EVE New Citizens Q&A

So i just came back to the game, having only played 2 months a few years ago (and stopped for lack of time).

And I could not remember at ALL what I was doing. I feel I'm at a very noob level but do remember some stuff so rather than jumping back right into combat missions etc... I figured I would re-fit the Cormorant (that was already my active ship) with exploring tech and give it a shot.

So I jumped to a hi-sec area close-by with the fewest pilots in it, picked a target from my default view and warped there and then started trying to remember how probes work. So here I am drifting in the system with my main view cluttered with system windows and maps and ship fitting etc... When I here faint beeps and notice my ship overview (half hidden) is losing shields (aka I'm getting shot at) - I'm in hi-sec, I'm not in a combat zone (i think) etc... that seems very odd to me. My shield is half down, so I pick the nearest station to warp to it and get out of dodge. But seems at that very moment, something one-shots me. :(

It's no big deal (a bit of a time annoyance) Because the overall loss was 1.5 mil and one thing I learned in Eve very quickly is to never fly in more worth than you have. So with my very hard earned 7.5 mil I can replace it easily (although I won't , I have 2 merlins lying around so I'll make do with them until I relearn enough of the basics)

But looking at the combat log ; What the hell are circadian seekers and why did they attack me??????? (The first few topics about em I found seemed to say they were neutral - and non aggressive, that was super aggressive!!!)

Also my default view seems to have changed because I never saw them appear in my view - something I clearly remember always seeing ships and especially enemies in my view....

Gah, and I was so happy when I remembered I had a destroyer.... guess I'm not at that level yet >_<

Ah I guess for the overview that explains then,

As for their aggressiveness I'm a bit at a loss, it's entirely possible that a module or 2 would fit their requirements for initiating combat as I had a couple of them bought off the market (I think a capacitor rig etc...) but most was just stuff found on beginner missions.

Now I'm tempted to give up starting an exploration career and go full combat though! (to get my revenge on them) >:(

... evil cockroach space monsters

Ok so now they sound even more like evil cockroach space monsters .... :(

Thanks for the heads up though

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I had pretty basic parts but they were all stuff i picked up through missions, so its possible some of them were what induced the aggressivness, as for what i was doing, I was just scanning the system with probes, I wasnt clicking anywhere....

Maybe I just warped to a part of the system that was like their private garden or something. (Jode Observatory space structure, somewhere in Lonetrek space I think)

Yea, if you warp to those abandoned Jove Observatories, they will attack you there.

Lost my mackinaw to circadian seekers today. Had no idea what the hell they are, thought they were regular npc guristas so i sent my drones against them, now im hoping they dont follow me around because it was a horrible experience to not be able to warp out in time and see your ship get destroyed before your eyes :) 200 damage per second from about 5 of them at once, not fun.