Well, it's probably easier for me to jump right back in because as I've said before, I DID play awhile ago.
Came back to my character having a Ferox (Battle Cruiser). NICE ship, TONS of available weapons slots, etc. I also have the two top models of Mining Barges (Conveter and Retriever), I just can't fly them yet, but close. Also a Bantam and a well equipped Merlin I use for PvP that I appropriately named "Kamakazi" since I stand little chance in some situations. But they are inexpensive and it's a rush to fly into a situation where I have a 95% death possibility lol.
I had a friend who played for a long time that quit. He gave me all his stuff fairly cheap. So I am stacked in the ship department, as well as starting out with nearly 13 million ISK, and a bunch of gear in various space stations in a bunch of systems. I'm almost at 900,000SP as well.
