Captain's Log - Back in the Swing of Things

I managed to recover fairly well. Still learning though. I dropped my ISK down 700K by inadvertently purchasing an upgraded clone for 7.6 Million ISK, I thought it was 760K! I've hooked up with the original corp I was holding off on joing because they were war decked. We spent 2 hours mining as a group with an Orca and I made some big bucks. I'm still only up to about half my pre pod kill amount but I'm getting it back faster than I thought I would.

Training has slowed down considerably as it's taking me 15 days to get to level 5 status on my Frigate and Electronic Upgrade ratings, that's 30 days total! I lost a few attribute points when I got pod killed due to a couple of implants, nothing major there though.

Hopefully, Sunday should be a pretty good mining day and I'll be make some serious ISK. I've been spending my time trying to run some missions. I'm hoping I can get up to level 3 or 4 missions soon. I'm having to travel a couple of systems over to find agents at my level but it's not a bad commute.

Captain's Log - It's a Cold Verse

Thank the gods for clones. It appears the learning curve in this new world is steep and very sharp. I decided to take a tour of a low sec system, mistake number one. As soon as I entered the system I thought the best thing to do was visit a base, mistake number two. As I entered I saw two 'red' players sitting off the station, I thought nothing of it as I entered the station. I looked around a bit, checked the market and the agent list, nothing I could afford and no agents that were my level.

A split second after I left the docking bay my shields and armor were down and the hull was crumbling fast. I was obliterated before I could even clear the station. I tried to warp but of course that was being jammed. I was pod killed without so much as a warning. The next thing I remember was waking up in the clone bay.

Insurance paid up and I've managed to get an osprey back up and outfitted, mostly. I'm enroute back to Kakakela, a bit battered, mostly my pride. I knew better than to attempt a sector with .3 security rating, especially alone.

I'll have to chalk up another couple of marks for people who deserve payback.

Captain's Log - Pot O Gold

Yes, the new mining operation can be classified a raging success. Over 2 mil ISK in less than an hour, I'll take it. Moving to this system where I can mine and sell is awesome. I save all the time I was taking moving two systems over to sell. I've been able to leave my containers in place for 2 days and they've stayed in the perfect spots, that's been a bit of luck but I'll take what I can get.

Captain's Log - Mining

I've become a fairly successful miner, for someone just starting out in the verse anyway. I've upgraded to a cruiser and Miner II's. I've been using Komokor as home base and selling the raw ore a couple jumps over. I'm setting up in a new system as we speak, I'll let you know how it goes here as it's a little lower security.

I've hooked up with a mining corp and made some good money, quickly. It basically doubles my take in half the time, that's good business. It's slow work solo mining. I have to set my secure holds with Serenity II and then go back and transfer ships to Prosperity II to mine and fill the holds. Then go back, switch ships to pick up the load and take it to market. It takes awhile but I've been bringing in about 1/2 a million ISK an hour.

I should be able to shave quite a bit of time off my market trips in this new system. Let's see how it goes.

Captain's Log - New Life in Eve

I've managed to survive in Eve for two weeks, tomorrow. I'm currently setting off a massive scordite asteroid in the Todaki system. I'm hoping the ore I can refine from it should fetch me close to a million ISK. It's a pretty quiet system tonight, at least around Todaki VI asteroid belt.

It's the 3rd day in a row I've tried solo mining with varying degrees of success. I've been trying to jet mine. I loaded up a Merlin with 2 Miner I's and 2 missle launchers. With an extended cargo container I can mine pretty fast but I have to keep up with emptying the ship cargo into the jet can.

The first night a pirate came buy and flipped my can. They do this to get on your nerves. They hope you will fire them and then they can kill you without getting Concorded. It's a pain in the ass. I was at least warned in advance of this. Still, I guess I pissed the guy off and he blew me to bits. I guilted him about it until he gave me a million ISK. All said and done I came out ahead by about 750,000 ISK.

The second night I had trouble locating an asteroid field and when I did the big mining corps would come in just ransack everything. At least they didn't bother me and let me mine my little roids until they had taken everything else. I managed half a carg of ore and sold it all for about 250,000.

Tonight the asteroid belt is empty at the moment so I came out in my badger. It's cargo hold is huge but with only one miner it's slow as hell. Gave me time to catch up on my captain's log though.