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Weekly SITREP #1

War Decs: We now have 3 war decs on our hands with the most concerning still being the Exuro Mortis Alliance since they're having the most effect and more than likely have an ulterior motive beyond that which they claim (boredom and fun). They mostly seem to be working the Armarr and Jita areas and although a small contingent made it to KDF, the presence of an ISSN carrier there has kept the area pretty quiet so far.

POS: Has about 14 days fuel in it. Anyone making runs down (even in shuttles) should take a little Liquid Ozone cos that's at the lowest point (10 days). The remainder of the fuel needs hauling in due course. I am liaising with Stins from ISSL to work out the safest way we can all refuel our POS's.

Jump Clones: Cost about 100k in Marginis. I have now stationed a cruiser there and intend to run a few frigs down in the near future. This is a great PvP play ground and will also raise our profile within ISS.

Finances: We at approx 250mill in the corp wallet. The next shipment of Haf will be ready in about a week, and if we sell that it will cover our target for this month. I am prepared, however, to eat into our capital if hauling the haf in empire looks too risky. Meanwhile I'd like to take the corp funds beyond 300mill with a view to saving for our next POS (leading to complex reactions, contracts, T2 production POS chains etc).

Ready2Rock Ships / 5punkfleet: I have built a dozen caldari frigs and the modules to fit them out. These can be used for our PvP 5punkfleet and/or as a trial of 5punk Ships. We can do Rifters, Tristans, Merlins, Kestrels at the mo, though I have only done the fits for the Caldari ships. The aim is to be able to build these for (almost) free so we don't have to care if they get blown to smithereens.

Final note: While this war lasts, limit hauler movement to only what is absolutely essential and us a scout everywhere you go, as you would travelling through 0.0. Even better, use shuttle or frigate alt to pick up essential supplies like BPO's, ammo and skillbooks. Or you can make and train an alt to be a hauler in about an hour or two if you choose the right skills at startup. Well worth holding your main for that time if it means you can get all the stuff you need without losing a badger full of T2 mods.

Keep an eye on the ISS forum, and also the Exuro Mortis kill board. It gives you a good clue as to where the enemy is operating.

Good luck and Fly Safe (and wind up Hehulk at every opportunity )

Weekly Sitrep #2

Hostilities: Chuck Norris Fanclub and Exuro Mortis wars continue, although I have yet to see a war target myself, which means they seem to be mostly sticking to the usual haunts. With the presence of a dread and a carrier in KDF, the rat presence has died down a bit. There's been little activity on our pipe beyond the usual gangs transitting up and down.

POS: Getting very low on some fuels. We need to run down the stuff from Khank pretty soon. If noone else does this before, I'll do a run Monday morning.

Jump Clones: Several of us now have jump clones set up in Marginis at a cost of 100k each. Well worth it IMO.

Finances: Thanks almost solely to Wiggy we now have topped our 300mill target and are actually making a profit! We still have nearly 100mill of haf to shift and sell, plus two full cans of loot (approx 25 - 50 mill and lots of mins). Add the other sundry stuff and we stand to make another 200mill approx by the end of the month. Good work all round

Ready2Rock Ships / 5punkfleet: I have completed the first trial run of caldari frigs and bunged them on escrow locally to see how they get on. Next up I'll be running off a bunch of tacklers (merlins) and taking them down to Marginis I hope. I'm gonna need a hand researching bpo's and such. I have a spreadsheet all set up and ready for it.

Ship Building: Current project is a Prophecy for Bob. He's not had a ship built for him yet, so it's only fair! Any mins appreciated.

Final note: Been fairly quiet on the 5punk front this week. Where is everyone? I wanna go PvP some fucker.

Weekly Sitrep #2

Hostilities: Ups and downs this week. BS.I pulled out of Exuro Mortis (OSNAP) and then revoked. OSNAP have recently revoked too but it's commonly believed they'll re-dec soon. A nine member corp, The Kru, have decced but have not made their presence felt yet. ISSN have been very active, although sporadic, on the Doril pipe. It is assessed that the increased pirate activity on the Providence routes is a direct result of ISSN success in the Curse Region. ISS Marginis policy now states that any pilots in the region should have at least a tackler in station ready to go. This might well work in our favour There is a new security IGB site that all should keep track of (see useful links post).

