One of the things we preach constantly to people who are new to w-space, is situational awareness. It's very easy to be lulled into a false sense of security out here. No one talking in local, nothing on d-scan for hours on end, it's so quiet at times that it is eerie.
It's during these calm periods, that even those who have been in wormholes a while, are at their most vulnerable, as they begin to relax their guard. They aren't refreshing their d-scan quite as often, or have decided to get up and stretch their legs, or grab a drink.
That is when the smart hunters strike.
Patience is an absolute necessity in wormhole space, whether it's waiting for enough folks to get together to run a sleeper op, or waiting for a hostile fleet to relax their guard enough for you to strike. It's what will make or break an engagement, and is often the difference between life and death out here.
No matter how quiet it has been, or how long you have been spamming your d-scan button, you can never allow yourself to think you're safe, unless you are inside your POS, or logged off. I cannot tell you how many times, I have been scanning in an "empty" system, and when I warp back to the wormhole itself, and run into a hostile covert ops, decloaking us both. Most of the time, we stare at each other for a brief moment, cloak, and go our separate ways.
It's a stark reminder that no matter how empty or quiet it seems, you're never alone in w-space.
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