Makeover

New character generator is an awesome upgrade. Check out the before and after...
Before....

After....

 Either way, I'm still Caldari through and through.

Eve Giveth... Eve Taketh... Amen

This really hurts to log. I lost the replacement Bustard, Replacement Buzzard, Replacement Hangar Array AND the Replacement Ship Maintenance Array. This time in.... wait for it............. Hi Sec.

"How?", you ask, through tear soaked eyes, gasping for breath and unable to keep any semblance of a straight face.

You see, I was coming up on this gate and went to jump. Just before I jumped I had been moving my fittings around for better access to them through the F keys. You see, I had just bought and fitted this ship. I mean, JUST bought and fitted this ship. Another Titanic voyage. Anyway, I went to activate the jump [insert brain lapse here] but instead clicked the icon to activate my ECM burst disruptor. I clicked 'Yes' on the warning window that popped up thinking it was asking me to confirm my jump to low-sec."

*stops to take another sip of whiskey*
*continues*

Too late I realized it was not a window asking me to confirm my jump through the gate but a message asking me did i want to activate an illegal weapon in hi security space. Needless to say the gate guns opened up on me and I was toast before I could warp to a planet in hopes of evading Concord. What a week, what a week it has been.

So, I take a moment of silence and say...

"We are gathered here today to commit Lance Ducatillon, once again, in his pod to space; ship to ashes, clone to pod, clone to clone. Eve giveth and Eve taketh, amen."

...cue hysterical, gut busting, eye watering, tear inducing laughter. I will not be mentioning this episode to anyone beyond this blog. Comments that you may feel prudent to express may be posted in the comments of this log.

Do to the jarring around my brain incurred during the transfer to the escape pod, I have been diagnosed with selective amnesia and will unlikely recall any of this incident. I am posting it hear as official record of the event. Unfortunately, I am told this amnesia will most likely last the rest of my life.

Broken Rudder

For a few weeks now I've been flying around in my ship like the rudder has been broken. I've been adrift, without focus and that is not the Caldari way. Losing my ship was the wake-up call I needed, it's time to go behind enemy lines.

About That Wormhole Run... Damn Space Peckers

 Another stupid Lance trick led to the following. Yet another notch on lost ships list... well actually several more notches.

2011.01.02 17:59:00

Victim: Lance Ducatillon
Corp: Inner Sphere Industries
Alliance: Apocalypse Now.
Faction: Unknown
Destroyed: Bustard
System: Zahefeus
Security: 0.2
Damage Taken: 8258

Destroyed items:

Medium Cargohold Optimization I
Improved Cloaking Device II
Ship Maintenance Array (Cargo)
Medium Low Friction Nozzle Joints I
Hulk (Cargo)
Expanded Cargohold II, Qty: 3

Dropped items:

ECM - Multispectral Jammer II
Buzzard (Cargo)
Magnetic Scattering Amplifier II
Corporate Hangar Array (Cargo)
Expanded Cargohold II, Qty: 2
10MN MicroWarpdrive I
Giant Secure Container (Cargo)
   Veldspar Mining Crystal I, Qty: 3 (In Container)
   Omber Mining Crystal I, Qty: 3 (In Container)
   Survey Scanner II (In Container)
   Magnetic Scattering Amplifier II, Qty: 2 (In Container)
   1MN Afterburner I (In Container)
   Scordite Mining Crystal I, Qty: 3 (In Container)
   Strontium Clathrates, Qty: 6 (In Container)
   Kernite Mining Crystal I, Qty: 3 (In Container)
   Nitrogen Isotopes, Qty: 1688 (In Container)
   Vespa I, Qty: 4 (In Container)
   Invulnerability Field I (In Container)
   Cap Recharger II, Qty: 2 (In Container)
   Medium Warp Core Optimizer I, Qty: 2 (In Container)
   Plagioclase Mining Crystal I, Qty: 3 (In Container)
   Signal Amplifier II (In Container)
   Heavy Water, Qty: 281 (In Container)
   Small Shield Extender II (In Container)
   Small Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I, Qty: 2 (In Container)
   ECM - Multispectral Jammer II (In Container)
   Pyroxeres Mining Crystal I, Qty: 3 (In Container)
   Covert Ops Cloaking Device II, Qty: 2 (In Container)
   Liquid Ozone, Qty: 141 (In Container)
   Expanded Probe Launcher I (In Container)
   Infiltrator I (In Container)
   Jaspet Mining Crystal I, Qty: 3 (In Container)
   Co-Processor II (In Container)
   Modulated Strip Miner II, Qty: 3 (In Container)
   Mining Laser Upgrade I, Qty: 2 (In Container)

Walking the Worlds Awhile

I've been walking the worlds a little as of late, spending time with the family through the holidays. My crew has been managing the ships in the meantime and keeping business going but overall it's been a quiet month. I have been able to catch up on my studying and spent some time at the War Academy honing some new skills.

We're currently en-route with a Bustard load of WH supplies. The hole activity is dying down a bit but I'm putting a new system of hangars in place to help increase security in the wormhole for tech 2 and 3 ships.

The new upgraded controls I have had installed in my bridges are taking some getting used to but are working out well. All ships have been updated with a wider high definition display and integrated control keypad for more efficiency. It's our maiden voyage with the system out of testing mode and we're headed to our first low sec trip with it installed. Let's see how it goes.