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 KIAPieman    |
Posted - 2003.12.23 20:43:00 -
[1] The history of Venal By KIAPieman The history of Venal is a colourful one at best, many of the biggest ōshocksö that have happened in the Eve has happened right at our feet. This is a brief for all those interested in what has come before them in this region. Venal from my point of view has had at best 5 weeks of peace since KIA Corp joined in about August, the rest of it has been spent in a perpetual state of civil war or alliance/pirate faction war. This is because of our ideals that we hold and the fact that we have had such public exposure, it makes people harbour feelings for or against us, even if its nothing to do with them. This tale is from info I know 1st hand and info I have discovered through reading old posts and articles. If anything here is wrong please post any amendments as I want to be as correct as possible, please be polite as well, i have gone through the troble to write this and i will not apreciate anyone who tells me to "STFU n00b you know nothing" all i request is that people be civil with responces. Yes you may count this as PR, but the intention of this is purely for entertainment. The age of discovery. In the beginning Venal was a loose collection of free corps looking to make a living in 0.0 space. Before the VA there was a semblence of peace. Pirates would fly around and kill people when they wanted, and it was pretty much like the wild wild west. No cops, no one to call on for help, everyone for himself. But it was also a great time to be playing. You could take a couple frigs and go out to the belts in 4cfk and rack in some quick cash, or grab some miners and mine bist instead. 4cfk was the main trading hub back then, and everyone went there to buy stuff or to hunt and mine, and it was the place where you had to be careful because pirates went there too. Eventually an alliance of these corps formed the Venal alliance (VA). The fledgling VA grew with some names that are now very familiar and some that no longer exist. The VA was a semi-pirate alliance in the fact that pirates were allowed membership and would conduct operations in Tribute, Pure blind and Lonetrek. This was a happy time for the VA but it wouldnĘt last. TTI, the brainchild of Ragnar, was the 1st of the mega-corps in Eve, ōjoinedö the VA, purely for the Bistot rich belts. TTI ships started ploughing the space lanes to and from venal, further fattening the wallet of the corp. But the peace was about to be shatteredąą. Evolution began incursions into VA space to oust TTI from the ore rich region, hit and fade attacks were conducted and TTI eventually withdrew back to empire space and waited. Eventually TTI came back and fully joined the VA. It was boom time for the alliance, many many new corps had joined over the following weeks, some very prominent, some you may not have heard of, the likes of Jericho Faction, KIA Corp and a few others were readily accepted and enthusiastically jumped at the opportunities in venal. The Age of Strife A matter of a week into my corps full membership in the VA, a huge surprise attack was launched against Venal by the Fountain Alliance, led by Evolution they laid waste to ship after ship in yet more hit and fade operations. Many corps stared to feel the pinch and were not able to replace ships for combat. KIA Corp bore the brunt of the 1st weeks fighting, losing several cruisers in the 1st few days. Every victory was celebrated but they became fewer and fewer and hope began to fade away, it really looked like the VA would die that week, we didnĘt realise that we were more correct than we thought. Many people at this point started to voice concerns about TTIĘs involvement in the war, or to be more exact, its lack of involvement. Evolution had attacked to drive TTI from Venal, and we had been offered deals on ship production which, during wartime, were unattainable. Nobody could mine safely at this point, reportedly TTI were still mining up north but these reports were never proven. People started to get more vocal about lack of support from them and moral hit rock bottom. Then out of nowhere a unbelievable offer was made to Jade Constantine by the FA, if TTI and all pirate corps were expelled from Venal without exception the war would be over and they would accept the VAĘs rights to claim the region. An urgent vote was called for all the CEOĘs to attend, the motion was put forward and the corps voted to either keep fighting Evolution and let TTI and the pirates stay, or to let TTI leave for a protracted period and build up our forces to resist any future incursions. The votes were cast, a few corps voted to kick TTI for the time being (if I remember correctly, KIA Corp, Jericho Faction are 2 of them, I cant remember the rest) and the final result was 8 votes to 5, in favour of letting TTI stay and fighting on. Then probably one of the most famous lines in Eve so far was deliveredą.. in one fell swoop TTI alienated itself from all -------------------------------------------------------- |
