Moved a chunk of my story here (from A gang's first flight), as per user suggestion:
After that Drake kill we moved on to the next system and noticed that a pirate has been following us. HeGÇÖs in a Rupture. While two of us wait at a safe, our Pilgrim pilot is cloaked outside a station, waiting to see if the Rupture shows up. Eventually he does and the Pilgrim engages. Unfortunately for us, the Pilgrim doesnGÇÖt have much of a tank and goes down from a combination of the station guns and the Rupture.
When we land we engage the Rupture and bring him down to less than half armor before he is finally able to dock again. A few seconds later, he undocks (with full armor again) and tackles me. Tanking the station guns for a few minutes now, I chose to dock and call for the Myrmidon to do the same. Clearly, we werenGÇÖt going to win a docking game with this guy.
I congratulate the Rupture for his kill, but the Pilgrim pilot wasnGÇÖt so impressed: GÇ£Nice station guns,GÇ¥ he says.
GÇ£A win is a win,GÇ¥ says the Rupture pilot. True enough.
About 20 minutes later (back from a quick bite to eat, while waiting for the global criminal to expire), I noticed that the Rupture pilot was challenging me to a duel. I notice his employment history and point out that he will no doubt win as I am flying a larger ship with very few skills and he has a few years on me. He insists that it will be close.
My two fellow pilots also insist I fight, already forming their own plan.
GÇ£Fine,GÇ¥ I say, and we pick a scenic orbit above a planet as our fighting spot. The Pilgrim pilot was on his way back with a Curse and the Myrmidon pilot was one system over. They notice that the Rupture had some backup of his own: a Hurricane was also in the neighboring system.
As the fight progresses, it becomes painfully clear to me that my Harbinger (Rage, I believe I named it) was no match for the swifter Rupture and its more experienced pilot. I call my fellow pilots on vent to jump in the fight; I know I was going to die, but I wanted the Rupture to go down with me. As they enter the system, the Hurricane arrives at the duel site, apparently noticing the Myrmidon and Curse activity and preemptively moved in.
GÇ£HeGÇÖs just here to make sure the fight doesnGÇÖt get interrupted,GÇ¥ says the Rupture pilot.
The Curse and Myrmidon jump in, and I switch my guns (missing the Rupture most of the time) to the Hurricane. After my Harbinger finally goes down, I warp out and listen on Vent as the Curse and Myrmidon finish off the Rupture and score the Hurricane as a bonus.
GÇ£You have no honor,GÇ¥ says the Rupture pilot after the fighting ends. GÇ£In EVE, reputation is everything. You shouldGÇÖve just taken the loss.GÇ¥
They leave the system and we go back and salvage the wrecks. As we prepared to leave, the Rupture pilot showed up again GÇô this time in a Myrmidon GÇô and challenged us once more.
Then I remembered something he said earlier.
GÇ£A win is a win.GÇ¥
And we leave.
Kills:
RuptureHurricaneDrake: (not showing up for some reason, will link as soon as it does).
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