EVE Journey

With the new Apocrypha expansion, a new explore series was created to complement the previous sets.

A series of recruitment advertisement for TGIND (Explore)

Continuing the series, this time I concentrated on the Industrial side of things with the various photos from my log.

A series of recruitment advertisement for TGIND (Industry)

Our corporation needed a new look for the website (I’m not too happy with my first attempt) and I thought a series of graphics from Mica’s shots during fleets would work well to highlight the scale of engagements we encounter.

A series of recruitment advertisement for TGIND (Fleet)

Sensing the need for some publicity, I started designing a series of advertisements to highlight our Capital Production capability.

A series of capital advertisements for TGIND

Wow, got to see a Rorqaul up close in the alliance ice mining operation. There was also mackinaws aplenty while I had to content with mining in a retriever and being relegated to hauling duty for awhile since the retriever’s output couldn’t’ match up the the mackinaw.

Dark Glitter is apparently the most profitable ice for us to mine and also helps with supplying Liquid Ozone and Heavy Water for POS fuel. With exhumers training finally coming to an end, I hope to be able to contribute more in such ops in the future.

Finally! We have moved towards an achievable goal of producing capital ships for the Alliance. Our very first investments get us enough capital to invest in some Capital Ship Component BPOs.

Revelation produced by TGIND, it was a proud moment to know it would later go on to take down a few RED POS.

It has been two months since we moved to Sylph. While things have gone smoothly in some areas, we have also seen lesser activity in the corporation as people adapt to 0.0 life. Our CEO is finally able to join us in a more active role which helps a lot in recruiting new members.

The high-sec sister corporation is also getting some good pilots who will eventually be able to join us in 0.0 to help with the fight against pirates who constantly roam our skies.

I’ve been recently promoted as a Director within the corp and since I’m very interested in the industry side of things have volunteered to help out with taking care of production matters. This entails organizing ops to help produce modules and ships for us to use or sell on the market.

Another interesting project which we manage to get running is having a second Sylramic Fiber chain installed in the moons around Sylph. This provides us with the much needed income to keep things running and having some liquidity towards our own capital ship program (ever since seeing my first capital, I have vowed to be able to build one).

A piece of goods news is that Mica finally joins us on in 4 days! He has thought things over and will be flying down with his battle-cruiser straight into fleets here. This gives me some relief as my own fleet efforts has been less than desirable with frequent losses of Tech 1 frigates in tackling.

I think I will concentrate more on industrial skills to help supply Mica with pvp ships.

Mica writes to me today from his new Myrmidon battle-cruiser in Empire. He is quickly growing weary of running missions with his Federation Navy agent, they no longer present a challenge to him even as he moves from Level 3 agents to Level 4 agents. I’m amazed at how far he has progressed while I’m still slogging away on Exhumer training to be able to solo-mine in 0.0.

The days here have been long and weary with corporation mates getting tired and some choosing to remain in Empire. Those remaining soldier on in fleets but some of us are miners who can’t wield a proper PvP ship against the hardened pirates around us. I urge Mica to join us so that he might take up the fight against the pirates. He says he will consider and get back to me soon.

During a quickly organized corporation op in BR-N97, a red pilot from one of our long time enemies pops into local. Without thinking, I warp myself to a planet (thinking it would be safe) but as luck would have it, he does the same (what are the odds?!).

Forgetting to even launch my drones at his Tech 2 Heavy Assault Cruiser – Vagabond, it tore away at my shields and armor with Tech 2 Barrage M ammo, I quickly realize that my first ship loss ever would occur. Thankfully I managed to save my pod and thus the expensive +3 attribute implants that allow me to skill faster. This would be a day I remember as a lesson in the benefits of watching intel channels like a hawk in 0.0.

2008.08.15 23:14

Victim: Jar Calhoun
Corp: TransGalactic Industries
Alliance: Sylph Alliance
Faction: NONE
Destroyed: Retriever
System: BR-N97
Security: 0.0
Damage Taken: 2324

Sansha’s Lord patrolling the belts

Shortly after the incident, I find myself in a new retriever but with little ability to solo mine due to the numerous rats that plague the belts. They were Battleship sized rats with frigates that liked to warp scram helpless miners.

Rokh taking damage and shrugging it off with ease

Luckily a friendly alliance pilots offers to help me “tank” the Sansha rats.. Apparently they are defective and will shoot at the first ship to agress them. This is a stroke of luck as it allows me to mine in the safety of the friendly battleship taking damage from the rats.

I get to enjoy local ores ranging from Hedbergite, Hemorphitee to Jaspet.. stuff that I would have trouble getting to in Empire. Of course Veldspar is present but in its more concentrated form, Dense Veldspar, with towering blocks everywhere. It was a miner’s paradise when reds stayed away!

Glazed Hedbergite – you don’t see this in empire!

Vivid Hemorphite