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Hello, I would like to announce the start of the Shaded Jackals' buyback program. This will be slowly extended to all regions/constellations of NPC nullsec. If you want the TL;DR then skip to the bottom of the post. The short version can also be found at the in-game channel "The Shade Tree" and using this how-to-album.

The core idea and end-game goal of the program is that a solo exploration or PvP roamer could continue indefinitely without ever returning to hisec. In addition, a secondary goal is to use any profit beyond maintenance costs to host simple events for players. The third and last goal is to foster a corp where such pilots can gather and if so inclined share mapping of areas or knowledge of locals, geography, fitting and piloting advice, etc. The core values are satisfying curiosity, embracing a challenge, and remembering to have fun while keeping the right mindset.

With that out of the way its now time to address the technical details of the program. For now its just two stations in Stain that will buyback at 85% of Jita value on loot (using Evepraisal). BPCs will be bought at 50% of the build then flip value and if that is negative then half a million (500,000 ISK) will be paid for it. The buyback gives you almost immediate and guaranteed ISK for your loot and then relists it as a public courier contract with 10% reward. This means if you find a good wormhole then you can turn around and flip several of these high value couriers to make more money. They will be made in 90 meter cubed packages so that even the smallest cargo hold interceptor can run them. That leaves 5% of which 1.2% is sales tax. This leaves 3.8% which builds the buyback wallet and will be used for future events or stored to allow a BPC buyback at build/list value in the future. None of this ISK is part of the general corp wallet nor will it be used for personal projects or gain. I will extract myself to put enough capital into this if it takes off faster than the current capital can handle. I’m here to see if I can build something and have no intent of some silly short gain on ISK ruining it. In addition no one else has wallet access, corp shares are all in my possession, and I have thoroughly checked the roles and titles before shifting the program from just corp buyback. If you have any concerns, suggestions, or thoughts on that side of things then PM me.

With that said I think some level of distrust is good so feel free to calculate the value and set it on your contracts. Buyback contracts with a value of zero will be processed and paid the correct amounts if you don’t want to deal with that though. If you spot an error in your recap mail and wallet history then mail "Goron Goron" in-game and I will fix it along with a small apology payment. A brief overview of the loot contracting process is linked in the channel along with the record mail you will receive. Limit contracts to no more than increments of 1 billion in value and make separate contracts for loot and then one for just BPCs. The furthest station from 4GQ is 19 jumps meaning that the lowest buyback you could get if you were scared of camps is 66% of Jita value. For contracts completed outside of the buyback station I will personally accept the collateral and move them or make lower pay contracts using the difference in percentage as the payout. High value couriers or new travel-ceptor pilots rejoice. Once capital is stronger then some of the loot will be relisted and industrious individuals can make use of it for rigs and use the nearby invention stations (each is only a few jumps from a buyback station). There are several more details like this that will be implemented if this program succeeds and posts along with updates in the game channel will be made appropriately. If the future plans interest you or you are interested in investing to help things progress quicker then PM me.

TL;DR- Contract exploration loot in NPC nullsec (just Stain for now) for 85% Jita value paid out immediately. Join "The Shade Tree" channel for further details.

Program is going well and Shade Tree buyback stations are now open in Stain, Curse, Great Wildlands, and Venal. The Stain-Curse-Wildlands locations provide a nice connected arc through part of null space currently. The other regions will be opening soon. Join "The Shade Tree" channel in game to keep track of progress.

Program going strong though there are a few regions to finalize. Join "The Shade Tree" channel in-game for more info or read the linked posts.

Service still going with 6,246,059,951.88 ISK (over 6 bil) paid to 18 unique pilots over the 42 days the program has been active. During this time only 339,765,122.35 (~300 mil) has been gained by capital that processes the sell contracts. Everything I have put into it has been wrote off but there is one other investor that will be paid back. After this occurs we will be hosting our first public event with some rewards for the winning three pilots.

As a note, the over 6 billion paid is solely direct ISK paid to pilots. It excludes taxes and broker fees paid for the program transactions.