Intergalactic Summit

Tuesday 6th May 105 will go down in history as the day when the Capsuleer Age truly started. It was the day when the first cohort of CONCORD-registered pod pilots graduated from academies across the four major factions.

Amongst those new pilots was a group of Amarrians who understood that being a capsuleer is as much about service as it is about power. The names of the members of this group will not be familiar to most of the people reading this. But Takumi Vetinari, Snook, Jobe Katarn and others created something truly great on that day, for they founded PIE Inc.

Since that day ten years ago, PIE Inc. has gone on to serve the Empire with distinction on many occasions. From the prevention of piracy in Sarum Prime to the defence of the Bleak Lands against the Shakorite regime, PIE Inc. has stood for truth, justice and the Amarrian way. Indeed, to many people the name of PIE is synonymous with Amarrian loyalism.

It would take far too long for me to list all of the corporations and alliances that PIE Inc. has fought against while defending the interests of the Empire, but needless to say they include Midularians, Shakorites, non-aligned Minmatar terrorists, Gallentean do-gooders, Sansha supporters, Sani Sabik cultists, heretics, blasphemers, separatists, traitors, emancipationists, pirate groups of all shapes and sizes, anarchists, mercenaries and null-sec power blocs. At least some of those groups declared that they would utterly destroy PIE, but it has endured through all of the trials and tribulations.

But why? What makes PIE Inc. different from so many of the corporations that have come and gone over the last decade? I believe that one answer lies in its origins. You see, from the outset PIE was a collaborative effort. Many corporations are personal vanity projects or cults of personality. These groups may do very well for a time. They may become very large. But sooner or later the leader will step down for one reason for another, and when that happens it's just a matter of time before the whole group collapses.

But PIE isn't like that. PIE isn't unified by a single person, but by an idea. And so when a leader moves on, the corporation continues with someone new at the helm and the idea endures.

And what an idea it is! Simply put, it is that true greatness can only be achieved by serving God and the Empire. It is an idea that is bigger than any individual, and it binds PIE together. All of PIE Inc.'s policies over the years have had their origin in that one simple thought, and it's what drives the corporation to this day.

Ten years. It is a long time for capsuleers. It is somewhat ironic that whilst capsuleers are often considered to be immortal so few of them are active for more than a few years. Likewise, not many corporations survive the test of time. PIE Inc. though is one corporation that has survived, and what's more it will continue to thrive in the future as will the Empire that it supports.

So congratulations on finishing your first decade of service PIE, may there be many more.

Praetoria Victor!

do-good•er(ˈduˈgʊd ər, -ˌgʊd-)

n.
a well-intentioned but naive and sometimes ineffectual social reformer.

That sounds about right for some of the people who have had the error of their ways shown to them.

Congratulations on 10 years.

Now, burn slaver scum, rawr, fear the Tribes, all that.

You should be very scared by the way that PIE manages to get so many kills and captures whilst apparently docked.

PIE. Picking the low-hanging fruit for 10 years.

Congratulations to you all, a decade of service is a great achievment and one that deserves a celebration, pop along to Sahtogas after op's and we'll sort you out a few bottles, all on Condor's tab ofc as he would love to host the party.





Gradient not been going 10 yrs quite yet have they ?

Congratulations on ten years of service.

No snark. It is a very strong accomplishment to exist for 10 years in the fickle world of the capsuleer. PIE has had it's ups and it's downs, but has survived them all.

Proper praise when and where it is due.


Though you might serve the wrong master in the end, PIE is an example of Amarr tenacity and conviction, ten years strong.

Horn family send there congratulations on your service to the Empire. Fine example to us all.

Ten years is a short life for a human child. But to a capsuleer organization, it is a time span worthy of legends. Congratulations. May the Praetorians keep protecting the Empire until the stars of New Eden still shine.