Blip On The Scanner

Apocrypha is upon us! I've really been looking forward to the expansion, and kudos to CCP for giving us a great expansion. I was absolutely stoked to delve into the new probing system once Apocrypha was released.

After spending an evening with it I finally got my first 100% return. The scanner window revealed it was an Unknown, Unstable hit - so right away I knew it was a Wormhole from the information I'd been reading on the forums. Despite knowing, I was full of excitement, recalled my probes (absolutely love this ability - thank you CCP!), and initiated a warp to 10k within the Scanner return.

I grabbed a few screens of the different hits I was able to pin down last night. Enjoy. I'm loving the new probing system! I know you're probably wondering if I went through them. I was too afraid of what was on the other side. Most of my Corp-mates that were online at the time were also trying out the new explo-probing, so I didn't try to organize a fleet to go exploring on the other side. But soon, very soon, we'll be burning through to the other side of the Looking Glass :)

My first successful hit on a hidden object! Yes, I was giddy.


And thar she be! My first wormhole Discovery!

This was the second wormhole discovery of the night.

As a general note, if you're trying out the new probing system, and having difficulty just keep at it. You will eventually figure it out. At first the new system is intimidating (of course I'd never probed under the former system either so that might be why). With a little patience it can be done though! If I can do this anyone can.

The Phoenix's Redemption

A Phoenix Rises

I have a thing for the Phoenix. I've named all my ships after it. The latest being my Rohk - "Phoenix Redemption". Yes, Vasavia has finally stepped aboard her new Rohk. It's seen very limited action thus far. Partly because I'm so terrified of loosing her either in pvp, or due to my own stupidity (like what happened to my Drake over the weekend). The Rohk has been through one lvl 4 mission, and I used her to run down an anomaly I picked up on over the weekend. Both went very well in the Rohk. Big thanks to my corpy, WarAngel, for the cap and shield boosting he helped provide during the missioning. Here's some screens of my Rohk's first test run - taken from where I picked her up back to my home station.

Initiating her first warp

Pretty Blue Twinklies


And off into the great unknown!

Screenies - Yahoo!

Just wanted to post a few screenies of Vasavia's travels thus far. I'm sorry to say I didn't record where I was when the shots were taken. I'll provide what detail I can though below the shots. Click on the shots for large version. For all of you lucky enough to have a fancy wide-screen monitor, I apologize. My monitor runs native 1280x1084.

Somewhere out in Deadspace during a mission. This was taken post combat. This monument is one of the most interesting environment details I've seen yet in a mission.


Just another shot from a different angle.


Recently acquired Drake. "Phoenix Claw" out for her maiden voyage. I am now broke.


Testing of the "Phoenix Claw's" warp drive were good.


Taken while the crew reset the nav computers for further warp testing.


The "Phoenix Claw's" maiden voyage and initial testing was positive. Navigation, electrical, and engineering systems checked out great. Weapon, and defensive systems are up next. This shot was taken as she came into docking range at her home station.

When I get some more shots I'll post those. So far, I'm loving the drake. Of course, I'm also still hanging out in Care Bear Land as I'm not interested in risking her in low-sec. I'll try to get some shots of her during combat.

One thing I've noticed, that's a little irritating, is that even when I get rid of the game's UI to take screens I've noticed in a couple shots system messages still show up. Like, "Pithi Blah Blah hits you for 14.5 hp" and so on. Not sure if those can be disabled for screen shots or not. Sure hope so or combat shots might not be so pretty.

Vasavia didn't get much done last night on account of having a soar throat, and a moody 7 month old to boot. She managed to get in one mission, which actually ended up being a fairly productive salvaging run as well. Not including the mission payout, she ended up netting just over 1.5 million in loot and salvaged goods.

Hopefully tonight proves to be just a fruitful, if not more so.