The Best Revenge, Part 5

Previously, on MinerBumping... With the help of his new friends in the New Order, anaCheeya ANARKY set out on a nullsec adventure. anaCheeya was required to entrust his property and control of his corporation, null sec nomads, with the Agents. But after arriving deep in Goon space, the miner found no one to greet him.

Once upon a time, anaCheeya mined in Rorquals and Orcas. Now he was forced to reboot his career from scratch.

The business model of null sec nomads corp remained mysterious, as it depended on nullsec empires allowing the miner to travel freely among them. But anaCheeya had multiple contingencies in place: If necessary, he could destroy even the mighty Imperium.

anaCheeya began to fantasize about his plans. This is not unusual. Miners tend to spend a lot more time fantasizing than actually doing stuff.

One might say that miners' daydreams are a form of being mentally AFK.

A few days after the adventure began, anaCheeya finally realized that his EVEmails to the Saviour of Highsec may have lacked context. All would be cleared up in time.

Later that week, anaCheeya was still having trouble getting his plan greenlit by Imperium leadership. He grew desperate:

For some reason, anaCheeya believed that biomassing his character was the key to getting through Goon security. According to Agent Aiko Danuja, the miner came up with this idea on his own.

After biomassing anaCheeya, the miner was reborn as aiva naali. At long last, anaCheeya/aiva decided to explain what the null sec nomads were all about. The miner wrote an essay--or manifesto--explaining all. Unfortunately, anaCheeya's new incarnation was no more fond of capital letters, punctuation, paragraphs, and the like.

The crux of anaCheeya's plan was twofold: First, the miner agreed not to take sovereignty from any of the nullsec empires he invaded; he would merely take their resources. Second, the miner would leverage the power of a superweapon called the "rat bomb". Agent Aiko was the inventor of said superweapon.

Recognizing that some nullsec powers may not agree to his idea, anaCheeya had a way to sweeten the deal: He'd recruit newbies to his corp and train them to take even more resources.

A few days later, anaCheeya's plan still had not come to pass. The miner had returned to highsec. His new priority was to regain control of the null sec nomads corporation. Agent Kalorned's associate was still the CEO. Kalorned was pleased to learn that anaCheeya had recently acquired a 500 million isk windfall, because...

...By sheer coincidence, anaCheeya owed Kalorned 500 million isk. An invoice was prepared.

anaCheeya would need to pay 500 million isk for Kalorned to return control of null sec nomads. Though the miner had been willing to meet all of his demands up to this point, anaCheeya's faith was being sorely tested. The all-important question remained:

Did he have full faith?

To be continued...

The Best Revenge, Part 4

Previously, on MinerBumping... anaCheeya ANARKY revealed his plan to invade the territory of nullsec empires and take their stuff--all under the banner of his newly formed null sec nomads corporation. After Agents of the New Order ganked anaCheeya's Orca in highsec, they offered to help the ambitious miner go to nullsec and realize his dreams.

Our Agents gave the miner his coordinates. If all went well, he would travel deep into the heart of Goon territory and set up shop there. But, of course, one does not simply show up in Imperium space without an invitation. Requirements had to be met.

To ensure that anaCheeya was given a proper introduction, the miner was instructed to hand over his assets to the Agents of the New Order. As for anaCheeya's corp, it would need a new CEO. The miner transferred control to Agent Cruel Sandivich, who had plenty of relevant experience.

As a show of trust, anaCheeya was also encouraged to draw a picture of a dolphin.

Now that he had everything he needed, anaCheeya slowly made his way through nullsec in a pod. As he went, the miner sent updates to the Saviour of Highsec--who so far had not communicated with him in any way.

Though the Saviour was not in direct contact with anaCheeya, the miner and his new friends kept in touch through in-game channels and Discord. Miraculously, anaCheeya made it to his destination unharmed. But no one was there.

anaCheeya hoped to reach out to the Saviour again by EVEmail, but he no longer had 315 isk to pay the spam fee. After a time, our heroes advised anaCheeya to travel even further into Goon space. He would make contact with someone eventually.

Disaster! Someone popped anaCheeya's pod in Delve.

anaCheeya was rattled: The people who killed him should've been his new allies.

The miner couldn't understand why anyone would want to kill him. He was capable of piloting a Rorqual, which meant that he could contribute by taking other people's ore.

One of the attackers explained that he had been acting on pure adrenaline.

Though annoyed and mildly inconvenienced, anaCheeya chose to forgive those who had killed him. Things would get better tomorrow.

