You better clear up your schedules for this weekeend as one of the biggest CCP Games organized events are to be held in Caldari Prime.

These are exciting days at CCP.  Not only are we nearing EVE Online‘s 10th birthday, we are also heading towards the launch of DUST 514, the second product in the EVE universe.  As we gear up for both milestones, we‘re showing more and more of the deep level of connection DUST has with EVE Online. It‘s one thing to say they‘re on the same server, it‘s quite another thing to truly understand the level of interaction the two games – and their players – have and the resulting impact on EVE's established ecosystem.

As a showcase to the level of involvement and influence players of both games have in the EVE universe, we have been hosting a series of in-game events that explain the arrival of the DUST mercenaries and weave their background into the EVE story. The events to date have been relatively contained. They‘ve involved both DUST 514 and EVE Online players, but they‘ve been more focused towards the core community of EVE lore afficionados. These events have however all been building towards something.

That something is happening now.           

Caldari Prime has been the cause for bitter rivalry and, at times, open war between the Gallente Federation and Caldari State. It is the homeworld of Caldari and, as a result of a treaty following a Caldari sneak attack, is considered to be a part of the Caldari State, even though it is situated in a Gallente solar system. As citizens of both empires live on the planet, tensions have often run high and rebellious elements of the Gallente population have taken to arms to fight what they see as an illegal occupation of their homes.

The planet is orbited by the Shiigeru, a Caldari Navy Leviathan-class Titan, which serves as a measure of mutually assured destruction should peace be compromised.

Situated in the Luminaire solar system, Caldari Prime has been the scene of innumerable DUST battles over the past three days. The mercenaries are fighting viciously for every district, being contracted both by the planet‘s Gallente rebels and the Caldari State's Provist occupation force to fight the most brutal of wars.  

With CONCORD, the in-game police force, now issuing a warning for spaceship pilots, the conflict will be spreading beyond the planet's surface.

As we‘ve hinted at for a while, the in-game events we‘ve been running are building up to major events, and judging by the commotion this week, things are about to kick off. The battleground is set, the fight belongs to you.

If you want to participate in shaping EVE's history, you should monitor the news closely over the next few days and set aside your Friday afternoon (UTC). DUST Mercenaries that participate in specific events this weekend (details announced tomorrow) will earn a commemorative dropsuit. The event will also be livestreamed on our Twitch.tv page.

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22 Comments

  1. former -A- FC

    Great, maybe we can get the DAILY SOV MAN back as well? At leats tell us what the problem is riv? EN24 without daily Sov Map is like EN12.

    March 20, 2013 at 10:42 pm Reply
    1. imperial fail

      Www.eveswarm.com
      They have a sov map

      March 21, 2013 at 1:03 am Reply
    2. imperial fail

      There is an eve news site called. e v e s w a r m . C o m
      They have a sov map

      March 21, 2013 at 1:06 am Reply
      1. grunt

        GO A WAY WITH YOUR PROPAGANDA !!

        March 21, 2013 at 8:05 am Reply
    3. CommanderBolt

      Yea god damn it Riv! Please put a button link back to the sov map, fed up of manually searching it when I want to take a look.

      p.s

      I will do my best to be there fighting on the ground for who ever pays best. Railguns charged and ready to fire!

      March 21, 2013 at 4:50 am Reply
      1. hello

        you can bookmark it so you dont have to search every time,

        March 21, 2013 at 11:41 am Reply
        1. CommanderBolt

          But the daily sov map button dude!

          March 21, 2013 at 12:20 pm Reply
        2. orly?

          But… But… Cute Button!

          March 21, 2013 at 1:37 pm Reply
  2. Onion-y Goodness

    when you are done blowing Sony's customers CCP there are a few eve story lines you seem to have dropped like a shitty diaper. how bout you pick up on that, you know, for the paying customers?

    March 20, 2013 at 11:29 pm Reply
    1. FailCascade

      I think the Onion-y Goodness must be the source of these tears.

      March 21, 2013 at 3:16 am Reply
  3. hfjfdj

    role-playing baby

    Fucking Sony pets

    March 20, 2013 at 11:52 pm Reply
  4. bystander

    FOR THE STATE!!!

    March 21, 2013 at 12:24 am Reply
  5. alx Warlord

    Where is the POS revamp?

    March 21, 2013 at 1:06 am Reply
  6. DarthNefarius

    Hope I get the last blow on the Titan

    March 21, 2013 at 1:26 am Reply
  7. Noisrevbus

    Is this where we do what we can, to piss on their parade, with floppy pink penises to TiDi 10 / CPU 100?

    March 21, 2013 at 2:04 am Reply
  8. WWW

    Personally I think the integration of two completely different types of playstyles on two consoles into one storyline is cool as f***. I can't think of another venture like it.

    Congrats to CCP for making one hell of a product, it may have flaws here and there that need fixing, but nothing is perfect.

    March 21, 2013 at 5:25 am Reply
  9. CFC prodigy

    Just don't anything that might get you to court IRL, for example don't RP with Polish as they might take it as emotional assault.

    March 21, 2013 at 10:54 am Reply
  10. Theng Hofses

    Did they really name the titan after the creator of Mario and Donkey Kong?

    March 21, 2013 at 2:08 pm Reply
  11. EW Guy

    Caldari prime belongs to the Caldari people!

    This soon to be invason of Caldari Prime is not acceptable! For the State !

    March 21, 2013 at 2:18 pm Reply
  12. Federation Forever

    You don't Fuck with the Federation!

    March 21, 2013 at 2:22 pm Reply
  13. Grimm The TRUE!

    Gallen.. 'NOUGH SAID!

    March 21, 2013 at 2:39 pm Reply
  14. DarthNefarius

    CCP seems to be implying Luminaire will at somepoints become a free fire zone & no GM reimbursements will be given out community.eveonline.com/news/newsFromEve.a

    March 21, 2013 at 5:38 pm Reply

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