My First Kill!

Well, I've done it...
I actually managed to kill something. :)
Today was extremely fun. It began with me lurking the Tusker's public channel. Suddenly, I noticed something odd. Welsey was on. This particular Tusker is one I'd been meaning to talk to ever since starting to read his blog posts back a few months ago. I established communication and began to introduce myself. We talk for a few minutes about me getting into PvP, mainly piracy, and he points me in the direction of one of his favorite systems and his own training ground - Amamake. This is where the fun begins.

I head out in my Rifter, and close in on this mysterious system. I get this feeling, the same feeling I got while playing F.E.A.R. at night with the lights off - like someone is about to shoot me from any angle. However, this time, I have supervisor. :)

I establish a base at one of the stations, and undock. Nothing in the vicinity... So I head to the first belt I see. Nothing. Second belt, still nothing. I speed towards the third belt. My scanner registers a Rifter. I observe him dueling an NPC cruiser. All the better for me. I burn towards him, egging my ship faster, he hasn't noticed me. Right when I'm on top of him, I lock, scramble, and open up with all weapons. This is a technique Welsey has tought me through his blogs, and it's worth using. I take a look at my Rifter's readout - half armor and my target is just the same. But, like the newbie I am, I bug out, thinking I can't win. I sit in the middle of nowhere, contemplating m next move.

I warp into a belt I haven't tried yet. A Rifter immediately tries to lock me, but I notice he has a rupture buddy standing next to him. I warp out in search of better fated opportunities. I arrive at a belt I haven't explored, and notice a Thrasher duking it out with some NPC ships. This will be my target, I think, as I burn towards it as quick as my Rifter will go. It's ironic, I think to myself, last time, I nearly totalled a Thrasher, this time, I will not make the same mistake. I close to an orbit. Locked, webbed, scrambled. My missile is the first to exit my ship, tearing into my target's shields. My cannons now come to life, his shields are at half, a quarter, gone! At this point, he realizes the real threat, and begins to return fire, all the while Welsey cheering me on :). Too late, by the time my shields are down, his ship has lost armor. His hull begins to buckle. In a final flash, I'm left with a wreck. I transfer his wreck to my cargo hold by the time the NPC cruiser opens up. Having had my kill, I warp to the middle of nowhere, turning on my sublights to avoid detection. Mission accomplished.

There you have it, my recount of my very first full fledged solo kill. Not much to the experienced out there, but man, it feels good. Afterward, I established communication with my target's pilot.
This is the main meat of the kill mail and my conversation thereafter:


Victim: Liewelyn
Destroyed: Thrasher
System: Amamake
Damage Taken: 7881

Involved Parties:
Rifter
Damage Done: 1944

Dropped items:
250mm Light Artillery Cannon I, Qty: 3
Titanium Sabot S, Qty: 100 (Cargo)
Flameburst Light Missile, Qty: 106 (Cargo)
Flameburst Light Missile, Qty: 30
1MN Afterburner I
Small Capacitor Booster I
Standard Missile Launcher I
Phased Plasma S, Qty: 19
Warp Core Stabilizer I
Cap Booster 200, Qty: 14 (Cargo)



