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[Ken]

Figured we could use something like this.  Infodump of lore from item descriptions.  I'll try to include any that provide some sort of societal or (pseudo)scientific info about New Eden.
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PLANETARY COMMODITIES

Aqueous Liquids
The abundance of water on terrestrial planets is often a misconception: What many refer to offhandedly as "water" is often an amalgamation of many liquids, microscopic particles, and saturated compounds combined with water and other liquids. Aqueous liquids represent those liquids from which pure water can be separated easily from waste or hazardous particles, but only using the proper equipment.

Autotrophs
At the very bottom of the food chain are autotrophs, those organisms that produce carbohydrates, proteins, and fats for higher life forms to consume. When properly gathered and ordered, they can be plied into industrial fibers, which then go on to contribute to advanced material technologies.

Bacteria
The term “bacteria” covers a wide, diverse family of unicellular microorganisms, from those found in almost every climate in New Eden to those that thrive in the bodies of other living beings. Though some bacteria are known to convey diseases, others are more helpful than harmful to humans.

Base Metals
Iron and nickel are two widespread, easily recognized examples of base metals, or those metals that oxidize relatively easily. Their tremendous usefulness in numerous applications ensures that base metals are always in high demand. Thankfully, so is their abundance on most planetary surfaces.

Biocells
Similar to an ancient battery, a biocell instead uses biofuels distilled from organic material and precious metals to produce an electrical current in a self-contained, modular unit. However, modern biocells dwarf the capabilities of ancient batteries by several orders of magnitude.

Biofuels
The most widely used, renewable solid fuel in the cluster, biofuel production is present in some fashion on almost every inhabited world. A steady fuel source can be maintained in a planetary economy by converting living material directly into energy instead of relying on fossil fuels.

Biomass
A catch-all term for composite material obtained from living things, biomass has several unique properties that make it ideal for various industrial, commercial, and personal uses. Its most important attribute is that it retains many of its nutrients even after being harvested, transported, and processed.

Biotech Research Reports
As the core fundamentals of organic life constantly evolve and develop on micro and macro levels, the constant production and distribution of biotech research is a mandatory part of ongoing advances in countless scientific disciplines.

Broadcast Node
By integrating transcranial microcontrollers into a circuit made from synthetic synapses, the broadcast node is able to communicate directly with various station functions and with negligible signal loss and latency. The addition of computerized guidance systems, each running independent navigation system software routines, allows a single node to coordinate starship docking procedures, drone operations, and even station defenses.

Camera Drones
Most visibly used in starship development, especially on capsuleer craft, other types of camera drones are also employed in the fields of nano-medicine, surveillance, and entertainment.

Carbon Compounds
Often referred to as the building blocks of life, carbon compounds form the basis of most organic material; hence, they are ideally suited for use in the early development of advanced, reactive molecules, such as those used in biofuel and supertensile structures.

Chiral Structures
A chiral structure is a crystal that is unsymmetrical, which makes it volatile in some situations but ideal for conductivity, especially in micro-circuitry. Using semi-rare chiral structures in electronics has allowed for an unprecedented advancement in the field of miniaturization.

Complex Organisms
Organic flora and fauna growing on worlds across the cluster technically qualify as “alien life,” though none of it has registered as sentient. However, their usefulness as comestibles or building materials in other areas of industry is invaluable.

Condensates
Oxidized coolant is required to produce the temperatures needed to force rare particles to condense out of ordinary matter, which is the most economic way to produce valuable base elements in bulk.

Construction Blocks
Metal girders, plasteel concrete, and fiber blocks are all common construction materials used in almost every large-scale building or manufacturing project throughout New Eden.

Consumer Electronics
Consumer electronics encompass a wide variety of individual goods, from entertainment media and personal computers to slave collars and children's toys.

Coolant
This specially blended fluid is ideal for transferring thermal energy away from sensitive machinery or computer components, rerouting it to heat sinks so it can be eliminated from the system.

Cryoprotectant Solution
The base elements present in certain synthetic oils can, at extreme temperatures, produce habitable environments for genetically engineered extermophiles. The byproduct of their rapid life-death cycle is a highly thermal resistant solution ideal for hybrid electronics.

