EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hello everyone !

As I was cruising through very very hisec sectors to my PVE lvl2 mission zone, I emerged from a jump gate almost into the waiting arms of something called "Circadian Seeker" (something like that, cruiser size I think). As it was red on my overview and there were several of them, I fled without looking back (they also serve who warp away).

Then I googled a bit and got somewhat confused by what I read. Sleepers ? Some sort of NPC advanced race that lives in wormholes ? There seems to be quite some active excitement on the forums but I'm too freshly arrived to understand what the buzz is all about. Especially since it's often written in-character assuming one is familiar with all the lore.

So, questions:

- are those "circadians" actually hostile ? I didn't stay long enough to assess that, better fly off with my ship intact than being scrammed and torn to pieces.
- what are they doing out of their wormholes and orbiting a gate in hisec ? Will Concord or local NPC militia blast them away ?
- should I have engaged them ? Can I take them on with my very very limited combat skills ? Is there valuable loot to be found ?



Thanks in advance for any answers or pointers to (actualized) reading material that would enlighten me.

Best,
Carl

PS: rejoice with me ! I have just passed the ONE MILLION skill points mark ! I feel I can take on the universe...

Lore-wise: Unknown. They seem to be searching for something... or assessing us.

Mechanics-wise: They are safe as milk. The worst they will do is "scan" and/or bump you.



Lore-wise: Unknown. CONCORD and the NPC Empires are employing the "wait and see" method.

Mechanics-wise: It is a possible future Role Playing event and/or game expansion... the DEVs are trying to drum up support and intrigue ahead of time.

And CONCORD and the Faction Police/Militia are specific to capsuleers and don't really care about other NPCs.


You could have. Circadian Sleepers won't shoot back (they have no weapons). There is no loot to be gained from them. Or salvage.



Btw... if you are scared about engaging something insure your ship at a station (Platinum level) and then try it. Insurance will give you back ~70% of the value of your ship (excluding mods).

Also... in my humble opinion... the sooner you get used to the idea that your ship WILL explode at some point in the future, the easier time you will have in EVE in the long run. Everything in EVE is an expendable tool. Your ship is no exception.

Yep, they just love throwing spanners in the works to keep us on our toes, and then watch to see what we do with the spanners.

They're often surprised/scared to see what we get up to with the mechanics and tools they give us to play with.

Sleepers on the whole are nasty to mess with, the Circadian Seekers aren't aggressive at the moment but the fact that they're A: in highsec, and B: scan people suggests to me that they are an advance scouting party assessing the capabilities of the 4 Empires to repel a sleeper invasion.

Honestly, I never paid Shah or forced him to advertize my channel...

I swear

Been hearing rumours from SiSi that they are killing ships and pods.. although this might just be a SiSi bug.

Same here. including screenshots etc.

I really hope it is true though. No more AFK-ing on the undock for hours (me waves at those off-grid boosters).

And we also know how CCP can pull a 180 on their plans if needed.

There are.

- Smartbombs: not "smart"... sends out a omni-drectional "pulse" that damages everything and anything within a 5 to 7000 meter radius from the ship. Try not to use in high-sec.

- Bombs: can only be launched from Stealth Bombers... and only in 0.0 or lower space. Flies 30km in the direction the launching ship is heading and deals a massive 10km ball of damage. If you have enough people in Stealth Bombers doing the same thing you can nuke 100+ man fleets.


Exploding structures doing damage... sometimes. It is usually a mission related thing so do not be too concerned.

Exploding ships doing damage... no. This would be laughably abused if it was a thing.

Thanks J'Poll and Shah.

My puny weapons could barely dent the shields of one of those cruisers. If they start getting aggressive, we are going to be very, very afraid...

To reassure you a bit, while the Seekers do seem to pod on Sisi, they do it slowly. The damage they do to pods is tiny, takes them roughly 2 minutes to pop your pod. So seems to be more a danger to AFK players. So far, they don't seem to scram your pods, allowing you to warp away at any time.

Right now (as posted above) it's unknown whether this podding is a feature or bug. Currently, not much is known about m, CCP is very tight lipped about the Seekers & the Unidentified Structures associated with them.

I ran a publication on them: 'Strange structures and mysterious Sleepers appear all over New Eden!' Do note, despite great effort from the community, not much has been revealed.
If more info is revealed about it in a confirmed manner, either through the community or CCP, I'll publish about it on my news-site. So if you're interested in what it all means, keep checking in once in a while