Personal Log - Black Hole Worm Hole

The system I've been living in and exploring for the last week is a Black Hole system. I started out thinking it was a beautiful system and, it did start out that way. After being out here for so long now it has begun to take on a new look.

Imagine that black hole as it pulses with light and energy and see what it begins to look like to you. I'm ready for a new system.

Market Run

Finally caught a break. The latest wormhole took me into another unknown system which had a hole to high sec. I was able to run to a station and pick up more probes. I wasn't really running low but you can never have to many and we did end up losing a few over the past few days.

We're tucked back into the wormhole we've been exploring for awhile now. I'd like to get an op together of PVPers and a hauler to blow up this POS and claim the defenses.

Although short, I did allow the crew shore leave long enough to stretch their legs. We seem to be adjusting to life in unknown space and it is starting to feel like home. Trips to high sec seems like our sky is too crowded. It will be tough to keep the crew from getting complacent. Perhaps some surprise drills are in order.

Black Hole System

I've been exploring this new system for almost a week. It's loaded with all kinds of stuff. The only trouble is the wormholes leading out go deep into nullsec so far. I just found a new one that leads into more wormhole space. I may have to go there and explore for a whole that goes to low or high sec. Hopefully something close to HQ.

The crew is in good spirits, this system is quiet. There's an abandoned or lost POS. I've contacted the corp who owns it and plan to ransom off the location. I may try to strike a deal with them about using the POS or may just ransom it out right. I could also get some corp mates in here and blow it up and then put up our own.

I am about to launch the division by having a meeting and inviting a few scouts out to WH space as a training mission. We'll see how it goes.

Close Call

After a week of going undiscovered in a WH system with a notorious pirate corp we finally got discovered. I jumped into a low sec system to see where it went and just by chance ran into one of the pirates returning. I jumped back through the WH but of course he followed me. I was to close to engage the cloaking device immediately and so he got a lock on us. We took a couple of good hits and our shields were down to 1/3 before we were able to warp to safety.

I spent the rest of the day gathering intel on their POS. They must have thought I was going to call in a fleet because these guys started coming out of the woodwork. I ended up with 8 pirates in the system and they took up position at each of the Wormholes exiting the system and a couple of them trying to scan me down. I love our cloaking device.

I decided to leave the system but was afraid if they saw me jump out they'd just follow me. I wrote a message in local that said, "1 tango at POS, is everyone in position.... correction, target clear.... commence attack, watch out for incoming tangos." By doing that I was hoping they would think I had gotten a fleet in and had mistakenly typed into local the go order. Unbelievably it worked like a charm! They abandoned the WH and went to defend their POS from nothing! Dumbasses, I still can't believe they fell for that!

It would be interesting to warp back in and see how long they sit in their POS waiting for an attack. I think I'll just count myself lucky and explore this new system. Hopefully it will prove empty enough to bring in a POS of our own and start making some serious isk.

Captain's Log - Wormhole Livin'

I now know what is meant by the loneliness of space. We've been exploring a wormhole for almost a week now. Lots and lots of roids out here, the biggest I've ever found.

There's also a pirate POS out here. I've been sitting off their station about 45 - 100K for a lot of the week getting intel on their comings and goings. We stay cloaked unless we're launching probes or taking scanner readings on the belts we find, it's too dangerous not too.

The crew is holding up well but are getting a bit of cabin fever. They are a remarkable crew, the best I've ever had. We pass the time by playing cards when not on duty and organizing pick-up games of an old earth game, basketball. My scanner tech owes me 500 isk and keeps wanting to double or nothing, he's like a lamb to the slaughter.


We're currently looking for an exit hole with some stability, I need to give the crew a short break and pick up my next skill book to start reading while we're out on the next mission. With any luck we'll have a fresh wormhole in an hour or so. If we're really lucky it will be close to HQ!

Captain's Log - Hal Industries

I've made the move over to Hal Industries smoothly. Everything is going well and although we seem to have some new guys they are eager and willing. We led a group out to the POS we established in low sec yesterday and started some low sec mining ops. It went really smoothly and we made it out without any trouble. I and my crew were not as lucky.

I was exploring the system when I found a wormhole to low sec which I decided to explore. I wasn't in system more than 10 minutes before getting ganked by a couple of players and even pod killed. As much as I hate to admit I had it coming. I was so consumed with scanning and looking over the system I didn't notice that we had bumped into the wormhole and our cloak was down. I managed to jump my pod away but was followed and before I could get back to the hole I was waking up in the clone vat.

I'm having my crew reassemble at our new HQ, which of course I can't release here due to security concerns. I have to make some ISK to replace the ship so looks like I'll be mining for a bit.

Lost In Space - Not Anymore!

After looking around the system in the second wormhole am coming back to the original system I sent out several more Maydays. The 5th one I sent out was answered, I found my miracle.

Isuridae answered my call and was kind enough to give me an exit bookmark into lowsec. I salute him, his honor is strong. I suspected a trap, figuring that when I went to pick it up I would get ambushed. You learn to trust no one out here. I kept asking myself, "What would Malcolm Reynolds do?" and it saved my crew, my ship and my ass.

We just left a station where we repaired our armor and other damage and of course I bought the crew a beer, they acted superbly. We're 32 jumps out of Piak in Minmatar Space, but 32 jumps is better than 12,754,345,567!! If I can find my way back to that system and get the mining crew together we'll make a fortune.

Lost In Space - Not Looking Good

Things are not looking good. A server crash took out 4 of our probes and I had to switch to our backup probes. As we were trying to scan down exit holes our backup probes were lost. The probe operator was demoted to janitor.

I've decided that without probes we'll have to get as much intel possible and I will enter into the second wormhole. I've sent out several Mayday calls in local looking for a miracle. I've not seen or heard from anyone since I entered this system. If the other system turns up nothing then I will have to consider self destructing the ship and letting myself and the crew return to our clones.

There has to be a way out of here....

Lost In Space - Day 2

Scanners have found a gas reservoir but of course we don't have the mining capability to harvest it and even if we could, what would we do with it? We also located another wormhole but it led into more unknown space and was very unstable, on verge of collapse. I decided to remain in this system in hopes of finding another way out. Better to be lost in a system we've begun to get used to and explored a bit than starting all over.

If we can find a more stable hole that leads to more unknown space it may be worth it, at least we should be able to get back here. We still have supplies for a month so the crew is not terribly worried at this point. I'm confident we'll be back home within a few days. At least that's what I keep telling myself.

Lost In Space - Day 1

I have scanned down and followed an unstable wormhole in Elunala into unknown space. I was searching for asteroids for our corporation to mine. I found a massive set of asteroids of all types, I've never seen them this size before. As I was exploring the field and letting my corp mates know where I was they hit.

Sleepers. Before I could blink my shields were down to 10% and then failed. As I was aligning and warping back to my entry point they blasted our armor down to 44%, I didn't think we were going to make it. Once at the entry point we found the wormhole had closed behind us and we're trapped.

We'll begin searching for a way out tomorrow, who knows how long we'll be here. Our shields have recovered but without any stations our armor remains at 44%. This comes with the territory but it's still unsettling. The crew remains in good spirits and there are plenty of planets around for us to restock supplies should we be here long enough to need them. I just hope none of our 8 probes fail us, without them we're doomed.

As long as we can avoid detection by the Sleepers we should be able to remain indefinitely.

Personal Log - On the Road Again

Our corp pulled out of the Alliance so now I am once again relocating and regrouping in Kakakela region. Gotta start doing something to make some mega isk. My crew is restless, as am I, too much moving around not enough ISK making.

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.