Wormholes

1. yea, we got shiny. they higher the class the more it shines
2. unoccupied systems are rare in low class and abundant in high class. however, if you plan on daytripping, just find a wh where the owners are asleep and steal there shiny
3. where to look....well, just start scanning in highsec, and make sure to have bookmarks and more probes
4. a t1 cruiser will die to sleepers. some battlecruisers(drake) can do class 1 and 2. for class 3 you need a t3 to solo, above that you cant solo
5. sleepers are really nasty, they neut web and point, and also do a lotta dps. there are also many evil people with cloakies hunting you, bubbles thrown up etc. basically, everyone who isnt your friend is out there to kill you. npc's and players

If you are trying to do this solo, it really won't work.

Wormhole logistics requires a crew.

You can do a surprising amount in cruisers and battlecruisers in c1-c3's (you can do the majority of c1 through c3 sites in a assault frigate if your good). C4 and above you will need a bit more bite. Your profits in a C1 is 0 (your ship loss from random ganks will negate whatever you bring in). C2 is a Mega Highway (you will be k162'd into repeatedly). C3's are relatively quiet, but you will get allot of k162's from C2's, C5's and C6's. C4's... Generally considered horrible because of logistics and that there will NEVER be a k162 direct from high/low/null into it). C5 and C6.. you will eventually get evicted, again they have huge highways.

You really want a feel of wormhole space, find a c2 with a static c2/c3/c5 static high. that is pretty much the wormhole version of Lowsec pirates (lots of traffic, ganks going on, etc). You will constantly have sites to run as you can farm both your system and your static if needed.

You can setup a small corporation in there, especially if you pick a undervalue hole (most hole values are determined by the static and the Planets that are in there.

A hole with a static low/null are generally undervalued (cause there exits lead to either pirate space or some renters null system, and logistics of getting crap in and out sucks, there also somewhat boring cause lowish amounts of pvp). Holes with statics to other holes can be a bit nightmarish to leave, cause sometimes you run into dead ends and maybe stuck in there for a few days (longest I've seen where we couldn't role the hole for one reason or another was about 2 weeks (kept getting nulls or dead ends).

You don't need a huge corp to start in wormhole space (this is not nullsec, there are no "owners", you do not "rent"). Expect a fight every so often though. No one is going to evict you just because (pos bashes suck). If they have a reason though, you fight or you die.

You can start with a crew of 3 people in a c1, c2 or c3, but expect to bring in more unless you want to be deemed as "lunch" by someone. Extra people to back you up helps. You don't have it, expect to hire mercenaries to help you (there are channels and avenues for that).

Holes with static nulls are generally unoccupied, you can find a few systems that are empty though (dead towers, etc), some are sold by wormhole divers on the forums, etc etc.

You can determine if a system is empty very quickly (Fly around it dscanning for forcefields), you don't see any, probably empty. Scan for POS's also (you see a pos with no forcefield, either abandoned or someone forgot to fuel it... or its a flycatcher).

Don't expect to Solo wormhole space. Your day will end in misery.

No offense taken, just wanted to state that he can do it in a small corporation himself, just don't risk your isk soloing stuff (Wormholes can be very VERY lonely, especially if your in a 1 or 2 man hole corporation). If he wants to solo, sure he can, but your somewhat diminishing the true experience of Eve (again, to each there own). You'll generally have more fun running with a small crew.

christ on a cracker BNI is invading WH space, we are all doomed.

it isnt so "creepy" once you get used to explore them, i've never lived in one but i've used them recently for my alliance's logistics, as we didnt have a way to ferry goods from empire space to null sec, we didnt have jump bridges nor jump freighters to do so. so we got some explorer players finding WHs in our systems and finding the ones who lead to high sec or low sec. it was pretty funny, i never got killed in the process since i got used to use D-Scan and save bookmarks.

once i have some skills and ISK backup i'll use my 3 accounts for living there. maybe play the nomadic life.