New C2-S

Well, we went and bought a new Class 2 wormhole with Static High Sec and Static C2. We paid 300 million isk for it and I've already made most of it back in doing the combat sites. This is the wormhole we always wanted. Easy to get to high sec, a standby hole to do other sites when ours run low, and all POS fuels in one WH. What a great place to move on to from our low sec static class 1 where all my grief seems to come from.

And then a new Class 2 comes on the market. Static high sec, no static to another wormhole, which we can live without since it does bring in more unwanted guests. The PI in it is a ton better, with 4 P4 products, 15 P3s, and all the POS fuels, of course.

So what's so great about this hole that is has me writing a blog about it?

It's my dream wormhole.

Interred inside this Class 2 are a Thanatos Carrier AND a Moros Dreadnought.

But, you might say, Forgotten, isn't that overkill?

My response is: HELL YES IT IS!! Only the most dedicated Russian fleet is going to dig you out of this wormhole kicking and screaming. And they're going to take some damage as well.

And the asking price is dirt cheap, pretty much mineral cost. Throw in the large POS they are using along with a months worth of fuel? I'm sold.

Just got to work my butt off for the next week or so to meet their asking price. After that we'll probably be moving completely out of the C1s and into the C2s only.

Moving on up!

Forgotten Heathen Out!

Ouch

So.....when you don't respect the wormhole, it bites you. Hard.

I was mining with four hulks, two covetors and a boosting battlecruiser. I made the mistake of leaving the squad commander at the POS while he was boosting. BIG mistake.

I was hitting Scan, but as told in many wormhole horror stories, someone slipped in between them. I was outfitting ships or moving the hauler back and forth. My attention was not fully focused on the wormhole, and it taught me a lesson I thought I had known.

Obviously I had forgotten.

The first notion I had something was wrong was when something moved up my overview, denoting something closing the distance on me. Focusing on it I saw a yellow highlighted name. I believe the words "Oh no, shit shit shit, oh no no no!" came out of my mouth repeatadly.

I began switching screens, hitting warp. I managed to get two ships free, but four ships, three hulks and a Covetor got caught and destroyed by a Russian gang that only wanted passage to low sec. On top of that, their extremely fast targetting Arazu caught all the pods. So all four of my characters were podkilled.

And then they asked where the low sec exit was.

"Gee, I can scan it down for you." I said, hoping to lure them into some sort of trap I could prevail against a Broadsword, Arazu and a Drake. One of my corp mates logged in and they didn't take the bait, so we spent the next hour sneaking Retrievers back the way they had come. It was fairly obvious they were making some sort of kspace run. We finally managed to pop their C5 entrance back from whence they came, at least adding some grief for the huge amount they had visited upon us.

A Gallenete shuttle kept trying to give a Drake a can, what we assume was for a wormhole bookmark, and Gnicklas kept torpedoing it with our Purifier stealth bomber. We sure got a kick out of that. But it was little consolation.

In the end, they shot all the wrecks and destroyed all my jet cans of ore.

It made me think of something a friend of mine said when I told him about the game.

"They should just call that game BASTARDS!"

So true.

In the future, we're currently moving into a new Class 2 wormhole. Adventures in it to come soon!

First Ship Loss

Well, I had my first ship losses today: two Retrievers. Not that much of a loss, considering I almost lost a pod.

I had a group from a Class 2 adjacent come in and start running a combat site while I was at one in my Zealot and my new Devoter. I started talking to them in local, and they said they were heading out since it was occupied, which I knew that was bullshit, since they had to have seen my POS. But they were on their way. Or so I thought.

I located the wormhole entrance they had come from, and put two retrievers through it while I watched it with my Cov Ops. As soon as I entered, all their ships showed back up on my side. They started smacktalking, which I'm still not sure why. But who knows why in Eve. They proceeded to close their wormhole. I was then aghast to realize the hole was End of Life anyhow. What a mistake I had made!

So I tried to get the two retrievers back through, but they put up a warp bubble on their side and trapped the retrievers in it. A Purifier then proceeded to slowly destroy one, then attempt to kill the pod. He got close, but I got through because I didn't lose my head. Pod escaped the other side as well.

My other Retriever went through to be shot to hell, and I was slow to get the pod moving, but got it out anyhow.

So more smacktalk ensued, of course, none of it making much sense. I realized then that English was not the primary language of some of them, and one of them told me he hoped I learned my lesson.

I'm a bit confused by this, of course. Did they think I was mining in their system with two retrievers? I mean, they were pretty newbish, and only one of their characters had over a year ingaame, but honestly, what did they think I was doing other than trying to close their hole?

Oh well, I'm going to replace the Retrievers with a couple Hulks anyhow since I have the new Dead Cat, Needs Home. Got to also go salvage the wrecks they left behind....they were in an awful hurry to get out of there for the huge amount of smacktalk they were doing.

But that's Eve!

On my way to Jita now to dump 100 mil worth of Melted Nanos and other parts!

Forgotten Heathen Out!