I haven't had time to pilot anything these days. Planetside business, station-based work. It's not just I haven't undocked in a while, I haven't even got into pod at all.
While not touching the pod yet, I suspect the feeling will be close to one I had when plugged in for the first time. Hope that won't make me vomit or hinder my navigation or anything else.
Anyway I've got to change something about that. Sitting in one place wasn't ever what I really wanted to do. But I totally have no idea what exactly I've gotta change. I'm struggling to finish my currently undergoing projects but one of those is currently listed as "think about what I want to get from this at all" and it's not going anywhere.
Out of ideas.
Can't even find a sexy picture for this post.
17:51
03:11
Facelift
Nothing fancy – a bit of plastic surgery, some facial hair and a new haircut. No genetic modifications such as eye color change and I don't plan to change my gender in some near future.
A nice new suit too. My good old comfy robe was just too old.
A nice new suit too. My good old comfy robe was just too old.
00:13
It Has Begun
We've failed to stop that bastard Kuvakei and now New Eden is getting swarmed by those mutants.
It all began in Yulai where Kuvakei had borked the CONCORD station and started doing something evil with the star. There we went and started battling some Sansha ships and by the time I got to the wormhole within the range of my gravimetric jammers, Kuvakei announced he's done doing his arcane stuff and said us all to visit him in the Promised Land. Then he said something about Slave 32152 and then he and Slave Ation disappeared and were later reported sitting in the Promised Land.
There are rumors that the 32152 one tried to go there too, but got caught in the collapsing wormhole. Somehow I feel that it were my jammers that did the job.
Then there was a warning about Yulai star going boom and we all all ran away. Apparently it did not collapse, but still something wasn't right.
Then the fleet proceeded to the Promised Land (quickly losing pilots to both pirates and fear of those pirates) and by the time we reached the system we've found a horde of pro-sansha pilots and we weren't really able to prevent Kuvakei from finishing his work.
The fleet withdrew, I got a bit late behind and followed them on my own and in the end was caught into cate camp in the Antem. Lost my ship, saved my clone, came back to Pen, all the usual things.
And now those sanshas started swarming New Eden. At least there weren't any reports of anti-civilian activity. The only thing they do is turning our space into less cozy place.
This can wait. At least until we get more organized. Getting a hundred of random pilots is not a good way of fighting off those incursions.
Especially if you're in a throwaway Rifter.
It all began in Yulai where Kuvakei had borked the CONCORD station and started doing something evil with the star. There we went and started battling some Sansha ships and by the time I got to the wormhole within the range of my gravimetric jammers, Kuvakei announced he's done doing his arcane stuff and said us all to visit him in the Promised Land. Then he said something about Slave 32152 and then he and Slave Ation disappeared and were later reported sitting in the Promised Land.
There are rumors that the 32152 one tried to go there too, but got caught in the collapsing wormhole. Somehow I feel that it were my jammers that did the job.
Then there was a warning about Yulai star going boom and we all all ran away. Apparently it did not collapse, but still something wasn't right.
Then the fleet proceeded to the Promised Land (quickly losing pilots to both pirates and fear of those pirates) and by the time we reached the system we've found a horde of pro-sansha pilots and we weren't really able to prevent Kuvakei from finishing his work.
The fleet withdrew, I got a bit late behind and followed them on my own and in the end was caught into cate camp in the Antem. Lost my ship, saved my clone, came back to Pen, all the usual things.
And now those sanshas started swarming New Eden. At least there weren't any reports of anti-civilian activity. The only thing they do is turning our space into less cozy place.
This can wait. At least until we get more organized. Getting a hundred of random pilots is not a good way of fighting off those incursions.
Especially if you're in a throwaway Rifter.
15:34
A Busy Day Kicking Sansha Ass
It all started with decoding node 09 of Sansha relay. Which gave us Hakeri (4 populated planets), Horir (4 populated planets) and Huttaken (3 populated planets). H-systems. Sounds like porn.
Saturday we set up a vigil, waited for some time and went back home.
