Meet Purgo, a specialist in highsec mechanics, and the latest member of Empty You.
Having recently returned to New Eden after an 8 year break, Purgo wasted no time in getting to know the locals of Waskisen, a system that would quickly become his favourite hunting ground. After spending a few weeks terrorising the locals through an eclectic mix of techniques such as MTU hunting, suspect baiting, miner bumping, and ganking, he eventually drove one of the largest corporations in the system to completely abandon their operations there.
It was safe to say that Purgo had made one hell of a return to EVE, and Waskisen (and the surrounding systems) had been very good for him indeed. He had netted himself a whole slew of expensive killmails, from blingy mission boats, to decadent industrials, here is just a small selection of the highlights:
Kill: Calcifa (Rattlesnake)
Kill: Maudlin Yakenda (Orca)
Kill: Luthi Phylobates (Vargur) (Wow!)
That Orca kill in particular tickled me, he had shot the pilot’s MTU using a rookie ship, the pilot then scooped his MTU and killed Purgo’s ship. After quickly warping his pod back to station, Purgo returned in his Golem to find the Orca pilot still there, with a Limited Engagement Timer still upon him. Needless to say his Golem tore that Orca apart in short order, incredible work.
Around this time, Purgo had found a link to my blog through this post on the James315.space blog, and joined my chat channel. Due to having similar interests, we became space friends quickly, and it wasn’t long before he applied to join my corp, which I happily accepted. Now that you know the background of our new friend, let us get into the main story.
One night, during his regularly scheduled antics in Waskisen, Purgo had managed to draw the ire of one Rydan Khagrave, a miner who wasn’t best pleased at being bumped away from the asteroids. Rydan showed his displeasure by ganking Purgo’s alt, who was just minding her own business whilst mining in a Venture nearby.
Kill: Iiae (Venture)
Purgo had put down an MTU next to his alt, so when the gank took place, Purgo got all the loot, and actually broke even from it. Unfortunately for Rydan though, this little display had just given Purgo’s alt a Kill Right against him. I would like to mention at this point that Ryden was very much aware that the Venture pilot was Purgo’s alt, but his taste of sweet revenge was to be short-lived.
Over the next few hours, it had become apparent that Ryden had become paranoid about the Kill Right hanging over his head, he even went as far as sitting “AFK” in an unfitted cruiser outside of a station in Waskisen, surely hoping Purgo would take the bait and spend his Kill Right on a relatively worthless ship. A few days later, Ryden left his corp for reasons unknown, and a couple of days after that he set up a new corporation called Weyland-Yutani Industry Devision [WYYU]. At this time, he had moved-out of Waskisen to the more remote system of Sabusi, where he set up an Athanor.
Using an alt, Purgo made sure to keep tabs on Ryden, waiting for the opportune moment when he would be flying something more expensive. Ryden’s paranoia knew no bounds, however, and he refused to undock in anything worth spending the Kill Right on for quite some time. Purgo had even spotted him sat in an unfitted Retriever in an asteroid belt, pretending to mine, again, to bait Purgo into using his Kill Right. There was some satisfaction to be found in the fact that Purgo had such an impact on this miner, that he would change his entire playstyle for weeks, but it wasn’t enough. The day would come though, that would see Purgo get revenge for his alt, and Ryden would lose a lot more than he bargained for.
One fine day, some 2 and a half weeks since Purgo gained the Kill Right, he logged onto his freshly-minted alt, and got him into a Venture. He saw that Ryden was online, so he sent his alt out to the local asteroid belts to look for him. When landing at belt 2 of Sabusi VII, he saw a wonderful sight, Ryden was out mining with his corpmates, and he was in an Orca. Why would Ryden, the King of Anxiety, now be so confident that he would undock an Orca with a Kill Right on his head? The answer to that lies in an event a couple of nights before, when Purgo activated the KR on Ryden’s head while he was flying an Interceptor on autopilot. Purgo had fudged it though, and Ryden’s ceptor managed to get away. After this, Ryden said some not-so-nice things to Purgo, and gloated about winning their little engagement.
Ryden wouldn’t be gloating for long, however, because it looks like he had mistakenly thought that activating a Kill Right once is enough to clear it. It isn’t. A Kill Right doesn’t end until the target loses his ship from it.
So, back in the asteroid belt in Sabusi, Purgo parked his alt’s Venture near Ryden’s Orca and started mining, he then switched to his main, grabbed his Ikitursa, and started making the 20-or-so jumps across highsec to catch him. Thanks to his alt’s positioning, when Purgo entered the system he was able to warp straight to the belt and land right on top of the Orca. Negotiations commenced.
Just then, the unthinkable happened, Ryden’s corpmates target locked Purgo’s ship, and opened fire!
Kill: allforone (Moa)
Kill: Allen Mc-Tavish (Hulk)
Kill: Allen Mc-Tavish (Capsule)
Purgo, being a true master of highsec shenanigans, shrugged-off the attack like it was nothing. There was also an Astero that got itself CONCORDed in this gank attempt too, but unfortunately it died before Purgo could land a shot on it.
Negotiations continued.
It would seem that our paranoid friend was under the delusion that Purgo was working for someone within his old corp. The mystery of why he left his old corp was now solved.
With that said, Ryden’s fate was sealed, and he said goodbye to his Orca.
Thar she blew.
Kill: Rydan Khagrave (Orca)
It’s amazing to think that for the price of one ganked Venture, Purgo had gotten himself into quite the adventure, resulting in a whole slew of impressive killmails. Also, due to the gank attempt on him by Ryden’s corpmates, he now has three more Kill Rights to play with!
A happy ending to this little tale then, with an important lesson one can learn from it. Kill Rights are fun, and if you don’t understand the mechanics behind them, you probably shouldn’t go around ganking people with your mining main!
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