Here is short recount of my first 72-hour in Colonia.
I left bubble over a month ago on a long journey to Ishum's Reach then settle in Colonia. I heard a lot of things about this area and since Exploration is what I really want to do more, relocating here made sense. I don't do powerplay nor I am into politics. So other than engineering there is really nothing I cannot do here in Colonia, so I was told. Even with some engineers available in Colonia looks like I will be ok to fulfill my needs.
After I got back from Ishum my first task was to find a home base. No I did not want to live in Jaques Station although it would be had been convenient. It just too busy and too populated for my taste. Instead, I wanted to find a place somewhat away but still within comfortable shopping distance. I spent ~4 hours going through on board Map and EDSM database and visited quite a few systems and their stations. Nothing tweaked my interest. I cannot say I was sure what really I was looking for, but I believed I will know when I see it. Other than a peaceful out-of-the-way station I did not really have long wish list. Finally, I stumbled here.......! Could not believe my eyes but I knew without a doubt this is the place I was looking for! Robardin Dock at Carcosa system.
It's a station inside an Asteroid, only 8 Ls from the star. I have been in asteroid stations before, but all of them were in or close to asteroid belt. But this one is a lonely asteroid body orbiting the star. As I flew closer my excitement rose at the sight. It was a great sight.
After station control cleared me to dock I made my way through the mail slot to dock. Was not sure what to expect. It was small. No more than 8-10 docking bays all together. Here is the sight from my cockpit. Cant get any closer to dirt than that.
I was not doing any research on stations before visiting them any of them. I was on a mission to pick a place based on first impression. So naturally I had no clue what this station offered. To my amazement this little station actually sells some good ships. It even sells Anaconda, not hat I will get one any times. And It for all the Alliance ships! Did not expect that at all! Not just ships, it also got quite good assortments of modules as well. So really, I don't need to go shopping at large popular stations. Doing a quick run down of my inventory need, it got 90% of what I need.
Spent couple hours strolling and looks like I will have to spend most of my station time in my quarter and shipyard, which I don't mind at all. The cafeteria, store, lounges area all are somewhat small although not crowded.
Now that task #1 is complete, I need to figure out a way to create stream of cash. Fitted my Krait for some bounty hunting and headed out to find some res sites. To my surprise I could not find any res sites. If I remember right res sites are usually in Extraction based economy systems. But the galaxy map did not show me any. Later going over log in my quarter I found on EDDB that there are indeed 15 Extraction based Systems within 80 Ly. Probably will check them out again sometime.
On my way back to station I answered a distress call where a convoy was being attacked. Since I was ready for battle I gave them a hand. Not sure if the pirate ships in this area are little too strong or my ship needs little more tweaking, it took me little longer to destroy them. But I came away with ~2 mil Cr and lots of Thank You in the process.
Since Bounty Hunting was not easy to come by, decided to check out the Mission board to see what are they pay outs and job. I could not find any combat mission at this Robardin Dock, but I was excited greatly to see the payout for the Transport missions. If I have a ship with ~150 unit of cargo I can easily make few mils within an hour. Going to see if I can refit the Krait to haul some stuff.
I also checked out the Trading commodities and routes, must say there are some nice clean money to be earned.
I also wanted to check out the mining opportunities. Headed out with a DSS to see if I could find some hot spots. Within couple hours I found few hot spots closer to home that I am going to go on some mining sessions. I have never done deep core mining before. Looking forward to giving it a try. Some prices research showed that although they are not as high as bubble, it's not bad given where I am and everything this region has to offer.
Lastly I checked out the Passenger transporting opportunity. Again really glad to see the abundance of it. So money making does not look like will be a problem.
I will finish the log with some final thought on primary goals.
I am glad I decided to come here. From the look of it, I don't think I am missing out a lot from the bubble living. I am still getting used to the density of stars in space. For some reason I am finding it more peaceful out here.
