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| First, decide to go. You don't have to take anything with you. Take a shuttle or your corvette. You can leave everything behind and start fresh or make the trip on day one with an alt character. You can do this starting with 0 skills and 0 ISK. | First, decide to go. You don't have to take anything with you. Take a shuttle or your corvette. You can leave everything behind and start fresh or make the trip on day one with an alt character. You can do this starting with 0 skills and 0 ISK. | ||
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| ===== Make the trip ===== | ===== Make the trip ===== | ||
| - | === Travel to Yvaeroure == | + | ==== Travel to Yvaeroure |
| Travel to Yvaeroure (0.8). The route does go through low sec from the starter systems and there is a possibility you lose your ship. Keep trying, perhaps using a different route or different time of day if you can't get through a certain system. | Travel to Yvaeroure (0.8). The route does go through low sec from the starter systems and there is a possibility you lose your ship. Keep trying, perhaps using a different route or different time of day if you can't get through a certain system. | ||
| - | === Make one of the stations your home === | + | ==== Make one of the stations your home ==== |
| If you don't set your home station to be in Solitude, you may respawn very far away if your pod dies. | If you don't set your home station to be in Solitude, you may respawn very far away if your pod dies. | ||
| - | === Starting with nothing === | + | ===== Starting with nothing |
| These initial steps assumes you are starting with 0 ISK, 0 skills, and you flew out to Solitude as an alpha clone and have nothing available except the Corvette you get for free at any station. | These initial steps assumes you are starting with 0 ISK, 0 skills, and you flew out to Solitude as an alpha clone and have nothing available except the Corvette you get for free at any station. | ||
| - | === Kill rats for ISK === | + | ==== Kill rats for ISK ==== |
| Start in **Yvaeroure (0.8)** and kill rats in the asteroid belts. You can also attempt Serpentis Hideaway combat anomalies which are plentiful in the region. You may not be able to complete it without docking to repair. Anomalies drop less loot but have many rats for more bounty. Be sure to loot everything you pick up as you will either use it to fit your ship, or reprocess it for rare minerals. | Start in **Yvaeroure (0.8)** and kill rats in the asteroid belts. You can also attempt Serpentis Hideaway combat anomalies which are plentiful in the region. You may not be able to complete it without docking to repair. Anomalies drop less loot but have many rats for more bounty. Be sure to loot everything you pick up as you will either use it to fit your ship, or reprocess it for rare minerals. | ||
| - | === Get Small Hybrid Turret skill === | + | ==== Get Small Hybrid Turret skill ==== |
| Keep ratting until you have earned 39,000 ISK. You may need to kill 13 or more rats for this. | Keep ratting until you have earned 39,000 ISK. You may need to kill 13 or more rats for this. | ||
| Buy **Small Hybrid Turret skill (39,000 ISK)** and train it to level 1. This will allow you to immediately start using the turrets and ammo that drop from rats. | Buy **Small Hybrid Turret skill (39,000 ISK)** and train it to level 1. This will allow you to immediately start using the turrets and ammo that drop from rats. | ||
| - | === Manufacture Iron Charge S === | + | ==== Manufacture Iron Charge S ==== |
| Keep ratting and buy **Iron Charge S Blueprint (20,000 ISK)**. | Keep ratting and buy **Iron Charge S Blueprint (20,000 ISK)**. | ||
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| Manufacture the ammo, and while it's building, keep ratting to earn ISK. If you pick up any turrets, you can immediately fit them and start using your ammo. | Manufacture the ammo, and while it's building, keep ratting to earn ISK. If you pick up any turrets, you can immediately fit them and start using your ammo. | ||
| - | === Train Light Drone Operation === | + | ==== Train Light Drone Operation |
| Keep ratting until you earn another 100,000 ISK and buy Light Drone Operation and train to level 2. This is one of the first skills I would get to level 5 as well. This will allow you to immediately start using a drone when one drops from the rats. Every corvette can fit at least one. Gallente can fly 2 in the Velator. A single drone will help immensely at this level. | Keep ratting until you earn another 100,000 ISK and buy Light Drone Operation and train to level 2. This is one of the first skills I would get to level 5 as well. This will allow you to immediately start using a drone when one drops from the rats. Every corvette can fit at least one. Gallente can fly 2 in the Velator. A single drone will help immensely at this level. | ||
