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Neidhardt Foster Sternenschauer AG	Posted - 2008.08.21 07:11:00 - [61] Hi Harper, I really enjoyed reading your travelbook, thanks for that! I wonder why you never seem to run out of a certain colour while taking all those pictures ;) I'm mainly trading in Ours, if there's anything you want me to place a buy-order on for you, just drop me a note. Concerning the Navy Vexor: It sells at around 70m, 300+m is the price range for a Navy Megathron.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.21 21:09:00 - [62] I make sure to keep a vat of black paint for the iconograph imp...
Panzerkom Caldari	Posted - 2008.08.21 23:19:00 - [63] yah, i was about to say is it just me or is the lighting on steve kinda dim. keep up the good work, harper.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.22 00:34:00 - [64] Day 17 -- Ennui sets in Today got me a bit philosophical... I was trying to sneak my Tour Bus IV out of Stain using my jump clone today. Stain is rife with AAA pilots. Very aggressive guys with a mission. I got an anonymous tip that I was being tracked and that the HED system was probably camped. Rather than brave HED and many populated AAA systems, I took a turn and tried to sneak out via Paxton Federation in Providence. No dice. Got caught in a bubble between gates and podded shortly thereafter. Memo to myself--next time jump to a planet before jumping to a gate. These straight-line courses are just asking for trouble. Especially in a system with one entrance and one exit. I spent the morning chatting with some of the readers of this travelog and moving my ships and cargo around. I recent bought some spendy skillbooks, so I'm trying to raise some isk again. My normal double goldmines of the Drone Infested Corridor and Skeleton Comet were not as profitable as in past. I was even shooed out of Drone Infested Corridor by the plex runner there. Didn't want me salvaging wrecks. So not much new to report. I think I've got my next destination, though. Serpentis Prime in Fountain. Last time I was in Fountain, I got killed by Elitist Cowards. But I kind of asked for it, walking up to their front door and knocking on it. Next time I'll be a little more careful. There's the PvP historic system of YZ-LQL as well. A Gallente Erebus was destroyed here once. I'm not sure if the wreck is still around, but one can hope...
Lysianna Gallente Garoun Investment Bank	Posted - 2008.08.22 15:06:00 - [65] Hey next time you come by Providence, ring me if you want some salvage. I got loads in my hangar and I'm always ratting around home. I'll be more then happy to encounrage your work! Lysianna Hazumason
Lan Almerhas	Posted - 2008.08.22 15:08:00 - [66] Been great reading these stories, keep up the good work Harper and I'll see you in game, hopefully I'll be able to do my "job" at some point lol.
TigerXtrm BIG Libertas Fidelitas	Posted - 2008.08.22 16:31:00 - [67] Some really great adventures and nice writing style. Looking forward to read more :D.
Bergotronic	Posted - 2008.08.22 16:36:00 - [68] Edited by: Bergotronic on 22/08/2008 16:48:13 Edited by: Bergotronic on 22/08/2008 16:46:27 Amazing story!!! I am amazed how hostile things are out there. A tourism or "Archaeology" corporation would be great, I'd sign my noob self up for it. Harper, it seems you have plenty of fans, perhaps you could request intel or an escort here ahead of time before heading into Pod-Killer / Rat areas. An organized large fleet expedition could be fun as well. Although I bet some pirates would read the forum and plan an ambush at said place...
