"For your blog."
I can only assume he intended it as a portrait of our transient P.I. pilot. I love it when people do my work for me, in advance.
In fact, my job is doubly easy, because, when I log in the next day, I have an email from Bre, containing a chat log.
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Channel Name: Local
Listener: Bre
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[ 05:24:50 ] Hurrr > So... basically you cant run T3 on a single planet no more, eh?
[ 05:25:32 ] Hurrr > trying to make Smartfab UNits...doesnt seem to let me get enough PG
[ 05:25:58 ] Bre > no... that changed over a year ago.
[ 05:26:04 ] Hurrr > great
[ 05:26:27 ] Hurrr > so much for my WH PI pay for an account plans :(
[ 05:26:38 ] Bre > well, that and the tax rates we have set for -5s and -10s in here.
[ 05:26:46 ] Hurrr > I guess I better look for best paying T2 then eh?
[ 05:27:19 ] Bre > by all means, set up a couple. helps us buy new ships.
[ 05:27:30 ] Hurrr > its ok...I just try to get this PI stuff to work..if I manage to set something up..I will ask for some arrangement (ed.: I can think of a couple ideas...)
[ 05:27:41 ] Hurrr > if not...you are more than welcome to whatever taxes you make
[ 05:27:46 ] Hurrr > I wont interfere much :)
[ 05:30:03 ] Hurrr > how is life here in WH land anyways..? pretty quiet?
[ 05:30:15 ] Bre > not tonight.
[ 05:30:47 ] Hurrr > oh..you guys saw some action?
[ 05:32:28 ] Bre > well, no, I was referring to /local
[ 05:32:35 ] Hurrr > oh..sorry
[ 05:32:44 ] Hurrr > I will learn the proper ethics..and be quiet :)
[ 05:33:17 ] Bre > no no. I'm glad you spoke up.
[ 05:33:38 ] Hurrr > and seriously..if I piss you guys off..I can leave...
[ 05:33:51 ] Hurrr > I just want to be quiet..and try this PI thingy without offending anyone too much
[ 05:39:38 ] Hurrr > you mind if I chat here Bre?
[ 05:42:20 ] Bre > go right ahead.
[ 05:42:32 ] Hurrr > have u tried PI yourself?
[ 05:44:18 ] Bre > I'm very bad at it.
[ 05:44:22 ] Bre > it's why I set up so many.
[ 05:44:24 ] Hurrr > I just wante to see if I could have 2 alts in 2 wormholes..that pays for the account..
[ 05:44:39 ] Hurrr > just make a trip once a month or so..
[ 05:44:56 ] Bre > it's doable, but honestly you could do that out of a lowsec.
[ 05:44:59 ] Hurrr > that was back when I thought I could make T3 items still :(
[ 05:45:04 ] Bre > yeah.
[ 05:45:28 ] Hurrr > low sec is SOO camped though...and so many unfriendly pirates
[ 05:45:55 ] Hurrr > my hope was to find a semi quiet wh..and just puts around on a planet or 3
[ 05:46:20 ] Hurrr > cloak an industrial and just slowly learn how it works..
[ 05:46:30 ] Bre > Sure. Wormholers are generally a warm and fuzzy bunch.
[ 05:46:41 ] Hurrr > now that I can only make T2..not so sure any more..
[ 05:47:57 ] Hurrr > only 47M / mnth per planet..before taxes...
[ 05:48:13 ] Hurrr > not even close to a Plex.....are C4 MUCH richers??
[ 05:48:18 ] Hurrr > do you happen to lknow?
[ 05:48:35 ] Hurrr > I saw u guys had a static C4..and I popped in there..but only 4 barrnes in the one I checked out:(
[ 05:49:16 ] Bre > actually, the quality of the planets is based on the systems truesec.
[ 05:49:22 ] Bre > and all wormholes are -1.0
[ 05:49:40 ] Hurrr > ooh...so only matter for me is number of useful planets..
[ 05:49:53 ] Bre > so all wormholes have the same quality PI
[ 05:50:04 ] Bre > pretty much, yeah.
[ 05:50:08 ] Hurrr > damnit...my stay here might eb shortlived then :(
[ 05:51:20 ] Hurrr > Rocket Fuels seems to be about best T2 I can find. I'll set that up for now.
[ 05:58:22 ] Hurrr > gotta recouperate my stuopid ivnestment before I take off at least :)
[ 06:15:45 ] Hurrr > Ok mate....I think I'll call it for tonight...hope to see you again tomorrow:) hopefully equally peaceful:)
We checked, and sure enough, the guy set up a rocket fuel installation, even though the tax rates for non-corp-members extracting products from the planets would actually cost him more than the product itself will sell for. Unbelievable.
Clearly, he needs to die.
4 comments:
Okay I believe him now... He probably is a returning player that drifted off years ago, and have no idea how POCO tax works (but... but obviously he does...) and how beneficial is it being a red to use the wormhole POCO compared to just simply setting up with Interbus.
And surely he don't know how "warm and fuzzy" wormholers are. (or he knows...)
Warm=The feeling from the ships metal as it heats up from repeated weapons fire.
Fuzzy=A description of vision a split moment before everything goes dark.
Well, I hope to greet the new traveler.
Naah - just let him run his PI installation for a while, before asking him if he has calculated his profit margin. Look beyond the immediate joy of an explosion, and have him run a PI setup which is profitable enough that he stays and continues to pay the POCO taxes.
@Druur: That seems fine on paper until the idiot player opens a whole when he shouldn't and brings problems to your door.
To be completely honest, my current situation is the result of a somewhat similar situation (minus the idiocy) where the established residents considered that I might be more useful around than in a fresh clone. To this day, it worked out surprisingly well.
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