Day 47-51:
Hello all,
another short (almost weekly) update from a new capsuleer. A lot has happened in the last few days, so letās get right to it:
First up was the new Catalyst expansion, and with it the new mining arc āFractured Legacy.ā So I headed to Kisogo and not only received 1 skill, 1 BPC, and the new Pioneer, but also 8.5 million ISK. Very pleasing considering the arc isnāt difficult.
Next, I faced the problem of completing my remaining āExplorerā tasks. I did some research and came to the conclusion that a Cov-Ops frigate (in my case, a Buzzard) would be the right tool for the job. So, I searched for a Buzzard in the Alliance Discord (in the marketplace channel), and guess what? A kind fellow player gave me one from his hangar in Korsiki. Many thanks to him!! All I had to do was get it fittedā¦ Thatās when I realized I was still short on 3D skill timeā¦ So, a little more waiting, and then I can warp cloaked, which is pretty nice 
So I headed out into the wormhole in my cloaky Heron and successfully scanned several sites and looted the canisters. The cool thing is, I found a connection to a quiet LS system where I could do 5 data and relic sites. So Iāve already finished the LS section, and best of all, I made it back to Korsiki alive. A successful evening for 2.5 hours of gameplay.
The last part of the task, which involved visiting five systems in nullsec and hacking 20 containers, didnāt go quite as planned. Despite scanning extensively in the wormhole, I simply couldnāt find a nullsec access point. It was always the case when I needed one. So, I did some research on filament logistics and also asked around in the corp chat. The plan: use Needlejack filament to get into nullsec and Pochen filament to get out. So, I went to Jita, bought five filaments each, found a quiet corner, and opened the first filament.
That worked perfectly, straight into nullsec, thus completing the task of visiting 5 different systems and even finding a data site in a secondary system. Since there were occasional visitors in the system, I used prototype cloaking to simulate death in case of an intrusion and simply waited. So far, so good; now it was back to high-security space. Using a filament, I entered Pochven (my first time there, and I discovered that Pochven, like the WH, doesnāt have a local). However, the signatures I scanned all seemed too threatening, so I decided to skip the sites, wait the 15-minute timer and jump directly back to high-security space.
Unfortunately, thatās when the real misery began: I suddenly found myself in Lowsec, Tama 1 Jump Outā¦ You can imagine the rest. Iām now one big experience and 10 Killrights richer, but I paid for them with my Hreon, the hacking loot, and my +3 implant set. So, all in all, a loss of almost 60 million ISK for completing the last Explorer missions. A tough lesson, I think.
Iāve been thinking about how I could have avoided this mess and Iāve come up with the following:
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I could have simply tried logging out on a midsafe.
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Wait until at least EVE Gatecheck shows that the path is clear. https://eve-gatecheck.space/eve/
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Study Dotlan and determine that the better way would have been via Hysera, rather than directly jumping to Nourvukaiken. https://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/The_Citadel/Tama
What do you think? Do you have any further tips on this topic, or have I found everything I need? I would appreciate any suggestions.
So I woke up in Jita and at least learned how to make kill rights publicly availableā¦ Be that as it mayā¦ Still a hard blow for my wallet.
Whatās next? The āSoldier of Fortune" series. Iām missing almost all missions here, except for Social and Combat. So Iāll try to find some help at the EVE University and, above all, familiarize myself with the Faction War topic.
As usual, I will report on my progress, Until then, I remain a friendly
Fly Safe
Thanatos Mindreaper
Iām glad youāre having such a great time so far and that EVE University has been helpful. I look forward to reading more as you progress.