Oweim Gallente Sephray Industries	Posted - 2008.08.22 17:03:00 - [69] Why don't you start your own in game channel and organize frigate tours lol. ------- Link because I'm lazy... Go Ducks
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.22 22:35:00 - [70] Day 18 -- Danger clone doesn't die... I'll start with a brief rant and apology. I've got no screen shots today. For some reason, my Eve-client has been killing all my keyboard shortcuts every time I quit and restart. This is really frustrating because I've got a Novint Falcon game controller set up for nearly everything I need in the game. This means a lot of extra work setting up 5-15 keyboard shortcuts to take full advantage of the thing. In any event. I thought my screenshot button was working. It wasn't. Today I set sail for Serpentis Prime. Its hidden deep in 0.0 in the Fountain region. Last time I came this way, I knocked on the front door and got shot up. Serpentis Prime has real NPC stations, so I figured I'd wait until I docked before introducing myself. Just to be on the safe side, I went as "Danger Clone"--my jump clone with no implants. I went in my Amarr shuttle, "The small furry animal" The jump into low-sec was the normal white-knuckle experience, but quickly passed. No gate camp today, though there was a single ship flying around. Probably doing the same thing as me. I had a shock later when I jumped into a system to be confronted with 8 ships all blinking red and firing weapons. It took a few seconds to realize I wasn't the target. I think it was a factional warfare battle. The next system over had a gallente bunker. After that little patch, the next 20 jumps were fairly quiet. Most systems were entirely empty. As I approached YZ-LQL and Serpentis Prime, I started seeing more ships. I moved quickly with my shuttle. In systems more than one pilot in local, I always jump to a planet first. I don't want to repeat the incident where I got caught in a gate-to-gate line warp bubble. I arrived at Serpentis Prime without further incident. There were 4 other pilots. I jumped from planet to planet and found 2 earth-like ones. There are 3 stations and I visited all 3. There's a cloning facility at the middle one. Serpentis must not hate me too bad, even though I killed all those Serpentis Rookies in my missions for Gallente agents. Once docked, I started convo on local. At first, I just got vague threats and warnings. But eventually some friendlier comments. It helps when you can't be blasted out of existance. The main alliance seemed to be Sons of Tangra. I asked about war and politics and was told to just look at the kill board to get an idea. This is actually good advice. I found that the Sons of Tangra were fighting the Black Star alliance and allied with the Pandemic Legion. Good stuff. I decided Serpentis Prime might be a good place to leave from later, so I jumped back to my implanted self in Essence. From there, I spent some time moving stuff around and shooting up rats in the Skeleton Comet. I sold a bunch of things to buy myself a Myrmiddon, which I've outfitted as a Passive Shield Tank. Basically, I'm maxed out with Large Shield Extenders and Shield Hardeners in my mids, Shield Relays and Power Diagnostics in the lows, and a 100mn afterburner. In the highs, I've got 2 250mm rail guns and salvaging equip. Makes a very good plex runner. The passive shield setup regens with no fuss. The drone bay holds plenty of hammerheads, so if I lose one to rats I just launch another. No more babying my drones. I'm going to stay in empire space for most of the weekend, then jump back to Danger Clone later.
ZephyrLexx Caldari Earth Federation Space Forces	Posted - 2008.08.23 00:33:00 - [71] NRDS = ?
Sovereign533 Caldari PPN United Against ALL Authorities	Posted - 2008.08.23 01:34:00 - [72] Originally by: ZephyrLexx NRDS = ? Not Red Don't Shoot in other words, if it isn't the enemy, hold your fire... some use it over the NBSI that most alliance have (Not Blue Shoot It)
Antihrist Pripravnik Gallente The 13th Gallentean Armed Response	Posted - 2008.08.24 04:46:00 - [73] This is the only post I have ever read from page one to the end - on any forum! Great story and great writing style. Maybe even you don't notice that, but you are providing more detailed info for new players than the tutorial
Darkon Elehdinn Minmatar	Posted - 2008.08.24 11:35:00 - [74] Originally by: Antihrist Pripravnik This is the only post I have ever read from page one to the end - on any forum! Great story and great writing style. I feel the same way, you have a career in writing if you want it. I love the style you use, very captivating. Keep up the enjoyable stories Darkon
Mephik Caldari Rogue-Assault-Traders	Posted - 2008.08.24 22:07:00 - [75] All the encouragement and kind words are very well deserved. I also want to thank you for helping me burn some hours from a weekend work shift....always appreciated! The only thing that upsets me is that I am now waiting for the next "episode". Good stuff and keep it coming!!
