EVE New Citizens Q&A

Oh hahhahahaha

How could we have not thought of this!?

It was an incursion.

You tried to mine in a system that was currently under siege by the Sansha. You should have seen the system was a eerie green, and a big system control status on the left. When the Sansha do an incursion they take over an entire constellation and attack with much stronger and smarter NPCs than normally found in belts or missions. They override the rule that rats dont spawn in 0.9 or 1.0 systems an essentially render all belts in the effected systems unmineable. In lowsec they even camp the stargates.

Fun fact: Before Incursions came out as a game feature there were several live events where sansha invaded a few key systems and abducted millions of people from the planets. They were integrated to be more Sansha cyborgs and the NPCs you see in Incursions have names that correspond with the system their crew was abducted from.

You can see videos of these invasions on youtube (try the invasion of Deltole) as well as watch the Incursion trailer and a CIDA video profile on Sansha Kuvakei, leader of the Sansha

I was already in system couple of days prior to scout stuff etc.
So then the day of shooting came, and Drake after Drake jumped the gate solo, together with stealth bombers and tier 3's. Cause they all came in on their own, each and every single one got scrammed by the Gate rats and was turned into space junk pretty soon after.

So, you new players aren't the only ones who can be surprised by Incursion rats.

1 jump away! Granted I was not actually working on a mission, I just wanted to try out my new mining lasers and thought that was a safe place. Now I know better :)

Just to say, as a Sansha RPer, this thread has made my day, so I have something to offer the OP.

Post the lossmail of the bantaml onto eve-kill.

Post the link in this thread.

I will forward you (through an alt) a retriever in Dodixie that you can use when you can skill into it properly.

Not scamming, and I didn't know that.

I want to give this guy a retriever, but I want the killmail.

OP, you can send me a link with the killmail in game through EVEmail. That would do.

Hey all, brand new capsuleer here. I'd like to request some clarification on my situation and then some advice on how to avoid making similar mistakes in the future.

From what I've gathered online so far, it seems Mining is a decent way for newbies like myself to get started. So, after playing through the opening tutorial, I started working for the Industrial agent, and found myself with a shiny new Bantam mining frigate. Not knowing if it was a bad idea to remove my Miner I from my starter ship, I purchased two new ones on the market for what seemed like a pretty good deal. On my way back to my home station (had to make 3 jumps to pick up the new lasers) I decided to try out my new purchase in the "safe"(0.9) system I happened to be in. So I warped to the closest asteroid field I could find, but before I could even target the nearby Scordite, my ship exploded in my face.

Now for the stupid part: feeling frustrated with the loss of my new ship so soon, I thought maybe I could at least save the lasers I had just bought. Of course, as soon as I showed up again, my starter ship got the same treatment as the Bantam. Doh!

Now, from my understanding, 0.9 is supposed to be pretty safe. Was I just unlucky, or should I have been better prepared before trying to mine in 0.9?

I realize I'll get a free replacement for my Caldari starter ship, so should I just plan to mine with that now, once I find some new lasers? I bought insurance for the Bantam, but the payout was minimal compared to the cost to purchase a replacement on the market.

So, any advice on how to proceed and/or how to prevent future mistakes like this?

Thanks in advance!