BREAKING NEWS - The Interstellar Correspondents have received initial reports indicating that the Foundati0n [FDN] alliance is in the process of being disbanded by Lord Maldoror. It is reported that Lord Maldoror is unhappy with the current state of the alliance and is actively terminating the memberships of [FDN] corporations. As many as twenty of [FDN]'s twenty-six corporations have already been removed today. According to an internal source, Director Norsey attempted to prevent the disbanding by [...]
9CG6-H, Querious - A hotdrop in the Querious system of 9CG6-H by GoonSwarm, Pandemic Legion, KIA and Northern Coalition forces against a KenZoku dreadnought fleet led to heavy capital losses on 04.04.111. The dreadnought fleet of KenZoku and their allies was in 9CG6-H kiting and reinforcing control towers belonging to GoonSwarm and their allies. "Kiting" is the process whereby a control tower is reduced to less than half its shield, so its strontium fuel levels for reinforced mode cannot be adjusted, [...]
Gallente capsuleer Anderson became the proud owner of an Aeon class mothership last Wednesday thanks to an Otherworld Enterprises [OTHER] lottery. While similar raffles have been held by others in the past, few have offered such an advanced and expensive piece of military hardware. The contest marks Otherworld Enterprises' first foray into the lottery format, but even they were surprised when tickets sold out in under 36 hours. The largest block purchases of tickets were made by the winner Anderson [...]
A former Reikoku [RKK] pilot has claimed that Reikoku are not disbanding but are transferring to a new name and ticker, Reikoku Reloaded [RKZ.R]. Rumours began at the end of last month when Menta Fox of PuPPet MasTers asked on the Corporation, Alliance and Organization Discussion board of GalNet what was happening with the sudden drop in Reikoku's staffing list. Membership has dropped from over 600 to 220 in a matter of days. SFShootme's initial response was that RKK members could wind up in a new [...]
New Eden, Uncharted Space - Despite the short time since Seyllin I's tragic demise and the CONCORD ban, capsuleers have been rushing through the newly discovered spatial anomalies. On the other side of the Wormholes, some pilots have returned with riches but many more have become lost, left to the mercies of the considerable perils that the uncharted space holds. However, among those stranded pilots some have joined forces, improving their chances of survival. Tarminic, a member of Aliastra, found [...]
The Ordo Magna alliance has announced that they will host a small and informal open tournament on April 4th. Promoted as 'The Templar Tournament', the occasion has previously been reserved for alliance members only. The Ordo Magna is an alliance formed from the Ordo Quaesitoris - a relatively old and secretive corporation that proclaimed loyalty to the Amarr Empire - and its sister corporations, Ordo Ars Scientia and Ordo Nigrorum Susurri. Previously, the tournament was run as a purely internal event, [...]
Uncharted Space - Myon Decay became the latest corporation to fall victim to corporate espionage this week, as Director of Security, Shaddhix, used his access to empty corporate coffers and steal a tower from a wormhole location. Corporation CEO Rakadar believes the loss is valued in excess of 1 billion ISK. According to the mastermind behind the theft, Shaddhix, "...a plan started to formulate in my mind, a way to repay the kindness and loyalties shown to me by the greatest corporation I've ever [...]
New Caldari - The State Protectorate aired a public statement in response to the recent Gallente Federation campaign known as Justice's Reach. The campaign, announced yesterday at a Federation Navy press conference, was called in response to evidence supporting the theft last month of Gallente military equipment in transit in the Castlemon system. In their statement, the State Protectorate reveal the Gallente's target systems as Raihbaka and Martoh, citing a source within the Federal Defense Union. [...]
49-U6U, Querious - Multiple so-called "Doomsday" devices were fired in the fiercely-contested system of 49-U6U in the evening of the 20th. The battles on the 20th-21st were over five control towers that were contesting GoonSwarm's sovereignty on behalf of KenZoku, that were scheduled to emerge from reinforced mode. The attacking forces - KenZoku, Against ALL Authorities and their allies - had staged a heavy buildup over the course of the day, peaking at 300-400 ships in the system, with a heavy [...]
Tash-Murkon - Epitoth Fleetyards(EFY), a primarily industrial focused corporation, announced that it will be shifting resources to a more martial footing with the creation of Epitoth Guard. This restructuring signals a new focus for the corporation, one in which ship to ship combat will figure more prominently. A member of Curatores Veratitas Alliance(CVA), Epitoth Fleetyards has been a key player in providing for the material and logistical needs of the member corporations for some time. In fact, [...]
