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Lithium Flower

Last Dinosaur

Speedy Marie

Gold Lion

Four ships in a week. I’m aware that losing ships is all a part of Eve, but how frequently are you supposed to lose them?

The first, “Lithium Flower” lasted almost an hour from inception to destruction and could be essentially discounted as the result of naivety on behalf of the “n00b” player.

The second “Last Dinosaur” was seemingly on a roll, managing to rack up a few mission victories before being dispatched in no uncertain terms in a battle that resulted in the loss of a friend’s, rather more costly, battleship.

The third, “Speedy Marie” was a deviation away from the norm in that it was a different type of ship to the previous two, a faster, more agile version. Sadly, like it says in the opening lyric of the song for which it was named, it only “had a bit part”. A quick half hour before being blasted to dust by the same fiends that claimed the “Lithium Flower”.

The fourth, “Gold Lion”, modelled on the third, but with a new tactic in mind was entirely underwhelming, though it faired a little better than its predecessor. Far from being worth its weight in gold, it came out closer to being worth its weight in lions and indeed it burst in the vacuum of space with just about the same gusto as they would have.

I don’t understand how I’ve managed such dismal performances: Eve’s essentially a multiplayer, 3-d version of “Tyrian” and I was great at that…

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