A Shifting Base for Operations

Even within the few short months that Starwalker has been wandering in the EVE Universe he has had multiple homes or a base of operation. Primarily these related to:

1.    Starter location and drop off points for loot

2.    Mission location based on agent or mission (EPIC Arc, Level 1, 2, 3 and 4)

3.    Corporation location based on the headquarters or one of the offices

4.    Trade hub location based on selling loot

In each case Starwalker has moved on and had to transfer lots of stuff because he is tidy and does not like to see multiple assets strewn across multiple stations, solar systems and regions. It is a problem because it creates a shifting base for operations leaving one of the following choices:

·         Moving stuff yourself, which is painful unless you either enjoy hauling or the pain

·         Paying someone else to move it such as Red Frog, assuming you trust them and wish to pay

·         Having hauler friends move it

·         Relocating as part of a (free) service with a new corporation and they move it

·         Leave it where it is and track it via the Asset listing

So far, Starwalker has moved himself but he has accumulated more stuff, especially Rifters and it is now more difficult to move it all in the rather inadequate Badger Mark I. Now, as part of R1FTA it is time to consider a new base of operation but why move again? Because Starwalker is tidy or wants to be near other Rebels?!

However, before deciding a new location it is worth considering previous locations and why they were only temporary. It can be summed up easily – they were chosen for the immediate need and did not consider the longer term. For example, mission agents and hubs for each level may be in completely different locations or using a particular trade hub more often because of its prices or location and so moving closer to it and then moving to a new hub for its prices or location.

Any new base of operations will need to last more than a few weeks...