Bah, curse on you all
I went and started a new trial last night after all. Which means I haven't slept much last night (been at work already for over an hour)
I did the tutorials, and then went exploring a bit the surroundings. Then I scrapped that toon and started from scratch again.
My character (called Swuul) has now followed the tutorial through, done some mining to get cash for Cybernetics I (as Vac said I should get, altough I am not quite sure why
) and spent it all on that book (but had only a short while to spend on training it actually). Now while I am at work Swuul studies Spaceship Command IV (couldn't think of anything else that would last for more than a few hours and that I would be needing at some near future).
I suppose mining is not a too good source of money at this stage, I get about 9k ISK per mining-run. The newbie guide says I'll be getting some new ship, if I just stick with my agent and do all the tasks he gives to me. I wonder if I need to get any skills to use that ship (and wonder what that ship is...). I guess the smartest thing to do for now is to do the quests my agent is providing, and do mining etc later on, when I have access to better ships (or even drones, seen mining drone swarms at the asteroid belts I've been mining at, and they do look mighty effective) and have had time to upgrade my Mining skill?
Any further advice would be appreciated. Below is the current status of my toon:
BASIC INFO
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Name: Swuul
Gender: Male
Race: Caldari
Bloodline: Achura
Balance: 16 597,38 ISK
Intelligence: 13,26
Charisma: 4,08
Perception: 10,20
Memory: 7,14
Willpower: 11,22
SKILLS
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Electronics, 3 Skills, 11 329 Points
: Electronic Warfare II (2) 2 829/512 000 Points
: Electronics III (1) 8 000/256 000 Points
: Electronics Upgrades I (2) 500/512 000 Points
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Engineering, 6 Skills, 113 583 Points
: Energy Systems Operation II (1) 1 415/256 000 Points
: Engineering III (1) 8 000/256 000 Points
: Shield Compensation II (2) 2 829/512 000 Points
: Shield Emission Systems IV (2) 90 510/512 000 Points
: Shield Operation III (1) 8 000/256 000 Points
: Shield Upgrades II (2) 2 829/512 000 Points
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Gunnery, 3 Skills, 12 244 Points
: Gunnery II (1) 1 415/256 000 Points
: Sharpshooter II (2) 2 829/512 000 Points
: Small Hybrid Turret III (1) 8 000/256 000 Points
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Industry, 1 Skill, 250 Points
: Mining I (1) 250/256 000 Points
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Learning, 3 Skills, 47 110 Points
: Iron Will IV (1) 45 255/256 000 Points
: Learning I (1) 440/256 000 Points
: Spatial Awareness II (1) 1 415/256 000 Points
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Missile Launcher Operation, 4 Skills, 523 329 Points
: Defender Missiles II (2) 2 829/512 000 Points
: Missile Bombardment V (2) 512 000/512 000 Points
: Missile Launcher Operation III (1) 8 000/256 000 Points
: Standard Missiles I (2) 500/512 000 Points
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Science, 2 Skills, 8 371 Points
: Cybernetics (none) (3) 371/768 000 Points
: Science III (1) 8 000/256 000 Points
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Spaceship Command, 2 Skills, 99 295 Points
: Caldari Frigate IV (2) 90 510/512 000 Points
: Spaceship Command III (1) 8 785/256 000 Points
: (Currently training to level IV, completes 27.11.2008 22:09:20)
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