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Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.11 19:03:00 - [31] Edited by: Harper Hendee on 11/08/2008 19:06:36 Edited by: Harper Hendee on 11/08/2008 19:05:43 Day 5ùCaldari Prime There was a news item in Eve Insider I thought IÆd have a look at: Caldari Offensive Continues news item Luminaire is not far from Oursulaert, so I made my way there to the Titan at Caldari Prime. What a sight! Titan The pictures really donÆt do it justice. This thing is BIG! First time I jumped in, I freaked out a bit. HereÆs what you seeà Caldari Tactical DonÆt let the red crosses bother you. They wonÆt fire. And for the trigger-happy, donÆt start anything because Concord regards each and every one of those ships as private property. Shoot something and you get killed by the cops. I havenÆt been on Eve long enough to know all the history behind the Caldari-Gallente war, but from what I gather, its been long and bitter. The planet looks pretty blown to hell by now: Bitter Bombswept Planet And thereÆs something new since I last visited. It appears the Caldari are constructing a new stationà Unfinished Caldari Base The titan at Luminaire is a great sight to behold. ItÆs a rare occasion you get to inspect a titan without getting wiped off the map in the process. A great destination for the high-sec tourist!
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.11 19:16:00 - [32] Day 6ùThe mining op My first mining op! Oh the excitement of giant ships pulling tons of ore from the rocks of space. And this was going to be mining in low-sec. My corporation is a bità cautious when it comes to operations. With good reason. Those hulks donÆt come cheap. The rest of the corp was chomping at the bit to have a little payback on a pirate that had been harassing our players in the system. Folks were really working themselves up. I contented myself to patrolling the belts for wrecks and bird-dogging rats for all the warriors looking for something to blow up. This is the basic relationship I try to establish in any system. It quickly becomes apparent that I am useful and folks donÆt try and kill me. The times IÆve gotten killed have always been when I donÆt talk on local. Then IÆm just some poor guy in an Exequrorùan easy kill. Anyhow, the mining op finally got underway in a big wayà Mighty Mining The escorts got bored once all the big rats were splatted and practiced on each other. We had a bit of excitement as the pirate weÆd been looking for jumped in. Fleet chat lit up with chatter. Sadly the guy jumped away without contact some 5-10 min later. No trap was sprung. Miners just arenÆt vicious enough, I think. There were only a few other outsiders that showed up to the system. Like this guy: Some random guy He was just looking for good ratting and got all kinds of chatter pointed at him. ôHey watcha doin?ö ôMight want to stay out of the high belts, op going onàö ôWant to join our corp?ö He finally figured on going somewhere a bit safer, what with all the disappointed trigger happy miners floating around.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.12 18:07:00 - [33] Day 7ùOf Rats and Roids Day 7 was spent salvaging various 0.0 locations. I did fairly well in providence region, and the locals were quite obliging to kill rats for me. However, it seemed like wherever I found a wreck, there were still some rats around. Not big ones, but they gave me trouble nonetheless. I asked the locals about this, and it turns out they were farming big rats. You get better isk and standing if you kill battleship class rats vs. the little frigate rats. The thought was that battleship class rats wonÆt spawn unless there is a critical mass of little ratsà Anyhow, I was patrolling the belts for wrecks and _I_ donÆt mind killing little rats. A Typical 0.0 belt It takes a little while, though. IÆve got one big drone and 3 little ones to fight for me. The big one is a Berserker named Billy Bob. He was a rescue drone from a wreck. A little reprogramming and heÆs been right as rain. As I warped 50km from a belt, I ended up in the belt with some rats about 40km away. Two mamas and 3 babies. No problem, the Tour bus is a fairly nimble ship. See my loadout here: The Tour Bus I was typing in local to bird dog the rats when I got hit with my first laser. No problem, I selected the next belt to warp to. Only I didnÆt warp. Instead, my ship nosed around the edge of an asteroid while the rats steadily bore down on me. Now, the two battleship sized rats (SanshaÆs Slave Lords) had me in their sights and were stripping away the shields. I saw a planet symbol that was in easy alignment, so I right clicked it to warp. ôYou cannot do that while warpingö was the reply. Oh no! I tried to remember where the ôStop Shipö command was located. By the time I found it, my ship was blown and I was once again in a podà Not again! I bought an overpriced vexor from the local station and beat my way home to Oursulaert. Oh and I stopped by Tash Murkon because of this article: Tash Murkon is hot stuff Sadly, there was not a lot to see. Just your typical trade hub with plenty of stations. Prices were not so good that I could even justify a trading run. Oh well, not all the destinations are plumsà Tash Murkon
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.12 18:09:00 - [34] A few readers of the travelog have contacted me in-game. Let me tell you how much I appreciate this. I've gotten great tips and advice on various corners of the galaxy. Please give me a shout next time you're online!
