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dethleffs
Immortalis Inc. Shadow Cartel
247
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Posted - 2013.09.23 10:38:00 -
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good read! gogo flower! makes me want to read innominates adventures again! |
Anthony Blunt
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
3
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Posted - 2013.09.23 12:13:00 -
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What a remarkable read. As I sit here never ever undocking from jita 4 I dream that I too was possessed of such carefree innocence as our unique tourist. But I am filled with the fear and the cynicism that age brings.
I wait impatiently for more words of your travels. Your blend of naivety and bravery is a beauty to behold. Perhaps one day, when all of new eden has been made safe. Safe from orgiasts and perpetrators of violence and when a decent but not to expensive hotel chain is opened, then perhaps I will take the Bus Tour "the TwoFlower Tour".
In fact why should I wait for it to be available, I shall start spamming Jita with my sales pitch already.
So my Son go forth and Travel, I shall enjoy the read perhaps you will even make me some Isk..
Yours in Admiration
Anthony Blunt I am not my main, just a blunt instrument. |
Johan Civire
The Lyran Empire
656
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Posted - 2013.09.23 14:34:00 -
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http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/03/06/eve-evolved-losing-yourself-in-eve-online/
here you go :) |
Twoflower Octiron
48
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Posted - 2013.09.23 22:16:00 -
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Thank you to everyone who has suggested locations for me to visit in my daring travels, whether they be legitimate tourist hotspots or just new places for me to be podded.
I am in the process of compiling a nice big list of my chosen destinations, so the astute amongst you can point me in the right direction if I have missed any. Though, I won't be flying them in any order that makes sense to the common man! Twoflower Octiron goes where the pearwood takes him!
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Johan Civire
The Lyran Empire
659
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Posted - 2013.09.23 23:44:00 -
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That Seems Legit wrote:Theres a guy running a blog about how hes flying all over the universe mapping the sites. So, not the first tourist ;) what happened with your face man...... |
Chopper Rollins
Sky Prey
239
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Posted - 2013.09.24 00:17:00 -
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When i went to eve gate it was a quiet time of day and the one person i saw had somehow messed up his avatar to look all grotesque and toothy. Kind of a jolt. Idly reading descriptions i happened upon Konora, which still claims that a black hole is visible from that system, went there, found the usual lowsec silliness and -10 dude who spams fleet invites.
Some location descriptions are just words, but no journey is worthless.
Goggles. Making me look good. Making you look good. |
St Mio
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
1273
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Posted - 2013.09.24 05:27:00 -
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He may not be the first, but he's doing it with the most style :D |
Treborr MintingtonJr
The Knights of Spamalot The Methodical Alliance
10
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Posted - 2013.09.24 12:18:00 -
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St Mio wrote:He may not be the first, but he's doing it with the most style :D And has more groupies! |
Chapmonious Hunter
Fruidian Logic The Volition Cult
33
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Posted - 2013.09.24 21:47:00 -
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On Behalf of Fruidian Logic part of Volition Cult I remember seeing you in system that night in Y-M hope you enjoyed your stay and tour of Y-M and D6, unfortunatley certain death was inevitable as we are currently at war in that area, while some view CVA as "weak" I am a realtive newcomer like yourself to EVE and find the fleets and roams and pvp quite plenty for me to learn, gla you set your clone to our station message me ingame glad to see your having fun in your travels and dont let gate camps or anything else deter you from doing what you enjoy. great read keep the posts coming I had a great time reading all 4 pages of this thread and perhaps a youtube Vlog of this as well.
Happy adventuring fellow new eden pilot o7 safe travels |
Twoflower Octiron
59
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Posted - 2013.09.24 22:25:00 -
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A wonderful adventure: Where to go next?
Sorry, this is not the next part, per se. It is however an integral process for this most epic of journeys. As I mentioned before, I want to visit two kinds of places: - All major alliances/alliances with intriguing names and to get a photograph of their home station (or whichever I claim to be the home station) and to hopefully meet some of their pilots - Interesting, rare, hard to access or beautiful locations across the entirety of the universe.
