In a galaxy far far away a backwater Alpha clone got logged back in.
I'm usually good with what characters have, what, where and why...... Most are setup for PvE activities, with ships from their faction/race(because CCP may reverse their cross faction decisions on Alpha's). Along with some SoCT ships(Sunesis and Gnosis etc). So a Caldari alt will mission (level 3) in a Drake etc....
So many Alpha alts across many systems in many factions. But this Alpha, is far from my usual ways. I think that's the real question. What was I thinking!? Quick answer is I've no idea.
As an alt I've not seen in a long time I was surprised at him a Minmatar sitting in a Caldari Caracal. A caracal, some loose ammo and a bunch of filaments. I don't even remember doing Abyssals on this alt but his market transactions list the sale of items only obtainable from them.
His solo abyssal running cruiser. Not a great fit, not a speed running machine but one that 'would do' for an Alpha. Balances out capacitor while needing to be mindful if not always keeping an eye on it while using either or both shield booster and micro-warp drive. I'm not sure if this ship has payed for itself but I doubt I'll be running them after this.
A forgotten alt in a corner of the universe. After some assessment it looked like his setup was pretty much a shambles, a mish-mash of odds and ends spread across a number of systems. Not like me to have left an alt in that kind of state. Yea the ships he has 'do the job'; An Alpha is for all seasons. A true faff about centralist for sure. Jack of limited trades, master of none by a long shot. That is unless your in need of a more disposable alt(Cyno, scout, PvP).
Anyway, this Alpha was still in a large corp which is now part of a large alliance. Some news to catch up on in in-game mails. Lots of activities to join in on and only 1 of 8 dealing with PvP, nice to see.
The largest ship in the hanger, a half fitted Gnosis suggests the plan was for joining in on corp activities. For now it maybe good for finally grinding some standings to be able to do Level 3's(two factions seem to be close to that). I'm very much a pre planner even if the Character never does the activity...... Hmmmmmm
As the filaments were there I did a few 'electrical' abyssal's.
It wasn't a quick way to run them but he Caracal was effective enough. No T2 drones as even the T1 versions were being damaged/killed easily. Wouldn't be cost effective. I'm sure I'd have had that thought process whenever I did this originally. I really don't remember. Maybe during the summer I wanted to see if I could run Abyssals with a basic Alpha rather than on an Omega with friends...
Leaving this alt as a solo cruiser abyssal runner may be best. I'll contract his other assets and redistribute.
On a side note; Given the furor over Trig and Edencom standings in the 'war'/'invasion' it's odd that hopping into abyssal deadspace and killing them doesn't lower your standings with Trigs. Suppose it depends on the type of Triglavians you come up against.... 'Real' NPC or Deadspace NPC. Then again best no to over think it. Although I read somewhere that might be changing soon.... CCP always changes things they really can't anticipate their own games cause and effect.
It's been an Alpha shuffle kind of gameplay week. Other than that the mystery Alpha I've hopped back to other alts and switched about their assets. Selling off a lot that they just don't use/need. Condensing what they have and making some adjustments to fits etc; Asset management simulator as an Alpha goes on...
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