POS: Despite the best efforts of a few, we're still not much better off and this was exacerbated by the loss of our remaining LO stocks to a ganker this morning. Fea has offlined a couple of large guns to buy us some time, but the situation is CRITICAL. Sadly I am not in a position to haul this stuff right now, due to RL issues. One major point tho: please avoid hauling all the stocks of any one type of fuel. If you do pop, it can leave us critically short. A day or two at a time is fine. I'll post some figures below.

Finances: Not much movement this week, less the 75mill we just spent on a shit load of LO. Not surprising due to the moritorium on empire hauling. We have over 100mill of haf sitting in Khank (on the market just on the off chance) and no doubt more at the POS. Plus, we have been mining some ice to offset the costs of the next fuel load. For those still contributing to the corp fund, thank you and please keep it coming!

Ready2Rock Ships / 5punkfleet: 5punkships is still in the early stages of working out fits and building capacity. I'm trying to get as much commonality across the board as possible to keep it simple. Once I've got everything worked out we can go into production proper. Meanwhile, the BPO's could all use some researching (PL and ME) and another blast at low ends in Khank is needed. In other news, 5punkfleet had it's first confirmed PvP kill against a war target in Rens which as much as anything was a field trial of our tackling set ups.

Ship Building: Current project is a bs for Lee.

Summary of Tasks

1. Sell Off Haf
2. Fuel to POS
3. Top Up Low Ends for 5punkships and a BS
4. Research BPO's
5. ....
6. Profit!

Fuel Requirement for this month (less Khank stocks):

EU = 1500
O2 = 11500
Mech P = 2520
Cool = 3500
Ro = 700
Iso = 166k
LO = 50k*
HW = 30k*

*Approx figures

Total Cost: ~110mill ISK

To fill a 9000m3 cargo hold (about 2 days worth):

EU = 150
O2 = 937
Mech P = 187
Cool = 300
Ro = 50
Iso = 16,863
LO = 5,621
HW = 5,621

Would you like the good news, or the good news?

Good news: I managed to pull off a solo fuel run tonight. Just now in fact. 0428zulu

Good news: We now have more POS fuel breathing space, Helium Isotopes are up to 6 days, 17 hours and Liquid Ozone is up to 4 days 19 hours.

This isn't quite the month reserve we've always aimed for, but it gets us out of the shit for now. I'm away as of Sunday so won't be around till Thursday, another proper fuel run is essential soon and it would be good to be able to online the two big guns again.

I logged on tonight after going out to discover only 1 day 9 hours of LO, so made a break for it. I'm just lucky it was pulled off. I hope noone else has to do this sort of semi-suicidal run again!

All fuel in tower is 9D and up.

In the hanger(s) is (After todays run with Bomber and I hauling, Hehulk scouting) :

521 Coolant
1077Oxygen
371 Enriched Uranium
6571 Heavy Water
41512 Helium Isotopes
30990 Liquid Ozone
124 Strontium Clathrates

Weekly Sitrep #4

INTSUM: Empire wars not effecting our ops at the moment. Targets reported ivo Jita. None seen in Jarizza/Maspah/Rens areas. Doril pipe continues to be camped by CC with bubbles. Threat MEDIUM (you can fly around them ). Prov route regularly patrolled by hostile gang of two pax (inty/af and bs) Threat LOW (Use instas and ss). YMP continues to be camped by Est using a Chimera Carrier. Threat MEDIUM (use instas, WCS and ss) Comment: the YMP camp is predominantly on the KARI route and a ROOK with supporting Fighters can be lured off the G-AOTH gates without diffuculty. ISSN have started using this route more, which is good for us. NFTR

POS: A little luck on my part got us some free fuel and a recent freighter run has topped the POS up to about a week. However, the time has come to buy another month's worth (less LO which we should have plenty of). The biggy being Isotopes - have been trying to mitigate the costs with a little ice mining but it's pretty slow with Mano by herself. This will need to be run down to the POS.

Finances: After our investment in ISS Prov shares, we're a little low on cash. Some very welcome 'leaky roof' donationd coming in - thank you for those, they do make a difference! There is another bunch of Haf to sell off down at the POS. As you are all aware, I'm investigating Simple Reactions for the isk boost they give.

Ready2Rock Ships / 5punkfleet: The market at Marginis is incredible for these and the sooner we get into it the better. I've now effectively handed over to Fea so he will be running things from Khank now.

