EVE Fiction

In reading up on my inevitable venture in to planetary exploration and harvesting career, I came across a little item called "The Seyllin Incident." These were the events surrounding the "Apocrypha" expansion and the introduction of wormholes to the game. It's a rather amazing story.


For those not familiar with the Seyllin Incident, allow me to try to enlighten you. In CY111, loss of communications with the planet Seyllin I set off a series of events that lead to the appearance of wormholes through the New Eden cluster. The planet's blue O-type star appeared to have gone supernova long before it's natural time to do so and a wave of super heated plasma killed over 500 million people who were unable to evacuate the planet despite multiple Empire, and even some pirate organizations, attempts to do so. It was later discovered that Seyllin was not an isolated incident as there were reports of at least seven other systems, possibly as many as ten, all with blue O-type stars, having undergone the same circumstances. While other colonies and stations were lost, none were on the scale of the loss of life on Seyllin I. Seyllin, and the planets like it, were classified as "Shattered Planets."

In a matter of hours after the tragedy, the Sisters of EVE correctly predicted the formation of wormholes throughout the star clusters. And appear they did. Now, wormholes are a common object in the space of New Eden.

One year after the event, a report was made public attempting to explain how and why the Seyllin Incident had occurred. The report, compiled together from a few different sources, concluded that an experimental mineral called "Isogen-5" had been detonated within the ten systems as only Isogen-5 was capable of producing the energy needed for such an event to occur. What's even more bizarre is that the author hints that the a department within the Sisters of EVE, called the "Sanctuary," not only knew about the incident, but created it as well. The purpose was to further the study of the creation of wormholes which might lead to information that could aid in the SoE's ultimate goal: the opening of the EVE gate. Whether the destruction of Seyllin I was merely an unfortunate coincidence or part of the overall plan is unknown. Of course, the SoE have been the source of benevolence and charitable aid in New Eden for centuries. The thought of such an abhorrent act by SoE is almost unthinkable. And besides, the technology to contain that much Isogen-5 does not exist in New Eden...as far as anyone knows.

And despite the report, life went on as it tends to do. The aftermath of the destruction of Seyllin was documented and forgotten. Capsuleers took advantage of the appearance of wormholes to explore new regions of space and discover and unlock new technologies. The SoE's involvement, or lack thereof, fell by the wayside.

Keanu Reeve's character in "Constantine" said "We're capable of terrible things." It's amazing that even a group like the SoE or the Red Cross is not immune to these kinds of corruption. You hear about embezzlement at the lowest and highest levels, money gained through massive donations that never arrive at it's intended group. And even a group like the Sisters of EVE who's ultimate goal is to reunite humanity with it's original home world lowering themselves to the level of mass murder on a planetary scale to achieve said goal.

Humans suck, man. To quote George Carlin: "And we wonder why an alien species doesn't stop by and say "Hello.""

Thank you for reminding me, I've been meaning to take a little trip out there to see with all the new graphics enhancements.