Personal Log - Change in the Wind

Been spending a lot of time docked at a space station keeping low and studying. I believe our corp is going to leave the alliance we recently joined and I'm curious to see what direction Nova Force takes. The upcoming meeting should catch everyone up.

I like going out into low and null sec space but I don't see the profit in it at this time. I need to step back and see how I can get on the profit making side of a war.

It's a Whole New Verse

The storm passed and the world is different. Hard to explain, things are clearer somehow. Communications work much more efficiently and the planets are beautiful, as if galactic dust were just blown away.

I just picked up some probes and a launcher and am headed to Kakakela system to pickup several frigates and move them down to orvolle. It will be a long trip tonight but the crew is felling good despite me losing money on a deal. I just got stuck with some minerals and finally got tired of carrying them around so I sold them off cheap, could've made a lot more. Live and learn.

Tomorrow I will be setup to start exploring our sector of space more closely.

Personal Log - Galactic Solar Storm

I've never seen anything like this, thank the gods I was in port when this thing hit. It had been all over the cortex for days. Something about solar flares throughout the galaxy. The scientists seem to know what is going on and no one who's docked is allowed to leave port.

Not that anyone could or would attempt to stop you but from  what I've heard you would have to be a madman to be out in an un-anchored location. Instrumentation and all visibility will shut down. They say mechanical systems should be fine but electronics will have to be completely shielded and navigation will be impossible. Life support systems are mechanical in nature and what limited electronics are used are well inside and shielded.

For the next 16 hours I plan to catch up on some much needed rest. I'll a plan for going forward after this thing passes. Until then I have no problem with holing up.

Captain's Log - Going Dark

Two ops down and the ship is still intact. Never even came close to be taken down but was able to call in the big guns. Cloaking is cool, I can't wait to get my covert op ship.

Mercury I is my light scout Frigate. It's capable of 1000M/s with the afterburner, less cloaked but of course that's classified. The crew is hand picked from my primary cruiser crew and they are tight group of individuals.

The overall operations to hold our place in  low sec was successful. I'm going to start scouting the areas down the pipe and around our POS location. If I can find it anyway. There has to be some very good mining down there.

Recon Scout

I loaded up some minerals and pushed out on a scouting/sales trip to my new home base system. Along the way I fitted out a Condor as my scout ship. I'm training for cloaking now which should benefit me well in the upcoming op.

The sales did pretty  well, i had to jump through some low sec but thanks to scouting the night before I knew what to expect. I've ventured out pretty well last night.I found the highest selling place for Isogen I'd seen in all my traveling. I had to go for it. The plan is to haul another load up and pick up my cloaking device along the way. I'll have to come in for the second wave of the op but should be a good time none the less.

Captain's Log - Abandon Ship!

Once again we ventured out into low sec and once again I lost a ship to pirates. I did manage to start the self destruct sequence but we fell to his fire before it could go off. Of course the crew ordered to abandon ship, we lost two crew members. They will be missed. I can't remember their names but, we will miss them.

Lesson learned. I will henceforth scout low sec very well before moving in for a mining op.

I'm heading back to the Lonetrek region in hopes of finding some decent pricing on refitting Karma Train II. Unless we can find some decent pricing on stuff I don't see much profit in staying as it's looking like a long haul.

It is close to low sec space though if we could do some mining ops there. Maybe need to learn how to scan for other ships with probes as well.

Captain's Log - Mining Excursion

Jumped 18 systems to mine some Omber. The trip was uneventful, thankfully, and the crew eased right into ship routine despite canceling shore leave.

The energy is high, if we hit it big moral will sky rocket, if we don't I may have a mutiny on my hands. It'll be big, already has started off well.