Well then, me and Ken saw some CCS-tagged pirates loitering around California, and despite being outnumbered 2-to-1, we bravely set out to find them vile cur. We found them near Los Angeles, all in Scimitars, and engaged. They dropped like flies. There were only 3, as one had left earlier, but still, each got shot down.
Then the dread gunboat Zamfir showed up, and we engaged it as well after calling for a LC Gunboat report. Unfortunately, it was too slow. We managed to drop his shields twice, but to no avail - a Slipstream, then a Falcata, then a second gunboat all popped up. Desperately outnumbered, Ken was shot down. I beat a hasty retreat as the LC Key West came upon the scene, which was almost instatly overpowered.