The Universe Shall Provide

YC113.10.27

Wow, I send my thoughts to the universe, and it provides!  Boss and I finally intersected last night, and even better, we had two separate K-Space links!  I managed to get out to the refinery and take care of things there - I’m really glad for that, it was starting to weigh on my mind.

Of course, I ended up breaking Lesson #1: always check the system security!  Since boss and I were out, we went on a shopping run too for our alliance mates.  I was nice and conscientious, made sure I got the best price on some study material.  Of course, there was a reason for such a good price - one hell of a risky system!  Trust me, I was white-knuckling the controls the whole time.  Made it safe, but still...

Even more disturbing, I had an extended conversation with Kyber.  He just...  well, he just isn’t like me.  ISK doesn’t drive him, he’s not interested in joining up with boss and me - at least he skirted my overtures about joining up and doubling Advent’s assets in the system.

That’s too bad too, it could have given us a tower to run some manufacturing at - expand our earning opportunities.

He seems driven by people, by relationships, by I dunno...  Not by ISK.  I still don’t know just what relationship is keeping him in our system, at our tower, closeted up with the boss...

One good thing: my jaunt to K-Space had no surprises this time!  All I could think of was the last time I left the hole: I got stuck for weeks outside, and return to a corp missing half its capsuleers!

Oh, and boss had a gift for me!  He picked me up certification materials for gas mining!  Once I get cleared, I’ve got the green light to use the corp ship and hit the gas clouds - even more ISK to catch!

Burning a Hole in My Pocket

YC113.10.25

Amazing where my mind is wandering right now...  There’s a bunch of unfriendly foreign types polluting our system right now, so I’m locked down in the tower.  The crew are all maintaining the defences, but there’s not much I can do; throw rocks at them maybe?

But I’ve come to realize, I’ve got a lump of ISK just sitting, not earning me anything at all.  And James is running around K-Space with a freighter...

And there’s plenty of folks who have no clue how to add value to ore...

I got some more thinking to do...

Wormhole Living Travels at a Worm’s Pace

YC113.10.25

Man, life is a slog right now.  With only two of us capsuleers left, there’s barely ever a time where we cross paths.  I’m either out in the belts, turning wrenches, or catching sack time; and I’ve got no clue what the boss is up to - important boss stuff I bet!

I’ve not even seen anything of Kyber - a brief flit in the local comms, but that was it.  

And James, I haven’t crossed paths with him at all since he left us.  Although it looks like he’s honoring his commitments to us...  boss was able to get a bunch of ore out to K-Space, and James hauled it to the refinery.  Of course, I have no way to get to it!

It’s very tough to adjust to the pace here in the hole.  In K-Space, I’d have market orders flowing all over, and taking advantage of those who forget to add to the value chain by refining first!  And during down time, I could check in with the guys over at Astral and see if they need any help with stuff - a little you-scratch-mine, I’ll-scratch-yours.

Here though...  At least the alliance folks are proving good company.  Smart thing boss did - hooking up with them.  They’ve even managed to get a Rorqual in system!  There’s no point even trying to claim I’m not jealous...  that’s even shinier than the freighter James got his hands on!

All I know for sure: if I don’t get a path to K-Space and the refinery soon, we’re going to have very thin paychecks this cycle!

Kyber

YC113.10.15

I got quite the shock yesterday.  Came back to the station from the belts (pulled in almost $75MM!) to find out we had company.  That chap Kyber was paying boss a social call.

He seemed...  all right I guess?  Better sense of humour than the boss, that’s for sure.  He doesn’t seem to get that pained look on his face like boss-man does when I talk.

Very interesting that they both were up front about James: 100% certain now that James left because of Kyber, and everyone involved knows it.  I just wish I knew why!

I didn’t spend much time talking with him, and I didn’t get much out of him either.  No clue how he earns his ISK, or keeps his tower running.  He claims towers are cheap to run, which makes me wonder why Kiruss needs to keep such a large cut of what I earn.  Of course, Kiruss claimed our tower was much larger, and therefore more expensive.  He could be telling the truth...

At least politics didn’t come up...

Housekeeping

YC113.10.13

Had a good talk with the boss today.  Got some answers, got more questions, but it’s a start...

Looks like Ava was a good loss of dead weight.  He couldn’t cut it in the hole, and I got no interest in supporting him if he isn’t willing to earn!

James now - that one’s got more questions than answers, still.  As boss put it, James gave an ultimatum: James or Kyber, boss needed to choose.  Kinda obvious which one he chose.  Big loss though, we’ve no longer got a trustworthy K-Spacer to ship and sell our goods.

I really don’t know what boss is thinking...

I guess James has agreed to still haul for us on contract.  Of course, now he gets to set the terms, and with there being no love lost between James, boss, and Kyber - who knows how much James is going to extort from us!

Speaking of extortion: I wish I knew more about these investors boss claims he has to pay.  We’re up and running now, can’t he just buy them out?

Or hell, even better - just stiff them?  We’re in a wormhole, how are they ever gonna find us to do anything about it?  Just stop giving them our ISK!

Some better news, at least he’s taking recruiting seriously now.  We may yet get some more capsuleers in here to help line my pockets.  And it looks like he’s open to hiring some manufacturers as well - I hate seeing all that ISK getting added to the value chain, and none of it coming back to me.  I suppose that’s why I can’t bring myself to sell unrefined ore...

One surprising thing: boss doesn’t oversee his own ship maintenance!  Apparently he trust the techs and drones to do it - something about having designed drones in the past.  I dunno...  If I’m using it to make ISK, I’m sure as hell gonna make sure I know exactly how it’s running.

