Fear in New Eden

Rocky was born in New Eden to a world he hadn’t experienced before. The player who controls his destinies had no previous “gaming” experience. Rocky found he could pilot a ship and get back to his station without having to use a pod.

When he reached his first asteroid belt he felt like a little fish on a big reef.

When Rocky stopped worrying about attack, he stopped being attacked. He had good reason not to worry by then. His equipment was well equipped and he had learned to use it.

He had also learned a Primary Survival Lesson of Eve:

No one can attack you unless you attack them first.

You do need to react to that bully who rushes at you with his big ship or shoots missiles at an asteroid off to your right. Do not react to this behavior. They want you to “look” at them and hit the “target” button by mistake. They want you to launch a combat drone or scan them.

Any of these acts by you can be used by them as an excuse to attack you. Don’t give them the opportunity!

Rocky once sat and watched a gang of player pirates empty his Jetcan. He didn’t move a muscle until they left. He lost a load of ore, survived the experience, and learned a great deal about who they were and how they operated. It was a lesson well paid for.

As an early miner you will hear the term “Jetcan” being used. You will not find them in the market. You create them when you jettison an item from your cargohold when you are in space. You create them when you jettison ore from your mining ship. Do not create them until you have a way to haul their contents back home in one load.

Learning the Art of Jetcanning is a key to your success as a Lone Miner in Eve. Buy the Anchoring skill and train it. It will help you haul more freight in cargo containers when you are ready to use them. You use cargo containers to haul more ore in your transport ship and you use a Jetcan on an asteroid belt for ore storage before transport.

A Jetcan survives two hours in space. Take an inexpensive module with you to the mining site. Once you are set up to mine, jettison the module. Immediately name its container (Jetcan) and include the time it was created in its name.

Now you can fill your Jetcan and no one can remove anything from it without being labeled a thief. Rocky learned that small module can provide a lot of protection. He watched a thief use this trick on him so he couldn’t get to his own ore. Since including a small personal module in his Jetcans, Rocky has not seen a single ore thief.

Get out there and mine.

Don’t react to the bullies on the asteroid belts near the schools. Those guys love to eat newbie’s who have knee-jerk reactions to their antics. They frequently travel in pairs so don’t fall for their tricks. They have to be pretty slick to get a newbie and not fall from the good graces of Concord.

Don’t worry about the player pirates that prey on miners in low security areas and deep space. You aren’t going there just yet, but when you do, you will be ready and able to do it on your own.

Remember to not get out ahead of yourself. You will need to transport what you Jetcan, or have someone else haul your ore for you. Learn about Jetcans now, but do it later.

Get a friend to sign up for a 14 day Trial Account and you can mine together and help each other out.

Stick around Eve a bit longer and I will be happy to share with you how to do all this with ease and with no fear.

Laters. ET