Espira Dawn	Posted - 2008.08.25 10:19:00 - [76] Really enjoyed reading ALL of this, keep it up :)
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.25 13:26:00 - [77] Days 19 -- Mining Ops and the Cops I've dubbed my jump clone in Serpentis Prime as "DANGER CLONE". I'll use him whenever I have any dirty or dangerous work in 0.0 space. In the meanwhile, I'm hanging in Empire space as "Original Me" the pampered clone with the nice implants and ships... Day 19 opened with a call from some corp mates for a mining op. I showed up in the Weiner Dog (my Iteron III) but there wasn't as much hauling has expected. Luckily, the Weiner Dog has a few salvagers and we salvaged the wrecks the mining op had made. Guiding Star ad hoc mining op So I went back to Deltole for some high risk salvage runs through skeleton comet. Now a days, I'll start my first pass through the comet with my heavy salvage ship, the "Dragon Dentist". There was a bit of commotion at the gate. Lots of concord ships had shown up. Concord Convention Evidently something had attracted the cops... But what? What could bring them all? The fun thing was watching the reactions as people warped in. Something like "WTF? There's a gazillion cops out here!" Then I'd spin them a yarn... "They are here for the new donut shop..." "You've been a very bad boy..." "Its the Democratic Convention, Barak Obama is coming in a Opus Luxury Yacht..." The last quip started an ugly political debate on local. I tried to jump in with my own 2 cents: "Free Caldari Prime!" "Stop the oppression of poor Gallente colonists on Caldari Prime!" "They are cruel overlords! They make Gallenteans join corporations and drive ugly cars!" Nobody seemed to notice. They went on bashing or defending Barak Obama. Oh well. Some folks can't take a joke.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.25 19:55:00 - [78] Day 20 -- Spinning wrecks into gold Today was spent building up a stake to cover my expenses in the more dangerous places in Eve. I managed to raise nearly 30mil over the weekend for about 3-4 hours of work. Here's how I did it... First, find a good source of wrecks. They don't have to be your wrecks. They don't even have to be your buddy's. But it helps if they are. Public DED space complexes are a great place to start. I tend to hang around Skeleton Comet. There are a good number of players who spend all day long shooting anything that moves in Skeleton Comet. Needless to say, there's always a lot of wrecks. Now that you've found your wrecks, do a independent loop through the plex. Salvage the dense areas and see who's working the field. A first pass through Skeleton Comet The first room is always easy to get to and fairly easy to survive. Subsequent rooms get harder and harder. You really shouldn't try to find a patron to fleet with if you want to get to the second room. I find a patron by one of the following methods: 1) Public advert on local 2) Asking around in alliance and corp chats 3) Private convo to pilots already in the plex My deal is always the same. 50/50 split on loot and salvage. If I don't have a patron, I just salvage and keep it all to myself. This is very important--DO NOT LOOT YELLOW WRECKS. Many pilots think its no big deal, but others will consider you a disgraceful lying thief. In any event, now that you have a patron, make sure to fleet together. You now can tractor and loot his wrecks. This makes the salvage op go much much faster. My patron in the second room A very profitable quarry Once you've done a few trips to suck up most of the loot and salvage from your partner, then its time to turn it into isk. Head back to station and sort it all out... The Station Keeping a station container is useful to separate your own stuff from client loot. A station container is just a separate "folder" for your loot at station. It costs just under 200k and is huge. Now you need to take your loot to a decent market. Fire up the map and see which systems have the most pilots. That's where you want to sell. Plotting a course to market You'll want to use an industrial ship to transport all this stuff. Getting industrial III is pretty easy to train up and is more than sufficient. My Iteron III, the "Weiner Dog" Now that you've reached your market, sell off the stuff that's priced good. The stuff that's not so good either create a sell order, or melt it down by reprocessing. I tend to do this with ammo, since it takes so long to sell all the individual piles. Figure out how much isk you made off of everything and send 1/2 of it back to your patron. They'll be thrilled. I usually send back between 2 and 9 million, depending on the haul. Of course, the nice thing about salvaging these places is that you don't have to concentrate on killing things so much. It gives you a chance to do some sightseeing.... Interior of the Comet A rather dangerous resort Now I've got my credit card paid off, my Hawaiian shirt is laundered, and new film in the camera. Its time to head on another tour. This time to a dirty little war in Vale of the Silent...
