Friday, October 17, 2008

Mining Op Defense

I logged on for a bit last night and got the call that we were trying to defend a mining op in low sec from pirates. I jumped into my Kitsune Electronic Attack Frigate and immediately flew to the belt.

I was of course too late to help destroy a threatening Vexor but I flew around for a bit and watched the miner work away in his Merlin.

In his Merlin.

His Merlin.

Merlin.

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WTF?! We had a gang of four including a battlecruiser and HAC guarding a non-mining specialized frigate?! Turns out the guy was a noob and the gang had been tracking the Vexor pilot and decided to stay and guard the Merlin for shits and giggles.

A Merlin. Its hard to think of a worst ship to do mining in. Its not even a cheaper Bantam which at least has mining bonuses. Sigh. Noobs.

6 comments:

  1. Was this guy (the merlin miner) in your corp? If so you guys seem to have some issues with teaching.

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  2. Never heard of a miner using a Merlin. Odd. He needs an ORE ship fast.

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  3. I can't recall if he was just Blue to us or in our alliance, but trust me, everyone was aghast at the ship choice. :)

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  4. Anonymous1:02 am

    What? I mine in my Retribution all the time. It's got 4 turret slots.

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  5. Anonymous1:33 am

    Rofl, especially at how you used your conventions.
    By the way Merlin has 2, and a crap cargohold.
    Rofl.

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