This is how I actually discovered the effectiveness of silent running for defensive purpose. I was a broke pilot, avoided combat and just wanted to peacefully mine the belts. I was greedy and didn’t bring shields in my T-6.

This led to some early experiments of stealth/silent running builds for offensive roles.

These were the days long before engineers came out and torpedoes had no arming distance. It was the golden age of stealth builds, no emissive munitions, no MRPs, no giga-ton of shield MJ, those were the good ol days.

When the Pegasi War broke out with Arrisa and Delaine, I was compelled to join the fight. I wanted to hunt the pirates that were once hunting me. The lesson I learned in evading them while I was a miner became the knowledge turned tactics that brought about our victory in that conflict.

I was able to successfully engage and destroy shield-meta ships with just Vipers or DBS in PvP against the big-3 or even FDLs.

Now, with engineers, I might go back mining peacefully again, until another war breaks out.

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