Crime & Punishment

...but there is a baseball bat.

Well it is standings we're offering. And you do have a point. If you're a lone relic/data site runner that does an odd site here or there in your cheetah, you have a pretty good chance of getting away. If you just pop in once a month to do your PI in a cloaky hauler you have a pretty good chance of getting away. If that's the sort of activity you do then no, this program isn't for you and I advise against it.

On the other hand, if you're an industrial corp that wants to run mining ops for lowsec minerals or ice, if you want to put up towers for efficient production, or if you want to seed the market and compete with others by bringing in the goods that will sell, then yes you'll probably want our protection to do that.



Well the funny thing is when I first started this program in Khanid, one of the motivator factors was to get the region more populated so that people would come and hunt the miners so that we could hunt the hunters.

Ahhhhh... now I get it. I guess euphemistically you can call it "selling blue status". Now I get it.

What you're looking for is miners and whatever to do their thing in your area and pay you for protection. That makes sense.

In the real world those are called "protection rackets". On the other hand, if an indy corp with no PVP experience wanted access to low-sec it might be well worth their while to look for "synergies".

Your manner of delivery needs some work, though. You shouldn't be talking about it in terms of selling space. Nullsec entities "sell" space too but they offer exclusive rights to dock in an outpost. The system is *literally* yours to do with as you please, but you are also required to defend it yourself to a point. SOV warfare is done by the "landlord" but they aren't going to come and save you if your mining op gets hot-dropped .... that's your problem.

What *you* are offering is very different. You're saying, "move in and we'll protect you". First, that's a big job. Protection in EVE is a 24/7 commitment and then you have the issue of what happens when you offer this service and someone comes in and ganks a fleet "under your protection" anyway. Even the biggest Nullsec entities don't put on that size of shoe. You might as well claim that you can stop the rain or reverse gravity. No matter what you do, you can never *guarantee* safety.

That said, what you're offering isn't at all unattractive. I think you *have* hit on a niche. I can well imagine an indy corp wanting access to low-sec and to be willing to pay for a "safe haven". But you're going to have to offer conditions.

For example.

1) Active protection in the form of X during mining ops, or other ops where vulnerable ships are on the field.
2) access to intel channels
3) access to safe POS's
4) access to logistics to/from high-sec
5) etc.... think about this.

Maybe you actually need to call it something like "safe haven", or "mostly safe haven", "safe enough haven" or "not entirely unsafe haven". The idea is to accurately convey what you are selling and what the buyer can expect.

See the difference?

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I absolutely love this. Wanted: Seals to pay to be shark bait so we can have moar targets. It's like Wild Kingdom meets Jackass. This is so inspiring I may re-activate my pvp account to see if you're recruiting.

October update out. TLDR We're protecting entrepreneur projects in areas of Aridia and Solitude along with Genesis.

For some old friends? Just a dread or two here and there: http://eve-kill.net/?a=kill_related&kll_id=25497836

Yes Lugia, we're aware that some entities in this game are relevant. However you are not one of them.

Shh.

rekt

Not a thing. I just like making fun of alliances who are failcascading.

Confirming batphoning someone else to drop a fleet means you are good.

Withlogilike this , who needs enemies? Kitchen sink vs cta fleet on their turf, with supers on stand by, what can be said.