Contempt or Jealousy?

Contempt or Jealousy?

Apparently 'capsuleer' is a like a swear word to the Sisters of EVE (SoE). They have a most condescending attitude towards all of us, and most reluctantly got me started off on the arc. Think they may be jealous of our immortality.

The first mission was just to go and check out some wrecks. The coolest thing was that once I was there, a window popped up and I did not have to return to the agent, a couple of jumps away, to complete the mission.

Approaching the start station in Arnon

I was sent to see another agent called Tevis Jack. This proved to be tricky, as I could not find the option to start a conversation with this fellow. Apparently there was this beacon there, which I kept trying to interact with. Eventually I realized that the iteron-type ship this guy was flying also had a small cross that needed to be right clicked for the option to be revealed. Wasted a few hours figuring this out, and thus missed the time bonus for completing the mission.

The all important option.

I see other people doing this arc as well. The start station (Arnon) was pretty busy, with lots of activity in space, as well as about 30 people docked (should start trading here). People were showing up in Thoraxes, Caracals, Catalysts, Thrashers and the odd frigate while I tried helplessly to talk to Tevis Jack, and worried about all these ships ganking up on me. Think others are also having this issue about talking to the agent, as they seem to hang around for a long time. I have just realized that the issue may be sorted by right clicking the agent in space and selecting "Add agent in space to overview".

So Mr. Jack wants me to go and kill a few pirates who are desecrating the crash site, and I am on my way. 

The Tight Fit

Fitting the Hawk was tricky. The damn thing is so tight on CPU that I had to look at lower CPU versions of every single module. Totally forgot about light missiles, but persisted with T2 rocket launchers. The rest of the fit got more and more expensive as I kept switching to lower and lower CPU versions.

Looking at lower CPU versions of modules, using the Compare tool.

The eventual fit. The salvager in the high slot is offline.

The strategy was straightforward; use the lower slots and rigs for damage mods, and the mid-slots for tanking and propulsion. The ship has bonuses to microwarpdrives (MWD). The fit would have been much easier with an afterburner, but I've decided to try the MWD first, and possibly switch later. There is also a bonus to shield boosting, thus I've added a boost amplifier. 

As soon as I put a second launcher rig, the CPU became inadequate, thus finally I've gone with a T2 launcher damage rig, along with an agility rig, as I could not think of anything else. Was forced to add Caldari Navy ballistic control systems in the low slots as they use 24 CPU compared to 40 used by BCS IIs.

The fit is nowhere near cap stable, but the idea is to possibly keep the invulnerability field on, and use the booster and MWD sparingly, when needed. Have gone with an omni taank, using a passive EM shield resistance amplifier. 

I was about to set off on autopilot for the epic arc starting system, when I suddenly realized that the ship is after all a  (pimped) frigate, and easily gankable. Have thus decided to pilot it manually. 

The Arc

So I've decided to finally try the Sisters of Eve Epic Mission Arc. A friend told me about this arc ages ago, when I complained about my Gallente standings. He also told me to stop killing them, which later proved to be the right advice. So the aim is to do the mission arc, try different fits and ships, get some standings and hopefully have fun doing it.

The decision was made at an impulse. I had just finished setting up market orders in a remote mission hub and was heading back to base to set up manufacturing and research jobs. The ship was on autopilot and I was looking at some info about this mission arc. Did not read much, but apparently there is a mission near the end where a big mother of a ship kicks ass. Best not to know too much.

I looked at the station, as the Crane slowly approached from a strange angle. I somehow felt detached, and numb. As the ship docked, I looked in the hanger and found an unfit Atron, and headed straight for Jita.

Have bought a Hawk, which is an Assault Frigate. These ships were broken for a long time. At least, this is what the rumour was when I joined Eve six years ago. This sort of put me off and I never flew these ships, but I believe they have been fixed in the relatively recent re-balancing (I could be wrong here) and thus worth a try.

I tried a T2 fit with light missile launchers but ran out of CPU very quickly. Have bought less CPU intensive versions of the modules and will try and refit. Have also had the brilliant idea about using rockets. Lets see how it goes.