My Omen Navy Issue

Not much new going on, but thought I'd get around to posting the pic of my Omen Navy Issue at a planet while moving my ships across the galaxy. She's completely tech 2 fit for missioning and complexes, utilizing medium pulse lazers and an afterburner. Hits hard with scorch ammo out to 19km and even harder with IN multifreq crystals at 10km.

I do have a PvP loadout for her saved and ready to go, but seeing as I can't currently afford to replace her yet, she is my hanger queen. Now that I am thinking about it, maybe I'll do a write-up on the ONI and how she compares to the standard Omen hull and the improved hull, the Zealot. But I'll save that for another day....

Without further ado... Midnight Rain

Whew!!

I don't want to commit to doing a post every day, as that is a high standard that I don't think I can live up to, but just wanted to provide an update on my relocation progress. After 6 round trips, 17j each way, I have finally moved most of my personal assets, liquidated what I didn't need, and consolidated what I didn't yet want to get rid of. For those not in the know, logistics is a major part of this game. This took me the better part of 6 hours to accomplish today, no small feat. The kicker is that this is just my stuff..... An entire corporation takes longer, even with better tools at their disposal. Days, possibly weeks of preparation, planning, and getting personnel online to assist gets complicated. Just ask my CEO :) Anyway, the majority is accomplished, and just in time. A war dec was served to us that takes effect tomorrow. Will make for some interesting stories hopefully this week, more then just my travels. I will post the screenies of my ONI I took while site-seeing during the relocation as soon as I get the boxes unpacked and stuff sorted!

Oh yeah, I sorted my isk situation. Turns out I had a good 180M in assets that I don't really use, so those have been placed on the market to help alleviate the pinch I have been feeling! Who would've thought?!

New Shiny.....oh wait...

Long story, short version. I have just come back from a long sabatical, 8 months or so, and am finding it hard to get back into the full swing of things. Our corp and alliance has made significant progress during the whole BoB/Goon war, and once Dominion launched and shook up everyone's sovereignty, we as an alliance both grew and claimed null sec space. So we are in the process of getting everyone moved in, and building up infrastructure to begin cultivating and improving our space.

Okay, back-story out of the way.

So I have returned, slowly trying to rebuild my wallet to take advantage of the improved skills I have trained during my prolonged absence, and am finding it to be dull. But I am also hesitant to get into low sec to regain my pvp skills, or null sec to begin ratting and contributing to the sov improvements. I guess the wallet seems to be the dominant restricting factor, as I don't even have enough to replace more then a couple t2 fit battlecruisers or any assault frigates that I lose in the process, plus the logistics of moving all my kit halfway across the universe without the access to a freighter. I've only just started, and have only moved a couple of ships.

So today, while running some high sec anomalies, I got a bright idea. I need a new assault frigate to make me happy. Today I spent 31M isk purchasing and fitting probably the lowest regarded assault frigate offered. Yes, I bought a Retribution. I have been playing with fittings in EFT for some time and I liked the stats I could achieve and this will probably be my staple for gang ratting or running low sec anomalies solo. Should be quick enough to GTFO if needed, can speed tank rats while fitting a buffer and resist tank and will do enough dps to quickly dispatch the lower rats in our new space. If this hull had 1 more mid-slot, I believe it would be the dominant assault frigate behind the Ishkur.

I spent a full 1/3 of my wallet today on this new toy! Can I replace this? NO!! But I love it, and I hope it serves me well. I run with a great corp and I don't doubt they will help me bring it into our constellation. Here are some pics I took of Glomar's Heart for you to enjoy...

Glomar's Heart undocking from the station in Moutid.



Glomar's Heart dealing punishment during it's maiden combat voyage against a Sansha frigate in Hostni.

What makes Eve great?

Although there is so much to Eve, more so then just it's beauty, this is one of the reasons why I love it so much. And it keeps getting better too! CCP keeps updating the graphics, adding more and more depth, celestial backgrounds, and does very well bringing the universe to life. Here is a sample pic from one of my missions, flying my Omen Navy Issue cruiser (my favorite cruiser!)

Obligatory "Hello World"

So, here we are. I have decided to create a blog detailing my meanderings and happenings in the wonderful universe known as New Eden, the galaxy 300k people worldwide populate in the space MMO, Eve Online. Not that everything, or anything for that matter, I do is particularly interesting or spectacular, but hey, what the hell right?

So here we go, strap in, and we'll see where this ride takes you!