majesta
Gone Blobbin’
“So, Kesper, why haven’t you posted to your solo PVP blog in, like, a year?”
Well, I’ve been a little busy. Planned the ops to take tech and dysprosium moons in Venal from CO2. Fought Triumvirate and friends in Pure Blind. Became leader of a minor nullsec alliance called Majesta Empire, reinventing its system of leadership in the process. Invaded Geminate and failed badly. Got an (enemy!) titan killed because I am terrible at EVE. Defended the North from the MAX2 invasion (and kicked Atlas out of our space; Majesta was the first alliance in the NC to achieve victory on its front). Killed an Atlas titan and numerous supercarriers in the siege of H-W. Lost my first dreadnought to an NCDOT hotdrop.
Got married.
Saw to it that the way moons in the alliance are handled was changed completely, resulting in greater revenue for us all. Watched Majesta grow to be the sixth largest alliance in EVE; saw five new stations dropped in our space. Watched our supercapital fleet finally start to grow. Invaded Geminate and succeeded wildly; Majesta and its allies now hold nearly all of Geminate, with Majesta and our close allies RAGE holding sovereignty throughout all of western Geminate. Watched Majesta grow into an arguably powerful nullsec alliance.
(Feeling a little like James K. Polk, accomplishing all that in the span of a six-month term in office.)
Then I managed to lose the next election. Cue wailing and gnashing of teeth.
So I’ve decided to take a break from political life and get back to doing the other thing I love to do in EVE: Take a single ship deep into enemy territory, wander around and cause as much trouble as I can before dying horribly, then tell the story of what happened to you, my dear readers, to whom I must apologize for being absent for so long.
I haven’t been idle during this hiatus; I’m now able to fly the ships of all four races up through command ships, and I’ve added to my repertoire of fittings, tactics and skills considerably. My tastes have gotten more expensive; my favorite solo ships are now the Dramiel, Cynabal and Sleipnir. I’ve even pulled a blackops hotdrop on an unsuspecting ratter. And just a few days from now, I’ll be taking delivery on an Aeon-class supercarrier. (Breathe easy, corpmates, that’s one ship I won’t be soloing in.)
I’ve just spent most of the last week with my main living entirely in Cache, and I have many stories to tell you. Stay tuned.
Morsus Got ‘Im
The Hurricane I fought the other day got bagged by Morsus Mihi (with some help from Majesta) in WH-JCA. I thought I would link the kill here, since it’s always cool to see the fittings of the stuff you’ve fought:
http://kb.majesta-empire.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=66869
I’m kind of curious to fly a Hurricane some time.
About This Blog
PVP in EVE Online requires the combination of luck and skill that makes a good game into a great game. A game of pure chance is intellectually unsatisfying; a game of pure skill becomes boring and repetitive once the skills are mastered. That’s why flying a solo ship in hostile space is EVE at its finest. You never know what’s beyond the next gate – it could be a hostile bubble camp, or it could be an unwary Hulk with faction shield mods. It could be instant death or an epic battle with a small but superior force. I have always wanted to have the skills to roam alone, and the budget to shrug off any losses I incur. Now, by virtue of the skills I’ve developed over a year and a half in EVE, and the output of an industrial alt corp, I have both.
In these pages, you will read the war stories and the wisdom I have gathered from my travels around the northern reaches of New Eden. You’ll have the chance to share in my victories and enjoy schadenfreude at my many inevitable defeats. And if we cross paths – why, you might just get to read about yourself. I regularly tangle with the forces of Triumvirate, White Noise, Solar Fleet, Shadow of xxDeathxx, Ethereal Dawn and Intrepid Crossing, so members of those alliances may be particularly interested in keeping an eye on this blog.
As a final note, I would like to mention that this blog originally started as a series of posts on the Majesta Empire alliance forums. It is thanks to the encouragement of its members that I have begun to share my stories with the rest of the EVE community. Many thanks are also due to my corpmate Ryel Theon, who set up this WordPress instance on our corp website for me.
About the Author
I post here under the name of my main, Kesper North, who is at the time of this writing 22-million-SP Caldari Deteis. I fly Caldari and Amarr HACs, recons, assault frigates and covert ops ships; I am tidying up some armor tanking skills before training interceptors and interdictors. I fly for Majesta Empire and the Northern Coalition, and serve as director of public relations and head of recruiting for my corporation, Epiphyte Mining and Exploration. My alt, given to me by a player who was quitting EVE, is a serviceable pilot of Caldari capital ships, so I am no stranger to cap warfare and POS bashing. (He’s also an almost perfect miner – long story.) And completing the trifecta, my empire alt keeps me in isk through T2 invention and production. I have taken part in almost everything EVE has to offer, from conquering 0.0 space to faction warfare, from solo PVP to fleets of 300+, from mining and missioning to invention and production. I’m interested in everything – but PVP is my main focus.