Galen Naranek
Gallente
Royal Navy Industries
CryoGenesis Mining Syndicate
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Posted - 2008.02.29 15:56:00 -
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This really is an effective tactic. I've wanted to do something like this for a while and Jack's post finally inpired me. So, I tried it with both an Osprey and a Vexor. I was afraid that people would steer clear because my character is 16 months old but that doesn't appear to have stopped anyone.
Osprey (fitted pretty much as in OP's post):
Kill #1 was a Merlin fairly new character but in a corp. Pretty straightforward. He asked later if he had walked into an obvious trap but of course I denied it
Kill #2 was a well-tanked Punisher, two-year-old character - I was impressed with how long she lasted. Had me about 60% armor before she popped. 3 x 150mm A/C T2 guns and NOS.
Kill #3 was a Slasher, fairly new character in a corp, no drama.
Kill #4 was a Goon flying a PvP/Tank-fit Bestower, character a few months older than me. All T2 fittings, dual light pulse laser II - had me well into armor before going boom. Hold was full of cap charges.
Kill #5 was the same as #2, came back for a second try in another Punisher. Pretty much the same result. Later at the station we undocked in our BC's and she ripped my Drake to shreds in short order with her Hurricane, so she definitely had her revenge! 
Vexor: (using 3xHeavy Electron II and a NOS + Miner I) for a little more gank.
Kill #6 was a Caracal, 2-month old char in a corp. He couldn't get past my shields before going up in flames. What was funny was his bio that (in part) read: "if i steal your things from a jetcan in 1.0 space it's your fault for not protecting them better. Equip guns or secure cans, otherwise your ore is available to the public." I Thanked him nicely for the advice
Kill #7 was a Harpy (T2 fitted, 4xNeut II's), year-old char. He took out my shields in a few seconds but then had tough going against the armor while I killed him. He had corpies in the area so I looted his wreck and docked up right away just as one of his mates warped in with a Drake.
I also lost a Vexor. Guy came in and stole from my can in a Rifter, and even though I had him targeted I couldn't scram him fast enough to prevent him from warping out. I did aggro him though, and he came back in a Hurricane. Now, he was only a 2-month old character so I figured I could take a chance on handling whatever he might come back with. What I didn't take into account is that I no longer had the "weather gage" - i.e. I could not dictate the terms of the engagement. So he orbited me outside my blaster and webber range and slowly pounded me to death. Still, I had him into structure with my T2 mediums before I popped. If only I had remembered to buy insurance . . . 
To conclude, this is a lot of fun and gives the can flippers something to think about - I heartily endorse this activity and encourage everyone to give it a try when you want a change of pace!
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