Abulurd Boniface
The Scope
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.04.25 12:40:00 -
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Peit Dowkol wrote:
6.GÇ£As a miner I make profits and during these activities I incur expensesGÇ¥. Now where have I heard that before? If you wish to mine and make great wads of ISK whilst The New Order is operating in your area then you could pay James 315 his GÇÿindulgenceGÇÖ fee of 10 million ISK per annum. LetGÇÖs put this in perspective. If you mine in a barge or exhumer with T2 crystals and good skills, youGÇÖd have to be earning around that in an hour at the very least. This means that one hour of your mining life per year is dedicated to support Mr James 315 and his associates. I guess the jury is out on that one, and I hope that he hasnGÇÖt read down this far and decided to up the ante.
I want to say that I gladly support my colleague in his thoughtful remarks on mining in hi-sec and the risks involved in same.
On point 6 though I simply cannot concur. I am a pod pilot, just as the ganker is. I pay tribute to -no one- for the right to mine. most certainly not as a protection racket. It is very true that the amount of ISK requested, be it 10mil/annum or 10mil/month [I am not familiar with the exact details of the operation], is throwaway money. It is less than trivial. I chuck that out when I'm bored and want to play with ISK doublers.
CODE is known to attack pilots without even going through the 'pay us and you'll live' routine, as a new pilot I have been flying with was attacked without warning or provocation by one of CODE's number. Concord thankfully put a stop to this unwarranted aggression and my friend was left with their ship intact.
The point though is that for that license the pilot 'buys', they are required to put a message in their bio, stating they paid the protection fee. They are now owned by CODE and they [proudly?] pronounce it. In that fashion the pod pilot's sovereignty to act as they see fit, is compromised for a pittance. They can now only operate through explicit permission from CODE.
I ask my fellow miners: why would you call yourself a pod pilot if you have to buy a token before you can do what you want to do? Rise to the occasion. You worked for your ISK, you owe nobody anything, and most certainly not as a miner. There is a good chance that the ship they use to blow up yours was at least in part built with the minerals you gathered.
This is not a rant against gankers/bumpers. I do not agree with their actions, they are still an integral part of the experience. Fellow-miners: work around them, don't bemoan their presence.
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