Time for an update

Reading through the blog pack I noticed a familiar name in the comments. Eelis' "Where the Frack is my ship?" is a newish blog but has got off to a flying start in terms of content IMO.

That has gee'd me up to get my arse in gear and update Soft Diamond on what I'm up to now and also get more involved with the blog pack itself - after all there is plenty to get involved with; from answering weekly questions to jumping onto meme bandwagons to generally just writing more rubbish (something I personally excel at!)

So a quick update on what's going on with the toons then...


Jared Reidel

Jared's gone home! Whilst I admire what Black Claw is doing with OUCH it wasn't quite working for me, and one day when I was pottering in nullsec, slowly chipping away ata Rat Battleship's shields with my Enyo I got into a convo with a few of the guys from Galaxy Punks [LAX].

LAX was my first Corp and I loved flying with them and have stayed in irregular contact witht hem whilst I wandered arounf in Eve and did the FW thing witht he Excellent SoTF and then into OUCH. The old banter started flying again fairly quickly and I knew that it was the right time to head home.

So I sold my shares in OUCH, wished them well and did a mahoosive move from Derelik to Fountain. This was by far the largest move I've ever undertaken but it was also the easiest. I'd heard about Red Frog Freighter services from the Blog pack and decided to give them a go. To say they were excellent is a complete understatement. Their service is one of the true services in Eve (like EACS' clone service) and was incredible value and very timely.

Along with a freighter from LAX my stuff was soon over in Fountain. I on the other hand was not...a poor security standings and some decidedly long alternative routes made me realise I needed to do a bit of work. SO I ratted in null and losec for a while before that got boring (I'd shipped everything over except a PVP Rifter) so it was slow going. I decided to take the chances of the nullsec route and got through a dozen or so gates before landing right into a bubble. :pop:

Waking up in Derelik again I took advantage of the fact I was in my pod and just pod travelled through highsec to Fountain. Once there I then took a couple of weeks acclimatising (and dealing with RL workload) and also doing a bit of shopping. I've recently carrier jumped a small handful of ships into the home system and have been enjoying the delights of a fully upgraded combat nullsec system for the last couple of weeks. So far it's been very relaxing but the Eve juggernaut never rests and there are rumblings in the deep which is making my heart beat just that little faster!


Much more to come for Jared I think and I look forward to keeping the random few who follow me updated!

Rough Diamond

A distinctly quieter life for RD. She also left OUCH as I couldn't split my time between the 2 Corps. To be honest I've lost my way with what to do with her and need to consider carefully. She's trained to a minimum level to fly cloaky ships and can be in some blockade runners fairly soon - given the distance to where Jared and the LAX guys are, this ability may well eb very handy in the future - so she could be a runner for me. She's also got some decent trading skills; but again I've deceided I don;t really have the time / patience to turn myself into an overnight trillionaire.

Mining's a good way to make money and can be done afk / second accounting so I've set her skills in that direction for a bit; but my heart's not really in it at the moment...the isk I can get with Jared in the upgraded combat system far outweighs the mining return at this level. I had considered moving her into logistics skills as that could be useful for neut repping but in nullspace that becomes less valid!

So...I don't know yet! I've got her training support skills (energy grid, basic ship skills to 5 etc) at the moment so I'm not too worried and her time will come; at least when that time occurs she'll have a modicum of skills to support most careers.