Lot 52 and You

So you've just joined (or are thinking about joining up with us), and you have no idea what this entails. Well, let's take a look at what Lot 52 offers its pilots!

### Adventures Throughout New Eden

Our well-curated locations folder contains all the things a starting pilot might need, from a list the major trade hubs and affordable clone bays, to our preferred missioning and ratting locations, warning areas for attacks, and more. Indecisive and easily overwhelmed pilots need not worry. We offer locations, fleets, and adventures in all disciplines, and are committed to an diverse, accessible set of activities!

Pilots are also given an information packet known as our Internal Documents, and a helpful checklist to take a look at!

### An Easygoing Corporate Culture

We strives to be a community-driven LGBTQ+/queer hub for pilots looking to take it easy and play well with others. Our culture is relaxed, driven by escape and individualism. We hope to see Corp members who are excited to join us in our adventures, jump on comms, and help us grow and learn together, while still being able to retain autonomy and not feel pressured to interact or do group activities. New Eden is vast and overwhelming, and the sheer amount of data thrown at pilots at any time is staggering. We seek a space highly oriented to casual and new players, focusing on individual experience over maximum “efficiency.” Many of us use this to escape, but is it really an escape if you don't feel like you're escaping?

Sometimes, it’s nice to just fly around. Sometimes with friends, sometimes alone. All pilots in Lot 52 contribute to a common list of friends, allies, and enemies in space, so you’re bound to know someone anywhere you visit, or at least have an idea if there are friendly folk nearby! We also have all the friendly hookups to more active queer corporations when you are ready to move on!

### Buybacks, Corp Contracts, and Shared Hangars

We have an array of ships at our disposal and a simple ship loan system so all pilots have an opportunity to fly together for common goals. Our team works together on fits to create cohesive groups that satisfy differing experience levels, focusing skills as we need them. Our fits are varied, and our stockpile system ensures the corp can help out its members if in a bind. Lot 52 offers a 90% Jita buyback rate for all pilots too lazy to haul their own sales, shared loot hangars for their goods, and a variety of fits to borrow for different tasks. Testing of your skills? Our team both puts out and accepts contracts for the intrepid pilot interested in making a few million ISK.

### Skill Points and Skill Plans

We do not have skill point requirements, and though individual pilots may have skill plans, we do not require ours to follow a specific plan. We do offer some strong suggestions however!

* We recommend all pilots train the skills known as The Magic 14. These are support skills that help you fly all fits better, and are essential for quality pilots. Our tactics heavily rely on speed and evasion, and pilot training should focus around those support skills first.
* Our fits are oriented toward **Artillery** and **Shield** tanking, and so skills related to those things should be trained up. Many of our fits push our CPU requirements greatly (and at times our capacitors), and so **CPU Management** and **Capacitor Management** skills become very important.
* A large portion of our beginner ships, especially at the start, are **Minmatar Frigates** and **Minmatar Destroyers**, so focusing skills there is essential for pilots looking to get the most out of our early fits.
* **Astrometrics** and **Astrometric Rangefinding** are essential to exploration pilots, and we recommend pilots going out exploring do so with a scan resolution of at least 75. That said, our Lowsec Starseeker fit does NOT give pilots a bonus to their **Archaeology** or **Hacking** virus coherence, so explorers thinking of using that fit are encouraged to train those instead.
* Lot 52 uses drones in a lot of its configurations, including specialized **Gallente and Amarr drones. Light and Medium Drone Operation** should be trained up, especially for pilots operating solo.
* The following is a 30-day Minmatar skill plan, best suited for Alpha pilots. This plan is originally lifted from the Brave Collective, and is highly suitable to our fits. Please adjust accordingly:
	+ Propulsion Jamming II
	+ Warp Drive Operation II
	+ Acceleration Control II
	+ Evasive Maneuvering II
	+ High Speed Maneuvering II
	+ Warp Drive Operation III
	+ Evasive Maneuvering III
	+ Target Painting I
	+ Electronic Warfare II
	+ Electronic Warfare III
	+ Weapon Disruption I
	+ Weapon Disruption II
	+ Mechanics III
	+ High Speed Maneuvering III
	+ Acceleration Control III
	+ Signature Analysis II
	+ Long Range Targeting II
	+ Signature Analysis III
	+ Target Management III
	+ Energy Grid Upgrades II
	+ Hull Upgrades III
	+ Shield Emission Systems I
	+ Shield Emission Systems II
	+ Shield Compensation I
	+ Shield Compensation II
	+ Shield Upgrades III
	+ Mechanics IV
	+ Missile Launcher Operation II
	+ Light Missiles I
	+ Minmatar Destroyer I
	+ Minmatar Destroyer II
	+ Minmatar Destroyer III
	+ Light Missiles II
	+ Light Missiles III
	+ Missile Bombardment I
	+ Missile Bombardment II
	+ Missile Bombardment III
	+ Missile Launcher Operation III
	+ Missile Projection I
	+ Missile Projection II
	+ Rapid Launch I
	+ Rapid Launch II
	+ Rapid Launch III
	+ Target Navigation Prediction I
	+ Target Navigation Prediction II
	+ Repair Systems II
	+ Thermodynamics II
	+ Thermodynamics III
	+ Weapon Upgrades III
	+ Weapon Upgrades IV
	+ Hull Upgrades IV
	+ Motion Prediction III
	+ Surgical Strike II
	+ Trajectory Analysis II
	+ Drones II
	+ Drones III
	+ Light Drone Operation I
	+ Navigation IV
	+ Minmatar Cruiser I
	+ Medium Projectile Turret I
	+ Minmatar Cruiser II
	+ Minmatar Cruiser III
	+ Medium Projectile Turret II
	+ Medium Projectile Turret III
	+ Jury Rigging I
	+ Jury Rigging II
	+ Jury Rigging III
	+ Projectile Weapon Rigging I
	+ Projectile Weapon Rigging II
	+ Electronic Superiority Rigging I
	+ Electronic Superiority Rigging II
	+ Astronautics Rigging I
	+ Astronautics Rigging II
	+ Shield Rigging I
	+ Shield Rigging II

### Where To Go From Here

If you're a complete newcomer, you are probably crying right now. That's OK. We all did.

We suggest you try and get help with orienting yourself around EvE: Online. We have put together a few resources and tips, and hopefully this will help. Then, why not hop into our corp chat or Discord server and say hello?

## See Also

Get Help

Lot 52: Corporate Discourse (Discord)