Ironfleet Towing And Salvage

After this morning’s stomping of the hapless gas-mining destroyer, I had to go out and do non-EVE things in the real world. (Believe it or not, I don’t get to play EVE 24/7 — pout!)

When I came back, guess what I found at the same gas cloud?

Yup, my gas miners were back “in force” — three battle cruisers, the destroyer again, and a Bestower industrial. According to my scans, there was nobody else (except of course the always-possible cloakers) in the system, so back I went in my Caracal of Doom.

The Bestower blew up in two volleys. I guess it wasn’t aligned, because I was shooting from a full hundred clicks out:

2009.03.16 22:36:00

Victim: Serleanka Darkwater
Corp: Atlantean Corporation
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Destroyed: Bestower
System: J235321
Security: 0.0
Damage Taken: 1968

Involved parties:

Name: Marlenus (laid the final blow)
Security: 1.2
Corp: Ironfleet Towing And Salvage
Alliance: Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service
Faction: NONE
Ship: Caracal
Weapon: Scourge Heavy Missile
Damage Done: 1968

Destroyed items:

Expanded Cargohold II, Qty: 4
Dual Light Pulse Laser I
Small Tractor Beam I
Multifrequency S
Fullerite-C60, Qty: 2172 (Cargo)

Dropped items:

Fullerite-C84, Qty: 342 (Cargo)

And ouch! Look how much gas blew up. :(

Next up, the Catalyst destroyer. More gas harvesters for me? And why is it still here? Did we learn nothing from this morning’s kaboom experience?

2009.03.16 22:37:00

Victim: Dag Tackar
Corp: Atlantean Corporation
Alliance: NONE
Faction: NONE
Destroyed: Catalyst
System: J235321
Security: 0.0
Damage Taken: 2346

Involved parties:

Name: Marlenus (laid the final blow)
Security: 1.2
Corp: Ironfleet Towing And Salvage
Alliance: Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service
Faction: NONE
Ship: Caracal
Weapon: Scourge Heavy Missile
Damage Done: 2346

Destroyed items:

Gas Cloud Harvester I
Type-D Altered SS Expanded Cargo

Dropped items:

Gas Cloud Harvester I
ML-3 Amphilotite Mining Probe
Fullerite-C84, Qty: 12 (Cargo)
Fullerite-C60 (Cargo)

Yup! Another harvester!

That was three volleys. Two of the battle cruisers are just milling about, still, but the third, a Ferox, looks like he’s trying to close the range. He’s no sniper, that’s for sure, because he’s 75 klicks out and still hasn’t locked me. I motor away from him and begin lobbing missiles.

Nineteen volleys later, he warped away in deep armor, without ever having target locked me or gotten closer than about 65 klicks.

Somewhere during this exchange, the other two battle cruisers warped off; and I guess I expected that somebody in system was trying to get a warp in point on my little cruiser so they could come back and stomp on my head. But, it didn’t happen. An associate of mine had time to come in a small fast salvager, salvage the wrecks, loot the mods, look at the gas volume, go and get a hauler, and come back for the gas. Meanwhile, I orbited at range to provide a bit of protection. The only person who came back was Serleanka Darkwater, the Bestower pilot, who jumped in and out in her pod about three times to observe the cleanup process.

Twenty minutes later, when I checked, I was alone in the system as far as my probes could tell me.

I am now officially LOVING w-space and the Apocrypha expansion. This was aggressive salvage in the best Ironfleet tradition, and the most fun I’ve had in a long time. Of course, I don’t think for a moment that targets this fat will be found in w-space for long; these people are acting like they are mining in Empire belts under the full protection of Concord. That’s got to stop, as the carnage mounts up. But I plan to enjoy it while it lasts.

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