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KaptnSparrow
Caldari
TARDZ
Gods of Night and Day
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Posted - 2007.04.09 19:43:00 -
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hello, let me introduce myself. I'm a little unlucky forum loving pirate who is confused about the hole ransom thing in eve.
Last night I was sitting at a lovely planet and scanning the belts. Soon I discover the holy grail of piracy. I covetor! So I check again are I'm in low sec or empire. No 0.3 system. Surrounded by lowsec. Several other pilots in local. So I think it's to good to be true and most likley a trap.
But as we know by now its a covetor and I think I could blew it up before help comes. So I use my mighty myrmidon and warp to the given belt. And land 35km off the covetor. So I try to close in on him never thinking I gonna get him. But at 24km I'm able to scramble him and my warriors II are getting him in strucure soon.
Now local start flashing:
.... > chill terms?
.... > ransom?
I think sure, sounds good to so I ransom him for 10M (don't wanna be greedy cause he told me he just lost a covetor) Disengage and warp to my scanning point to let the timer time out.
5 Minutes later i scan again to find a hurricane in local and look I find our miner sitting at the belt again. Now evil me thinks this is a joke hes not really mining again after he was ransomed 5 minutes earlier and I'm still in system.
The same dance begins I warp in scramble him. And my drones pop him before he dies.
Now he never smacks he told me his opinion that he thought ransom = i leave him in peace forever and ever. Nope my understanding is:
ransom means: you gimme money, I disengage and YOU run home!
to make this point clear I even put it into my current bio...
now should I feel bad about this? I'm all about honoring ransoms and would never ransom somebody and blew him up afterwards. But I do not give free mining rights. If I ransom somebody I give him a fair amount of time to get away and afterwards he is fair game again! And seriously 5 minutes is enough time to warp even with a barge!
rest of the night: chased by M3AN corp, hid in station, chased by an alliance, hid in station, chased but some guys, jumped into high sec, minmatar navy got me.
...eve's worst pirate...
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KaptnSparrow
Caldari
TARDZ
Gods of Night and Day
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Posted - 2007.04.09 19:48:00 -
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 Originally by: Major Stormer
Nah. Ransom for the ship and the encounter, wtf would anyone rat with a pirate in local?
I actually do :) Sometimes they come after me and I don't loose sec stat :)
...eve's worst pirate...
...if I missed killmails of the past, please update the killboard! |
KaptnSparrow
Caldari
TARDZ
Gods of Night and Day
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Posted - 2007.04.09 20:03:00 -
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Originally by: Zedrik Cayne
You were protecting the roids weren't you?
(Reformed miner...protect the roids!)
yes i do. I live to protect and serve the roids and rats. And they pay me good. And I know both sites of the crime. Cause i can fly a retriver  And spend countless hours hurting small baby roids to strip them of their precious bistot and gneiss.
...eve's worst pirate...
...if I missed killmails of the past, please update the killboard! |
KaptnSparrow
Caldari
TARDZ
Gods of Night and Day
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Posted - 2007.04.09 21:47:00 -
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Originally by: Zeonos
most pirates ive encountered and paid ransom give me 5min to get the hell away :) so after 5min they can ransom me again... and thats proberly fair :) some are nice second time they see me though. and give me a cheaper ransom.
i tried to ransom him twice. But I usually double my previous ransom for stupidty reasons. And its a difference if its a noob in a noob corp in his osprey (than I will be nice and explain everything and let him live). Or somebody who knows the game and sits in a covetor and prob has enough money. If he can't pay the ransom, he is gonna fly home in a pod ( cause I never get the damn pods.... )
Originally by: Zhett Haukes
The 2nd time I would probably blow them up, then I don't have to go around thinking "did they have t2 or better fitted?".
he did had a nice 6M cargo expander and some miners I which blew up like always.
...eve's worst pirate...
...if I missed killmails of the past, please update the killboard! |
KaptnSparrow
Caldari
TARDZ
Gods of Night and Day
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Posted - 2007.04.09 22:01:00 -
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ok time to end this topic. The question was answered and I'm a little bit wiser again.
now can we please please get a warning message before we jump in high sec! All the noobs who jump in low sec get it. But nobody cares about noobs who jump in high sec.
...eve's worst pirate...
...if I missed killmails of the past, please update the killboard! |
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