Forums » Role Playing

The Woodlander Chronicles

«12345»
Jun 05, 2012 Woodlander link
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - TPG Test Pilot Certification Program
This series of tests will let you apply for the TPG Test Pilot programme

Location - Dau K-10

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII

License - 6/6/3/5/5

Notes - The first wave of bots didn't fire at me. Glad the rest of them were poor shots.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - TPG Test Pilot Certification Part II

Location - Dau K-10

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII

License - 6/6/3/5/5

Notes - WOW! That was intense, how many fucking bots? And in large packs too. My right arms just realised its got muscles it didn't even know existed! Again, its a good job the bots were a crap shot.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - TPG Test Pilot Certification Part III
The final test in the certification program

Location - Dau K-10

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII

License - 6/6/3/5/5

Notes - Got wasted near the end. There reasonably easy bots but there's just so many of them.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission -TPG Test Pilot Certification Part III
The final test in the certification program

Location - Latos N-15

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - 2 x Neutron Blaster

License - 6/6/3/5/5

Notes - LOL. Slotted again! Third time lucky maybe?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - TPG Test Pilot Certification Part III
The final test in the certification program

Location - Latos N-15

Ship - Warthog TD (Territorial Defender)

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Missiles

License - 6/6/3/5/5

Notes - Or maybe not. Thought the Warthogs extra armour would help but it wasn't to be. This has got to be the hardest bot fest I've had so far just in terms of shear numbers. As they say though, practice makes perfect.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - TPG Test Pilot Certification Part III
The final test in the certification program

Location - Latos N-15

Ship - Warthog TD

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Missiles

License - 6/6/3/5/5

Notes - Hahaha, it's not my day. Got through the first wave relatively unscathed but bought it near the end of the last one. It's so frustrating when you can see the finishing line and then BAM! you take a lucky hit and get blown to bits. Oh well, I'll have a break and try again later.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jun 05, 2012 USMC link
You do know that you dont get any thing for passing this I hope, Raptor used to be the ship you would get after passing this, but you can buy it now
Jun 05, 2012 Woodlander link
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - TPG Test Pilot Certification Part III
The final test in the certification program

Location - Latos N-15

Ship - Warthog TD

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Missiles

License - 6/6/3/5/5

Notes - YES YES YES WOOOOOOOOO !!! Thank the bright and shinny stars that's over. Completely screwed up on the first round of bots and there was even a rogue warthog flying among them at one stage. Went into the second round with 38% health so I thought to myself, what the heck, I've got nothing to loose here and decided to just get stuck in there. Then it suddenly dawned on me what I'd been doing wrong, and I could have bleed'n kicked me self as everything was relatively easy after that. Mind you, when it was all over I only had 8% health remaining but it was damn worth it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jun 05, 2012 Woodlander link
USMC: Now you come to mention it I seem to remember reading... something, but I can't remember what exactly, and it didn't click when I started the certification missions. Thanks for saying though. Do you know why the Raptor was made available to buy instead of just being a prize at the end of this mission set?
Jun 05, 2012 Pizzasgood link
Against a swarm of hostile bots, I usually fly in reverse and off to the side, yawing slightly to keep the bots in front, and sometimes rolling a bit if they start to lose cohesion. I use "target nearest" to shoot at whichever one gets closest, which makes it back off. This keeps the swarm from being able to swallow me. I don't focus killing individual bots, because to do so I'd have to stop backing up, and then I'd be engulfed and take heavy damage. I just whittle away at the swarm until it's down to a more manageable level. Once there's only a handful left, I can switch to normal combat tactics and finish the remainders one by one.
Jun 06, 2012 Woodlander link
Looking back I can't believe how stupid I'd been as I was being flanked left right and centre, allowing the bots control of the situation. Then it suddenly dawned on me that, as you said, I could keep the swarm together in a large group and just snipe them off, one by one, at my leisure. It was like a revelation as before I'd been dancing a merry dance to "Kill Me Please" by the DoBots band. Its amazing what a short break and some fresh air can do sometimes.
Jun 06, 2012 Woodlander link
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Advanced Combat Practice
Improve your combat skill by hunting hive bots