Data Chips
A small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for an integrated circuit.

Electrolytes
This conductive liquid is able to carry an electrical current due to its unique ionic properties, making it ideal for use as a reactive coolant, a high-energy fuel, or a transference medium for power plants.

Enriched Uranium
Enriched Uranium is used in many kinds of manufacturing and as a fuel, making it a steady trade commodity. Enriched Uranium is generally manufactured by combining standard semiconductor PVD methods with ionic separation by means of mass spectrometry.

Felsic Magma
The churning core of lava planets is rife with felsic magma, or silicate material that is infused with lighter elements, from which basic silicon and other atomic matter may be extracted. Silicon is abundant on many terrestrial planets, but the fastest and easiest way to obtain it, given advances in planetary mining processes, is from felsic magma.

Fertilizer
Fertilizer is particularly valued on agricultural worlds, where there is constant supply for all commodities that boost export value.

Gel-Matrix Biopaste
Gel-matrix biopaste is a highly unstable substance that must be formed from elements that don’t combine under normal circumstances. Forcing them to do so requires enormous amounts of energy, but the end product is invaluable to high-end electronics and cybernetic medicine.

Genetically Enhanced Livestock
Livestock are domestic animals raised for home use or for profit, whether it be for their meat or dairy products. This particular breed of livestock has been genetically enhanced using the very latest technology.

Guidance Systems
An electrical device used in targeting systems and tracking computers.

Hazmat Detection Systems
A critical component of space stations, starships, or any other isolated environment, these tiny devices are set to trigger alarms when the genetically engineered viruses inside mutate — which means that they’ve encountered a significant dose of radiation, natural contaminant, or airborne pathogen, signifying that the surrounding crew is in danger.

Heavy Metals
In small quantities, heavy metals are vital to life, providing essential minerals for biological processes. In bulk, they are commonly found in most construction materials, forming the most basic components of computer electronics and reinforced structures.

Hermetic Membranes
How do you make a sheet of material absolutely impermeable to specific particles? Simple: You make the material want to stop those particles. Such is the case with hermetic membranes, supertensile fabrics instilled with living genetic material that actively hunts down and absorbs or repels whatever they were bred to counteract.

High-Tech Transmitters
An electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech or other sources, and radiates the resulting signal from an antenna. The High-Tech prototype is almost immune to any type of de-scrambling devices, making the transmission more secure.

Industrial Explosives
The primary difference between military and industrial explosives is that the latter are effective only when used in bulk, and they are never sold or transported with “ready to use” detonators. As such, they must be carefully installed, primed, and triggered from remote locations before their full destructive force can be applied.

Industrial Fibers
The main difference between fibers used in industry and those created for civilian use is the trade-off of comfort for tensile strength and durability. This allows industrial fibers to be used in more severe environments, from electronic component shielding on hostile worlds to solar sails in the frigid void of space.

Integrity Response Drones
Hull breaches are a constant, serious threat during space travel, as well as a dangerous reality to orbital stations, which are too massive to avoid incoming objects. Integrity response drones help mitigate that threat by providing the automated, immediate application of sealants to any detected impact or pressure fracture in the structure they patrol.

Ionic Solutions
An electrolyte found in a raw, natural form is called an ionic solution, especially in terms of planetary astronomy. Only after a lengthy process of extraction and refining can the resulting fluid go on to be used for medical, industrial, or nutritive applications.

Livestock
Livestock are domestic animals raised for home use or for profit, whether it be for their meat or dairy products.

Mechanical Parts
These basic elements of all mechanical hardware can come in virtually any shape and size, although composite or modular functionality is highly advantageous in today's competitive market. Factories and manufacturers take these parts and assemble them into finished products, which are then sold on the market.

Micro Organisms
Any life form too small to be detected by the unaided human eye qualifies as a microorganism, yet as a whole, this classification of biology covers an enormous and diverse spectrum. From parasites and viruses to fungi and insects, the study or industrial application of these creatures is just as broad.

Microfiber Shielding
Using advanced residual substrate isolation technology, silicon weave is threaded through layers of tough organic fibers. The resulting microfiber shielding is incredibly resilient and retains the microscopic profile required to shield miniaturized electronics.

