My First ASTERO… and I Almost Lost It at the Gate 😳 | EVE Online

🚀 First Time Flying an ASTERO — AND I ALMOST LOST IT IMMEDIATELY 😳 | EVE Online Gameplay
So… I finally did it.

After weeks of debating, grinding, saving, and pretending I wasn’t terrified of losing ISK like a complete amateur — I bought my first Astero.

Not just any Astero…
A fully loaded, shiny, high-tech, millions-and-millions-of-ISK Astero.
Modules I’d never bought before. Implants. Skills. The works.

🎯 My goal?
Sneak into low-sec like a shadow, scan down relic sites, and live the explorer dream while everyone else is busy blowing each other up in Faction Warfare.

Sounds simple, right?
Yeah… no. 😅

💀 Reality Hit FAST:

As soon as I began the journey to my FW staging area, every gate felt like a trap.

Hostiles everywhere.
Local chat full of red names.
D-scan screaming at me.
And in the back of my mind:

“If this Astero explodes before I even use it… I may never financially recover from this.”

My palms were sweating.
My heart was pounding.
My mouse hand was shaking like I was orbiting a titan at 500m with a butterknife.

But somehow…
Some way…
By skill, luck, fear, or divine intervention from Bob himself…

💥 I made it through.

If you enjoy:

✔ Close calls
✔ Exploration gameplay
✔ First-time ship nerves
✔ Faction Warfare life
✔ EVE stories that feel way too personal

Then buckle up — because this was a rollercoaster.

🧭 Ship: Astero
💰 Investment: Painful
😬 Survival Rating: Barely
🎥 Experience: Priceless

If you’ve ever risked your first expensive ship and lived to tell the tale — drop a comment below 👇

Did you survive?
Or did you learn the hard way?

Fly sneaky,
Fly dangerous,
And may your relic cans never explode. 💀✨