Location - Arta Caelestis B-7

Ship - Ragnarok

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Positron Blaster x 2, (Stingray Missiles x 2) then (Plasma Devastator x 2)

License - 6/6/4/5/5

Notes - The Fennus R-18 Guardian's I came across tried to dodge my rounds and would retreat a little when fired upon although they seemed slow and were fairly easy to kill on their own. The plasma devastator was OK against them. Got heavy weapons 4.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Advanced Combat Practice
Improve your combat skill by hunting hive bots

Location - Azek C-14

Ship - Ragnarok MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Positron Blaster x 2, Plasma Devastator MkII x 2

License - 6/6/5/5/5

Notes - Tried slotting some Orne Guardians but they seemed more difficult that the Fennus R-18's and only gave half the xp compared to the Fenn's. Went back to slotting Fenn's. Got heavy weapons 5.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - PvP

Location - Sedina B-2

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII x 2

License - 6/6/5/5/5

Notes - Good stuff! Asked on #100 if anyone fancied a bit of pvp and it wasn't long before a pilot, going by the call sign slime, agreed. We were both in black vultures and most of the fight was up close and personal as we jinked and dodged each others rounds. Our dog fight didn't last long, slime firing the killing volley which ripped through my cockpit and blasted my ship to kingdom come.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - PvP

Location - Latos D-12

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII x 2

License - 6/6/5/5/5

Notes - This dog fight lasted a little bit longer than the last but slimes skill proved the better and I was liquidised once more. Good fight pilot!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jun 06, 2012 Woodlander link
Maybe next time Niki. :p
Jun 07, 2012 Woodlander link
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Indie Mining

Location - Itani Nation

Ship - Centaur

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Mineral Scanner, Advanced Mining Beam x 2

License - 6/6/5/5/6

Notes - Mined some Denic ore. Got mining license 6.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jun 08, 2012 Woodlander link
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Trading Guild
Mixed jobs from the local trading guild

Location - Arta Caelestis B-7

Ship - Centuar MkIII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Plasma Devastator MkII x 2

License - 6/6/5/5/6

Notes - Retrieved some medical supplies from Nyrius G-2. Bumped into Vesana Kroop on me travels but other than that it was a pretty uneventful trip.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Advanced Combat Practice
Improve your combat skill by hunting hive bots

Location - Verasi O-7

Ship - Centuar MkIII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Plasma Devastator MkII x 2

License - 6/6/6/5/6

Notes - Had some suicidal Valent A-47 Assault's have a go at me this time, their a real pain in the butt. Plugged some ApuTech-17's too. Got heavy weapons 6.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jun 10, 2012 Woodlander link
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - PvP

Location - Latos H-2

Ship - Raptor MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - (Neutron Blaster MkII x 2) then (Neutron Blaster x 2)

License - 6/6/6/5/6

Notes - Thought to me self - will just have a quiet couple of hours doing some flight testing and maybe move those blasters if I get around to it - So, there I was, had just finished the flight testing and was beginning to shift the blasters when my prox alarm went off as I came out of the worm hole into H-2. PIRATE ALERT!!! There then was a lot of blaster fire and some explosions which, I have to say, didn't do my ships recent paint job any good at all! The last thing I remember was my cargo of blasters floating away in space after my ship had exploded like some giant firework. Not good I thought.

Luckily I was homed not far from said incident so I headed back to kick the pirates arse! But, alas, it was not to be and I became flare bait once more. I then asked on #100 if Blood Thirsty would like to go for a third round but it ended the same way so on our fourth and final encounter I asked if he'd like a fight with guns only and he agreed. Blood Thirsty wasn't in his Valk this time and I'm not sure what he was flying but sadly I was blasted into a trillion tiny pieces AGAIN, Blood Thirsty's skill coming to the fore once more. One day. ; )
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jun 10, 2012 blood.thirsty link
Blood Thirsty aint a piwate sweetie : )

/me is a beautiful harmless lil' flower : )

No act of piracy was performed this night, it was merely a blind date dinner, food, wine and some flower : )

Subsequent deaths were the consequences of ye wantin' to seek revenge, hunny : ]

FYI
jack of all trade setup: IDF + 2 sunflares + 1 AAP + 1 Fast Charge Cell
Energy setup: Orion Centurion Rev C + 2 AAP + 1 Fast Charge Cell

