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November 20th, 2008Heart torn from Racing League
NEW EDEN - In a recent turn of events, capsuleer Gyra Rho, the heart of the Interstellar Racing League for the last 5 seasons, was forced to quit her position as race planner, organiser and official judge due to overwhelming commitments dirtside.
In an official statement Ms Rho said 'Due to an unfortunate series of events, I will no longer be able to perform my duties as organizer of the Racing League…It is with a heavy heart that I do this on such short notice, but circumstances have diverted my time away from this project to the point where I will no longer be able to provide the same level of commitment that I used to.' She went on to say 'For those that may be interested in seeing this project continue, I will be accepting applications for a replacement over the following week. I am looking for a trustworthy and committed individual who has an intimate understanding of the project and a similar level of passion for racing.' Ms Rho than thanked all the racers who were committed to the league and closed her official statement by saying 'Thank you all for indulging my sadist tendencies and taking part in these events.'
The Racing League has been saved from fading into memory by three capsuleers, two of whom are racers themselves, they are Killjoy Tseng, who oversees the official running of each race, Miette Delzahn, who runs the business side and the charming Quintrala, who is in charge of Public Relations.
They have not taken over the League directly but setup a new one that runs on very similar principles to the old, the new league has been named the Interstellar Racing Championship [ISRC]. All the points that have been accumalated by the individual racers and their teams from the ISGC have been preserved and transferred to the ISRC, also once this season is over, the ISRC will go on to host Season 7.
Ms Rho will be surely missed after working so hard to bring so much joy and grief to so many racers, and on a personal note this reporter for one will miss her unique touch that she brought to every race.
The next scheduled race is on Sunday, 23rd November, starting at 20:00. For more information, please visit the official ISRC site.
Source: myeve.eve-online.com
Molea Cemetery Destroyed by Jihadswarm
Azia Burgi’s cemetery was destroyed earlier this week by the JihadSwarm faction of GoonSwarm. Dozens of corpses have been stolen and several surviving caskets have been defaced.
Forgotten by many, the cemetery was the solo project of Azia Burgi. As reported in an article early this year, Azia “…thought it was a little sad that people just left their victims corpses alone in space after such a violent death. “ Azia began collecting these corpses and placing them in secure “caskets” to be anchored in her cemetery.
The report of her cemetery project sparked some interest from the pod pilot community, and the number of donations has produced a staggering backlog of 5,000 corpses. Jay Marshall remarked: “The EVE Cemetery is a monument to those fallen in battle. A place where one can go and say those final words they would like to the fallen, and even though we are in a clone-age, where one really doesn’t die, the bodies entombed around the cemetery are both a reminder and warning about our own mortality."
Unfortunately, the cemetery also attracted the attention of Karttoon, leader of JihadSwarm; “I ordered JihadSwarm to destroy the Cemetery in order to set free the desecrated and defiled bodies, stolen and trapped in mass graves to be put on display and gawked at as personal possessions of a vile woman. The deceased must be buried on planets, wrapped in our ritual shroud, and positioned to face in the direction of the temple of Qu’Lah." [Sesfan Qu'Lah was a revered GoonSwarm CEO -ed.].
"GoonSwarm believes in freedom of religion, as long it is righteous. I doubt any of the “tenants” had the opportunity to state their beliefs before they were dragged into this prison. It is my duty as leader of JihadSwarm to enforce the moral standards of the one true god.”
The GoonSwarm/JihadSwarm position was verified by Zapawork, the official diplomatic representative of GoonSwarm.
The attack on the cemetery’s control tower commenced at a time when Azia Burgi was dealing with personal business planetside. In addition to the destruction of the control tower, weak encryption protocols allowed JihadSwarm pilots to steal dozens of corpses and desecrate several of the empty caskets with such phrases as “xiut was here” and “can’t stop the fofo”. Of the 700 caskets originally anchored, only a hundred or so still remain.
Despite the destruction of her work, Azia remains committed to her project and has said, “As always the cemetery project is neutral and any corpse I receive from GoonSwarm will be treated with dignity and respect as are all the deceased. To the community in general: Thank you for your continued support please keep the corpse donations coming. Normal service will be resumed as is humanly possible.”
Karttoon has already vowed to launch another attack; “unless she is willing to change her burial methods so that they are in line with our beliefs. She is always free to contact me if she is interested in coming to a peaceful solution.”
Source: myeve.eve-online.com