 KIAPieman Caldari Caldari Provisions |
Posted - 2003.12.23 20:43:00 -
[2] The history of Venal By KIAPieman The history of Venal is a colourful one at best, many of the biggest ōshocksö that have happened in the Eve has happened right at our feet. This is a brief for all those interested in what has come before them in this region. Venal from my point of view has had at best 5 weeks of peace since KIA Corp joined in about August, the rest of it has been spent in a perpetual state of civil war or alliance/pirate faction war. This is because of our ideals that we hold and the fact that we have had such public exposure, it makes people harbour feelings for or against us, even if its nothing to do with them. This tale is from info I know 1st hand and info I have discovered through reading old posts and articles. If anything here is wrong please post any amendments as I want to be as correct as possible, please be polite as well, i have gone through the troble to write this and i will not apreciate anyone who tells me to "STFU n00b you know nothing" all i request is that people be civil with responces. Yes you may count this as PR, but the intention of this is purely for entertainment. The age of discovery. In the beginning Venal was a loose collection of free corps looking to make a living in 0.0 space. Before the VA there was a semblence of peace. Pirates would fly around and kill people when they wanted, and it was pretty much like the wild wild west. No cops, no one to call on for help, everyone for himself. But it was also a great time to be playing. You could take a couple frigs and go out to the belts in 4cfk and rack in some quick cash, or grab some miners and mine bist instead. 4cfk was the main trading hub back then, and everyone went there to buy stuff or to hunt and mine, and it was the place where you had to be careful because pirates went there too. Eventually an alliance of these corps formed the Venal alliance (VA). The fledgling VA grew with some names that are now very familiar and some that no longer exist. The VA was a semi-pirate alliance in the fact that pirates were allowed membership and would conduct operations in Tribute, Pure blind and Lonetrek. This was a happy time for the VA but it wouldnĘt last. TTI, the brainchild of Ragnar, was the 1st of the mega-corps in Eve, ōjoinedö the VA, purely for the Bistot rich belts. TTI ships started ploughing the space lanes to and from venal, further fattening the wallet of the corp. But the peace was about to be shatteredąą. Evolution began incursions into VA space to oust TTI from the ore rich region, hit and fade attacks were conducted and TTI eventually withdrew back to empire space and waited. Eventually TTI came back and fully joined the VA. It was boom time for the alliance, many many new corps had joined over the following weeks, some very prominent, some you may not have heard of, the likes of Jericho Faction, KIA Corp and a few others were readily accepted and enthusiastically jumped at the opportunities in venal. The Age of Strife A matter of a week into my corps full membership in the VA, a huge surprise attack was launched against Venal by the Fountain Alliance, led by Evolution they laid waste to ship after ship in yet more hit and fade operations. Many corps stared to feel the pinch and were not able to replace ships for combat. KIA Corp bore the brunt of the 1st weeks fighting, losing several cruisers in the 1st few days. Every victory was celebrated but they became fewer and fewer and hope began to fade away, it really looked like the VA would die that week, we didnĘt realise that we were more correct than we thought. Many people at this point started to voice concerns about TTIĘs involvement in the war, or to be more exact, its lack of involvement. Evolution had attacked to drive TTI from Venal, and we had been offered deals on ship production which, during wartime, were unattainable. Nobody could mine safely at this point, reportedly TTI were still mining up north but these reports were never proven. People started to get more vocal about lack of support from them and moral hit rock bottom. Then out of nowhere a unbelievable offer was made to Jade Constantine by the FA, if TTI and all pirate corps were expelled from Venal without exception the war would be over and