<3 ECM Drones
As a soloist I have discovered a mad, passionate love for ECM drones. Any ship that can carry a full flight of Vespa EC-600s makes me happy. They have gotten me out of more than one scrape at this point, and insured victory in others.
Take what just happened. I was roaming in Venal when I found a Tempest belonging to Re5pect of WEPRA CORP outside of the station in P-V. The Tempest immediately warped off, and I gave chase. I had just come from the gate he warped to so I thought it unlikely that there would be a big fleet waiting for me. The Tempest jumped out and I followed, finding him right inside warp disruptor range. Gleefully, I pointed him and hit the MWD as I pummeled him with Scorch while I closed into multifreq range. His shields went down almost instantly, which was bad news since it meant he was an armor tanker. But, I hoped, I might be able to get under his guns and cause him to miss a few cycles with my ECM drones while my lasers whittled away at his armor.
At least, that was the plan. Said plan went firmly out the window when the Tempest promptly stuck a few heavy energy neutralizers on me and waited for his drones to eat me up. I also noticed that he was pointing me. A ratting ‘Pest this was not!
There was only one thing to do now. I aligned for a random celestial and prayed that my ECM drones would do their job and cause him to lose point. I hit 75% armor when they did just that. Regretfully abandoning the ECM drones that had bought my ship’s life, I warped out and bounced back to a random gate. The Tempest pursued me for two jumps but was unable to catch me. The pilot was a good sport and complemented me in local, wishing me well, and I managed to make it back to H-PA in order to repair and pick up a new set of ECM drones. On the way, I was engaged by a ERROR. Curse that helpfully bumped me back to the gate after neuting me – much to his annoyance no doubt.
