EVE New Citizens Q&A

Easiest way is probably to head to providence as they (read CVA) have a mile long red list and NBSI in place.

Providence resident won't shoot neutrals but the pirates do but you'll learn quickly on who's 'red' and who isn't.
You might have to do some sucking to get access to citadel (blue for provi bloc) but after that you or your little corp should be able to visit the most permanently busy null sec space in new eden.

CVA It's their rules that the rest agreed on in providence, so you have to deal with CVA in any case.

What I'm seeing here is that this is a Roleplay Alliance revolving around the Amarr empire, correct? Not sure if it's what I'm looking for, as I 1) Am not quite read up on the lore and 2) I am not an Amarr pilot.

So I would just need to negotiate docking permission and could then use that as a foothold as I learn Nullsec and look for an Alliance somewhere else in the region?

This could work too. I guess all I'm wanting is to find a way to get a foothold in a Corp. that's in an Alliance that actually has some territory to it. The concept of Alliance warfare and expansion is just fascinating to me, it's like watching the colonization of new continents from a few hundred years ago happen in front of us. Only Washington is crossing the Delaware on a Cruiser.

Edit in advance: That was just the first anachronism that popped into my head, I know the revolution wasn't an expansion thing lol

I'm REALLY new to Eve Online as well (less than a month played) and I came in with similar feelings as I had been researching Eve for years. Actually had a recruiter tell me he didn't believe that I was a new player because of my depth of knowledge of Eve lingo and such; which is kinda frightening since I find myself wondering what something means on a daily basis still. But back to the reason for my post:

First of all, before moving out into null-space, I'd suggest figuring out what you want to do in Eve. Your 'vision' for your character as I call it. Make sure its something you'll enjoy; but, also look for ways to branch out a bit to make yourself more valuable to your corp. Maybe your interest is in a very niche idea in Eve, that's not bad; but, you do need to have things do to when you aren't able to do that niche. The reason for this is that you want to make sure you are doing what is fun for you.

Now, once you've got that figured out, start looking around for corps. Use the forums here and the in-game recruitment channel. I spent a good 2 weeks talking to different corps before I settled into the one I'm in (which does happen to be a Provi corp). Look for a null-sec corp that is interested in similar things to you and when you talk to them make sure they are interested in what you want as your vision. I dropped several corps from my list of possibilities because they told me I didn't want to do what I had for a vision. Some recruiters DID offer my suggestions on how to do what I wanted or on how to expand my skills so I could be helpful when not doing my vision; which was very good. I actually had a recruiter from another corp/alliance refer me to Yulai Federation.

Take your time and make sure the corp offers what you want and need. Its okay to not jump into the first corp that shows interest... this isn't WoW and people who do a lot of jumping from corp to corp to corp tend to be frowned on. Make sure you pick a corp that is newb friendly (god has Yulai put up with some stupid questions from me) and willing to teach you. A corp that just wants their name on your employment record isn't a place you need to be. Also, be wary of the ones with monthly corp dues. Those are great for older players who can easily farm up ISK, but for newer and/or casual players those dues can be a headache as you are already struggling for ISK.

Now, I'll throw in my opinion on Providence since I'm a new resident there. Its a place you can relatively safely do whatever you want. There is an intel channel for you to ask if your next system jump is safe. The various alliances in the area regularly are running fleets to watch for pirates. And they seem to be pretty friendly to new players. I can't speak on recruitment because I'm new myself, but there are some pretty nice corps around Providence... and they cover all aspects of play: PvP (yes, the NRDS corps do actually PvP a lot), trading, industry, exploration, etc.

Not sure how much help I will be; but, you can hit me up in-game with mail or even a private conversation (assuming I am not needing to concentrate on other matters).

Yes, CVA are an amarr loyalist group but you don't usually have to worry about in your daily life.

My former alliance was Apolacypse now, heck most of my EVE career before ewoks and polaris has been tied in with provi and it residents, Hence I recommended and still recommend providence for people who don't have the needed connections or experience to try it in NPC null sec or in NBSI space.

Also part of providence NBSI has always been docking rights for neutrals.