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.12 18:19:00 - [35] Edited by: Harper Hendee on 12/08/2008 18:20:10 Day 8 û The colonial ruins at Isie This location is from a reader suggestion. I was planning on a trip to the north and this was a perfect excuseà Description of R55 Colonial Ruins IÆll let the pictures do the talking for the next few slidesà First Glimpse A lonely graveyard Say Cheese Hit the road The last stop before low-sec space to Isie is the rather underwhelming system of Elonda. Not much to buy hereà Traders take note! Elonda Sucks And with that final pic, IÆm off to the warzone in the north. Highway to the Dangerzone!
Ancy Denaries Caldari Amarr Sisterhood of Galactic Sirens Tread Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.12 19:08:00 - [36] Looking forward to more of your adventures! Balance is important, but you will always adapt to changing circumstances and you don't whine about stuff you can't change.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.12 20:06:00 - [37] Warzone (continued) I was getting braced for a tense crossing of EC-P8R where all the pod killings had occurred. There was a lot more pilots there now. More pilots in each system as I approached. Finally, I got to the gate to EC-P8R in EWOK-K. Ewoks? Should be peaceful enough. ThatÆs when I found myself at the edge of a warp bubble! All those pilots that had been leaving? I think I found them. I was instantly targeted. I made for a planet, but was stuck in the bubble. I hit the microwarp. I pleaded on local. All to no avail. Soon enough I woke up in Oursulaert. Back to Oursulaert in my missioning ship LK, if you are reading, IÆm sorry about those implants. IÆll pay you back! So hereÆs my reading of what happenedà Right after the servers came up, the war was taking a breather. Gate camps were down and most pilots were docked in safe places. Slowly, those pilots began to trickle into the battle line, either maintaining defenses at Ewok land, or fighting in EC-P8R. I walked right into the defenses. These guys were _not_ talking to strangers. Oh well, IÆm a little wiser now and free of implants to hold me down. IÆve got 10 Exequrors on order from a fellow alliance member. Hot jets everyone!
