A few hours in low sec
Since my corp was war deced, and we weren’t supposed to mess about in Empire, I figured a trip to low sec in my trusty Rifter would be fun.
Until today, I hadn’t really tested the Rifter in combat beyond high sec rats. After a few jumps, I was in a 0.4 system, and busily disposing of Destroyer, Cruiser, and later, Battlecruiser class rats. Although it took awhile, I was able all of them out (the BC took forever to pop though).
My fitting consisted of:
| X | Item | Meta |
| 3 | 150mm Auto Cannon | 3 |
| 1 | Rocket Launcher | 2 |
| 1 | AB | 3 |
| 1 | Web | 1 |
| 1 | Warp Scrambler | 3 |
| 1 | 200mm Armor Plates | 4 |
| 1 | Armor Repairer | 4 |
| 1 | Damage Control | 0 |
There was a close call when I went to look for Thermal damage rockets on the market while sitting in a belt. A pilot with horrible standing warped into the belt. Luckily, the Rifter warps in about a second, so the other pilot never got a lock on me. Lesson of the day: If you aren’t in safe space (e.g. high sec if not war-deced), do what you’re there to do and get out. Being distracted in unsafe space will get you podded.
Another quick lesson: If you see a pilot with horrible standing on grid (appears in your overview), run. They have a horrible standing / security status for a reason.
