What lies beyond?
Okay, it's something that happens to everyone in EVE at some point or other. You get bored with the same old same old, everything seems repetitive and you start to wonder what you log in for. Now mostly what I log in for is to shoot the breeze in various chat channels. Yeah, being in your own alt corp/alliance is kind of self inflicted isolation, but there are plenty of public channels around that can replace corp/alliance chat with the added benefit of not being tied to any particular group activity or having any responsibilities towards them. Generally it works out quite well.
Today it's a little different. There are things that I know I should be doing, goals that I've been working towards for the last couple of weeks that are still a while off. Mostly it's the lack of urgency in the goals that I've set. Currently Lauren is skilling towards piloting a Machariel and since I've already got one sitting around ready to go it is just waiting for the SP to catch up. I need something to do.
Flicking through some EVE related wallpapers I'd created I found one that spoke to me. It was one that I created after random chance had dropped me in the perfect position after a gate jump in Lonetrek, I forget which system now. The sun had just appeared from behind a planet which was therefore in silhouette with it's rings visible behind the gate.
It was a beautiful sight and spoke of both the beauty and opportunities present within the game. A stargate takes you to another system and there is no way of knowing what is on the other side. There could be nothing or there could be a massive battle taking place, a camp waiting for an unwary traveller, a field of wrecks hinting at recent hostilities. You literally will not know until you take the plunge and jump. The title I gave that wallpaper was "What Lies Beyond" and it is reproduced in part at the top of this blog.
Seeing that gave me the idea for what is about to happen. With the release of the new regional starscapes in Crucible I decided that it was time to break out and see space again. Not for any reason but just to see it anew.
It is time for the next adventure, that great voyage of discovery, the safari of space, the grand tour. And so I've loaded up a Buzzard with general exploration stuff; salvager, codebreaker, analyzer. The clone is up to date. A route is planned albeit roughly. I'm ready to go. A voyage through all of null-sec.
As I travel through each region I hope to stop off at any sites of interest. If you know of anywhere worth a visit let me know and I'll try and check it out.I have one appointment in Deklein already and God alone knows what we'll be doing when I get there. Just like any other tourist I'll be taking pictures of my travels and subjecting you all to a kind of diary. Right. Now where did I put those scan probes?