Unfortunately, I know so little about New Eden so I rely somewhat on your help for picking the best places to go. I have identified 28 alliances that meet my stringent conditions and will visit these in a random and unpredictable order. I have also identified some intriguing exciting locations to visit with the help of respondents in this thread. I have also compiled a wishlist of things I'd like to see or do - Here I may need some help in identifying precisely where i might access some of these. Others, I am content to fly around until I run into it!
This totals 57 locations to visit. 100 is the upper limit, so please suggest 43 other places to go or cool things to do:
1)Against all Authorities 2) Babylon 5 3) Brothers of Tangra 4) Curatores Veritatis Alliance GÇô 9UY4-H 5) Darkspawn 6) Darkness. 7) Darkness of despair 8) Executive outcomes 9) Gentlemen's agreement 10) Get off My Lawn - UB-UQZ 11) Fatal ascension 12) Goonswarm federation 13) Greater Western co-prosperity sphere 14) Hand of despair 15) Insidious empire 16) Legion of xXDEATHXx 17) Northern associates 18) Northern coalition. 19) No value 20) Nulli Secunda 21) Pangu coalition 22) Razor Alliance 23) Rebel alliance of New Eden 24) Spacemoney's Alliance 25) The east india co. 26) The Kadeshi 27) Venal 28) Why so serious
29) A wormhole and to meet some people there and be shown around 30) An alliance mining operation 31) To photograph the rarest ore 32) To visit the most northerly, southerly, easterly and westerly systems 33) To meet the pilot with the highest bounty 34) To witness a POS being shot 35) To witness a fight 36) First titan lost 37) Side by side picture with a working titan 38) To take a jump bridge 39) To join a fleet of over 1,000 pilots 40) The station of the first alliance made 41) First station built 42) Biggest battle fought 43)To visit some of the rarest sites in space that have to be scanned down GÇô involves someone taking me there. I've been to a relic site. 44) Poitot GÇô apparently unique to Syndicate 45) T-IPZV GÇô A rare shattered planet 46) EC-P8R GÇô for the well known phrase GÇ£GET THE PODGÇ¥ 47) Amarr GÇô To meet Chribba and his veldspar mining revelation 48) Siseide GÇô Allegedly the last stronghold of the Ammarrian militia 49) I-NGI8 GÇô To see The Kadeshi's mighty fleet 50) Seyllin 1 GÇô to see an exploded planet! 51) Jita monument/Jita GÇô Busiest place in the universe 52) Black monolith GÇô sounds intriguing and I was so close before! This might have to be one of the last places to visit, on my way back to New Eden. 53) Operation Highlander (Luminaire) GÇô Some burning remains of an epic crash! 54) CONCORD Headquarters in Yulai GÇô to complain about my faulty passport! 55) Ishukone Headquarters in Malkale GÇô Also still burning, apparently. 56) A Sansha wormhole GÇô What is one of these?
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Solaris Ecladia
High Flyers The Kadeshi
163
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Posted - 2013.09.25 00:00:00 -
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Twoflower Octiron wrote:A wonderful adventure: Where to go next? 39) To join a fleet of over 1,000 pilots
Youll be disappointed to know that fleets max out at just over 250. Although fights with 2k+ people happen once or twice a year. |
Loed Kane
Viziam Amarr Empire
36
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Posted - 2013.09.25 02:31:00 -
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Solaris Ecladia wrote:Twoflower Octiron wrote:A wonderful adventure: Where to go next? 39) To join a fleet of over 1,000 pilots
Youll be disappointed to know that fleets max out at just over 250. Although fights with 2k+ people happen once or twice a year.
that can be solved let dbrb lead super fleets again. then have him miss jump. Im looking for a corp! click here to see what im looking for!https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&find=unread&t=279841Follow me on Twitter @loedkanex |
Treborr MintingtonJr
The Knights of Spamalot The Methodical Alliance
11
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Posted - 2013.09.25 09:37:00 -
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Twoflower I would see some of the dedicated High Sec War Dec pvp alliances like The Marmite Collective, see how they operate. |
My Postman
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
109
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Posted - 2013.09.25 12:31:00 -
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Again, good read! Keep it up! |
flakeys
Antwerpse Kerels Fidelas Constans
1450
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Posted - 2013.09.25 12:48:00 -
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The idea is nice and its something different for a change.
