Another kind of flashy thing

Lesson 1: Don't trust anyone in low sec. (Well corp mates are OK hopefully)
Todays lesson is: Lose all carebear attitude if you intend to stake out a criminal career.
Particularly don't attack noobs too near high sec gates.

Flash .... where is ship?
Oh well, standing is now -0.4 :)

(Pity the pirate noob.... or not)

1st kill :)

I'm sooo proud. My first killmail in the career and a minus standing to boot :). Kestrels simply aren't for lowsec, my benefactor says. Decent high sec mission boat for level 1 - no more. What happened today was that I stumbled into a roaming gang. Some 3-5 pretty hardcore pirates in higher tech ships were in system, or rather jumped into system seconds after I undocked. Had good use of my safe spots there. Jumping into neighbouring systems, they were there too. So thought the morning venture was a waste, but still gave it another try as I noticed there was a highsec indy corp member in system, somewhat less noob than me. Eventually the roaming gang left, and the indy came back ratting in low sec.

What went down was almost identical to what happened when I got podded some days back. Although she had managed to finish off the rats and was looting when I struck. Never had the chance of getting a defence in order probably, might be she never saw what happened until it was all over. Never relax in low sec. Ever.

I'm such a frelling noob :(

My first golden egg found today, and I let it slip away. Going hunting in my new home area, and while setting up a few safe spots I stumble in on a system where the first thing I see is a flashy red ship. Off onto a moon - then the insight hits me....

Shit he was in a pod.
I let a handsome ransom off like that.
WTF am I doing???

Back to the gate where I saw my ransom, and a few secs before I get there he leaves the system. Where did he frelling go? Searched all three possibilities, but no where in either system. He got away...

I'm such a frelling noob :(

Before that I found victims in another system, but the were probably roaming together so it wasn't an option in my little eggshell... A day full disappointments so far.
And they continued. Later on during the day I went hunting for another noob in a Probe. I saw him three times, and all three times he got away. The last time he managed to warp before I got lock and could scramble him. A wee bit miffed with the day then.

Oh and btw, I got the video "Clear Skies" and watched it all. You should be able to not look too closely as the technical irregularities (character motion etc) are obvious if you do, but otherwise are really fine effort. And, and I didn't know this, its around my old home systems in the Metropolis/Heimatar area. Neat. And god Ravens are fugly.

New corp?

Following my untimely death and resurrection and two subsequent unsuccessful hunts, I again reinvestigated getting into a corp that can show me the road to killing mastery. And I'm in a new corp. At the moment based not very far from my current home base, so will be able to keep an eye on the goingson in Metropolis as well. This time it's a part time pirate corp, looking better that far.

Podded :(

The bastard podded me. ME! Chiana! Outragous ... :)
Thing went down as follows: two noobs in the system today. I went after one of them but he apparently got podded before I found him. Then the second guy turns up, and I go after him. Don't find him at first so go to belt where attacked by rats. Then Mr Noob turns up. Back to base to regen, and out to find him again, but not around. Got attacked by more rats and the Mr not so much noob jumps me. Cheating that is. They were two of them, that's not fair :)

My bullets got your name on 'em Mr not noob....

Went hunting

My first hunt today. Noob didn't know how lucky it was. The prey holed up somewhere (because it def wasn't me not knowing how the scanner works, oh no, can't be, at all) and I had to leave for other duties. Still the apetizer did show what a rush of adrenalin the Real Thing (TM) might be once it happens.

Welcome back little noobie, come to mama Chiana :)

Settled in again

I'm back in my neck of the woods, so to speak. A brief visit to my old home, and some mission running for the Thukkers. Would be a suitable restart to my Minmatar area. Contacted "the other corp" again. We'll see if anything comes of it - else another campaign is on the cards. Could have died for the first time today. Managed to mis-dial a guy in a neighbouring corp and seeing that he was a "real pirate" and was camping my station could have died horribly instead of completing the mission I took. Guy must have been a morning mood. Not warmed up enough - or it's my neat bio putting people on the wrong footing. Whatever, thanks mate. I did manage to bring my Wooly into lowsec, so now I've got my new loot with me as well.