Good evening gentle reader, and welcome again to my humble archive.  Tonight I’m pleased as can be and hope that you will be too as my story unfolds.  I was docked in the Brutor Tribe Treasury in Rens, picking up some more ammunition for my Rifter to replace what I expended in the previous nights adventure.  Upon completing my transactions, I headed up towards Ammold to pick up a few new skillbooks that I’ve been meaning to read and decided on the spur of the moment to check the belts in Frarn for any spacelane maintenance violations.  Warping to Frarn VI, I quickly took note of the nearby objects displayed by my Rifter’s onboard scanner.   Examining the occupants of asteroid belt 3, I noticed a few wrecks left behind by vanquished pirates, a lone cargo container, and “BigChris1′s Retriever”.  Intrigued by what might possibly be in that lone cargo container when the nearby wrecks appeared to be untouched, I warped into the belt only to discover that said Retriever was nowhere to be found.   Upon examining the cargo container I noticed that it contained approximately 35,000 Rich Plagioclase carelessly left unattended by Mr. BigChris1 as he had apparently left space for whatever reason.  Without much hope of bringing this belt litterer to justice, I secured the ore in a TEARS approved container and marked it with the offenders name for easy identification later.

Something tugged at the back of my mind that I hadn’t seen the last of this willful offender, so I remained in the area, periodically checking the local population on my navcom and the asteroid belt in question on my ships scanner.  Soon enough my diligence was rewarded as BigChris1′s Retriever again appeared on scan, and this time accompanied by a comically mismatched flight of various drones.  I can only assume that he was contemplating an attempt to illegally remove the confiscated ore from TEARS custody, so I maintained my vigil from afar until he finally recalled his two Acolyte I’s, lone Hammerhead I, and lone Mining Drone I.  Believing the moment of his second offense to be at hand I quickly warped to the containers location prepared for the worst, but Chris saw the face of justice descending upon him in the form of my nimble Rifter and quickly fled the scene.  Feeling that I’d not seen the last of this offender, I returned to my overwatch position and soon discovered BigChris1′s Hoarder moving into position to abscond with the impounded contents of the container.

Preferring to again be too early as opposed to too late and losing the criminal after the fact, I again warped to the container only to see him several kilometers away from the container but moving towards it slowly and steadily.  Again the presence of my righteous indignation spooked the culprit and he fled once more.   From here I decided to stay in the vicinity to guard the evidence so as to more easily deprive BigChris1 of the opportunity to reclaim the evidence against him.  Soon a lone pirate frigate entered the belt, for what reason I can only guess, and was quickly dispatched by myself, though little did I suspect that this was merely a warm-up for the confrontation soon to come.

As I was finishing dispensing fiery justice upon the lone pirate, BigChris1 returned some 20 kilometers from my position in a very threatening looking Hurricane.  Consigning myself to the worst, I reluctantly targeted and destroyed the container possessing the entirety of the evidence in this case, knowing that should I fail to subdue the offender who was now obviously intent on confrontation, that at least the hazardous debris would be removed from circulation and no longer threaten the safety of Frarn’s warplanes.   Immediately after I’d destroyed the last of the damning debris, I found myself targeted and assaulted by a motley collection of low level combat drones and what appeared to be artillery shells firing across my bow.  Knowing that speed was my only chance of surviving this encounter, I quickly engaged my afterburner and spiraled quickly into a close orbit of BigChris1′s Hurricane while activating my warp disruptor at the same time.  I knew in my gut that my time was running out as his drones slowly but steadily outpaced my damage control system, so I turned my guns first to them.  Half expecting another drone to replace each one to fall, I was immensely relieved when the Hurricane and I were once again alone in our dance of death.

Now that I was rapidly orbiting him at approximately 500m, I was safely under the effective range of his artillery and found myself only taking damage from two launchers spewing bloodclaw light missiles as rapidly as possible.  I settled in for a long confrontation as I slowly and steadily began breaking down his shields with my rack of autocannons and a rocket launcher that was woefully low on ammunition. BigChris1 realized the precarious nature of his position and immediately started broadcasting requests for assistance.

