One Down

   I have just completed my first customer carrier build and have moved onto the second one. Along the way, I have been able to start a network of suppliers for ores. I would love to find a few builders for specific capital parts so I can concentrate more on coordination and final build, but then I would also have to split more of the profits. I am going to post a price list for capital components so if and when I can sub out some of the work, people have that to work off of.  The Goon/ TEST, PL and etc. continue to try to make subtle inroads and probe to see strengths and weaknesses.  All is quiet, probably a problem on the horizon???

Supercarriers on the Horizon

    It appears that Pandemic Legion is starting to base a half dozen Supers in a POS they forced into Providence.  There has also been a lot of potential hotdrop hostiles roaming about, probably looking for a good enough target to attack. This is the kind of potential problem that the forces in Providence IMO are not prepared at all to repel. The NRDS alliances desperately need to make the building of a sizeable Capital fleet their priority in the coming months. No system has fallen yet, but the bait was taken last week when SBUs were deployed and a slaughter between NRDS forces, PL, AAA, and others erupted where the NRDS forces were shoved aside for a cap battle including dreadnoughts.  Being swatted aside should tell people we need to start preparing for more difficult times ahead.

Ice Crunch

It appears that there is a new coalition of pirates that have attempted to disrupt or even profit from people mining Caldari ice. This "coalition" of pilots are calling themselves The New Order. There are several unaffiliated corps involved with some possible goons support lined up. two systems in particular seem to be very active:  Kamio and Haliama.  They are just over the Caldari border and are transitted by many. Expect Caldari ice and it's products to start to increase in prices. They are even podding people in highsec as well.

Holiday Season it's not

  As we approach Christmas, it seems like people get more nasty in the Eve universe. You can't borrow someone's ship without collateral. No one likes to help scout for your tranny and intel becomes as accurate as a blind archer in a competition.  As I continue my parts assembly for a Carrier to sell, I am reminded how small I really am in Eve. Pandemic Legion and Test decided to "offline" all of CVA's jumpbridges with 6, I repeat, 6 supercarriers.  I did what everyone else did, watched. It appears that the fun times haven't started yet. Even cloaked macharials are finding their way into our sov space without too much anybody can do about it.  On a good note, I have been gutting a Bistot grav site for about 24 hours so it's hardly been a cramp on my style lately.  No mistletoe in space please.

More Trouble

     It seems that the supposed negotiations between TEST and CVA to reduce tensions between Catch and Providence IMO are a farce.  Not only have there been more activity into our area, but the fleets are obviously bigger. Lap dogs like Tribal Band have been very active around, trying to disrupt what they can without full provocation. Convenience is being tested and there is a sense that we have to rethink our fleets and offer more protection to the industrialists.  As I continue to stockpile materials, the CEO graciously opened the labs remotely to me, so I can begin ME on all of the bps that I have sitting around, including the Tech 2 components.  Getting those more efficient will really help my bottom line.  I'm going to start offering the components on the local market and use the profits for minerals. I am starting my first Carrier build and I need to start stockpiling parts for it. I hope to have at least half of the components made by the end of November.  With only myself making them, they will take a while between PI, ice mining and trying to help with local fleet assistance.  Other than that, it's been very boring in Null lately........

The bottle Gets Shaken

     In the past two weeks, some turbulent times have started to affect us boring people in Providence. As Red Overlord imploded upon itself, it's "friend" -A- has been giving ground to TEST in Catch. TEST has  also decided to revisit areas in Providence to stir up us natives again. Not sure what this means long term. They have been attacking and disabling certain POSs as well as JB facilities to reduce Providence's logistical abilities.  This means to me that they are attempting to splinter and separate certain alliances in the NRDS coalition.
     There has also been some housecleaning in one of the alliances. Apparently, Volition Cult has has  had some splintering of their members. The Rising Stars have left and taken several FCs from Volition with them. IMO, there has been a difference of opinions with the leaders of the group ever since they decided to de-emphasize their pvp only roots and take up sovereignty in Providence as part of the NRDS coalition. I think this will be a larger blow to Providence than people realize. What few roams I went on while over with Volition's training academy, the few that I dealt with will be missed. IMO, Competent FCs are scarce in the NRDS coalition. Hell, warm bodies willing to fight can be few and far between depending on the time of day.
     Which leads me to my other beef of the week.  We have substantial hostiles continuously disrupting our space, yet some of the leader are off filling gaps in CVA's defensive areas. WTF? How many members do they have that are sitting on the sidelines while leaders of our group are off protecting them? Get rid of our disruptions first and then work out from there. BTW, don't bitch when people show up with fits you don't like after you were begging people to join your defense fleets minutes before.  When you buy my ship, you can tell me how to fit it, what color to paint it, and how many fuzzy dice go on the bridge.  Something tells me that I need to learn how to fly some caps in the next few months, especially if large fleet engagements are coming to my back yard. Time to get off the sidelines and start to defend....

New Home, new home

     It appears I was just longing for old companionship. I wound up going back to my old alliance, but several things are different now.  Eternal Evocations decided that being shot at first (NRDS) isn't that fun anymore. They abandoned their space in Providence and moved to Immensea. CVA approached the Yulai with a trade that they could not refuse. So, the Klampets packed up their wares and moved to Beverly, Hills that is.  They finally have their pocket of systems that they have  always wanted. Everything is still in flux and chaos, but it is getting organized in  better fashion everyday.  I look forward to my new digs and corpmates and hopefully my slice of the new pie won't take too long to be pushed in front of me at the table.  We'll see if I can run my own POS next.......