By Terra, that was the most gruelling experience that I have ever faced!
Upon entering Omega-5 I found myself attacked by Supreme Commander Orome of the Asgard Warriors. I attempted to engage, but was unable to match his skill in asteroid navigation. He had the upper hand, knocking down my shields repeatedly. Realising that my reconnaisance was complete, and in this terrain my foe had the upper hand, I took the opportunity presented by an engagement between a Corsair gunboat and a similarly equipped Bounty Hunter ship to make a hasty retreat.
This isn't all however...
Later on, I encountered Orome again, this time in Strongpoint Gamma. We literally fought for hours. We blasted each others shields repeatedly, doing little hull damage, it must be said. Both our shields came down hundreds of times, but managed to dodge the worst of the enemy's fire.
I began to gain the upper hand when my foe ran out of missiles and mines. He ran out of both nanobots and shield batteries. Unfortunately for him, for he was still rather capable of continuing the fight, his shields shorted out after being forced to regenerate so very often in such rapid succession. I was lucky this didn't happen to me, but we Coalition are trained to treat our gear with respect.
Anyway, I guess that upon hearing warnings within his cockpit, he engaged his cruise engines and escaped with a badly damaged ship, but with his body intact. I was unable to pursue due to a lack of fuel after the age-long fight.
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OOC Explanation: Right, what happened was this...
The first fight in Omega 5 was certainly going Orome's (Korrd's) way. He was giving me a fair beating with his mines. I suck in asteroids. However, he claimed that I was shield running, so I stopped and allowed him to kill me, since I thouight I had made a mistake. I thought, correctly, that it is not shield running of you only use thrusters. And I run away with thrusters a fair bit.
The second fight, in which we sought to determine a fair winner to the previous fight, was in Gamma. The fight lasted FOREVER. Urgh. Anyway, I had the upper hand, and had him left without bots or batts. I was slowly grinding him down, though. I had over 40 bots left. At the end of the fight though, a computer problem caused his fighter to stop still, and I ended it swiftly.
We decided, since he is planning on changing his shields, that it was due to his old shield shorting out due to stress that forced him to flee, leaving the score at one victory each.
Anyway, that's me on seven kills in this war now. Gonna get me a medal!
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