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.12 21:53:00 - [38] Day 9 û The Warzone As I woke up early to beat the campers, I had a bit of trepidation. I was flying into an area of 0.0 that I was totally unfamiliar with. The only thing I had to go on was a reader who had mentioned they were bottled up in the middle of a war in the north. Looking at the map, I saw that the Servant Sisters of Eve had a little enclave a few jumps in. That seemed innocuous enough. 10 jumps from my current location. First stop was at Nonni for resupply. http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/nonni.jpg Not only is Nonni a great trade hub and mission base, it sits right next door to the 0.4 system of Aunenen. I asked around the system if there was a gate camp and some brave volunteers headed across the gate to check it out. Everything was fine. I went across myselfà And was targeted by a lone pirate. I decided to hoof it to the nearest planet and then to the opposite gate. No more sign of the pirate. Aunenen is just a pocket lowsec, with highsec on either side. These little pockets can be quite dangerous or quite safe. It really depends on what sort has made their home there. For instance, Beke system in Genesis is quite safe. Aunenen seems a little on the rougher side. Once through the lowsec pocket I proceeded on my way up to Torrinos, the last named system before 0.0 in Pure Blind. Originally I had hoped to visit the ISS station in Pure Blind as described here: http://www.eve-iss.com/publicsite/borealis.asp But then I saw this article: http://eveshares.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/iss-borealis-outpost-announcement/ It looks like the ISS outpost is no longer the safe haven it once was. The next best place is the station at X-7OMU. But to get there, youÆve got some dangerous territory to cross. Pulling up the map color coded to pilots killed in the last 24 hours showed a blindingly bright star at EC-P8R. Color coding for pilots currently in system showed a mere 20 ships. It was only 1240. I decided to risk it. http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/war1.jpg Amazingly, I managed to get through the system largely unmolested. I saw single ships at the gates, but nothing else. Just to be sure, I stopped by a planet to take a zigzag route to the gate. The next few systems were empty or nearly empty until I got to the Sisters space. Here, there were 40 ships active. I quickly docked at the outpost without seeing another soul. http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/war2.jpg I noticed I could actually run missions out of this station. It was worth a try, and maybe I could get a jump clone out here in the hinterlands. I got an absolutely tasteless mission to grab some ôperfumeö for the guys girlfriend. And I found out through chats that I needed to get my standing up to 8 to make a jump clone. Urgh. Time wasted. I decided to ply my trade in the 8 belts in the system. Strange. There were no wrecks, no ratters. Nothing but feral gangs of rats. I noticed that the number of pilots in local kept going down, yet I never saw another shipà http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/war3.jpg I took one last look at the station and decided to make a break for Empire space again. I was getting a bad feeling about thisà http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/war4.jpg http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/war5.jpg
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.12 21:54:00 - [39] Warzone (continued) I was getting braced for a tense crossing of EC-P8R where all the pod killings had occurred. There was a lot more pilots there now. More pilots in each system as I approached. Finally, I got to the gate to EC-P8R in EWOK-K. Ewoks? Should be peaceful enough. ThatÆs when I found myself at the edge of a warp bubble! All those pilots that had been leaving? I think I found them. I was instantly targeted. I made for a planet, but was stuck in the bubble. I hit the microwarp. I pleaded on local. All to no avail. Soon enough I woke up in Oursulaert. Back to Oursulaert in my missioning ship LK, if you are reading, IÆm sorry about those implants. IÆll pay you back! So hereÆs my reading of what happenedà Right after the servers came up, the war was taking a breather. Gate camps were down and most pilots were docked in safe places. Slowly, those pilots began to trickle into the battle line, either maintaining defenses at Ewok land, or fighting in EC-P8R. I walked right into the defenses. These guys were _not_ talking to strangers. Oh well, IÆm a little wiser now and free of implants to hold me down. IÆve got 10 Exequrors on order from a fellow alliance member. Hot jets everyone!
Case Kovaks Minmatar Suddenly Ninjas	Posted - 2008.08.12 22:42:00 - [40] Awesome tales, once I think a vacation might be in order after reading that I would strongly suggest you register a wordpress or blogger account and actually put this on the net, it would be a lot easier to find and people can subscribe with an rss feed. You could also post more things about how to go about touristing and a nice list of the best sites to see. You could still post on here for exposure but it would be a good place to consolidate everything. Keep up the good work!
