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Monolithic factions in the news, and fleshing out factions
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Makoto Priano
Kirkinen-Arataka Transhuman Zenith Consulting Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#1 - 2013-11-20 20:35:16 UTC
We saw a bit of this with the Ghost Sites event, and 'the pirates' have come up again with the latest covert research tools news post. This doesn't seem like an especially awesome way to develop new in-game fiction, as it glosses over the variations between various pirate factions, and makes the in-game developments far more 'good v. bad,' 'order v. chaos' and such.

Even if it's only a few days between news posts, starting with something to the effect of,



"Known Sansha agents have begun acquisition efforts for covert research tools. Defense analysts suspect that these tools may be used by Sansha to further develop their wormhole control, which is believed to be reverse-engineered from Jovian technology.

'The Angel Cartel has been using advanced technology in its ship designs for years, and we've always suspected that they developed this technology from Jovian remnants in the Curse region. If this is true, it would explain how they were the first to develop these new warp control techniques, and why Sansha is so keen to secure research material,' Scope defense commentator Arnaud Descoteaux said."

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"CONCORD remains silent on its failed operation several weeks ago. DED agents have been spotted in the Syndicate region attempting to retrieve bluebox data from Capsuleer vessels lost in the fighting, and also from Serpentis ships destroyed at the 'Ghost Site' in the 8V-SJJ system. Whether CONCORD will be able to recover any data, or prevent warp technology development without Capsuleer intervention, remains to be seen.

The Matari representative to the CONCORD Assembly today expressed concern about CONCORD's ability to function when, "a CONCORD taskforce leaving cyno-jammer protection is massacred by the very Capsuleers it's supposed to police."

The session was recessed shortly after."

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"CONCORD announced today that it has verified the trade of covert research tools on the Intaki Syndicate black market, raising concerns about the spread of advanced warp technology to other factions.

'DED enforcement teams have seized several Guristas representatives on Syndicate stations. With their cooperation, we have confirmed a Guristas crash program to develop research facilities modeled after the Serpentis and Cartel facilities,' DED Director of Operations Arve Vesren said.

Sisters of EVE representatives have been denied access to the Guristas prisoners, raising concerns about their condition."

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Bam. The same factions have access, it notes egg on CONCORD's face, and brings in the subtly-sinister SoE tie-in without painting them as clearly a problem.

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Zhaceera Armerarram
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2013-11-30 08:45:19 UTC
That my friend is what using finite sources of lore does to your RPG.

Past lore was draw from IRL history societies, often even without changing names, like Khanid, Nefantar (ok, this one was changed 2 letters). But history ends "today", and from that point you need to actually create something, and I think the fountains are drying up.

Plus, the community interest. I really dont see EVE community as fond as any other major MMO community of RP. The devs change lore with no actual explanation, even in retrocess. Take the capsule example: It was something like the matrix movie once, you are attached phisically, in suspense animation like state, and it is filled of fluid. You used to be naked and both roast and iced when you were podded. Then lore inexplicably changed even the PAST, not allowing evolution to be the explanation, when you inside the capsule actually is just immerse in fluid and hooked up by cables. When you are podded, you are now dressed (with duct tape, but whatever) and some of the cables still there. Recent footage shows that capsuleers are not immerse in liquid and are quite awake controlling the ship inside the capsules, with huds and what not, but podding result still unchanged this time.

This is one example only. There is the whole conflict between the empires that lost its focus to suit the needs of some recent try offs of expanding target public. There is the whole idea of null being changed over the last years, and empires suddenly are oh so desperate to call for capsuleer intervention when a simply concord squad can destroy 10 battleships in seconds.

As GW and WoW, EVE lore you need to go with the flow.

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