Bleed well luv : )

PS:
Craptor makes a really big target.
hint: if i can hit ye with energy ye be doin' sumethin' wrong : ]
Jun 11, 2012 Woodlander link
Ah yes, the sweet taste of revenge. One day! And that's a promise. : )

Thanks for the advice. I was hoping the Raptors high spin torque and low mass would help in a fight but after our, er... dinner date, I'm having second thoughts. Maybe the Vulture is better for pvp.
Jun 11, 2012 Woodlander link
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - 319th Nation War

Location - Sedina D-2

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster x 2

License - 6/6/6/5/6

Notes - Was a little bored as I was sitting on a roid waiting for proceedings to commence so I started targeting a few enemy ships, as you do, bringing their character info up for a butchers. The pilots I managed to target had some impressive stats I can tell you, some with pk's well over a thousand, one of them having over two thousand confirmed player kills with a combat license of nineteen. I gulped. But thought, what the heck, there's no turning back now...

So, as the count down finished we all moved off from the start line and into history. I targeted a pilot going by the call sign Star Buck, who was also flying a Vulture, and tried to get as close as possible before opening fire with both blasters. And did any of my rounds hit? Not on your nelly. Damn it! I thought, so close. But as I manoeuvred round for another pass I was suddenly hit by a piercing volley from the flank which knocked me flying. I managed to recover and fire off a few more rounds but by this time my health had seen better days. Then, moments later, I took some serious blaster fire head on and exploded in a bright ball of seething flames. Another day perhaps. Good fight!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jun 11, 2012 Woodlander link
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Trading Guild
Mixed jobs from the local trading guild

Location - Sikan Orbital (Axia Research) Arta Caelestis L-2

Ship - Centaur MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Positron Blaster, Jackhammer Rocket Launcher x 2

License - 6/6/6/5/6

Notes - Good run.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Trading Guild
Mixed jobs from the local trading guild

Location - Sikan Orbital (Axia Research) Arta Caelestis L-2

Ship - Centaur MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Positron Blaster, Jackhammer Rocket Launcher x 2

License - 6/6/6/5/6

Notes - Good run.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Trading Guild
Mixed jobs from the local trading guild

Location - Silan Orbital (Axia Research) Arta Caelestis L-2

Ship - Centaur MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Positron Blaster, Jackhammer Rocket Launcher x 2

License - 6/6/6/6/6

Notes - Good trip, got Trading 6.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Trading Guild
Mixed jobs from the local trading guild

Location - Silan Orbital (Axia Research) Arta Caelestis L-2

Ship - Centaur MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Positron Blaster, Jackhammer Rocket Launcher x 2

License - 6/6/6/6/6

Notes - Sweet.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Trading Guild
Mixed jobs from the local trading guild

Location - Silan Orbital (Axia Research) Arta Caelestis L-2

Ship - Centaur MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Positron Blaster, Jackhammer Rocket Launcher x 2

License - 6/6/6/6/6

Notes - And another one bites the star dust.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Trading Guild
Mixed jobs from the local trading guild

Location - Silan Orbital (Axia Research) Arta Caelestis L-2

Ship - Centaur MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Positron Blaster, Jackhammer Rocket Launcher x 2

License - 6/6/6/6/6

Notes - That plasteel fetches a good price.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Trading Guild
Mixed jobs from the local trading guild

Location - Silan Orbital (Axia Research) Arta Caelestis L-2

Ship - Centaur MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Positron Blaster, Jackhammer Rocket Launcher x 2

License - 6/6/6/6/6

Notes - And what a difference it makes when you've already got the plasteel in storage. hehe.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Trading Guild
Mixed jobs from the local trading guild

Location - Silan Orbital (Axia Research) Arta Caelestis L-2

Ship - Centaur MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Positron Blaster, Jackhammer Rocket Launcher x 2

License - 6/6/6/6/6

Notes - Good'n.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jun 12, 2012 Woodlander link
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out a small Hive presence in Sedina H-10

Location - Latos C-2

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII (NB), Axia Accelerated Positron Blaster (AAP)

License - 6/6/6/6/6

Notes - That new blaster packs a good punch.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out a small Hive presence in Initros K-7 (Ion storm in progress)

Location - Initros O-12

Ship - Raptor MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - NB MkIII, AAP

License - 6/7/6/6/6

Notes - That was wild. The Raptors extended radar for ion storms helped a lot but we got the order to regroup so the mission failed unfortunately. Managed to get Light 7 from the engagement though.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out at common Hive presence in Initros K-7 (Ion storm in progress)

Location - Initros O-12

Ship - Raptor MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - NB MkIII, AAP

License - 7/7/6/6/6

Notes - YES YES YES. Siepos who?

