Minding Fort

Well minding the fort is not the most engaging of activites. Most of the corp had taken off for a bit of piracy in another wormhole. Those of left behind were tasked with staying alive. Something I failed to do over the weekend as my trusty Helios, Slay’s Wayfinder, died a tragic death caught at a hole by dictor. Fortunately we had already found a low sec exit in Aridia that allowed me back in a shuttle.

So come Sunday we found another way back in just as another corp found our WH and set up camp on the WH out. We ran through the ambush, re-shipped and headed for the WH they had come through. Rubico was first on scene, Slay following in an Ishkur, Slay’s Way. Draconica landed in grid with a Myrmidon and after that I was too busy trying to keep Slay alive to notice anyone. The Phobos we jumped was naturally bait. Seems to be the only type of ship we run into these days. Recons and Stealth bombers uncloaked and the fight was on.

First order of the day, strategic withdrawal. Rubico and Draconica got out as Slay aligned to planet 3 and home. The Arazu on Slay was tenacious and the Falcon locking down the targeting wouldn’t let go, fortunately the trusty Warrior II’s don’t need much encouragement to beat up ships! The home system has armour rep advantages and this must have kept Slay’s ship together, flames pouring from the engines as it strained to escape. It felt like an eternity, but the Arazu must have capped out and his Scram failed, and the Ishkur disappeared into warp and home.
Having taken a beating our fearless leader mocked them in local as people re-shipped again. Slay spent 5 minutes with a hull repairer going flat out before it was decided to try again.

Again the Ishkur, hastily refitted with a capacitor booster (thanks for the suggestion Mono) warped into battle. This time with the rest of the corp positioned round the hole in stealth bombers. An Onyx heavy interdictor appeared and locked before spewing out heavy precision missiles. His mate in an Arazu was next, the bait was well taken but the Ishkur’s armour is strong! The Arazu found himself lit up with target painters and torpedoes rained down on him from the stealth bombers, Aelius not quite fast enough to get out got popped with the Arazu as Slay entered close orbit round the Onyx. The Onyx’s guns couldn’t track Slay and Slay’s drones and blasters couldn’t break his tank, he retreated through the WH.

Soon after he was followed by a stealth bomber and covert ops. The system was once again ours. Casualties were light on both sides, one stealth bomber exchanged for a Arazu recon but the excitement and adrenaline was good.