"But the keys were in the ignition!" Orca Theft pt. 1

Last night, after months of planning, scheming, and alt-training, I managed to scan down and steal an unpiloted Orca floating in a mission space in Auvergne. Let me just say that again:

I STOLE AN ORCA.

The Story:

I was about to turn in with my alt for the night, when I decided to do go out orca-scanning one last time (something I’ve been doing on a regular basis since my alt finished training Industrial Command Ships and a bunch of scanning skills). I found myself cloaked in a belt in Auvergne, probes out, when *bing!* a yellow hit on my map overview for a 66% hit on an industrial command ship. WUT! I quickly repositioned my probes, hit scan again and BAM, 100% hit! I immediately warped to it, although in my head I assumed I’d land next to a belt-mining piloted orca with a bunch of hulks around it (bears and their pack-herd ways…). Instead, I came out of warp right next to a mission gate. My heart started pounding; “a mission-mining orca?”. I activated the gate and jumped through, poised to cloak up as soon as I dropped warp. “Interference from industrial command ship is preventing you from cloaking at this time”. Damnit! I’d landed right on top of the guy, plus there were no other ships or pods present, so I assumed the orca was piloted and was probably on full red alert now that I’d jumped into a mission right on top of him. I left-clicked on the ship to check pilot info and all that, when I saw the fully lit “board ship” button. Holy. Shit. One click later, I’m sitting in my brand new orca and heading to dock at the nearest station.

Now, that’s a pretty cool story right there if I do say so myself. A free Orca? Awesome!

OH BUT WAIT…it gets better…

• The Orca was rigged. And what I originally thought were just 3 large cargohold optimization rigs upon closer inspection turned out to be just one regular t1 rig and two of the tech 2 variety. Ka-ching!
• In the ships maintenance bay, there was a Myrm (curiously named “Myrmale”?), a Gallente Navy Comet, a Tristan, and two ubiquitous Gallente shuttles (one of which was named “Taxi! Taxi!!”  …wut???).
• It was full to the gills with fittings, drones, and VERY tasty faction loot.

The Loot:

Specfically, the Faction Loot:

The Breakdown:
(all prices Dodixie market as of 10/14/09)

Orca:
1x Orca = 385 mil
– 2x Large Cargohold Optimization II Rigs – @ 359 mil each = 718 mil
– 1x Large Cargohold Optimization I Rig = 35 mil
– 1x ‘Copasetic’ I Partical Field Acceleration = 25 mil
– 1x Survey Scanner II = 1.4 mil
– 1x 100mn afterburner II = 4.2 mil
– 2x Expanded Cargohold II – @ 715k each = 1.5 mil
– 1x Small Tractor Beam = 890k
– 1x Shield Recharger II = 220k
– 2x Salvager II – @ 1 mil each = 2 mil

Total for Orca = 1,173,210,000 isk

Cargo Loot:
– 6,000x Federation Navy Antimatter Charge L – @ 980.00 each = 5,880,0000
– 5,000x Federation Navy Lead Charge L – @ 1,440 each = 7,700,000
– 4x Jaspet Mining Crystal II – @ 170k each = 680k
– 4x Kernite MIning Crystal II – @ 356k each = 1.4 mil
– 4x Scordite Mining Crystal II – @ 120k each = 480k
– 7x Plagioclase Mining Crystal II – @ 340k each = 2.4 mil
– 7x Pyroxeres Mining Crystal II – @ 108k each = 756k
– 1x Omber Mining Crystal II = 200k
– 6x Strip Miner 1 – @ 1.7 mil each = 10.2 mil
– 1x 100mn Afterburner II = 3.8 mil
– 1x Quad LiF Fueled I Booster Rockets = 4.1 mil
– 2x Large Armor Repairer II – @ 860k each = 1.7 mil
– 3x Large Hull Repairer II – @ 3 mil each = 9 mil
– 3x Medium Armor Repairer II – @ 836k each = 2.5 mil
– 1x Medium Hull Repairer II = 2.8 mil
– 2x Armor Kinetic Hardener II – @ 2.1 mil each = 4.2 mil
– 3x Armor Thermic Hardener II – @ 2.2 mil each = 6.6 mil
– 1x X-Large Shield Booster 1 = 243k
– 1x F-90 Positional Sensor Subroutines = 2 mil
– 2x Beta Reactor Control: Capacitor Power Relay I – @ 2.3 mil each = 4.6 mil
– 1x Capacitor Power Relay II = 739k
– 4x Cap Recharger II – @ 678k each = 2.7 mil
– 3x 425mm Railgun II – @ 2 mil each = 6 mil
– 1x Salvager II = 1mil
– 1x Mining Foreman Link – Mining Laser Field Enhancement = 440k
– 1x Mining Foreman Link – Laser Optimization = 440k
– 6x Drone Link Augmentor I – @ 200k each = 1.2 mil
– 2x Drone Navigation Computer I – @ 180k each = 360k
– 2x Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron – @ 5.8 mil each = 11.6 mil
– 1x Small Tractor Beam = 890k
– 2x Expanded Cargohold II – @ 713k each = 1.4 mil