[ 2010.08.27 01:15:56 ] BigChris1 > can someone help me in asteroid belt 3?
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:06 ] BigChris1 > got a ninja asshole here
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:16 ] lon010 > same here
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:22 ] BigChris1 > can you warp here?
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:25 ] BigChris1 > please
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:32 ] lon010 > whats he doing?
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:40 ] Dryfty > sir, you opened fire on me.
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:44 ] Dryfty > Im merely defending myself
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:50 ] BigChris1 > you stole my ore
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:54 ] Dryfty > negative sir
[ 2010.08.27 01:17:05 ] Dryfty > I was merely removing some debris from the warplane
[ 2010.08.27 01:17:42 ] BigChris1 > you took my ore ass
[ 2010.08.27 01:17:56 ] BigChris1 > and then destroyed the rest
[ 2010.08.27 01:17:59 ] Dryfty > Im sorry sir, but that amount of ore wouldnt fit in this ship, even if I HAD taken it
[ 2010.08.27 01:18:08 ] Dryfty > it was all destroyed to clear the way for innocent travellers
[ 2010.08.27 01:18:29 ] Dryfty > so your original accusation is patently false

Now our conflict began to attract spectators flying all manner of different ships.  I quickly found myself targeted by an Ishkur, Drake, and a few others though they were powerless to take hostile action to assist the litterer and would-be fugitive, for fear of incurring the wrath of my supervisors at CONCORD.  Bolstered by thoughts of my guardian angels (unrelated in any way to the notorious pirate conglomerate, the Angel Cartel), I decided that it might still be prudent to request backup should the unexpected come to pass.

[ 2010.08.27 01:15:07 ] Dryfty > any RR in Frarn? got a Cane with my Rifter
[ 2010.08.27 01:15:12 ] Dryfty > 6 belt 3
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:04 ] Zavulon Sukkot > 5 jumps…
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:08 ] Zavulon Sukkot > can you hold or should i not bother?
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:15 ] Dryfty > I can hold I think
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:33 ] Dryfty > hes looking for help in local
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:35 ] Zavulon Sukkot > kk omw
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:48 ] Spuddles31 > hmmm i could potentialy steal his cane
[ 2010.08.27 01:16:54 ] Spuddles31 > with an orca 3
[ 2010.08.27 01:18:10 ] Spuddles31 > how much canes go for?
[ 2010.08.27 01:18:26 ] Zavulon Sukkot > 30ish
[ 2010.08.27 01:18:31 ] Spuddles31 > aite lol
[ 2010.08.27 01:18:34 ] Spuddles31 > be there in an orc
[ 2010.08.27 01:18:58 ] Spuddles31 > 2 jumps
[ 2010.08.27 01:19:02 ] Spuddles31 > get the RR on there

Knowing that assistance was on the way should it be necessary, I redoubled my efforts, quickly reloading my smoking and now empty guns before lighting back into the Hurricane’s still functioning shields.  I’d been holding steady for some while with my shields down and armor near 45%, but with his drones gone and him unable to bring the bulk of his weaponry to bear, my shields began to recharge slowly and steadily.  By the time Zavulon arrived with the promised armor repairs, I’d regained 50% of my shields and quickly determined that lack of ammunition would be the only possible way to lose this engagement though I yet counted 4 reloads of thermal and explosive rounds among my cargo. I as yet remained unaware of Spuddles31′s efforts behind the scenes, so imagine my surprise when his Orca appeared suddenly in the midst of our battle and soon after the Hurricane simply disappeared into thin air.  So startled was I by this abrupt development, that I failed to notice BigChris1 speeding away towards station in a Gallente Shuttle.  But where did that shuttle come from? Having never experienced this before, it took a few moments for me to come to my senses rather than staring blankly out into space where my quarry had been only seconds before. At this point I received a transmission from Spuddles31, so hoping he could shed some light on what just happened, I accepted and joined this conversation between the two already in progress.

