Many have tried to apply some of these methods. Diplomacy infiltration and sabotage guerrilla warfare economic warfare information warfare out-of-game attacks to the personas, the credibility, the internal structure that constitute the Imperium, my (and probably half of the capsuleers’) favorite modus operandi: all-out warfare with as many pixels being blown to pieces as possible and finally, as some modern strategists might suggest, hybrid warfare (which basically is a cool way to say “all of the above”). Like every self-respecting coin, the discussion here has two sides: people argue about how it can be taken apart, and people argue about how it cannot be taken apart. One of the hottest topics running in Eve for the last year has been the creation of a superpower consisting of a coalition of forces under the name of the Imperium.
That’s just to state that I possibly have a slightly decent grasp of what I’m talking about. And I like my work almost as much as EVE. Also, in the not-so-important real world (aka not-EVE), my work is about…well, let’s say conflict.
That’s just to make sure people don’t misinterpret my background and why I’m writing this. So, I was a mid-level member (no special status) of Pandemic Horde for a couple of years, untill things less important than EVE (aka real life) forced me on a big break. Okay, people, get your tinfoil hats on, warm up your neuralyzers, and prepare to take a rough trip down the rabbit hole.Ī quick introduction might be in order, as most things in EVE only make sense when in context.