FYI: EntropiaTransport.com Weekly Status Update

[narfi]

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EntropiaTransport.com is proud to announce that our Training Period is over.

We have been working hard over the last month or so to build up a crew and some faithful customers and are working on changing the mindset players have about the universe and space.

"Space should be available to everyone regardless of their budget or level of play."

October will be a promotional month for us which means all our current prices used during the Training Period will remain the same.

Rocktropia <-> Calypso flights scheduled with the Mothership MacReady will have a flight departing every 4 hours from either Rocktropia or Calypso. (schedules are posted on our site)

Arkadia <-> Calypso flights scheduled with the Starfinder XXIV will have a flight departing every 4 hours from either Arkadia or Calypso. (schedules are posted on our site)


Scheduled Flights = FREE, anyone is welcome to use our scheduled flights for free, but a donation of 3-5ped is recommended to the Captain of the flight for his/her time and effort helping you out.
If someone has payed for a warp during out scheduled flight your donations will go towards reducing their warp fees.

Warps = 25ped per jump, as many people as want for the one low price rather it is during scheduled flights, VIP, or Hunting.


Pricing starting November 1st will remain mostly the same with just a change in warp costs.

Scheduled Flights = FREE, anyone is welcome to use our scheduled flights for free, but a donation of 3-5ped is recommended to the Captain of the flight for his/her time and effort helping you out.
If someone has payed for a warp during out scheduled flight your donations will go towards reducing their warp fees.

Warps = 30ped per jump, as many people as want for the one low price rather it is during scheduled flights, VIP, or Hunting.

I am very proud of our Crew and how well they have managed to keep our difficult schedule.

During our training period we have had 569 flights and 302 warp flights!

Our Current Goals:

• SI Upgrades for the MacReady - Thanks to Auktuma these have already been applied, just waiting for the next VU (maybe tomorrow?) for them to take affect.
• 100 Paid Warps per week (2 full drives) - We opened up our Arkadia Schedule last week and with the two Schedules combined had over 70 warps, so I project that we will accomplish this easily within the next month.
• Secure contacts with enough hunters to provide the Generic Fuses we will need to sustain this many warps - We are almost there, but are always looking for new sources for Generic Fuses, please contact me (Narfi) or any of our captains if you have any to sell.
• A full month with 0 missed flights - We have 12 scheduled flights a day around the clock so this is a huge undertaking working with all time zones, we are currently still missing 1-2 flights a week, but with new Captains being trained I don't see this being a problem for us at all.
• Adding VIP Hunting Packages to our business model/schedule - We have had a few very happy hunters on trips with us, but we need to work on a strong strategy and pricing plan to accommodate this on a regular basis.
• Become one of the most active Transport Services in the game - I think even with just our training period we have accomplished this and can easily be counted as one of the top 5 most active 'fleets' in the game.
• Remove the negative stereotypes about space and other Planets that Pirates and greifers have fostered and encourage safe and accessible transport to players of any level or budget. - There is nothing we can do about those who want to harass us or others, but we will continue to do our best to keep our schedules and to help all of our customers to the best of our abilities. Space is a fun place, and space does not have to be dangerous if approached properly. This is something that all the Major Mothership owners are striving to accomplish, and in that we are all working together towards a common goal. We each have different approaches and business models, but each of us is helping players and satisfying our customers needs in our own ways.

If anyone needs a ride at any time, Contact us on our website at EntropiaTransport.com or PM one of our Captains in game, we can help you arrange for the cheapest or fastest flight possible depending on your needs and budget.

That is it for this weeks report

Until next week, Good Luck to All and safe travels,

narfi

 

[narfi]

Although Cyrene is not on our Schedule, we still fly there often and can go there anytime on request, just talk to one of our captains or chat with us on our website at EntropiaTransport.com

 

[narfi]

Time flies when your busy, looks like I forgot to update the thread last week.

For the week ending Oct 6th.

143 Flights
90 Warp Flights

All Time Totals,

712 Flights
392 Warp Flights

Was a smooth running week and approached some of our long term goals in terms of weekly numbers.

 

[narfi]

For the week ending Oct 13th,

140 Flights
70 Warp Flights

All Time Totals,

852 Flights
462 Warp Flights


This was a rough week with almost a day down for the buggy VU and issues the day after with Captains loosing connection and not being able to log back in for hours at a time.

Still not too bad considering the issues, and picked up end of the week with new discoveries on the Fringe Planets encouraging travelers to go and get new toys.
(I looted an SR51, a uber SIB BLP tagger in a crib raid on Rocktropia)

narfi

ps. Please remember our promotional period ends Nov 1st, and warps become 30ped per jump. (still 50 for a double jump though)

 

[narfi]

Week ending Oct 20th,

150 Flights
88 Warp Flights

All Time Totals,

1002 Flights
550 Warp Flights

We seem to be settling into a sustainable routine, probably time to start advertizing some, I just need to figure out the best approach to doing that.

About 10 days left on the promotional pricing until we start charging 30 ped per warp jump.

gl all

narfi

 

[narfi]

Week ending Oct 27th,

146 Flights
108 Warp Flights

All Time Totals,

1148 Flights
658 Warp Flights

Starting the 1st we start charging 30ped per jump.
(50ped for a double jump if pick up is required or the ship needs to warp back to stay on schedule for its next flight, That is a 10ped discount for 2 jumps over paying for them separately)

gl and have fun

narfi

 

[narfi]

Week Ending Nov 3rd,

130 Flights
83 Warp Flights

All time totals,

1278 Flights
741 Warp Flights

Fairly uneventful week, switching to full pricing from our promotional pricing doesn't seem to be affecting the traffic on our ships, so that is good.

Pirates are still clamming an imaginary Benefactor behind their harassment, but since I have received reports from crews on both TOS and EFA that they say the same thing when harassing their ships, I will continue to assume they are just trying to cause dissent amongst the owners.

If any Ships need assistance while I am around, please let me know, I will do what I can to help.

narfi

 

[narfi]

Week ending Nov 10th,

156 Flights
109 Warp Flights

All time totals,

1434 Flights
850 Warp Flights (17 warp drives consumed so far)

Busy week, had more people on Rocktropia than I have ever seen before
That makes it hard to gauge how our change to full pricing will affect the volume of customers, but it was certainly the highest volume of flights, warps, and profit yet.

On a down side I had a terrible run on Warp Drives yesterday and lost a few thousand ped of markup :/

On an upside we will be getting a 3rd ship which will be used for VIP Hunting and or any type of Rental/VIP activity requested so as our two primary ships can stay on their routes.

Good luck to all, and have fun

narfi