Fw4ppers: Excellent work from Dres. Recruits coming in and teaching seems good. If anyone is having an 'Empire Day' then please drop in a help groom these guys. They are the future 5punkers and if we can get them as enthusiastic about 5punkorp as we are, then so much the better. Net benefit for the corp, not just people draining us of ships and resources!

Mining Ops: Issue bollocking time. Yet again, the mining op in W9 failed to happen since Mano was the only miner to turn up. Therefore, since noone can be bothered with mining at the POS I propose we sell the intensive refining array and put a Medium Reactor there instead. This will mean even less active involvment at the POS than we already have but it will depend on reliable haulers - whether we do this with ISS freighters or off our own backs, but if we want to make serious money and not dick around as individuals using X-5punkers as a glorified MSN, then we all have to muck in.

Summary of Tasks

No Change

Although selling the refinery would give us an instant cash lift of around 80mill, we do not need to sell it, nor should we.

So long as it is at the POS and offline it does us no fuel level harm but remains an option. As we expand I hope more people become as accostommed to life in 0.0 as some of our members have and feel more comfortable to join mining ops. When we do run ops, we'll need a refinery as hauling ore through 0.0 would be a royal pain in the ass.

I will arrange fuel supplies on Monday but will require assistance to haul it all. I can only shift 4.2km3 in my Crane, so another good hauler would be nice, but scouts are essential.

amblin wrote:I will arrange fuel supplies on Monday but will require assistance to haul it all. I can only shift 4.2km3 in my Crane, so another good hauler would be nice, but scouts are essential.

13K M3 of mammoth reporting for duty , or I can scout

Weekly Sitrep #5

Been a while, so about time for another one methinks.

INTSUM: Empire war with Playboy Inc continues ivo Jita but little to no activity reported; Threat VERY LOW. Doril pipe out of bounds to civilian traffic UFN by ISS Mgmt, since it transpires it is claimed by CC/CDC and they therefore 'legitimately' shoot all traffic through Sendaya/Doril/Utopia. Comment: ISS Mgmt is engaged in talks with CC/CDC to arrange passage and/or a change of standings but this is considered unlikely to happen. YMP/Kari route continues to be the stomping ground for Est but this seldom effects the Assah pipe. Threat LOW/MEDIUM. HED-GP camped by various but predominantly E-R (? TBC). Comment: HED is a claimed system and ISS have no travel rights, however the pipe is ISSN's Main Effort. Threat MEDIUM. S-U and nearby systems currently under threat from VIRII (Chongus et al). See separate post. Threat MEDIUM. Comment: G-5 continues to be our preferred route to empire from the POS. With the return of ISSN from ops in the North things should hopefullly quieten down again around Marginis. NFTR.

POS: Ferrofluid simple reaction is on the go . We have an average of 6 days fuel although Oxygen is very low (3 days). There are stocks in Marginis for another week (but no oxygen). Stocks of sellable goods are building up. Latest plan is to haul it all to Marginis and stick it on the freighter run back to empire. May cost us a lot but it's well worth it considering the effort saved.

Finances: Wallet is down to an all time low of 5 mill (with a loan of 100mill as a buffer). We have in the region of 300mill+ of sellables at the POS, growing daily. 30mill of haf already in khank waiting to be sold off. We need around 150mill to buy the next month of fuel. That'll leave us a minimum of 50 - 100mill profit after expenses - a figure that will increase over time as we settle into a routine. URGENT action required to haul to KDF and find a buyer for the ferro (ask for 7250+ pu, take 7000 pu, absolute minimum of 6500 pu if anyone negotiates). FYI I intend to buy a Bustard for empire hauling so I can safely run stuff up to Jita (good markets and possibly two contracts for Ferro up there).

Fw4ppers: Dres continues to run a fantastic operation and we're fast approaching our first two 'graduates'. As previously mooted, I strongly believe that the battlecruiser should be their passport to 0.0 and hence 5punkorp. Although I feel that pilots should make every effort to help build their first large ship (it encourages them to train for it properly) I also think 5punkorp should do a good proportion of the work in order to encourage them over and also so as to leave the Fw4ppers mineral base for smaller ships for the new recruits. Training for 0.0 can be done by any of us for the Fw4ppers and it is beholden on all of us to continue the training for the new 5punkers.

Mining Ops: Happily I can now give everyone a bit pat on the back, most of all Silver Light for encouraging, cajoling and berrating everyone till we got off our fat asses and did some mining at the POS. Some good ops this week, netting us nearly 12k of megashite and another refinery full waiting to go. Long may it continue.

