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Wormhole Ops And Antics

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Wormhole Ops And Antics

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You can't be too careful in 0.0 space. Last night I was cloaked and camped at our hole waiting for it to expire. If you probe before and after the hole collapses, it's pretty easy to find the new one that spawns. I usually do it in about 10 minutes.

I had noticed some ship traffic and probes appearing and disappearing for a few hours. When I found the new hole I figured it was so new there wasn't much risk, so I grabbed the Drake and warped to within 0 of the new hole to see where it led. I stopped short, about 7 km from the hole. Immediately I see a guy at the hole, so I hit warp back to the POS. Before I can warp he is on me and I am stopped in spite of my single fitted warp stab. At about the same time 2-3 more ships warp in and they are all flashing. My shields start to yield from the pounding.

I targeted the tackler and threw everything I had at him. I webbed him and my missiles were all trained on him. Here I am scrammed and webbed, with at least 3 guys pounding me and I am 7km from the hole. I head for it and hit the afterburners. 2km and I will be close enough to jump. Go Drake go!

Slow going indeed. I am webbed and creeping towards the hole. My shields are gone. My armor is gone. My hull is going fast. Blink! The jump icon lights up and I click it. Click! Click! Click! Is it ever going to jump? I have about 10% hull left. Then my ship is engulfed in the jump field and I am on the other side. I pick a gate -- any gate -- and hit warp.

I found a station, spent 3 million fixing the ship -- a bargain indeed! Fitted 2 more stabs and the only jammer I could find and headed back to the hole. Along the way, a couple of nice pirates try to kill me including one in a Tengu. A few red bars on the shields but nothing serious. When I came back into our WH, a medium warp bubble waited but no one (at least no one who was ready to uncloak) was there. I hit the AB, got out of the bubble and headed home. What a night. You can't be too careful in 0.0.

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