SpamooM Aperture Enterprises	Posted - 2008.08.13 06:06:00 - [41] Love the tales so far, you've seen more than I have in a few years of eve! Originally by: Case Kovaks I would strongly suggest you register a wordpress or blogger account I'd be more than willing to set up a wordpress blog for you if you'd like with a subdomain of your choice. evemail me for info :). SpaM -------------------------------------- My Website
Dana Su'ul Caldari State War Academy	Posted - 2008.08.13 15:06:00 - [42] Lovin' them so far - keep 'em comin' :D
Horatioken	Posted - 2008.08.13 19:10:00 - [43] I am enjoying this story as well. It has a wonderful blend of "story" that brings you into the world of EVE combined with the real game aspects. This is how I try to imagine EVE while playing. (Otherwise I get caught up in calculating skill training times)
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.13 23:17:00 - [44] Edited by: Harper Hendee on 13/08/2008 23:21:13 Day 10 û Factional Warfare (sorta) The Exequrors havenÆt come in yet, so IÆm back to flying the ôOverpriced Vexorö that I bought a few days back in 0.0 space. Smile for the camera, Overpriced Vexor! I decided it might be nice to snap some pictures of real battles going on. My view of a real PvP battle was remarkably short. Perhaps I could sneak in on a factional battle? After all, they canÆt shoot me, right? So I pulled up the map and set it to militia killed in last 24 hours. I got a couple of supernova from that. Factional Combat Map Blast off to adventure Course charted, captain! Tama was my destination. But Tama was also 0.3 security. I decided to play it safe and stop off in nearby Nourvukaiken first. I hung out at the gate for a while asking stupid questions on local. The most pertinent of which was, ôHowÆs Tama for a neutral?ö The gate was surrounded by several ships. IÆm not sure if it was a makeshift gatecamp or just a bunch of guys waiting for the right time to jump to lowsec. Factional gate camp? The answer finally came as I had hit the jump buttonà a single wordùHot! I emerged on the other side, my cloak still active with 5 ships on my overview. I announced my arrival and intentions on local. IÆm not a faction, IÆm a tourist. I want to fly around and take pictures of them blowing stuff up. I got the green light from at least one soldierà Let the shooting commence... maybe? After about 10 minutes of nothing happening, I got a priority call from Mrs. Harper and had to bug out. Too bad, I was hoping for some gritty wartime footageà
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.13 23:24:00 - [45] Day 10 û The junkyard I found another interesting view of the map. You can highlight DED space objects. ThereÆs complexes in one view, and more permanent objects in another, like the Titan at Caldari Prime. http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/map_ded.jpg I set my path to the ôCarnival.ö Sounded like great touristy fun. But as I was jumping on my path I was brought up short in Deltole by an object on my overviewùMunicipal Junkyard. Now in addition to being a tourist, I am an avid junk collector. Ratting can be fun, mission running is ok, PvP I wonÆt touch, but junkà ThatÆs my biz. It gets me where I want to go, and it keeps gas in the tank and ships in my bay. So I jumped at the chance to visit a real Eve Junkyardà http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/junk1.jpg Looking at all the floating junk, I though I was in heaven. Then I realized I was in hell. I couldnÆt salvage a thing! But it was a pretty sight. There were concord-type junk monkeys floating around and cargo containers with nothing but garbage in them. I decided stealing the garbage was probably a bad idea. Instead I flew around snapping pictures. http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/junk2.jpg I noticed another DED object on the overview. Some sort of skeleton comet. http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/skeleton.jpg I warped to the beacon and there was an acceleration gate. Activating the gate brought me to a place from my wildest dreams! http://www.thesmipps.com/images/eve/atg80/junk3.jpg This was it. The mother load. The biggest haul ever! And here I was in a vexor with damn little cargo space. Still, it turned out to be the right ship, since there were scads of rats swarming through the wreckage. I was in luck this day, though. A couple of intrepid ratters were giving them a run for their money. Their distraction was just what I needed to pillage the wrecks. I made a good haul of low-grade junk and loot. However, the station in Deltole gives mediocre prices for salvage. YouÆre best bet is to sell it elsewhere. ThatÆs exactly what I did.