[ 2010.08.27 01:23:53 ] BigChris1 > yo
[ 2010.08.27 01:23:57 ] Spuddles31 > douche bag ninjas huh
[ 2010.08.27 01:24:17 ] Spuddles31 > i can help u
[ 2010.08.27 01:24:24 ] BigChris1 > oh ya
[ 2010.08.27 01:24:24 ] Spuddles31 > i got an orca and a spare ship
[ 2010.08.27 01:24:29 ] BigChris1 > where are ya?
[ 2010.08.27 01:24:34 ] Spuddles31 > fleet me
[ 2010.08.27 01:24:40 ] Spuddles31 > ill warp to ya
[ 2010.08.27 01:24:42 ] Spuddles31 > when u see me
[ 2010.08.27 01:24:58 ] Spuddles31 > right click on my ship
[ 2010.08.27 01:25:00 ] Spuddles31 > and click board shuttle
[ 2010.08.27 01:25:05 ] Spuddles31 > and GTFO b4 he points u again
[ 2010.08.27 01:25:16 ] BigChris1 > ij
[ 2010.08.27 01:25:22 ] BigChris1 > ok
[ 2010.08.27 01:25:24 ] Spuddles31 > yeah dude ninjas a fucking gay dude
[ 2010.08.27 01:26:14 ] Spuddles31 > GO GO GO
[ 2010.08.27 01:26:24 ] Spuddles31 > make ur way towards me
[ 2010.08.27 01:27:12 ] Spuddles31 > make sure u warp out
[ 2010.08.27 01:27:20 ] Spuddles31 > dont goto teh station cuz they will hunt ya down
[ 2010.08.27 01:28:12 ] BigChris1 > says i can’t stolre ship?
[ 2010.08.27 01:28:35 ] Spuddles31 > board that shuttle
[ 2010.08.27 01:29:11 ] BigChris1 > ok
[ 2010.08.27 01:29:14 ] BigChris1 > where is my ship?
[ 2010.08.27 01:29:43 ] BigChris1 > i just left, where do i go
[ 2010.08.27 01:29:58 ] Spuddles31 > to the station
[ 2010.08.27 01:30:15 ] BigChris1 > what about my ship?
[ 2010.08.27 01:30:44 ] Dryfty > gentlemen
[ 2010.08.27 01:30:50 ] Spuddles31 > damn ninjas
[ 2010.08.27 01:31:13 ] Spuddles31 > what do you want!
[ 2010.08.27 01:31:50 ] Dryfty > Ill give you 10mil for the Cane
[ 2010.08.27 01:32:05 ] Spuddles31 > o.0 oh rly?
[ 2010.08.27 01:32:31 ] Dryfty > I like to keep souvenirs
[ 2010.08.27 01:32:41 ] Spuddles31 > hmmmm that is a hard offer =\
[ 2010.08.27 01:32:48 ] Spuddles31 > big chris u got a counter offer there?
[ 2010.08.27 01:32:49 ] Dryfty > not worth flying with that failfit Im sure, but it’ll look good in my hangar
[ 2010.08.27 01:33:13 ] BigChris1 > no, i dont
[ 2010.08.27 01:33:17 ] BigChris1 > mother fuckers
[ 2010.08.27 01:33:27 ] Spuddles31 > pleasur doing business dryfly =]
[ 2010.08.27 01:33:29 ] BigChris1 > i don’t have 10 mil to my name
[ 2010.08.27 01:33:36 ] Dryfty > Im sorry sir, but that language isnt necessary
[ 2010.08.27 01:33:44 ] Dryfty > it was you that put yourself in this situation
[ 2010.08.27 01:33:58 ] Dryfty > but Ill think of you everytime I dock and see your ship in my hangar
[ 2010.08.27 01:34:58 ] BigChris1 > fuck
[ 2010.08.27 01:36:02 ] Dryfty > well, it’s been a pleasure doing business with you sir
[ 2010.08.27 01:36:14 ] Dryfty > I hope that 35k of Plagioclase was worth the trouble
[ 2010.08.27 01:36:23 ] Dryfty > also, you’ll be receiving an invoice for my services post-haste
[ 2010.08.27 01:36:38 ] Dryfty > TEARS Operatives are in high demand, and I spent quite a while bringing you to justice
[ 2010.08.27 01:37:32 ] Dryfty > would you care to make a statement in your defense for my report?
[ 2010.08.27 01:39:19 ] Dryfty > apparently not.  Ill be sure to attach my contact information to the citation you’ll be receiving in your mail soon should you decide to make a statement at a later time
[ 2010.08.27 01:39:28 ] Dryfty > fly safe, and keep those spacelanes clear sir.

So in the end, BigChris1 lost his ore, his Hurricane, and quite probably his self-respect.  This entire ordeal could have been avoided had he not so carelessly drawn the ever-watchful eye of TEARS.  As a souvenir I kept his Hurricane, and paid citizen Spuddles31 half of the net value for his efforts in bringing this case to a successful conclusion.  “BigChris1′s Hurricane” now occupies a place of honor in my hangar and has since been retro-fitted into a vastly more capable battlecruiser which would have ended the fight in his favor before I ever destroyed a single of his drones.  The ship is only as good as the pilot who flies it gentle reader.  Keep this in mind, and fly safe.