what is the Vitrauze Agreement and why on earth is a Caldari Corporate Scumbag under the mask of a Federate Senator leaking such information

This is clearly the best of the Crucible related chronicles, but I still think that the old-style chronicles were far better. They added an additional element of immersion, while the new chronicles are little more than embellished patch notes. And that's about as interesting as the description of a toy pitched at some 8-year-old. I get that the new chronicles should relate to current events in the game, but the old chronicles did a better job at that.

...BTW if you go to Site One you can pick up the abstracts I wrote. Yay! In game items with my name on them!

... I still think that the old-style chronicles were far better. They added an additional element of immersion, while the new chronicles are little more than embellished patch notes. .. I get that the new chronicles should relate to current events in the game, but the old chronicles did a better job at that.

Interesting chronicle waiting for MORE.


There is one with my name to

Morwen you happy now

[...] the conversations of a hundred people all tracked in a digital language he understood more intuitively than his native Vherokior.

I still think that the old-style chronicles were far better. They added an additional element of immersion, while the new chronicles are little more than embellished patch notes. And that's about as interesting as the description of a toy pitched at some 8-year-old. I get that the new chronicles should relate to current events in the game, but the old chronicles did a better job at that.

umm... i'm fairly new to the Chronicle scene... but I think you're forgetting where Hilen Tukoss was previously employed and what he did as Program Director of the Otosela Neuropsychology Center... His name has been about as big as the the billboards at the jump gates can make it! But think about the keyword: Neuropsychology. wrap that up in a warm pod-pita, throw some Tech 2 cuccumber sauce, and you've got a shiny new implant gyro.... (sorry - it's late and i'm starving)

I don't think this is just advertising for what we already know is out there. I've followed Dropbears work on the deepspace Sleeper story for a bit, and he's very good at giving you enough reeses candies to keep you walking on the trail. I think there's something very fun coming up for the goo-riders INSIDE the pod. which would make those new implant-inclusive killmails so much more interesting.... just sayin'...

Enjoyed the chronicle, but I was under the impression that the goal was to make more of the OOC data available IC, not to add more OOC data we cannot use.

GÇ£Yes, that is certainly the reputation you cultivate. Anyhow, the specifics are this: Acting under the pretense of an arms race, the empires are about to release a number of new Tech II modules and capsule upgrades. The technology behind these developments is Sleeper in origin, and most of it was developed from material identified during the Vitrauze Agreement as practically worthless. If the origin of these modules and improvements were ever to become public knowledge, this agreement would need to be rewritten, something everyone would rather avoid.GÇ¥

GÇ£Most interesting, Senator. Thank you for sharing this. I think I see how we can factor in here, too. Perhaps though, before going any further, now would be a good time to exchange the data and verify everything. If you can do that, and everything checks out, then I can promise you we will start pushing on the first site immediately.GÇ¥

Did anyone else read the passages in the quote above and go, "Hang on, WTF?". To me that seems to be saying that in order to cover up the 'pretense' of an arms race between empires, the signatories to the Vitrauze agreement intend to use the Arek'Jalaan project as the figureheads for the Sleeper origin tech that will be introduced in coming months. In return, Arek'Jalaan gets ... tacit empire support? Intel on groups intending to cause it harm? What else?

Or am I completely off the mark with this?

In short, the Senator is saying, "We want you guys to be the front for Sleeper innovations in return for help in clearing up red tape so you can build infrastructure. Also, keep any unwanted attention from us, will ya'? It's in all our best interests."

"I invite you to consider the design history of the Talos"

An arms race is different than a war. Read "Particle Tracks" again. Specifically:


Seriously, it's really interesting! Though of course, this all pales in comparison to the fact that Hilen Tukoss has been a naughty boy and has not been fully up front with his "oblivious" Capsuleer research compatriots.

The Talos began in YC 110 as a R&D concept by ORE. Conceived as a patrol craft for mining operations in lawless space, the Talos would have been abandoned completely were it not adopted by the Black Eagles, a black-ops branch of the Gallente government. The Black Eagles stripped the Talos of non-essential systems and bolted on battleship-class weapons, creating a quick-strike craft ideal for guerilla action.

The Talos remained a military secret until YC 113, when it was introduced into wider circulation as a third tier battlecruiser. Today the Talos is manufactured by Duvolle Labs, who modified the original ORE designs to bring it in line with Gallente standards.