died. They didnt get the pod though and I managed to get out.

Soon after, a deimos piloted by Xavoc came in and took all four on. He destroyed the Brutix while the other RLE pilots ran away.

I had to lick my wounds and wait.

Gah.


2007.02.01 20:12

Victim: flashfresh
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Destroyed: Punisher
System: Gusandall
Security: 0.4

Involved parties:

Name: Zombieee (laid the final blow)
Security: -0.9
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Red Light Enterprises
Ship: Brutix
Weapon: 250mm Compressed Coil Gun I

Name: Tapac Fream
Security: -3.3
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Red Light Enterprises
Ship: Stabber
Weapon: Scourge Heavy Missile

Name: Ulesi
Security: -0.3
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Red Light Enterprises
Ship: Ares
Weapon: Foxfire Rocket

Name: Mitrsorugi Kirojo
Security: 0.3
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Red Light Enterprises
Ship: Thorax
Weapon: Thorax

Destroyed items:

Warp Disruptor I
Small Nosferatu I
Small Automated I Carapace Restoration
1MN Afterburner I
200mm AutoCannon I
EMP S, Qty: 2756 (Cargo)
200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Capacitor Power Relay I
EMP S, Qty: 29

Nice, nice Rifter tank but not me......

Decided a a trip to hrondredir was in order. So I flew there in the trusty rifter. Eager for more fresh meat. However, I was carved up and served. I spotted Jak-O in local and went after him. We engaged each other at a planet. The blue-green orb a magnificient backdrop for our conflict. He knocked my shields down in seconds and started to eat into my armour. His shields soon followed and his armour.

It was close but I trusted my higher skills and cheaper weapons against his more expensive weaponary and lower skill base.

Well, it was a gamble that went wrong. Our frantic repair work matched for three cycles but I was then getting dangerously low on capacitor energy. While I couldn't see his cap levels; the fact that he could continue to repair meant he had more reserves than me.

He had a cap booster.

Shit.

While I ran out of cap (this after a frenetic three minute fusiliade of fire and rockets) he continued to repair.

I didn't run as I decided to honour this fight and go down in flames. He had a webber on me and with his AB and Cap Booster - meant no scrambler. No matter, honour and pride!

My hull splintered under his T2 fire (he was using barrage shells) and I quickly warped my pod out of harm's way. It was a good fight.

2007.02.02 12:46

Victim: flashfresh
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Destroyed: Rifter
System: Hrondedir
Security: 0.3

Involved parties:

Name: Jak o (laid the final blow)
Security: -1.0
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Republic Military School
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon II

Rifter with an superb armour tank

Chatting to some locals about the fight last night was fun but the familiar twitch was upon me and I wanted to blow someone up.

Unfortunately, I tangled with a T2 SAR / NOS rifter that just outlasted me.

......


2007.02.02 12:46

Victim: flashfresh
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Destroyed: Rifter
System: Hrondedir
Security: 0.3

Involved parties:

Name: Jak o (laid the final blow)
Security: -1.0
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Republic Military School
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon II


Destroyed items:

'Limos' Rocket Launcher I
Gyrostabilizer I
Small Armor Repairer I
150mm Light AutoCannon I
150mm Light AutoCannon I
Warp Disruptor I
EMP S, Qty: 1500 (Cargo)
Gremlin Rocket, Qty: 300 (Cargo)
EMP S, Qty: 50
EMP S, Qty: 50
EMP S, Qty: 50

Fell to a cyclone

My blood was still rushing through me veins and sitting in the bar in Gusandall station was so boring, even if the company was enchanting. I undocked in my rupture and went hunting. Auren is a quite 0.4 system and not much going on. I listened to the hiss of local non-chat and was day dreaming when a pilot from the Free Masons United Inc corp appeared.

Hitting the scanning computer it spat out the ship type: a cyclone. Hmmmm a battlecruiser would be a challenge in a rupture but I wasn't at all bothered. I started to scan him but also spotted Lucius Cain was around and close by. I asked him if he was interested in taking on a cyclone with me and being a fine sport - agreed.

