just to let you guys know that I did restart Tatiana Starr and quickly bounced out in my hulk to do a spot of minign last night - the new asteroids are pretty!

I'm currently in Lisudeh in the Devoid region and 5 jumps from Rens in the Heimatar region. Rens is a decent base of ops for me, my corp ofice is there, it's close to some passable hi-sec mining areas, and there's a lo-sec area nearby via Amamake.

An alliance sounds good to me - just got to watch out for them damn PVP corps declaring war!

Newbie advice follows:

You'll need maps to plan out where to go - http://www.ombeve.co.uk/

You'll need EVEMon to plan out your characters - http://evemon.battleclinic.com/

and EFT to plan out your ships - http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard...hreadID=548883