Tag Archives: CONCORD

Posted on 2010-07-02 by Ecliptic Rift

Highsec piracy

I will admit that the idea of highsec piracy occasionally appeals to me. Hitting miners and traders to see what they’ve got? Salvaging and looting in deadspace? Shooting down overly confident agency contractors? Delicious. Sure, you have to go out … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-06-08 by Ecliptic Rift

Piracy of one sort or another

A former associate, Joron Darkdust, has gotten back in touch recently. He pulled himself out of whatever hellhole had swallowed him up and seems to have fallen in with some interesting folks. I hope it works out for him. On … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-05-19 by Ecliptic Rift

Evacuating from the Republic

Not only have the Sansha threatened the world, but other capsuleers have evidently lost their minds. I don’t want to get in the middle of the fighting, as I can think of lots of other ways to do well by … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-05-14 by Ecliptic Rift

World afire: Sansha Nation returns

Nation has decided to pick up the pace, evidently, and CONCORD knows about it. Leaks happen anyway, because (say it with me again) information wants and deserves to be free. Some folks act surprised, others act vigilant. The Empire suddenly … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-02-09 by Ecliptic Rift

Quantum olive

Pilots out in the darkest depths of lawless space know that not everything matches the cozy little categories that their colleagues back in CONCORD-policed space expect. This applies to conflicts as much as it does to the places and objects … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-01-19 by Ecliptic Rift

Flash Fiction 2: “What might have been”

Like everyone else in the transportation terminal, he stood transfixed while watching the reports come across the data screens. He didn’t travel often. Wife, children, and a government desk post tied him down. But he didn’t get the urge to … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-12-16 by Ecliptic Rift

Translating your RL job to EVE

Yargok, who writes the excellently-named blog Wherever I May Roam, had a great post idea about discussing your RL job in EVE terms. So, how would your exact job look, translated into EVE? In my job, I’d work for some … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-12-06 by Ecliptic Rift

Syndicate-Thukker deterioration

The intricacies of power politics never cease to confuse me. I spent some time out in Syndicate this week, conferring with the Intaki Bank offices in TXW-EI (and a few other corporations) to clear up some confusion from a few … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-11-20 by Ecliptic Rift

Piracy in high-security space

Despite what Egonics and their ilk will tell us, copying music isn’t piracy. Doing violence against somebody’s ship to gain something from their cargo or passengers, though, definitely qualifies. And pilots can make a bit of ISK engaging in piracy, … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-11-15 by Ecliptic Rift

Construction through colonization

For a long time, I’ve dreamed of a world without centralized power structures. A world where people work together in an effort to build something new, with their efforts rewarded with freedom and liberty. My dream just took another step … Read the rest of this entry →

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