Public Newcomer Helper Log Thread

[WhiteKnight30303]

Wow... what a first day.

I made my character, bought the ship/id, and immediately got a message:

JunkieSA_Miner: Hi - Is the gold field in Dublin still mineable?
[The_Angels]WhiteKnight: As far as I know, yes.
[The_Angels]WhiteKnight: But I'm not positive.
JunkieSA_Miner: Ok Thanks
[The_Angels]WhiteKnight: No problem

I asked the other Angels and they told me they weren't sure, so I relayed the information to JunkieSA_Miner.

Next, I was contacted about an Outcast shooting other Outcasts in T23.

Templar2: // hi sir
Templar2: // could i ask something?
[The_Angels]WhiteKnight: // Go for it.

I tried contacting the Outcast in question privately, but she only spoke French, so it was... erm... difficult. I decided to fly out to T23 to sort things out.

When I got there, I found a Zoner gunboat, an IMG battlecruiser, and an Outcast Tridente with an LWB affiliation. There was a massive battle going on between like 5 different factions, and I didn't know where to start. First things first:

* The IMG had fired on an Outcast pirate transport without warning and was grouped with an Outcast. I explained that you can't fire without warning, you can't shoot transports in a cap ship, and you can't group with hostiles. I also had him translate to the Outcast for me.

* The Outcast had been shooting other Outcasts. I explained to him that you cannot shoot other members of your own faction (without a really good reason), you can't attack without warning, and he needed to fix his IFF. Unfortunately, he only spoke French, so I got the IMG battlecruiser to translate, as he spoke both French and English.

* I never saw the Zoner gunboat do anything but sit there, so I didn't have much to say to him.

As it turns out, Joe was one of the ships involved in the battle. He later hopped on his admin ship and flew out to sort things out. After all, there's only so much that one Angel can do. Alley also showed up to help translate to Airi. Joe ended up sending Airi to Bastille so she'd have to sort things out on the forum.

Now that everything is taken care of, I'm headed back to Liberty. I still have to map the rest of the systems!

[The_Angels]WhiteKnight

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