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Harper Hendee	Posted - 2008.08.07 21:05:00 - [1] I've been playing Eve for about a month now. During that month, I joined a corporation, ran missions, learned how to mine, started a small salvage business, and tooled around in some very tame low-sec pockets. All of this was pretty fun, but started to get repetitive. I managed to get myself into battlecruisers. And there was nothing particularly fun to blow up. My missions were rising very very slowly, and were kind of repetitive after a while. I sat back and thought about what I really liked about this game. And here's what I came up with: 1) Gorgeous Graphics 2) Interesting economic and socio-political structures 3) Meeting and working with other pilots I realized that none of the existing professions really fit my passions... Mission running was repetitive, mining was boring, industry was slow and had no eye-candy. I realized I could build a new profession--Tourist! Anyone who has played nethack may remember the Tourist class. You may have tried this class and been disappointed. The tourist starts with a camera, a hawaiian shirt, and a credit card. In fact, the most archetypical tourist comes from Discworld. Read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twoflower So in the spirit of Twoflower, I've decided to set off to the most dangerous regions of space with the Eve equivalent of a hawaiian shirt, camera, and credit card. You can read about my preparations here: http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=841051
Harper Hendee	Posted - 2008.08.07 21:23:00 - [2] Day 1--Meet Mr. Pod I started out in Jita--the central trading hub in Eve. In Jita, you can find whatever you want--ships, weapons, implants, and lots and lots of lag. Turned out that I didn't buy very much here, just various fittings for my Exequror, the "Tour Bus": High 3x Salvager 1x Tractor Medium 1x Afterburner 1x Small shield booster 1x Survey Module 1x Cap Recharger Low 2x Expanded Cargohold II 1x Inertial Stabilizer Then I loaded up with odds and ends I might need. Things like extra miners, overdrive injectors, armor repers, and drones--lots of drones. The one thing I didn't take was guns. Where I was going, guns would be no use. I had done some homework beforehand. Providence is 0.0, but most of it is NRDS (not red, don't shoot) which means I can fly without constantly worrying about every passerby blowing me to smithereens. I decided to cross over to 0.0 in Keberz, a system in the Khanid Empire. That first step was a doozy. There was sure to be a gate camp. The map showed it was run by AAA, Against All Authority, a rough looking alliance. I decided to play it safe and dropped off my ship at a nearby station and took a shuttle across the 0.5 to 0.0 jump. Sure enough, I came out in a warp bubble. I decided to play it straight... "Parley?" I enquired? "Go ahead," Said the campers. "I just want to talk..." I sent. "Sure, I'll let my autocannon do the talking!" 30 seconds later I woke up as a clone. But I had at least seen my murderer! I instantly bought another shuttle and set course for the same job. As I flew, I opened a chat to the camper. "Feel better?" I asked him. "Yeah." He said. "Want to pod me again? Got nothing in my head." I offered. "Maybe. You want to pass?" "Maybe we can work something out." "How about 10 million isk?" "I don't have that sort of money." We kept up the conversation for a while and I started to appreciate this Gate Camper. He was an old timer who was winding down his Eve day with a good old fashion noob shoot. I told him about my quest to become a tourist, snapping photos and working my way through space salvaging wrecks. Finally, I got to the gate and decided to chance it. Once across, my Camper buddy said, "Go ahead and warp away..." I said, "Isn't that a warp bubble around me?" "Yeah. See if you can run, though." So I tried. My shuttle lasted a few seconds then I was back in the pod. And then they stopped. On local, I see, "I think we should keep him as a pet." Pet is better than prey, I guess. They started playing with me. "Try warping, harper." No can do, I've been scrambled. Try to get back to the fleet, harper." I'm webbed. Fun. "Let's fleet harper." Better... They formed a fleet with me, and the next thing I know I'm warping through the system. How did that happen? Oh, its a fleet warp. After a while, the campers got tired and let me go at the gate. I jumped my sorry, beat up pod out of system and back to the station. Little did they know I had a secret weapon...
