Friday, March 26, 2021

The Giant’s Causeway

Deep within null space in a rarely visited system, far away from its parent’s star, a structure will be erected.

It is a broad road made out of fairy dust, twinkling with a mesmerising glitter of sparkling lights. All along this road are stood a row of gigantic statues on either side of the road. Each statue’s hands rest on the pommel of their sword. Each statue outlines the figure of one of the creators of this universe, in quiet celebration of their contributions to its success. The genius in far and fair Reykjavik will know how to provide a proper sound scape to enthral its visitors.

The road ends at a familiar structure, a monument to the greater capsuleer community.

Developers who could not serve the required time to receive their swords will be placed at the start of the road towards the monument, one arm stretched out towards the monument. They too have served with honour.

The monument can be interacted with. For the price of one PLEX the capsuleer invoking the procedure will see their character’s face lighting up the sky on a huge billboard. 

Alliances will be able to have their logo proudly displayed atop the Territorial Claim Unit above the causeway. If left unchallenged the TCU will keep displaying the alliance’s logo for as long as the regular fees for a TCU are maintained. If this fee is allowed to lapse the TCU will revert to a neutral state. It is entirely up to the alliances in EVE whether they want to challenge their rivals for the right to have their logo displayed.

Proceeds from these interactions will be donated to the children’s hospital in Reykjavik.

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Stealthy Salutation

 A statue will be created. It will be to recognise and honour the contributions of Rixx Javix to the greater New Eden demesne.

This is a statue with uncommon characteristics:

- The statue will spawn in a new low-sec system every time it is re-discovered

- It will show up on D-scan as an undefined anomaly

- When a pilot warps towards the anomaly within 150 kilometres they will be pointed and scrambled

- On closer inspection the anomaly reveals itself as a statue of Rixx Javix

- The statue can be interacted with, a pilot can donate 1 PLEX to the statue

- On offering one PLEX:

    - any neutralising effects on the ship are disabled

    - Rixx Javix will sing Gloria Gaynor’ “I will survive” in the fashion of Wombo.ai

    - When the song is completed the pilot will receive one Warp Core Stabiliser, as a token for how much importance they have for Rixx Javix

    - The sequence completed the statue will despawn after 10 minutes and appear in a different low-sec system as an undefined anomaly

- Proceeds of any PLEX donations will be sent to the children’s hospital in Reykjavik

- A simple counter will keep track of how many times pilots have contributed PLEX

- No pilot will be forced to spend PLEX. They will simply be able to cruise out of the field of influence of the statue until they are out of reach of the effects it has on the environment immediately surrounding it. They want to keep in mind that this can put them at a tactical disadvantage if other pilots have noticed their presence and choose to engage

This statue, like all others dedicated to pilots so recognised, serves to honour the respective pilots and to inspire others to contribute to New Eden’s rich quilt of lore and history in the same vein.