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Intro to Safe Travelling

Getting to your destination in one piece...

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Class Rules

Please set your microphone to “push-to-talk” or mute (if you have Teacher role on Discord)
Feel free to ask questions in:��
Recording the class is only permitted if all participants are informed about it and have agreed to being recorded.
Stay safe during the class (usually docked-up is preferred).�

Text	Click speech bubble in top right of Discord classroom channel Preface your questions with “Q” e.g.: “Q: What are bookmarks?”
Voice	Whenever there are open comms �(usually at the end of class during Q&A session).

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Class overview

Avoidance and evasion is the key to survival

Tools to anticipate danger and plan your travel route
Triglavian and Edencom gate camps/guns
Ships, skills, and modules to help you move around more safely
Nuances in different security systems
Example Scenarios

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Space in New Eden is dangerous

The dangers of space at a glance

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HiSec	LowSec	NullSec	J-space / Pochven
War mechanics/war targets	PVP	Interdiction Spheres, Mobile Warp Disruption units (aka “Bubbles”)	Limited intel, no local
Hostile NPCs (Empire factions)	Gatecamps (blap fits/smartbombs)	No CONCORD No gate guns	Limited connection to k-space
Suicide gankers		Nowhere to dock up (SovNull)	Cannot jump clone to J-space
The illusion of safety			Easy to get lost

�The most important thing to know is that space is never safe. WTs and gankers can and will kill you in hisec. Lowsec is a hot spot for gatecamps, especially “shortcut” systems and systems near high volumes of player activity, like Uedama (0.5), Ahbazon, Amamake, etc. Nullsec can be dangerous because of Interdiction Spheres and Mobile Warp Disruption Units, which we call bubbles. There’s also no CONCORD, no gate guns, and in SovNull there’s nowhere to dock up. In Jspace, or Wormhole space, and Pochven, there’s limited connection to k-space or known space and limited intel. You also can’t jump clone in there, and you can easily get lost in a wormhole.

If you do get lost in a wormhole, Signal Cartel, the premiere exploration corp in New Eden might be able to help with their through their search and rescue service.

[Drop this link in chat]

https://evescoutrescue.com/home/

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Security Status and Faction Standing

Empire Faction police aggress pilots with low Security Status. You cannot cloak, tether, or dock (if flying a ship) in relevant levels of hisec (see below)

��If your Sec Status hits -5.0 you become an Outlaw and can be hunted freely without CONCORD interfering. Outlaws in a pod can dock and will not be attacked by faction police.

�Faction Navy will attack pilots with a Faction Standing below -5.0 in any hisec system.�Faction Navy (unlike Faction Police) do not point

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Security Status and Faction Standing

Security Status can be restored by:

Running missions
Ratting in asteroid belts
Handing in Security Tags to a CONCORD Bureau station

Security tags can be farmed from rats in LowSec or bought from the Market

Faction Standings can be improved by:

Increasing your Diplomacy skill
Running the SoE / Faction Epic arcs
Running missions for that Factions corps

Consider joining a mission fleet with someone who can pull higher level missions and will share standing rewards with you

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NPC Threats: Triglavians and EDENCOM

Triglavian / EDENCOM forces might shoot at your ship / pod:

Triglavians: Shoot you if you don’t have positive standings
EDENCOM: Shoot you if you have negative standings

Go to Pochven to get positive standings with Trigs and Edencom. https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Getting_positive_Triglavian_and_EDENCOM_standings

Many NPC factions may attack you on gates, but only these two disrupt your warp

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HiSec Gankers / War Targets

Risk: Suicide ganker or War Targets on your in or out gate.

Fast align to enter warp before they can point you (still works in wartime)
Cloak + MWD to enter warp before they point you (still works in wartime)

Cloak + AB also works for the 4 Empire T1 Fast Haulers

Lots of Tank to survive until CONCORD destroys your aggressor(s) (no use in war time)
Fit a Warp Core Stabilizer (maybe)

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Tools to check for danger

http://eve-gatecheck.space
Scout your route, or ask another Unista to help scout.
D-scan combat ships and their general location
Local chat - flashy pilots, neutral spikes
Access Dotlan and zKillboard

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Ships

Shuttles

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<2s align time

Nullified

Weak to smartbombs

Warp 5 AU/s

Limited cargo

T1 Frigates

Can fit for <2s align

> tank than shuttles

Weak to bubbles / smartbombs

T2 Interceptors

Can fit for <2s align

Can fit an interdiction nullifier

Paper tank

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Haulers

T1 Haulers

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T2 Haulers

Freighters

T1 Haulers are really only safe for moving items a short distance, generally within your system from station to station. If you do PI, a T1 Hauler is good for grabbing your stuff from the customs office and bringing it back to the station. You might also want to use a T1 Hauler while mining: jetcan your ore and have your hauling alt pick it up and return to the station. The downside of the T1 Hauler is that they are weak. If you fly a T1 Hauler to a trade hub, you are letting everyone that’s watching know that you are either new to the game or foolish. It is only a matter of time before a ganker or a war target blows your ship and cargo up because they can.

