Today we'd like to draw your attention to a recently released CCP developer blog about the Battle for Caldari Prime—which is about to happen. It’s going to be a different sort of battle than Asakai, set against an epic backdrop of not one but two games in a single shared universe. It will be the first of several major storyline events where we present a progression in the greater EVE storyline on a much larger scale. The Battle of Caldari Prime is part of a story arc where we are exploring the violent reaction to the growing power of the DUST 514 mercenaries.
Yet even as a live event designed to introduce lore elements to the canon, there are unscripted elements that will react to the players who decide to participate. Most importantly, these new live events will serve as a backdrop for player activity before, during and after the event where we have no way of predicting how they will react, what fleets will show up in space, what mercs will decide to put their heavy armor on the line and what the interplay between players of both games will be.
We urge you to follow along with this unique endeavor as developers around the world interact with our players in two games and one shared story.
Caldari Prime has been the cause for bitter rivalry and, at times, open war between the Gallente Federation and Caldari State. It is the homeworld of Caldari and, as a result of a treaty following a Caldari sneak attack, is considered to be a part of the Caldari State, even though it is situated in a Gallente solar system. As citizens of both empires live on the planet, tensions have often run high and rebellious elements of the Gallente population have taken to arms to fight what they see as an illegal occupation of their homes.
The planet is orbited by the Shiigeru, a Caldari Navy Leviathan-class Titan, which serves as a measure of mutually assured destruction should peace be compromised.
Situated in the Luminaire solar system, Caldari Prime has been the scene of innumerable DUST battles over the past three days. The mercenaries are fighting viciously for every district, being contracted both by the planet‘s Gallente rebels and the Caldari State's Provist occupation force to fight the most brutal of wars.
With CONCORD, the in-game police force, now issuing a warning for spaceship pilots, the conflict will be spreading beyond the planet's surface.
As we‘ve hinted at for a while, the in-game events we‘ve been running are building up to major events, and judging by the commotion this week, things are about to kick off. The battleground is set, the fight belongs to you.
