I slip into the familiar electronic murmur of the proteus as I start today's exploration. The first 2 systems are boring, not many signatures and I keep heading deeper hoping for soft targets.
home -> c4a -> c4b -> c4c -> c1a
System C4c holds promise as dscan reveals a proteus, and 2 carriers running a site. Swinging dscan around they are not at an anomaly, but going to the furthest planet showed a well-staffed tower with pilots in several ships including one scanning. Oh dear. I've narrowed them down, drop probes and bookmark the radar site while recalling probes. Only then I notice the carriers and proteus have left the area.
Warping to the bookmark shows the site as complete, but a pair of cloakies follows the incoming noctis. Looks like they saw me after all. I'm not eager to lose my proteus, so I run across the systems home to grab the bomber.
After jumping back into system with the bomber I hear the wormhole flare behind me and a helios blips into the system, belonging to the corp that lives here - well they really saw me now since the noctis just warped off without hacking the rest of the containers.
I head to a safe distance from the exit back home in time to see a welcome party of a dramiel show up - I know I'm no match for the fast little frigate, and I do believe they have another one stationed on the other side. I have really no choice but to head to the static C1 I bookmarked earlier (bubbled of course) and see what is on the other side...
Sounds like you had an exciting evening while I was away. I see from the corp member list that you slept in high sec last night. Send us a postcard.
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