In-Game Events and Gatherings

Hello, pilots!

During Federation Day, Live Events came up with the idea of building a Citadel in honor of Admiral Visera Yanala, the Leviathan Shiigeru pilot who heroically defied orders from Tibus Heth and refused to fire upon Luminaire VII with the Leviathan's doomsday weapons during the Battle of Caldari Prime all the way back on 22-MAR-13 (YC 115). Yanala paid with her life when she was executed by Tibus Heth, who attempted to cover-up the circumstances surrounding her death. When the truth broke, Heth lost all power, the Provists were deposed, and after a failed siege of Haatomo, Heth fled into Guristas-controlled space and was never seen again.

For the sake of Live Events, we are now working to construct a Citadel in Luminaire and deployed under the banner of the Fleet Coordination Commission in honor of the Battle of Caldari Prime!

While initially we intended to construct the Citadel in honor of Admiral Visera Yanala, to do so would be to ignore the sacrifice and contribution of so many other pilots who participated in the battle. We cannot honor one without deserting so many others, and therefore, we will honor all, not just one!

Originally, the announcement was made on 19-JUN-16 at 0316 (18-JUN, my time, USA EST), but less than 24 hours later, we've already scored huge commitments and donations!

I am now calling upon all interested parties and capsuleers to contribute to this project in honor of the Battle of Caldari Prime, Admiral Visera Yanala, and Live Events as a whole!

We intend to initially establish an Astrahus in Luminaire. But, if we can get enough materials by downtime 30-JUN-16, we may upgrade the Citadel to a Fortizar, or construct multiple Astrahus Citadels depending upon what we as a Live Events community feel is the most feasible, all things considered.


Materials Required:
-minerals
-planetary materials
-structure components
-ISK for Customs and contract costs


If you wish to contribute to this project, please contract any and all materials donated to me personally in Luminaire. Any station will do-they will be moved to the manufacturing station in Luminaire once all materials are gathered.


Thank You For Your Contributions!:
*Kueyen: Minerals, planetary goods
*Tharis Creed: planetary goods
*Jaantrag: $150,000,000, planetary goods, minerals
*Feu dAstres: planetary goods and minerals, Citadel component blueprint copies, fully-loaded Megathron, Kryos, minerals, salvage, ice, station containers
*David Vaille: planetary goods
*Frantisek Strojnik: planetary goods
*Khaprice: planetary goods, $888,888,888
*DutchGunner: $750,000,000
*Momiji Sakora: planetary goods
*Herzog Wolfhammer: salvage
*Soong LiPao: locations for Citadel deployment


Chat with me in the Live Events chat channel for more information on our latest project!

I'm willing to keep an open mind.

As much as I'd love to see a Fortizar go up in Luminaire, its requirements are pretty high. That and I think we all know that security is a concern.

If the naming is an issue, we can consider dubbing it the "Operation Highlander Memorial Station" as well to be more neutral.

Or do two Citadels, one for Caldari, one for Gallente.

We've got 10 days to collect donations and materials. So we've got plenty of time to debate and discuss how best to proceed.

Well, some Caldari operatives (and even Gallente, believe it or not) have issue with naming a Citadel after Yanala. They feel it gives preferential treatment to one person versus ignoring the fact that so many others participated in the event.

I'm inclined to take their concerns into account and devising a label which addresses ALL who fought in the battle rather than just one person. Politically correct, perhaps, but there are many ways wherein many can be honored.

We will see how events unfold over these next few days.

Okay judging by those donations what we're missing from just the end products required to build the Astrahus/Fortizar:

Astrahus
Broadcast Node DONE
Integrity Response Drones 7
Isogen DONE
Megacyte DONE
Mexallon DONE
Nano-Factory DONE
Nocxium DONE
Organic Mortar Applicators 37
Pyerite DONE
Recursive Computing Module 22
Self-Harmonizing Power Core 22
Sterile Conduits 53
Tritanium DONE
Wetware Mainframe 35
Zydrine DONE

There is a surplus of Broadcast Nodes which you could sell off to fill in the missing parts - but I'm happy to donate the missing PI P4s to fill in that gap :)

To build a Fortizar you require - (this doesn't include donations)

Broadcast Node 833
Integrity Response Drones 261
Isogen 855,680
Megacyte 32,088
Mexallon 7,487,200
Nano-Factory 641
Nocxium 160,440
Organic Mortar Applicators 650
Pyerite 21,392,000
Recursive Computing Module 443
Self-Harmonizing Power Core 461
Sterile Conduits 842
Tritanium 106,960,000
Wetware Mainframe 623
Zydrine 74,872

+1

Like Feu dAstres, I advocate twin citadels, one each "in orbit" around Gallente Prime and Caldari Prime.

Thing is, EvE is terrible at orbits. There aren't any. Stuff just hangs in space unmoving. For starbases, stations, outposts and citadels we can hand-wave this physics fail away by presuming that they all have advanced gravitational anchoring technology that obviates the need for orbital considerations (that's why deploying one is called "anchoring", presumably).

As for the exact positioning, anything with high degrees of symmetry would appeal to me most. Whether this is two stations above their respective planets' north (or south!) poles, or two stations on the line between the two planets' centers, probably wouldn't matter much. I *would* however align the undock of each citadel towards the other one.

A solution where the Caldari Prime citadel would be near the Operation Highlander site is somewhat less desireable, since it is difficult to replicate symmetrically over Gallente Prime, and would look arbitrary over there. Moreso, it's probably impossible to anchor the citadel closer than 1000km from the beacon, meaning that the link between the citadel and the site would be somewhat tenuous.

It is my pleasure to announce that the Battle of Caldari Prime Memorial Citadel is online!

The Citadel is positioned approximately 2,500km off the original battle position, which exploded into history on 22-MAR-13. The monolith-like spires forming the apex of the structure face straight towards the Shiigeru's crash site. The undock corridor is aimed directly towards the planet, This is deliberate, so we are all reminded of the extend and the continuous impact of the battle on our universe and our history.

The Citadel currently offers enhanced refining, but is not quite yet fully fueled up. In the coming week, it will be.

Thank you everyone for your contributions to this great project!