EVE General Discussion

*first - Defined as: The first, self professed 'tourist', traveling low security and null security (though primarily null), with the stated intention of taking pictures of cool stuff, in a shuttle.

Hello there. I am Twoflower Octiron and I am New Eden's first ever tourist.

I began my life, on a different fellow, three weeks ago. I mined, then I ran a mission or two, I mined again and then I got blown up. Well, what can I say? I was bored.

There, I said it. Bored... Definitely bored.

Wait. Before you shout. Allow me to explain. I heard about this vast universe and all the delights it had to offer; the stories! Oh yes, the stories. I wanted to experience stories and quite frankly the mining just didn't cut it.

So I had a plan! No one is going to accuse Twoflower Octiron of being bored and doing nothing about it.

A Wonderful Adventure!

With wide eyed wonder, reckless abandon and a thirst for adventure, I would scour the universe, find something of interest and promptly get my picture taken - in Low security and 0.0 space, no less - in a shuttle as well!

"What kind of things?" I hear you shout desperately, while clawing at the monitor.
Well, I know little of New Eden and less of 0.0, but I did find this:
Map
What adventurer could live without a map?

I had a look through the map and selected some likely looking alliances, I will search out their home system, bravely fly up to their station and parade around in front of it while taking pictures of myself. I may even attempt communication with the natives.

But that just isn't enough, I can tell that this will not sate my desire and this is where YOU come in. I'd also like to visit the first ever station, where the first titan was built, where it was lost and, well, exactly where else? Throw your ideas at me and I'll visit them in a random and reckless manner! What could possibly go wrong?

Part 1: The adventure begins

So, on this day, Twoflower Octiron was born in the Gallente Federation. I purchased suitable tourist attire:
Picture
And created a short, elegant biography that would announce my intentions to the universe at large:
Bio

I looked at the map, intending to ponder and deliberate a while on the ideal course and destination, it would do no good to travel 100 jumps and land at a Quafe factory. But it was at this moment that I knew, everything is going to be OK and that my quest is just; for just one system name jumped out at me and I knew I must go there!
Destination 1

A journey of discovery on this magnitude can only begin in one place and that is the ultimate beginning, from where our ancestors stepped forth all those years ago. I would visit the EVE gate.

I plotted the course and undocked for the first time, waved goodbye to the station and brought along a trusty shuttle:
First step

I did not consider my route, merely picking the shortest. I did not scout ahead, I merely plunged ever onwards. So it took a while for me to realise that the EVE gate is located deep in low security space, itself a 0.1 system - right on the brink between law and lawlessness. I was excited.

I approached the last gate in empire, looked not back, but forward and jumped head first into a 0.3 system and this is what I found:
First low sec jump

Not quite the pit of pirates, vagabonds and ninjas I had been led to expect, nonetheless, I plummeted onwards...

wat

Check the shuttle name :)

Love the name!

Love it :D
tried did a little bit of touring around nullsec myself but i used a stealthbomber alot of people had busy possing up and saying nothing at all in local. but a shuttle should feel less threatning.
have fun travels o/

No, you're not.

Lmao this is brilliant! Loving the name and the shuttlename!

Discworld novels are brilliant.

This is magnificent. Keep them coming!

oh the new eden gate, destination of my first pilgrimage.

the second one was the City of God, were i paid tribute to the crazed emperor by selfdestructing the ship with a few slaves in the hold, then the pod. well, to be honest, the pod i blew up because i didn't want to fly all the way back.

wrong. there have been several people who went sightseeing in the last few years, like this guy or even this guy.