I’m Bored
YC113.09.25
Nimes II is all set to go, finally! Only one problem, there’s nothing for me to mine. Turns out the home system’s getting played out - it’s tougher to find anything worth even undocking the ship to go after.
Sure, there’s other systems to hit; if there’s a wormhole up and stable, if there’s a fleet to scan and secure the other system, if there’s not already people in there, if it’s not already played out itself.
I can’t complain too much I guess. Even with the downtime, the ISK we’re pulling in during uptime more than makes up for hauling Veldspar halfway across a bloody region just to make a lousy half-percent profit.
Well, I may as well make use of this time while I’ve got it - I think I’ll go snooping around the tower, see what and who I can find. After all, this is home now, I should start treating it like it...
Huh...
YC113.09.25
That was a strange conversation, to say the least. Not sure what it means.
The crew and I were busy swapping out some burnt parts on the lasers - all set to Tech II those rocks! - so I wasn’t exactly paying attention to the private corp comms channel. But something’s... I dunno...
All I really caught was James and the boss getting into it over something. Another tower in the system I think?
I asked James about it once we were done getting greasy - boss was signed off by then so I couldn’t ask him. May have been a mistake asking James though... he didn’t answer much straight, but man that can guy dig and dig at a person. If I could aim that energy at the rocks instead of me, I’d have my holds filled in no time!
He said something about Sansha, but I couldn’t follow much of what he was talking about. All politics to me - I don’t care who’s paying as long as they’re paying. He seemed real worked up though. Money’s money, ain’t it?
And just... yeah... I dunno...
I Don’t Got It!
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(Send in the Clowns)
YC113.09.24
Well, the wait’s finally over. Not only have we found an opening to high-sec, but it’s Jufvitte - only 5 jumps from my beloved Nimes! We just need to jump through a C2 system, no sweat with the chaps from Wormhole Engineers to help out. There’s not gonna be a better time to get that Hulk in-system and hitting those belts.
A nice shuttle-jump out - ah, nice to be back in familiar space, I’ve missed those constellations - and before I know it the pod’s onlining systems and the sweet sweet feeling of a ship built solely to generate wealth is surrounding me again.
Only a skeleton crew on board, of course - all my top folks are already in-system figure out the new Tech II systems we’ll be fitting as soon as we’re back. Most important thing to do now, of course - make sure the IFF is configured properly. Last thing I want is to get popped by a friendly cause I’ve forgotten to broadcast the fleet and alliance signatures!
As I’m leaving the station, more welcome information - James has managed to get a transport in-system and is hauling out the ore. It’s a great place to find the rocks, but not exactly a lot of customers in there...
Five easy jumps, and I’m staring at the wormhole entrance back in Jufvitte (those things are still awe-inspiring!) Quick squawk over the fleet comms, confirm it’s safe to jump, and in I go. Pop out, systems online - quick check and no threats showing, only nice friendly blues on the scopes.
Little hop across the system and there’s the hole back home. (And yup, still weird calling the middle-of-nowhere home.) Fleet’s got the system locked down, so a nice secure jump...
What the hell?!?
Why am I in my pod? Where’d my ship go? What just happened?
Near as I’ve been able to piece together, the chap guarding the hole on our side had an IFF failure. He’s claiming he set it up right and I must have been showing the wrong signal - he saw foe instead of friend, and fired away.
I just got one problem with that - everyone else in that C2 saw me clearly showing friendly; so unless that hole-jump scrambled my systems, something just ain’t right here.
Boss man’s covered my losses; I’ve already popped back out, picked up a new Hulk - Nimes II - and gotten this one safely back in-system. He’s told me to drop it, considered it a closed issue. But I dunno... I get the feeling we’re the very junior partners in this alliance.
(And it was damned hard hiring a transit crew on short-notice - especially when they found out what happened to their predecessors.)
At least I finally got to meet James in the flesh...
Man, These are Some Slick Cats!
YC113.09.23
Whoo! All moved in!
Boss man has one nice operation set up in here. Although I’m getting ahead of myself...
Dasun’s a pretty smooth operator. I haven’t flown fleet since those piddly training exercises in school, but the training kicked in nicely. He’d scout out the system first, flash the all-clear, and in I go.
And WOW!!!!!
Wormholes! What can I say that the poets haven’t already - and trust me, their words don’t do justice...
Now, Dasun’s good, but not sure about the staff we got around here. It’s not like they didn’t have full notice that I was coming in-system, and bringing a full load of supplies with me. But do they have my accounts and permissions set up? Pfft, what d’you think!
All that’s settled now though, and I’ve even had a chance to get Nantes reassembled and out to a belt we found. A very nice welcome gift indeed from my new home system.
This is the first chance I’ve had to get my lasers locked on Arkonor and Bistot. These are some tricky bastards to mine, but man my wallet’s gonna love it! I’m glad I planned ahead - already got the tech manuals to switch over the ship to handle these big rocks. Just need a few more days to get things configured and I’ll be loading up those Tech II crystals and pulling some real groovy volumes.
Hopefully the rest of the corp members make it in here soon, it’ll be nice to actually meet them in the flesh.
Rocks in the Hole
YC113.09.23
This has been a week of huge news: a new job, a new Hulk, and now Advent’s scouted up an opening into the wormhole system! The only problem is, there’s a few jumps through low-sec space, so there’s a limit to what’s safe to bring in.
I’ve got an Itty V packed full and ready to go: Covetor for the rocks, Vexor just in case, and plenty of ammo, mining crystals and tower fuel.
It’s just me and the boss moving stuff in. He’s got a good ship for scouting, so he’s leading the way.
Only a few jumps between me and the ISK baby!
I Got It! I Got It!
YC113.09.22
Introducing Nimes!
Now to get it safely to the wormhole so we can start making money!
Be It Ever So Humble, There’s No Place Like Corp
YC113.09.21
Woo hoo! I got hired! Advent Ltd., I’m gonna make you (and me) rich!
Yup, it was finally time for every one's favourite lone wolf miner and business man extraordinaire to bring my massive talents to the poor wayward souls at Advent...
Ok, I guess that’s a bit over the top. Actually:
- I got sick of paying CAS 11% taxes. Seriously? 11%? And just what the hell are you giving back for that? No answer for me? Just what I thought.
- I have no problem making ISK, but there is only one of me. (No, jump clones don’t count!) I can mine, or I can refine, or I can haul to market. But no matter how hard I try, I can’t do all three at once. That’s the great thing about a corp, built-in help - best way to be three places at once is to find two other people to do the work instead.
- I’m lonely. (There, I said it. You happy now?) Lone-wolfing means I keep all my ISKies, but it also means no one to talk with, share a drink and a story, or help out in a pinch.
So just what am I going to be doing? Well, looks like Advent has found themselves a nice, out-of-the-way wormhole to set up shop. This means I’m gonna have a nice steady supply of high-end ores - no more of this high-volume, low-margin scraping to make a living. And not only that, but corpies and alliance mates to watch my back while I’m out there. No more worrying some bastard’s going to blow up the can or steal all my beautiful rocks!
I should be getting moved out there soon - we just need to scan up a safe way in. In the meantime, I need to keep working towards the finish line... Buying that Hulk!
