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Blood in New Eden: the Spread of Sani Sabik

As the Tech 4 Flashback archaeology dig continues, I find myself unable to provide attribution to this great article. Like the author of last week’s article on Gallente sherry production, the mystery Tech 4 contributor who wrote this piece on one of EVE’s more sinister factions has no current EVE presence that Read more…

By Mat Westhorpe, 9 years31/01/2014 ago
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Tech 4 Undercover – Trafficking In Dodixie

This Tech 4 Flashback is from the pen of a certain prolific EVE fiction writer and honourable knight of the banter who is known to enjoy balmy weather and apple-based beverages. Tech 4 Undercover – Trafficking In Dodixie This weeks undercover report highlights the dreadful trade in human trafficking, and Read more…

By Mat Westhorpe, 9 years27/01/2014 ago
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In Conflict Ravaged Huola, Sherry Producers Feel the Pain of War

This Tech 4 Flashback article is a brilliant piece which conjures vivid scenes of planetary strife in a pastoral setting and could easily reflect the impact that DUST 514’s troops have on any populated planet. The author’s pen name was Maris Livour and all correspondence received was from his real Read more…

By Mat Westhorpe, 9 years23/01/2014 ago
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Flagship Store Fiasco Imminent?

One of the most humanising (if sadly under-developed and controversial) aspects of EVE Online is the avatar element introduced in the Incursion and Incarna expansions. Although it provided little in terms of gameplay, ‘Walking in Stations’ was a bold, if botched, attempt to bridge the disconnect between player and spaceship Read more…

By Mat Westhorpe, 9 years20/01/2014 ago
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Cryllisium Demand Spikes After ‘Empress Love Slave’ Confession

In today’s instalment of the Tech 4 Flashback series, we inject a little sex and drugs into proceedings. The idea behind the clandestine network of Tech 4 News reporters was that ‘baseliners’ (ordinary non-capsuleer folk) had become suspicious of official coverage of capsuleer activity and so were dedicated to giving more Read more…

By Mat Westhorpe, 9 years18/01/2014 ago
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Hundreds Dead in ‘Pleasure Hub’ Massacre

In our continuing Tech 4 Flashback series, we take a misty-eyed look back at the collaborative efforts of EVE’s talented lore community, who provided many fascinating news shorts to give an alternative view on life in New Eden. One of the fun aspects of the project was that many contributors Read more…

By Mat Westhorpe, 9 years16/01/2014 ago
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Man Dies Attempting to Surf Station

Following on from yesterday’s revisit of the Tech 4 News non-capsuleer fiction project, here is the first re-released Tech 4 News article, originally published on 27 January YC114 (2012). Given the upgraded station graphics coming in Rubicon 1.1, it seemed appropriate place to start in our journey back through the trivial, Read more…

By Mat Westhorpe, 9 years14/01/2014 ago
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Tech 4 Flashback: The Stories of the Non-Capsuleer Residents of New Eden

Tech 4 News was a community-sourced creative collaboration which examined the universe of New Eden from the non-capsuleer perspective. Running from 2011 to 2012, it started life as an ambitious dramatic podcast featuring some of EVE‘s renowned podcasters of the time (and some cameos from further afield), but was also Read more…

By Mat Westhorpe, 9 years13/01/2014 ago
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