"We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go
Always a little further: it may be
Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow,
Across that angry or that glimmering sea"

Got Combat 7 too.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out a small Hive presence in Initros N-7

Location - Initros O-12

Ship - Warthog MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - AAP, Locust Swarm Missile Launcher (LSML)

License - 7/7/6/6/6

Notes - No hive skirms in any ion storms so went for a normal one. Got slotted twice but haho, comes with the territory. Those swarms worked a treat!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out a small Hive presence in Initros K-7

Location - Initros O-12

Ship - Raptor MkII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - NB MkIII, AAP

License - 7/7/6/6/6

Notes - Was doing really well then just as the hive had started to bug out I got blown to bits, bastardo's! hehe. There was supposed to be an ion storm in progress too but when I got there it'd gone, mores the pity.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Research Vessel Defence
We require your assistance with a dangerous experiment

Location - Arta Caelestis J-11

Ship - Warthog TD

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - AAP, Jackhammer Rocket Launcher

License - 7/7/6/6/6

Notes - The DenTeks were easy but I got wasted by a large swarm of TyCorp Assaults, there were bots everywhere!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Research Vessel Defence
We require your assistance with a dangerous experiment

Location - Arta Caelestis J-11

Ship - Warthog TD

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - AAP, LSML

License - 7/7/6/6/6

Notes - Blown to bits AGAIN, aaaah!!! Gonna call it a day and try again tomorrow.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jun 12, 2012 Phaserlight link
Only words I can offer are that RVD is kind of the VO equivalent of the Kobayashi Maru. Thou hast three more chances to test thine mettle.

(P.S. in the end it doesn't really matter if you pass this mission or not)
Jun 13, 2012 Woodlander link
If this mission scenario is anything like Kobayashi Maru then it was made for me, being a Woodlander and all. ; )
Jun 13, 2012 Woodlander link
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Research Vessel Defence
We require your assistance with a dangerous experiment

Location - Arta Caelestis J-11

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - AAP x 2

License - 7/7/6/6/6

Notes - Lasted longer than I did yesterday but still got pegged, they just keep on a comin'. And while your slotting the TyCorp's the Trident research vessel your supposed to be protecting is getting slammed by a pack of DenTeks.

Must admit though, I like the Vulture, the bots found it very difficult to hit compared to the Warthog. Having the two AAP's was a bit much for the power cell right enough, even though it's fast charge. Will try a different blaster combo next time.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jun 14, 2012 Woodlander link
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Research Vessel Defence
We require your assistance with a dangerous experiment

Location - Arta Caelestis J-11

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - AAP

License - 7/7/6/6/6

Notes - Got off to a good start and nailed quite a few of 'em. Docked with the Trident about half way through for a quick battle damage repair then got back out into the thick of it. In the end there were just too many of the little blighters and I watched as the Trident exploded under their relentless and heavy bombardment. Continued to slot the remaining bots but eventually something had to give with my Vulture disintegrating into its component parts. Having just the one AAP made a big difference though.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission - Research Vessel Defence
We require your assistance with a dangerous experiment

Location - Arta Caelestis J-11

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge

Loadout - AAP, Starflare Rocket Launcher

License - 7/7/6/6/6

Notes - Got the timer down to about four minutes remaining before the Trident blew up. Rats! So I killed all the remaining bots and picked up some DenTek cores which paid for a new load of flares and the slight damage I'd sustained. The starflares were OK but they didn't clear the group of bots in front of the Trident as I'd intended. Never mind, it's all good training.

Mind you I'm now starting to think that maybe I should have manned one of the Tridents for'd turrets at the start of the mission, which might have whittle the bots down a bit at the bow, before attacking the rest of the swarm in my Vulture.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------