Ah yes......I remember it well.
My first server was CW4 - when the Klingon empire was making a big-time push for Ghdar. The Gorn ended up with starbases in every hex around the homeworld just to keep those Klingon bastichs off it. Even with that, the Mirak had to come take one starbase back for us. What an introduction!!
My first PvP, me in some Gorn cruiser vs SunTsu in a D5D. I thought, 'ok, time to show this guy the Gorn anchor', what I got shown was the drone drag. He performed it perfectly. It didn't help I was flying most my missions in F3 view. I was like, 'damn, that's a lot of drones, HEY, where did those come from, HOLY SH*T. Wow, what a newb I was. I had played SFB with all my friends for years, but it didn't help me in a live fight.
Since then I've gotten a tad better
(maybe) and the Gorn GDT squad has split up (Scippy and I being the last two Gorn members). Chuut went off to fly Mirak, the other two members don't play any more. Well, Scipio and I did take over the Confederate offices.
Ah yes, the good 'ole days.
Agave