Summary of Tasks

1. Haul all sellables from POS to Marginis and remaining fuel and dysp back to POS (All)
2. Arrange freighter run to empire (Fea).
3. Consolidate next month of POS fuel in Khank (Friz/Fab). Possible Ice Mining Op?
4. ....
5. Profits!

Current Build Project: Fw4ppers BC's (Brutix and Cyclone).
Current MAIN EFFORT: Ferro contract.

Weekly Sitrep #6

INTSUM: Empire war with Playboy Inc continues, although a number of corps appear to be leaving that alliance. Threat VERY LOW. Routes: Doril pipe no change. Assah/Kari pipe no change. Comment: Be aware that Est have been sighted moving their Nyx around, lately to clear the DS in SU-5. Threat LOW/MEDIUM. HED-GP pipe no change. Comment: With ISSN still away on ops at Cassini Outpost, the patrols along the pipe have ceased apart from the occasional vigilante get together in KDF. Ironically, the lack of ISSN in KDF has kept the place uncharacteristically quiet due to there being noone for the rats to fight, although the rat gangs do move relatively freely around the area at the moment. Threat MEDIUM. Rens-Jita Route now significantly safer due to instas for low sec system. All members to ensure they have a copy (available in Khank). NFTR.

POS: Fuel situation stable. Approx 2 weeks additional stocks available in Marginis. Stocks of sellable goods piling up both at the POS and in Marginis due to lack of freighter runs. NFTR.

Finances: Clawing our way back up with the sale of a load of ferro and haf in Jita. Currently stands at approx 50mill (plus 100mill buffer loan). More than 400 mill in assets to be shipped out and sold. Current watershed target = 300 mill. Overall target = 1 bill.

Fw4ppers: The joint production of bc's was very successful but the steep learning curve continues for some! We must continue to work at promoting the joint nature of the two corps, running missions and mining together. Fw4ppers now starting to take tasks to assist 5punkorp directly (e.g. empire hauling). I will be tasking them increasinly for long distance empire hauls to Jita and so avoiding WT and allowing us to JC there to make the sales.

Mining Ops: There is a requirment for another mass empire system stripping session to build up stocks in Khank for up coming builds. Estimated 3 bc's and 2 bs require building in the near future.

Summary of Tasks

1. Haul Ferrofluid to Oimmo to meet weekly contract.
2. Haul all sellables from POS to Marginis and fuel and dysp back to POS (All)
2. Arrange freighter run to empire (Fea).
3. Consolidate next month of POS fuel in Khank (Friz/Fab). Possible Ice Mining Op?
4. ....
5. Profits!

Current Build Project: -
Current MAIN EFFORT: Freighter Run Marginis -> Empire

Weekly Sitrep #7

INTSUM: Political situation in Providence and Catch deteriorated rapidly during the week culminating in additional war decs on ISS bringing the current total to 5. Most concerning of these are our former anti-pirate allies, CVA, and the perennial thorn in our side, CC. ISS have hired MC to provide protection and run disruption ops during the ISSPO build, the irony being that 0.0 is largely safer than Empire at the moment. ISS Mgmt is working hard to resolve the situation but until then 5punkorp Empire ops remain in lock down and any WT fights against CVA should be in self-defence only (the remainder are fair game). Routes: Doril pipe no change - CC now at war. Assah/Kari pipe: Est who predominantly camp 9UY4-H and G-A0TH have reportedly applied to join D2 Alliance. Our NAP with D2 should therefore put Est on +5 to us - but be wary of them regardless. HED-GP pipe no change. Rens-Jita Route instas nearing completion for both safe and low-sec routes. All movement in empire to be carried out in accordance with 0.0 SOPs.

POS: Fuel situation stable (10 days). No stocks in Marginis. Large stock of Haf and our Ferro output needs to be hauled to empire this week.

POS as at 232000ZApr06 (Units/Days):

EU - 845 / 11d 17h
O2 - 7221 / 15d 20h
MP - 890 / 9d 6h
Clt - 1078 / 7d 11h
Ro - 287 / 11d 23h
Iso - 66882 / 8d 5h
LO - 20714 / 10d 9h
HW - 25043 / 12d 17h

Finances: Profits beginning to role in bit by bit. Current watershed target = 300 mill. Overall target = 1 bill. Thank you all who donated to our leaky roof fund over the last few months, it was much appreciated. Hopefully this contract we've got will mean an end to dipping into our own wallets. But! This is for all our benefit in the long run, so I'd like everyone to take a hand in hauling please.

