Invisibility

Today was interesting. I finally managed to get around to learning how to use a cloaking device and the highly specialized Covert Operation ships. As soon as I was trained on how to use these unique ships I quickly ordered myself a bran new Helios. The ship wasn't cheap, but it wasn't that expensive either. It only cost me a little over 10 million isk. I haven't quite fully mastered the specialized cloaking devices designed just for these ships yet, but I have heard they cost quite a bit. Around 80 to 90 million isk each! As soon as I had my new ship I started buying equipment for it left and right. I immediately ordered a Scan Probe Launcher I, a Prototype Cloaking Device I, and various other electronic equipment to outfit it. Once I had it outfitted I noticed several members of my corporation were mining over in Mercomesier. So I rushed over there in my Caracal to help protect him from the Serpentis patrols while he mined away at the ice field. He had been asked to mine at at least 400 million isks worth of ice.

I believe our CEO, Marcus Anthonius, was going to order another dreadnought, the mighty Moros. By the middle of this year I should be piloting a Phoenix myself, but the amount of training I have yet to do is ridiculous. I barely know how to maneuver the mighty capital ships, let lone how to control the Caldari Dreadnought.

Anyway, I'm getting off-topic. A few hours after joining my fellow employee in ice mining, several other employee's started showing up. Once I was free to go, I ran back to Alparena and got my new Helios and headed back to Mercomeiser to start scanning the system for any deep space treasures. I couldn't pick up any reliable signal in Mercomeiser, so I headed next door to Athounon. I started searching or any trace of a signal there and nothing. I wasn't about to give up yet though. I then started making my way towards the uncontrolled region of Pure Blind. Making may way up there I started scanning every system on the way. Reschard, nothing.

Then I get to Arderonne, and I find a signature, which seems similar to the signature the Caldari ships give off. Now it's rather known that the Caldari seem to have a signature similar to that of asteroids. So chances are I've found a deep space asteroid belt. Which can mean only one thing, ISK! I eventually manage to track down the signature and I have it pinpointed down to the meter. I warp in and low and behold there is Gneiss everywhere! Just taking a guess that there is probably a good 30 million isk if not more in these asteroids. I make sure to enter the coordinates into my ships computer, so that I may come back later, and then I head off to the next system to see if anything is there.

Next I come into Alamel, and I launch a probe to start searching for any deep space signature that I can. I find something, but I can't make out what signature it is. It doesn't seem to match any of the signatures known to the empires. But no worries, the equipment I have on-board will work just as well. Before I was able to pinpoint the location of this signature I was warned by some locals that some Privateers were on their way to the system. So I immediately turn on my cloaking device and hide until the Privateer Alliance leaves the system. I then start scanning every reach of the solar system and bingo I find and I'm able to pinpoint the location in no time. I warp to the location on my scanners and I find an old ancient acceleration gate, with signs of Serpentis activity all around. As before I make sure to log the coordinates into my computer.

So onto the next system, Mantenault. I notice that the hidden belt and the ancient gate I found last week are still intact, so I move into Pure Blind and the system RQH-MY. Just as I enter RQH-MY a friend, and fellow employee of mine comes on the com system and asks if we could go ahead and destroy the Serpentis at the ancient gate in Mantenault. So I quickly turn around and on my way out I see that the United Collation of Corporations is guarding the gate back into Placid and into Mantenault. Luckily they are friends of ours, but I see that they are out to destroy someone here. Most likely the Freelancers Alliance who has been known to travel around the area, and who isn't on the best of terms with UCC.

I then speed my way back to Alparena to pick up my Eagle so that LedDriver and myself can take out the Serpentis hideout in Mantenault. Once we both get back to Mantenault, we warp into their hideout and start destroying their squad. My Eagle and LedDriver's Raven are no match for the Serpentis frigates, cruisers, and battleships. Once we got to their battlestation and destroyed the Serpentis captian there, we found a log reporting another hidout. This time they were in Chardalane. This time I went alone while LedDriver and Marcus cleaned up the debris we left behind in Manenault. There was hardly anything at the location here, just a few Battlecruisers and frigates, and another log showing the location of yet another hideout in Mercomeiser. So Marcus, LedDriver and myself all rush over to Mercomeiser to ambush the Serpentis there to find a medium sided support fleet waiting for us, of just 18 ships of various frigs, destroyers, cruiser, battlecruisers, and a few battleships. With my Eagle, LedDriver's Raven, and Marcus' Megathron, their fleet wasn't much of a match. Once their commander was destroyed we did get a message but communication channels were rather fuzzy and we couldn't get any details on it. It might have been another incomming log on yet another hideout, but we couldn't make out anything, as we were also worried about taking out the rest of the Serpentis fleet here.

Rather disappointed I head to Alamel where I found that first ancient gate and take everything on alone with just me Eagle. I find out that there's only a few Serpentis frigates and cruisers here. Nothing of any value. I'm guessing another pilot had probably already came by and destroyed most of what was here already. So I took my Eagle back to Alparena where docked at the Federal Navy Academy station there and requested a room for the night.