Ecliptic Rift

As I finally got some good time in-pod, I’ve put together a plan of action for the next few weeks. Mostly, it revolves around specific goals I want to achieve, some of which nest within each other. I have written this post as much to elucidate all this for myself as much as to generate conversation with pilots who have similar interests.

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In New Eden, many pilots live in a defined area for substantial periods of time. This might mean a particular solar system, or a constellation, or some other zone. They work the same agents, mine the same belts, prowl for ratters, defend their sovereignty, or work the same trade routes.

Nomads don’t fly thay way. We move from place to place over time, always looking for what’s on the other side of the stargate. We don’t consider ourselves to belong to a particular nation or to own some volume of space. Instead, we go where we want, when we want, to do what we want. We travel and tinker and trade and, yeah, take.

So we don’t have twenty different ships in our hangar. We have a industrial ship and travel light. This week, I live in Essence, and the next week I’m back home in Metropolis before spending some time in Syndicate or Lonetrek.

A nomadic lifestyle doesn’t necessarily mean operating independently, though for some pilots it might. We fly together as a clan and we support each other in our endeavors. We set goals and achieve them, both for individual and group benefit. But that “group” means us, not some larger state to which we should owe allegiance due to the happenstance of our birth.

I am a Thukker. The world will decide whether it sees me as one or not. But I fly Thukker until I die.

Image credit thesocialnomad

I can haz ransom?

Some pirates use their head. They grab your industrial quickly with a heavy interdictor (whose “infinite point” overrides any warp core stabilizers), invite you quickly to a private channel, negotiate a ransom, and send you on your way.

Other pirates, not so much. They just two-volley you with multiple gank battleships, getting less ISK in the process.

Yes, you can haz my ransom

And some of us traders should think through their own tactics a little more so as not to run into both types in the same trip. Because last night… well, let’s just say Essence has more variety than my friend might have thought. I mean, it happened to a friend, but it could happen to anybody, right? Everybody gets caught sometimes…

Image credits EssjayNZ and shutupyourface via Flickr