[AAR] Mike Kingswell - Solo Comp

[Mike Kingswell]

The Prelude

8. June YC 121 - Amygnon - Citadel 101 - Staff Quarters

The cabin door opens with a quiet woosh and Mike Kingswell - handsome as ever - almost falls out of his chair as a big, bald, beareded man strides into the room. He is wearing his usual white and blue 'Frostline Expeditiary Suit' and some really wierd facepaint.
"Have you heard, Miki? This 's gonna be grand!" The big guy claps his hands excitedly as he hops up and down.
"Heard about what, Turtle? I was trying to get some work done!" Mike grumbles while he sets his STC (Space-tablet-Computer) on standby.
The soundsystem in the keeps playing quietly in the background 'just a smalltown girl...living in a lonely world...'.
"It's happening again! Only this time even bigger and better!" the big man grinns and finally sits down on the other side of the table.
"For Bob's sake - what are you talking about?"
"It's Kelon! Kelon Darklight! He's doing it again!"
With these words the slight hint of annoyance disappears from Kingswells face and gets replaced with a slowly growing, menacing smile.

"And so it beginns..."

Kills by date:

08.06.2109: https://zkillboard.com/kill/77185951/
22.06.2109: https://zkillboard.com/kill/77423686/

Losses by date:

08.06.2109: https://zkillboard.com/kill/77182314/
08.06.2109: https://zkillboard.com/kill/77186358/
09.06.2109: https://zkillboard.com/kill/77205733/
09.06.2109: https://zkillboard.com/kill/77224106/
12.06.2109: https://zkillboard.com/kill/77258824/

[Mike Kingswell]

Damn You Turtle

8. June YC 121 - Eha - Novice Compound

Red alerts keep flashing all over the pod.
A calm computer generated voice keeps repeating the same phrase over and over.
"Warning, Warning, The capacitor is empty."
"I know! I know! Damn you,Aura!" Mike screams as he frantically reordering his Light Neutron Blaster IIs to engage the enemy ship.
"Warning, Warning, The capacitor is empty. Shields are down."
"Not so fast. Hit the Anciallary Shield rep - overheat! Curse you Turtle for getting me into this thing!"
"Warning, Warning, The capacitor is empty."
Trusty old "Ged Sinak's Punisher" (a Merlin class Frigatte) and the enemy Tristan keep circling each other.
"Warning, Warning, The capacitor is empty. Shields are down. Armor taking heavy fire."
Without any capacitor the Merlin is dead meat for the Tristan's hungry Warror II Class drones.
"Warning, Warning, The capacitor is empty. Shields are down. Armor down. Sensors registering heavy hull damage."
The Merlin's Damage Controll Systems finally get overwhelmed and the ship goes up in a silent explosing as the power core is penetrated by a direct hit. Just nanoseconds before that happens the automatic pod-release-charges blow and eject Mike Kingswells current clone into space.
Podsave routines kick in and Kingswells comes to a stop around one of the Eha systems moons.
Comms crackle: "Good fight, took some time to get you down."
"Good fight - I will be looking for you next time."
With that Mike sets the pod on his long way home to Amygnon.


After a long search for a propper fight I finally found a Tristan. Neuted me out and rendered me pretty much useless by the time I got him into 1/3 armor. Took him some time to get through my shields (reloaded my repper twice) but there wasn't much I could do to him anymore.
https://zkillboard.com/kill/77182314/

After some food I reshiped and spent a long time just looking for suitable fights without finding much. Only got a plexer...
https://zkillboard.com/kill/77185951/

Tried a Condor on my way home. Managed to slide the acceleration gate right behind him and hoped to web him to keep him close enough to avoid his kiting. Landed on 5k after him but turned out he had an afterburner just like I did and was rocket fit so he managed to stay at ~5k. The time it took me to switch to ranged ammo was enough to give him the edge. Good fight though and a fun experience.
https://zkillboard.com/kill/77186358/

[Mike Kingswell]

It's a TRAP

9. June YC 121 - Oicx - Sun

D-Scan is showing two Frigatte class ships engaged close by. Drones are out and the pilots show as suspects on the local communications channels.
"Let's ruin their party." Mike thinks as initiates the warp in.
Systems recalibrate after the warp ends. Something is wrong. Only one of the Tristan's drones is engaging the Incursus and now both ships turn on Kingswell.
"Oh Fudge! It's a TRAP!"



Had the Tristan in structure when he managed to get away since my piloting (trying to keep the incursus a bit away) got me out of scram range...
https://zkillboard.com/kill/77205733/

[Mike Kingswell]

After a few days I am getting the feeling that Solo PVP is not what is was some month ago?
Hardly seem to find a fight I deem worth of trying in a T1 frig. And if you do its "several vs 1" quite fast.
After 30-45mins of looking for a "propper" fight I encounter small gangs and plexers...
Out of boredom i then take fights I know I will loose 9 out of 10 times since then at least something is happening...a bit disenheartening to be honest.

[Mike Kingswell]

https://zkillboard.com/kill/77423686/

22. June YC 121 - Aubenall - Oulley Stargate

"Warning, Warning. Pirat activity detected. Sensor readings show the Gateguns fireing upon that Loki." Auras voice intones just after jumping into the system.
"It seems local authorities took offence with that Loki blowing up the Catalyst - juding by the wreckage. Engage Microwarpdrive, overheat Scramblers and engage the Web. Let's play Sheriff!"
With that Kingswell decloaked his Scouting ship - his fleet still 2 jumps behind.
The Loki is paying a heavy price to the gateguns while trying to engage Kingswell's smaller, faster Vigil Fleet Issue.
"Warning, Warning. Enemy target lock detected." And the Loki's guns begin fireing. The Artillary Cannons' mighty volley just brushes by the agile ship that holds it down for the merciless Gateguns.
Within a minute it is over. The Pirat Ship's shields fail und seconds after it goes up in a ball of flames as it's reactor gets pierces by a lucky shot that slipped by an armorplate straight into the hull of the ship.
"Enemy down. Scanning wreck... Pilot's name: Ilidann Stormrage. Salvageable Modules: Substantial."
And thus Ilidann Stormrage, a known pirat and gatecamper in the Low Security Campus area of space, got caught red handed during one of his pirat operations.



Was scouting for Urbans Noobs on Patrol Fleet and caught Ilidann after he got a Catalyst on the gate. Scram+webed him for the gateguns to do the job for him. They did even before the fleet had a chance to get to him, making this my highest solo kill so far - in a frig no less.
We sold the Abysall modules (all 3 dropped!) instantly back to Ilidann for another 300k making this a 971.5 MIL kill