isn't it amazing the things you remember as you're heading towards the mail-slot at 300m/s... things like small ships and large ships having completely different stopping distances, and "this isn't a Vulture, it's an Asp!" some say a shock is as good as a holiday. i think whoever says that...
One fecking stray shot or someone flying through your line of fire and Bam.....All Red..... i suspect the enemy CMDR fired something at me which my point defence reacted to - nice big capital ship only feet away from me, very hard to miss, my PDT probably hit that a few hundred times ah well, lesso...
oh ok! thanks for the tip, i'll do a couple more hours in Lugh before i head back home again
---> ok, that was interesting. i got killed by a CMDR but before that everyone turned red. pretty sure i didn't hit anybody, i was only in there for about 10 seconds.
Thankfully, it's still pretty rare! but it still makes you feel rather twitchy the next time you meet another CMDR. i had one CMDR approach my ship quickly as if to ram me in the same manner as a griefer had previously. i had reset my power and was ready to deploy weapons, when he typed 'Wave!' and...
finally, she is mine... a brand new Clipper exits the station. i had to earn Baron rank to buy one http://www.clivewil.battlefieldsingleplayer.com/images/oddballs/cw_clipper00.jpg ...but finding parts for her was a different matter, i only needed to go 9.5Ly but un-upgraded she had a range of just 8...