This is unprecedented. Past efforts have targeted all of highsec (Hulkageddon) or part of it (Gallente Ice Interdiction). But never before in EVE's history have highsec miners been progressively herded in this manner. No wonder they call me a shepherd!
As a result, Deninard has become the nervous system of the resistance. By "nervous system" I don't mean to compare it to the human nervous system; I just mean it's a system full of nervous people. Deninard's miners spend their days debating and fretting about how to deal with the New Order. Many of them are exhausted from being forced to evacuate their home systems over and over.
Victor Bastion, the CEO of Bastion Mining and Armaments, proposed a solution. One look at his corp's description tells you whether or not his proposal will be a good one.
The CFC (led by Goons) and the HBC (led by TEST and Pandemic Legion), are the two most powerful coalitions in EVE. Together, they control nearly all of nullsec. According to Victor, the way to handle the New Order is to put bounties on one of the CFC's member alliances. Huh?
Fatal Ascension, the alliance in question, is disliked by some among TEST's leadership. Nullsec is buzzing about the possibility of a TEST/FA conflict sparking a war between CFC and HBC.
Local miner castle2 keep was eager to help, but not finding the dots very easy to connect. He posed an important question: What did any of this have to do with the New Order or its Code?
Victor hoped the miners of Deninard could use the bounty system to help incite the greatest war nullsec has ever seen. So much for "peaceful" miners!
As conspiracy theories about the New Order spread from one system to the next, they evolve. The conventional wisdom now says that in order to hurt the New Order, the miners should do their part to destroy the great powers of nullsec. It's the only way they'll be able to mine AFK in peace.
Victor encouraged everyone to pass it on. Could this be the end of the New Order?
Other rebels in Deninard liked the plan. It appealed to their instincts of spending isk on anything but the mining permits that the Code tells them they're supposed to spend it on.
Yes, somehow this convoluted plot makes more sense than sending 10 million isk to an Agent of the New Order and putting a pledge of loyalty in one's bio.
"Honor. Courage. Loyalty. Integrity." Have the miners of highsec lost faith in their own clichés?
There's just no end to these highsec dumbasses, is there?
ReplyDeletethe miners know that if they just pay the 10 mil the new order will stop chasing them and they'll get no fun. just think about it: they were so bored of mining all day and along comes serious fun and surprise. there's no way they'd want to get rid of it.
ReplyDeleteThey clearly have no understanding of why null sec corps go to war, or how. A measly few billion isk in bounties will not be sufficient to even partially cover one fleet battle, let alone a sov battle.
ReplyDeleteBWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ReplyDeleteThis is going to both CFC and HBC jabbers, oh man. i didn't laugh that hard in a while.
~ Neltharak Idrissil
At least he is thinking about the problem and is clearly not afk. Have some heart.
ReplyDeleteThis is what happens when we give dumbarses access to political articles on themitanni.com.
ReplyDeleteA new forum gem on this matter:
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This might be the most rediculous plan ever. What's to stop those "incredibly powerful" nullsec organizations from just joinging in on the ganking in response to the miner's attempt at extorting their support? If I were those nullsec organization, I'd reverse the bounties and put them out on the miners, offering double for any frozen corpses they deliver...Hmmmm....not a very well thought out plan.
ReplyDeleteI say, the best way to stop code morons is to stop mining. period. dont mine. run missions or explore or better yet, take a break from eve for like 2 months. when you come back code will be no more :)
ReplyDeleteWould never work to be honest anon @ 3:53am
DeleteEven if you got every single miner in the game to take a break for 2 or even 3 months, code would go after freighters, or mission runners, or anyone else they could go after. When the miners would start to flood back into the game, code would simply go back after them, so the effort would be pointless. What miners need to learn is what systems to avoid, how to notice and avoid code members, and sadly, how to stay at the keyboard and stay aware.