20 June 2011

Selecting a Base for Operations

Starwalker needs to select a base for operations before his negative security status impacts his ability to travel in empire space. The key issue is to consider the longer term, to avoid selecting a location based on immediate need without considering the future.
What Starwalker wants from a base for operations is:
·         Current high security (hisec) location that is close to a future low security (lowsec) location
·         Close to a trade hub, at least whilst able to travel in hisec. After that, a hauler alt will be used to buy and move items
·         Short distance (jumps) to interesting roaming locations, where lowsec has a focus on solo and small gang PvP
·         Close to other corporation members for small gangs
·         Lowsec is populated with relatively newer pilots that are less than a year old, Starwalker is only 4 months old
·         Station has clone facility and repair shop along with the usual services like market and insurance
Quite some time has gone into thinking about where to relocate and a very useful tool to perform this type of research is Dotlan EVE maps (http://evemaps.dotlan.net/). It is brilliant to see not only the regional map but also the map of each region and to quickly do things like:
·         See the system security status
·         Travel relationship to other systems
·         Number of kills: ship, pod, NPC over the last 1 hour or 24 hours
·         Stations, owners and services
After some research Starwalker had two regional areas as the favourites:
1.    Heimatar and Metropolis, in Minmatar space
2.    Essence and Placid, in Gallente space
Starwalker has chosen two relocation systems that are only two jumps from each other, allowing a quick transition from hisec to lowsec. The only problem with this research is that it is theoretical and practical experience is better, however, the choice is made. The move to lowsec will also trigger the creation of a Hauler Alt to buy ships and stuff and be based in hisec. Next job – start to move. The bad news, Starwalker’s current stuff is still spread around The Forge, The Citadel and Kador. There is also the need to consider what to do with the employed Kaalakiota level 4 Research Agent, unfortunately there is not a similar agent in lowsec.

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