Fw4ppers: Given the current situation I wouldn't expect any of the Fw4ppers to switch over, although most are ready to do so now. They're best kept in Fw4ppers to assist with empire ops until the status quo is restored. That said, I'd like a consolidated sitrep on each of them from Dres, including skills and competence. They should not be left languishing in Fw4ppers too long when the real stuff is out here with us. We also need to recruit again heavily - this is a job for everyone. Gonna try setting a recruiting target for the week (both 5punkorp and Fw4ppers). So, by next Sunday we should between us have recruited 5 people into Fw4ppers (based on the rule that at least one will stay and be quite good).

Summary of Tasks (Now replaces Thing To Do post)

1. Ferro/Dysp Contracts:

a. Haul Dysp from Marginis to POS (Friz)
b. Haul Ferro from POS to Khank to Oimmo (Friz/Fw4ppers)
c. Haul remaining Haf to Marginis (Friz)

2. POS Fuel: Consolidate a month's worth at Khank. Haul to POS or freighter to Marginis (Fab/Fea/Fw4ppers - fuel exchange was a one off )

3. 5punkships: Move to Marginis or somewhere suitable to sell. BPO's need researching. (Silver/Dog Pants)

4. Recruiting: Recruit at least 5 players into Fw4ppers or 5punkorp.

5. ...

6. Profit

Current Build Project: -
Current MAIN EFFORT: Freighter Run Marginis -> Empire

Midweek Update

1. Got over the CVA thing. CC still mucking about.

2. POS getting very low on fuel. Have bought a month's fuel, Fw4ppers and I hauled it all to Khank. Looking for a freighter run to Marginis but will likely have to haul some coolant, isotopes and LO down ourselves.

3. We have no isk. But we have nearly 1/2 bill stuffs to sell (that means by end of next month we'll be close to 1 bill in the wallet).

4. Good work on the recruiting. Keep it up. (3 maybe 4 of 5 so far). And congrats to Shadow.

5. I've hauled almost all of the ferro from the POS for this week - one more run to do.

6. Can someone else do some hauling? Please?

Well done Friz, and well done all on the recruitment!

I'm having a bit of a quiet Eve week this week, commitments and social life interfering I'm afraid. But I'll be up for hauling Saturday/Sunday and I'll schedule a night next week solely for hauling.

Weekly Sitrep #8

INTSUM: Situation stabilised after deal was struck to build ISSPO in Catch (one jump from original location in 3KB). CC and Insane Decision wars continue. Care should be taken when moving around empire. 5punkorp remains in lockdown UFN. Routes: Doril pipe no change. Assah/Kari pipe: Appears quiet. HED-GP pipe no change.

POS: Fuel situation stable (7+ days). No stocks in Marginis but 28- days in Khank. Usual hauling tasks apply.

POS as at 301800ZApr06 (Units/Days):

EU - 583 / 8d 2h
O2 - 5053 / 11d 1h
MP - 1095 / 11d 9h
Clt - 1596 / 11d 2h
Ro - 266 / 11d 2h
Iso - 65594 / 8d 2h
LO - 18076 / 9d 1h
HW - 15580 / 7d 22h

Finances: Current watershed target = 300 mill. Overall target = 1 bill. We have no major expenditures in the next 4 weeks and so the wallet should grow nicely. We have in the region of 1/2 bill worth of stuff to sell. Forecast is 1.2 bill within 6 weeks.

Fw4ppers: Excellent work on recruiting has gained us an additional 5 members, of which at least 2 look promising.

Summary of Tasks

1. Ferro/Dysp Contracts:

a. Haul Ferro from POS to Khank to Oimmo (Friz/Fw4ppers)
b. Continue to investigate further Dysp contract (Fea/Friz)

2. POS Fuel: Haul to POS or freighter to Marginis (Fab/Fea/Friz)

3. 5punkships: Research BPO's (Silver/Dog Pants)

4. ...

