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==Maintaining a PI Operation in Nullsec== | |||
There are additional considerations and guidelines pilots should heed when conducting PI in dangerous space. | There are additional considerations and guidelines pilots should heed when conducting PI in dangerous space. | ||
===General Tips=== | ===General Tips=== | ||
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* Link [[Killmail|killmails]] in local intel to provide threat intel to other players and support the correct response to the threat. | * Link [[Killmail|killmails]] in local intel to provide threat intel to other players and support the correct response to the threat. | ||
* Maximizing profit or productivity is a quick way for a player new to PI to burn out and disregard it altogether. Start smaller or simpler, and let interest or need drive an expanded operation. | * Maximizing profit or productivity is a quick way for a player new to PI to burn out and disregard it altogether. Start smaller or simpler, and let interest or need drive an expanded operation. | ||
* If a particular activity requires a capsuleer to be in space, then it can probably be conducted while [[Tethering|tethered]] at a friendly [[Upwell_structures|Citadel]]. If a friendly Citadel is unavailable for tethering, then the next safest option is to be cloaked in space. | |||
===On Alts=== | ===On Alts=== | ||
* If conducting PI on an alt character then endeavor for the alt to have positive standings to locals. For NSC members, this means applying for the alt to be on the NSC Pocket Blues list. | * If conducting PI on an alt character then endeavor for the alt to have positive standings to locals. For NSC members, this means applying for the alt to be on the NSC Pocket Blues list. | ||
* If running an operation with multiple alts, stagger each alt's activity to avoid multiple characters sitting idle. For example, one character can collect from a POCO while another is in warp, which is preferred to one idling at a POCO for a few moments. | |||
===Keeping an Epithal Alive=== | |||
The most dangerous activity in PI is moving an Epithal to or from a POCO. | |||
* Shield hardeners are not passive modules. Turn them on, and overheat them if under fire. An Epithal cannot survive for long, but the extra time permits additional threat assessment and potential assistance. | * Shield hardeners are not passive modules. Turn them on, and overheat them if under fire. An Epithal cannot survive for long, but the extra time permits additional threat assessment and potential assistance. | ||
* Before venturing to POCOs to pick up a week's worth of advanced product, confirm via intel channels whether or not there has been any recent activity in the area. | * Before venturing to POCOs to pick up a week's worth of advanced product, confirm via intel channels whether or not there has been any recent activity in the area. | ||
* Materials can be launched to a POCO while mid-warp, in case this is left until the last second. Try not to linger at a POCO for longer than necessary. | |||
* For station > poco > station, this won't be a problem, but chunky epithal can bump the poco if you make more than one stop and the poco is in the alignment path as warp speed is attained | * For station > poco > station, this won't be a problem, but chunky epithal can bump the poco if you make more than one stop and the poco is in the alignment path as warp speed is attained | ||
* Use expedited shipping for intraplanet transportation to gather resources in as few launchpads as possible; then, launching while in space takes fewer steps | * Use expedited shipping for intraplanet transportation to gather resources in as few launchpads as possible; then, launching while in space takes fewer steps | ||
* If running with multiple alts, stagger their activity to avoid multiple epithals sitting idle; one can scoop from poco while another warps, etc. | * If running with multiple alts, stagger their activity to avoid multiple epithals sitting idle; one can scoop from poco while another warps, etc. | ||