The BIG Lottery has sailed past a quarter trillion ISK in all-time tickets sold since its 2003 inception. This impressive milestone was attained earlier this month during round 153 of the innovative BIG Lottery. Over thirty-four thousand pilots have sought their fortune in the BIG Lottery over the years. Those lucky enough to have their number drawn often net billions of ISK worth of cash or prizes. Earlier last year Lena Masca was the recipient of a record-breaking twenty billion ISK payout. The [...]
49-U6U, Querious - Over the last few days, fierce fighting has continued in the system of 49-U6U as Goonswarm continue to hold the system against opposed forces. On the 19th, the number of control towers in the system which had been claiming sovereignty for the required 7 days was closely tied between those contributing to GoonSwarm's sovereignty claim, and those contesting it in favour of KenZoku. Both KenZoku and Goonswarm had towers in reinforced mode that would become vulnerable again during the [...]
Unknown, J112042 - The rush to explore and exploit uncharted systems on the other side of unstable wormholes leads capsuleers to take ever increasing risks with their ships and crews. While the potential rewards from gathering artefacts amongst the Sleeper and Talocan ruins are undoubtedly high, pioneers face many risks in their pursuit of this arcane technology. One such pioneer, Foot M of FM Corp, recently discovered the consequence of these risks first hand as his Chimera class carrier 'HMS [...]
The doors to EVE University[E-UNI] opened on Sunday afternoon, March 15, 106. Five years later, this University founded by CEO Morning Maniac continues to aid and train young pod pilots. With recruiters always on the lookout for New Eden's bright young pilots, EVE University prides itself on providing these pilots with the tools they need to have long, successful futures, wherever they may end up after completing their training. While some corporations accept only hand selected pilots by invitation [...]
Seyllin, Essence - In the aftermath of the Seyllin I disaster, capsuleer organisations and independent pilots voiced their readiness to assist survivors of the incident via GalNet. Many capsuleers volunteered to assist authorities directly, or to supply aid and resources for the survivors. One of the first pledges of supplies and assistance came from Damith d'Estelas on behalf of Strix Armaments and Defence, a corporation loyal to the Gallente Federation. Ms. D'Estelas also spoke briefly to commend [...]
New Eden - With renewed interest throughout New Eden on research and exploration sparked by the emergence of the mysterious and unpredictable wormholes, there has been an increase in acts of aggression upon 'Targets of Opportunity' by pirate and mercenary corporations. The threat of piracy is growing daily. Pirate and Mercenary corporations all over New Eden are roaming within the boundaries of these new cosmic signatures, using their shadow to trap the unwary. Some of these are even choosing to make [...]
49-U6U, Querious - Over 600 ships saw their last moments in Querious last night as the fight continues. Against ALL Authorities and allies defended a number of Greater KenZoku Community control towers that were leaving their effectively-invulnerable "reinforced" mode. Therem Harth, who flew a logistics cruiser for Against ALL Authorities gave this preliminary account of the battle: "Starting from after [noon on] Sunday, some [Greater KenZoku Community control towers] were exiting reinforced [mode]. [...]
PR-8CA, Delve - On the 13th of this month, the first sign of a possible renewal of active hostilities in Delve came when KenZoku and their allies managed to gain control of PR-8CA for long enough to evacuate multiple capital assets. Over the last few weeks, GoonSwarm have attained sovereignty over all of Delve, Skunk-Works lost their sovereignty in Querious, with RAZOR Alliance ceding two territorial enclaves to their GoonSwarm allies. A month-long camp of PR-8CA was initiated to contain KenZoku's [...]
New Eden - Days after the tragedy at Seyllin and the appearance of Wormholes throughout New Eden, the spirit of adventure and Man's quest for knowledge has produced what may be one of the first successes in a wave of capsuleer tower deployments in wormhole space. Capsuleers have reported that the extremely aggressive nature of the inhabitants of the wormholes and the attacks on hapless explorers by professional pirates may deter the casual industrialist from exploiting any opportunities in the [...]
Seyllin - The burned out husk of the planet Seyllin I quickly drew attention as word of the tragedy started to emerge from the system. The first capsulleers on the scene seemed to put personal safety for themselves and their spacecraft secondary as fleets were formed to assist others trying to get quickly to the affected areas. Mkah Mvet, one of the very first -if not the first- on the scene, quickly formed a fleet of 20+ ships to allow them to warp directly to his location. Says, Mkah, "It looked [...]
