Roh Voleto
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.09.16 18:18:00 -
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Running level 1 missions in Amamake. I was about a week old, flying a Rifter, and hungry for a first taste of PvP. I knew what lowsec was, according to fellow newbcorp members it was a terrible place where you were guaranteed to lose your ship, but every time I went there all the systems were mostly empty. Then I heard of Amamake, legendary pirate hub and literal hive of scum an villainy. It also had a Brutor Tribe agent I could use.
Things started out a bit disappointing. Only nine people in Local, more than I had ever seen in lowsec, but still nothing to write home about. I flew a few missions until somebody noticed me in local: GÇ£Don't come to the top belt, if you don't want PvP.GÇ¥ I ignored him. Minutes later, another character: GÇ£Don't come to Amamake, if you don't want PvP.GÇ¥
The next mission sends me into another system. On my way there I noticed a player ship sitting on the gate, a first in my lowsec ventures. On the way back I found him on the other side. GÇ£He must have jumped through with me...GÇ¥ I thought... JUMP... GÇ£Oh my! Where did all those red skulls come from?GÇ¥ Flashing yellow squares appeared on my overview as I hit the Dock button, but I managed to warp away before they could fire a single shot. This did not stop them from insulting me in Local, though.
Another mission. I undocked into a cloud of red skull icons, hoping the undock bookmark I made earlier would work as advertised. It did. It also provoked more insults and prophecies of my imminent demise. I finished the mission, and just as I was about to scoop up my well earned loot another Rifter appeared on my overview. I warped out at once. No insults this time.
Local was at 28, most of them out to get me. Time to leave. The bookmark worked again, the gate to highsec appeared on my screen, GÇ£Those are some BIG shipsGÇ¥ I thought while hammering the jump button. And... BOOM! Smartbomb.
I still made it through the gate, docked my damaged Rifter at the next station, quit the game, and went for my wallet.
In almost three decades of playing them, no computer game ever made my heart beat this fast. More important, I just fought a dozen people and won. Me, a lone new character, against a dozen veteran pirates. The thought of what I could do with a year's worth of SP and ISK was too enticing to not subscribe. |