Into Tyrannis
Well I am back on the Internet and into EVE again, with a great big smile on my face.
I have to apologise for my absence over the past several Months, but real life crept up on me, and gave me a great big kiss, yeah it makes a change doesn’t it.
To keep it short, an old friend turned out to be the love I have been waiting my whole life for, and we have spent the last few Months moving in together, and organizing phones, adsl lines, as well as setting up the study. 
The phones took the longest by the way, which was only to be expected, considering the fact that I live in South Africa, where it has been proven that a pidgeon is faster than our Internet.
It seems that every time I come back to EVE, there is something new. This time it is Tyrannis, and “Planetary Interaction.” Maybe not quite as exciting as I would have liked, but being more of an industrialist than a PvPer, I will definitely get a deal of enjoyment out of it.
On the 7th of June I parked my trusty Crane in one of the main hubs in my area, thinking that the new Command Centres would only be seeded in high activity areas. Imagine how I felt when they were seeded everywhere lol.
Oh well, I ran back home, picked up a number of various CC’s and headed for the planets I had picked out previously. Then with a lot of Wiki pages open, and some help and good advice from my friend Zama, I set up my first colony, 
which I then followed up with three others. 
Now it is just a matter of managing the colonies, and waiting to see if they make a profit, ho hum.
It is nice, but….I think it could have been so much more.
To me, planetary interaction conjures up visions of docking on Planets, and having command centers and other buildings that you can actually enter. Maybe even move from your mine/extractor to your Processor. Take a walk to your launchpad, climb into your ship and head back out to space with a full load.
I don’t know if this is actually going to be a part of Dust, but something like it would be nice for EVE.
Sitting out in space and dropping icons on the planet surface is hardly “Planetary Interaction,” not for me anyway.
But for all that, I still enjoy playing EVE.
A Time of Change
A few very busy weeks have passed since my last entry here, plans have been made, discarded and new plans formulated, and everything is in a state of fluid motion.
I have dropped my plans for learning about moon mining and complex reactions, and have instead turned my attention to ship building.
Null-sec is always in need of ships due to the amount of PvP going on all the time, and so we decided that we would set up another POS purely for construction, using my old wormhole equipment, it’s a good job I decided to buy a large Amarr tower instead of a small one. I have added to what I already had by purchasing three more corporate hangars, an advanced small ship array, a component array and another maintenance array. If the tec.2 frigates prove to be profitable I will also buy an advanced medium ship assembly array for the production of tec. 2 cruisers.
One of our members, Jae, is a keen ship builder and has jumped into the role with all his usual energy and enthusiasm, while I plod along at a more leisurely pace.
I haven’t done much in the way of PvP since my return, although I did lose two Stealth Bombers in one evening, one to a bit of local defense, and one to NPC Rats, ha ha that’s right, Rats! I forgot that I was flying a paper ship lol.
I also joined a 300 man fleet recently which I soon decided was not for me, I could not join the TeamSpeak audio and consequently could not hear any commands. The whole thing was just too much for me and so I gave up and logged off.
Oh yes! I also lost my Mackinaw to gankers recently while mining ice for the POS fuel.
I was informed after the event that a Hulk gankathon was under way, I must admit that I did wonder why there were so few people mining.
Well in a couple of days I should have the skills to research my tec. 2 BPO’s, I have the materials to build the tec. 2 ships but need to do a bit of mining for the normal minerals.
With a bit of luck by my next post I will be able to say that I have successfully built a number of tec. 2 ships.
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.