And the conversation:
Liewelyn > why man
[ 2009.11.18 00:50:05 ] Captain Charismatic > Hello.
[ 2009.11.18 00:50:07 ] Captain Charismatic > Lol
[ 2009.11.18 00:50:12 ] Captain Charismatic > Because you were there
[ 2009.11.18 00:50:20 ] Captain Charismatic > Just be thankful I didn't pod you.
[ 2009.11.18 00:50:48 ] Liewelyn > lol i see how this works now
[ 2009.11.18 00:50:53 ] Captain Charismatic > ?
[ 2009.11.18 00:50:55 ] Captain Charismatic > How?
[ 2009.11.18 00:51:03 ] Captain Charismatic > We're not all bad BTW. Nothing personal.
[ 2009.11.18 00:54:05 ] Captain Charismatic > Are you a newer player?
[ 2009.11.18 00:56:19 ] Liewelyn > yes
[ 2009.11.18 00:56:28 ] Liewelyn > about 3 days
[ 2009.11.18 00:56:45 ] Captain Charismatic > Ah.
[ 2009.11.18 00:56:47 ] Captain Charismatic > Tip.
[ 2009.11.18 00:56:54 ] Liewelyn > sure
[ 2009.11.18 00:57:10 ] Captain Charismatic > Destroyers like your thrasher, are best fitted with railguns, say 125mm. They're anti frigate guns.
[ 2009.11.18 00:57:19 ] Captain Charismatic > I was flying a well fitted frigate
[ 2009.11.18 00:57:41 ] Liewelyn > ok ty
[ 2009.11.18 00:57:48 ] Captain Charismatic > Don't leave yet
[ 2009.11.18 00:58:04 ] Liewelyn > ok
[ 2009.11.18 00:58:30 ] Liewelyn > i am at the first station
[ 2009.11.18 00:59:08 ] Captain Charismatic > Another tip lol. While in low sec, don't tell me where you are.
[ 2009.11.18 00:59:15 ] Captain Charismatic > Because then I just come shoot you.
[ 2009.11.18 01:00:05 ] Captain Charismatic > But, this should cover you another destroyer:
[ 2009.11.18 01:00:26 ] Liewelyn > i just though to would have a small kendest
[ 2009.11.18 01:00:42 ] Captain Charismatic > kendest?
[ 2009.11.18 01:01:16 ] Liewelyn > kindness
[ 2009.11.18 01:01:39 ] Liewelyn > lol
[ 2009.11.18 01:01:45 ] Captain Charismatic > Well, I just paid you for another ship. :P
[ 2009.11.18 01:02:01 ] Captain Charismatic > You were actually my first kill, ever. :)
[ 2009.11.18 01:02:05 ] Liewelyn > ok ty
[ 2009.11.18 01:03:21 ] Captain Charismatic > Anyway, don't tell people where you are while you're in lowsec lol. They just come kill you.
[ 2009.11.18 01:03:48 ] Liewelyn > ok ty how long have u been playing
[ 2009.11.18 01:04:01 ] Captain Charismatic > Since August.
[ 2009.11.18 01:04:04 ] Captain Charismatic > I have two accounts.
[ 2009.11.18 01:04:15 ] Captain Charismatic > THis one, and one that mines like crazy to fund this one.
[ 2009.11.18 01:04:59 ] Liewelyn > o ok well next time i see u i will not fire
[ 2009.11.18 01:05:32 ] Captain Charismatic > Lol.
[ 2009.11.18 01:05:34 ] Captain Charismatic > Why not?
[ 2009.11.18 01:05:40 ] Captain Charismatic > I'd probably fire on you.
[ 2009.11.18 01:05:45 ] Captain Charismatic > It's lowsec.
[ 2009.11.18 01:06:00 ] Captain Charismatic > But then again, I'd probably pay you again. :P
[ 2009.11.18 01:06:21 ] Captain Charismatic > You fitted a stabalizer?
[ 2009.11.18 01:06:30 ] Liewelyn > i sense good in you my friend
[ 2009.11.18 01:06:34 ] Captain Charismatic > lol.
[ 2009.11.18 01:06:37 ] Liewelyn > yea i did
[ 2009.11.18 01:06:43 ] Captain Charismatic > You could have run away.
[ 2009.11.18 01:06:51 ] Captain Charismatic > I only had one point on you.
[ 2009.11.18 01:07:02 ] Liewelyn > o really
[ 2009.11.18 01:07:16 ] Liewelyn > i did not not know how
[ 2009.11.18 01:07:20 ] Captain Charismatic > Lol.
[ 2009.11.18 01:07:26 ] Captain Charismatic > You pick somewhere, and hit warp.
[ 2009.11.18 01:07:45 ] Captain Charismatic > If you're on tomorrow, I can teach you some other stuff. Logging for the night.
[ 2009.11.18 01:07:52 ] Liewelyn > i did it would not let me
[ 2009.11.18 01:08:01 ] Captain Charismatic > Ah.





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