The Rise of the Space Neocons, Part 4

Previously, on MinerBumping... TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet was recruited to join PwnySquad, a highsec PvE corp led by koiso Phoenix. Lured by the promise of an expertly managed ore buyback program, koiso promoted TheInternet to director and began showering him with free money and ships. TheInternet returned the favor by introducing koiso to some friends from Pandemic Legion.

The PL recruiters agreed to make PwnySquad into a PL feeder corp and give them free space in nullsec. After koiso transferred all of her assets to TheInternet to be shipped out to nullsec, it turned out the whole thing was a scam engineered by CODE. koiso lost everything.

The next day, koiso had a new bio. Apparently she had done some reading on the New Order and its Code. Did koiso also read about TheInternet's past adventures on MinerBumping?

koiso Phoenix > TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet you alive
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > o/ hey man
koiso Phoenix > you in rens
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > havent come back from Jita yet, why?
koiso Phoenix > well make your way back this way ok

As soon as TheInternet got online, koiso wanted to meet with him. He got a bad vibe from koiso; it felt like he was being summoned to the principal's office.

TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > alright on my way
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > uhm did you change my roles in corp
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > i was trying to look up a price of one of my transactions and I couldnt see the corp wallet

koiso hadn't bothered doing a background check on TheInternet during the recruitment process, but now koiso was suspicious. She'd be crazy not to, after having lost all of her assets in the "PL" scam.

koiso Phoenix > no why
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > i can see it now, weird
koiso Phoenix > can you fly a mining barge?
koiso Phoenix > or exhummer

...Or not. It was just another ordinary day in PwnySquad.

koiso Phoenix > can you fly the orca
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > l'm still training for it on this char but I can on my other char
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > I can fly all freigghters though
koiso Phoenix > well give me the orca back then
koiso Phoenix > but that should get you some of your shit back

Out of nowhere, koiso gave TheInternet an Orca, a Bowhead, and two billion isk. After all, TheInternet claimed he'd lost his assets during the PL scam, too. But where did koiso get all the money she was throwing around now?

koiso Phoenix > i would like to start mining again
koiso Phoenix > need to start making ships and stuff so we can get a pos up and running
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > we will need to get another POS bought. ugh
koiso Phoenix > i will be mining
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > kk I think I'm going to head back to Jita and buy a frieghter
koiso Phoenix > dont spend it all in one place... still need to collect pos stuff and BPC

TheInternet was afraid koiso had gotten herself a PLEX addiction. For now, though, he put those fears aside. In the wake of the PL debacle, PwnySquad needed to be rebuilt from scratch.

TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > We can't exactly deploy the POS without a freighter at this point
koiso Phoenix > you back anchor a pos from a frieghter?
koiso Phoenix > has to be hual out in a bualer or orca
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > nah freighter will do it
koiso Phoenix > trust me you cant do it from a freighter
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > we need the freighter for ore buyback too
koiso Phoenix > ok its your money do with it what you will

TheInternet convinced koiso that he needed to buy yet another freighter using PwnySquad funds.

TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > hmm I'm thinking that it might be a good idea to be just a bit closer to Jita
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > Where I originally had set up my buyback in my last corp was a prime location
koiso Phoenix > no i want it out here for a reason
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > why?
koiso Phoenix > safer then jita space thats highly patroled by the CODE ASSHOLES

koiso generally took all of TheInternet's advice, but there were some things koiso felt strongly about now. She'd developed a phobia of New Order Agents. TheInternet could only cringe when hearing the slur against CODEdot's brave Knights.

koiso Phoenix > ok can you buy a months worth of fuel
koiso Phoenix > what about guns and refinarys silos maintance bay meduim ships assimbly
koiso Phoenix > do you have the fund to get all that and fuel ?
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > if you want anything else bought just list the items for me?
koiso Phoenix > just need bpc
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > okay I can cover the fuel, but I'll need ISK for the POS and starbase charters

Since TheInternet had bought himself another freighter instead of POS materials, he needed additional corp funds.

TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > about 400m, the site's estimate might be a bit off
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > I'm talking to a potential recruit btw
koiso Phoenix > ok
koiso Phoenix > im going to bed when you finish buy pos stuffhual it to Osoggur and hold on to it dont put anything in space untill tomarrow ok

Another busy day for koiso came to a close. TheInternet, however, would stay up late to do some recruiting.

Kleptain > wow
Kleptain > what a cool corp
Kleptain > I cant wait to mine all the rockjs
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > Mining is the best way to make income
koiso Phoenix > Kleptain o/
koiso Phoenix > Kurisa Ongrard o/
koiso Phoenix > welcome to the pwnys

When koiso awoke the next morning, she was delighted to see that TheInternet's efforts had paid off. Two new pilots joined the corp. TheInternet was able to vouch for both of these gentlemen, so no background checks or APIs were needed.

Kurisa Ongrard > hi guys
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > did you say you can fly an Orca?
Kurisa Ongrard > Ive been around the block a few times
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > nice we need some help getting the POS anchored tonight
TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet > alright cool I think the Orca is in Rens iirc
koiso Phoenix > yes if you can fly an ocra the corp will provide one for you to use

Even better, the new recruits were able to fly expensive industrial ships! Sadly, they didn't possess any ships of their own. They would need to rely on the corp to provide them.

Kurisa Ongrard > great - I can fly one I just dont have a lot of isk right now
koiso Phoenix > we will also provide iskies for the fitting
Kurisa Ongrard > I can put 30m up on collatoral if you want
koiso Phoenix > lol it no worry if you steal it i'll have another one :) i try to trust ppl
Kurisa Ongrard > haha, cool
koiso Phoenix > this corp is going to need strong leadership and good ppl so everything will work out :P

koiso began transferring ships and isk to the newest members of PwnySquad. And it wouldn't be long before they proved their worth.

To be continued...