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EVE
takes place in a cluster of stars far from mankind’s original
habitat, planet Earth. How far away, and whether or not that
cradle of civilization still exists, is a mystery. Humans
arrived through a natural wormhole and, gazing up upon an alien
sky they had never seen, were completely unable to determine
where this new world was located. From the New Eden solar
system, where the gate of EVE once led to the old world, humans
expanded in all directions at a furious pace, exploring and
colonizing rapidly.
Then, unexpectedly and seemingly unprovoked, the EVE gate
collapsed in an apocalyptic catastrophe of a scale never before
witnessed by the human race, ruining the New Eden system in the
process. Thousands of small colonies were left in complete
isolation to fend for themselves, cut off from the old world.
For millennia they endured, clinging to the brink of extinction,
and only a handful managed to survive.
Of those that lasted, five were to rise up and become the major
empires that, between them, hold the balance of power in the
world of EVE. Today, they are known as the Amarr Empire, the
Gallente Federation, the Caldari State, the Minmatar Republic,
and the Jovian Empire. Additionally, the world is full of
several small, independent factions and states.
For more than a century, the five empires have lived together in
relative peace. They’ve continually strived to maintain this
peace, as each faction realizes only too well the grave
consequences of a massive inter-stellar war. Recent
technological breakthroughs in FTL travel, and the ensuing
increase in space travelers, have shaken, but not broken, the
fragile peace... at least not yet. |
