o7 commanders!
I have been playing Elite since back in the day on a BBC Model B (yes, I am that old!), via Frontier and now in E:D.
I dabbled a while ago, but recently decided to delve in.
Like most new pilots, I dabbled in this and that before I got an Asp Explorer and went a-wandering.
All was going well until I decided I needed to engineer my FSD, so I was pootling around in Deciat trying to get components to upgrade... and I got murdered.
No cargo, no bounty, no power play faction.
Interdicted by an other commadner in an FDL, and I just managed to get to super cruise before I died. Then I got interdicted again and that was that. One rebuy screen.
A bit of research, and the commander in question is part of a group famous for it, and then ALL the forum and Reddit posts about Ganking and I thought Open was not for me.
I wouldn't mind if there was a reason rather than Lulz, or some role play element, but I decided to avoid such unsavory types in future. And solo is.. well... lonely.
Anyway, thanks for having me and see you when I get back to the bubble!