110.08.21 Journal
I haven’t done one of these in some time but activity has picked up. After rejoining New Eden Research this week, we found that NER had a wardec ending. Evidently nobody had seen the war targets at all, so maybe next time. Chainer Cygnus and the security staff seem anxious to let fly at somebody.
I got a couple of rig research jobs going now that a number of the megacorps have shared the results of their research into more efficient ship modifications. Early results seem promising, some more than others, as the market demand for certain rigs well exceeds supply. As one of the Eifyr agents told me today, “it’s not war profiteering, it’s providing the financial stability for the Republic.” I took a shipment of contracted ore our miners had brought into Yrmori, then refined and sold it out of Eram.
Speaking of agent work, he sent me out on a mining run. I picked up a Retriever and a couple of strip miner modules, but I’ll never do that again if I can possibly avoid it. I took an hour or so to pick up something like 45k m3 of whatever odd ore they wanted. They did pay well, though, and I noticed more than a few of them looking at me with a little more respect afterward. Perhaps that ore had more importance than I realized.
Now they have me chasing down some Amarrian battlecruiser in Leurtmar. I fit a Dominix for the occasion, but the Imperials had more firepower on their side than I’d realized. I got the crew back to the local Thukker Mix station with the hull and crew intact, though I lost a Hammerhead drone in the fight. I may need to get some help before heading in there again.
Next, I need to make sure I have all the corporate roles set up properly so Arloeswr and Chainer can do their jobs properly. Arloeswr runs our Mining division, but I really must get him to focus. And I still haven’t gotten a good handle on how to give credit to pilots for taking care of assignments, research, and production for the corp.
The work of a CEO doesn’t really end, does it?
