4 December 2011

Small Bases in Strategic Locations

Starwalker felt like a new capsuleer after his holiday. Whilst away, the recent upgrade to optics had resulted in the universe and its nebulae being shown in brilliant colours and even visible engine trails. Nice new touches. However, not everything was new and Starwalker turned to the neocom console to see where all his assets were located – an old problem.

Selecting a base for operations was tricky because inevitably new bases were needed and moving between bases was either expensive or time consuming and dangerous. Starwalker had recently moved to yet a new model for organising ships and equipment – main base in hi-sec and small bases in strategic locations.




In short, one main base in hi-sec, in a central location with comparatively easy access to multiple low-sec bases, which were for fast re-shipping as needed between ship losses and a few consumables such as ammunition

The hi-sec base would be at or near a trade hub and this would be the main location for any purchased ships, common equipment such as auto-cannons and consumables such as ammunition.

Those low sec bases would change over time but they would only contain a few ships. Each of these small bases would only have one Mammoth (level IV) load of ships and equipment. This would allow that base to either be left there after moving to a new region or allow it to be easily moved, the probability being to simply leave the small stash of ships and ammunition there.

1 comment:

  1. Only 1 thing, for the love of God keep your ships packaged if you plan to move in the near future.

    I setup temp bases also. Its fun to just jump up and go someplace far away at a moments notice.

    One of my favorite areas is Heimatar. If you can go through highsec (1.0 systems) you have access to Old Man Star and surrounding area within a few jumps of Egghelende. This makes Jel or Ation desirable places to hide an alt with your ship stash. Dodixie is only a few jumps away. This is the reason I was trying to keep my sec status high enough so I don't get shot. However we can't always get what we want lol.

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