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The fable of the rich young capsuleer

Author
Yamaria Ube
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-08-08 13:05:26 UTC
One upon a time, there was once a rich, young capsuleer named Lucy. Lucy didn't have many skill points, but he knew how to fly a hurricane, and saw that he could use faction modules to make himself powerful. One day, Louisiana Jones sent him an email, inviting him to his corporation named "Falls on sharp objects." Louisiana said that it was a corporation for newer players to learn to PvP, and Lucy wanted to PvP. So he joined.

But the corporation had rules. Lucy couldn't just go buy a 200M isk hurricane and fly out to null sec. "The corporation has a reputation to uphold", he was told. Lucy did not like this, as Lucy did not like rules. So, he went out to null sec anyway. And he lost his hurricane. And 400M isk in implants.

Lucy was scolded and told not to do it again, but Lucy was not wise, and did so twice more.

The corporation was not please, and kicked Lucy out.

Lucy was so incensed that he formed his own corporation, and declared WAR on his tormentors. He found a badger that was all alone, and started to kill it. But soon found that the badger was well defended, and was set upon by rifters, ruptures, and hurricanes, and he lost another 200M isk hurricane.

Infuriated, he bought another, fitted it with the best modules he could equip, and returned to kill a miner, only to be set upon again.

He bought plexes and sold them for more isk. He bought more hurricanes and more modules, but he could not defeat the corporation alone.

So he sought aid. He employed a mercenary corporation to declare war and go kill the miners and industrials of the corporation and generally give the corporation grief. He paid hundreds of millions of isk.

And on the first day of the war, the mercenaries gathered their forces n Jita. Dominix. Abbaddon. Armageddon. 10 advanced ships were prepared for battle. Lucy was pleased, and went to scout for them. Lucy jumped into New Caldari, and found the corporation fleet. Rifters, Ruptures, Thrashers, Hurricanes and Blackbirds filled the sky. He counted the list: twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, SIXTY ships prepared all orbiting the gate in New Caldari.

Lucy gave his scouting report, and commanded attack! But the mercenaries, knowing what was in store, docked up in Jita. Enraged, Lucy demanded that they come out and do what they were contracted to do.

But Lucy had already paid them. He had no recourse.

In his rage, he declared war on the corporation again. And went to attack their miners. But he only found more rifters, ruptures and hurricanes, and lost another ship.

The week passed, and the mercenaries' war declaration ended without a single kill, as the corporation formed large fleets day after day to keep the mercenaries at bay.

But Lucy vowed to bring grief to the corporation, and force their members to rage quit. And he returned to Jita to sell more plex and plot his revenge....
Niko medes
Freeman Technologies
#2 - 2012-08-08 17:40:44 UTC
Very humorous story! Well written as well.


Hits a special place in my heart too, because I knew a guy that was the mirror image of this "Lucy" Lol. Though he was never in our corporation (he went after one of our haulers in HS, so we declared war) prior to us killing him.. He flew hurricanes, extremely expensive hurricanes and sold plex left and right to replace the hurricanes he would continuously undock into our fleet.

I'd give him one compliment though, he was persistent. It baffled many of the corp mates at the time. Smile
Rick Blooms
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-08-08 20:42:08 UTC