No idea who came up with times – 20:00 to 21:00 Eve time. Then there was evacuation when I got my Fenrir and even picked up a few thousands of refugees in Horir.
The next part is when I hopped into my ECM Blackbird and went to Horir. We're sitting, waiting for those freaks to come and taste our guns and the next thing I know is that we're heading to Afkanat. Horir wings go to Afkanat, Hakeri wings head to Odatrik.
In Afkanat there was some intense action which finished with Citisen Astur losing her (its!) Chimera. In few minutes it reappears in Odatrik in another Chimera and loses it too. And then there are reports of yet another incursion in Amamake. Our fleet is split into two halves across the universe, there are reports of RED fleet engaging Sanshas in Amamake and our FC decides that we don't go in there.
Then that CONCORD officer, Dorgiers or what was his name says that we should keep watching those H-systems and also keep an eye on Antem for some obscure reason known only to him. So I fly to Horir, then to Huttaken, then back to Horir and suddenly I see Sansha hole appearing right in front of me. We have a fight and close two holes (same shit goes on in other systems as well) then strange stuff begins — spikey ships appear, fly around, then disappear. And totally no Sansha dropships. They aren't here for humans.
Then Dorgiers says that Citizen Astur is haxoring something secret in Antem. And shouting in Antem local about "50 minutes left until I get all the secret porn decrypted and downloaded." Of two ways to Antem everyone picks longer but safer. We hug Antem gate and when about 10 minutes left until Astur got all the porn downloaded we jump into system and warp to our scout who has probed Astur's Wyvers. Local pirates flee from our combined fleet of about 20-30 ships of all sorts. And then we help Dorgiers' Nyx punch that Wyvern, switching our fire towards local pirates when those show up. When Wyvern goes down, one of those crazy Sansha loyalists comes in Archon. And we whack that one too.
So far it was ok as I felt being in a fleet and having a support and even if our equipment wasn't top-notch, we weren't really afraid of pirates. But then I wave goodbye to everyone and attempt to go back to Pen myself. Through low-sec. It all goes smooth until I jump into Atarli. That's when I see half a dozen pilots in local and a moment later I see them all around me hugging the gate.
I have already learned that if I'm in a quick frigate, I should burn back to the gate. But I'm in slow-ass Blackbird which is totally unfitted for a fight. 6 ECMs, 3 missile launchers and ECM-boosting stuff. No way I can survive if they engage me. But then I think — What the hell? This ship is designed to be cheap, I'm ready to lose it, and in I jump I will be in high-sec already and I even have a spare ship there!
So I initiate the warp. They start locking me but I warp before I'm scrambled. Either those guys were slow or they didn't feel like killing a single Blackbird. Both are unlikely actually. So I warp to a planet, then warp to a safespot, then warp out to high-sec. And head home.
Now that I'm thinking about why they let me go, I'm suspecting that either they didn't want to aggress as they were on their way somewhere or they were suspecting I'm just a scout or bait for a larger fleet. These cases make me feel better, but back then it was really heart-pumping situation for me.
Yeah, running alone through gate camp is indeed a lot more intense then fighting in a group. Even in a small group.
Saturday we set up a vigil, waited for some time and went back home.
No idea who came up with times – 20:00 to 21:00 Eve time. Then there was evacuation when I got my Fenrir and even picked up a few thousands of refugees in Horir.
The next part is when I hopped into my ECM Blackbird and went to Horir. We're sitting, waiting for those freaks to come and taste our guns and the next thing I know is that we're heading to Afkanat. Horir wings go to Afkanat, Hakeri wings head to Odatrik.
In Afkanat there was some intense action which finished with Citisen Astur losing her (its!) Chimera. In few minutes it reappears in Odatrik in another Chimera and loses it too. And then there are reports of yet another incursion in Amamake. Our fleet is split into two halves across the universe, there are reports of RED fleet engaging Sanshas in Amamake and our FC decides that we don't go in there.
