EVE Online’s “New Player Experience” is a hot topic now more than ever, and CCP’s newly formed Player Experience team have been assigned to the case. One of the things that may bewilder a new arrival is the sheer depth and volume of the backstory to the already disorienting universe Read more…
There’s just a few things left that I want to touch on, and then I PROMISE I’ll stop writing. These are things that either seemed to fit either everywhere, or nowhere at all, so I figured it would just be easiest to separate them out into their own little category. Read more…
Ah, the miscellaneous category. When all the stuff I think is either important or just kind of neat can get shoved in somewhere in no particular order because I didn’t think I could fit it anywhere else (would any one even WANT the empire section to be any longer?). In Read more…
This is the third and final part of Mark726’s guide to the alternative power-brokers of New Eden. Sansha’s Nation Zombies have long been a part of popular culture (and apparently growing in popularity in recent years, vampire craze notwithstanding), so it only makes sense that a cyberpunk version of zombies Read more…
This is the second part of Mark726’s look at the minor factions of EVE lore. Intaki Syndicate The Intaki Syndicate runs the largest black market in New Eden. Headed by Silphy en Diabel (a former member of the Sisters of Eve who quickly rose through the ranks through some cunning Read more…
Continuing our shuttle-run through EVE lore, Mark726 guides us through the many minor factions that play a part in the fabric of New Eden. This is the first of three parts. Introduction: Minor Powers, Mighty Aspirations For most video game companies, the four major empires, with their expansive backstories, would Read more…
The final article covering the major Empires details the “King” to the “four princes”. CONCORD: Policeman of the Skies CONCORD, short for CONsolidated COoperation and Relations commanD, was originally the brainchild of the Jove of all people. Devised as a way for the empires to maintain the peace, CONCORD was Read more…
This article, the fourth of five discussing the major empires of New Eden, is concerned with the Caldari State. The Caldari State: Nothing Says Love Like a Giant and Soulless Megacorporation If it’s difficult to describe the Minmatar without referring to the Amarr, it is impossible to describe the Caldari Read more…
This is the third of five posts looking at the major empires in New Eden. This time around, we’ll be examining the Gallente Federation. The Gallente Federation: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll If the Amarr Empire fancies itself as Read more…
This is the second of five posts looking at the major empires in New Eden. This time around, we’ll be examining the Minmatar Republic. The Minmatar Republic: 7 Tribes for 7 Brothers It shouldn’t be surprising that the history of the Minmatar Republic is intimately interwoven with the history of Read more…