Return to EVE
Hello all, I am back in eve again after having left very suddenly due to real life commitments.
My previous blog was all about how I was going to try my luck along with a friend in a class 2 wormhole, and we eventually did spend some time in a class 2, but things did not go as well as expected, and I must admit that I was a bit disappointed.
It was shortly after we completed our Wormhole adventure that I had to spend some time taking care of real life issues.
But now I am back just in time for the new DOMINION patch and all that it has to offer.
So many new things are happening that it is almost impossible to keep up with everything that is going on.
Our alliance has been given sovereignty, our corporation has been given a moon to mine, and we have already taken down and erected our POS at the new moon. I am going to have to learn as much as possible about simple and complex reactions, as well as how to PVP, in order to help the alliance hold onto its new sovereignty.
The alliance has issued a call to arms, and is insisting that all members participate in the defense of our small piece of EVE real estate, so I have decided that Dirk will concentrate on electronic warfare, and train all the relevant skills to a high level. I already have a number of EWAR ships and fully intend adding to my collection, as no doubt while I spend the time building up my experience in PVP it is going to cost me quite a few ships.
It looks like there are exciting times ahead, and it is my intention to document them here.
Change of plan
My plans to go solo have now changed to duo, with a possibility of changing again to trio 
My friend and corpmate Zama got all fired up when he read this and Star Defenders Blog, so much so that he has asked to join me on my first wormhole adventure, and has intimated that our CEO DeltaW7 might also want to come along.
That has yet to be confirmed.
I will still be taking my alts and all related equipment along, so we should have a strong little team for this first venture into the unknown regions of EVE.
Real life commitments to work have calmed down now, and in another four days I will have trained Anchoring to level 5, and
Starbase Defence management to at least level 3.
Zama has been helping me mine ice to cut down on fuel costs, so we will be able to spend a good long time in our new home, even though I have chosen to run with a large POS.
Now it is time to take stock of what we have, and what we still need to get. It would be a real pain to realise after the wormhole has closed that we have forgotten some vital piece of equipment.
Almost Ready
Well everything is going according to plan at the moment, the Orca is out of the oven and fully fitted, battleships and battlecruisers are also built and kitted out, along with the salvager and scanning covops.
All POS equipment has been bought, including the weapons and ammunition.
POS fuel still needs to be gathered together, and I am mining ice to try and keep that cost down to an acceptable level.
Skill training is plodding on as per usual, and a couple of my characters will soon have gas harvesting and salvaging at the required levels.
I had hoped to be ready for this week but real life, in the way of work is intruding on my game time.
Next weekend is a long weekend for us here in South Africa, but I am required to work because one of my clients has chosen that particular weekend to move offices.
This means that instead of playing EVE, I will be setting up the servers and computers for his employees. I mustn’t complain though, as it is the money I earn at my job that makes it possible for me to afford EVE in the first place.
Also it gives my characters more time to get their skills up to a level that will make me feel safer.
I am under no delusions about the safety of Wormhole Space.
Burning Bridges
The Orca is well under way and should be built in about six days, I have purchased the main POS elements, with just the weapons remaining, skill training is moving at its usuall snails pace.
I have stopped training Abel up to a Hulk as it is taking way too long, and have started training Jay for a Typhoon that will be able to remote repair shields and armour, as well as chuck a few missiles.
I have informed the corporation of my plans and asked them to bare with me while I go on my little solo jaunt.
It makes me feel as though I am burning bridges, which is silly really, it’s not like I am leaving the corp, I’m just breaking from corp activities for a while until I get the wormholes out of my system.:)
My inspiration, Star Defender has gone on leave for a Week and I already miss reading the daily updates in his Blog
This is turning out to be quite an expensive little excercise, and looks like I will have to sell another GTC to get the final bit of cash required.
I do believe though, that if everything goes to plan I will pay for all of this with the first expedition, and might even have a little profit on the side.
