Quendan
Space journalist at INN and button pusher at Amok., I write about Stellaris, science and interesting things that I come across when not actively playing EVE.
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- Public Email: gs.quendan@gmail.com
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Eve Online
Of Sudden Keepstars: FEDUP and the Great Western War
“We learned about the Keepstar in our space on Reddit, same as everyone else.”, says Federation Uprising (FEDUP) XO Silver Suspiria, when we got together last week. Federation Uprising is one of the more interesting participants in the Great Western…
News
Two Wars in One: Fighting the Great Western War
The Great Western War between wartime allies Imperial Legacy and the rest of EVE is about to begin in earnest. The battle of DW-, the location of CO2’s staging Keepstar looms as the system’s iHub timer is about to be…
Eve Online
LK1K-5: Server-Tanked Fortizar Defeats Pilots’ Fun
Header Image by Empanada. EVE Online’s big battles are one of the game’s main selling points. They’re the events that see two thousand players shoot each other over a strategic objective, or just have fun. Veteran EVE players tell stories…
Devblog
CCP warns Developers: Abuse /search/ and get banned from ESI API
In a new devblog released on June 19, CCP announced a new restriction to how third-party developers use their access to EVE’s ESI API. ESI API v CREST/XML EVE Swagger Interface (ESI) is the only API for EVE Online. CCP…
News
Stellaris “Distant Stars” brings L-Space, new anomalies, trinary stars
On Tuesday May 22, Stellaris’ developer, Paradox Development Studio, released its first major update to the revamped ‘Stellaris 2.0’ that was launched earlier this year. The Stellaris 2.1 ‘Niven’ update comes with the paid ‘Distant Stars’ DLC. Buyers will enjoy…
User Submitted
FCON loses dreads to Space Violence
Today at 18:00 a fleet of the Imperium’s forward-deployed Space Violence Squad, set out to reinforce an FCON jump bridge, located in the system of XVV-21. It proceeded to bait and kill a number of FCON dreadnoughts, before being destroyed,…
Guide
Gate Perches and other ways of not getting killed in null
Congratulations on your choice of living out in null-security space. Riches abound and are waiting for you to make them yours. Yet, unless you are a part of a major power sitting on a swath of virtual land, you want…
Editorial
Preventing Burnout in Eve Online
My first-time endearment with EVE Online lasted less than a month, I went from wide-eyed newbie to burnt-out bittervet with one late-night rage ping. You see, I liked the idea of EVE. Stories of galaxy-spanning conflicts and intrigues, tales of betrayal….
Eve Online
25bn ISK Lost by Incursion Runners in Solo Gank
Incursions – also known as the highest income activity you can do in high sec – are team PvE fleets where pilots in very expensive ships shoot hard rats. It is basically considered risk-free, since the community has made running these sites…
News
Cloud Ring Erupts in Mayhem as Forces clash over Suddenly Spaceships Fortizar in 50 bn ISK brawl
Cloud Ring became a flash point tonight when a Fortizar in the system of 6-4V20 owned by Suddenly Spaceships came into its armour timer at 19:30 Eve time. NC., together with DARKNESS. and other allies mobilised 650 pilots for the attack against…
News
Under New Management: The Repopulation back on track
Remember The Repopulation? It first debuted on Kickstarter in 2012 as a concept for a sci-fi-themed sandbox MMO in the tradition of Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxy where it raised over $200,000. Developer Above & Beyond launched the game on…
Stellaris
All you need to know about Stellaris: Utopia
Yesterday, an animated trailer heralded what Stellaris fans have been waiting for: The game’s first full-fledged expansion, titled Utopia, will be released on April 6. Similarly to the Leviathans story pack, and other Paradox DLC releases, a major patch will…
News
‘Banks’ comes to Stellaris in 2017, brings ethics revamp, unity and ascension perks
With the holidays now more or less far behind me, I am still in recovery from Stellaris’ Kennedy update. Paradox’ games have always had an addictive quality to me that comes in spurts. Every time an update is released, I…
Eve Online
Bread and circuses: The Imperium Tournament
Tournaments. Ever since CCP began promoting the e-sports side of the game with its first official tournament in 2005, various player run tournaments have sprung into life. Where the alliance tournaments serve as the soccer world cup of EVE Online, where…
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