Crime & Punishment

Dear Members of CODE,

I hope this letter finds you in good health and enjoying your experience in New Eden, that aside.

I am a bit confused and I must confess disappointed over my treatment in Uedama. For over a week now, in pursuit of the NoN Dharma, I have made the long and sometimes hazardous journey to Uedama. I have made it a point to use autopilot and I have warped from gate to gate and station to station, taking great care to linger at each point. In fact, once in desperation I simply orbited several stations for extended periods of time, while doing so I went for tea paying absolutely no attention to the screen. I believe that any of this behavior rises to the level of bot aspirant if my understanding of the CODE is correct.

Yet, despite my sincere efforts, I have been offered no GF in local, as is your custom, nor have I been asked to purchase a mining permit or even been given the pleasure of being told “calm down miner” much less seeing the light that would precede my return to the station. I am in fact, feeling a bit cheated by the lackluster performance of “local law enforcement” and this despite the fact that I am aware that CODE agents are in the system...are you having coffee and dough nuts? Why have you forsaken your charge?

Certainly all of my actions, at least when taken together, must constitute at least a minor infraction of the CODE.

I have asked a few people about this apparent lack of interest on behalf of the agents enforcing the CODE and have been told that it is related to the ship I am flying. In accordance with the NoN Dharma I only fly rookie ships with no fit. I told the people that I spoke to that this could not be the case as on multiple occasions I have heard agents state that profit was not a motive for their action, nor was simply griefing other players; rather, their actions were the manifestation of a genuine desire to rid high sec of bot aspirant behavior.

Yet, despite my best efforts, I remain autopiloting, and circling stations in Uedma with nary a blink on my com, or the rewarding BOOM of my hull. What does a person have to do to get ganked these days? I must say that from what I have read James 315 would be most distressed and perhaps even ashamed of your behavior, I hope you take immediate action to remedy your short comings or at least make your actions align with your stated intentions.

I trust now that this sordid state of affairs has been brought to your attention that you will take all needed action to alleviate this dereliction of your stated duty.

Namaste’

Wuzu of the Non Sangha
Passive Resistance is a Revolutionary Act
NoN Dojo

One can only hope so my friend.

Namaste'
Wuzu

Thank you for your suggestion, I am not certain that it addresses my concern, but having animal friends certainly is a great comfort to a great many people.

Namaste'
Wuzu

Er... how do you imagine you're masquerading as a bot aspirant when bots are not commonly found in rookie ships?

If you were going to pretend to be, say, a police officer, you would probably start with a uniform, right?

if you go to the gates in Uedama you will find their alts scanning cargo ships for fat loot , the code and permit bull has gone right out the airlock at this point, unless they are waiting out timers in stations when they will randomly post line like "anti-gank fail again" or or other per worked out lines, almost bot like in a way

You would not believe the great lengths they go to these days to secure their loot. I think it most resembles a trapeze act: code and Co. have started sacrificing one of their own freighters piloted by a no-name alt so that the internet-famous looter can escape with the goods. Truly a wonder to behold. Their hypocrisy is deep and really makes their words in local ring shallow.

I'm not into passive resistance, quite the opposite in fact, but I have to say this is an outstanding post. :D

Actually, the 2nd most common bot of old was the courier mission running bot if I recall correctly and level 1 courier missions can be complete in a rookie ship. So he is behaving like a bot.

Thank you sir for correcting my misunderstanding, it appears I have simply fallen victim to my own lack of patience.
I knew the fine agents and knights of CODE would not forsake your charge simply because I was in a rookie ship with no fit at all.
I must confess I was a bit distressed to hear that my ship was exempt from the CODE, and a touch bit ashamed that I was in fact tempted to believe it. I don't think my belief was unfounded however given the vast amount of CODE enforcement I witness but seemed to be exempt from; however, I now know that was simply not the case.

Your wise council of patience has been well received..
I offer my heartfelt apologies for my lack of patience and my deep gratitude that you have taken the time to enlighten me on this matter.

I believe I will invite more members of the Sangha into the system as well in the near future so that they too may benefit from the fine agents of CODE in the cultivation of patience.

Namaste'
Wuzu

Very true words and until the agent saw fit to enlighten me that my concerns were simply due to a lack of patience I might have held the opinion that it was the loss of their ships without any hope of reward might have stayed their hand. I could, before I was advised to the contrary, think of no compelling reason why someone would fail to catch a fish that had placed itself willingly in their net unless they had a fear of the fish that grew from attachment to the net itself. Of course, this thinking is misguided.

Thankfully for my edification and the promotion of my practice of patience I received wise and sound council and now see that my understanding of the CODE was imperfect. In the meanwhile, I will simply continue to circle the gate 9m from multiple CODE agents in anticipation of my time when they decide it has come as I have done for the last few hours. They are awfully busy after all, sitting there must be very taxing.

Namaste'
Wuzu
Passive resistance is a revolutionary act.

It's basically "neener neener CODE didn't blap me yet", Kaely.

Oh! and all the posts end in "namaste" which I think (and I may be mistaken) means "I slept with your wife instead of giving her tennis lessons as contracted" or something.