Live Dev Blog - EVE TV and EON (Eve guide)
July 5th, 2007
EVE TV and EON
Our guests introduced themselves and went on to answering the questions posted by players in the forum thread. All questions tonight was about EVE TV and EON.
Speakers
Xyliana - EVE TV
Zapatero - EON
You can either listen to the recording in the flash player just below, or download it from here and listen to it in your own mp3 player. A transcript will be added later.
Unease amongst student population grows.
ESSENCE. Throughout the universities of New Eden, a number of student protests have turned violent leading to arrests as tensions rise between students and the administrative bodies regarding a recent resurgence in the desire to leave the control of the four empires, and see the fostering of new inter-empire relationships.
In many universities, capsuleer and planet bound students are feeling pressured by the overbearing presence of the university administration boards allowing the politics of New Eden to restrict academic development between all the empires. During a meeting concerning these issues in the Aporulie system, one Gallente student explained that instead of the divisions that currently divide the empires they "intend to work as a group to conduct groundbreaking research and other studies that cannot currently exist in this politically charged atmosphere."
The concern of the university ruling bodies is twofold, the empires in general are usually quite unwilling to share information across the ideological divisions that currently exist in New Eden, and this may also be motivated by military concerns despite the uneasy peace between them. Secondly, co-operation with universities in other empires may result in budget cuts or sanctions against them. Both factors are driving university administrators to oppose co-operation at this time.
As tensions rise between students and university officials, a multitude of students from various universities have begun to actively protest against the university administrators with demands that their voices be heard. In various public speeches, students from the University of Caille have suggested the formation of a focused study group in a neutral territory that is open to students from all across New Eden. Shortly after this announcement the protest began to turn violent, and Gallente security forces moved in to calm the situation, with a number of students arrested.
In the wake of this protest, numerous others are planned at universities across New Eden.
Corporate Defection Causing Unrest at Border
CALDARI BORDER - A surprise announcement by prominent Caldari State scientist Hirento Autinen has seen simmering tensions between the faction and their Gallente Federation counterparts rise to boiling point.
Autinen shocked authorities with his plan to leave Kaalakiota for the new pastures of Chemal Tech, which would be a sickening blow for the Caldari company and state combined.
During his leaving statement Autinen added fuel to the fire with several acerbic remarks about his former employer - claiming that the sheer ruthlessness of the business methods used by the Corporation were far beyond what he considered to be reasonable.
News of his decision spread rapidly and angry exchanges between Caldari Navy and a group of Gallente businessmen attempting to secure Autinen's secure passage are rumoured to have led to an attempt to spring the operative from his current whereabouts.
The dispute happened just inside the Caldari border, where the Caldari Navy prevented a Gallente convoy from proceeding - citing the cause as the recent attacks on Gallente ships by the home guard in Kassigainen and subsequent orders which followed them. After a vehement argument over comms, parts of which were leaked to the Galnet, the convoy admitted defeat and returned to friendlier space.
Various sources indicate that Chemal Tech hired freelance capsuleers to retrieve Hirento Autinen from the Kaalakiota Corporation Factory in Sirppala and safely escort him to the Vale system in Gallente territory without the possibility of heightening tensions between the two factions.
However, other sources suggest that Caldari agents within the Gallente Federation hired outside assistance in an attempt to prevent the mercenaries hired by Chemal Tech to complete their mission.
Ignoring the confusion surrounding his departure, Autinen and his convoy managed to make it safely to their destination despite minor losses.
This was not the end of the matter as shortly after effecting his escape, a leaked document from Chemal Tech seems to indicate that a third faction, the Minmatar Republic are also involved. It has been reported that several members of the Chemal Tech R&D Department - headed by Rayle Ottin, the person apparently responsible for hiring the mercenaries to retrieve Autinen - have been making frequent trips into Minmatar space over the last couple of weeks.
The coded document has yet to be cracked but three corporation names are clearly readable - Kaalakiota Corporation, Home Guard and Republic Security Services.
The relationship this document has with the defection of Hirento Autinen, and any current disputes between Kaalakiota Corporation and Chemal Tech are unclear. However, it is safe to assume that the matter will be taken further in the highest of political echelons.
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