Harper Hendee	Posted - 2008.08.07 21:40:00 - [3] Day 2--Life with the Knights I put my secret weapon into action the next day... The ability to wake up early! I logged on at 1210 and made the jump. No one was in local! I had contacted the CEO of Libertas Fideletas earlier and he told me his zone was NRDS. I set my course and realized I had misread the map. This sovereignty was actually 8 jumps in, not 2. So I made the jumps quickly, passing through the Paxton Federation and CVA space. I saw almost no one during my journey. Finally--my destination, P15-39. Home of... Knights? All the corporations in the vicinity seemed to have medieval type sigils. There was a strong feeling of the SCA in this constellation. I quickly met some locals. Jagtor was quite welcoming. Nobody minded me scarfing wrecks. They were more interested in killing the rats. No one had salvagers equipped. Soon, I had filled my hold and headed to the station. There was a STATION! With real bathrooms... I never imagined 0.0 would be so s****! I headed out for another pass. There were a couple of ratters more than happy to let me in on the kills. But they kept doing something that puzzled me... I'd flag where rats were and they reported they were engaging the rats. Then I'd fly there and there'd still be rats. In fact sometimes, I'd show up and the ratter would zip away a minute later, leaving me to the rats. Turns out that I can take out a couple of Sansha Monsters, but nothing else. I replaced my afterburner with a microwarp and kept well out of range, sending the drones to do my dirty work. Anyhow I asked about this strange behavior and eventually got the answers. Turns out that these ratters didn't care much about the babies I was killing. They wanted the big ones. So they left the little rats and the big ones respawned sooner. Of course this is no good for a salvager, because all these lovely wrecks are being guarded by angry little rats. So I headed back to dock to catch a holovid and sell off the salvage. I also sent word to the next sov over that I was going to be passing through their territory. And with that, I logged off.
voetius Mnemonic Enterprises New Eden Research	Posted - 2008.08.07 21:40:00 - [4] Edited by: voetius on 07/08/2008 21:43:57 edit : my post sounded faintly patronising and I dont think u need help so... good luck
Panzerkom	Posted - 2008.08.07 21:40:00 - [5] Darn, had I had a couple more weeks of SP under my belts, I would've joined you. I can be THE LUGGAGE I guess.
Arcon Telf Gallente Dark Tide Rising Rule of Three	Posted - 2008.08.07 21:58:00 - [6] We're NRDS in Great Wildlands, come on down. We've got strippers.
Harper Hendee	Posted - 2008.08.07 22:08:00 - [7] I think that an Obelisk would make a pretty good "Luggage". 120,000m3 could fit a lot of stuff. Looks very ominous as well. Two bad its got no fittings at all... Thanks for the tip on the Great Wildlands. I'll make my way over there after I've swung through Providence. I suspect that "Curse" may be a little rough, but I'll see if I can do some homework first. --Harper
Tlalex Ky	Posted - 2008.08.07 23:20:00 - [8] This is excellent stuff. You are a pioneeer.
Kyret Omaki	Posted - 2008.08.07 23:36:00 - [9] Nice idea, Harper I hope you will continue to update your "travelog." Cheers
Gojyu Ever Flow HUZZAH FEDERATION	Posted - 2008.08.08 00:51:00 - [10] You might be interested in reading the works of innominate nightmare. Although his aims at the start were quite different, he toured a fair chunk of 0.0 and wrote about his experiences, most of the alliances he discusses are long dead, but it's still an interesting read
Dirk Magnum Spearhead Endeavors	Posted - 2008.08.08 00:55:00 - [11] Exequrors, gatecamps, waking up early... You sir are taking a vacation in Hell. Good show.
Draxann Caldari	Posted - 2008.08.08 01:16:00 - [12] Keep up the good work! Good luck to you!
Sheephomme	Posted - 2008.08.08 04:03:00 - [13] I look forward to reading more about your journey...
