Having been out for five months exploring, I took the opportunity of going to Jaques Station,
There were no other Mobius players there when I arrived, just the usual selection of generic NPCs.
I made the most of my visit by selling my exploration data, finally gaining the rank of Elite in the process.
As I'd made a fair number of credits from this I decided to outfit myself a mining ship and give that profession a go.
I wasn't going to mess about with my Asp X so I bought a T-6 (the biggest ship available there).
I'd done a bit if homework so I knew what bits I needed to fit to try mining.
I had a go at some metallic asteroids as a bit of practice and sort of enjoyed it.
I moved on to the RES in the rings of the planet that Jaques orbits, but found a large number of hostile NPCs there, with the usual threats etc.
I wasn't going to be much of a match for them with my two mining lasers as the only weapons on the ship so I tried to get away.
I stood no chance... the first NPC that attacked me (without asking me to drop my cargo) was beaten off by the authorities, but the next one destroyed my ship.
This seems a bit harsh to me, this isn't a HAZ-RES, just an ordinary one. Why have these homicidal NPCs trailed all the way out to Jaques?
Well, that was enough for me. I got the T-6 back on insurance, then stripped and sold it.
So it's me back in my trusty old Asp and back out into the black......