The cyclone was in a belt finishing off an Angel cruiser when I arrived, I landed above the battlecruiser and about 7Km away - a perfect position. The scrambler screamed on and the webbed sent out it's tendrils. I started to score hits immediately but realised that this ship was BIG.

The cyclone replied with a swarm of drones that zipped towards me. I quickly webbed one and sent out my own drones to go after the cyclone's drones. Meanwhile, the cyclone and I were trading furious broadsides with me taking a slight lead in damage. My crew worked hard to keep the cruiser operational as it shuddered under the impact of the widowmaker heavy missiles.

I was down to 10% armour with the repairer failing to keep up the high damage it was taking. The cyclone was also down to about 10% but it still had overall more to lose. We both went into hull and it was a race to see who could go first.

Lucius arrived in system just as I crossed the critical threshold of 25% hull. I ordered the crew to abandon ship as I made sure my pod ejection system was in place. A final salvo from my guns and the rupture exploded. Lucius arrived and started to punch holes into the cyclone's remaining hull. The cyclone followed me soon afterwards into a fiery demise. Lucius, managed to snag the pilot's pod and kill him.

Nice kill. I ordered what was left of my crew to rendevous back at Gusandall where we would split the booty. There was a lot of it and when I managed to dock and come back out in a rifter - it took trips to do it.

Lucius has proven to be a good wing man and deserved the killing blow on the cyclone.

2007.01.31 23:45

Victim: flashfresh
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Destroyed: Rupture
System: Auren
Security: 0.4

Involved parties:

Name: Ravencaa (laid the final blow)
Security: 0.5
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Free Masons United Inc.
Ship: Cyclone
Weapon: Widowmaker Heavy Missile


Destroyed items:

Small I-a Polarized Armor Regenerator
400mm Reinforced Nanofiber Plates I
Stasis Webifier I
Medium Nosferatu I
EMP M, Qty: 1886 (Cargo)
Gyrostabilizer I
Gyrostabilizer I
425mm AutoCannon I
EMP M, Qty: 15

Testing the Punisher Bleeder

Well, after losing the ruppie but overall - coming out on top due to loot and insurance I waited eagerly for my friend to dock. He was carrying three new rifters, fresh from his corp factories. Due to my, er, dubious security status - I need another means of obtaining goods in empire and this friend was one of the many avenues to me.

The rifters arrived in my hangar alongside more ammo and the first two punishers in my collection. I can pilot the ships of our eternal enemy and I respected their ships high resistances and armour. The punisher is one of the toughest frigates out there and I wanted to take advantage of it. I knew exactly what I wanted and then took it out for spin.

Since Auren was so much fun last time, I went back and yes - spotted a rifter in local. This guy was mine. The handling on the punisher was unfamiliar to me: it was slower than the rifter and seemed to take a fraction longer to lock however it was very, very solid. I scanned and located and warped and popped out of warp close enough to the rifter to scramble him. Now lets see how quickly the punisher can cover the 15KM odd distance between me and the target.

Once I got me teeth into it - the rifer was dead. The Pod Too.

Yaarrrr.

The punisher does not have the alpha strike capabilities of the rifter but what a tank and what a capacitor.

KillMails:

2007.02.01 15:36

Victim: DudeKiller
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Republic Military School
Destroyed: Rifter
System: Auren
Security: 0.4

Involved parties:

Name: Angel Nomad / Archangels

Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -10.0
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Punisher
Weapon: 200mm AutoCannon I


Destroyed items:

Flameburst Light Missile, Qty: 959 (Cargo)
Standard Missile Launcher I
Small Hull Repairer I (Cargo)
Nuclear S, Qty: 100 (Cargo)
200mm AutoCannon I (Cargo)
Medium Hull Repairer I (Cargo)
Stasis Webifier I (Cargo)
Warrior I (Cargo)
Hobgoblin I (Cargo)
Small Shield Extender I (Cargo)
Depleted Uranium S, Qty: 84


2007.02.01 15:37

Victim: DudeKiller
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Republic Military School
Destroyed: Capsule
System: Auren
Security: 0.4

Involved parties:

Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -10.0
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Punisher
Weapon: 200mm AutoCannon I