Then that CONCORD officer, Dorgiers or what was his name says that we should keep watching those H-systems and also keep an eye on Antem for some obscure reason known only to him. So I fly to Horir, then to Huttaken, then back to Horir and suddenly I see Sansha hole appearing right in front of me. We have a fight and close two holes (same shit goes on in other systems as well) then strange stuff begins — spikey ships appear, fly around, then disappear. And totally no Sansha dropships. They aren't here for humans.
Then Dorgiers says that Citizen Astur is haxoring something secret in Antem. And shouting in Antem local about "50 minutes left until I get all the secret porn decrypted and downloaded." Of two ways to Antem everyone picks longer but safer. We hug Antem gate and when about 10 minutes left until Astur got all the porn downloaded we jump into system and warp to our scout who has probed Astur's Wyvers. Local pirates flee from our combined fleet of about 20-30 ships of all sorts. And then we help Dorgiers' Nyx punch that Wyvern, switching our fire towards local pirates when those show up. When Wyvern goes down, one of those crazy Sansha loyalists comes in Archon. And we whack that one too.
So far it was ok as I felt being in a fleet and having a support and even if our equipment wasn't top-notch, we weren't really afraid of pirates. But then I wave goodbye to everyone and attempt to go back to Pen myself. Through low-sec. It all goes smooth until I jump into Atarli. That's when I see half a dozen pilots in local and a moment later I see them all around me hugging the gate.
I have already learned that if I'm in a quick frigate, I should burn back to the gate. But I'm in slow-ass Blackbird which is totally unfitted for a fight. 6 ECMs, 3 missile launchers and ECM-boosting stuff. No way I can survive if they engage me. But then I think — What the hell? This ship is designed to be cheap, I'm ready to lose it, and in I jump I will be in high-sec already and I even have a spare ship there!
So I initiate the warp. They start locking me but I warp before I'm scrambled. Either those guys were slow or they didn't feel like killing a single Blackbird. Both are unlikely actually. So I warp to a planet, then warp to a safespot, then warp out to high-sec. And head home.
Now that I'm thinking about why they let me go, I'm suspecting that either they didn't want to aggress as they were on their way somewhere or they were suspecting I'm just a scout or bait for a larger fleet. These cases make me feel better, but back then it was really heart-pumping situation for me.
Yeah, running alone through gate camp is indeed a lot more intense then fighting in a group. Even in a small group.
02:15
Brain Jam
Totally no idea what could have happened to my brain in the last days. At first it started with a totally uncontrolled slumber – the REM timer went haywire and I woke up in about 16 hours totally un-refreshed. My head felt like a total mess. I do blame sleep-learning the "Advanced fleet armor management." Still these things never caused issues like this.
Next night wasn't much better — this time REM timer didn't even register ANY sleep at all. So when the alarm went off and I wandered to my office and it all was really strange (broken ATM flashing yellow screen, suddenly withered plant on an empty reception desk) I wouldn't be much surprised to see a real ghost. While it all felt real, the seeming was too irreal (turned out that ATM was really broken and plant was withered some time ago, I never noticed that before).
And now, when my brain is no longer responsible for any rational thinking, a totally different body part jumps in. I've spent last hour discussing where to get proper rubber toys to arm a dozen of exotic dancers or which issue of CreoDron catalogue listed a fully-autonomous 10-limbed fucking drone. Which would hunt dancers and do what it is designed for. And send the real-time projection of the process onto my holodesk.
Screw it all. Off to bed. And no REMs this time. Just plain old rest.
Next night wasn't much better — this time REM timer didn't even register ANY sleep at all. So when the alarm went off and I wandered to my office and it all was really strange (broken ATM flashing yellow screen, suddenly withered plant on an empty reception desk) I wouldn't be much surprised to see a real ghost. While it all felt real, the seeming was too irreal (turned out that ATM was really broken and plant was withered some time ago, I never noticed that before).
And now, when my brain is no longer responsible for any rational thinking, a totally different body part jumps in. I've spent last hour discussing where to get proper rubber toys to arm a dozen of exotic dancers or which issue of CreoDron catalogue listed a fully-autonomous 10-limbed fucking drone. Which would hunt dancers and do what it is designed for. And send the real-time projection of the process onto my holodesk.
