Chloe Timere
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Posted - 2006.11.26 03:27:00 -
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I've been reading some information on this particular board about what is known by the residents of EVE about humanity before the collapse of the EVE gate. I just found a piece of information that I'd like to throw into this discussion. Taken from a description of the "Contested Gallente Skeleton Comet" deadspace in the Deltole system (skip to the second paragraph for the important stuff):
The Skeleton Comet, a comet that was picked clean during
the early stages of Federation space exploration, is one of
the many landmarks in Algintal that makes the
constellation known as one of the most beautiful places in
the whole Federation. While not as spectacular as its
more renown cousin the Canyon of Rust the Skeleton
Comet still attracted tourists from all over. But in recent
years the smuggling cartels operating in the constellation
have made the place their own. Driven from their other
pirate havens by activists or, more recently, foreign
corporations, they have convened here to make the
Skeleton Comet their last great bastion of smuggling
activity in the constellation. Needless to say, the only
tourists now visiting the place are those in search of
smuggled goods or illicit affairs.
Yet the Skeleton Comet holds one little-known secret
unlocked by those early miners. While drilling in a remote
corner of the complex they found ancient relics and
definite signs that humans had tread here before,
thousands of years earlier. Only recently these startling
evidence were analyzed further to collaborate what had
until then only existed as rumors whispered in shady
mining bars around the Federation. A fascinating story of
early settlers in the world of EVE was uncovered, a
nation calling itself Yan Jung.
But the intrusion of the smuggling cartels halted further
arcaeological diggings, though it is said that the smugglers
themselves have been poking around in the old ruins.
Some say fabulous discoveries have been made, but the
smugglers keep silent on the subject.
This tidbit was taken from the Database Information when one goes through one of the acceleration gates (pretty much the same information as before, but included for the hell of it):
The Federation miners that worked the Skeleton Comet decades ago
found strange ruins and relics in this part of the complex. As none of
it seemed to be of any value they left it alone. Decades later it was
established that these ruins belonged to a nation now long gone called
Yan Jung. They settled in this part of the galaxy when the EVE gate
still remained open, but are now long dead.
The Serpentis smugglers drove all the excavators working for the
University of Caille out when they took over the Skeleton Comet and
are now rummaging through the ruins trying to find anything of interest.
The Serpentis built this survey site originally as a place for their
excavators to work from, but since then it has become a full fledged
spy base for the whole constellation. Here the Serpentis gather all data
and intelligence they acquire throughout Araz.
From these two pieces of information, I think it can be conclusively proven that the people of EVE (or at least the University of Caille and the Serpentis cartel) know that humans had been in the EVE galaxy before the dark age, that they know about a lost nation called Yan Jung, and, judging by the wording, it also appears that some of them have a good idea of what the EVE gate was used for.
P.S. I apologize if this has been posted before. If it was, then go ahead and call me a noob. It was new to me.
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