That said , you state to be looking for those stories you heard about eve.You'll find that stories usually come to live when you ''experience'' them so in your case the stories your gonna have mostly are about gatecamp x or y and smacktalker local x or y.
Still as said , it's something different and i wish you fun on your trip.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
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Twoflower Octiron
63
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Posted - 2013.09.25 22:28:00 -
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Part 6: Executive Decisions
Clearly the signal that I had followed to this system was a joke by some prankster who was at this very moment hiding behind a veldspar rock, laughing at me. I powered my shuttle down, crawled into bed and didn't leave it for a week. I brooded, brooded, slept and brooded some more.
Then it hit me!
The veldpsar rock that is.
I woke with a start.
I'd also had an epiphany. Who has ever heard of mystical signals? Who ever got anywhere by having it handed to them? Who doesn't have to work to become the best? The answer is of course: ghost hunters, aristocrats and geniuses. I, however, was none of these and realised this, I had to make my own luck.
I launched out of bed, landing squarely in my chair and fired up the shuttle, whereupon I had the shock of my life. There was a man, in the system and he was willing to talk to me. This is what he had to say: Worst saviour ever
He promptly jumped out of the system, giving me no help whatsoever. He even wished me luck in getting home! Home. Where is that for a nomadic tourist like me? My clone resides in CVA space and whilst I like those guys, I'm not sure they'd adopt me and call me one of their own. I came into this world in a station deep in empire space, I left it half an hour later and never looked back. I had no home to go to, so I resolutely ignored his luck giving and waited for the saviour that I knew would come.
Unfortunately, that saviour turned out to be the same man and he was very serious about helping me get back 'home': Seriously, who is this guy helping here?
GÇ£This is an unfortunate turn of eventsGÇ¥ I replied casually in an attempt to throw him off. For what began now was a deadly game of cat and mouse, the winner would claim this system. I had damn well sat in this system long enough awaiting someone to come and answer my questions so by golly I was going to win this and wait until they bothered to turn up! So naturally, after a whole 15 minutes of warping around constantly to avoid being hunted down, he grew bored and left the system.
I was victorious.
I was exhausted and collapsed.
The following day I did not wake up with as much gusto as the previous day, the events that had followed made me apprehensive as I peered at the ships scanner. But at long last my perseverance had paid off and I knew that following the mysterious white circle was the best decision of my journey so far: Answers at last
This may not seem like much, but Panosp is a hero amongst men. He informed me that in this area of 0.0 that many people are GÇ£rentersGÇ¥ - these are alliances who rent space from other alliances. Perhaps you're wondering where the 'saviour' bit comes in? Well, Panosp informed me of a station owned by Northern Associates, one of the alliances on my list, and undoubtedly the next step on my quest to dock at a station. It was in the next system.
He also informed me that in order to dock at an alliance's station I needed them to grant me positive standing and that no, I could not just ask them for it. My epiphany the previous day echoed in my head, who gets anywhere by having it just handed to them? I pictured myself embarking on an epic quest to win the hearts and minds of Northern Associates, perhaps to slay a titan or rescue an exotic dancer; I would dodge gate camps by day and drink Quafe in seedy bars by night. It turns out however that this high honour is granted only to other friendly alliances, one of which, I am not. This could be problematic, so I jumped into AXDX-F.
Panosp had informed me that Northern Associates don't really have a 'home' station so to speak, so I decided that for this evening, the station in AXDX-F would be it and proudly took my picture: Me at the station!
It was at this point that I had a stunning revelation. I didn't have to join an alliance at all. Allow me to explain, you see, all alliances are made up of corporations so all I had to do was join one and have the alliance give them the required standing. Thus removing the considerably onerous task of creating a vast empire for the sake of docking in a station. What's more, I could make my own corporation. This, was utter genius.
