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Marlenus
Ironfleet Towing And Salvage
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Posted - 2008.06.08 04:56:00 -
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I know the whole BattleBadger thing has been done before, by colorful characters more notorious than I'll ever be. But, for as long as I've been flying a Crane (Caldari blockade runner) in Ironfleet's aggressive salvage operations, I've dreamed of the day some overaggressive and undercautious Hulk pilot would decide to punish the "helpless hauler".
As it happens, I've had chances like this before, and flubbed them due to my inexperience. But tonight, it all came together:
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Victim: [redacted]
Alliance: [redacted]
Corp: [redacted]
Destroyed: Hulk
System: [redacted]
Security: 0.5
Damage Taken: 5692
Involved parties:
Name: Marlenus (laid the final blow)
Security: 1.4
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Ironfleet Towing And Salvage
Ship: Crane
Weapon: Havoc Fury Heavy Missile
Damage Done: 5692
Destroyed items:
Strip Miner I, Qty: 2
Plagioclase, Qty: 12088 (Cargo)
Expanded Cargohold II
Dropped items:
Strip Miner I
Expanded Cargohold II
Solid Pyroxeres, Qty: 7050 (Cargo)
Hardly an epic kill in the grand scheme of things, but I've been flying Cranes for at least eighteen months with a Hulk kill as the "it'll never happen" ultimate goal. So I'm pretty stoked.
Details are on my Ironfleet.com blog, for the curious; but the Hulk had such a basic fit that it was a fairly uneventful fight, not much different than blowing up an especially-crunchy Retriever.
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Bloody Rabbit
Jita Miners
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Posted - 2008.06.08 05:16:00 -
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Congrats on the kill
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Mankirks Wife
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Posted - 2008.06.08 05:41:00 -
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Completely unfit Hulk except for T1 strips? And he shot a red flashy without a scram? (or even an attempt at a tank)
Wow - grats on seperating a ****** from his Hulk. 
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Marlenus
Ironfleet Towing And Salvage
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Posted - 2008.06.08 06:07:00 -
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Yeah, all he had was his five tech1 hammerhead drones.
I could not say what he was thinking, but he was definitely old enough to know better.
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Gruxella
Vale Heavy Industries
Molotov Coalition
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Posted - 2008.06.08 07:29:00 -
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welcome to the club.
Maybe I should try a Viator instead of my usual Iteron V :)
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Polly Math
E X O D U S
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Posted - 2008.06.08 12:29:00 -
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Originally by: Mankirks Wife
Completely unfit Hulk except for T1 strips? And he shot a red flashy without a scram? (or even an attempt at a tank)
what you talking about, he had a honour tank.
scnr.
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Profhet
Wraiths Reborn
Privateer Alliance
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Posted - 2008.06.08 13:01:00 -
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I think its more like 95% think your just can flipping and coming back with something bigger so they get warning, or they think your trying to grab and run
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DubanFP
Four Rings
Souls of Vengeance
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Posted - 2008.06.08 14:37:00 -
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lol. Don't see THAT every day.
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Mankirks Wife
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Posted - 2008.06.08 16:32:00 -
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Originally by: Polly Math
what you talking about, he had a honour tank.
Yeah.. my bad, it was late.
But still epic (or epic fail, depending on your perspective)
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Vim
Spook Division
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Posted - 2008.06.08 18:29:00 -
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I seriously need to get myself a battleindy... gratz :)
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Lobster Man
Metafarmers
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Posted - 2008.06.09 00:22:00 -
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How exactly does one fit a battle crane?
I was playing around with viators and I couldn't really find a setup that I liked that wasn't redonkulously expensive for what I'd be doing with it. Having missiles over blasters is a plus too I guess
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Marlenus
Ironfleet Towing And Salvage
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Posted - 2008.06.09 00:28:00 -
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Well, I don't want to get too detailed because I hate to be too predictable, and in fact I have several different battle cranes in my fleet with different fits. But, the basic themes are pretty much defined by the platform.
The defining characteristic of the Crane is limited DPS, because it only has one weapons slot. That's a missile, so obviously you need the best missile gear your money and skills can support. Low slots get some flavor of ballistic control unit to reinforce that.
Mids? Standard mix -- something to grab your victim, and for the rest, standard Caldari active shield tank (crane gets a shield boosting bonus).
For rig slots you have some options, but you'll want something that supports your missile damage, your shield tanking, or your ability to fit the other toys you want onboard.
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Siigari Kitawa
The Aduro Protocol
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Posted - 2008.06.09 00:49:00 -
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Very nice :) I took down a Hulk in an Iteron III once. And did a video.
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Lo3d3R
MAFIA
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Posted - 2008.06.09 01:34:00 -
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I like your kill, topic delivers, you do not fail.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2008.06.09 01:49:00 -
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I would much rather take the battle badger II out then a crane. 1 neut 1 blaster ftw!
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MinmatarCitizen 90242
THE INTERNET.
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Posted - 2008.06.09 07:44:00 -
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Let me guess. The crane won because it had more cargohold space for cap charges? 
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Marlenus
Ironfleet Towing And Salvage
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Posted - 2008.06.09 08:01:00 -
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Actually, no. I don't typically use a cap charger setup, because my Cranes are salvage vessels first and foremost, and haulerwise, their cargo is tiny. There's no room for cap charges in the hold of a working vessel.
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Marlenus
Ironfleet Towing And Salvage
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Posted - 2008.06.10 01:57:00 -
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Originally by: Chainsaw Plankton
I would much rather take the battle badger II out then a crane. 1 neut 1 blaster ftw!
I'm a missile guy. I'm not sure I've ever fired a blaster. |
Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2008.06.10 02:09:00 -
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Originally by: Marlenus
Originally by: Chainsaw Plankton
I would much rather take the battle badger II out then a crane. 1 neut 1 blaster ftw!
I'm a missile guy. I'm not sure I've ever fired a blaster.
hmm, crane has a missile slot 
suppose I never went to even look as I just threw a cloak in there |
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