Total Cargo: 98,008,000 isk

Drones:
– 11x Berserker II – @ 395k each = 4.3 mil
– 17x Warrior II – @ 333k each = 5.7 mil
– 15x Berserker SW-900 – @ 97k each = 1.5 mil
– 6x Hammerhead II – @ 543k each = 3.3 mil
– 14x Hobgoblin II – @ 343k each = 4.8 mil
– 5x Garde II – @ 979k each = 5 mil
– 6x Ogre II – @ 700k each = 4.2 mil
– 6x Infiltrator II – @ 300k each = 1.8 mil
– 4x Wasp II – @ 200k each = 800k
– 5x Warden II – @ 1.1 mil each = 5.5 mil
– 30x Medium Armor Maintenance Bot I – @ 23k each = 690k

Total Drones: 37,590,000 isk

Faction Loot:
– 1x Gallente Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer = 65 mil
– 1x Gallente Navy Armor EM Hardener = 30 mil
– 1x Gallente Navy Armor Explosive Hardener = 30 mil
– 1x Gallente Navy Armor Thermic Hardener = 30 mil
– 1x Amarr Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane = 44 mil
– 1x Amarr Navy Large Armor Repairer = 130 mil
– 1x Centus X-Type Armor EM Hardener = 270 mil
– 1x Centus X-Type Armor Explosive Hardener = 500 mil
– 1x Shadow Serpentis Adaptive Nano Plating = 2 mil
– 1x Shadow Serpentis Armor Explosive Hardner = 14 mil

Total Faction Loot = 1,115,000,000 isk

Ships:
– 1x Tristan = 223k
– 1x Gallente Navy Comet = 30 mil
– 1x Myrmidon = 29 mil
– 2x Large Core Defense Field Purger I Rig – @ 8.2 mil each = 16.4 mil
– 1x Large Capacitor Control Circuit I Rig = 9.2 mil
– 3x 250mm Prototype I Gauss Gun – @ 1.6 mil each = 4.8 mil
– 1x Small Tractor Beam I = 879k
– 1x Salvager II = 1 mil
– 1x Drone Link Augmentor I = 200k
– 4x Shield Recharger II – @ 220k each = 880k
– 1x Large Shield Extender II = 1.7 mil
– 1x Medium Armor Repairer II = 836k
– 5x Shield Power Relay II – @ 842k each = 4.2 mil
– 5x Wasp II – @ 200k each = 1 mil
– 5x Hobgoblin II – @ 343k each = 1.7 mil
Total Myrm = 71,795,000
– 2x Gallente Shuttles – @ 10k each = 20k

Total Ships = 102,038,000 isk

Loot Net Worth: 2,525,846,000 isk

Yes, you read that correctly: 2.5 billion isk. Needless to say, I am one happy ninja right now. I’m also not done with this yet. I am in talks with the original owner to attempt to ransom the ship (minus the loot) back to him, so stay tuned. And rest assured, carebear tears will absolutely still fuel my ship, its just that that ship will now be solid gold.

o7

-$$Aiden$$

EDIT: Realizing that I’d never seen if the myrm was fitted, I did just that. Rigged, fitted, and drone-heavy :). Adjustment of an extra 42,795,00 isk to total haul has been made.

~ by Aiden Mourn on October 15, 2009.