Now I just had to find out how to make one: Getting help from Northern Associates
This was brilliant. I had flown 52 jumps to discover that I needed to join an alliance in order to gain the standings to allow me to dock. I however had circumvented this tedious business and decided I would make my very own corporation. The only problem was, I didn't want to fly 52 jumps back the way I had come. |
Twoflower Octiron
63
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Posted - 2013.09.25 22:30:00 -
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Part 6: Executive decisions (2)
NaNNeR HaMMeR had a solution: Express ride back
My clone was safely delivered to my CVA friends in F-YH5B and I wasted no time in putting my plan into action. Only to find this: Office denied?
Apparently my plan is a blatant breach of SEC rules! For a moment I felt like taking a leaf out of Against All Authorities book and blatantly disregarding such nonsense and setting my corporation up in a disused locker room until the SEC saw sense and granted me a proper office. I vented my fury to the unfortunate pilots of CVA: Ranting and raving
I wouldn't have it said that Twoflower Octiron flouts the rules though, as the first holder of an official New Eden passport I felt it only right that I uphold the rules and follow protocol. I promptly set my course to the nearest low security system where I could safely make my corporation. I docked in the system of Mamet, the Zoar and Sons factory to be precise and wondered if these divine signs would cease to follow me. One office left for rental it said. I knew then, that my office must reside here.
Here it is. The tourists of New Eden corporation. Power is mine!
I leant back and grinned. This was good. I had real power now. A tourist, under the wing of the New Eden tourist board, CEO of his very own corporation. I began to giggle, then cackle and before long I was hooting manically in my pod. New Eden, beware, for Twoflower Octiron is prepared and he is going to photograph you!
I made my first executive decision: To convince Against All Authorities to abandon their crusade against order and to grant me docking rights to their stations.
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Job Valador
Super Moose Defence Force
269
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Posted - 2013.09.25 22:58:00 -
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TwoFlower you are a god among men xD
Keep the lols coming "The stone exhibited a profound lack of movement." |
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University Minmatar Republic
11984
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Posted - 2013.09.26 02:40:00 -
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Definitely entertaining to say the least.
May you have good luck and much success on your continuing journey.
DMC |
Roby Omanid
Hounds of War. Hashashin Cartel
0
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Posted - 2013.09.26 04:24:00 -
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I like this so far, can't wait to hear your next adventure, good luck wherever you go.
If you happen to be stopping by Derelik or through Curse, give Hashashin Cartel a call, we could arrange for you to see some of those events on your list, like seeing a good fight or a POS taking fire, we have some fleets that fly to destroy other corps poses from time to time
Fly Dangerous. What you find shocking, they-áfind amusing. |
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Twoflower Octiron
Tourists of New Eden
69
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Posted - 2013.09.26 22:00:00 -
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Roby Omanid wrote:I like this so far, can't wait to hear your next adventure, good luck wherever you go.
If you happen to be stopping by Derelik or through Curse, give Hashashin Cartel a call, we could arrange for you to see some of those events on your list, like seeing a good fight or a POS taking fire, we have some fleets that fly to destroy other corps poses from time to time
Fly Dangerous.
A kind offer. I can't promise anything due to the entirely unpredictable nature of my journey but I shall certainly remember your name. Whether I remember it at the right time remains to be seen! |
Twoflower Octiron
Tourists of New Eden
69
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Posted - 2013.09.29 22:51:00 -
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Part 7: Against All Authorities GÇô The barbarians of New Eden?
With the full weight of my new found corporation behind me, a masterful vision laid out before me and the self assured confidence of a tourist within me I plotted this course to head full tilt towards Against All Authorities. At this point I still mistakenly believed that their pilots had podded me previously and this had rankled me, thus I had three objectives for this trip. 1) To seek the truth, are they really against all authorities 2) to secure docking rights in their stations and 3) to take a picture of their home station. Route to the Barbarians!