| - | === Manufacture Light Neutron Blaster I === | + | ==== Manufacture Light Neutron Blaster I ==== |
| Earn another 120,000 ISK and buy Light Neutron Blaster I Blueprint. Mine Scordite and Plagioclase and build a few of these. Now you can restock turrets and ammo any time you need. This will be a huge step up from the civilian blaster. | Earn another 120,000 ISK and buy Light Neutron Blaster I Blueprint. Mine Scordite and Plagioclase and build a few of these. Now you can restock turrets and ammo any time you need. This will be a huge step up from the civilian blaster. | ||
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| If you ever lose your corvette, you can build all those modules and fit the high slots and low slots and start ratting in no time. | If you ever lose your corvette, you can build all those modules and fit the high slots and low slots and start ratting in no time. | ||
| - | === Get an Incursus === | + | ==== Get an Incursus |
| The next step is to get into a Gallente Frigate and this is going to be a big leap. A proper Gallente Frigate will be a huge step up. I recommend the Incursus. | The next step is to get into a Gallente Frigate and this is going to be a big leap. A proper Gallente Frigate will be a huge step up. I recommend the Incursus. | ||
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| With an Incursus, you will have no problem doing Serpentis Hideaway or ratting in Oerse (0.6). The Serpentis Hideaways will provide decent ISK at around 30,000 ISK per site in bounties plus loot. | With an Incursus, you will have no problem doing Serpentis Hideaway or ratting in Oerse (0.6). The Serpentis Hideaways will provide decent ISK at around 30,000 ISK per site in bounties plus loot. | ||
| - | === Learn Repair Systems skill === | + | ==== Learn Repair Systems skill ==== |
| So you can use an armor repairer as soon as one drops. | So you can use an armor repairer as soon as one drops. | ||
| - | === Get an armor repairer === | + | ==== Get an armor repairer |
| Repairing the Incursus costs money, so you want to invest in an armor repairer. Buy **Repair Systems Skill (58,500 ISK)** and train it to level 1. Check the market for a Small Armor Repairer I or wait until you loot one from a rat. | Repairing the Incursus costs money, so you want to invest in an armor repairer. Buy **Repair Systems Skill (58,500 ISK)** and train it to level 1. Check the market for a Small Armor Repairer I or wait until you loot one from a rat. | ||
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| With an armor repairer, you don't need to dock up to repair any more. You can just keep doing site after site and use your armor repairer to keep you going. | With an armor repairer, you don't need to dock up to repair any more. You can just keep doing site after site and use your armor repairer to keep you going. | ||
| - | === Manufacture an Incursus === | + | ==== Manufacture an Incursus |
| - | === Finish out your basic combat frigate industry === | + | ==== Finish out your basic combat frigate industry |
| I'd make sure to have all of these blueprints so you can rebuild a combat frigate with a very basic fit. You will lose your ship sooner or later. Many of these modules drop from rats, so the most important blueprint is the frigate hull blueprint. | I'd make sure to have all of these blueprints so you can rebuild a combat frigate with a very basic fit. You will lose your ship sooner or later. Many of these modules drop from rats, so the most important blueprint is the frigate hull blueprint. | ||
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| - | ===================================== | + | ===== Continuing to level up ===== |
| Roadmap after Incursus | Roadmap after Incursus | ||
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| * Combat (anomalies, missions, ratting, escalations) | * Combat (anomalies, missions, ratting, escalations) | ||
| - | === Exploration frigate: Imicus === | + | ==== Exploration frigate: Imicus |
