Intergalactic Summit

Park a Venture beside a mountain of Veldspar and chill, I guess? Looks like you could use that downtime.

Told sis Alitura to slot off? That's the style.

Anyway, all this Dagan's case stinks. We captured four Dagan clones and all of 'em are still holded in our containment facility. We don't expect S.O.E. to explain that crap.

We were able to capture a couple from the hive, and she immediately confiscated them and "Poof!" they were gone never to be seen again. There was definitely more going on, but as usual she wasn't letting on. I don't care, though. I'm pretty much out of this and onto new business. Could be pretty damned lucrative, too.




See? That's what I told her. I mean, the isk is really the least of my worries and in fact, I've got that an more now. The real issue for me was doing the market research, making the right connections, stuffing the right money into the right pockets. It's coming together.

But do settle in, have a drink on me, and tell me more about this 50 million in 3hrs business? Fill a gal in on that action.

I know right? The woman was convinced that the 100k payday that she was giving me for some of these jobs was really big money. I guess it would be for a planet-sider. I personally think she resents capsuleers over the money, but that's neither here nor there.

How do you feel about Nullsec?

I mean, it's a lot of money for me, too when I think about it in terms of lifestyle. Right now, my isk-stack is pretty low compared to others, but I'm still the richest person in my entire clan right now and everyone in my family is already pretty well off(I have a distant cousin and great uncle that are capsuleers too, but we never see them, so I can't say what their net worth might be). I've been going first class all the way since I became a capsuleer and it barely makes a dent in my cashflow, but my lifestyle would bankrupt even the wealthiest members of my family. But compared to other capsuleers, I'm a pauper. Weird.



Squeamish, but open. You know, a couple of days ago, I would have just outright not have been interested because I'm really into station trading and that can be done just fine in highsec. But it's been a weird couple of days since we put Dagan in the can (again, apparently this is a regular thing. Crazy, right?), and for a lot of complicated reasons, I've become more open to exploring and from what I hear, nullsec has sites that make exploring worth it.

What's the skinny?

Thanks for the tips, Claudia. The numbers that I've heard coming out of nullsec relic sites are about 30-50 mill per, pretty fancy stuff that. It looks like it's a pain to get into a nullsec system though, so I may wait on that until I have the bite for it. I have been doing some distribution missions for SOE and Republic agents, making my way up the level ladder. Is there any way to get to L4 missions quicker?

Much appreciated! And here I thought this journal was a waste of time, but here we are with all sorts of new opportunities. Life's full of fun surprises.

I also have a lot of new terms to learn. Circadian rhythms come to mind when thinking about terms that I don't know, but probably should

In any event, I may have an opportunity to work with a pilot or two in the near future. Of course, I'll keep everyone posted.

Thanks for the suggestions!

It's another term for sleep cycles.

Not everyone sleeps according to "reasonable hours" when going by NEST. I'm often up through the "night" and don't end up going to bed until around 0700 or 0800, for example. It's fine by the local time where I make my residence when not flying, but by the time standard used on GalNet and by our Neocoms, not so much.

The Krusal Way

So, I’m still connected to this Dagan thing and as of now, we’re about to capture him. But I would be remiss if I didn’t talk about a new friend that I’ve made. I mean, how can you not talk about someone who, unbeknownst to you, passes you off as a Republic Intelligence mole to a dangerous smuggling lieutenant? In a nutshell, that’s Keita Eslin, Superior Special Intelligence Agent for the Krusal Tribal Investigative Unit.

“I’m sure you regonize Ms. Olgur here,” she said, giving him a fake name in a voice dripping with smug authority. “she’s been kindly feeding us information on your operation for months. You should be more careful about the type of entertainment you pursue, Mr. Garunhn.” Of course, none of this was true. I had never met Kirus Garauhn or had any dealings with the smuggling gang he fronted. Keita was making a big bet. From the transmissions we intercepted after our raid on one of the smuggler’s power arrays, we understood that Kirus liked his female entertainment. Keita, however was betting that he both didn’t bother to remember any of the women who surrounded him and that he had a penchant for spilling company business when he was in a good mood.

I won’t go into a lot of details until I’m sure we’re cleared of all charges, but it’s safe to say that this kind of thing is Keita all over. Aside from the usual Krusal traits of being playing loose with the truth and looking out for the best chance, Keita’s defining trait is that she’s an natural chance-taker who somehow seems to thrive off of surprises and reversals and knows how to play them well.

I realized this upon first meeting her after arriving with information about Dagan from Sister Alitura. I met her in a small bar near the main hanger bay at the Krusal Post in Hek and it didn’t take her long to figure out that I was a Vherokhior. She apparently had been promised some sort of bloodthirsty swashbuckler, but for not. “So I take it that you’re not the hotshot shoot-‘em up capsuleer that Sister Alitura made you out to be are you?” she said with a grimace.

“Nope,” I answered as I sipped my gin and tonic. “I’m afraid you’ve been suckered by the holy one. I’m allergic to heroics. It’s genetic.”

She was unfazed and merely changed the plan on the fly so she came out ahead. There were other surprises along the way, mostly bad, but we worked our way out of them, Keita bluffing and gambling her way through it all while I tried to take in as much info as I could to make sure the bets paid off. It was touch and go for awhile, but in the end, we got it done.

I have to admit that it was a joy to watch her work. I realized that what I like about her is that she’s chancer where I’m the exact opposite. As my mother always says to me, I’ve always got to be on both sides of everything. She’s right. I’m not comfortable any other way. Keita, on the other hand, didn’t seem comfortable unless she was making the big bet and going along for the ride. It’s unnerving, but also mesmerizing and I knew instantly that I wouldn’t get bored of her. It’s been awhile since that first meeting and we’ve been hanging out a lot lately when we’re both at the station, grabbing a bite, taking in shows, that sort of thing. I like hearing about her crazy plans that will probably fall apart at any moment and she likes hearing about my big, well thought out plans that will probably never come to fruition. After all, what are friends for?