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.15 18:18:00 - [46] Edited by: Harper Hendee on 15/08/2008 18:24:37 Day 11 û Strange sights and COSMOS Today I set about looking at some more of those ôDED space agentö areas. I came across the Ani constellation, full of a number of sites. Ani constellation close up Ani constellation in galactic map My first stop was the one that seemed most touristyùnamely the Carnival. I figured I could shoot down some balloons and get a stuffed animal for my kids. It turns out Carnival is not quite what I expectedà Carnival description It turns out that the Nefantars are a Minmater tribe. From what I can see of the ôCarnival,ö they must be on the ropesà The Carnival is a little run down now This is also where I spotted my first agent in space. IÆm still not sure how these guys work, because none of them would give me a job. Agent ThereÆs no rides at Carnival, so I decided to check out the next DED space object, the Hyperbole Nexus. Now this is a little more interestingà Hyperbole Nexus Description The Hyperbole is unlike any other site IÆve been to in the Eve universe. Its blue for one thing. Very blue. ThereÆs a big old radio telescope and a couple of agents floating around in space. None of them gave me the time of day, but I did manage to snap some nice picturesà The Hyperbole Nexus ThereÆs lots of great places to explore in the area. IÆll let the pictures tell the tale. Sister's Camp desciption Sister's Camp asteroid Reclaimation wreck description Pics of Reclaimation Wrecks Thin Red Line description Thin Red line battered fortress
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.15 18:26:00 - [47] Edited by: Harper Hendee on 15/08/2008 18:27:14 Day 11 -- Plexes and Exploration ThereÆs also a complex in the area. From what I glean, a complex is to Eve what a Dungeon is to fantasy games. You enter, kill stuff, and take loot. The complexes in Ani may be part of COSMOS agent missions. I warped in and saw a sight similar to the Skeleton Comet in Deltole. Hundreds of wrecks and lots of rats. Thank goodness there were plenty of combat ships to deal with them. I announced myself on local and got to work on the wrecks. Salvaging can be a dangerous business The pilots in the plex seemed perfectly happy to let me salvage and loot to my hearts content. I did my thing, salvaging, picking up loot, and sending isk to the nice folks killing rats. And then I started getting threats from pilots. I got targeted by one and quickly warped away. It turns out I had committed the faux pas of looting from wrecks that pilots were coming back for. ItÆs a bit hard to match wrecks to pilots, since they are identified by corporation and not pilot name. So I tried to make amends by sending isk to the pilots I had looted from. It seemed to help, but they were still surly. Luckily, weÆre in high sec space and most of the folks here arenÆt that interested in PVP combat. It turns out what was really bothering these pilots is that there are quest items scattered in the wrecks. Two pilots were frantically blowing up every structure looking for their magic maguffin. They were disappointed when it wasnÆt there. It seems that a pilot could make a business of sifting through the wreckage for quest items for the mission runners. But I donÆt know. I got sidetracked at that point. A friendly capsuleer named Kambei took the time to show me the basics of exploration. You can find new plexes by scanning for them. This process can be quite time consuming, but its rewarding when you find something. Kambei had found a plex a few jumps over and called me over. He then ran me through the drill: 1)Open the scanner 2)Scan for cosmic anomalies 3)Analyze results 4)Warp to locations you uncover Kambei made it really easy for me. He was flying some kick ass battlecruiser and led the way, taking the agro from the plex. Brand new plex I had a good look around and took some pictures and salvaged the wrecks. This plex was fairly tame. It consisted of a secret base with some defenders. KambeiÆs biggest bit of advice for the newbie is to avoid heavy batteries at all cost. They will take you out quickly at range! Battery fire There was no such battery here, though. Instead, just a bunch of loot and carnage. I bid farewell as Kambei moved further into the plex. There were multiple rooms, but I had other responsibilitiesà Good luck!