Miniature Electronics
Advances in molecular chemistry and nanite-reduced computer chips have made almost every form of miniature electronics possible, from the simple holovid viewer and missile tracking systems to wetware cybernetics and quantum entanglement communications.

Nanites
Though they are only simple machines and very small, nanites can be used to achieve miraculous medical results in small amounts or astounding feats of engineering in mass quantities.

Nano-Factory
Only the highly advanced Ukomi superconductor can be rendered small enough for use in nano-factories, microscopic devices programmed to absorb and recycle ambient material into useful matter. Each factory is built from reactive metals, ensuring that they interact properly – or not at all – with their environment, while a mote of industrial explosive automatically destroys them when they have completed their task.

Neocoms
As an essential component of the navigational and tactical interface of spaceships, Neocoms are a small but essential cornerstone of the interstellar economy.

Noble Gas
This colorless, odorless, and usually nonflammable substance is one of seven known monoatomic gases, or those that do not easily combine with other atoms. They are thus well suited for a variety of manufacturing implementations.

Noble Metals
Highly resistant to corrosion and oxidation, noble metals are somewhat rarer than base metals, yet they are just as sought after for their different electrical, material, and chemical attributes. When painstakingly refined and purified, some noble metal ores can produce "precious metals."

Non-CS Crystals
The orderly, compact nature of crystals makes them well suited for a staggering array of manufacturing processes, in which they are just as often the product of the factory as they are incorporated into many of the tools and machinery used therein.

Nuclear Reactors
This power core is able to convert heavy elements into electricity by way of nuclear fission, splitting atoms to produce thermal energy on a massive scale. If they are properly shielded and cooled, there are few safer, cleaner ways to power buildings or large vehicles.

Organic Mortar Applicators
While nanites are ideal for many forms of construction, sealing joints between large structural bulkheads is a job best left to organic mortar, a thick gel that actively permeates every microscopic gap between two parts. Due to the aggressive nature of the genetically engineered bacteria that intelligently guides into place the hardening condensate material, this paste is extremely hazardous to humans and must be applied by robots.

Oxides
Technically, any chemical compound that contains at least one oxygen atom is an oxide, though some are far more valuable than others. Once broken down and separated from waste material, many oxides can be applied to various industrial processes.

Oxidizing Compound
Converting various matter from its basic state to an oxidized form requires an oxidizing compound, the most effective of which is a powerful agent made from pressurized reactive gas. Special containers are required to keep the compound from causing significant damage to common metals and organic life.

Planetary Vehicles
Tracked, wheeled and hover vehicles used within planetary atmosphere for personal and business use.

Planktic Colonies
Harvested in mass quantities, planktic colonies are used for much more than just a bulk food source that flourishes in water-rich environments. Their cumulative biomass has advanced properties that contribute to some of the most advanced material and medical sciences in New Eden.

Plasmoids
In the early days of humanity’s return to space flight, scientists Planto and Ginch co-discovered a self-sustaining natural structure made entirely from plasma suspended in a planetary magnetic field. Since then, the term has been applied to any such construct, whether occurring under normal conditions or produced artificially using electrical currents.

Polyaramids
Polyaramid textiles are produced when industrial fibers are harvested from autotrophic life forms and subjected to intense pressure using reactive gas pistons. Able to absorb a startling amount of kinetic energy, sheets of this miraculous material can be form-fitted to just about any structure, protecting it from anything but weapons-grade impact forces.

Polytextiles
Composite materials, both synthetic and natural, are used in the creation of polytextiles, durable fabrics that see widespread use in the clothing industry, solar sail manufacture, and even classic art.

Precious Metals
A cousin of noble metals, precious metals are named as such because of how infrequently they appear on terrestrial worlds, where they were first encountered. It wasn’t until centuries later that their unique chemical properties were discovered and industrial relevance exploited.

Proteins
One of the most basic components of biological life, proteins form the core DNA structure and are involved in almost every process that sustains a living being. Harvested at the microscopic level, proteins can be put to use in everything from medical genetics to nanite technology.

