The first flight, or: naamira misses a harbie kill
Note: This post is based on one that originally appeared on the Majesta forums. I’ve rewritten and expanded it a bit to adjust it for a wider audience, but it’s the one that started it all, and it was also an experience that suggested to me that maybe I could make a habit of this solo PVP thing.
So I am bored on a Friday night a few hours before downtime and I decide to fit out a Harbinger for some solo pvp lulz. I thought about going to the drone regions to say o hai, as I had fun roaming down there when Majesta was fighting in the Drone Wars, but decided that was too far and elected to go to Venal instead. Venal is more convenient, but also more dangerous by far. Triumvirate. have been living there since TRI v3.0 formed up, based mostly out of H-PA station, conquering r64s in Venal and roaming into Majesta space daily. I have a tremendous degree of respect for the pilots of Triumvirate; they are honestly one of the toughest enemies I have ever fought either in fleets or small gangs. One TRI pilot is often as dangerous as a small gang of ships from some other alliance. So I was very nervous when I set off, my nerves humming and reflexes on a hair trigger as I crossed the border from Tribute into Venal.
Only two jumps into Venal, I find a TRI Vagabond on the far side of the gate. The pilot was one I recognized; I’ve seen Naamira’s name in many roaming gangs, and I knew her to be a good pilot. This of course ratcheted my tension up even higher, and I elected to avoid the confrontation since there were two other TRI in local. I reapproached the gate, turning on my hardeners and MWD, and waited for the inevitable scram and web. My only prayer now was to get back to the gate before I popped.
As it happened, Naamira locked me up, but didn’t fire. Instead, she sat there, 4km away, well within web range. At this point I figured she was baiting me, wanting me to get aggro so I would be trapped on this side of the gate.
And then, she warps away. I was shocked. A fast Vaga with two more waiting in the wings could easily take me down, surely…
Until she says in local:
naamira > gotta love ME pvp skills and baiting tactics… how big is the fleet on the other side
I start making safespots and respond:
Kesper North > None… I’m solo. 
naamira > god damnit
KK local immediately fills up with 9 more TRI. I happily spend the next two hours wasting their time as they try various tactics to catch me probe me out and bait me, before finally logoffskiing an hour before downtime. While I got no kills, I wasted a lot of TRI’s time, and for my first night out for solo PVP I decided to call that a win.