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.15 18:34:00 - [48] Day 12 û The Great Wildlands The Great Wildlands. Such a evocative name. Several capsuleers suggested I give it a visit, since it isnÆt controlled by any particular sov. This is NPC 0.0 space and cannot be conquered. But even the NPC stations are a little sparse. IÆve got no pictures for this entry. Why? There was really nothing to see. Untamed rats roamed the belts and a few pilots drift from system to system. The only other soul I saw targeted me without saying a word. On the way back to empire space, I stopped at Rens system to do some light ratting and salvage. Rens seems to be overpopulated with afk miners and their alts. Every other belt seemed like it had a hulk and a drake sitting motionless in space. I accidentally targeted one when I hit the ôtargetö button instead of the ôlookö button. No reaction. For 0.5 space, these guys are awfully complacent. But then again, the rats I came across were all very easy to kill with my 4 drones.
Grista	Posted - 2008.08.16 22:18:00 - [49] You should set course to see "the remains of Steve" - a monument in space where the first Titan was killed. It's in Esoteria, C9N is the system.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.18 18:37:00 - [50] Day 13 û Making isk and seeing the sights of Empire On my weekend, I spent much of my time making some ISK so I could buy and equip my ships before heading out on tour again. My current favorite spot to make some money is to salvage the Skeleton Comet. You may remember this site from Day 10à Skeleton Comet w/ rings I was also running missions on and off, so IÆm driving my Thorax. Harper's Thorax in the Skeleton Comet Grabbing wrecks from a level 4 deadspace complex may not seem like a very safe way to make isk. If I was soloing it, it certain would spell my doom. However, there are plenty of pilots who are pounding the rats in this comet for bounty and booty. GalacticNova blows up something big The second room was a little too hot for me, though. Fewer pilots venture there, so the agro is much more pronounced to a lightly armed salvager. At the end of the day, I was finally able to put together my new High Sec space boat. ItÆs a Navy Vexor that I call ôThe Dread Lecturer.ö Why the lecturer? Because it just drones on and onà My new toy--A Navy Vexor (Thanks LK) Some interesting sights... A big friggin sculture Those last 3 pics were all from Algintal constellation in Gallente space. Other than that, a fairly normal Eve day. DidnÆt lose any ships and made a fair amount of isk.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.18 18:54:00 - [51] Day 14 û Send in the Clones My corp was hosting a pretty interesting event today. They were giving away free jump clones. We have a member who owns a Rorqual with a clone vat. A Rorqual is a capital industrial ship manufactured by ORE. The way it works is that we all rendezvous at a safe spot. Anyone who wants a jump clone on the cap ship can get one for 100k. You then decide where you want your original self to reside and fly there. In my case, it was on top of my stack of exequrors. Then you jump into the new clone. Voila! You are now ejected into space outside the cap ship. Luckily, I had a ship parked nearby. Clone Day with the Rorq I was a little worried that my jump clone would be evil and try to take over my life. I think I might be onto something. When I emerged into the jump clone, I noticed I know sported a goatee and a sword on my uniformà This new jump clone me had no implants, so no worries. I decided to head into the dangerzone after MondayÆs downtime. First some intel is in orderà My objective is SteveÆs Wreck, as mentioned by Grista. HereÆs the course IÆve plottedà Course plotted (stars are bright by pod kills) Originally, my autopilot routed me through the southern route through goonswarm space. I wasnÆt quite up to 15+ jumps with the goons, so I chose the lesser of two evils and went through SanshaÆs Nation. There was a clone station halfway through deep in Stain that I could drop off my Exequror and continue in a shuttle. If I got podded, no problem. I wake up with the Tour Bus IV in Stain. Mwuhahahaha! The plan is set.
Dinsdale Pirannha Gallente	Posted - 2008.08.20 04:38:00 - [52] Originally by: Harper Hendee At the end of the day, I was finally able to put together my new High Sec space boat. ItÆs a Navy Vexor that I call ôThe Dread Lecturer.ö Why the lecturer? Because it just drones on and onà My new toy--A Navy Vexor (Thanks LK) Someone GAVE you a Navy Vexor????? The thing is 240,000 LP, which equates to about 300-360 million ISK. I am pretty sure I hate you now.