Reactive Gas
Consisting of any number of volatile atomic structures, reactive gases are the most useful when applied to the fields of explosives, molecular restructuring, and electrical conduction. Great care must be taken when storing or transporting any sizeable quantity.

Reactive Metals
Very dense metals are often called reactive metals, as their ability to conduct electrical currents and absorb heat is unparalleled. Rarely found in a natural solid state, they are instead usually assembled on an atomic level from particulate matter found in other forms.

Recursive Computing Module
Not all automated functions are delicate or complicated enough to warrant advanced computer hardware; relatively mundane tasks are best when assigned to an RCM bank. These sturdy, reliable processing units are able to effectively handle most of the day-to-day operations of stations, starships, and stargates.

Robotics
These pre-programmed or remote control mechanical tools are commonly used in mass production facilities, hazardous material handling, or dangerous front line military duties such as bomb disarming and disposal.

Self-Harmonizing Power Core
With camera drones diligently monitoring the temperature, radioactivity, and electrical output of these advanced nuclear reactors, instant adjustments can be made to a dynamic, adaptive layer of hermetic membranes, which keeps the power core functioning safely at maximum capacity, with no human attention required whatsoever.

Silicate Glass
Silicate glass is a common construction material, in constant demand throughout New Eden, whether in planetary structures or reinforced for use in space vessels.

Silicon
As one of the most common elements in the universe, it’s no surprise that silicon has found its way into almost every aspect of manufacturing, resulting in a steady price and perpetual mining operations on most solid planets.

Smartfab Units
These tiny cubes form the building blocks of many simple structures, from basic walls and doors to entire homes and even industrial office spaces. Whenever a sufficient number of smartfab units are placed together and have been programmed with the same instructions, they will automatically combine to form some portion of that object and then become inert in their new form. With adequately detailed blueprints, there is theoretically no limit to the complexity of object or structure these clever devices can create.

Sterile Conduits
Sustaining diverse populations of station inhabitants – many of whom come from different worlds with different ecologies – was a medical nightmare until the development of sterile conduits. Each length of flexible, self-repairing tube is powered by breaking down the chemical energy in the water they convey, which itself is laced with smart vaccines able to identify and destroy almost any known antigen.

Supercomputers
When an individual computer system incorporates a wide range of networked utilities, layered processors, and redundant memory cores, it is said to have evolved into a supercomputer. Such systems can be put to use managing spaceships, starbases, or even entire planetary administrations.

Superconductors
Required for highly advanced technologies too numerous to mention to function properly, these conduits are made from super-cooled materials that function as perfect conductors, having an effective electrical resistance of zero.

Supertensile Plastics
“Hyperoxidation” was the term given to the process of rapidly fossilizing the carbon structures, readily available in the form of biomass, which forms the basic framework of supertensile plastics. The only amorphous solid known to retain the resilience of other such materials while also adopting conductive properties, supertensile plastic is highly sought after for a wide range of industrial applications.

Suspended Plasma
When found in harvestable quantities beyond the unapproachable heat of an active star, plasma is said to be in a “suspended” state. Specialized electronic equipment is used to attract the ionized particles into collection tubes, after which it can be stored, transported, or applied to a variety of technologies.

Synthetic Oil
Since original oil can be harvested only from a world with a long biological history, synthetic oil has become frequently produced in laboratories all over known space.

Synthetic Synapses
The wide range of uses for synthetic synapses is largely due to the fact that they are able to serve double duty as electrical conduit and as replacements or additions to biological nervous systems. This allows them to be used in computers, cybernetics, and artificial intelligence equipment.

Test Cultures
When bacteria are allowed to thrive in a water-based environment, they undergo generational transformations that can be monitored and documented, providing research data invaluable to numerous scientific fields.

Toxic Materials
Derived from heavy metals, toxic metals are those that have no biological function and are in fact poisonous to most living creatures.

Transcranial Microcontrollers
The Transcranial Microcontroller was originally developed by the School of Applied Knowledge with funds from several humanitarian organizations to help catatonics regain consciousness and resume their lives, though in a limited capacity. The microcontroller, which can be used both in humans and machines, proved to be a great success and the Ishukone corporation stepped in and bought the rights to the chip several months ago. Since then, further studies by Ishukone technicians have revealed several additional ways the microcontroller can be used as, such as control mechanisms in robots for industrial usage. Experts claim that the microchip does not offer higher efficiency in the robots compared to already established methods, due to its reliance of a biomechanical host system.

