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Affilliation
Firefly
I just watched the pilot episode of Firefly, the famous, short-lived sci-fi TV series. I’ve been wanting to see it for ages, but never got around to it. Now, given the kick that EVE Online gave me, I’m feeding myself a sci-fi phase. I read Ender’s Game, I’m halfway through the original Foundation trilogy (both of these in just around 2 weeks, which, given the time I spend on other things, is extremely fast), so I thought this was the best time to see Firefly (not to mention that Tranquility is down outside it’s scheduled downtime. CCP, I hope it was an emergency that warranted the measly 4 minute warning!!!).
I can see why it has a cult following, the pilot episode really hooked me in. I haven’t seen the other episodes yet, but if they’re anything similar to the pilot, I’m going to enjoy it a lot. I remember growing into Farscape thanks to an old co-worker (and thankfully, they’re continuing the series), so I’m glad that Firefly might fulfill my need for a sci-fi fix.
No tags for this post.Glorietta 2 Incident
I was considering going near Glorietta 2 today to get some catfood, but decided against it. Partially because I have enough supply ’till next week, and partially because I relocated my base of operations to a new star system (in EVE Online) and wanted to test my ISK making options.
By now, almost all Filipinos should have heard of what happened to that area around after-lunch today.
The footage I saw on TV were pretty bad, but it could’ve been much worse had it have been a different area of the mall, or if it happened just a few hours later.
Still, seeing the corridors which I pass almost 3 times a week in such chaos and disarray makes me shudder.
Today was a very dark day.
No tags for this post.It Was Bound To Happen Sometime
I was just recently enjoying my new Caracal and was tweaking it for ratting in a solar system I choose, when the inevitable happened.
I just finished off three big rats which netted me some big bounties. Unfortunately, in order to get them all in one go, I had to keep my distance, and so the loot was spread out far in between. I looted the nearest wreck, bookmarked the others, then warped out so I can warp in again, closer than if I chugged toward the wreck.
As I was taking the loot, I was attacked out of nowhere. Nothing on my Local Chat, didn’t see anyone in my radar. I was gonna warp out, but my warp drives were jammed. I decided to fight back, but I couldn’t get a lock-on either. I asked for help in from my Corp, but nobody was nearby. The panic prevented me from taking the most logical next step, which is to eject and leave.
And so, my new Caracal was blown to smithereens. Since I didn’t eject fast enough, my escape pod was quickly warp jammed too.
I was pod killed.
My clone was up to specs, so no skills were lost. My ship was insured, so as annoying as shopping for parts would be, I didn’t lose a lot. The painful thing was my augmentations. Those cost millions, and at this point, I still have to work hard for every million of ISK.
I already have a new ship, taken from my insurance and fitted with my previous loot. But now I have to be more careful when and where I rat. I have basically moved on with the incident, but strangely, the remorse is genuine.
It was bound to happen sometime, I just didn’t realize that the time was now. Such is live in EVE Online’s Tranquility.
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