Mal Lokrano Gallente	Posted - 2008.08.20 05:25:00 - [53] i wish i had had the guts for that idea, sounds very fun. take good care of that navy vexor, they arn't cheap to replace. I shoud know i keep my navy mega nice and tidy most of the time.
Panzerkom	Posted - 2008.08.20 07:10:00 - [54] Can't wait to hear about your dealings with the Goons.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.20 17:26:00 - [55] Day 15 û The Wreck of Steve Following GristaÆs advice, I decided to set out to see the ôRemains of Steve.ö The first titan ever destroyed in Eve. I parked myself on the edge of the abyss in Keberz. I have crossed over to catch on three other occasions using this system. It is almost always camped. At 1215, there were two pilots in the next system over. I took a deep breath and activated the jump sequence. I was in a bubble. There were two ships on screen. This was beginning to look very familiar. My first crossing, I had been killed in the exact same setup from a AAA guy and his alt. I began to monologueà ôGood morning campers!ö ôLovely day for a podding, isnÆt it?ö ôHow much to get through?ö About this time I noticed that the weapons fire I heard wasnÆt directed at me. Some poor viator was getting webbed about 20km away from me! There was only 1 pilot here. The other guy was a victim! ôLooks like its free today. See ya later!ö I hit the afterburners and warped out of the bubble. The next few systems went by in a blur. They were mostly to entirely empty. But as I warped to the next gate, I was suddenly brought up short in a warp bubbleà The Bubble in mid space It was a small warp bubble placed on the line between the two jump gates. It was unmanned. I was still alive! Off I flew towards my goal. In one of the more heavily populated systems I suddenly got a chat request. I accepted. It was Sovereign533, who reads this very travelog! He had seen me zip by. We convoed while I pushed further into Stain. Now I was in SanshaÆs nation space. He gave me a good amount of intel on the region, which was invaluable. My own intel wasnÆt so great. My clone station wasnÆtà Mix up with the clones Luckily, there was another station just a few jumps away on my flight path. After I moved my clone, I pulled out the Minmater shuttle from my cargohold. I wasnÆt taking any chances with the goons. Besides, a Tour Bus in Stain was liable to be useful in the future, now that I had a jump clone. The Goon systems were as underpopulated as the AAA systems I had flown through before. In fact, there were only 2 other pilots in C9N, where the Wreck of Steve is. I had finally arrived at my destination. Steve 1 Steve 2 Steve 3 So I got my pictures. I made my destination. Now what? Stay tuned, friendsà the tale continues to unfoldà
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.20 18:06:00 - [56] Day 15 û To circumnavigate the galaxy, by autopilotà After seeing the Wreck of Steve, I was ready to get back to my Tour Bus and beat a retreat through Stain. The easiest way back was to get podded. That seemed like a very easy thing to do. Since I was already in Goon space, I should just head deeper until someone noticed. Besides, there were all these little pocket empires at the edge of space. The first one I stopped at was the Ministry of Amarran Secret Service. Amarran Secret Service No one wanted to talk. Nobody came out and shot me. And I needed to go afk for a while. I decided to plot an autopilot course 44 jumps away along the edge of the galaxy. Certainly, I would get podded in that time. I had one last look at a beautiful Earth-like planet and engaged the autopilotà Nice planet I came back 30 minutes later, surprised that my shuttle was still flying. I set some waypoints and engaged the autopilot still further. Suicide course An hour later, my shuttle was still untouched. I set up my laptop and started doing RL work while keeping half an eye on the shuttle. I set course yet further along the galactic rim. I jumped over Jove space and kept going. When will the madness end? I realized that I might just survive this crazy journey. Maybe I could make it to ORE space. They were practically legit, right? The Outer Ring Excavation corp is the NPC corporation that makes Hulks and other goodies. I set my course and hoped for the best. Partway along the way, I was fired on. I saluted my attacker and prepared to die. But I did not. Armor got fried by 75%, but the shuttle made it to the gate and jumped out. My would be attacker didnÆt want to talk, so I left it and continued on. I went through Mostly Harmless space, Razor space, Pure space, Unnatural Selection space, and even a little pocket of BOB space. I even did a little sightseeing at some DED space complexes along the wayà A very tough plex. Finally, as I approached my final destinationùjust 6 jumps awayà I was attacked at a gate and perished shortly afterwards. Waking up as a clone in Stain region, I felt triumphant. My goal of visiting every region of the galaxy was just a little closer todayà Galactic overview (highlighted where I've been) I gave my goatee one last stroke, and jumped into my original body in Empire space.