Unfortunately I was waylaid several times on the journey. Thus:
Part 7: Opportunities Missed
The first occurred while jumping out of a system owned by the 'Mildly Intoxicated'. A rather attractive lady hailed me, her speech was slurred and I'm sure I saw her ship hit a billboard, but she was a fan!. Not wanting to miss the chance to meet a member of the adoring public, who so happens to be female, I spun my shuttle around and jumped back. I was disappointed to learn that while she was a fan, she was not 'that kind' of fan. Though on one hand the resultant conversation confirmed one thing and on the other provided me with an excellent tourist hotspot to visit.
It was confirmed that there is indeed a universe wide gagging order in effect, handed down by the corporate elites to stop their minions from harmless chatter. Our chat on the open channels quickly faltered and my burning questions went unanswered, which were 1) Are you all alcoholics? 2) Do you support the evil barbarians? She then contacted privately and both explained and did not explain what happened. Corporate secrets
Is this a personal gagging order aimed at me? To disrupt my adventures and prevent me from sharing them? Perhaps this is a directive issued by Against All Authorities, who in fact, rule with an iron fist. Publicly they eschew all other authority while enforcing their own oppressive laws. My resolve doubled, I would get to the bottom of their shenanigans.
Back in the present, Rhetaku was informing me of a little gem to be found, only 34 jumps away. A mysterious, but important relic
I was first struck but the existence of some newfangled network for sharing information on which I could search for whatever I needed. I then disregarded this revelation as utterly irrelevant. Secondly though, I had the location of an exciting piece of history; for those who are unfamiliar with what awaits in that system, the surprise shall remain. I added this location to my now extensive to-do list and flew onwards to the barbarians of New Eden.
I was sidetracked once more as a faint memory of a proposal reached my consciousness. A member of The Kadeshi alliance had mentioned that perhaps the CVA fleet was not as impressive as I had thought. When I questioned him further he provided this system as the source of the unstoppable Kadeshi fleet. I noticed that the space I was currently in belonged to these intergalactic behemoths, so I swung about once more and made for I-NGI8 for seeing a mighty fleet is always worth a detour
I landed, warped to the station, promptly took my picture and hung it up with the others. The station of The Kadeshi?
No, wait. Something was not quite right. I looked at it again.
Perhaps you didn't see it the first time, I didn't either. I picked it up, turned it this way and that. Finally, only after holding it upside down, standing 2.5 feet away and squinting did I finally spot it. Something fishy?
Still not got it?
Check the corner. The top left one. Or the bottom right one if you're still holding it upside down like a moron.
No? I'll be more specific then. The alliance.
It's the wrong damn alliance!
My suspicions were confirmed when I spoke to the local pilots. Denial
That wrapped that up nicely, bow and all. Apparently I had been sent here to either 1) die or 2) be made a fool of. Fortunately, I covered my foolishness by accusing them of being secret Kadeshi members and fleeing the system. There was no grand fleet awaiting my arrival, ready to wow me with titans and astound me with carriers; I was left feeling rather disappointed |
Twoflower Octiron
Tourists of New Eden
69
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Posted - 2013.09.29 22:53:00 -
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Part 7: Opportunities Missed (2)
The failed adventure was not entirely fruitless however. I met a nice young man called Treborr MintingtonJr who was on his way to his first ever fleet fight; I was in awe. I had bravely warped into the world in a cheap shuttle without a care in the world. He was about to take the heroic first steps of risking his life for a noble cause. Then he agreed to let me come along! Fleet fight secrets
As agreed, the identity of the pilot who gave the secret locations remains. I wouldn't have it said that Twoflower Octiron betrays the trust of his friends!
Alas, during the course of our conversation I had been travelling in the opposite direction and was now over 20 jumps from the fight. It looked like I wouldn't be experiencing my first ever fleet fight either! What's worse, it had not gone well for our new found warrior.A hero falls
Now. I'd like to talk about something important here. I set out on this journey because I had heard of the beautiful places the universe had to offer. I had read the stories of epic feats of planning, logistics and construction and then the heroic deeds done in the name of war, destruction and scamming. There seemed to be so many places to visit that had a rich history and significance on the daily workings of New Eden. I wanted to visit them all.