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.26 05:27:00 - [79] I need to get to the other side of the galaxy, quick. I'm living in a war zone. Should be easy. Things get off to an ok start... I find the perfect spot. And then a long wait started. Nobody wanted to help me out. Insults! Not even politics work! Maybe I'm a spy?Feels like the French knights in the holy grail. Is this really happening? A miracle! Our hero! You know, that was my first gate camp...
Squably Minmatar Republic Military School	Posted - 2008.08.26 10:40:00 - [80] Lol so podruski is still a scared little hobo that doesnt even wanna attack shuttles coz he might be trapped. Signature removed. Please do not imply profanity in your signature. Navigator
AdmiralDovolski Gallente N.A.S.A. Skunk-Works	Posted - 2008.08.26 11:02:00 - [81] ahahahahahaha wow, youd never see something like that in a system my guys were camping. actually, youd probably get half the fleet, bloodthirsty lemmings. ----------------------- im in ur system, incapping ur cynojammer
Jakbek Wick Amarr Decorum Inc Tygris Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.26 12:30:00 - [82] You sir are a legend! You need a Rincewind to guide you around ---
Oweim Gallente Sephray Industries	Posted - 2008.08.26 15:08:00 - [83] 'Hey did somebody bump me' ------- Link because I'm lazy... Go Ducks
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.26 15:15:00 - [84] True event. At one point my shuttle kind of did a little rock from side to side. I thought it might be a covert ops, but then I figured that that would have broke the cloak... A covert ops did show up later. Orbited at 63km for a while. Shot me once, then left. Got my hopes up. --Harper
TigerXtrm BIG Libertas Fidelitas	Posted - 2008.08.26 20:02:00 - [85] Priceless stories. Nothing like that ever happens when I'm on. Then again I guess actually living in 0.0 is different then just zipping in and chatting with the locals :). Keep up the hilarious stories! Love reading em! www.BIG-EVE.com \| BIG is Recruiting!
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.26 22:35:00 - [86] Day 22 -- Learning to Cloak I spent my time this morning with a cloaking device in one hand and the manual in the other. Eventually I figured out how to plug it into my Tour Bus VIII, which is hereby dubbed the "Magical Mystery Bus". I'm over in the Forge in Caldari COSMOS space but didn't take many pictures. The Contested Caldari Mining site in Friggi is similiar to skeleton comet, but with fewer plex runners. Great if you are looking for a plex to run. I managed to hook up with a runner fairly quickly and looted one of the second rooms called "Guristas Treasure Hold." Sadly, RL called before we managed to get to the "Treasure" part. Seems slightly easier than the Drone Infested corridor, and the salvage and loot was mediocre. One load netted me only 2 mil, which I split with my patron. I'm getting ready for a big move soon... Anyone in the neighborhood who wants to give me a hand tomorrow at 1215 is welcome.
Harper Hendee Gallente Guiding Star Phoenix Rising Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.27 05:49:00 - [87] Day 22 (early) This is DANGER CLONE. I've escaped low sec space and plan to take over Regular Me's salvage business. Do not let Regular Me know. More later... BTW - not going to see warzone after all.
Sun Matakori Gemini Sun Violent-Tendencies	Posted - 2008.08.27 14:29:00 - [88] This is some entertaining reading material! Excellent stuff, keep it up
Agro rat Caldari Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2008.08.27 16:37:00 - [89] Great reading If you get a chance visit the deadend system planet 5/moon 5, theres something marginally interesting orbiting it
5yndr0m3 Caldari Ninjas N Pirates Pirate Coalition	Posted - 2008.08.28 05:36:00 - [90] thanks for the good stories harper! i really enjoy reading about your travels through the eve universe. i am looking forward to reading more!

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