TRILLION

Another ordinary day in the highsec saving business...

A purchase of New Order stock, though small, still matters. Every share counts.

Agent PV Rock decided to purchase some shares. At the same time, he had something he wanted to get off his chest. As someone who once made ample use of watch lists for wardec targets, I can sympathize. The change in watch list mechanics has other implications, some of which can actually be useful to content creators. But I also agree with PV Rock's criticism of the way the change took place: CCP Fozzie simply didn't like people watch-listing supercap pilots, and that was that.

At this point, one might ask how big PV Rock's stock purchase was. If you haven't already looked at the Month's Top Supporters list, I mean. And the title of this post was probably a hint.

It was a sizable purchase. PV Rock purchased an additional 142,000 shares. No, that's not a typo. He bought 142 billion isk worth of shares.

This sent us over the 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990, 991, 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999, 1,000, and 1,001 billion isk marks.

'Twas an unprecedented purchase. PV Rock is now the single-largest shareholder of New Order stock. Not even Elite Harvester can boast so many shares. But what you really want to know is, what kind of Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ did PV Rock earn? Let's not get too focused on that. The important part is the commitment that PV Rock showed to our cause. Let's say he earned a Double Unseptuagintuple Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ and move on.

And let's not bury the lead here. With PV Rock's purchase, the New Order has sold over one trillion isk in shares. This is historic. Only a handful of very large, wealthy nullsec entities have ever dreamed of amassing a ship replacement fund of a trillion isk, and all of those relied on taxation.

The New Order? We relied on the Code.

The New Order Treasury has swollen. In keeping with PV Rock's request, gank Taloses are now available for reimbursement requests. They'll be reimbursed at a rate of 130 million isk. As with other ganking vessels, reimbursement is not available if the ship was given to you for free during a fleet action.

Use your best judgment in selecting a gank vessel, though. If a smaller gank ship will do, use it instead. To that end, Brutixes are now available for reimbursement at 75 million isk each. Carebears, time to permit-up.

Where do we go from here? Super Perforator purchased an additional 8,000 shares and sent us over the 1,002, 1,003, 1,004, 1,005, 1,006, 1,007, 1,008, and 1,009 billion isk marks, earning her an Octuple Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™. Under normal circumstances, this would be considered a big purchase; Super Perforator is now the seventh-largest owner of New Order stock. Does the big "T" overshadow it? Not at all. Because now we're on our way to the two trillion mark.

Hex Husky purchased 315 shares and sent us over the 1,010 billion isk mark, earning him a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™. You see? We never stop moving forward.

Still, that trillion hype won't fade easily. One can only imagine the anguish among the Anti-Ganking movement today.

TheInternet TweepsOnline TheInternet purchased 1,000 shares and sent us over the 1,011 billion isk mark, earning a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™ thereby. Another step closer to victory.

In case you want to help put an Anti-Ganker in the mood to celebrate our historic achievement, Fiddly Pop's poster (full size version) might help. Good people of highsec, rejoice!