Entry 14: The Azure Chasm

I jumped through the Stargate to Colelie where I warped to the Contested Gallente Azure Chasm beacon the following message flashed up on my HUD.

This deadspace area contains the famous Colelie natural phenomenon, a giant canyon carved into a massive rare type of asteroid which locals refer to as the Azure Stone. Over the last decade it has attracted millions of visitors annually, not only nature lovers interested in the Azure Stone but also those galactic citizens who wish to relax in one of the massive luxury resorts built by Impetus in the tourist quarter.

A few months ago ownership of the Azure Canyon deadspace pocket was formally taken up by the Wiyrkomi Corporation, after they had paid an enormous sum of credits for it in addition to signing a deal with Federation authorities which forces them to share a large portion of their earnings and resources acquired from the region every month. However Wiyrkomi have yet to start constructing their massive power stations, as a large group of Serpentis as well as Gallente protesters have taken up residence within the Azure Canyon and refuse to leave. Federation authorities have so far ignored Wiyrkomi requests for assistance.

I arrived to find another acceleration gate and 3 Fon Frigate's, 2 Fon Cruiser's and Apte Donie. They didn't seem interested in me at all so I moved towards the gate and tried to activate it. Once again the gate would not activate the following message appeared.

This gate is locked! To activate it, you need to have Azure Canyon Tourist Pass in your cargo hold. By all signs it will not be consumed upon use, so the only problem is to locate the thing!

So much for my great exploration. It would seems things are never easy in New Eden. I decided to return to the Skeleton Comet and see what I could find there.