Obscure lore: share a cool and lesser-known piece of EVE lore!

I want to continue CelestialFlea Zephyr story, as I just had a very, very special encounter: Space Oddity.

We cruise together, through space and time.

It’s a lone shuttle, endlessly drifting through the stars since 2016, a quiet tribute to the legend, David Bowie.

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So now I’m passing on a small tradition:
If you ever spot Space Oddity, warp in close, slow down, and play the song.
And if you’re lucky, maybe Tom will nod from the stars.

There’s an item in the game called “Pax Amarria.”

Then there’s an item in the game called “Pax Ammaria.”

And that typo caused an interstellar incident and grave embarrassment to the Amarrian Empire.

A year or so after the Tyrannus update, which added planetary infrastructure, some of the lesser-used commodities and resources were retired and removed from the game. I noticed then that they had been replaced by a stack of items called “Pax Ammaria.”

The item’s description was simply “This book has a history,” and contained a link back to an EVE Online Chronicle and the former EVE-Wiki database. While the database is now defunct, it has been preserved by EVE RP, and contains the original chronicle which describes how the book came to exist.

While the official Pax Amarria book was written by Amarr Emperor Heideran VII as a means of publishing his memoirs, notes of his reign, and personal thoughts, the 62nd printing of Pax Amarria contained a misprint – directly in the title.

The problem was the error was not discovered until the book had been shipped off to the publishers and distribution was already underway. A recall was issued, and the Amarrian Theology Council declared that all copies must be destroyed. Interpretation of the Council’s directives led some to believe that the mere existence of the book was an insult to God and therefore heretical. Rumors regarding efforts to hunt down and destroy the book indicate that some Amarrian officers and personnel responsible for the book’s distribution committed ritualistic suicide to preserve their honor, and that entire civilian sectors were razed over possession of merely a single copy of the publication. The Theology Council dismissed the rumors, but refused to release official comment. While capsuleers did come into possession of the book, a number reported breaks-ins into their quarters and attempted theft of the literature.

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In particular, the original Chronicle reads “Once the Chamberlain's bureaucracy had exhausted their customary measures, and the screaming that echoed through the deepest levels of the Chamberlain's Residence had finally ceased, they found themselves at an impasse. Such a mistake had not been made in the press in living memory, and none of the functionaries knew what to do next. So they did what bureaucracies do, and they passed the problem upwards and forgot about it.

Some months later, a messenger appeared in the press, and handed the Foreman a note. Upon this note was embossed the most holy seal of the Theology Council, and written in faded ink, the simple statement: “all copies will be destroyed”.

The Foreman handed the note to his deputy, saying ‘I take responsibility’, and departed via the nearest vacant airlock.”

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Pax Ammaria

Pax Amarria (Lore)

This is quite the read.

The Sisters of EVE (SoE)

Thanks to the narrative of the Epic Arc, the Sisters are cleverly positioned as a humanitarian organization in the eyes of young capsuleers. But the long, dark corridors of SoE stations hide secrets.

They’ve shown a strong interest in gaining access to Jovian knowledge, possibly to reverse-engineer advanced tech for an agenda far from humanitarian aid.

They’re also heavily present in wormhole space, where they seek out Sleeper and other ancient technologies. And let’s not forget: they didn’t just designed exploration ships. The Astero, Stratios, and Nestor are well-armed warships, designed to survive, and dominate combat encounters.

And of course, there’s their silent pursuit of mysterios “the Other”

Their true objectives remain a subject of speculation and theories within the capsuleer community.

The Jove Empire was believed to have been living (and thriving) in the Curse region throughout the millennia between the collapse of the Eve Gate and the rebuilding of society in the four core empires. While the rest of New Eden was stuck in a Dark Age without any of their old technology (including spaceflight, to be clear!), the Jove were colonizing half a dozen constellations! :P

(until they started dying off to the Jovian Disease, and the Angel Cartel kicked 'em out)

Poitot is the only named system in Syndicate, and used to have it's own website!