Highsec Miner Grab Bag #192

A guy sends his daughter to day care so he can spend all day mining in highsec? And this is the one time he went AFK without docking? Something about this story doesn't add up. But there's no more time to analyze this particular miner--we've got to get to the rest of this edition of the Highsec Miner Grab Bag!

The things miners confess to their gankers.

Agent Kaderu Narada was stunned to discover that highsec miners these days are openly engaged in account sharing...

Then again, maybe rules become more flexible as the number of active subscribers goes down?

The bad news: No one needs to buy kill rights on -10 security status gankers.
The good news: Anti-Code carebears may not know this, so they may buy them anyway.
The bad news: Anti-Code carebears are too lazy to fight back, so they won't buy them either way.

Tor Johnson Maulerant. Why does that name sound familiar?

...Oh yeah, he was one of the xxXSalvationXxx miners who got ganked. I guess he's still working on those "new tricks" of his.

Agent Lewak didn't want Kaspars Sentinels to hire CONCORD mercenaries, so he reached out to the miner...

Lewak felt that he'd done the miner a favor by encouraging him to seek a more rewarding career. Didn't Kaspars have any ambition?

Kaspars wanted to be a pilot; Lewak wanted him to be a pirate. Wait, wasn't this the plot of The Pirates of Penzance?

Yiad daldiy's first question: "How does this long tail rubber do not be beaten by NPC?" Agent Aaaarrgg answered it, only to be accused of running an "automatic script".

In fact, there's not a bot built that can do what we do. A shame the same can't be said for all you miners out there.

Friend, go your way--and obey the Code forevermore.

No Salvation, Part 4

Previously, on MinerBumping... Agent Ilonna Renou confirmed that xxXSalvationXxx corp was engaged in the mass-recruitment of newbies in order to exploit them and encourage bot-aspirancy. And the leader of this 450+ member corp was a foul-mouthed Goofus named RebelKiwi.

After RebelKiwi repeatedly sent her angry EVEmails, Agent Ilonna responded. Our Agent knew that invoking the Code might upset the carebear CEO, but she saw no alternative.

RebelKiwi recoiled, hissing at the very mention of the Code. What did she expect?

Negotiating with a Goofus can be difficult. Ilonna anticipated further resistance from RebelKiwi. However, our Agent wanted to give the miners every opportunity to do the right thing.

Agent Ilonna marveled at the fact that so many hundreds of highsec miners had chosen to follow someone like RebelKiwi. Meanwhile, the carebear CEO was working to encourage xxXSalvationXxx to resist the Code. Would it work?

Tor Johnson Maulerant was typical of the line members of xxXSalvationXxx. He was relatively new to EVE, and he spent all of his time AFK mining in highsec. Worse than that, if he remained in the corp, he would continue to devote his EVE career to AFK mining. Corps like xxXSalvationXxx do not train their members to grow; they keep them down.

In response to the presence of our Agents, Tor was eager to fight back. But he didn't know how. He requested training and assistance from his hundreds of corpmates. As is typical of corps like xxXSalvationXxx, they provided him with nothing. A few hours later, Tor grew bored, gave up, and went back to AFK mining.

...Whereupon he was ganked in his fail-fit Venture.

Another member of the corp tried to organize a resistance. His only idea was for the miners to group up--making it even easier for gankers to find targets.

Agent Ilonna went on to gank the miners at will...

On occasion, members of the mighty CODE. alliance did likewise.

RebelKiwi didn't know how to lead her legions of highsec miners. So she did the next best thing: She foamed at the mouth.

Unable to take the pressure of her grueling leadership responsibilities, RebelKiwi left xxXSalvationXxx in favor of another highsec carebear corp. And as for xxXSalvationXxx? It continues to engage in mass-recruitment in highsec. Our Agents are advised to consider their members unarmed and extremely bot-aspirant.

No Salvation, Part 3

Previously, on MinerBumping... Highsec carebear corp xxXSalvationXxx came under investigation after it broadcast evidence of its bot-aspirant ambitions far and wide. Before long, Agent Koizumi Taira was on the case. Her bump patrol in the Esteban system confirmed that there were indeed AFK miners operating out of xxXSalvationXxx.

