EVE General Discussion

From what source is this knowledge of a blue shield taken? I have not heard of them before, neither in mechanics and lore.

(hey that rhymes)

You know, I was thinking of Halo. I wanted to say "Did you get that from Halo?" but I didn't want to be snarking.

You are right though.

Hey all, I did my best to combine the two pics that were linked in this thread.

Anyway, how do I make a Jove BS spawn?

I've read a few pages back, but I haven't found the secret to making a Jove BS spawn. I'm on Sisi with my gang, and have been for a couple hours, lurking at an Unidentified Structure. Killed maybe four sets of waves + reinforcements, but no Jove BS.

If I recall correctly, the description for this vessel describes it as an ancient ship design that has only very recently been put into service.

The leading theory is that this is a ship from the era when the Jove and Sleepers were one and the same, before the Jove disease and before the sleepers become a race of data entities.

It could be one of the following, or a combination of both;

---

- The Jovians have cured their disease, which means they have a larger populace than they do available modern ships, and have partnered with their long-lost relatives, the sleepers, to form fleets of Sleepers and very old Jovian tech.

- The Sleepers have 'woken up', but as with the above scenario, if they were to do so they do not have enough ships to be crewed by living, breathing bodies, and would have to resort to pulling up old hulls and designs to fit their army.

---

It's also worth pointing out the following;

The fact that the symbol is unlike anything Jovian or Sleeper that we have seen so far is actually a far more worrying idea than the alternative.

If it were just a brand new race then the fact that the symbol is new doesn't really mean anything. Of course it's new, we've never met them before.

But Jovians/Sleepers with a new symbol? That bodes ill. It represents that they have had a changing of either perspective, understanding or knowledge and have banded together under a new symbol to represent this.
Considering it coincides with an invasion of K-Space, I'm fairly certain this isn't the ''Merry Christmas, Presents for all'' Jove Corp.


My last point would be this; To introduce an entirely new race at this point, after such a long, deliberate and drawn out mystery surrounding Jovians, Jovian Space being cut off, Sleepers, Anoikis and now Caroline's Star, would be incredibly unlikely. It's not impossible but it is most likely an evolution of known events and politics, not unknown ones.

http://now.eveonline.com/image/109584506668


its labeled....it is the drifter bs (concept art)

Ok. Now i'm scared. This thing has a battle stance of some sort. Top left corner of the picture. Looking like station killer weapon.

Like a micro jump drive, but shooty-er.

Since it hasn't been mentioned yet, the Jove symbol is in the top left and right corners while the integral symbol is at the top and bottom.

Really hoping it isnt like its up to capsuleers to "finish them off" Id rather them become another powerful race in New Eden to break the balance of the 4 empires instead of just becoming another irrelevant race that attacks you like the sansha's nation.

Well, interestingly, in my day we used to call Jovians by an entirely different name. Though, I suppose, they might find it rude now. You see they were simpler times, when a man earned what he had by the sweat of his brow. Jovians weren't terribly interested in those things. They had a different way of looking at the world. You could see it in their beady eyes, the way they'd size you up. Then, on occasion, they'd just sit down and whistle a tune.

Yes it was simpler times.

I'm Morgan Freeman.