Myrhial Arkenath Ghost Festival	Posted - 2008.08.08 07:18:00 - [14] You really should get a blog to record this in for the future generations. Also have you considered getting some video recording software and turn this into a real travelling diary? Doesn't need fancy editing, after all it would be more real if it was edited roughly. Diary of a pod pilot
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.08 20:44:00 - [15] Day 3 -- Part 1 (The Plex) As I logged in early today, I saw an email from my corporation. Mining op coming up this weekend. In empire space. Well, back to life in high-sec... First, I explored the rest of Libertas Fidelitas space. They had a cozy little corner constellation with only 1 entrance. I stopped by the station at F-DT00 and found that they had cloning facilities and the ability to buy a jump clone. Sign me up! Oops--I've got no "Informorph Psychology" skill to use a jump clone. Turns out that purposely killing yourself to wake up in another clone across the galaxy takes some inner nerve achieved through training. Out here in 0.0, there was no sign of this skill book to purchase. So, I packed up the Tour bus and headed to the exit. On the way out, a strange thing happened. Instead of warping straight to the gate, I was stopped some 100km away. There was a gigantic whitish bubble all around it with maybe 10-15 ships hovering around. I asked my new friend Actual Hero if they were defending the gates from the Barbarian Hordes. "Not so loud on local!" He sent back. So I tried again, "whisperAre you trying to defend the gates against the Barbarian Hordes? whisper" He got my on private chat and let me know that there was a marauding gang in the area. Everybody kept telling me to get safe. I figured that discretion was the better part of value and high-tailed it towards high-sec space. On my first jump into Paxton Federation space, I saw fellow with a problem I could help with... "Salvage anyone? I've got 30+ ships here" "Salvage? Music to my ears! Harper's Salvage in System" I boldly typed. It turns out that the salvage was in a deadspace complex. He fleeted with me and I warped into it. My new friend was now fighting with some sort of Sansha Slaver Lord. It was spiky. It was ugly. I didn't want anything to do with it. Luckily, the wrecks were stacked up on the other side of the plex. Halfway through my collection, a bunch of new bad guys spawned and targetted me. I quickly warped back to station, letting Michael do the fighting. In a few minutes he was done and I got to continue the feast. When I was finally finished, I let him know I'd split the spoils 50/50. He wasn't interested. Just another old-timer with more isk than time and happy to help a noob out. You meet nice folks all over this galaxy. I made a good 5 million isk off the one haul. I had to be careful not to sell too much stuff in this station. Some things were severely underpriced. I reprocessed a few things that nobody wanted and sold the minerals that were going for a good price, kept the rest. And off I went for a very uneventful trip through CVA (Curatores Veritas Alliance) space. CVA keeps a pretty orderly system from what I picked up. If you want a place to spend some time in 0.0, this may be the place for you. I was never targetted, never harrassed and folks seemed friendly and proud to live in Providence under the CVA. As one local told it, LFA got their little pocket kingdom from CVA for their aid in conquering the region. So all and all, providence is a good place to visit and contains a bit of local color with several small associate alliances under the CVA umbrella.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.08 20:45:00 - [16] Day 3 -- Part 2 (Safe at last--Not!) Finally I made it back to high-sec space. First things first--I wanted to bone up on some skills. So I headed out to University of Caille to pick up some books. U of C is very useful whenever you need to get a new skill. They've got nearly all the books for reasonable prices. I bought 6 on all manner of subject. I also zipped over to the nearest trade hub and bought some bargain implants. I figured the chance of losing them in the near future was rather high. While I was cycling through level 1 skill training in various subjects, I started salvaging the 0.4 system where U of C was located. There were a number of wrecks floating around and some small rat packs I could take on. I spent the time warping from belt to belt picking up wrecks and chatting with the folks I'd met. I was asking my murderer from day 1 if I could get into AAA controlled space when I noticed a red flashing icon on my overview. It had a skull and crossbones under it. I'd been in 0.0 for some time, so I wasn't too concerned. But I was playing on my slow laptop... As I tried to engage microwarp to get a little distance, I got an alarming message... "Your ship is out of control" Or something like that. Crap. Time to warp away... "Your warp core is being scrambled" I hit the shield booster and started panicking. 3/4 of the screen was covered with chat windows, emails, and market reports. Then the tour bus exploded! I was ready this time, and right clicked space to warp to something anything nearby. I ended up at a gate, no signs of pursuit. I was still alive! Here I thought low-sec was practically safe. I breathed a sigh of relief and headed back to station. Its time to buy a new ship.
Captain Serenity	Posted - 2008.08.08 20:55:00 - [17] good read good read =)
Liz Laser	Posted - 2008.08.08 23:03:00 - [18] good stuff.