they would accept the VAĘs rights to claim the region. An urgent vote was called for all the CEOĘs to attend, the motion was put forward and the corps voted to either keep fighting Evolution and let TTI and the pirates stay, or to let TTI leave for a protracted period and build up our forces to resist any future incursions. The votes were cast, a few corps voted to kick TTI for the time being (if I remember correctly, KIA Corp, Jericho Faction are 2 of them, I cant remember the rest) and the final result was 8 votes to 5, in favour of letting TTI stay and fighting on. Then probably one of the most famous lines in Eve so far was deliveredą.. in one fell swoop TTI alienated itself from all -------------------------------------------------- |
 KIAPieman |
Posted - 2003.12.23 20:46:00 -
[3] Edited by: KIAPieman on 23/12/2003 20:47:55 the corps that had pledged support to them in a democratic vote, because 5 corps had dared to vote against them they declared war on them and placed a bounty of 100 million on JadeĘs head paid in 5 million instalments per corpse. Immediately another swifter vote was called and its was unanimous, we were at war again. TTI then made a move which I will never understand, they invited M3g4 to join their Northern alliance, so along with Space invaders and Paladins of the red skull they had all the major pirates at that time. Calling themselves the Northern Alliance, they clamed Venal for their own uses and expected to sweep the remnants of the old VA away. Little did they know that hostilities had ceased with the FA and all the effort went into showing TTI what for. With a new found sense of vigour we managed to recover out losses and become stronger in the process, many messages of goodwill and offers of military support were passed to us, corporations with no real interest in venal before began to offer ships and equipment to the alliance. Hope was quickly rising, driven on by an Intense anger and hatred of the way TTI believed they could sweep the little corps under the carpet, well it didnĘt happen. After a few days the foundations had been laid, all it needed was for the 1st brick to be laid on the structure that would become the New Venal Alliance. Jade pooled all her resources sorting out the admin side whilst we fighters prepared for the impending offensive, the risks we would be taking were great, but failure would be a failure to the citizens of eve, it needed to be stopped there and theną The great stand-off, it was like an old western, wit the NVA and the NA staring each other down, it was just a matter of time. Then M3G4 launched into the NVA with gusto, but something was different in this war, we were not fighting for someone elseĘs survival, we were fighting for our own, this is probably why in this war the NVA had some of its finest moments in combat. The war was taken to M3G4, we didnĘt sit back as many In the NA must have thought we would. Hit and fade attack were conducted everywhere and a steady pile of corpses was being built up in many hangers. After about 2 weeks of fighting the news I never expected to hear came out, M3G4 was dead, a shell of its former self, the self styled Biomass Cartel was created from the defecting members, who had true to pirate form, stolen everything from M3G4, the then left Venal space claming no interest in it. Smoked, the CEO of M3G4 seemed a broken but proud man, accepting defeat he left Venal for calmer waters vowing to change his image, and no doubt to get revenge on those who did him wrong. Seeing his allies falling or leaving and losing more and more confrontations, it finally must have dawned upon Ragnar what he had done and he decided to step down as CEO and hand control to GunnyP. Peace in our timeą. The end of the TTI war signalled a time of prosperity for the NVA, with the shipping lanes open again the rarer minerals in short supply were spread throughout Lonetrek again, and the corps in the NVA grew richer and richer, soon all the corps were mainly flying battleships, the NVA fleet was huge beyond belief. We were prosperous. Then we started to hear about rumours, CFS were calling us pirates, the CA had ambitions on Venal. A few of the NVA pushed to go on the offensive, to show people that the NVA is no walkover. We were called warmongers and griefers, told that why attack when we could do things diplomatically. A couple of members left due to this but it wasnĘt something new. If we had paid attention to it, we could have been a bit more prepared for what was to comeą. We were made aware of a Biomass Cartel fleet heading to NVA territory, forming a fleet in response we waited for them. Then a terrible secret was revealed. Terra Nova Corp, led by