It seemed like a good idea at the time…. Fitting a frigate and doing a bit of piracy in that.  I mentioned it a few posts back.

After getting all the things I needed delivered, I fitted a ship and was on my way.  I checked out a few complexes, belts, planets… Nothing!  All in all pretty uneventful.

The highlight was finding a wolf on the scan as I was looking for a rifter.  There weren’t many in local, so it was pretty easy to see who the wolf pilot was.  He was about a year or so older than me.  Knowing that, and the fact he was in a wolf I knew he’d be onto me within a few minutes.  I continued scanning for the rifter, but he must have been belt hopping as I couldn’t get a fix.  Moments later a blinky red wolf arrived.

There’s a saying about discrestion and valor, I decided to implement it and run knowing I would be no match for a T2 frigate and a pilot that had 12 months plus on me.  As I zipped towards the gate, I said a hello and that I was looking for a rifter - maybe he’d have more luck.

A few plexes and belts later still more nothing.  Someone in the Independence channel noted there was some activity in Eifer so I thought I’d go check it out.  Spotting a stabber, in a belt I thought I’d take my chances.  I started a lock, and at the precise moment a blink red Thorax arrived.

The stabber fled before I could get a lock and point on him, oh well.  I noticed the ‘rax was the guy I’d been chatting to in the channel earlier.  I also noticed he had a lock on me.  Back in the channel I said “Hey Chris” trying to get his attention, sadly it didn’t and a webber, scrammer and multiple blaster hits reduced my frigate to scrap metal pretty quickly.  I got the pod out pretty quick, not knowing if that was his intention.

In the channel I said “Didn’t think you’d fire” he replied “Oh s*it! Was that you”… “Yuppers”  I wrote.  Various apologies were exchanged and a few laughs too.  All was good, and pretty ironic seeing as I’d been out looking for other frigates/destroyers.

Never mind, friendly fire happens!  A frigate only takes a few shots against a cruiser, so you get little time to respond and even less time to get their attention.  Not to mention my weapons probably wouldn’t have been much use against his ‘rax.

Damn frigates… I’m done with them unless I’m tackling.

Time for some battlecruiser action me thinks