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Jonnie Concrete
Concrete and Sons Inter-Imperial Enterprises Ltd
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Posted - 2013.08.02 08:14:00 -
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Following on from my previous post asking for advise on a deeper wormhole to upgrade to - this is the tale of my quest to obtain 1 particular wormhole.
So you kind fellows alluded to the fact maybe a C5 C4 would be my best bet, and since I was intending use RR a lot, I found a delightful hole with a Cataclysmic bonus for sale for the princely sum of 1.5b, to include a tower and some other bits.
I had the day off work on thursday, the missus was out, the kids were out. it was eve oclock. unfortunately, the chap selling this wormhole (which to be honest I was now getting a little obsessed by) wasn't online.
Undeterred I began emptying my current C3 LS. Unfortunately for me the LS was in Hasama, which had Mara / Nikkashina neighbouring it. Pirates everywhere. I managed to sneak my my Orca in and out using a blackbird (lol) as a scout / webber / emergency jamming ship. Took about 2 hours to get the POS empty. The toon selling the new WH still wasn't online. Where was he?! Selfish man.
So I set my two chars out to wonder the stars hoping to find a new home. On a few occasions I'd end up 6 or 7 WHs deep to no avail. A few hours past. Bleary eyed by now I was about to call off the search. Then to my utter disbelief I jump into a C5 C4 with a Cataclysmic bonus! Quickly adjust my semi. Check the scanner.
NOTHING ON SCAN. Check static mapper. NO JUMPS OR KILLS! Lawdy lawd.
Have a quick warp around and devastation hits. A f@cking POS. I lose my semi.
I warp to it anyway, see which selfish **** is in my new home. Check the corp. Hmm seen that name before.
Wait what. It dawns on me im in the wormhole that's for sale. Unbelievable. Still no-one from the corp is online. Quickly do the 4 WH
jumps back to empire, **** all the WHs are now End of Natural life. FFS! Scan out the last C2 connection before empire - a new WH has just opened - 2 jumps from Jita. Where my Orca is. My Orca with a POS in it.
Should I do it? It's technically an invasion isn't it?! I don't even have an army. F@ck it, I'm moving in, I'll just have to explain myself later (and hope they don't annihilate me in the process).
Jump in my trusty blackbird to guide the Orca to our new home. First WH - nothing. Second - nothing. 3rd - some sh!t on scan that wasn't there before. F@ck it, there isn't time, the link back to K Space could die at any minute. Get to the new WH. Pick a moon, anchor the POS. Oh yeh 30 f@cking minutes. Delightful. Well what the worst that can happen, back to Jita for some POS fuel!
All I've got at this stage is an Orca and a blackbird. I need to empty the Orca. I can't really defend what it is that I jettison. So out pops a Devoter, various POS mods and some fuel. Just left it at the POS with a little sticky note asking any one that comes across the stash, politely leave it alone, or I'll erm, jam you or something.
Guide the Orca back to high sec. See some new ships on scan in one of the wormholes on the way back. Just ignore it, LA LA LA. The missus texts me. "We'll be back soon" SH!T. They'll want attention and stuff. ORCA HURRY THE F@CK UP YOU SLOW ALIGNING TW@T.
Get the final supplies and head back down the pipe for the last time. Palms are sweaty. Nothing on scan. Yeh that's right, paranoid WH dwellers have logged off, can't take the heat my blackbirds giving off.
Arrive at the final WH entrance to my new home. That's weird. My ORCA pilot's got a mail from "Pend Insurance". Whatever, I'm busy. Wait another one? And another? Oh ****! Dawns on me the paranoid wormhole dwellers have found my stash and are currently pillaging!
Right, THINK MAN. Right. Right. Well I'm not going back. Jump in. Warp the Orca to a planet, making a SS on the way to cloak up in. Right, who's this shooting my stuff? Only a Domi on scan. Warp straight in. Land on grid and a falcon uncloaks.
Manage to Jam him and manage to jam the domi. For one cycle. Then I'm jammed then I die. Good. Warp the pod out. The tower was anchored though. Just need to online it then my stake is in the ground. Warp back in the pod to have see if any of the wrecks or cans have pos fuel in them. Get in theres 4000 fuel in one of the cans. I'll just warp in, and quick as a flash drop some fuel into the POS.