Hupa, defected just before Biomass jumped in, locking down battleships of friends and former allies, it was a wholesale slaughter. That moment lit the fuseą Biomass incursions became more and more regular and the NVA stepped up war production a notch. The war started to spread down through Pure Blind and into northern Lonetrek. Then one day the NVA made a fatal but necessary mistakeą A fleet of 20 + ships was dispatched to Obe to attack biomassĘ base of operations, then the startling truth was discovered, whist they were in Obe venal was open to a Biomass counter attack. The fleet turned about and headed back home. A huge blockade was established and the fleet waited. After several hours of tedious waiting, we had reports that biomass was about to jump, everything went quiet as people prepared to go full tilt onto the enemy, then looking at local i sat open jawed, 114 people in local, chatted filled then channels as pople weighed up the options available to us, we voted to stay, many hours of camping passed, many peop -------------------------------------------------------- |
KIAPieman Caldari Caldari Provisions |
Posted - 2003.12.23 20:46:00 -
[4] Edited by: KIAPieman on 23/12/2003 20:47:55 the corps that had pledged support to them in a democratic vote, because 5 corps had dared to vote against them they declared war on them and placed a bounty of 100 million on JadeĘs head paid in 5 million instalments per corpse. Immediately another swifter vote was called and its was unanimous, we were at war again. TTI then made a move which I will never understand, they invited M3g4 to join their Northern alliance, so along with Space invaders and Paladins of the red skull they had all the major pirates at that time. Calling themselves the Northern Alliance, they clamed Venal for their own uses and expected to sweep the remnants of the old VA away. Little did they know that hostilities had ceased with the FA and all the effort went into showing TTI what for. With a new found sense of vigour we managed to recover out losses and become stronger in the process, many messages of goodwill and offers of military support were passed to us, corporations with no real interest in venal before began to offer ships and equipment to the alliance. Hope was quickly rising, driven on by an Intense anger and hatred of the way TTI believed they could sweep the little corps under the carpet, well it didnĘt happen. After a few days the foundations had been laid, all it needed was for the 1st brick to be laid on the structure that would become the New Venal Alliance. Jade pooled all her resources sorting out the admin side whilst we fighters prepared for the impending offensive, the risks we would be taking were great, but failure would be a failure to the citizens of eve, it needed to be stopped there and theną The great stand-off, it was like an old western, wit the NVA and the NA staring each other down, it was just a matter of time. Then M3G4 launched into the NVA with gusto, but something was different in this war, we were not fighting for someone elseĘs survival, we were fighting for our own, this is probably why in this war the NVA had some of its finest moments in combat. The war was taken to M3G4, we didnĘt sit back as many In the NA must have thought we would. Hit and fade attack were conducted everywhere and a steady pile of corpses was being built up in many hangers. After about 2 weeks of fighting the news I never expected to hear came out, M3G4 was dead, a shell of its former self, the self styled Biomass Cartel was created from the defecting members, who had true to pirate form, stolen everything from M3G4, the then left Venal space claming no interest in it. Smoked, the CEO of M3G4 seemed a broken but proud man, accepting defeat he left Venal for calmer waters vowing to change his image, and no doubt to get revenge on those who did him wrong. Seeing his allies falling or leaving and losing more and more confrontations, it finally must have dawned upon Ragnar what he had done and he decided to step down as CEO and hand control to GunnyP. Peace in our timeą. The end of the TTI war signalled a time of prosperity for the NVA, with the shipping lanes open again the rarer minerals in short supply were spread throughout Lonetrek again, and the corps in the NVA grew richer and richer, soon all the corps were mainly flying battleships, the NVA fleet was huge beyond belief. We were prosperous. Then we started to hear about rumours, CFS were calling us pirates, the CA had ambitions on Venal. A few of the NVA pushed to go on the offensive, to show people that the NVA is no walkover. We were called warmongers and griefers, told that why attack when we could