Chapter 1 - Tengu pilot wanted

When I purchased my new slave pilot back in July, wormholes seemed like the best darned thing to exploit. Upon research the Tengu turned out to be the best choice out of the four T3s when it came to PvE. Consequently Tengu pilots were actively sought after by everyone else, meaning they fetched exorbitant prices at lower skill point ranges. The general rule of the character bazaar was one billion ISK per five million SP last year. I am assuming things changed after December when CCP removed learning skills and massive inflation struck New Eden.


Due to frantic demand Tengu pilots were the only exception to this generally accepted ISK per SP rule. Most were starter pilots between the 10-20 million SP ranges and could cost 3 to 6 billion ISK per head. Even if there was a pilot that I liked the seller would be asking for too much and more often than not affluent buyers were willing to buyout. My requirements made it even worse because I wanted a pilot with proper name, thus ‘H4XX03’ or such absurd identities were out of the picture. Since I had to probe wormholes my pilot would need scanning skills, too. My budget was only three billion in ISK.


This is when I began my trade hub marathon spamming local with ads. I was met with bemused remarks by pilots who suggested I train one myself. Dax Jr.’s skill plans were set for Gallente/Minmatar leaving no room for Caldari ships, I explained. Convos were opened and mails were exchanged with half a dozen holders. I went as far as searching eveboard.com for characters that I liked and tried reaching them. My budget was raised to four billion. On the ninth day I was finalizing talks with two potential sellers. David Vendetta, who had lower SP, was chosen.


The seller informed me that I was to be his fourth master. He could not tell much about this pilot’s troubled history. I was to keep whatever assets David had sprawled in empire and beyond. The catch was that some were inaccessible owing to the fact that previous owners failed to evacuate goods from player owned outposts. The seller evaded directly answering my question on neural remap; it turned out he had remapped David a week before effectively leaving me stuck with maxed out perception and willpower for 360 days. I petitioned this matter to a GM asking if I could get a new one. The request was understandably turned down. Too tired for a refund, I decided to mold him into something I wanted. Despite having numerous skills at V, he lacked the prerequisites to field a Tengu.


For the next several weeks I dual boxed two pilots in a Domi/Drake and ran missions while taking time off for travels to remote hangars. I was dumbstruck at how many faction modules this guy had. It was enough to buy and fit a decent tech 3 setup. However I still didn't have the skills nor the money for an omni tank needed to solo wormholes. I did the next best thing which turned out to be my second profession; low sec exploration.