Dry my sweaty palms and hit warp. Land on grid, Domi starts to target. This is my last chance. If I f@ck this up and get podded, I'll be down all that stuff plus I'll have an Orca (with no probe launcher) stranded in a C5 with a C4 static.
"YOU CAN NOT MOVE **** IF YOU ARE JUST A POD BLAH BLAH BLAH". F@cking great, cheers.
Warp off. Check to see if the Orca has any ships hidden in it's belly. No, remember you left them all at the POS and now theyre dead.
Get a text from the missus. "Back in 5". AHHJK|EHF JKGGEDHJGFHJHJFHEJ.
RIGHT BACK TO HIGH SEC FOR ANOTHER SHIP.
Get back to the final WH before High Sec. Remember I'm a -6 criminal. This should be interesting. Manage to allude capture and precure the first pile of sh!t I see available in the system. A Dragoon. Whatever back to the C5!!
Get to system, there's a Sacrileige there too now. B@stards, just leave me alone. I wouldn't do this kind of thing to you. Probably.
Anyway I warp to the Orca. Get the Orca to drop a bit of fuel. 60 units is all I can fit in. Is that enough to jump start the tower? Dunno lets find out. Warp in, oh yeh I can try and transfer that 4000 fuel blocks if I'm quick. I was quick! Got it in, set the tower to Online and I was OUT OF THERE....
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Jonnie Concrete
Concrete and Sons Inter-Imperial Enterprises Ltd
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Posted - 2013.08.02 08:17:00 -
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Another 30 mins. There's a sabre knocking about now too. Not good. Realise I can now safely log the Orca off, I ditch him and get my probing alt up (making the assumption the entrances haven't gone).
As I'm waiting someone convos me. It's the CEO of the corp who currently lives in the system. This could be awkward....
"I see you've put up a tower in our system"......he says
"go on...." I reply (he doesn't need to know the details just yet).
"I can see your ships on scan, look we don't want this hole anymore anyway, we just want to be able to leave safely". I bite my tounge. I'm in an unfit dragoon.
Might have just saved myself 1.5b on the sale price of the system too by the looks of it!
We end up chatting, and he's actually really nice, and I come clean about (most of) the details of the events leading up to this clusterf@ck of a situation. We've struck a deal and I'm going to buy most of the sh!t from his POS so we're both happy customers.
Anyway back to my new stick. I've got my cloaky prober 5000m from the tower.
It's about to online. Theyre back in the Domi / Sac / Falcon.
I don't have alot of ISK. If I lose this battle I'm destitute. The tower will be online in 30 seconds.
I'm nervous. This missus texts me "will be outside in a min, can you come out and help with the kids". I'd be delighed to dear. As long as this f@cking shield goes up!
30 seconds elapsed. My mouth is gaping open. Nothing. 35u4y7895y47y,
Oh yeh I need to enter my POS password. BOOOOOM. I decloak as the shields explode from the tower, sending the enemy ships hurtling into the Abyss.
Missus knocks on the door. Log off. The end. |
Godfrey Silvarna
Frozen Dawn Inc
Arctic Light
83
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Posted - 2013.08.02 09:20:00 -
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This was a thrilling story. I applaud you. |
Asayanami Dei
Adhocracy Incorporated
Adhocracy
270
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Posted - 2013.08.02 09:22:00 -
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That was quite amusing :D
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calaretu
No Self Esteem
ShAdOw PoLiTiCs
2
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Posted - 2013.08.02 09:33:00 -
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Very good read :) Thank you for sharing |
Sushi Nardieu
Bite Me inc
Bitten.
149
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Posted - 2013.08.02 09:40:00 -
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Cool story bro #no sarcasm
The Guns of Knowledge-á |
Setsune Rin
Bite Me inc
Bitten.
