Adventures in Mission Running

The first banter of 2010 comes to us from the EVE Blog Father, CrazyKinux himself, who asks the following: As we begin another year in New Eden, ask yourselves “What Now?” What will I attempt next? What haven’t I done so far in EVE? Was it out fear, funds, or knowledge? Have I always wanted to start my own corporation, but have never dared doing so? Is there a fledging mercenary waiting to come out of its shell? Or maybe an Industrialist? What steps and objectives will I set myself to accomplish in order to reach my ultimate goal for this year? EVE is what you make of it. So, what is it going to be for you?

What is it going to be for me?

A good question. For most of the past four years I’ve been playing EVE, I’ve been in highsec space, running missions for various NPC corporations and factions. I’ve dabbled with PvP corps, but I usually find myself back in highsec running missions again.

Until last November.

The corp I was in was imploding. So I decided to join some of my former corpmates and friends from the old days in the newb corp in their wormhole corporation. Living in wormhole-space, killing sleepers, making ISK hand over fist they promised. Definitely a nice change of pace from running missions. The money is good and defnitely a sense of being “out there” when you’re in a wormhole system. I’ve learned that I really like flying Tech 3 cruisers too.

I like it out here. I don’t see myself leaving anytime soon.

Exploring the unknown

Loki Tech 3 Cruisers

Legion Tech 3 Cruiser

The view from the main POS

Skillwise, my plan is to work on my missile and leadership skills, learn to fly Tengu and Proteus-class ships, and maybe even finish Destroyers 5.

Sankkasen system The Citadel region

“Shin come to Sagain.”

The message comes in on the corp channel as I’m working on the second part of the Recon missions. Feeling rather  bored. I decide to join my merry cohorts in some carnage and  destruction. After I finished the mission, of course.

Sagain system Tash-Murkon region

A quick clone jump and a change of ship later, I’m out in space. Decided to go with Stay and Chat! my Broadsword-class heavy interdictor for a couple of reasons. One: I’ve never flown her in combat before. Two: Focused Warp Disruption fields. You get one of those locked onto your ship, your only hope is to fly out of range. quickly. Turns out that they’re really fun to fly too.

I even managed to get ome blood on my ship too. Helped tackle a Curse-class recon ship, then I killed the capsule. “You killed the capsule?”, some of you may be asking, “Won’t that drag your security status down?” Oh hell yeah! Went from +5 to +1.76 last night. But as a friend of mine told me a long time ago: “Sec rating is another form of currency to be spent.” Bring it up by shooting pirate NPCs, drag it down by shooting other players. Repeat as needed.

Forgot to take some screenshots of Stay and Chat! during last night’s gang op, but one of my corpmates brought along his Legion-class strategic cruiser, +for+we+are+many+ and I grabbed a shot or two of that.

Legion-class T3 cruiser

Legion 2

And here are the links to my corporation’s killboard entries for my contributions to last night’s festivities. Curse Capsule