do things diplomatically. A couple of members left due to this but it wasnĘt something new. If we had paid attention to it, we could have been a bit more prepared for what was to comeą. We were made aware of a Biomass Cartel fleet heading to NVA territory, forming a fleet in response we waited for them. Then a terrible secret was revealed. Terra Nova Corp, led by Hupa, defected just before Biomass jumped in, locking down battleships of friends and former allies, it was a wholesale slaughter. That moment lit the fuseą Biomass incursions became more and more regular and the NVA stepped up war production a notch. The war started to spread down through Pure Blind and into northern Lonetrek. Then one day the NVA made a fatal but necessary mistakeą A fleet of 20 + ships was dispatched to Obe to attack biomassĘ base of operations, then the startling truth was discovered, whist they were in Obe venal was open to a Biomass counter attack. The fleet turned about and headed back home. A huge blockade was established and the fleet waited. After several hours of tedious waiting, we had reports that biomass was about to jump, everything went quiet as people prepared to go full tilt onto the enemy, then looking at local i sat open jawed, 114 people in local, chatted filled then channels as pople weighed up the options available to us, we voted to stay, many hours of camping passed, many peop -------------------------------------------------- |
 KIAPieman |
Posted - 2003.12.23 20:47:00 -
[5] the offensive, finaly the fleet commander ordered the fleet to pull back the next system and jump back in, hopefully catching biomass unawares. Unfortunately it failed, many ships were destroyed and the NVA suffered its worst ever defeat. But times change, people have learned, and the NVA is now far far stronger than it ever was. Hope springs eternalą This is what has led us to this point, the NVA is a strong regional power and is growing stronger, with the likes of Rona, Cyberdyne, and Oberon, and with the leadership qualities of Jericho Faction and the unshakeable spirit of KIA Corp along with the myriad of other corps bringing their own special qualities, we have a varied and well working bunch who I think would be willing to die (in game!!) to keep our alliance going. I hope this entertains some, informs others, and bring back a few memories of times past, but we have to look towards the future. To quote a famous advertising sloganąą THE FUTUREĘS BRIGHT, THE FUTUREĘS VENAL. -------------------------------------------------------- |
KIAPieman Caldari Caldari Provisions |
Posted - 2003.12.23 20:47:00 -
[6] the offensive, finaly the fleet commander ordered the fleet to pull back the next system and jump back in, hopefully catching biomass unawares. Unfortunately it failed, many ships were destroyed and the NVA suffered its worst ever defeat. But times change, people have learned, and the NVA is now far far stronger than it ever was. Hope springs eternalą This is what has led us to this point, the NVA is a strong regional power and is growing stronger, with the likes of Rona, Cyberdyne, and Oberon, and with the leadership qualities of Jericho Faction and the unshakeable spirit of KIA Corp along with the myriad of other corps bringing their own special qualities, we have a varied and well working bunch who I think would be willing to die (in game!!) to keep our alliance going. I hope this entertains some, informs others, and bring back a few memories of times past, but we have to look towards the future. To quote a famous advertising sloganąą THE FUTUREĘS BRIGHT, THE FUTUREĘS VENAL. -------------------------------------------------- |
 KIAPieman |
Posted - 2003.12.23 22:12:00 -
[7] Edited by: KIAPieman on 23/12/2003 22:15:14 Edited by: KIAPieman on 23/12/2003 22:13:28 Li ShangYin, i am posting the facts that i know to the best of my knowledge, i did it for purly entertainment value, if you dotn like it then why post? and to any faults you picked out, as i said TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE Lefevre: thanks for that info, ill rewrite the relevent parts -------------------------------------------------------- |
KIAPieman Caldari Caldari Provisions |
Posted - 2003.12.23 22:12:00 -
[8] Edited by: KIAPieman on 23/12/2003 22:15:14 Edited by: KIAPieman on 23/12/2003 22:13:28 Li ShangYin, i am posting the facts that i know to the best of my knowledge, i did it for purly entertainment value, if you dotn like it then why post? and to any faults you picked out, as i said TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE Lefevre: thanks for that info, ill rewrite the relevent parts -------------------------------------------------- |
KIAPieman |