Rafael Cane Republic University	Posted - 2008.08.09 20:58:00 - [19] Good writing style. More please
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.10 04:39:00 - [20] Day 4--The Eve Gate The mining op got cancelled, and I was back in Empire space and bored. What to do... Off to snap some pics of the Eve gate in New Eden of course! Getting to the Eve gate is easier than I thought. Though it is 8 jumps through low-sec space, about half the systems boasted no inhabitants whatsoever. The closer you get to New Eden, the fewer pilots you'll see. Make sure to snap a few pictures of the lovely station ruins on your way in... http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/new_eden1.jpg Finally, I arrived at New Eden. There's only one place to warp from the stargate at New Eden. Its the last remaining planet, New Eden V. I assume the other 4 were destroyed in the catastrophe that destroyed the Eve gate. I had the system to myself during a fairly busy time. So I didn't have to worry about pirates or even rats. The scene is dominated by the "Thing" that was the Eve Gate. Now it looks like a second sun with warp lines eminating from it... http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/new_eden3.jpg New Eden V is a Saturn-like gas giant at the edge of "something." A rip in the space time continuum, I guess. http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/new_eden4.jpg All through the area, there are cargo containers with messages. Most of them are pretty dumb, but if you look towards the anomaly from New Eden V, you'll see something called "Yodelling Point." You can warp to it and get just that much closer to one of the most spectacular sights in the Galaxy. New Eden is located in Amarr space. Though it is in low-sec, I had no hassles journeying quickly there... http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/new_eden5.jpg
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.10 04:52:00 - [21] Day 4 (cont) -- Gateway and hijinx On the way out of New Eden, I noticed a bunch of "Blue" pilots in Gateway. I have no idea why they were blue to me, but I never did get their attention. Instead, I did a little exploring around Gateway. While there is no station in Gateway, the ratting is good and the mining is not too bad, either. Gateway has many, many belts and few inhabitants. Here's a shot of the Tour Bus II near some Vivid Hemorphite... Ore in Gateway Of course, I was fitted for salvage. I found a few wrecks rotting around some of the gates and did a little light salvage work. When the rats showed up, I had to leave. Rats at Gateway I managed to kill a pair by themselves, but it was painful fighting 0.2 rats with only drones from an exequror. Finally, I made my way to Empire Space again and checked on my Alliance. I noticed that LK had just signed on. LK has been very generous with Salvage jobs in the past, so I gave him a shout. Yes, he was running missions, and he was itching to show off his new Navy Issue Megathron. I was more than happy to oblige. When I finally got to Oursaleart, LK was ready to hop in the 'Thron. It was like a normal Megathron w/ camo paint. As I flew past him, my ship was suddenly enveloped in a blue web that I recognized all too well--Stasis Webifier. Then I heard the firing start. Had LK betrayed me? Actually, LK was just playing games with the webber. However, Concord took a very dim view of this. They all instantly opened fire (we were just outside the Navy Testing Facilities). LK's Megathron lasted about 20 seconds. No more fancy ship. I made sure to rush to the scene and salvage what I could. The many nearby ships were descending on the wreck like locusts. I managed to save some faction ammo and a few spendy modules, but the rest was lost... I think LK had that ship out in space for all of 1 minute. I guess the lesson is this--you don't joke about bombs at the airport and you don't joke about PvP in Concord space. Especially when there's scads of heavily armed concord forces all around you.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.10 05:03:00 - [22] Day 4 -- Mission Running cleanup service I've found that the absolute quickest way for a newbie to make isk is to salvage other folks missions. Generally, people running L3 and L4 missions are sick to death of salvaging. Plus, running missions is pretty lonely. You can usually find someone willing to take on a sidekick for an hour or so. Load up for salvage and warp in a few minutes after your patron. Here's the scene you're likely to find: Wreck, wrecks, and dangerous stuff Salvaging wrecks from an mission in progress is heady stuff. There's explosions and dogfights going on all around you, while you try to make your way from wreck to wreck as quietly as possible. Occasionally, a new spawn will target you. In that case, just warp somewhere else, and the big, tough, mission runner will get targetted when you are gone. Warp back and you'll be left alone. On my way to mission, I also stopped at the graveyard in Yulai: Yulai Graveyard This is what remains of a massive battle where Concord headquarters was sacked. Here's an eyewitness account: http://ombeve.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/yulai-concord-bureau-station-under-attack/ The station was eventually destroyed. So where to next. I'd like to see some Earth-like planets. Maybe take a tour through minmater space and some of the 0.0 kingdoms nearby. LK bought me some nice implants, but made me promise not to get podded. I couldn't quite make that promise, but I'll be a little more careful in the future. I've now got nearly 20 million isk in my head. Makes one a little more cautious... Anyhow, the tour bus is leaving... Tour Bus
Onlay' Away Minmatar Far East Shipping Company	Posted - 2008.08.10 08:48:00 - [23] You should start up a travel angency and take peeps touring w/ you. It's amazing how many people are afraid to even visit losec/bubbles. <how did that happen?>
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.10 15:02:00 - [24] I've actually been thinking how much a "Tourism Board of Eve" or some such corporation is needed. Basically, a corp devoted to allowing freedom of movement for tourists to major Eve destinations. Such a corp could join various alliances temporarily to allow their members access to those areas. You could pay the hosting alliance some isk and run tours. Of course, player alliances are probably too paranoid about spies to actually allow this to happen... But you never know.