Seraph Avatar	Posted - 2008.08.20 21:56:00 - [57] You Mr. Hindee, are my hero. You have single-handedly stoked my interest in this game. I hope to go see some of these exotic destinations for myself one day. Please keep posting frequently of the good adventure.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.20 23:04:00 - [58] Day 16 û Cowards and ISK farming Day 16 opened up bright and sunlit. I was back in my home base, scattered bits of junk and modules strewn all about. I put together the Tour Bus V and set out. This time, I was heading east, towards the Fountain Region. My final destination: the Elitist Cowards. IÆve noticed that most 0.0 space is incredibly unfriendly. Or maybe they podding me is just a different way of saying hi. The only place where I wasnÆt shot on sight were in Providence. I think this is because of the nature of the player-led alliance being more or less in a constant state of war. I read the rather sad story of ISS trying to establish stations in 0.0 space to open up the area. They were eventually attacked and taken over, every single outpost. Having been around the rim, I can see what the ISS was trying to do. All this open, unoccupied space is out there, just going to waste. Many sovs in 0.0 had fewer than 10 pilots active in the entire area. In fact, flying the backwaters of 0.0 space can be safer than flying through low-sec space. I proved that with my suicide auto-pilot exploit. I was only shot down as I approached civilization. With all this in mind, I went to visit the one place where I figured I might get a fair shake. Elitist Cowards is a small, hard-to-get-to alliance in the Fountain region. The reason I noticed them is that IÆve been using Verite RenditionÆs political maps for navigation purposes. Verite Rendition is in FREE explorers corp in the Elitist Cowards alliance. It was a pain in the ass to get to their space. I had to fly halfway across the Syndicate to get there. About 17 jumps of 0.0 space as I recall. Finally, I arrived at my destination. I approached the station and announced my profession as a tourist. I was fired upon. I tried to make light small talk of this. It didnÆt work. Nobody likes me... YouÆll notice IÆm flying a velator in the pic. I put my death clone in the wrong station by accident and had to hoof it back to my pile of exequrors. sigh The rest of the day was spent hanging around DED space complexes cleaning up wrecks (and making a few, too). I managed to find a powerful patron to fleet with and haul loot. She couldnÆt believe that I actually salvaged for a living. This is actually a really great profession for a newbie to get into. Salvaging doesnÆt require many skills and gets you into cooperative play with all sorts of people. Mission runners, complex divers, ratters all make wrecks. Make yourself useful cleaning the wrecks and you may be invited to loot as well. _Always_ make sure to fleet with whoever you are looting from. It makes it easier to identify the safe wrecks and protects you from retaliation. By the end of my session, I was 10 mil richer but feeling a little weary at the treatment I had gotten in most of 0.0 space. Travel through Eve is like backpacking through Europeùin the 14th century. Every little fiefdom wants to kill me.
Sovereign533 Caldari PPN United Against ALL Authorities	Posted - 2008.08.21 01:04:00 - [59] as always, a joy to read.. keep up the good work mate ;)
Panzerkom Caldari	Posted - 2008.08.21 05:17:00 - [60] man, i just love your sense of humor -- "traveling in 0.0 is just like backpacking in 14th europe" -- that was great. keep it up.

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