5. Profit

Current Build Project: -
Current MAIN EFFORT: Freighter Run Marginis <-> Empire

Long Term Projects: Carrier, Freighter, Complex Reaction

friznit wrote:2. POS Fuel: Haul to POS or freighter to Marginis (Fab/Fea/Friz)

I've contracted Stins (CEO of ISSL) to use his dreadnought to move 100k M3 of POS fuel to w9 for us. This is not only safer than using a freighter, but he's also looking to establish a buisness from this, so we should be able to get him to do it again in future. Initial cost was 30 mil, but because he's going to drop off at w9 and then pick-up at marge it's going to be slightly more than that (don't know how much yet). Drop off point for the stuff from marge is hoth so can we have a few able bodies there tonight so me and friz don't have to haul it all ourselves.

Weekly Sitrep #9

Missed a couple of weeks out so it's high time this was updated

INTSUM: CC/CDC war climaxed in a showdown at ZXIC-7 last weekend resulting in an overall victory for ISS. We now have a NAP with CC/CDC and travel rights through Doril (although not originally specified they insist on non-combat ships only). IAC left feeling a little sore as their negotiations failed and war with CDC continues. ISS/IAC relations somewhat frosty but no doubt time will heal. All other wars over for the moment. 5punkorp no longer in lockdown. Routes: Doril pipe open to civilian ships only. Assah/Kari pipe: Est started large camps in G-5EN2. Usual precautions apply. HED-GP pipe no change.

POS: W9-DID. Amarr CT: Fuel situation stable (16+ days). No stocks in Marginis/Tycho. Intent is to buy large stocks to cover new POS chain soon. Med Gallente CT: Planned. Sm Gallente CT: Planned. ZXIC-7. Gallente CT: Plan to sell L Amarr and buy L Gallente. Builds, purchase orders and shipment plans will be subject of a separate post. This is currently the Main Effort.

Finances: Capital 'Buffer' target = 300 mill. Overall target = 1 bill within the next 2 to 3 weeks to cover the POS chain. Role out of POS's will be staged to allow for continued cash flow. There is no intent to secure loans (internal or external) although the possibility does exist if we need an inject to get things going.

Fw4ppers: Another succesful graduation - congrats to Mordeth. He intends to move his bc to 0.0 in early June after his skills are completed and he gets back from holiday. Can we confirm that he has access to this forum? Also, a warm welcome to Ki who has come over from the now defunct BS.I A very welcome addition to 5punkorp, Ki is an experienced PvPer and an expert in all things Caldari. For those who are developing in either direction, take heed! On recruiting, Dres is quite busy at the mo and we've not had many real recruiting recently. Can all those in empire, and especially the Fw4ppers, make an effort to cruise the Recruiting channel from time to time. Remember, for every 5 people recruited you might get one good one! So don't be disheartened and keep at it.

Summary of Tasks

1. Contracts:

a. Haul Ferro and Haf to Oimmo (Friz/Dres)
b. Investigate contracts for Ceasarium Cadmide and Phenolic Composites (Friz/Hehulk/Fea)
c. Investigate possible contracts for POS fuel (Iso's, LO, HW)

2. POS Chain: (see POS post to follow)

a. Buy up initial fuel stocks required for POS chain (Friz)
b. Sell Large Amarr CT. Buy up CT's and Modules required.
c. Set it all up!

3. 5punkships: Research BPO's (Dog Pants/Spearmint Man?)

4. ...

5. Profits

Current Build Project: -
Current MAIN EFFORT: POS Chain

Long Term Projects: Carrier, Freighter

Weekly Sitrep #10

INTSUM: CC NAP holds, although CDC are believed to be more untrustworthy (set to yellow by ISS although we're still blue to them - rumour has it they're moving 'North'). Northern Prov, including G-5 and YMP, is overrun with rats, mostly Outbreak and Est. ISSN are being kept busy in ISS Consido. Marginis/Tycho pretty quiet although oddly enough a member of FIX has started hanging about and shooting at haulers. Routes: Doril pipe no change. Assah/Kari pipe: Est/Outbreak camps in G-5EN2 and YMP-L. HED-GP pipe no change.

POS: All POS's in initial build are now complete and have approx 1 week of fuel. Some stocks at POS 3 (Large CT in W9) and a little left in Maspah. Total approx 10 days run time. Next step is to stabilise the fuel for all these POS (2 - 4 weeks) and then erect the final Large Gallente in ZX (which will double our profit for only a small increase in fuel). Should all be done within a month.

Finances: Still above our 'buffer' target. Income to fol this week from the last of the ferro, and the complex reaction will be underway from tonight. This is the crunch time when we need to buy fuel but have nothing to sell so hence the 300mill buffer to cover us if my maths was wrong! Should be able to pay loans back in a couple of weeks.