Pan Dora Caldari Bears Inc Violent-Tendencies	Posted - 2008.08.10 16:19:00 - [25] Originally by: Harper Hendee Of course, player alliances are probably too paranoid about spies to actually allow this to happen... But you never know. Well, you said it all. A enemy with ascess to your space, or even worse, to your POSes and stations can cause a lot of trouble. Not only once entire fleets was decimated because a single spy. Anyways, good luck in your adventure. My posts DOES reflect the view of my corp and ally... ..or a mistake they did when let me post.
Dinsdale Pirannha Gallente	Posted - 2008.08.10 16:21:00 - [26] I think you should start up an unbiased news service, that supplies pictures and news from all the major events in Eve. It would be interesting to get pics and accounts of battles that are from a neutral point of view. Of course, getting all sides to agree you are not a target........ But you might be able to get people to subscribe for a nominal fee to your service. Great writing style, excellent material.
Myrhial Arkenath Ghost Festival	Posted - 2008.08.11 07:06:00 - [27] Instead of a travel agency why not become a traveller's guide writer? Begin with all the landmarks in EVE, important places in recent news ect. You could still set up a deal with certain big alliances to visit and detail on spots in their space under their watchful eye. Diary of a pod pilot
Xindi Kraid	Posted - 2008.08.11 08:41:00 - [28] Originally by: Pan Dora Originally by: Harper Hendee Of course, player alliances are probably too paranoid about spies to actually allow this to happen... But you never know. Well, you said it all. A enemy with ascess to your space, or even worse, to your POSes and stations can cause a lot of trouble. Not only once entire fleets was decimated because a single spy. Anyways, good luck in your adventure. Noone said you had to let them near the POSes --Bird of Prey: Forum God Caveat Emptor Caveat Venditor CAVEAT
Evanga	Posted - 2008.08.11 09:58:00 - [29] Great reading!! :-) I really like it someone goes from sector to sector in the eve universe. I myself want to do it to the eve gate soon :)
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.11 18:52:00 - [30] Day 5ùMission Running in Oursulaert I traveled back to Empire space because my corp was supposed to be holding a big mining op. However, the op was cancelled and I had some time to kill. As I was in Oursulaert, I did what one does in Oursulaertùrun missions! Oursulaert is a great system for a new player. It offers a cornucopia of agents and a great marketplace for parts and ships. This is the system that I call home because of it. This day, I got a great missionùsome cuddly furry creatures had been genetically mutated into cuddly killing machines. The cuddly killer needed to be eliminated, but environmentalists were sure to try and stop me. What made this mission particularly memorable wasnÆt the multiple waves of wussy bad guys. It was the final objective. There was an infected lab in the center of a hollow asteroid. Took me a while to actually find it and blow it up. It blew up really nicelyà Blowing up the lab The cool part was that it left a cargo container behindà inside the asteroid. It was time to see if my mission ship could actually fit in thereà Spelunking in space... ThatÆs right, I flew through the hollow asteroid with no collision issues. Stuff like this is golden! Still, I tire quickly of mission running.

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