The Birth of a Pirate!

In December of 2007 Nupe was born into the world known as Tranquility. There were many tough choices to be made by the fledging and inexperienced pilot on his birth date. He needed to choose a race, a tribe, attributes, a skill focus, appearance and eventually a corporation. However, one choice was quite easy, Nupe's career!

Piracy, the career path of the vile, the hated, the blood thirsty and most importantly, the feared. Nupe knew he had no interest in living a honest life. He knew he never wanted to toil with heavy machinery mining never-ending mounds of asteroids. He knew he did not want to sit in factories inventing ship modules. He knew he did not want to become a mission runner repeating the same mundane task ad nauseum. Nupe did not want to become a pilot who sat in massive fleet battles taking orders from commanders he'd rather rob blind!

Nupe knew he wanted to live life on the run. Taking what he wanted. Attacking and ransoming those who had wealth. Destroying those too stupid or too poor to pay the ransoms. Being a general nuisance. Making his chosen victim miserable. Keeping whatever he accumulated. Taking whatever you accumulated.

So, piracy was Nupe's first choice. Nupe's second choice was his race, Mimmatar. Mimmitar are known for their fast and agile ships. Hence, Mimmatar appeared to be the best race for Nupe since piracy would require the ability to flee concord, sentry fire, anti-pirates and blobs easily. Mimmatar are also a versatile race, hence, their ships can be fitted in various ways which would hopefully keep Nupe's foes guessing. Nupe soon learned of the drawbacks of the Mimmatar race such as lower damage output. Additionally, Mimmatar must train far more skills than other races to be effective. Hence, Nupe realized his ability to effectively engage targets his age and older would be hampered for months and months. Also, Nupe learned that Mimmatar combat required far more finesse and thought than Eve's other races.

Several months have passed since Nupe's arrival to Tranquility and many strides have been made. These strides include, ransoming a number of pilots with his corp. The Dark Side of the Moon, learning to probe, blowing up a number of ships and training his skills to respectable levels. On the other hand Nupe has lost a fair number of ships (Rifters and Ruptures) largely due to inexperience, mistakes and/or inattentiveness. For instance, Nupe on more than one occasion warped to a moon where a pos was located and was promptly blown to bits. On several other occasions, Nupe (a flashy outlaw) jumped into Concord space in a Rifter and was quickly put down by the powers that be. There was another occasion where Nupe, a week old pirate attempted to attack a Hurricane class battlecruiser in a Rifter and was promptly dispatched. And of course, there was the time I put a 1mn MWD instead of a 10mn MWD on my Rupture cruiser which effectively ruined my ability to stay out of a myrmidon's webs and led to another explosive death on my part. While laughable, these experiences have ultimately made me a better player.

This blog will attempt to chronicle and record Nupe's journeys through Tranquility; his triumphs, his defeats and his progress towards becoming a feared pirate.