I left bubble over a month ago on a long journey to Ishum's Reach then settle in Colonia. I heard a lot of things about this area and since Exploration is what I really want to do more, relocating here made sense. I don't do powerplay nor I am into politics. So other than engineering there is really nothing I cannot do here in Colonia, so I was told. Even with some engineers available in Colonia looks like I will be ok to fulfill my needs.
After I got back from Ishum my first task was to find a home base. No I did not want to live in Jaques Station although it would be had been convenient. It just too busy and too populated for my taste. Instead, I wanted to find a place somewhat away but still within comfortable shopping distance. I spent ~4 hours going through on board Map and EDSM database and visited quite a few systems and their stations. Nothing tweaked my interest. I cannot say I was sure what really I was looking for, but I believed I will know when I see it. Other than a peaceful out-of-the-way station I did not really have long wish list. Finally, I stumbled here.......! Could not believe my eyes but I knew without a doubt this is the place I was looking for! Robardin Dock at Carcosa system.
It's a station inside an Asteroid, only 8 Ls from the star. I have been in asteroid stations before, but all of them were in or close to asteroid belt. But this one is a lonely asteroid body orbiting the star. As I flew closer my excitement rose at the sight. It was a great sight.
After station control cleared me to dock I made my way through the mail slot to dock. Was not sure what to expect. It was small. No more than 8-10 docking bays all together. Here is the sight from my cockpit. Cant get any closer to dirt than that.
I was not doing any research on stations before visiting them any of them. I was on a mission to pick a place based on first impression. So naturally I had no clue what this station offered. To my amazement this little station actually sells some good ships. It even sells Anaconda, not hat I will get one any times. And It for all the Alliance ships! Did not expect that at all! Not just ships, it also got quite good assortments of modules as well. So really, I don't need to go shopping at large popular stations. Doing a quick run down of my inventory need, it got 90% of what I need.
Spent couple hours strolling and looks like I will have to spend most of my station time in my quarter and shipyard, which I don't mind at all. The cafeteria, store, lounges area all are somewhat small although not crowded.
Now that task #1 is complete, I need to figure out a way to create stream of cash. Fitted my Krait for some bounty hunting and headed out to find some res sites. To my surprise I could not find any res sites. If I remember right res sites are usually in Extraction based economy systems. But the galaxy map did not show me any. Later going over log in my quarter I found on EDDB that there are indeed 15 Extraction based Systems within 80 Ly. Probably will check them out again sometime.
On my way back to station I answered a distress call where a convoy was being attacked. Since I was ready for battle I gave them a hand. Not sure if the pirate ships in this area are little too strong or my ship needs little more tweaking, it took me little longer to destroy them. But I came away with ~2 mil Cr and lots of Thank You in the process.
Since Bounty Hunting was not easy to come by, decided to check out the Mission board to see what are they pay outs and job. I could not find any combat mission at this Robardin Dock, but I was excited greatly to see the payout for the Transport missions. If I have a ship with ~150 unit of cargo I can easily make few mils within an hour. Going to see if I can refit the Krait to haul some stuff.
I also checked out the Trading commodities and routes, must say there are some nice clean money to be earned.
I also wanted to check out the mining opportunities. Headed out with a DSS to see if I could find some hot spots. Within couple hours I found few hot spots closer to home that I am going to go on some mining sessions. I have never done deep core mining before. Looking forward to giving it a try. Some prices research showed that although they are not as high as bubble, it's not bad given where I am and everything this region has to offer.
Lastly I checked out the Passenger transporting opportunity. Again really glad to see the abundance of it. So money making does not look like will be a problem.
I will finish the log with some final thought on primary goals.
- I want to get back into the black again. In my last journey to Ishum I have spent a lot of raw mats on synthesis. I need to refill everything.
- There are few modules I need to engineer so unlocking Colonia engineer is important.
- My cash reserve is currently dwindling. So need to do some work to build 300 mil cash reserve.
- I am debating between DBX and Krait to take on my next journey. Might open another log about it as I weigh in pros/cons and prepare.
I am glad I decided to come here. From the look of it, I don't think I am missing out a lot from the bubble living. I am still getting used to the density of stars in space. For some reason I am finding it more peaceful out here.
Never flew one yet.