Agent Koizumi engaged some of the miners in conversation. Future space lawyer Kasakabe Anzomi tried to justify her illegitimate playstyle by unironically invoking the "if I mine minerals they're free" fallacy.

xxXSalvationXxx "recruitment officer" Red Cerex had promised to drive the Code out of Esteban. Thus far, he was only able to deploy F-bombs. They were ineffective.

Our Agent again reminded the miners that they were being exploited. Would they see reason this time?

The carebears dug in their heels, as carebears are wont to do. But if they wouldn't listen to Koizumi, perhaps they would heed the next Code enforcer who came their way?

Not long afterward, Agent Ilonna Renou found her way into the Esteban system and encountered the nest of xxXSalvationXxx carebears. Like her predecessors, she came to the conclusion that the corp was a scam. Since Ilonna cared about the fate of the newbros, she frankly informed everyone of her feelings.

This provoked a member of xxXSalvationXxx to send a corp-wide EVEmail.

The sender of the EVEmail was someone named RebelKiwi. Whoever she was, she didn't use paragraphs. Or sentences.

In fact, RebelKiwi was the CEO of the corporation, which by this point had grown to 483 members. One might look at RebelKiwi's messages and be surprised that so many people would follow her. But one should never underestimate how miserable things can get in a highsec "industrial" corp.

Printed below is the entire text of RebelKiwi's anti-Code morale message, which she sent to her hundreds of corp members. It is also a confession of her guilt:

RebelKiwi claimed that her corp was not a scam. She had no need of anyone else's money, as she made billions of isk per day. And while she pointed out that her terrible corp was exempt from the wardec system, she also encouraged her corp members to kill everyone in the mighty CODE. alliance.

In case you couldn't make it through her entire filthy wall of text, this is the explanation for how RebelKiwi makes "billions per day": An armada of alts, including 23 highly lucrative cloaky campers.

Agent Ilonna Renou responded to RebelKiwi's propaganda barrage by ganking an xxXSalvationXxx Venture. Maybe that would bring RebelKiwi to the bargaining table.

No one ever said diplomacy was easy.

To be continued...

No Salvation, Part 2

Previously, on MinerBumping... When highsec mining corp xxXSalvationXxx spammed everyone in sight with recruitment EVEmails, other industrialists grew annoyed and threatened to report them to the mighty CODE. alliance.

News of trouble in the Esteban system reached the ears of Agent Koizumi Taira of 44th Recon Unit. She decided to check up on the reports by performing a bumping patrol in the system.

Koizumi confirmed that there was indeed a nest of bot-aspirants in Esteban. It took the miners quite some time to respond in any way to being bumped out of range. They were obviously accustomed to being AFK.

Our Agent provided the warning that most miners complain they never get. But instead of buying a permit--as post-gank miners always claim they would've--the miners remained defiant.

Red Cerex spoke for the rebellious miners. Apparently he was their leader.

Red Cerex was a recruitment officer for xxXSalvationXxx. He encouraged his fellow miners to resist the Code, claiming that he could drive CODE. from Esteban and keep the system safe for AFK mining.

The rebel leader accidentally condemned himself and the rest of highsec minerdom by admitting that everyone in highsec--even brand-new players--are aware of the Code. Oops!

Agent Koizumi was surprised by the intensity of Red Cerex's anger. Had he been bumped before--or was xxXSalvationXxx simply that much of a negative influence?

Judging from what little Koizumi had seen from the corp thus far, xxXSalvationXxx was as bad as the rumors suggested.

Another miner awoke from her slumber: Kasakabe Anzomi, who would later attempt to use space lawyering against Agent Minx Mattel in the Phantom Menace series.

Our Agent tested the miners by reporting what she'd heard: xxXSalvationXxx taxes and exploits new players. Would this charge touch a nerve with "recruitment officer" Red Cerex?

The rebel leader grew more agitated. Something was definitely amiss.

The bumps were taking their toll. Budding space lawyer Kasakabe gave up mining for the day.

Agent Koizumi's bumping patrol had yielded valuable information about xxXSalvationXxx. Yet there was still the possibility that Red Cerex was a rogue element; maybe the bot-aspirants Koizumi had seen were merely an aberration. Further investigation was needed.

To be continued...