X-R3NM - Curatores Veritatis Alliance has released a press statement announcing the alliance's intention to withdraw its support from the 24th Imperial Crusade as a result of repeated acts of piracy carried out by several pilots in the militia. Despite diplomatic efforts including no-fly zones and compensations for neutral pilots killed by rogue militants, the ongoing pirate activity has forced CVA to follow through on its decision to cease assistance to the Imperial Crusade as a whole. CVA may still [...]
Metropolis - 22 nd February 111. The Interstellar Racing Championship (ISRC) kicked off Season 7 with an exhibition event teaming veteran racers with rookies. As an exhibition event, racers did not race with their regular teams and were restricted to tech 1 frigate class vessels. The organiser for this race Catherine 'Quintrala' Delorois , had the final decision on whether a racer was considered a rookie or veteran. Once the teams had been sorted, the race began at the Aliastra Retail Center Station [...]
PR-8CA, Delve - The last two weeks have seen the region of Delve plunged into all-out warfare. Sovereignty-holders KenZoku are currently losing sovereignty in several systems, while those systems where their claim has held have now secured Protectorate sovereignty. The War so Far The war began when the CONCORD-registered Band of Brothers alliance was disbanded by a director, Arkannen, who defected to the alliance's enemy, GoonSwarm. The member corporations of Band of Brothers reformed in KenZoku, [...]
Venal - The well known alliance known as Triumvirate (TRI) has announced that it will reform for a third time. Sith Bandon , the head of the newest instance of TRI, outlined the reasons for the resurection of the alliance, saying that after taking a break for seven months his corporation, Viper Squad "went to pieces". Following this, "I came back 2 months ago ... restarted the corporation ... got it to were it is [now]". Importantly, Sith kept in contact with Coracao Ardente and "called them back [...]
Heydieles, Essense - A Gallente Militia fleet numbering more than 30 fell victim to what has been called a "low security Doomsday" when they responded to reports of a Caldari militia attack. The supposed attack was in fact a trap laid by Space Perverts and Forum Warriors United [PERVS]. Gallente fleet member Simone denAdel explains, "...we got intel that the [PERVS], had a battleship heavy fleet in the area, and a counter fleet was assembled pretty quickly. Scans in the system showed battleships at an [...]
After a week of sleepless nights and far too many CPU cycles, the full EVE TV coverage of Alliance Tournament VI is now available on CCP's YouTube channel. Watch every explosion from the elimination rounds in glorious HD quality, complete with pre and post match review by CCP Soundwave, StevieSG and our team of experts in the studio. Day 5 (round of 32) Playlist Day 6 (Finals) Playlist If you missed them live, it is a must watch! If you saw them live, well, it is still a must watch!
Amarr, Domain - It has been several weeks since the historic announcement by the Amarr throne that has emancipated countless numbers of slaves across the Empire, and it has already attracted some controversy inside the Empire itself, as well as among the Capsuleer community. In addition to the interviews of capsuleers previously reported, Caldari and Gallente capsuleers have also weighed in with their opinions. The Caldari State has had it's own interests in the recent slave emancipation by Empress [...]
8WA-Z6, Delve - The battle for Delve blossomed to epic proportions over the course of 12.02.111. Many of the control towers necessary for holding sovereignty claims fell, supercapitals were slain both in space and in construction and system sovereignties changed hands. Territory-grade sovereignty in most of Delve is currently held by KenZoku. Under its previous registration as Band of Brothers, the corporations currently comprising KenZoku held Province and, in some systems, Constellation Capital [...]
J-LPX7, Delve - Corporations formerly registered under the umbrella of the Band of Brothers identity have reformed inside KenZoku, a previously unknown alliance that existed to house certain Reikoku industrial assets. The KenZuko alliance currently houses 19 corporations, including several previously registered under the Band of Brothers identity: Evolution, Reikoku, Black Nova Corp, FinFleet, Tin Foil and Destructive Influence. Knuck, a Reikoku Director, explained to the Interstellar Correspondents [...]
The Final: R.U.R. Vs Pandemic Legion R.U.R.: 9 Caracal Navy Issue | Abaddon Pandemic Legion: 7 Vexor Navy Issue | Sleipnir | Claymore | Hyena The Alliance Tournament ended with a thrilling finale that saw a closely fought contest between the two sides end in a battle between only a handful of ships. But, despite a valient effort, R.U.R. were unable to hold off their opponent, leaving Pandemic Legion the winners of the Sixth Alliance Tournament. For the full match review please visit the match reports [...]