Trasmitter
This electronic device generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech or other sources, and radiates the resulting signal from an antenna or some other form of transducer.

Ukomi Super Conductors
Highly isolated coils with minimal friction, used in high-voltage electrical devices. The Ukomi Super Conductors are a new brand developed and manufactured by the Kaalakiota corporation. Today every Caldari station has a stockpile of these highly rated Super Conductors, which are in quite high demand in most foreign black markets due to their superior technology.

Vaccines
Living creatures can be trained to defend themselves from harmful diseases by introducing a minute sample of pathological strains, tremendously improving their immune systems and allowing them to endure prolonged exposure to harmful contagions.

Viral Agent
The causative agent of an infectious disease, the viral agent is a parasite with a noncellular structure composed mainly of nucleic acid within a protein coat.

Water-Cooled CPU
Despite how ancient the technology is, there is still no method more cost-effective for cooling computer processing units than ordinary water, which can be heated and cooled rapidly via any number of proven methods. Most often, thermally conductive tubing makes its way through all of the vital components and over heat sinks, helping to regulate operating temperatures.

Wetware Mainframe
So advanced and energy-demanding are wetware mainframes that they require vehicle-scale power cores and the constant attention of maintenance personnel. When operating at peak performance levels, nothing in New Eden can match the raw computing power of these machines, from calculating warp coordinates to administrating the core functions of an entire space station.

ADVANCED MATERIALS

Crystalline Carbonide
An exeptionally hard material created from crystallite alloys and carbon polymers, crystalline carbonite is a primary component in various forms of advanced Gallente technology, such as thrusters and armor plating.

Fermionic Condensates
One of the most complex composites known to man, fermionic condensates consist of superconductive boson particles all occupying the same quantum state, thus creating a nearly resistance-free environment for electric current. These condensates have therefore become a staple in advanced reactor manufacture.

Fernite Carbide
A revolutionary ceramic carbide compound, much favored by the Matari both for its earthy quality and its extremely wide range of technological uses.

Ferrogel
A magnetised liquid, used to control the flow of cold plasma fields in shield systems, reactor cores, pulse generators and thruster systems.

Fullerides
Fullerides are highly superconductive materials used in capacitors, armor plating and weapons systems.

Hypersynaptic Fibers
Whenever the transmission of visual or numerical data is a matter of life and death, the data network needs the fastest possible relay system. Hypersynaptic fibers, due to their immense frequency range and speed of conduction, have become the industry standard for sensor arrays and targeting systems.

Neurotransistors
Extremely complex molecular-level transistors used in nanoscale electronics, such as microprocessors and capacitor units.

Phenolic Composites
A extremely heat-resistant material used in thrusters and as heat shielding.

Sylramic Fibers
Extremely strong fibers, used in laminated armor plating.

Titanium Carbide
Due to its immense strength and molecular malleability, Titanium Carbide has become the darling of the Caldari technological industry, seeing use in everything from reactor units to weapons systems.

Tungsten Carbide
Tungsten Carbide is a much-used composite, greatly favored by the Amarrians for construction of their advanced technologies.

T3 SUBSYSTEM COMPONENTS

Electromechanical Interface Nexus
When integrated into a starship with other components, an EMI Nexus is used to facilitate manual control over numerous electromechanical systems which, by default, run in an automated manner according to their programmed roles. Typically, the EMI Nexus acts as a conduit between a capsuleer and their ship, serving as an interface through which they can operate normally automated electromechanical systems, such as a Central System Controller. Other more simple tasks, such as the activation of a ship’s modules, also frequently rely on these components.

Emergent Neurovisual Interface
As a capsuleer, few things are more important in space flight than the ability to instantly gauge one’s surroundings and make decisions accordingly. For this reason, capsules inside starships make frequent use of neurovisual reproductions; emulations that recreate external stimuli using the most low-latency processor available – the human brain. This process relies on digital relays from camera drones and monitoring systems embedded into the hull. After capturing the data, they then feed it directly into the brain, at which point the external surrounds are recreated almost instantaneously. Functions familiar to any capsuleer such as the overview, tactical overlay and hostile threat indicators are just a few examples of the device’s capabilities.