As time went on, though, anaCheeya began to feel troubled. He didn't like being without a corp, without a home, and without assets. He wanted to get rich quick. And the only people who could help him achieve his goals were the Agents of the New Order.

To be continued...

Over One Trillion Eight Hundred Eighty Billion in Shares Sold

Important news from Agent Revis Owen:

The Permabanned Heroes of the Code, despite being barred from the game, continue to play an important role in EVE. They inspire us all to greatness. As opposed to the legions of carebears, who log into the client each day but cannot inspire anyone.

Revis' purchase on behalf of the Permabanned Heroes added another 1,315 shares to their tally and produced a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™. We have now reached the 1,880 billion isk mark.

Let us turn to Agent Revis' report. It began when he discovered some unlicensed carebears flying under the flag of Galactic Knights and Squires.

Naturally, Revis reported the illegal conduct to the corp's CEO. It is understood that in highsec, the CEO of each corporation serves at the pleasure of our Agents.

But Santhorn Nellson chose to rebel. His true motive was bot-aspirancy, but he claimed that CCP would go bankrupt and shut down EVE if his miners had to pay 10 million isk for permits.

Revis stuck to his guns. Our Agent knew that a terrible fate awaited Galactic Knights and Squires corp if it refused to comply. In that event, there would be no ambush. Santhorn Nellson would know that it was coming. It would be 100% his own fault.

Yet he chose the Goofus option, dooming his corporation.

Agent Revis sent an alt to apply to join the corp. His application was accepted at once. The corp obviously hungered for more miners to exploit.

A few days before Revis confronted the CEO, his spy had already uncovered evidence of corruption in the corp. Santhorn Nellson had been attempting to impress his newbie miners by invoking the Rooks and Kings alliance, which he had absolutely nothing to do with.

It got worse: The corp had already set up some structures in highsec, apparently for the purpose of illegal mining.

The spy also learned of multiple unlicensed mining vessels. Something had to be done.

After Santhorn Nellson refused Revis' gracious offer of Code-compliance, things moved quickly. All of the corp's ships were confiscated.

...Along with their structures.

Both of the corp wallet divisions were cleaned out, as well.

Hoping to encourage compliance in the future, Revis' alt modified the corp "welcome" message.

...And the corp description. As for Santhorn Nellson, he was forced to resign from the CEO position. After all, he had presided over the loss of more than 7 billion isk. And he lacked a permit.

But old habits die hard. Santhorn created a new corp, Galactic Knight's and Squiers Inc. It seems he hopes to resume his exploitation of highsec. Our Agents will be watching.

The Best Revenge, Part 3

Previously, on MinerBumping... A new threat appeared in highsec: anaCheeya ANARKY, the self-described "kingpin" of crime. But when anaCheeya's Orca was ganked by a large fleet of Catalysts, the kingpin decided he had no choice but to go straight. Mining permit in hand, anaCheeya prepared to set out on a new adventure.

anaCheeya's Orca had contained everything the miner owned. For some reason, he insisted on carrying everything around with him wherever he went.

As we saw previously, anaCheeya compiled some chat logs and sent a message to the Saviour of Highsec, apparently hoping for reimbursement. So far, the answer was silence.

anaCheeya was eager to get his stuff back. Naturally, he went to the New Order for help.

Since the creation of his null sec nomads corporation earlier that day, anaCheeya embraced his new identity--minus the "nullsec" part.

It is time to find out more about these "nomads". For that, we must refer to the corp's description. anaCheeya described himself as the leader of the gang, which, for the moment, consisted exclusively of himself.

But the corp description went on:

Unlike the typical "do everything/nothing" corps that one finds in highsec, anaCheeya had a grand vision for his corp. And it was bold. To begin with, rather than going to the trouble of conquering and defending space, anaCheeya's corp would enjoy the use of everyone else's space.

According to anaCheeya, his corp posed no threat to anyone. He and his group would merely trespass at will and take resources from everyone else.

anaCheeya's nomads would be totally defenseless, juicy targets. However, he discouraged anyone from shooting them. More could be gained through trade.

The economics of anaCheeya's system weren't totally clear, but the nomads would accept fuel for the towers they planned set up on other people's territory.

For now, anaCheeya's dreams were just that--dreams. Agent Aiko Danuja wanted to help the ambitious miner. The first step was to put aside his hopes for reimbursement. The second step: proving his worth as a trader.

Aiko's friend Eva Erdmann participated in a series of trades with anaCheeya. The trading session went poorly, with anaCheeya suffering a net loss. But he gained something, too: Aiko and her friends provided anaCheeya with a seemingly foolproof plan to gain access to nullsec.

The journey would be a dangerous one.

To be continued...