Semi Finals are complete and R.U.R. will face Pandemic Legion in the Finals to be held at 21:30. Semi Finalists made a good showing with R.U.R. claiming a victory in a hard fought match against G00DFELLAS. Both teams starting the match on the beacon cost G00DFELLAS one of their Nighthawks as it was quickly primaried and destroyed. A boundary violation by another Nighthawk may have tipped the balance towards R.U.R. In the Ev0ke vs. Pandemic Legion match, Ev0ke's decision to take out the Pandemic Legion [...]
The first 16 elimination rounds of the 6th Alliance Tournament are complete. Every match was action filled and ran the gamut from complete domination down to at least one match called for time and winner decided by points. Today's matches highlighted the creativity and sheer guesswork that goes into some fleet decisions, as well as the pitfalls of over anticipating your opponent. Probable Cause's odd fielding of seven Osprey Navy Issues highlighted this as team contact badass2k6 explained: "our set up [...]
U-SOH2 - A week ago, on 30.01.111, U-SOH2 system was locked in battle as an approximately 120-strong Force of Evil and Cult of War fleet engaged with fleets from Arcane Alliance (estimated at 130 ships) and Sons of Tangra (estimated at roughly 100 ships) and roughly 100 ships from the coalition commonly known as the Greater BoB Community who were fighting Arcane Alliance and Sons of Tangra as well as Force of Evil. The conflict arose when members of Arcane Alliance received advance intelligence that [...]
J-LPX7 - At approximately 01:30 on 05.02.111, Band of Brothers alliance, also known as BoB, ceased to exist as a CONCORD-recognised entity. Early reports claimed that Arkannen, a director of Band of Brothers' executor corporation Tin Foil, had defected to enemy alliance Goonswarm along with Black Nova Corp director, Haargoth Agamar. Goonswarm Intelligence Agency Chief, The Mittani, released an audio recording yesterday which gave details of the scheme. Defector Haargoth Agamar, however, does not speak [...]
NOL-M9 - A few hours after midnight on 05.02.111, Band of Brothers alliance was disbanded. The loss of formal alliance status forcibly relinquished all Band of Brothers held sovereignty, and thus is expected to render all their outposts vulnerable, pause the construction of all motherships and titans currently being built in their capital assembly arrays and interfere with the proper fuctioning of cynojammers and jump bridge waystations at their control towers. This effect has never been seen before [...]
Second Round Qualifying is now complete and the match schedule for the Finals will be posted within the next few days. The use of faction ships was prevalent throughout the entire weekend. The most notable example of differing results was the very similar fleet composition of the ATLAS match and the The Church match. ATLAS' loss of 7 Phantasms and a Nightmare in their match was quickly overshadowed by The Church's success which included 8 Phantasms and a Nightmare (losing only 3 of the Phantasms). [...]
The first half of the last day of Qualifying has been completed and the second half has just gotten underway. Teams continue to vary their fleet compositions looking for the ideal setup. A surprising number of teams have been using Sansha Phantasm cruisers and Nightmare battleships in their fleets, with some rather poor results as demonstrated in the ATLAS ALLIANCE vs Molotov Coalition match. Using a fleet including 7 Phantasms and a Nightmare, ATLAS was not able to make their expensive venture [...]
Day Three of Alliance Tournament VI Is Complete Day 3 of the second Qualifying round has come to a close. The teams points and positions are now being calculated by the judges. Of the matches fought today, several included teams that used some of the most sought after ships in New Eden. We saw a Golem, a couple of Nightmare battleships, some Phantasm cruisers and in the last fight of the day Cry Havoc. fielded four Paladins. With many eyes on the battlefield reports of Day 3 Qualifying, Day 4 should [...]
The qualifying rounds for Alliance Tournament VI are continuing today. Eight of the sixteen fights scheduled for today have been completed and results can be found in the link below. Despite the Ishtar still making an appearance in several teams we are now seeing a variety of ships and classes. Those teams that have attempted to field Ishtar setups have met with varing amounts of resistance. For example in the KIA versus Atrocitas match, stealth bombers were used to neutralise them at range. [...]
Amarr, Domain - It has been several weeks since the historic announcement by the Amarr throne that has emancipated countless numbers of slaves across the Empire, and it has already attracted some controversy inside the Empire itself, as well as among the Capsuleer community. Lord Aralis , former CEO of the Curatores Veritatis Alliance based in Providence, gave his own personal opinions on the subject: "I was initially shocked. The implication was that most slaves would be released and that this was [...]
