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Two Amarrian Holders were making their way through Dam-Torsad. It had been a gruelling day of politics and bargaining however Habib thought it had been worth it. At last he would benefit in power just a little more than Sissinius and after this last few years it was just. Sissinius was too cruel, too full of himself and even though society had been as solid as a mountain for centuries, things were changing despite the weight of oppression.

As the sun sank slowly toward the horizon, the dust of the streets became liberated as the winds swept toward them from the slums a short distance away, bringing with them the stench of the commoners and faint yet audible moans of ecstacy.

Sharp, pungent smells of outdoor cooking, spices with a subtle undertone of broken sewage systems wafted on the breeze. Wrinkling their noses in distaste they hurried on. It would not be long now before this segment of the city would give way to more salubrious surroundings. After all, one was not quite in the mood for a cheap whore.

Out of the dusk, a scrawny, scabbed and half naked women streaked with dirt ran at them both and fell to their feet. With imploring eyes and racked with sobs she begged to be taken with them lest she suffer more abuse.  read the rest of this post»

Let's start at the beginning. First a move to new hardware was announced for Eve Online. TQ Level Up

Fantastic. It's all part of the continued growth of Eve Online and something to be applauded.

The estimated downtime was somewhere in the region of 6 hours, details of which are posted here:
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1337468&page=1...

Then, disaster. And anyone who works in IT will tell you that when you least expect it, disaster can and will occur. There was a protracted delay in getting services online and throughout the player base were provided with timely information on progress and eta's as and when information was made available.

If you have dealt with a major IT incident as I have, you will know that sometimes if something is broken and someone quite reasonably asks when it will be fixed, frustratingly you often cannot answer as you need to know:

1.What is actually broken
2.What is then required to fix it

If you are at stage 1, the diagnostics stage, you cannot give an answer. Some people I have dealt with in my environment who are otherwise reasonable and intelligent seem to turn into petulant babies when an answer cannot be given. Others, probably a 50/50 split, understand and accept.That percentage is guesstimate and highly reliant on moods!  read the rest of this post»

Eve Instant Messenger is a Jabber based instant messenger client that uses the Eve Online API to authenticate chat room participants. This ensures communication between all members without the need to use a multitude of IM services. It also provides a function where alerts can be broadcast to all chat room participants to act as a "Call to Arms". Eve IM can be opened or minimised to system tray.

You can download the Windows Installer here :  read the rest of this post»

Hello all.

Thank you for being a loyal reader of my blog and the other content on this site.

Starfleet Comms has been in existence in many forms over the years, initially supporting Starfleet Command fans but for the last 3 years supporting Eve Online.

You might want to coin the term "agile" as we leap from doing one thing to another.

We still want to support Eve Online but feel you want more than a blog or blog host. You deserve more than a news aggregator and you don't want yet another forum.

So we plan to change. Soon(tm).

Change is coming. Be ready.