Screw it all. Off to bed. And no REMs this time. Just plain old rest.
02:34
Moar Piracy and Some Consequences
My irregular planetside shift schedule prevents me from attending most of our small yarr-sessions. But the good side is that "most" is not "all".
Anyway, tonight I tasted the blood of battlecruisers. First we aggressed a blinky-red Brutix. Little we knew about how strong his tank was. The tree of us (my Rifter, our leader's Slicer and one Merlin) were not enough to overcome his armour repairers. By the time we decided to disengage our leader got caught by his drones and ripped before he managed to warp away. Anyway, that was a nice fight. A little blood-pumping.
And then we proceeded to find softer targets and in the end we saw a pair of Hurricane and Apocalypse. In a belt. Killing bloods. With a loud "Yarr" we engaged that Hurricane and reduced it into bits. Totally non-combat fit. It was a plain salvage ship which backed the Apocalypse.
After little pause (and loud warnings about us, evil pirates, in the local chat channel) we decided to proceed and our leader in a different Slicer .. got caught by a properly equipped Hurricane. And smashed.
Without the lead we decide to leave the place and get back to our bases. So I jump through a gate and see two more BCs. And the moment I try to warp to safety, I'm caught. Two more seconds and my Rifter is torn by yet another Hurricane's autocannons. They didn't get my escape pod luckily.
So... As usual, my loss happened when I said to myself "I'll just get there and then take a break." Another thing to note is that I should not try to warp if I managed to jump into a camp. Even if I'm in a nimble frigate.
Adrenaline is still high and I need some relaxation now. Docking permission granted, and I've already ordered a couple of sweet-ass nurses for me to ease the pain of losing my ship and not getting high enough insurance to cover the loss of all the guns and shields on it.
Docking now.
And then we proceeded to find softer targets and in the end we saw a pair of Hurricane and Apocalypse. In a belt. Killing bloods. With a loud "Yarr" we engaged that Hurricane and reduced it into bits. Totally non-combat fit. It was a plain salvage ship which backed the Apocalypse.
After little pause (and loud warnings about us, evil pirates, in the local chat channel) we decided to proceed and our leader in a different Slicer .. got caught by a properly equipped Hurricane. And smashed.
Without the lead we decide to leave the place and get back to our bases. So I jump through a gate and see two more BCs. And the moment I try to warp to safety, I'm caught. Two more seconds and my Rifter is torn by yet another Hurricane's autocannons. They didn't get my escape pod luckily.
So... As usual, my loss happened when I said to myself "I'll just get there and then take a break." Another thing to note is that I should not try to warp if I managed to jump into a camp. Even if I'm in a nimble frigate.
Adrenaline is still high and I need some relaxation now. Docking permission granted, and I've already ordered a couple of sweet-ass nurses for me to ease the pain of losing my ship and not getting high enough insurance to cover the loss of all the guns and shields on it.
Docking now.
22:36
Small Scale Piracy
So I got in touch with a gang of aggressive newbies led by a low-sec veteran, assembled a Rifter, armed it up and joined them for some illegal action. Last week we just ran around searching for a target of opportunity, but seen noone other then a huge gate camp. Not our target I say.
Yesterday the run was much more organized. I showed up early enough and even got me enough ammo. First we found a Maller. I warped into belt, saw that Maller, asked our commander if it is ok to engage, then approached and scrambled that poor newbie. He didn't last long and with that setup he had no chance even against me alone — a mix of short-range lasers and artillery, coupled with shield booster and hull repairer on a ship of amarrian design is not the greatest idea.
Then we traveled a bit more looking for someone else (and losing one of our caracals to a gate camp on the way). There was some Coercer jumping between belts and we decided to lay a trap. One of our guys, piloting an Incursus, went to a belt and got attacked by a Hawk. Our team jumps in, then we tear that Hawk into bits. Incursus did not survive the encounter though.
In the end it's two kills.
Yarr I say.
In the end it's two kills.
Yarr I say.
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