STACMON - Seppuku Warriors corporation have recently announced their first advanced combat training course. The all-star instructor line-up aims to teach capsuleers "how to blow stuff up". Sabre A, CEO and former Eve University Mentor, founded Seppuku to offer "hands on" combat training. Pilots will be flying under "Not Blue Shoot It" (NBSI) rules of engagement, attacking any available target. The corporation itself has been based in Stacmon so they "can offer access to 0.0, several low sec routes and [...]
Jita - The Blade. alliance team achieved victory against Exquisite Malevolence's team in Alliance Tournament VI Round 1 Qualifying last Saturday. Their efforts towards success, however, included market manipulation off the battlefield, with the team buying up or strategically manipulating the prices of commodities which they did not wish to see used against them. Team members Proxay and Pilk spent considerable time buying and re-pricing mindlinks to a higher price in major market hubs in The Forge, [...]
Day 2, Round 1 Qualifying for the 6th Alliance Tournament is complete. Statistics are being compiled, and all battle reports for the past two days can be found on GalNet. A wide variety of ship choices and tactics were used to varying degrees of success. Drones were utilized extensively, but not to the level that was anticipated by pre-tournament discussions. While similar setups were used by several competitors, results varied making it impossible to determine if the setup was the long sought after [...]
The first half of Day 2 Qualifying is complete and as expected, the matches had plenty of action and some surprises. The first match of the day was called for time and The Interbus Initiative squeezed out the win by 1 point. In the second match, Prime Orbital Systems was disqualified from their fight due to multiple rule violations. The Gallente Factional Warfare Team also pulled the first flawless victory of the day. More excitement is expected as the second day of qualifying continues. Full match [...]
Day 1 of the first Qualifying round has come to a close. The first 32 teams of the 64 vying for a spot in the Finals have completed their matches, and the next 32 will be fighting tomorrow. Of the 16 matches today, 7 included teams that used some variation of the same-ship-class tactic that Match 2 winner Against ALL Authorities used. Of those 7, only 3 were able to pull a win with the tactic; proving that there is no specific unbeatable combination of ships in a tournament fleet. Despite many [...]
The qualifying rounds for the 6th Alliance Tournament have begun. Eight of the sixteen fights scheduled for today have been completed and results can be found in the link below. Despite what many pod pilots felt was going to be an Ishtar vs. Ishtar tournament, the first 16 teams have fielded a wide variety of ships including marauders and frigates. Several teams have already fielded specific-class ships in their fleets. Most notable were Against ALL Authorities' team of nine Fleet Issue Stabbers and a [...]
L-A5XP, Fountain - In reports last month on the return of Celtic Anarchy corporation, founder SkyFox stated "[The possibility of] rebuilding the Force of Evil alliance is something that is always under discussion..." As of the 15th of this month, that possibility has become fact. Force Of Evil has returned under the executorship of self-proclaimed "Dark Queen" Foyle, who manages FOE Holding. Other corporations currently rallied under the banner are, as expected, Celtic Anarchy, Quam Singulari, [...]
A State Protectorate fleet was annihilated early this week by a Federal Defence force led by Mitch Taylor. Reports indicate a 10:1 kill ratio with 42 ships destroyed (including a dozen pods) and only 4 losses. Seizing on an opportunity to destroy a control tower coming out of reinforced mode in Notoras, Mitch Taylor assembled a fleet of approximately 65 pilots. Although the corporation that deployed the starbase is not formally a member of the State Protectorate, the destruction of it was enough to [...]
FRICOURE - BIG Corporation has recently announced it will once again host betting on the Alliance Tournament. This will mark the third time BIG has arranged betting for the event recognized by many as one of the most exciting in New Eden. Gambling on the Tournament is a major venture: during the last three years BIG's initiative has seen a growing influx in bets, going from six billion isk spent in 2007 to 10 billion in 2008; while the total number of bets has doubled from 328 to 733. New Eden's [...]
CRC Monitoring Post, Polaris - On 05.01.110, NTRabbit of the Guiding Hand Social Club announced that he had reached 100,000,000 skill points. Skill Points are a standardised measure used by the Society of Conscious Thought for the amount of training a pilot has received across all fields in the Capsuleer Standard Educational Set. The Life and Times of a Man of Flexible Morality NTRabbit graduated from Caldari Constructions in late YC 104 to take a place as leader of Military Operations in Medusa [...]