Logistics.
I hate them.
It is a pain in the ass trying to figure out how to move goods 20 odd jumps from highsec--> lowsec when the route is through an area I'm KOS in. And that's just for Varn. Geaux Tiger has to move 30+ jumps through 0.0 and lowsec to get there. Or 25+ jumps through highsec then lowsec which means not moving anything but his Claw and leaving the rest for Varn to try and move.
Total I'm looking to move roughly 22,ooom3 in ships and goods right now. Enough to get me started and to have a back-up or two incase/when stuff gets blown up. I thought about just using a couple of T3 cruisers, but that is a bit much for an initial investment in the area right now. Want to see if it will be worth moving more assets out there before putting too much ISK on the line.
Looks like I'll be training up for a DST, 16 days total all told to be able to move goods safer to my new FoB. The area looks promising though. Very low sec rating means a good chance at finding good ores in grav sites and better loots in the radar and mag sites. Not to mention it seemed a lot of the belts in the area had battleship spawns. And with such a low sec rating, even the BC spawns had ok bounties. The main selling point though was the low population. Over a week of scouting all I mainly saw was other explorers with very low sightings of pirates. So far everything is looking good.
My plan until my DST is ready will be to get out there in an AF (0.0 ratting setup with cloak). My initial scouting was mainly just system hopping at various times of the day to see how the population was. A lengthier stay ratting in the area and running anoms will give me a better feel for the ebb and flow of the locals and allow me to become familiar with the corps. They will also get used to seeing me. Hopefully, I can make a couple of good contacts and build up a little trust.
3 hours ago