Posted - 2003.12.24 01:40:00 -
[9] im gunna give this a good look over and re write today whilst im at work, i wont have anythign else to do....... saying that i should get to sleep. -------------------------------------------------------- |
KIAPieman Caldari Caldari Provisions |
Posted - 2003.12.24 01:40:00 -
[10] im gunna give this a good look over and re write today whilst im at work, i wont have anythign else to do....... saying that i should get to sleep. -------------------------------------------------- |
KIAPieman |
Posted - 2003.12.24 14:52:00 -
[11]
thanks for that info, as i stated im going on info readily available to me, im in the process of a re-write at the moment and will post my chages asap. ------------------------------------------ with regards to TTI and their involvement in the war, ITS IN THE PAST. as i stated in my history, and i quote
if you re-read it i say that many, but not all. stop trying to make this a flame fest please as its making me feel like saying whats the point, im trying to add somthing different to the community and all people are concerned about is still the old "im right your wrong" mentality, im sorry but its old hat to me. i am hoping to be able to produce this into a timeline much akin to the ones on the eve website. but it will be difficult as dates become blurred as time passes. -------------------------------------------------------- |
KIAPieman Caldari Caldari Provisions |
Posted - 2003.12.24 14:52:00 -
[12]
thanks for that info, as i stated im going on info readily available to me, im in the process of a re-write at the moment and will post my chages asap. ------------------------------------------ with regards to TTI and their involvement in the war, ITS IN THE PAST. as i stated in my history, and i quote
if you re-read it i say that many, but not all. stop trying to make this a flame fest please as its making me feel like saying whats the point, im trying to add somthing different to the community and all people are concerned about is still the old "im right your wrong" mentality, im sorry but its old hat to me. i am hoping to be able to produce this into a timeline much akin to the ones on the eve website. but it will be difficult as dates become blurred as time passes. -------------------------------------------------- |
KIAPieman |
Posted - 2003.12.24 14:56:00 -
[13]
lol we will have to see what chapter is written next. it may be: Pieman gets p**sed off and decides to not to bother writing any more  -------------------------------------------------------- |
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Posted - 2003.12.24 14:56:00 -
[14]
lol we will have to see what chapter is written next. it may be: Pieman gets p**sed off and decides to not to bother writing any more -------------------------------------------------- |
 KIAPieman |
Posted - 2003.12.24 18:42:00 -
[15] Edited by: KIAPieman on 24/12/2003 18:44:21 we do it for the laydeez and drink a lot. there is a massive overstock of amarr beer in venal and someone has to drink it on a serious note, we are now an out and out PVP corp. thats what we bring to venal. -------------------------------------------------------- |
KIAPieman Caldari Caldari Provisions |
Posted - 2003.12.24 18:42:00 -
[16] Edited by: KIAPieman on 24/12/2003 18:44:21 we do it for the laydeez and drink a lot. there is a massive overstock of amarr beer in venal and someone has to drink it on a serious note, we are now an out and out PVP corp. thats what we bring to venal. -------------------------------------------------- |
 KIAPieman |
Posted - 2003.12.24 20:41:00 -
[17]
its chinese whispers. people hear a rumor, and before you know it you hear that ragnar ordered choc chip ice cream with extra sprinkles causing the rift and the following loss of players for TTI. the only people who can shed light are the people who were there at the time -------------------------------------------------------- |
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Posted - 2003.12.24 20:41:00 -
[18]
its chinese whispers. people hear a rumor, and before you know it you hear that ragnar ordered choc chip ice cream with extra sprinkles causing the rift and the following loss of players for TTI. the only people who can shed light are the people who were there at the time -------------------------------------------------- |
KIAPieman |
Posted - 2003.12.25 14:44:00 -
[19]
well i am a lunatic. -------------------------------------------------------- |
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Posted - 2003.12.25 14:44:00 -
[20]
well i am a lunatic. -------------------------------------------------- |
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