Last night I went on a roam through Syndicate with my friends Gilad Ayn and Slotos. Its been a while since I led a gang and I thought it was time for some practice. We met up in Harroule with Gilad and myself flying gank Ruptures and Slotos in a similarly fit Vexor. The plan was to roam around and check out any hotspots on the map. Because we lacked any interceptors I scouted ahead.

We found a fight almost instantly in MHC-R3 when I scanned a Ferox down on our out gate. I warped in for the tackle and called in support. By the time I landed there was also a Stabber Fleet Issue on grid. I burned away from the Stabber and tried to put damage onto him while the guys arrived. Upon landing we did our best to take out the Stabber but in the end had to withdraw from the field after Slotos’ Vexor was destroyed.

Once Slotos had reshipped, this time into a Brutix, we began to head along the pipe again. Our destination was DP34-U where several ships had been killed in the last hour. The journey down was pretty uneventful once we had evaded the camp on the 6E-578 gate. I tackled a travelling Tempest but it had warp core stabilisers fit and was able to warp away.

In XS-XAY I found an Arbitrator on the DP34-U gate. I made the tackle and called in the guys. The Arbitrator was melting so I took the damage off to allow my gang mates to get on the mail. As they arrived a Falcon and Vagabond jumped through. Fifteen minutes of warping in and out to avoid jams while trying to take down the Vagabond followed. At one point I managed to warp in right on top of the Falcon and put my damage and drones on it but he was able to jam me and warp off before I got him through half armour. Meanwhile Slotos was tackled and starting to leak into deep structure. With the Falcon gone Gilad and I were able to chase the Vagabond away from Slotos and he warped just in time. Now the Vagabond was starting to go down and it was time for the Falcon to warp in at long range and jam us again. I was able to warp out but Gilad was tackled by the Arbitrator which, by this time was in low structure. Just as I began to warp in to his aid he was able to destroy the Arbitrator and warp away. Despite landing unsupported I got away before the Vagabond could lock and scramble me.

With the gang sitting in a safe spot it was time to think about getting Slotos’ heavily damaged ship repaired. There is a station in 35-RK9 with a repair facility. I went ahead to scout and found an Astarte guarding the gate. I jumped through and the Astarte followed. In order to make it safe for Slotos to jump in I tried to kite the Astarte away from the gate but I was playing too free and easy with the range and he was able to get a scrambler on me. Local spiked and my Rupture was not long for this world.

The guys were alone now but I was able to help them navigate over Vent while they got docked up, repaired the damage, and got into an empty system to log off. At that point it was time to call it a night.

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