Rounding out my 3 industry accounts

 For a while now my industry set up has been the following (in high sec unless specified):

Account 1:

- personal corp CEO, character who does my hauling in a DST or blockade runner, has the most well rounded industry skills

- Mobile Depot builder

- T2 rig building character

Account 2:

- Null builder/hauler, mostly doing T2 rigs 

- Highsec character, now skilled into building T2 haulers

Account 3:

- Spare null builder, underutilised

- T2 rig building character

Which leaves me with 1 spare slot on account 2 and 3. I Build out of a NPC station in Akonoinen in high sec, with a corp office there allowing for easy inventory management. This is 4 jumps from Jita. I like this set up as the logistics are easy, inventory management is easy, and the system cost index hovers around 4%, which is pretty nice for high sec.

In Null I basically only build on on e character, and build primarily with locally sourced salvage to sell on the local market. This keeps the logistics easy, though the revenue probably isn't as high as I could get in Jita. Inventory management between character though is fiddly, having to trade or contract blueprints, materials and output between characters, and trying to remember everything once I haul it to the raitarus in the industry park I use. I don't like this set up, and I may even pull out of this completely (nearly done so several times).

I've reached a point with my existing character training where I can fill those last 2 character slots, particularly as I am increasingly finding I have 5-6Bn ISK sitting in wallets. My first thought was to simply add 2 more characters to high sec and expand what I'm doing linearly, but I think I'll try something different.

EVEGuru have set up a couple of structures in the low sec system of Auner. That is 25 jumps from my current setup in Akonoinen, and the closest trade hub is Hek. This sounds inconvenient, and it is. But they've struck a deal with a courier service to offer hauling contracts to/from Jita for 25mil up to 1.5Bn collateral or 120mil up to 10Bn. This equates to about 1.6% and 1.2% respectively. They are also offering corp offices for 50mil/month, which is similar to the 35mil I pay in high sec.

The plus side is that it offers building in a sotiyo, with the EVEGuru profit margins estimating significantly more profit per hour, though part of that is the inbuilt speed bonuses of the structure. There is also a reactions structure also owned by them, allowing me to utilise more of my characters for potentially profitable reactions. I will also be able to build capitals down the line, which is a personal goal of mine.

The downsides are major, I won't have full control over my logistics (I'm not sure how long a hauling contract will take to complete) and I don't know if someone is going to destroy the structure. They have a contract with a local low sec entity to protect it, but we'll see how long that lasts in practice. Additionally, I'd have to keep a character in Jita to act as a market buyer/seller. I sort of do this with the CEO character now but he also builds his own stuff.

Bottom line, I'm going to create 2 new characters and give it a try, see how I get on. If it allows me to scale faster and boost my profits with reactions and I don't find the logistics too challenging I might move my entire operation there. If it proves incompatible with the way I play then I'll just up and move to high sec.