Ombeve

I cut the comm channel I’d had open with Wotlankor. He’d identified a much better system for us to base out of, so I needed to move Varuna again, this time for the last time hopefully.

I hired the trusty cyno pilot that had seen me safely into Metropolis, as he was both reliable and available (a very good combination) and gave him instructions.

Once he was in position, Wotlankor confirmed he was in position. He was with Qrell, another longtime friend who was coming to join Intercision. Qrell was setting up a mid-point cyno, Wotlankor was jumping to him, then to my cyno pilot. Cyno up, I jumped in momentarily before Wotlankor’s Thanatos. The bulk of the station was spread beneath me, and I was stationary. Another good jump.

Wotlankor dropped off some ships and modules, then jumped out. I locked the cyno pilot in case any nosey capsuleers decided a quick kill of the inert Probe was a good idea. I’d be repping him and keeping him alive in that event. The Thanatos of Wotlankor winked into existence nearby, as did Qrell’s Thanatos. We were done, except for waiting for the cynosural field to dissipate. No further incidents, and we docked.

We went out for a short roam to get to know the area. I was in a Wolf for the very first time, and Wot was in a Vaga. Qrell had business to take care of and didn’t join us. The Wolf is a very good looking ship!

At the risk of sounding ungrateful, it needs either another mid-slot or drones to make it truly an excellent ship. Anyway, the roam was mainly uneventful, we saw Amarrian Militia in local, but even though we captured a couple of plexes in their homeland, no-one bothered us. We’d seen reports of a large Amarrian fleet in the Amamake area, so perhaps they weren’t very spread out.

Anyway, getting to know the systems is an important part of any fight, and it was all coming back to me slowly as this area was where I started my capsuleer career. Ah, the heady days (clueless days, if I’m honest)- autopiloting a Mammoth through lowsec stuffed with goods I was taking from A to B to make a cpl mill each trip. I was only ever killed a couple of times, but there’s a lot more capsuleers now. It’d be a certain death penalty these days, although ironically most of us would consider an autopiloting industrial to be bait!!

~ by Ombey on June 8, 2010.