Venting Hulls

YC113.10.11

Wow!

I’m a full-fledged wormholer!

Boss has done alright by me this time - found a system 1 jump over, no one around, but lots of pretty pretty rocks just waiting for me!

Based on experience, he knew Sleepers wouldn’t be far away - so no bringing in Nimes II just yet.  Instead, he told me to get Bruge prepped and ready to fight.  Finally, a chance for me to check out just what that baby can do.

As soon as the call came in, I got the crew rolling - and for non-capsuleers, I must say I’m impressed.  They’ve seen no combat action since relocating to the hole, but got spun up with no warning and ready to go just like practice.

Boss and I fleet up, make the jump, and it’s too late to turn back - even if I wanted...

We had to hold station for a few minutes, but just like predicted, 5 Sleepers warp right in on us.  We had the drones out and ready, and the guns blazing!  Next thing I know, there’s 5 hulls spewing atmosphere, and boss is telling me to get my ass in gear and start hauling rock.

Now if only I could figure out these damn scanning probes.

I just hope he remembers he had help when it comes time to calculate the salvage pay...

He’s Gone

YC113.10.11

James has left.  I don’t know why, I have some thoughts - but no knowledge.  I need to get to the bottom of this.

Meanwhile, boss is starting to give me more duties.  Could be because I’m the only other capsuleer left - but hey, this is how chances get made and fortunes get started!  Dead men’s shoes fit fine, and even better if I don’t have to get my hands bloody step into them!

We Can’t Go On With These Suspicious Minds

YC113.10.10

I don’t know what to think right now...

The technical glitches are finally cleared up, and I can freely connect to my ships.  But now that I’m back in, up, and running - everything’s changed.

Ava’s gone.  Left us for other pastures - but I notice Kyber is still in-system, and freely visiting.

James is threatening to leave.  No one will tell me why, but again, Kyber is still in-system, and freely visiting.

While all this happens, I can’t connect to my ships, but Kyber is still in-system, and freely visiting.

I don’t know if any of this is connected, but recognizing patterns is what keeps the air on the inside of the ships...

Back Chasing ISK!

YC113.10.02

Finally, I’m back in and producing!  We got an entrance scanned down, I made it in along with Bruge - great to have my Myr in-system to clear out any Sleepers that may express an opinion about my deciding to chew on rocks.

Even better, pay day!  This corp lifestyle just may work out for me after all...  Sure, not seeing any cash flow during the month is kinda depressing, but that lump sum at the end more than makes up for it!

Hopefully we’re able to maintain a steady supply of belts to work...

Hopefully those technical glitches don’t reappear and keep me from linking with my ships...

Hopefully boss knows what he’s doing, and politics doesn’t get involved...

... I think I feel a headache coming on...

A Capsuleer Is Only As Good As His Equipment

YC113.10.01

I’m still stuck in K-Space, but it looks like we’re about to get an opening to get me back to earning.

In the meantime, it’s a good thing I’m here and not there.  I’ve been reminded just how dependant on tech we really are, and just how risky being in the hole can be - away from markets and easy ways to repair and resupply.

The boss asked to borrow a Tech 2 survey scanner from me - I guess he doesn’t feel he needs to bring in adequate supplies, that’s our job as underlings... but, I digress - so I pointed him at Nimes II and told him to pull that one.  

What does boss do but pop over a system and start gas mining - without bothering to set up a security perimeter!  “Oh, sorry, I forgot...  It seemed quiet so I didn’t bother”  Yeah, well, that’s great, but what about my scanner!  I’m glad you at least got your pod out and saved your clone - way to look after your own assets.

And now I’ve had my own reminder too...

I’ve been attempting to interface with my ship - hell, with any ship - for over a day now, and just keep getting “Router Interface Not Found”.  What the hell does that mean?  I can see the damn router right there - how can these stupid systems not find it?

*sigh*

I’ve got the technicians looking at it, hopefully it’ll get cleared up real quick.  I shudder to think if this had happened in the wormhole though - stranded out there with limited parts and unable to connect to any ship...

I need to check on my clone, make sure I’m current...

(Seriously though, why does my router hate EVE?  Just let me connect!  Hopefully I can get on tonight)

Sometimes I Just Don’t Get Management

YC113.09.30

This cannot end well.  There’s just no way this can end well...

Ava’s a great addition to the corp.  He’s toughened us up, and sure to bring us profit.  I just found out how he earned his combat stripes though...

These incursions have been plaguing K-Space for a while now.  Doesn’t matter to me - more ships in pieces means more people needing minerals, and I’m there to sell them at a healthy mark-up.

Thing is, the bastards behind the incursions are the same bastards our new system-mate is friends with...  The same system-mate boss is getting real chummy with...

I just can’t figure this out.  Either boss doesn’t know about Kyber’s friends, Ava’s politics, or he doesn’t care.

And I still don’t know where James fits in all of this.

This cannot end well...

Ava!

YC113.09.29

Great news!  We’ve hired!  Avalon Stormborn is now with us!

To be honest, I’m really glad boss has been able to grow the corp, get us another capsuleer on board.    Especially Ava - he’s Gallente through-and-through!

More good news about Ava - he knows which end of the turret to point at the bad guys.  That’s right, we got us a warrior.  Boss is great with a Noctis, cleaning up after people - but he’s not so great at creating things to clean up in the first place...

Plus, if Ava’s in the hole, he can fly combat cover while I’m mining; and if he’s out in K-Space, he can fly cover for James should he get that freighter.

Hopefully we can get some more folks on board soon, maybe some more rock-chewers.  There’s more than enough to go around!