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Southern Null and the Wreck of Steve

Prologue: Back At The Zoo So I eventually returned safely from Outer Ring in the contract Heron with a load of loot after just over eight days. I totally overestimated the frequency of wormholes in...

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The Price Of Safety In Aridia Is One Trillion ISK

Sisters of EVE Academy Station, Erindur VII, Metropolis Region, 8/16/118 - 23:44 hrs A few days ago I received the feed below from the boss of my previous corporation, Outdated Host Productions...

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The Imperial Navy Honor Guard Over The Night Side Of Amarr Prime

It has to be said: you have to hand it to the Theocracy when it comes to high theatre. The coronation of Empress Catiz I was always going to be a day of days, and the Navy outdid itself with an...

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An Inquiry Into The Jove Observatory In The New Eden System

Another Jovian Enigma Well over a year ago, somebody in New Eden's scientific community discovered that an Entosis Link could be used to probe the inner workings of a Jove Observatory, those massive...

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Legion: Empress of Amarr

Where The Hell Have I Been? I'll start with a few Signal anecdotes from the last few weeks. Then I'll segue into some major new shipbuilding developments. The capsule is the womb. The womb is supposed...

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Legion: Shakedown Trials in the Drone Lands

Prologue: Morning - The Ni-Kunni Tea Ritual My alarm clock goes off at 06:37 NEST. It's actually more of a gentle, benign chime through the oversized holovid on the wall opposite which is all...

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The Strangest Thing I Saw All Year

"I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses: to pay the bills." Farislen Caladana - archived interview from the anarchic indy vid channel Black Rise Buzz (now defunct) Hedion...

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Signal Cartel's Second Anniversary

Signal Cartel was founded two years ago yesterday by Mynxee and Johnny Splunk. This period of time almost exactly coincides with my own existence as a capsuleer as I was also 'founded' two years and...

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The Qualities of Hyperspace: The Peralles Incident Revisited

"One could say that the recent history of New Eden would be completely different if, say, Tibus Heth had been born female; or if, say, Empress Jamyl had a big wart on her nose. Since both those...

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Postcards From The Edge Of The Known World

I've spoken before about the 'awesome visual wealth of New Eden' and how accidents of cosmic geometry produce 'transient moments of hypnotic beauty'. It's truer than ever. I was in the low security...

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The Frontier Dreamstate of Anoikis

Prologue: The Limits of Knowledge In my last entry, I described going to the edge of known space and learning what it felt like to be at the edge of the galactic abyss. Thing is, it felt real enough,...

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Sotiyo

The entire economy of the State is predicated on three assumptions: that the State's resources are infinite; that as a result there is infinite capacity for population growth within the State without...

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The Holiest of Holies

Emperor Family Academy Station, Amarr VIII (Oris), Amarr. Waiting… 'Where is it now?''Lonetrek.''Again? 'Yep.''Too far away.  Not interested. Talk to you tomorrow.''K.' 21 hours later... 'Where is it...

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Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

So I spent all that time in Amarr waiting for the wormhole to pass nearby. It did, I went back to the dreamworld for a few days, then I had some corp media-related business to deal with, so I came...

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The Cosmos Is All That Is Or Ever Was Or Ever Will Be

The Wanderer's Den, Horaka, Molden Heath: 1455 hrs Another spectacular alignment of cosmic karma led to an opportunity, finally, to retrieve my Crow that I'd docked in ESOCI's citadel in the Horaka...

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Deus Ex Starship

'Only through many hardships, is a man stripped to his very foundations. And in such a state devoid of distractions is his soul free to soar. And in this he is closest to God'  GALNET: Devoid Region...

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Seyllin: A Decade On

'Shattered worlds were once terrestrial planets, torn asunder by some immense cataclysm. All such worlds in the New Eden cluster are products of the disastrous stellar events that occurred during the...

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A Ship Without A Crew Is Just An Empty Vessel

The Manarq System, Sanctum Constellation, Genesis - 2121hrs, 10/28/119 I've been here a number of times before. I've spoken to her. I've worked with her when I brought the renegade Dagan in a couple...

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All Roads Lead To Khanid, Part 1: Manifest

The Yulai System, Sanctum Constellation, Genesis. Directive Enforcement Department Logistic Support Station - Yulai VIII (Deck 4, Section 8 - Licensing Dept.) Weary-looking...

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All Roads Lead to Khanid, Part II: Poacher Turned Gamekeeper

The Trailing L5 Point Behind Ibani V, in the Ibani System in 'Cabeki Pocket' aka The Budar Constellation, Khanid - 12/5/119, 1105 hrs I left the wormhole, because my work there was done. Shortly...

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