So it's been two months since Flamm and I moved from Samurai Salvaging to Catfish Gumbo. The transfer was grueling, the elimination of old assets painful, and the setup of a whole new corp and the prospect of letting people into it has been daunting. Has it all been worth it? Fuck, I dunno. Let's look at the before and after.
At it's height, Stellar Defense Alliance had two towers operating in J115031. A large Minmatar tower under Samurai Salvaging, and a Domination large under Eye Bee Em. There hadn't really been much activity for months, and Eye Bee Em had been slowly leaving the wormhole before the changeover. Samurai Salvaging was pretty much an alt holding corp at this point, except for me. Fitz Vonheise of Eye Bee Em eventually made the decision to tear down his tower, which was part of the catalyst for this large switchover taking place. You can read all about what was involved in the changeover itself in my previous posts, but the gist of it is that before the move, J115031 was basically a graveyard with the occasional sweep of the systems anomalies.
Where are we now, two months since characters moved to CFGB? We're god damned awesome. Flamm has busted his ass scanning and scouting and we've cleared an average of 3 C5's per week. I've pulled in at least 16bn a month since we started running actively, and that doesn't count Flamm's cut, or money that went back into fuel and corp assets. Samurai Salvaging's Minmatar large tower has been replaced with a second Domination large to compliment the one purchased from IBM. A week ago, a third Domination large was added to the mix to run gas reactions. A fourth and fifth tower are on the books for installation by late November, giving us full moon coverage in system, not to mention full control of every step in a T3 build chain (a lot of credit for that goes to Flamm).
Folks have been inquiring as to joining corp. My answer is that a few things are still maturing. We want more folks in. I want people to experience wormhole space. It's cool shit. You learn a lot of really obscure game mechanics and what you pick up is useful. We're mostly looking at more covops/scouts right now. There are opportunities for mining/industry, but they're far more sporadic. We don't do much PvP. We've bullied or bluffed our way through every encounter we've had so far with sheer numbers. That doesn't mean we won't do it in the future, but probably not for a few months. And probably under a different name even then.
I'll try and make more frequent posts, as interesting shit permits, since folks seem to enjoy reading about the diving and challenges~