https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/rb8wj2/fastforecast_7_december_redeemer_vs_ion/ Good evening citizens, your Fastforecast is online and broadcasting from Port Olisar today after a harrowing experience with one of Crusader Industries new Aries Ions. While testing out the new weather forecasting systems on our Aegis Redeemer, we hailed an approaching Ion and wished them a good afternoon only to be engaged in a heated exchange of energy as the Ion opened fire beyond our weapon's system range. Huddled behind the Redeemer's twin large shields, we believed that the bulky and slow gunship was capable of tanking the shots however it was with dismay that the first shot stripped our shields completely and then the second and third ripped both of our engines off of the ship completely. Fleeing on altitude thrusters alone, we were able to engage in a combat roll that dropped us into a low orbit of Cellin which resulted in a crash landing at the delta of the lakes below. We were on the Mobi with Aegis' customer service for over 2 hours waiting for pickup and for someone to respond to just why their gunship was unable to take a single shot from a Crusader ship before losing it's shielding, being passed around from customer service rep to rep without reply before being dropped from the line. With O2 running low, we were finally picked up and unceremoniously drug back into Port Olisar half delirious from oxygen starvation. r/starcitizen - Fastforecast 7 December -----Redeemer vs Ion--- While we thank the citizen that offered help, we demand to know why a supposed gunship was unable to handle even a single blast from an Ion. We understand they are called "Subcapital Killers" but the Redeemer isn't a freighter. It's a heavy gunship. We will get to the bottom of it. We would also like to thank a doctor and our unofficial/official medic, Dr. Warp_Preacher for helping us from several scrapes. With all of this said, we're now on the airwaves. You can find us doing news and weather over on Star Citizen Radio. To download the app, hit the microsoft store and type in "Star citizen Radio" and download it. You'll catch great music and our spots. Tune in to catch us . Christmas Giveaway To Enter: Starting December 1st we're going to be taking names from any new or newish player that is you or someone you know that is just starting out. We are going to hand them the UEC to buy a Cutty Black to get them started making money in the game. We are going to do this with at least 1 and hopefully more winners so all these people have to do is post their in game name on our post starting December 1st. We'll keep a list and on the 23rd of December, we'll pick someone and dump cash into their MO trader and screen shot it and post it up here. Open and transparent as we always are. That said ladies and gentlemen, you hear us talk about our donors in game and on here. That's where you come in. We are asking for help funding this. No cash, it's all UEC. If you have UEC to donate, send it to FASTFORECAST in the game and screenshot it and drop it in our inbox so we can give credit. If you're an organization, do the same with your org logo and we'll add it to the list all throughout December. IT's a good way to start out. Organizations we have a special ask. We're going to be handing a new player a Cutlass Black. We are going to need an org or more (hopefully more if we can raise funds to give out more ships) to step up and take these players under their wings. Train them to be productive members of the community and enjoy the game so they'll stay and make this their home. Pirates, traders, mining organizations. We're putting the call out to all of you. We thank you for your generosity, your knowledge and time. How does it work? We're going to hand at least one new player 1.3 million UEC and a willing organization to take them under their wing to teach them how to take the Black and make money. How to equip the Black according to what they want to accomplish. If they're wanting to trade, the extra money can go for cargo. If they want to bounty hunt, military gear will come in handy. We're putting it in the player's hands and their new organization to train them to use it. We would like to thank our first donors, those crazy guys over at Krash Convoys who have put up the funds for a Cutlass Black all by themselves. Thank you guys.