This conversation reminded me of one thing. What makes all the above happen? The pilots. You.
I set out on this part of the journey to meet a huge alliance, on the way I tried to view a massive fleet of ships, observe brutal destruction first hand and have been given the location of one of the most significant relics in the universe. But what I managed to find instead was a new pilot who had come into the world with ideals, enthusiasm and a willingness to get stuck in. What we just witnessed was his first combat, his first experiencing of exerting his will on others, his first chance to change something. We have just seen him become a building block of this universe, seen him become a man who will make stories happen. This is the most beautiful thing in New Eden.
But now, I really must go and find Against All Authorities. |
Alexa Coates
Federation Navy Assembly Group LLC
654
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Posted - 2013.09.30 04:47:00 -
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what I really want to see is someone re-play Battlestar Galactica. A dreadnaught and 50 some-odd indy and mining ships, along with shuttles and stuff. Start out in 1.0 space, then run through the drone regions to another highsec.
I dunno. I think it'd be neat. Of course it could also be animated, Clear Skies style. But what's the fun in that. That's a Templar, an Amarr fighter used by carriers. |
KuroVolt
The Legion of Spoon Curatores Veritatis Alliance
821
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Posted - 2013.09.30 12:17:00 -
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Giving this a well deserved bump. BoBwins Law: As a discussion/war between two large nullsec entities grows longer, the probability of one comparing the other to BoB aproaches near certainty. |
Murk Paradox
Duty. The Cursed Few
538
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Posted - 2013.09.30 18:51:00 -
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Jake Rivers wrote:Good tale.
Some suggestions:
If you ever get over to Syndicate there is this one system there which is unique to Syndicate, Poitot and is a must do on your tour list.
I always meant to travel to T-IPZB and view the shattered planet, these are rare and only a few in the universe exist.
UB-UQZ over in Branch is the current home system of Get Off My Lawn, if you head over that way, say hi for me.
EC-P8R this system is well known for the phrase, "GET THE POD!".
Poitot is indeed fun. As well as Stacmon area as well as the illustrious "6-c" which has a little of everything npc null has to offer for the young adventurer! This post has been signed by Murk Paradox and no other accounts, alternate or otherwise. Any other post claiming to be this holder's is subject to being banned at the discretion of the GM Team as it would violate the TOS in regards to impersonation. Signed, Murk Paradox. In triplicate. |
samualvimes
Quantum Cats Syndicate Samurai Pizza Cats
101
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Posted - 2013.09.30 19:09:00 -
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As long as you don't cause trouble in my universe I'm fine with it..... |
ctx2007
Wychwood and Wells Beer needs you
305
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Posted - 2013.09.30 20:41:00 -
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Ellie Empire wrote:Not even close to the first. This guy was not even first, though probably one of the best and most famous, and certainly your creative writing needs to be good to be as funny and entertaining as his. Eve TouristThough i would have a read to get some ideas, things like this can get very BIG. Fame in Eve can also, like in real life, make you rich...
I read the entire thread and blog shame it ended with his disappearance. You only-árealise you life has been a waste of time, when you wake up dead. |
KuroVolt
The Legion of Spoon Curatores Veritatis Alliance
835
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Posted - 2013.10.01 13:20:00 -
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Murk Paradox wrote:
As well as the illustrious "6-c" which has a little of everything npc null has to offer for the young adventurer!
So basically, all different flavours of horrible death. BoBwins Law: As a discussion/war between two large nullsec entities grows longer, the probability of one comparing the other to BoB aproaches near certainty. |
Recently
EntroPrelatial Industria DARKNESS.
0
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Posted - 2013.10.03 16:00:00 -
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I anxiously await the next update in this story... as I am in it :D
We really enjoyed your presence in the deep south, perhaps you can visit again some day. |
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