Fw4ppers: Recruiting and training have taken a bit of a back seat during the POS set up, but now that's it's largely done we should be able to get back to 5punking and Fw4pping as normal. Be aware that we currently have 18 members in 5punkorp. ISS Fees double when we hit 20 so it may be worth looking at the alt membership status when we get there.

Summary of Tasks

1. Contracts:

a. Haul last of Ferro from Khank to Oimmo (Friz/Dres)
b. Investigate contract for Ceasarium Cadmide (Friz/Hehulk/Fea)
c. Investigate possible contracts for POS fuel (Iso's, LO, HW)
d. Confirm ISS buy order for Phenolics at Tycho. (Fea)

2. POS Chain:

a. Buy up stabilisation fuel stocks for POS chain (Friz/Mano)
b. Price up second Large Gallente CT for ZX (Friz).

3. 5punkships: Research BPO's (Mobile Lab Array in the works for W9). This task will likely switch to POS System Defence now (Hehulk/Ki)

4. ...

5. Profits

Current Build Project: Someone after a bs?
Current MAIN EFFORT: Rekindling the 5punky Way

Long Term Projects: Carrier, Freighter

Weekly Sitrep #11

INTSUM: No signifcant developments. More little wars. Business as usual. Routes: No Change.

POS: POS Chain is up and running with one half of the complex reaction going in ZX. Fuel states are stable - all POS's recently refuelled and approx 1 - 3 weeks of fuel in reserve in Tycho. Next move is to get the final large POS set up in ZX to complete the complex reaction. Also need to buy in another month of fuel (or top up current stocks). This will commence shortly.

Finances: Reasonably healthy. We're selling phenolics to Jarizza Syndicate and despite the depressed prices on the Jita market, at least we have a fairly guaranteed cashflow. However, the hit in our profit forecast (we're selling at 500ppu not 720ppu as hoped) means that the second POS is more critical than ever. We'll be keeping a close eye on the Jita market prices though! Sadly this also means that it'll be a while longer before we're in a position to pay back loans.

Fw4ppers: Seems to be a good number of recruits in Fw4ppers at the moment and they seem happy enough. Let us know if any of them look promising enough to groom for 5punkorp soon.

Summary of Tasks

1. Contracts:

a. Be prepared to double CC and Phenolics contract (Friz/Hehulk)
b. Investigate possible contracts for POS fuel with ISSL (Friz)

2. POS Chain:

a. Buy up stabilisation fuel stocks for POS chain (Friz/Mano)
b. Buy up parts for second large tower in ZX (Friz).

3. POS Defence: Finalise and present plan to corp members (Hehulk/Ki)

4. ...

5. Profits

Current Build Project: -
Current MAIN EFFORT: POS 5

Long Term Projects: Carrier, Freighter

Different format this week. I just want everyone to be clear where we stand as far as the POS chain goes.

In short, the price of phenolics as dropped hugely since we started out on this venture. We chose phenolics because they were one of the most profitable 'easy' reactions to make (i.e. Don't use too many rare materials). When we first checked back in March, the price was a steady 850ppu. They're now down to 410ppu which has slashed our profit margin from 1.2 billion a month to a mere 250mill a month.

Let me demonstrate. Here's the last month in Rens:


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And here's the price history in Jita (used as a price index by most people):


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Not very healthy. As I see it we have two options. Option one is to carry on regardless with a limited profit margin and wait for the price to rise again. Option 2 is to switch the POS chain to make Fernite Carbides. Why FC's? Two reasons. The primary reason being that it's very easy to make the switch. FC's use very similar raws to phenolics so we'd not have to move any towers around, just put a different reaction in. We'd need to find a source of Scandium of which there is plenty in Tenerifis. Either we move the small POS down there or we buy it. Second reason is this:


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Speaks for itself. Overall profits on FC's are about 650 mill.

Personally, I'd like to carry on as normal for the moment and get the final POS in ZX up soon as poss. We're nearly there with the parts. Also, we have a secure cashflow from Count Tass for the phenolics which is important.

However, I've PM'd Count about this and mentioned our options. If he's happy to buy Fernite Carbides off us then we should really look at switching over. After all, we can always switch back again if needed.

Meanwhile, ice mining is saving us nearly 200mill on this month's fuel. Keep it up!