I didn't have a lot of time to play yesterday, my time was mostly spent on my monthly supply run down to Dodixie. And that takes almost an hour just to get down there, load up on essentials, and then get safely back. Most of my supplies tend to come from loot, or orders - but every month or so I like to do the trip to Jita or Dodixie myself on my alt. To be honest, it just feels better to do the work yourself. I find it adds an element of work to the process.
But I doubt anyone is reading these posts for stories about my adventures in transportation and supply logistics.
I did manage to get into a solid 3v1 situation. I was flying around in my Hookbill when I spotted a Merlin and a Punisher in a plex together. These days if I see a T1 Frigate in a plex I figure they will just run away and not engage, but two of them together might feel up to the challenge. And, sure enough, they did. Fighting two at once at close range is challenging, but the Merlin melted pretty quickly. As he exploded the other Punisher, which I had spotted on d-scan came into the fight. Two Punishers can be tough, but liberal use of the web helped me manage the fight. I came out with more than half my shield remaining. But that was a good fight.
Everyone else either ran away or was in something I couldn't engage. I tried to mix it up with a Firetail, but he was MWD/Arty fitted and after a few zooms around I just warped off. Not gonna catch that in an AB Hookbill no matter how skilled I happen to be.
And so I returned home.
Over the past week a couple of players have been haunting the station in dual Brutix Navy Issues. I have no idea what they were doing. For the most part they tended to look menacing and yet dock up whenever I tried to engage them. For the most part I decided to just ignore them. But I know other pilots in SF were having the same frustrations. On my way back I heard that they had returned to the station and that one of them had a Vindicator docked up inside. So the plan was to get something to engage the Brutix and then undock the Vindi. Got it. Now it made sense.
Once you understand what the other person is up to, you can take advantage of them. So I quickly docked up and undocked in my cheap, standard Megathron. I figured it would make for the perfect bait. And it worked. The Brutix Navy engaged and then, drumroll, the Vindicator undocked. I waited to see if it would also engage - and it did. So I quickly docked up. (I had mysteriously not engaged)
That's when Ninouh pointed them with the Drek and Phoenix undocked in his Kronos. I switched the Mega for my own Kronos and also undocked. The counter trap had been sprung. And it is amazing just how fast a Vindicator melts under dual Kronos blasters. As you can see from the killmail.
I will mention here that there is much more to this story. Probably a bunch that I am not even aware of. Always is. The important thing is the end result.
Fun times.