It has been a while since I flew in my Insurgent. Preferring to make the Odin my ship of choice in regular combat routines. I decided not to get rusty flying the Insurgent since I may need it one day when my Odin is unavailable. I performed pre-flight checks and found that everything was perfect, thanks in part to our technicians. I began launching from Zvezdny Gorodok. Almost immediately I received word that Elder Espi was alone in Omega-5. Espi and myself have fought on various occasions and I figured it would be good practice to fight him while piloting my Insurgent. I set a course for the Omega-5 Jumphole and found him not far from Cadiz. I challenged him to a duel to which he accepted, so we proceeded to the Hammen Hole. I took a Scan of Elder Espi's vessel right before combat broke out.
The Insurgent performed extremely well, despite its well known flaws that are being rectified in the newest model of Coalition Ships. I am pleased to report that a well placed mine destroyed Elder Espi, hopefully damaging the moral of the Corsair forces. Unfortunately, a Corsair Task-force arrived when they heard of our duel, Espi managed to keep them at bay but when he was destroyed I had to retreat lest I have a Battleship and several Fighters attacking me. I managed to make it safely back to Omega-52 where I touched down and headed to the bar for some well deserved Vodka.
Several hours later I received the order to scramble. It turns out that Blue Squadron was about to engage in heavy combat within Liberty. Not wanting to take my chances, I took my trusty Odin instead of the Insurgent. I set out at best speed towards Blue Squadron. While I was en route they apparently managed to take down a Tridente belonging to the Joker.
I hooked up with Blue Squadron in New York where we encountered a group we have known to call the "Indians". According to them, we have a treaty. However, Bobcat-5 gave the order to engage so I assume the treaty was a lie created by them. We engaged but were also attacked by Hellfire Legion and some Freelancers looking for an easy credit.
The first target to go down was a foolish Freelancer who thought it would be wise to fire at us. We then switched our attention to the Hellfire Bayonets. The first one dodged rather well, but he made a mistake that I exploited. Yet another of the Hellfire Bayonets made a mistake as did the Third.
I have to say, I'm impressed with the Odins handling of Heavy Weaponry. We then turned our attention to a Freelancer in a Charon, he was foolish and opted to joust me. A mistake he soon came to regret as my Heavy Weaponry shredded his hull.
We then noticed a second Gunboat had joined the fray and was taking pot-shots at us. We turned our attention towards him and we punished him for his foolish attempts to damage us.
The Indians opted to retreat, knowing we would soon turn our attention to them. Unfortunately, in their place came several Naval Fighters. Attempting to make light of the situation, I jokingly stated that I would deploy our Secret Weapon. It is amusing to note that the Dreadnought Present countered our Secret Weapon with a "Dawg Deflector". On a more serious note, the Naval Fighters turned their attention to Bear-2. Not wanting to lose one of our better pilots, myself and Hare proceeded to assist him. The enemy jousted Bear and made the mistake of flying in a straight line. Bear shot at his hull with his primaries and just as he was about to pass the enemy he fired his Heavy Weapons putting yet another fighter out of commission. Surprisingly, an enemy Bomber joined the fray. We attacked and severely damaged it, but at the last possible second it took down one of our Odins. We did not take that lightly and finished off the Bomber.
With just Three Odins left, we took on the remaining enemy forces which had been whittled down to just Three Fighters. We turned our attention to one of the Fighters who quickly retreated into a base when we severely damaged his vessel. With just two enemies left, we focused our fire and together we were able to down yet another Fighter. Finally, we turned our attention to the last one and destroyed his vessel. We were all battle fatigued and we weren't exactly looking for another battle so we got out of there to a secure location.
Once again, The Odins have proved their combat prowess as has Blue Squadron. I commend every pilot that was present for doing phenomenally well. Congratulations, Vodka is on me at the bar.