| Next I would get Imicus. This will open up other days. You can mine a little better (larger cargo) and do level 1/2 distribution agents. You can also use it to scan for wormholes that lead to trade hubs, or do data and relic sites. | Next I would get Imicus. This will open up other days. You can mine a little better (larger cargo) and do level 1/2 distribution agents. You can also use it to scan for wormholes that lead to trade hubs, or do data and relic sites. | ||
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| relic analyzer | relic analyzer | ||
| - | === Mining Frigate: Venture === | + | ==== Mining Frigate: Venture |
| Venture Blueprint | Venture Blueprint | ||
| Miner I Blueprint | Miner I Blueprint | ||
| - | === Hauler: Nereus === | + | ==== Hauler: Nereus |
| Jetcan mining, hauling through wormholes to trade hubs, moving stuff between stations | Jetcan mining, hauling through wormholes to trade hubs, moving stuff between stations | ||
| - | == combat destroyer == | + | ==== combat destroyer |
| Level 1 sec | Level 1 sec | ||
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| ratting | ratting | ||
| - | == salvager | + | ==== Combat explorer |
| - | == cruiser == | + | ==== cruiser |
| Null sec ratting, combat anomalies, level 2 sec, abyss anomalies, pvp | Null sec ratting, combat anomalies, level 2 sec, abyss anomalies, pvp | ||
| - | == battlecruiser/ | + | ==== battlecruiser/ |
| - | level 3/level 4 | + | level 3/level 4 missions |
| - | ==== long term ==== | + | ===== long term ===== |
| - | == Noctis == | + | ==== Noctis |
| - | == Exhumers == | + | ==== Exhumers |
| - | == Covert ops frigate exploring == | + | ==== Covert ops frigate exploring |
| - | == T2 industry == | + | ==== T2 industry |
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| - | === Beef up industry and exploration === | + | ===== Beef up industry and exploration |
| Beef up industrial arm: Venture, Miner I, Gallente Industrial. Can usually buy a Venture on market. Otherwise, you need to get to a trade hub and buy a Venture blueprint. For that you'll want to find a wormhole. | Beef up industrial arm: Venture, Miner I, Gallente Industrial. Can usually buy a Venture on market. Otherwise, you need to get to a trade hub and buy a Venture blueprint. For that you'll want to find a wormhole. | ||
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| For salvage, use a destroyer until you get into a Noctis. You can also invest in Mobile Tractor Unit and Salvage Drones to easily grab all loot and salvage from a site or mission. | For salvage, use a destroyer until you get into a Noctis. You can also invest in Mobile Tractor Unit and Salvage Drones to easily grab all loot and salvage from a site or mission. | ||
| - | === T2 industry === | + | ==== T2 industry |
| Make your own blueprint copies. Explore for the datacores to do invention. There are a lot of components needed to produce t2 equipment and what I normally do is wait until I have a wormhole to a trade route and then I buy a ton of t2 components and bring them home. I'll usually save all my datacores to use, and then sell all the salvage from relic sites to earn ISK. | Make your own blueprint copies. Explore for the datacores to do invention. There are a lot of components needed to produce t2 equipment and what I normally do is wait until I have a wormhole to a trade route and then I buy a ton of t2 components and bring them home. I'll usually save all my datacores to use, and then sell all the salvage from relic sites to earn ISK. | ||
| - | + | ===== Branching out ===== | |
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| - | === Next: branch out === | + | |
| other stuff you can do in frigates | other stuff you can do in frigates | ||
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| - Blockade Runner | - Blockade Runner | ||
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| * Battleship activities | * Battleship activities | ||
| + | ====== Alternate explanation ====== | ||
| Phase 0 - Starting with 0 ISK and fitting up a corvette | Phase 0 - Starting with 0 ISK and fitting up a corvette | ||
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| - sell your excess production: frigates, ammo, etc | - sell your excess production: frigates, ammo, etc | ||
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| The next thing I would buy is the Imicus Blueprint. The Imicus is good for exploration, | The next thing I would buy is the Imicus Blueprint. The Imicus is good for exploration, | ||
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| - | === Accomplishment overview === | + | ===== Accomplishment overview |
| * Make the decision to go homestead in Solitude | * Make the decision to go homestead in Solitude | ||
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