Black Rebel Rifter Club

The search for a potential corporation started and finished quickly. Finding a player corporation to join can be done either in game or via the EVE Online forum (recruitment channel) but Starwalker found his new corporation through following a blog. Some favourites include:

·         Brutor Bullfighter: (http://brutorbullfighter.blogspot.com/)

·         Flight of dragons: (http://flight-of-dragons.blogspot.com/)

·         Rifter Drifter: (http://www.rifterdrifter.com/)

·         The Altruist: (http://altruist.azual.co.uk/)

The author of Brutor Bullfighter: Miura Bull noted that he was restarting the Black Rebel Rifter Club (R1FTA) so on 05Jun11 – Starwalker joined. The reason for joining R1FTA was simple – it was focused on solo and small gang PvP. In addition, it also welcomed new players as opposed to requiring a killboard or 10+ million skill points.

The master plan now is to:

1.    Finish training for the Rifter, including Autocannon II

2.    Earn some more ISK whilst training to create an ISK cushion for the inevitable ship losses

3.    Identify a location for base of PvP solo operations

However, the plan was interrupted by R1FTA declaring war on RvB Blue Corporation in Everyshore. With the war about to start Starwalker began to investigate Rifter fits for his skill level. It was fun to investigate various different Rifter builds in EFT (EVE Fitting Tool) and then making a selection for the campaign, as shown below. This was followed by spending lots of ISK in Jita to fit out up to five Rifters:

This shield tanked Rifter has sacrificed a stasis webifier to fit a medium shield extender. The light scout autocannons are necessary as Starwalker does not have the skills for Autocannon II. Simiarly, with the fitting skills, a small ancillary current router is also necessary. Despite what EFT states the price for each Rifter is around six million ISK, with another couple of million or so spent on faction ammunition.

Now, it’s time to head to Everyshore.