NEW EDEN TRAVEL ADVICE GÇô Those 5 phrases are worse than useless.
GÇ£Welcome backGÇ¥ Heinrich Hoss said.
GÇ£You were right. Certain deathGÇ¥ I replied.
My only regret is that in my death throes I forgot to photograph my first ever corpse!
I undocked quickly to test out the controls on my new pod but when I went to re-enter the station I noticed something I hadn't the first time. I had to pay to dock! It appears that economics is at work wherever you go, especially on tourist holidays GÇô everything gets more expensive!
After a few more enquiries with the locals everything went quiet, it appears that there was some form of gagging order in effect. I decided to move onwards, picking a random system to the south a whole 18 jumps into the heart of 0.0. Skilfully avoiding the gatecamp by waiting until they had gone I made an uneventful journey to 9UY4-H which turned out to be a system owned by the Curatores Veritatis Alliance, all I had to do now was find their home station and photograph it!
ConversationWell, that was easy.
Here it is, the top secret staging ground of the entire CVA alliance:
Staging groundAnd here is where things get weird. I thought I would have to earn their trust, that the area would be heavily patrolled and I would have to run between asteroid belts to avoid being hunted down. Instead, this happened:
A strange inviteDespite my seemingly genuine protestations at being recruited to a space orgy, I had in fact instantly un-docked to participate but was left disappointed with the turnout and promptly re-docked in protest and so that I could continue to pretend to be shocked and appalled.
Worst orgy ever!It appeared that the members of this secret fight club/space orgy would remain more tight lipped that a small mouthed man who had sewn his mouth up, installed a zip and locked it shut. That was until I uttered one phrase which rocked this liberal space men to their core and opened them up like an exotic dancer's le------.
A better masterplanI undocked.
Even now, I am not sure if CVA are a sex cult or a death cult. Whether they practice space orgies or an illicit fight club. I shall present the evidence and let you decide:
Romp?Stomp?Battle glory?Glory hole?Nonetheless this was my first sight of a proper fleet! I could not deny how cool that was and I said so. I was then informed that the pilots of CVA and it's friends do not pod people GÇô apart from terrorists. They also said that in the rest of null security that I would be podded on sight unless I was 'blue' to them (this means standings!). I filed this information away as irrelevant and watched as the mighty fleet warped off.
Basically, I'm going to dieI greatly enjoyed my time with CVA and their friends. They are really friendly and do not want to pod you GÇô I've moved my clone to their station so that I can visit them whenever I get podded. I recommend that any player who would like to have a taste of null security space go and visit them GÇô though do beware you do not get sucked into one of their orgies... unless you like that kind of thing. CVA get a New Eden travel rating of: 9/10
It was as I looked at my map to plan the next stage of my journey that for the second time I received divine help in a way that would change the course of my journey forever.
End of part 4.
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I can't pretend that I am not furious, because I am. I was lied to, cheated and made a fool of. All that time I was stood there looking at it and they all pointed in opposite directions. Well, who has the last laugh truly? I'll tell you who, me! Sten Mattson in this very thread informed me that 9UY4-H is one of the core systems of Providence, thus CVA and all the time I was in there asking for directions to their home system not one of them thought to point this out.
Well, guess what? I got a picture of that station as well! But I still love the CVA guys.
I win