Into the Wild Black Yonder

So I’m the kind of guy that doesn’t like to do something unless I’m able to do it right. As such, I’ve taken account of my skills and assets and determind that I’m not ready for life in nul yet. I put in my notice to Battlestars several days ago, created an indy account, and joined an up and coming industrial corp, H and I Industrial. Although I was honored to be a member of Battlestars and WI., it has been a good transition as I settle into the role of miner. I have to say, despite both the corp and most of its members being new to EVE, I am impressed so far.

Shortly after joining the corp withdrew from the Z.E.R.G. alliance owing to their upcoming move into nul and their unwillingness or inability to protect us from the alliances that they were at war with. We are currently not in an alliance and as soon as the alliance was severed we were war dec’d by a corporation insightfully named Murderers Inc. who have had a jolly time destroying us at every opporunity, effectively camping us in our own station as we are wholely unable to defend ourselves. Nonetheless, I have found the other members of the corp to be quite resilient.

Despite our staggering 0 ships detroyed to 24 losses, they continue to join me in sparring and practicing at getting better at PvP with little loss to spirit. Upon checking Murderers website, they have posted that their war with us will last until May 20th, which I find awkward that they would determine before dec’ing us, but whatever. Although I most sincerely relish the idea of not undocking for the next 11 days owing to their superior firepower, I know of no other option to diminish our losses. It would appear they have no quarrel with us and just grief small corps for the sake of fun. I pray that our newly formed corp can withstand the wait and that this war doesn’t destroy the corp as a whole, as it appears it very well may.

Amusing though, leaving a corp to avoid being needlessly slaughtered; joining a small non hostile corp where there’s no chance of pissing anyone off, just to be targeted for that very reason. It’s an interesting world we live in – an interesting game we play.

As I pass the 4mil mark I find myself finally settling into the game. I’ve finally started to understand strung-out lingo without having to reach for my EVE-lopedia, and I have learned more or less how to avoid getting needlessly killed. I’m finally beginning to lose the “I’m such a noob…” moments and I’m starting to figure out what I enjoy in the game and my own personal play style.

Although I have up to this point been rather unlucky in my quest to find a helpful Corp I have recently joined Battlestars of Wildly Inappropriate of The Northern Coalition. In another 2 weeks I will have finished training to fly my shiny new Nemesis and I will at long last make my way into nul-sec space for the first extended period of time to date.

As I get closer to flying my shiny new Nemesis, I of course find my training times increasing and I’ve found myself spending an increasing amount of time reading fan-fiction and back story regarding the EVE universe. Through reading these frequently masterfully written pieces I have found myself drawn to begin my own. So, while I am planning to keep an active log here of my move into nul-sec and life therein, I also intend to begin posting occasional bits of my own fan fic as the mood strikes me.

I haven’t worked out a schedule yet for when I plan to post, but intend for it to be at least a weekly occurrence and as I settle into the groove of writing regularly, hopefully I can get some kind of a schedule posted for when I expect new pieces to come out. Apologies in advance for any holes in lore or inconsistencies. I try to do my homework as best as I can in advance, but feel free to let me know about anything I miss (:

Fly safe! o7