Although NVI technology has been around since the inception of the capsule, the addition of salvaged Sleeper drone components and the now widely available fullerene polymers has carried the functionality forward into the new Tech III paradigm. Even before the first Strategic Cruiser was built, engineers hypothesized about potential issues with an NVI trying to communicate with an almost limitless combination of subsystems. Fortunately, the solution to the problem came wrapped up in the same technology that moved Tech III vessels from the world of scientific theory into reality.

Fullerene Intercalated Sheets
The manufacture of this component requires the rarest and most valuable technology salvageable from Sleeper drones. These sheets represent some of the most advanced composite materials known to New Eden. When other, more valuable devices are embedded into the structure at the molecular level, the sheets’ performance enhances tremendously. The end result is a component with an almost endless number of applications in starship design.

Ultra-resilient armor plating, defensive nanoassemblers, electronics housing, and even the molecular-level circuitry itself are only a few of the near-countless roles that fullerene intercalated sheets can perform. Although unrivalled in their modularity, the cost of construction remains a barrier on supply; consequently, they remain a component to be used only when absolutely necessary.

Scientists and engineers alike claim that a steadier supply of these rare Sleeper pieces would instantly advance starship design ten years. Other experts have made even more interesting claims, stating that the staggering utility of the components suggests a level of technological advancement sufficient for capsule production.

Fulleroferrocene Power Conduits
These conduits supply power to minute, molecular-level devices. Extremely strong and yet surprising flexible, they have traditionally been used in rare situations where the normal methods of power supply were rendered impossible. The advent of Tech III starship technology and the influx of fullerene-based materials have seen the conduits take on new and more widespread roles.

The addition or removal of a single subsystem in a Tech III vessel can drastically change the ship’s structure, and with it the internal wiring and available power supply routes. Fulleroferrocene power conduits have become an essential component in the construction of these new vessels for this very reason. The conduits can be remapped through a ship with relative ease, allowing for the near-endless variations of subsystems to be completely interchangeable without posing any problems of how to power them.

Metallofullerene Plating
Metallofullerene plating is used to protect the connective joins in hull and subsystem structures so that Tech III vessels can be taken apart and put back together endlessly, all without the risk of wear. Mechanical engineers first attempted to create the plating using plutonium metallofullerenes, but it was quickly discovered that even miniscule amounts of them had a sizeable impact on ship mass. When integrated into armor plating in larger amounts, they also risked turning the vessel into a giant warhead, something even less desirable.

A solution was finally found. Tiny amounts of metallofullerenes would be integrated in conjunction with far larger quantities of graphene nanoribbons and then coated in powdered C-540 graphite. This process allowed the material to maintain structural durability whilst keeping mass down. The last and most ingenious addition was to incorporate fulleroferrocene into the metal beneath layers of electromechanical hull sheeting. This had the effect of turning the normally dangerous explosive reactions into kinetic energy, which could then be used to supplement the power supply to local nanoassemblers.

Nanowire Composites
Nanowire composites function as connective links between subsystems. Graphene nanoribbons form the base of the components, carrying electrical power between other devices integrated into electromechanical hull sheets. A final coating of thermal diffusion film ensures efficient heat dispersion, allowing a starship captain to overload modules connected to subsystems without risking the entire vessel.

Neurovisual Output Analyzer
As a capsuleer, few things are more important in space-flight than the ability to instantly gauge one’s surroundings and make decisions accordingly. For this reason, capsules inside starships make frequent use of neurovisual reproductions; emulations that recreate external stimuli using the most low-latency processor available: the human brain. This process relies on digital relays from camera drones and monitoring systems embedded into the hull. After the data is captured, it is then relayed directly into the brain, at which point the external surrounds are recreated almost instantaneously.

