Thursday, December 31, 2009

I've got that old adrenaline rush again

So Alexia transferred most of her cash to me, which was nice of her. :) With it I went and bought myself a nice, new Taranis interceptor. The next ship on my list of must-haves is the Ishkur, but they're just not available in the region yet.

Yesterday I shuttled over to Curse in my shuttle, about 20 jumps through lowsec from Molden Heath. I thought that was pretty daring, considering my security status of -6.9. But today I decided to go a step further.

And that's when I discovered the adrenaline rush...

I had to go into highsec to pick up my nice, new Taranis. So I just used my pod. I think I caused a few heads to turn. CONCORD frowned at me. That flashy red really lights up the sky. No one targeted me though, and I made my way through 4 jumps of highsec without incident.

So there I was, in my nice, new Taranis. In a highsec station. With 4 jumps back to lowsec, where I was 'safe'. Except for one thing. I needed to buy some fittings for the ship! And not all of what I needed was in that station.

So I gritted my teeth and took my nice, new Taranis on a very fast tour of highsec. 12 jumps in total, to get to 3 different stations. Why can't there be a simple market hub where everything is!?

My hands were sweaty. My heart was pumping. As I was leaving one station, the sentry guns managed to get a bead on me before I warped away, and took a few points of damage from my shields. I laughed at their pitiful attempts, but not too loudly... I didn't want to encourage them to try harder!

Eventually I got back to lowsec with a fully-fitted interceptor, stocked with ammo, drones, and various other miscellaneous supplies. I left behind me a number of empire systems where CONCORD was buzzing around the gates like wasps, and the locals were hiding in shock at seeing a flashy red interceptor streaking past them.

I took a drink. I needed it.

It's good to be back.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Black Claw is back!

That's right people, I'm back.

I'll let Alexia describe why.

You can all start trembling in fear again.