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New Chronicle: Breathing Space

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Kaisek
Doomheim
#41 - 2011-12-17 14:57:59 UTC
Another well written Chronicle CCP Dropbear Smile


One can take good stories for granted; but when you dichotomize it , you then spot all those little details that make up the most descriptive tales.


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HoshinoRuri
Perkone
Caldari State
#42 - 2011-12-18 04:55:39 UTC
I have bugs on most of the major communications hubs, get a good bit of intel from unsuspecting people. /* Decent way of introducing ooc content when it is introduced in a chronicle, especially considering all the cpu power in a ship, you may not be able to do real time cracking but if you had the data log of the convo you could easily get the info, notice this took a couple weeks after things which were introduced. This is entirely plausible from a data analysis perspective into using a brute force decryption technique. /*
Love the chronicle and as someone that does some RP in game they add more to it, haven't had as much time recently as I liked to. But with a game as big as eve there are several methods to RP and gain the information one needs or to even speculate it, passing notes to the gm and getting a response in table top gaming is sorta like using the books or chronicles in game. ^^
Helen Ohmiras
Doomheim
#43 - 2011-12-18 20:08:01 UTC
Ollie Rundle wrote:
Did anyone else read the passages in the quote above and go, "Hang on, WTF?". To me that seems to be saying that in order to cover up the 'pretense' of an arms race between empires, the signatories to the Vitrauze agreement intend to use the Arek'Jalaan project as the figureheads for the Sleeper origin tech that will be introduced in coming months. In return, Arek'Jalaan gets ... tacit empire support? Intel on groups intending to cause it harm? What else?

Or am I completely off the mark with this?

Simply put, the Empires are getting around CONCORD restrictions by blatantly exploiting Capsuleer greed. This Gallente Senator is trying to pull a fast one on Tukoss by offering an "inside scoop" on impending changes (both good and bad) for an undisclosed "favor" in return. It's not that hard to determine from the context, however.

In short, the Senator is saying, "We want you guys to be the front for Sleeper innovations in return for help in clearing up red tape so you can build infrastructure. Also, keep any unwanted attention from us, will ya'? It's in all our best interests."

The only reason the Senator is even offering the deal is because the Arek'jaalan project is asking questions it shouldn't. Meaning, if certain pieces of evidence were ever assembled, the Empires would lose their little game of cloak and dagger and perhaps face repercussions from CONCORD/Jove/whoever else was left out of the secret. Though considering the source, I would perhaps suggest that the Gallente and Amarr might get the worst of it. Bear

Also, just going to throw this out there, "DUST 514". Because honestly, if you look at all the evidence, there's only one potential source for such a logical leap in technology (at least in the EVE universe...).
Ollie Rundle
#44 - 2011-12-18 23:28:11 UTC
Helen Ohmiras wrote:
In short, the Senator is saying, "We want you guys to be the front for Sleeper innovations in return for help in clearing up red tape so you can build infrastructure. Also, keep any unwanted attention from us, will ya'? It's in all our best interests."


Yeah, that's exactly what I thought. The interesting part to me, though, was the idea that the empires are "acting under the pretense of an arms race", implying that all the military buildup - both faction war/militias and otherwise - is a facade agreed upon by someone or a group running overwatch (CONCORD? SCT/Jove? Whoever helped open up Anoikis?) on all four empires. Whether the empires actually realise it's a pretense or not is debatable.

Then again, Dropbear does tend to throw little 'possible' hints in to his writing and sometimes I think they're just there to inspire whatever conspiracy theories we tend towards. Lol
Helen Ohmiras
Doomheim
#45 - 2011-12-19 09:00:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Helen Ohmiras
An arms race is different than a war. Read "Particle Tracks" again. Specifically:

Quote:
"I invite you to consider the design history of the Talos"

Seriously, it's really interesting! Though of course, this all pales in comparison to the fact that Hilen Tukoss has been a naughty boy and has not been fully up front with his "oblivious" Capsuleer research compatriots.

Twisted

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To CCP Dropbear:

Well played, and you do of course know this means war! P
Rhavas
Noble Sentiments
Second Empire.
#46 - 2011-12-19 23:06:33 UTC
Helen Ohmiras wrote:
An arms race is different than a war. Read "Particle Tracks" again. Specifically:

Quote:
"I invite you to consider the design history of the Talos"

Seriously, it's really interesting! Though of course, this all pales in comparison to the fact that Hilen Tukoss has been a naughty boy and has not been fully up front with his "oblivious" Capsuleer research compatriots.

Let no one be confused - Tukoss is not running a charity, appearances or no. There have been a number of opportunities for Tukoss to bring OOC information into the IC realm and he has chosen not to do so. A particularly obvious example of this is his relationship with Lianda Burreau, which he has been silent about. This suggests that his silence is IC (Psst: He's lying to you).

Meanwhile, here is "the design history of the Talos", from the ship Info property box:

Quote:
The Talos began in YC 110 as a R&D concept by ORE. Conceived as a patrol craft for mining operations in lawless space, the Talos would have been abandoned completely were it not adopted by the Black Eagles, a black-ops branch of the Gallente government. The Black Eagles stripped the Talos of non-essential systems and bolted on battleship-class weapons, creating a quick-strike craft ideal for guerilla action.

The Talos remained a military secret until YC 113, when it was introduced into wider circulation as a third tier battlecruiser. Today the Talos is manufactured by Duvolle Labs, who modified the original ORE designs to bring it in line with Gallente standards.

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