43
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Posted - 2013.08.02 09:59:00 -
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now THAT is balls deep :P |
Kalel Nimrott
EG CORP
Mass Overload
355
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Posted - 2013.08.02 10:46:00 -
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Those last 30 seconds are always the worst. |
Terrorfrodo
Renegade Hobbits for Mordor
556
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Posted - 2013.08.02 11:57:00 -
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Funny story. But, bringing a POS but not a single fuel block, that was a major derp. And even in an Orca, oh dear. Leaving ships floating in space, oh my. Actually quite a fail cascade. I wish more people would do their moving this way :)
Right way: Bring POS and fuel in with a cloaky transport, rest also with transport or wait for a direct hisec. An Orca should never move through the chain unless you have enough people to back it up. Of course, that's the safe way. Admittedly, your way generates more content ^^
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Job Valador
Super Moose Defence Force
161
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Posted - 2013.08.02 12:08:00 -
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You defenately deserve your new home. good luck too you sir
"The stone exhibited a profound lack of movement." |
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Icarus Able
Traverse Holdings
56
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Posted - 2013.08.02 14:11:00 -
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Please move into my wormhole while we are online using these tactics:P...
Sounds like you need some corpmates, but good story you rolled and got lucky:) |
Enthropic
Enthropic Enterprises
48
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Posted - 2013.08.02 14:23:00 -
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good one! all the best!! |
Alice Saki
Mind Games.
Suddenly Spaceships.
77495
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Posted - 2013.08.02 14:52:00 -
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Great Story!
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Proclus Diadochu
Obstergo
Bitten.
343
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Posted - 2013.08.02 15:10:00 -
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Well done.
~Boredom Breeds Direction~ |
Chris Winter
Zephyr Corp
V.A.S.T.
177
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Posted - 2013.08.02 17:26:00 -
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Staticmapper never shows jumps for wormholes. |
Jonnie Concrete
Concrete and Sons Inter-Imperial Enterprises Ltd
18
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Posted - 2013.08.02 18:55:00 -
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thanks for reading everyone. this game can be a pain in the @ss sometimes, but sometimes it provides player interaction and adventure like nothing else can.
i've renamed the dragoon "legend" and it now sits on top of my column of shield hardeners, never to move again.
so if you see a dragoon called legend on scan in a c5 you know where you are! |
Xtrah
NorCorp Enterprise
No Holes Barred
43
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Posted - 2013.08.02 22:00:00 -
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Amazing story. This just reminds me how much I miss more eve-stories that isnt based on stargate-space.
No Holes Barred - www.no-ho.com |
Lucas Ericsson
Obstergo
Bitten.
2
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Posted - 2013.08.02 23:52:00 -
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An epic Saga I enjoyed over an ale! Cheers! You luck sonofabitch. |
Slumber
Aperture Harmonics
K162
2
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Posted - 2013.08.08 00:55:00 -
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Well done!! loved the story :) |
Roime
Ten Thousand Years
Shinjiketo
3248
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Posted - 2013.08.08 08:40:00 -
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Great stuff :D
<3
Ten Thousand Years is recruiting pioneer spirits to Solitude. |
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Vassal Zeren
Uncontrollable Innovations
65
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Posted - 2013.08.08 09:08:00 -
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It was cool how you built tension with "the missus." I was l the edge of my seat!
A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver. |
Merch BAYLOR
New Eden Burns
Setting The Universe on Fire
12
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Posted - 2013.08.08 13:17:00 -
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fun read! |
Alumanti
Lead Farmers
Kill It With Fire
1
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Posted - 2013.08.08 15:30:00 -
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Cheers for the entertainment during work  |
sten mattson
1st Praetorian Guard
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
45
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Posted - 2013.08.08 16:57:00 -
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very nice story xD
IMMA FIRING MA LAZAR!!! |
Mizhir
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
29583
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Posted - 2013.08.08 17:53:00 -
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hah, great one.
Must be a really stressfull situation yet a very satisfying feeling when the shield went up.
We will never forget you Saede!
I bet you dont see things like this so often in EVE |
M1k3y Koontz
Thorn Project
Surely You're Joking
256
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Posted - 2013.08.08 22:50:00 -
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This is the one time true story bro will be said without a hint of sarcasm, truly great story.
How much herp could a herp derp derp if a herp derp could herp derp. |
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