Making Mountains of Molehills (7 of 10)

Objectives

Transport 20 x Cap Booster 25 (20.0m³) to a station 1 jump away*.

Mission Type: Courier

*Station will change between different industrial career agents but seems to be a specific station for each agent.

Overview

This is a painfully simple courier mission. All you need to do is take the Cap Booster 25 you gave to your agent in the previous mission, which is returned to you for the purpose of your objectives here, and move the items one jump away to a station designated by your agent.

What the mission seems to try to get across is the need for industrial players to have to actually move their goods from where they’ve been manufactured to another location—like a trade hub or highly trafficked missioning system—where other players are more likely to buy their wares. Where you are selling your items and the local supply and demand all has a big impact on the Isk you can make both through individual unit price and total volume of sales, just like real-world economics.

Something worth mentioning is the Overdrive Injector System I module you receive as a reward for this mission, which is a significantly useful item for players looking to move goods of their own or courier contracts on long autopilot routes. Since the overdrive increases the base velocity of the ship it is installed on, it cuts down the time it takes for your ship to travel to the next gate.

This is because, as you may already know, autopilot works by performing jumps for you, but it cannot warp to 0 to the next gate. Instead, it drops you 15km from your next gate or station, then uses conventional engines to burn the remaining distance to dock or jump range. Used in conjunction with inertia stabilizers or hull mods that decrease warp align time or increase acceleration, significant chunks of time can be cut off long autopilot trips.

Rewards:

• + 0.0633 % corporation standing
• 1 x Overdrive Injector System I
• 29,000 Isk bonus (3 hours)

5,400 Isk Collateral