Intergalactic Summit

These observatories have been around for centuries, and the absolute lower limit on the length of their observation is 232 years. The mention of the Azbel-Wuthrich experiment give us a firm date by which to compare YC with the dating system that the Jovians use, henceforth referred to as JC (Jovian Calendar). For reference, YC Year 117 correlates with JC Year 23353. This places the Yoiul Conference and thus the establishment of YC 0 on JC Year 23236.

Now, JC 23121 (232 years ago) is the absolute lowest possible bound on Jovian observation of the Gallente. However, if you give the relevant section a read...


... it becomes quite clear from the wording that the Jovians have been observing the Gallente for a while beforehand, as this is an "updated" status - not the first impression the Jovians had of them. It will also no doubt be obvious that JC 23121 coincides with 1702 AR (Age of Rouvenor) - the founding year of the Gallente Federation.


JC 23216 is also an important year - it's both the year of the Battle of Vak'Atioth and, subsequently, the year of the Minmatar Rebellion. I've seen scattered references to Diemnon Planetismal in the history of the Minmatar Rebellion but I'm sure Matari and Amarrian historians know more about it than I do.

A few relevant dates:

Circa JC 8000 - Approximate time of the prophet Dano Gheinok, the oldest human being whose existence can reliably be demonstrated. This is a ballpark estimate based on information available in public Theology Council archives.

JC 16470 - Crowning of Amash-Akura as the first Amarrian Emperor.

JC 17453 - Foundation of the Raata Empire on Caldari Prime.

JC 21290 - Amarr Empire builds their first stargate.

JC 21714 - Doule dos Rouvenor II establishes the Age of Rouvenor calendar.

JC 22355 - First contact between Amarr Empire and the Minmatar Tribes - i.e. Day of Darkness.

JC 22517 - First contact between the Gallente and the Caldari.

JC 22794 - First contact between the Gallente and the Intaki.

JC 22821 - Sotiyo-Urbaata drive built.

JC 23121 - Founding of the Gallente Federation.

JC 23154 - Caldari State secedes from the Gallente Federation.

JC 23155 - Gallente-Caldari war begins.

JC 23216 - Battle of Vak'Atioth and the Minmatar Rebellion.

JC 23236 - Yoiul Conference, YC calendar begins.

JC 23353 - Current date.

I've got some commentary on the calendar in a bit.

If the Jove have records from 15000 years ago doesn't that place those records just after the collapse of the EvE gate? If those records are from Jove observatories that would surely make the Jove the immediate descendents (if not simply renamed) Terrans?

As I understood it, the Yoiul conference also had a segment of discourse on the resolution of Eden Standard Time, with the Jove and Amarr having the most detailed records, including the 23xxx dating references as their contribution.

If you visit Mishi IV they also have a historical record indicating several comets impacted the planet and that it would not have been habitable, at all, beforehand. Though, they date these impacts to roughly 20,000 years ago - which would be ~3500 on the calendar used as supporting documents prior to the formation of the Yoiul Conference dating system.

The inhabitants of Mishi IV ascribe this process to terrforming. It does seem a bit early to be realistic though.

References to "disruption events" labelled "Apoptosis" and "Cathexis" are intriguing...

"Apoptosis" is the formal term for programmed cell death. Luckily we capsuleers have a way around that unfortunate eventuality. Obviously this is a metaphorical reference, but I wonder as to what...

According to Galnet reference materials, "cathexis" is defined as the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea.

So much to ponder now. I need to review the events associated with these dates (or thereabouts) to make inferences.

I see what you did there. Or what you were implying you did, just moments before.

This refers to the assassination of Doriam II. "Model" is the Amarr Empire. "Primary Node" is that Empire's Leader.

PART 2:





Refers to the invasion of Yulai by the Minmatar-Thukker fleet and its following events.




Refers to the Sisters of Eve warning concerning the emergence of unstable wormholes.



Refers to Sansha’s Nation success in opening a wormhole into Empire Space.





Refers to Sansha Kuvakei’s extraction of core samples in the Yulai system.



Refers to the emergance of Clone Troopers.

Doriam II was assassinated YC 107-07-11. Assuming "discarding the primary node" refers to this (and not something else - even in death, the Jovians are nothing if not cryptic), then the murder took place only six days after the Jovians initially suggested it. That means they were able to orchestrate the death of the most powerful public figure in the cluster with less than a weak of notice and leave no trace or even suspicion of their involvement - well, beyond the normal paranoid suspicion that the Jovians were behind every major event in the cluster.

... although with these recent revelations, it's hard to shake the feeling that that suspicion might not have been as delusional as we initially believed...

From my understanding, these were the supposed last words of the late Admiral Alexander Noir.

This is assuming you prescribe to the theory that Admiral Noir was dead before the Wandering Saint smashed into the Malkalen station and that the pilot of that vessel was not actually him but a replacement.

Nothing concrete, Ixiris. That's why I say the "supposed" last words, the only sources I've seen referencing that phrase were news clips, conspiracy articles and hearsay.

It seems too convenient to pass it off as merely coincidence that the Jovian Observatories have this exact phrase recorded but I also can't think of any other significant point in history in which that phrase is even alluded to.