Tag Archives: Arek’Jaalan

The Revelations of Delegate Zero

Inheritance: Something that is or may be inherited ; property passing at the owner’s death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy. –Dictionary.com, “Inheritance” So CCP Delegate Zero dropped a massive lore dump over the holidays, a Chronicle appropriately titled … Continue reading

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The Pathway to The Next

If you’re not already familiar with The Seven Events of the Apocalypse (also known as The Prophecy of Macaper) – you’re in luck. I wrote an overview of this key piece of New Eden lore for Crossing Zebras. You should go read … Continue reading

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Caroline’s Star, Part 3: The Theory of Evolution of Theories

THIS IS POST 3 OF 4 IN THIS SERIES. The first contains the bulk of the documentable evidence and the second contains the tinfoil hattery of how I think Caroline’s Star occurred. This one is an anecdote to show how easily … Continue reading

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Caroline’s Star, Part 2: Anatomy of a Catastrophe

THIS IS PART TWO OF FOUR. In Part 1, I lay out the more firm evidence base the below conclusions are based on. Part 3 is actually an appendix to the first two (see the * below) that explains the evolution of one … Continue reading

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J005299 – Sansha’s Override

This is a very brief post, largely for future reference. Future Corps / Sleeper Social Club has been exploring every shattered system we find in depth. So far, other than Thera itself, the most interesting system we’ve found has been … Continue reading

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The Enemy of My Enemy

This post has been in draft for nearly a year. For a long time, the ties were a bit too loose for me to draw any conclusions. In some ways, they still are. But recently, some things have begun to break loose … Continue reading

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Revenant

So in case you missed it, Hilen Tukoss himself has returned after disappearing nearly three years ago. This is probably due to a lot of things. CCP probably had some old notes that needed a reboot. It might have been … Continue reading

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A Freighter-Load of Wormhole Lore

I was invited to appear on Hydrostatic Podcast Episode 12 to discuss They’re Lying to You and The Arek’Jaalan Initiative. It was a fun discussion; Phyridean, Lockefox and Ashterothi are great hosts. They also mercifully cleaned up the rambling discussion … Continue reading

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They’re Lying To You

So today CCP Fozzie rolled out some details behind two in-character news pieces (here and here). Long story short, the empires are having a contest for who can bring them the most of two of the four kinds of Sleeper … Continue reading

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Deployables Part 3: Duty Now for the Future

Thanks to those of you who have stuck with this very long analysis of a very long thread. As promised, this post will be shorter! You can check out the full thread of responses to CCP Fozzie calling for deployable … Continue reading

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