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People leaving valuables in space????
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Hal Morsh
Doomheim
#1 - 2014-04-18 02:12:15 UTC
I didn't check the containers owner as I scooped it out of excitement. But I found a container with a bunch of clone soldier tags, about 40 mill. Just sitting in space.

It was a small secure container unanchored. Maybe he didn't know how to place a secure container?

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Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#2 - 2014-04-18 02:13:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Doc Fury
What is potential contraband for 400 Alex?

Dunno.. i don't do the tag thing anymore. But hey, free 40mil!

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Solecist Project
#3 - 2014-04-18 02:15:02 UTC
Hey, lucky you!

Congrats! :D

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Pix Severus
Empty You
#4 - 2014-04-18 02:15:26 UTC
I've heard stories of people finding unpiloted ships just left in space for anyone for take.

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Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#5 - 2014-04-18 02:20:54 UTC
In the course of scanning for various things throughout highsec, I have thrice found a full set of faction drones abandoned in space.

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stoicfaux
#6 - 2014-04-18 02:24:55 UTC
Once upon a time, back in the days of yore, you could create safespots 200+ AU away and hide many, many, oh so many, things in deep, deep, deeper than any [redacted due to your age] space.

And then one day, in the name of server performance (laziness,) The Powers That Be (TPTB) decided to limit safespots to some ridiculously short distance away from the sun. On that patch, many, many, oh so many explorers (if you can call them that now, *spit*) found a cornucopia of bonanza of plenty that patch day.

Maybe, just maybe, you found the dregs that weren't worth scanning down that patch day...



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Solecist Project
#7 - 2014-04-18 02:25:04 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
In the course of scanning for various things throughout highsec, I have thrice found a full set of faction drones abandoned in space.

I once swapped four integrated drones I found for a Dramiel,
back when it was at 100mill!

I love this game. Even collecting litteraly litter (wow that hurts) can pay off. :D

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Cygnet Lythanea
World Welfare Works Association
#8 - 2014-04-18 02:39:29 UTC
10 harvester drones was the best find like that I ever had. Someone had ganked some miners in a belt, and not bothered to check the guy's drones.
Balshem Rozenzweig
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2014-04-18 08:12:21 UTC
I see abandoned drones in FW space all the time. Sometimes abandoned things are a trap (to get you away from gate) sometimes not. Most of the time it's not that much cash anyway.

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Dreadchain
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2014-04-18 08:50:56 UTC
Pix Severus wrote:
I've heard stories of people finding unpiloted ships just left in space for anyone for take.


Not even uncommon. Few days ago I just found an unpiloted Iteron 5 in highsec with a full T2 fit and some ore in the cargo.

I was scanning for stuff to blow up, and found the Iteron I wanted to kill was mine to take instead.

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Forum Clone 77777
Doomheim
#11 - 2014-04-18 10:40:45 UTC
Pix Severus wrote:
I've heard stories of people finding unpiloted ships just left in space for anyone for take.

Yes, I once found an abandoned Ibis, it was glorious, I had this huge smile across my face as I docked in the thing, now forever MINE!
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#12 - 2014-04-18 10:47:40 UTC
I once found a faction wreck in a belt with the miner sitting right there. It still had loot, including a low grade implant. Needless to say, I didn't mind the blinky blink and just waited the timer out in a station, one implant richer.

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Bagrat Skalski
Koinuun Kotei
#13 - 2014-04-18 12:13:30 UTC
The best thing i have found was a wreck of tengu with faction shield booster and hardeners. Wreck was sitting on high sec gate leading to low sec. That was a long time ago.

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Serene Repose
#14 - 2014-04-18 12:35:24 UTC
I was doing some errands, back and forth through the same gate and kept seeing the same wreck nearby. Figured whoever owned it would be back for it. (A T3 ship, btw) Finally, I surrendered and looted the thing, half its t2 guns apparently, half a t2 shield tank with a faction booster, and a faction AB on it. I couldn't believe someone left it there. Even salvaged it for three armor plates and a few tritanium ingots.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Doireen Kaundur
Doomheim
#15 - 2014-04-18 13:39:52 UTC
I found somone's wallet floating in space. Should I return it?

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Mashie Saldana
V0LTA
OnlyFleets.
#16 - 2014-04-18 14:05:13 UTC
I was waiting for some war targets on a gate when someone got suicided next to me. Suddenly a small can worth 2.5b was floating by my side.

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Vincent Athena
Photosynth
#17 - 2014-04-18 15:32:56 UTC
Once I warped a Hulk into a belt and sitting there, in the middle of several miners, was an abandoned harvester drone. I slowly went over to it and scooped it up. Sold it for 60 mil or so.

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Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#18 - 2014-04-18 15:42:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Herzog Wolfhammer
stoicfaux wrote:
Once upon a time, back in the days of yore, you could create safespots 200+ AU away and hide many, many, oh so many, things in deep, deep, deeper than any [redacted due to your age] space.

And then one day, in the name of server performance (laziness,) The Powers That Be (TPTB) decided to limit safespots to some ridiculously short distance away from the sun. On that patch, many, many, oh so many explorers (if you can call them that now, *spit*) found a cornucopia of bonanza of plenty that patch day.

Maybe, just maybe, you found the dregs that weren't worth scanning down that patch day...



/now_get_off_my_damn_lawn_you_child_where_child_means_useless_halfwit_newbie






"Days of yore" is my line, you old coot. Cool

But I can concur. Deep space probes (now gone) were good for finding "goodies" way the heck out there. Somewhat "emergent" too. It was also used to "hide" supers. I think the record for "deep safe" was enough AU to comprise 5 light years and there was even a call by some players to preserve that one spot as a sort of monument.


As for leaving stuff in space, last night I had an alt new to scanning and low on skills find roughly 10 million ISK worth of abandoned T2 drones in around 20 minutes. I also found "crime scenes": abandoned T2 drones plus an MTU. Gotta watch that drone aggro when you use an MTU.

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Jasmine Assasin
The Holy Rollers
#19 - 2014-04-18 21:18:10 UTC
Best thing I ever saw was an Orca, just sitting in an asteroid belt in some backwater system all alone. Had a ship in the bay as well but can't for the life of me remember what it was anymore. I remember it had some really nice mods on it though.

Ended up totaling ~1.5b after it was all said and done. Would have loved to find out why anybody would just leave that out like that.
Dearthair
Goibhniu Industries
#20 - 2014-04-18 21:35:17 UTC
Drones no longer auto aggro if someone shoots an MTU.

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