What a time to start!
I figured to start another blog-used to have one ages ago- after reading often 2 others done by 2 fellas in Aurelius Federation both of which id been finding a good read for a few minutes here and there.
Aurelius Federation?-a Player Corporation in the MMORPG EvE Online-heres a link if you somehow came across this and dont have the faintest idea
http://www.eveonline.com/
Anyways…i have 6 days off work-i still have almost a full years leave entitlement to take and the year is drawing to a close so need to “use it or lose it” so a while ago spied an opportunity to string together some days..got my request in before anyone else and “huzzah”-6 days off(unless i get called in-which the way things have been is not unlikely-PLAN:dont answer the ‘phone!
Now; i had it in my mind to spend a few days in EvE due to some big in-game procedures that needed doing-namely the dismantling of a “Station” that was built by and paid for by myself and “Rayth Phaenor” my colleauge in Aurelius and the searching out of another empty system to build a bigger one.Rayth had done the majority of the searching last time around and found exactly what we were looking for-the searching is a long and occasionaly tedious process with sometimes brief periods of danger but this time round,with a wedge of free time i figured to have a good ol’ crack at it.But…..
“The best laid schemes o mice an’ men
Gang aft agley”
No matter how well or hard we plan for something our plans can often fail to become reality..or worse,they can end up going terribly wrong…(for all you non-scots).
So what happened then?-in a nutshell the Station we had built in a “Wormhole” system was looted by another player from Aurelius and 5 Battleships and tens of dozens of “Ship fitting Modules” were stolen.Rayth,Nlor Rath and Sarah Tuttle each had a Raven class boat stolen along with the fittings and i lost a “Scorpion” class as well as my pride and joy a “Navy Raven” Battleship which is worth more than the the other 4 combined-along with some very expensive fittings which id just recently bought following the first profits from our venture into this “wormhole” project.In some ways the theft of the boats while being a real downer didnt hit as hard as the plundering of the heap of ship fittings which were also taken-these had been brought in so that any visitors to our project and more specifically any newer players perhaps without much “ISK” to spare or inexperienced in fitting their Boats adequately for the rigors of “W-space” could fit appropriately without having to spend huge amounts on fittings.Most of these Modules i had gathered over the past couple of years and was worth at a conservative estimate 150 million ISK..not sooo much in the scheme of things but somehow their value was in more than what they “worth”…..Now,total loss to me-over 1 billion isk and that including my main means to “earn”-the Navy Raven-result?-im broke!True i have several hundred million ISK tied up in the actual “Station” itself but beyond that we had ploughed all our liquid assets into setting up this whole expedition…the aim of which wasnt to “make us rich” but has a surprise purpose(if we get back our investment, cover expenses and tick over in earning as much as we would have by doing “normal” activities we be doing well at the end of it all…or at least that the aim before these events!).
Dismantling the project(Station) and selling it off to go liquid again is not an option-myself and Rayth are too far down the line with too much time and effort(specific skill training) done to close it up-to factor in the lost time/effort in ISK terms would probably triple our losses this week as well as remove the opportunity for Sarah and Nlor to get back on top and replace their Boats-if you looking to make pure ISK then w-space is the place to be for effort/reward-at least for regular guys like us without years invested in Uber-production or claims to the most lucrative plexing/mining areas.Anyhows….what to do now??
Pretty much since the start of the expedition ST and Nlor have been involved daily and say they have been enjoying the whole thing and for sure have been invaluable in the whole project so far..whether it been Gas Mining,Ore Mining, Plexing,Salvaging,Hauling or Scanning.They going to stay involved with the move to a higher class system…and as it turns out i couldnt have wished for anything better(except maybe “Vhero Min” getting hit by a train in RL!!).The whole theft thing has left a very bad taste in my mouth-a mixture of disgust at the guy who did it and probably a dent to my pride too…like i said before the ship thefts i can ALMOST fathom but the looting of other stuff for some reason really gets to me….and it the lameness of the whole episode…a “Corp. theft” from a really tough nut to crack..ok..there maybe some “skill” in that and if succesful some “wow!” factor..infiltrating an “enemy” organisation and doing the same during a “war”…fair enough…but to thieve so much from such an easy target…and our ability to seek “vengeance” is almost 0 as far as i can see…the thief has been spreading disinformation about who/what he is and his M.O. since the incident.
With ST and Nlor looking like they going to stay involved with the next progression i decided to take a break for a while….i plan to have a little input next week when one of my characters reaches a point where it can run some T3 Reverse Engineering jobs to obtain the specific Blueprints for T3 ship systems that i responsibile for but beyond that i have two skills to train to Level 5 on both Ajax and Kuklinski which i have been wanting to start for a while but always delay due to other day-to day skill requirements.At the moment i do plan on returning after about a month-months subscription just went through after all…. i be watching Aurelius Forum in case there any War that breaks out in Providence and it becomes all hands on deck..apart from that its..off to the gym again!!…i been wasting away these last few months so much have i neglected it..and summer is just around the corner.
These two should ensure i return from my hiatus!
and lastly…i thought this was hilarious
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1106502
Do not worry brother, he committed the cardinal sin of a corporate thief.
He is finished.
I collect frozen corpses, and I keep them in my ships.
I run a check on well over half our previous members once a week.
I am beyond what he could have ever expected in an adversary, and he does not even know it yet.
Beyond to the point that I could easily contact the CEO of GHSC myself and get him booted but instead I wait, because I know, and anticipate, the pattern laid out before me.
This will go well for us.
You guys lost weeks, this guy has lost years.
Something tells me old Istavaan isn’t gonna kick a thief…considering that, y’know, the vast majority of gh-sc ARE avowed corp thieves. He’d probably just chuckle.
Aside from that, however, your comment is chilling in the homicidal-stalker level.
Dammit, EVE needs an fps element sooner so that I could’ve taken the marines and militants I’d been saving and stormed his hangar in Alperaute =P
Quote – “and as it turns out i couldnt have wished for anything better(except maybe “Vhero Min” getting hit by a train in RL!!).”
I lol’d. (and a Nighthawk would be win! I’m envious!)
We’ll just have to play the wait games… plus he didn’t steal from the corp… like you said its respectable if someone infiltrates the corp during the war or on contract but he just stole from individual members… there is no art in this… plus he identified his main account…