"The people who can destroy a thing, they control it"
It's amazing what you can control in J-Space just by sticking your head out. The real challenge is having the group of people on your wing to make something of it.
Today we had a C3 with 8-10 wormhole connections. 2 Null, 1 High, few C2/3, few C4/5. After scanning everything down, I found an Astero in a Faction Data/Relic, but couldn't get someone to advantage of my warp-in before he bugged out. However, having a hole completely scanned down opens up opportunities to kill as long as you are willing to simply watch.
I switched to my Ishkur for intel gathering and fight picking. Meanwhile, our guys were beginning to take advantage of a convenient high sec entrance with hauling and logistics. I entered the static null connection and found nothing interesting besides 1 local who was likely stationed up. It was in the Oasa Region occupied by Alternate Allegiance, who I had not heard of. I returned to the C3 and entered the other null connection. Upon landing, D scan revealed a whole host of fighters and a Thanny who was very obviously ratting. It was amazing how fast null bears pull back at the sight of +1 in local. The Thanny left within minutes, but one of his Dragonfly fighters was left behind. Poor guy. So i told him in local that he forgot a fighter, which I'm sure freaked him out even more. And then I check the map and had a good laugh. 3-QYVE, it is literally the most dead end butt-fuck nowhere in the EVE universe. And i had interrupted their null bear ratting party. But once again didn't have the support to do anything about it. On my way back in to the C3 i followed a capsule in. And then started seeing a good amount of traffic to/from this Null connection to another wh in the C3. Capsules, Tornado, trickling in and out (put a bubble on that bitch and get some kills). But without the ability to destroy, you don't control. The fellas were content with watching the high sec and getting some logistics done.
Look at all those opportunities that come just from putting in the time to gather intel and stick your head in places. J-Space is not for the lazy, and it quickly weeds out the people who would rather have a fight handed to them on a plate.
We also got personally called out by a high sec merc corp who's been harassing our ally. Waiting to see what the rest of our leadership thinks about that. Here's what I have to say.
Anyway, here's a good article with my boy Neil Tyson concerning commercial enterprise in space.
Also, if you have a planetarium in your city, you really should check it out. I had the opportunity to see a show in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Planetarium in D.C. and it was mind-blowing. It was a show narrated by Neil Tyson about dark matter. You should find out if one is near you.
=@= Smitty =@=
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