T2 Haulers come in two varieties: Blockade Runners and Deep Space Transports. The Blockade Runner can fit a CovOps cloak which means it can stay cloaked while warping from gate to gate. It is also immune to cargo scanners. The downside is that because potential gankers can’t scan your cargo hold, they assume you must be carrying something valuable and you are now a prime target. The Deep Space Transport has a 50k m³ fleet hangar for transporting ships (assembled or otherwise). It’s primary downside is that the MWD-cloak requires precise timing and making a mistake can cost you a lot of ISK.

The capital sized hauler, referred to as a freighter, is the largest among the haulers. It also slowest to align and slow to warp. They are easy to bump and therefore it is easy for gankers to disrupt a freighter trying to align for warp. Gankers see freighters as loot piñatas and even an empty freighter makes for an expensive killmail. If you do eventually train into freighters on your main or a hauler alt, it is a good idea to have a scouting alt and a webbing alt to help align faster.

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Orcas

DO NOT HAUL WITH YOUR ORCA

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MWD + Cloak Trick

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SO LONG, SUCKERS!

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EVE University Hauling Service

Free for all Unistas
Services:

[HUB] Jita IV - Moon 4 - Caldari Navy Assembly Plant
[HSC] Korsiki - Horizon (to/from high sec only)
[WHC] J105433 - Vicennial Hall

To and from EUni communities
To and from Jita
Other locations upon request and agreed upon terms

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University Buyback Program

Get paid for your loot, ore, ice, and other goodies
No hauling required
Allows the Production Department to source materials locally for ship construction, fuel, and other things EUni needs

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Skills and modules

Evasive Maneuvering
Spaceship Command

Shield Extender II

Inertial Stabilizers II

Warp Core Stabilizer I

Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Low Friction Nozzle Joints II

Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer I

Cloaking

Cloaking Device II

Oversized microwarpdrive

Interdiction Nullifier I

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https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Travel_fits

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“Travel Fit”

Travel fits are best when you already know the route is relatively safe
Easier to pilot, less time aligning, maybe more tank for the enterprising ganker
NEVER rely on a travel fit alone for safety when traveling
One of the least reliable ways to protect yourself

Skills
Fit
Time of day (which corps are active/whose ganking at this time of day)
Location
How much ISK your ship and cargo are worth

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Modules- Warp core stabilizer

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Modules- Interdiction nullifier

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Tactical Bookmarks

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warpin from gate 1

warpin from gate 2

Danger zone

drag bubble

200km off gate tactical bookmark

bubble = warp disruption field

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Avoiding Bubbles

If you have tactical bookmarks

Warp to a bookmark off the gate
If the bookmark is 150km+ and the gate is safe, warp to 0 at the gate
If the bookmark is less than 150km, bounce (warp off) to a planet, anomaly, or other place at range (10km-100km) and warp back to the gate at 0 if it safe.

If you do not have tactical bookmarks

Warp to the sun or other location at range (10km-100km) and then to gate at 0km
Fly a shuttle (inherent nullification)
Fly an interceptor fitted with interdiction nullification

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Gankalysts

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https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Suicide_ganking#DPS_Calculations

Total Damage Dealt before CONCORD	0.5 Security	1.0 Security	Loss (isk)
1 Catalyst (T2 fit)	16,092	8,344	17 mill
5 Catalyst (T2 fit)	80,460	41,720	85 mill
10 Catalyst (T2 fit)	160,920	83,440	170 mill

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Evasive maneuvers - smartbombers

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Scenario

Options

You jump through a gate and there is a Gnosis sitting at the gate, maybe flashing yellow, or maybe not.

Don’t panic, take a breath. You have gate cloak, time to evaluate options.

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Evasive maneuvers - gate camp

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Scenario

Options

You jump a gate and there is a gate camp sitting all around you, maybe flashing yellow, or maybe not. Maybe they’re just passing by.

Don’t panic, take a breath. You have gate cloak, time to evaluate options.

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Evasive maneuvers - out gate bubble

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Scenario

Options

You warp towards a gate and there is a bubble there.

Don’t panic, take a breath. Time to evaluate options.

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Evasive maneuvers - in gate bubble

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Scenario

Options

You jump through a gate and there is a bubble between you and the next gate.

Don’t panic, take a breath. Time to evaluate options.

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Other classes that will help

Intro to D-scan (CORE Class)

Intro to Fitting (CORE Class)

Intro to Bookmarks (CORE Class)

Intro to Exploration (CORE Class)

Intro to Wormhole Mechanics

Intro to EWAR

How Not to Die in a JF

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Q&A

Please leave feedback via the Class Feedback Form linked in chat!

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