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The threat of piracy is growing daily. Pirate and Mercenary corporations all over New Eden are roaming within the boundaries of these new cosmic signatures, using their shadow to trap the unwary. Some of these are even choosing to make these places home, preying on those who enter the uncharted systems. The threat of piracy in Empire space has been tempered by CONCORD in the past, but with the emergence of wormholes, the threat has been renewed and the unwary are falling victim.

There are pilots who inhabit the vast expanse of space not protected by CONCORD. Many must live in these regions because their crimes have made it impossible to enter CONCORD protected space without dire consequences. Some of these pilots may now be as close to Empire as the entrance to the nearest wormhole. Even as those Industrialists and explorers who would explore the wormholes were preparing to do so, these pirates were making preparations as well.

According to MirrorGod, CEO of Heretic Army, “When the first news from GalNet came in of these cosmic appearances, only minutes later were our pilots producing the launchers and probes necessary to find them, within the hour, we’d found our first wormhole next door.” He continues, “…20 odd of our pilots attended [entering the wormhole]. We did quite a job against the sleeper resistance and managed to strike blood on the other explorers as well.”

RedSplat, a member of Heretic Army, replies when asked about how targets are identified, “If ships are identified on scan that aren’t in fleet, they are probed out and eliminated…” He continues, “[the wormholes] have been bubbled, [capsuleers] ransomed and offered a route out for ISK if their fleet’s covops ship [is destroyed].”

While it appears that some who would explore the wormholes, and harvest the treasures that lie therein, are uneasy and in some cases ill-prepared for the unpredictable nature of wormhole entry and exit points, these pirates do not share these concerns and in fact, are quite comfortable with the phenomenon.

“Wormhole operations came natural, we’re well adjusted to a nomadic brand of piracy.” states CEO MirrorGod. When asked about the future of wormhole exploration, he concludes, “…as time goes on and as the hype surrounding these new cosmic anomalies settle, I certainly intend on using them to make things less safe for those who believe they can hide behind a secure star-gate.”

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Source: www.eveonline.com

The BIG Lottery Reaches Ticket Sales Milestone

The BIG Lottery has sailed past a quarter trillion ISK in all-time tickets sold since its 2003 inception. This impressive milestone was attained earlier this month during round 153 of the innovative BIG Lottery.

Over thirty-four thousand pilots have sought their fortune in the BIG Lottery over the years. Those lucky enough to have their number drawn often net billions of ISK worth of cash or prizes. Earlier last year Lena Masca was the recipient of a record-breaking twenty billion ISK payout.

The brainchild of BIG Corporation CEO TornSoul, BIG Lottery has grown exponentially since the meager days of ten million ISK jackpots often partially subsidized by BIG. Today the jackpots are billion ISK affairs with 2008’s five year anniversary round smashing all previous records. This single round distributed over eighty-five billion worth of ISK and prizes among thirteen winners including Lena Masca.

This May will mark BIG Lottery’s 6th consecutive year of operation.

BIG Corporation, the lottery’s holding entity, is best known for its unique internal asset sharing policy in which all members pool their resources as a community. The policy applies without exception to ships, ISK, and any other personal assets one may acquire. While the policy may be difficult for traditional employees to envision, BIG’s success and longevity speaks for itself.

In addition to the lottery, BIG runs a variety of equally unique ventures including the BIG Merchant Bank of EVE, BIG Betting, and BIG Deal where small corporations are given the opportunity to “rent-to-own” battleship blueprint originals.

Round 153 concluded last Sunday and featured a billion ISK jackpot along with five hundred million ISK prizes for both second and third place. The next round is already underway and all pilots wishing to purchase tickets should send their ISK to “BIG Games”. Each ticket costs one thousand ISK and pilots may purchase a maximum of ten thousand tickets per round according to the BIG Lottery portal site. Those wishing to participate in the interactive drawing process should tune in Monday, April 6th to the “BIG Games” channel at 1800 New Eden Time.

GalNet References

BIG Lottery portal

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Source: www.eveonline.com

E-ON Apocrypha Goodie Giveaway!

It’s Apocrypha’s first weekend and as expansions tend to draw the crowds, it’s likely to be a busy couple of days across the new and old systems of New Eden. Maybe we’ll even reach a new PCU!

To commemorate the occasion, E-ON magazine is running a competition to win various EVE goodies. What they want are your screenshots. The best screenshots get published in the next magazine (out next month), and the winners receive the prizes - it’s as simple as that. You’ll need to be running the Premium version of the client, and have the user interface turned off (ALT-F9 toggles) before pressing Print Screen. Also, make sure you make a note of where you as you may have to write a sentence or two about what you were up to when the screenshot was taken before emailing it all to E-ON’s editor.

Find out more at the E-ON blog site: http://zapatero.wordpress.com/

Source: www.eveonline.com