I am curious about Exordium, the new region that has been opened up for exploration. The Empire has already claimed its share of systems there. AIR plans to use the whole region for its training programs for new capsuleers - and the Concord powers did not object to this, given the relatively low strategic and mining value of the region.
There are various stations there already, among them an Emperor Family Bureau station in Adaz and also Hedion University opened a branch, in Mazor. Since a few days they are open for business, and I think it is a good place for various corporations of our alliance to open offices.
Any LUMEN main office should also have a library annex, with books of interest to new capsuleers. Textbooks on Amarr cruisers, battlecruisers, battleships. Handbooks on energy turrets of all sizes. Reference works on boosting armor resistances. Everything for new capsuleers to learn about the most capable ships in the cluster, and avoid weapon systems not based on light (Khanid missile systems are fine too).
And because it should not all be about spaceship skills, also a bunch of Pax Amarrias.
So, I decided to indulge my curiosity and do something useful at the same time: deliver books to Exordium's Amarr space. I went up to Yulai first, since the only gate to the entire Exordium region is located there. I was joined by Urad Gula, in a confessor-class destroyer - he had already been to Exordium, and very kindly provided an armed escort to keep the book shipment safe.
On the way from Girani-Fa to Yulai, I noticed something interesting in Kemerk: another new construction site. One completely similar to the one in Mehatoor that I wrote about in yesterday's log! I can understand reinforcements in Mehatoor, given the escalating war, but Kemerk?
-to be continued-