Ambush at Planet IV

After a little bit of not seeing anyone on our scanners we returned to the ambush site and found a few sleepers there. We engaged, having moved back to our Drake at this point, and took out the sleeper cruiser only to have 4 more spawn. After a good battle we were successful and we salvaged the ships.

All in all we brought in:

• 10 Sleeper Data Libraries
• 10 Reinforced Metal Scraps
• 1 Fused Nanomechanic
• 8 Modified Fluid Routers
• 2 Melted Nanoribbons
• 3 Powdered C-540
• 10 Electromechanical Hull Sheeting

I don't know much about this alien shit but I hear it sells for a pretty penny. Judging from the directional scanner there are a lot more wrecks out there. Someone has been having fun at our expense.

David vs. Goliaths

Close encounter in the wormhole at an ambush site. My crew and I jumped into our Drake to try and take down a combat site alone. It wasn't going great but wasn't going badly either. I had to jump out a couple of times as I slowly tore away at a sleeper sentry gun.

I jumped back in after recharging only to find another pilot taking out the anomaly. I quickly targeted, got off a salvo of Heavy Missiles and promptly left seeing how I was going up against a Tech III Amarr Strategic Cruiser on top of the sleepers.

I jumped back to the POS and we jumped into Dreadlord 1-1 my stealth bomber. I jumped back to the site to find Killdu engaged with the sleepers. I snuck up on him, decloaked and fired off a void bomb and heavy missile before jumping back out. Before we could get away either he or the sleepers were able to get a shot or two off and we took some damage to our shields. I did see him disengage and warp off. No sight of him since.

This is our gorram hole and no one will take anything from it without a fight! Damn, 98% boredom mixed with 2% sheer terror, I need a drink and the crew has earned a couple as well!

Lonely Life as a Wormhole Miner

Half way through a bottle of rum and on our 3rd can of the night I find myself sitting staring into the black. Solo mining in a wormhole is not for the faint of heart. We're on full alert yet the skies seem quiet and the crew have slipped into their routine.

There I was, sitting in the sensor room with my first officer continually scanning for probes and ships when I just had to slip away. Amazing how solitude is so hard to find so deep in space. We've been in this hole almost continually for a month now. It's a good home and secure. The corp has come together well though our time zones mean only a few at a time are on at any given time and the weekends are slow as everyone takes leave planet side.

The weekend rotations are really sparse and so we've gotten use to mining alone through these times. I've taken a personal interest in killing a particularly large Hemorphite roid that we've been gnawing at for 3 days now. Tonight we've made the most progress and have it under 67K units. This will be our last can of the evening and I'll be turning in, or passing out, shortly.

Beer and Sanity Run - R&R

I had to get my crew outta the hole for a bit. We ran out for some more alcohol and I gave the crew some time off. We had to keep a low profile as we were in Minmatar space but so far so good.

I also picked up some new specialized scanners that should let us scan signatures a lot quicker. They sure as hell better, they cost enough. Everyone's back on board at this point and we're 3 jumps from home.

I feel like everyone can see me out here, can't wait to get home to Zaniverse.

Fuel Delivery

We just delivered a pretty good load of POS fuel to Alice's Restaurant. 880 units of Mechanical Parts, 21,100 units of Oxygen and 940 units of Coolant, all of which was produced through my planetary colonies. Very nice.

That's a little less than 1 week in Mech Parts, a little over 1 week in Coolant and almost 2 weeks of Oxygen. The amount of time varied for this load but was less than a week of production in all processes. With what the other pilots are making I think we will be self sufficient for POS fuel and can keep the restaurant open indefinitely.

Shiny.

It's Good to be King

"Welcome to Ducatillon IX - Free beer inside can!" These are the words that will great visitors to my planet, Ducatillon IX. It is a mining planet where the Ducatillonians mine resources and produce coolant for use in the POS.

When not working they enjoy themselves at the many indoor observation parks and other attractions. Prostitution, gambling and drugs are all legal on Ducatillon IX so make sure to stop by and enjoy yourself. I do however, wish to warn you not to over indulge as serious transgressions of the law will lead to sterilization and placement on one of two penal colonies that are currently in operation.

Instead of the warm climate and beautiful storm systems on Ducatillon IX you will find yourself on a Barren inhospitable world or floating above a gas giant producing Oxygen. They work 16 hour shifts, we do use the standard clock system as all empire worlds do, six days a week. The day off is spent relaxing in drug induced comas to ensure peace and tranquility at all times.

So please, stop by and enjoy the exciting storm world known as Ducatillon IX and the sprawling metropolitan area known as Lanceville, just behave yourself!

Lanceville, Ducatillon IX

Here's my storm planet colony Lanceville on Ducatillon IX in Zaniverse:

Currently running 6 extractors, 5 Basic Processors, 4 Storage Facilities, 1 Advanced Processor and a Spaceport. I might could do away with a storage facility and add a factory.

Zaniverse, Planet Ducatillon IX and What to do with a Drunken Sailor

The spirits are in the hole! That's right, the beer and liquor run was successful. I have a happy crew and the crew has a happy Captain. There will be libations and parties all around Zaniverse tonight and probably some crew members on window washing detail tomorrow. Being in a space suit, hungover, really sucks. The weightlessness messes with your stomach and when you hurl there is only one place for it to go. The crew members who know me, know when to stop and the ones who don't, will.

We're on mining duty at the moment with my sensor operator's nose buried in the directional scanner.I love mining, it gives me time to reflect and plan my colony and have a few drinks. Planet Ducatillon IX will be laying it's foundations tomorrow evening. It's a good sized storm planet with magnificent sunsets, assuming of course you are not in the middle of a continent sized hurricane. If you are in the middle of a hurricane the light show is fantastic.

POS fuel will be the name of the game, coolant the specialty. We will see how it goes. I will be planet side over the weekend so I will have to get the colony self sufficient until my return. It will be tough setting up a new colony and leaving it to itself for two days but it has to be done.

Spirits are High, and in Great Demand

The crew has really come together and spirits are high. The first profit run was pretty good and everyone's mood soared. It's been a pretty quiet op so far, although a small gank group managed to take out a couple of our miners. Pretty well organized and stealthy from the sounds of it. We've recovered from the loses and for once I was not involved in the losing of ships.

The crew has discovered that we have no alcohol on board. I of course have known this all along and was not a bit concerned since I had my private reserves. Had being the keyword on the private reserves. Now that we are completely out I have decided to side with crew and blame our old scapegoat the first officer. Poor bloke is outside cleaning the bridge windows now. I'm trying to think of a new punishment for him but the crew does get such a kick outta this game.

Our current wormhole exit is in its last stages and hopefully the next one will lead to some spirits close by.

Wormholin It

This is where we like it, wormhole space, nothing like it. Open skies, good size chunks of rocks and you never know what will happen. The crew is really coming together well, not just on my ship but in the whole operation. Did a nice run back to HQ and picked up a surprise for everyone. If it works out, more iskies all around.

Unfortunately, my first officer forgot to remind me to stop off for alcohol. I have him disinfecting the ship to make sure we don't come down with Space Herpes. I saw a case of those spring up on a ship once, it's not a pretty site. They were a bunch of Ice Pirates out of Minmatar space, found some princess and came down with space herpes, was not, as I said, pretty!