Vengeance et alia v Hyperion

The hunt:

It was all Tuskers in Hevrice local, so I noticed the newcomer at once. I also noticed his youth, and the shiny Hyperion he was flying, so I decided to see where he was going.

To my delight, he appeared to heading to one of the Hev belts to do some ratting. With visions of Tusker Solo Kill of the Month dancing in my head, I warped in, finding him at zero.

Unfortunately for my dreams of a solo kill, I was simply the fastest Tusker, not the only one. Within 12 seconds of landing, two other frigate flying Tuskers joined me. They asked if they should back off, but I don't like being greedy. And besides, they had clearly been in warp before I landed point, so they had as much right to be here as I did.

We settled into tight orbits to ensure we stayed under the Hyperion's guns. Keeping an eye out for ewar, I ignored the drones as I was quite capable of permatanking them. Smoke, one of our new members, recognised that the other two frigates were more at risk, and so took on the task of destroying the drones.

In the end, the Hyperion exploded, and we go a shiny killmail for our collection.

2011.08.14 17:50

Victim: Jairic Aderon
Corp: The Scope
Alliance: Unknown
Faction: NONE
Destroyed: Hyperion
System: Hevrice
Security: 0.4
Damage Taken: 32787

Involved parties:

Name: nalanthii
Security: -10.0
Corp: The Tuskers
Alliance: None
Faction: NONE
Ship: Federation Navy Comet
Weapon: Hobgoblin II
Damage Done: 17101

Name: Taurean Eltanin
Security: -9.9
Corp: The Tuskers
Alliance: None
Faction: NONE
Ship: Vengeance
Weapon: Phalanx Rage Rocket
Damage Done: 13275

Name: Smoke XN (laid the final blow)
Security: -4.2
Corp: The Tuskers
Alliance: None
Faction: NONE
Ship: Wolf
Weapon: 150mm Light AutoCannon II
Damage Done: 2076

Name: Serpentis Chief Spy / Serpentis Corporation
Damage Done: 335

Destroyed items:

Anode Neutron Particle Cannon I
Expanded Probe Launcher I
Heavy Modulated Pulse Energy Beam I
Antimatter Charge M, Qty: 21
Imperial Navy Multifrequency M
Dual 150mm Compressed Coil Gun I
Warp Scrambler I
100mm Reinforced Nanofiber Plates I
Overdrive Injector System II
Inertia Stabilizers II
Antimatter Charge M, Qty: 1405 (Cargo)
Large Hybrid Turret (Cargo)
Small Nosferatu I (Cargo)
Prototype I Freight Sensors (Cargo)
Tracking Speed (Cargo)
EMP M, Qty: 100 (Cargo)
Heavy Missiles (Cargo)
Small Energy Neutralizer I (Cargo)
425mm Medium Prototype I Automatic Cannon (Cargo)
Gyrostabilizer I (Cargo)
Cold-Gas I Arcjet Thrusters (Cargo)
Auto Targeting System I (Cargo)

Dropped items:

Multifrequency M
Regulated Neutron Phase Cannon I
Salvager I
Antimatter Charge M, Qty: 134
Heavy Anode Particle Stream I
Combat Scanner Probe I, Qty: 7
250mm Prototype I Gauss Gun
Analyzer I
Medium Shield Booster II
10MN MicroWarpdrive I
Codebreaker I
Damage Control I
Expanded Cargohold II
Tungsten Charge S, Qty: 100 (Cargo)
Gyrostabilizer I (Cargo)
X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator (Cargo)
ECM - Multispectral Jammer I (Cargo)
Ship Scanner I (Cargo)
Tracking Link I (Cargo)
Civilian Shield Booster I (Cargo)
Contaminated Nanite Compound (Cargo)
Plutonium Charge S, Qty: 100 (Cargo)
Small Hull Repairer I (Cargo)
'Langour' Drive Disruptor I (Cargo)
200mm Reinforced Nanofiber Plates I (Cargo)
1MN Afterburner I, Qty: 2 (Cargo)
Phased Plasma M, Qty: 1137 (Cargo)
Tracking Computer I (Cargo)
Sisters Core Scanner Probe, Qty: 8 (Cargo)
Survey Scanner I (Cargo)
Medium Graviton Smartbomb I (Cargo)
Medium Shield Booster I (Cargo)
Contaminated Lorentz Fluid (Cargo)
Lead Charge M, Qty: 100 (Cargo)
Initiated Harmonic Warp Scrambler I (Cargo)
Cloaking (Cargo)
Stasis Webifier I, Qty: 2 (Cargo)

Battleclinic is down right now, and Evekill does not record capsule kills, so I can't remember if we caught the pod.

Nalanthii arranged the loot split.


Afterthoughts:

This is the first time I've taken on a battleship in a small gang and I really enjoyed it. Granted, the character was young, the fit was poor, and there was little in the way of pvp defences, but I'm pretty pleased with the kill.

I'm also fairly sure I could have solo'd this particular ship, as none of us were ever in any real danger. I'll have to keep my eye out for other likely BC and BS targets, but I don't want to get carried away again and start throwing myself at every Drake that crosses my path.