First dive into solo PVP

Following on from the last post I put my plan into action. After some shopping Carraig was in an asteroid belt in Arraron with Slay off-grid. Before long a flipper turns up and transfers Carraig’s Ore into his own jet can. Now, he was already red and didn’t start flashing as I expected him to. Apparently flashy doesn’t exist anymore, so after a little dependent time (baby needed consoling, feeding and burbing) I was back in belt and the same flipper comes along in an Iskur.
He flips the can (belonging to Slay) and Carraig scrams him. He starts shooting Carraig and Slay warps in. He destroys Carraigs cruiser and escapes when Slay runs out of cap to keep the webifier going.
Lessons learnt:
1. Carraig cannot shoot first. If he had been persuaded to shoot Carraig Concord would have arrived.
2. The Brutix needs less blasters and an energy vampire to keep the capacitor from emptying
3. Hammerheads are not as effective against assault frigates as I hoped, next time use Hobgoblins or Warriors.
4. Chasing an AF using MWD uses up Slay’s cap very quickly.
I must say I am looking forwards to doing it again. It isn’t that easy keeping both characters going. So next time I will put a regenerating tank on Carraig’s ship rather than a pure buffer tank.