Travelling to the NSC: Difference between revisions

| valign="top" | The Null-Sec Campus HQ is located in the [https://evemaps.dotlan.net/system/PC9-AY PC9-AY] system, in the Syndicate region. It is 14 jumps from our [[Hi Sec Campus|High-Sec Campus]]. To reach it, one has to travel a few jumps through null-sec space though. The travel can be dangerous or completely safe, depending on many factors.  

This page contains a range of travel advice that new members of the NSC might find useful to travel a bit more safely.

Please do not attempt to move to the campus unless you are already accepted into Eve University, blue to the Ivy League alliance or you understand the risk of losing your ship and your pod to pilots from the Ivy League and/or other threats in the area, as we are a Not Blue Shoot It community. It is highly recommended that you come to the campus with an [[Introduction to the NullSec Campus|Intro to the NSC]] fleet if you find one being run, although everyone is free to travel by themselves if they choose to. The Introduction Fleet will explain in detail, as part of the lesson, how to travel safely in Null-Sec. When in doubt, please ask in NSC Standing Fleet chat, the 'NSC (EVE Uni)' [[EVE University Chat Channels|chat channel]], or in [[Mumble]] for advice or an escort. We will help you get to us.

Due to the dangers of travelling in NullSec, it is '''recommended that new pilots only bring themselves to the NSC''' initially. Without experience, players who try to move their own ships and assets to Syndicate are highly likely to lose them. The NSC offers [[NSC Instant Reshipping|instant reshipping]] contracts for new members to quickly buy a range of ships that fit within the NSC fleet Doctrines. The NSC also offers free [[NSC Sponsored Shipping|Jump Freighter Transport]] to move assets from a number of different stations to Syndicate.

In May 2021, Fleet Interceptors lost their innate passive interdiction nullification. While this change didn't entirely kill the "travelceptor" (A travelceptor is an interceptor fit to achieve a less than 2 second align time, with warp disruption nullification), a new and separate module is now required to be fitted to achieve the same functionality. This new Interdiction Nullifier must be activated when the ship enters warp. The advantages of a Travelceptor over a Shuttle is increased cargo capacity, and significantly more tank (in the case of flying into smart bombs). Travelceptors used to be a near requirement to live in null sec space comfortably, but with the addition of passive interdiction nullification to Shuttles, the uses of Travelceptors are much more limited, now.

In May, 2021, Covert Ops was provided the opportunity to equip interdiction nullifiers. This module allows the Covert Ops ship to ignore bubble mechanics, so long as the new module is active. Covert Ops ships have slightly larger cargo holds than travelceptors, but are unable to achieve a below 2 second align time. This drawback is negligible, however, because the covert ops ship can make use of the covert ops cloaking device, which if used properly makes it impossible to target. The biggest risks to the covert ops ship is smart bombs, or getting bumped and decloaked while aligning. The lower the align time, the more difficult the ship becomes to bump and decloak. This makes the covert ops ships the safest option for transiting in and around NSC, and null sec in general.