Archive:Low Sec Apprenticeship Group: Difference between revisions

[[Category:University History]]

In mid 2007, a pvp-oriented player named Bootmanj was back in the Uni with the intention of teaching more "real eve" pvp. He started organizing more fight clubs and events, but at some point he realized that wasn't enough to keep him entertained. So he asked Sabre A (a director at the time) about creating a more or less permanent class in low sec that taught players how to survive there. Rumor says that Sabre said "yeah go for it" without thinking about it twice or consulting with other directors. From there, Bootmanj made a short statement on the forums about an apprenticeship program requiring a minimum amount of SP and equipment and asking people to sign up. Soon, he had about 10 people interested (myself included) and lining up for interview.

Bootmanj had scouted a place (and this is not just an expression) in the back of the universe that was 16 jumps deep into low sec and about 40 jumps from the Uni's HQ in Korsiki. Anohel, in the Aridia region, was the system chosen as the first LSA base. Bootmanj already had established links with some locals, and he expected us to start moving in asap. At that point I was already handling the "administrative crap" as Bootmanj called it, because he was heavily annoyed by it (he was as good handling people as an elephant typing on a keyboard). We started the journey, each on their own and what a journey it was that first time... let's just say that the group of pirates that first invented the "smartbombing bs in low sec" concept lived in the Zinkon > Nema pipe that we used.

At some point more and more directorship involvement occurred. Around this time, the "Enlightenment Project" was opened for a few select people, which coincided with the opening of the Providence region by the CVA holders for Uni people. The idea was to let some "advanced" LSAers into this more experimental program but this was handled very cautiously because of past 0.0 experiences and the neutrality requirements. The Uni was so cautious about it that we weren't even allowed to get into the neighbouring Fountain region for fear of angering the BoB's pet holder at the time (Exuro Mortis I think it was). Enlightenment was also closed because diverting even more human resources in 2 special projects was too much to handle.

The directors were getting more and more involved and so they decided that the LSA needed to be closer to the Uni. So they choose to move us from one side of the universe... to Molden Heat, the OTHER end of the universe. There, Silentbrick and Acacia joined us and it became an even more "official" program. MH had its own set of problems and rewards. The pirate activity was much higher there, with Beyond Divinity and Veritas Inmortalis being a strong force in the region. There was also a strong anti-pirate presence in the form of Foundation alliance and the RP group Electus Matari, so there was plenty of pvp. The system chosen was Sakulda and it was only 4 jumps deep into low sec, and like 30 from HQ unless you took the forbidden 0.0 short bus.