The synthetic translation of external stimuli into neurovisual imagery is incredibly risky, even relative to the standard hazards of pod piloting. Even though capsuleers have an innate resistance to neurobiological damage from these sorts of processes, the near- constant exposure to them has been linked to increased risk of aggressive neurodegenerative diseases. In recent years, engineers have begun to integrate neurovisual output analyzers into a starship’s electronics systems. These devices monitor the pilot’s status and, if necessary, take measures to protect against anything from mild headaches to catastrophic neural failure.

Optimized Nano-engines
Forming the beating heart of the Sleeper’s automated drones, these tiny engines count in the billions. When fully intact, they deliver levels of power efficiency unrivalled by current technology. Unfortunately, whenever a Sleeper drone is destroyed, these engines are the first to go with them, making it difficult to emulate their functionality without the addition of other materials.

To recreate a functional nanoengine housing, PPD fullerene fibers are combined with metallofullerenes and fullerene fiber conduits to rebuild the basic structures that once housed them. After that, the fused nanomechanical engines are connected to one another, forming a composite whole.

Although mechanical engineers have theorized about this construction method for many decades, the process was always held back by a lack of fullerene material. It is said that only hours after the discovery of fullerite clouds in wormhole space, the empires used significant amounts of their fullerene stockpiles to produce these engines. The reasoning behind this is simply the staggering breadth of potential applications these engines have. When it comes to engineering, there isn’t much they can’t do.

Reconfigured Subspace Calibrator
Subspace calibrators perform the crucial role of tuning in on subspace frequencies. Being able to accurately pinpoint a destination on the other side of a wormhole is vital to interstellar travel, as it allows pilots to traverse wormholes safe in the knowledge that they won’t accidentally arrive out the other side at the centre of a sun.

This particular calibrator was produced from a combination of fullerene polymers and salvaged Sleeper technology. The unique grouping enables some drastic reconfigurations to the basic design. The end result is a vastly increased efficiency in calculation time. Due to the modular design of Tech III vessels, tuning into subspace frequencies must be done individually for each subsystem. The development of this particular component has been an important time-saver in an area where mere seconds can mean life or death.

Reinforced Metallofullerene Alloys
These ultra-hard alloys are initially created from lanthanum metallofullerenes and heuristic selfassemblers; a combination that makes for an incredibly resilient base material. From there, fulleroferrocene and graphene nanoribbons are integrated into the metals, forming alloys that have unprecedented levels of structural strength. Although they have many uses in the manufacture of armor plating, the distinguishing feature of the alloys is the level of modularity they allow in starship design. A hull section comprised of metallofullerene alloys is able to accommodate a virtually endless array of subsystems around it, no matter how different their shape is.

Warfare Computation Core
Warfare computation cores begin as basic microprocessors that handle the flow of data between various combat analyzers, prioritizing vital information and calculations. The cores are first built around salvaged Sleeper warfare processors which are then further enhanced by the integration of fullerene polymers and other Sleeper technology. The addition of emergent combat analyzers expands the functionality to include more abstract combat calculations, such as comparative analyses of fleets and predictive IFF identifications.

When encased in thermophased metallofullerene plating, the cores can be embedded directly into the ship’s hull. This allows for a far more efficient production method of Tech III vessels, enabling any subsystem variation to integrate into a hull without the need for further redesign in the combat electronics systems.

ICE PRODUCTS

Heavy Water
Dideuterium oxide. Water with significant nuclear properties which make it extremely effective as a neutron moderator in various types of power reactors. One of the materials required to keep Control Towers online.

Helium Isotopes
The Helium-3 isotope is extremely sought-after for use in fusion processes, and also has various applications in the fields of cryogenics and machine cooling. One of the materials required to keep Amarr Control Towers online.

Hydrogen Isotopes
Hydrogen-2, otherwise known as Deuterium. Due to its unique properties the hydrogen-2 isotope is able to very effectively fuse with other atoms. Useful in a variety of nuclear scenarios, and an essential material for the maintenance of Minmatar Control Towers.

Liquid Ozone
Liquid Ozone is used as a cleaning and disinfectant substance, and plays a vital role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of a starbase. One of the materials required to keep Control Towers online.

Nitrogen Isotopes
Nitrogen-14 is a stable, non-radioactive isotope, crucial for maintenance of Caldari Control Towers.

Oxygen Isotopes
Stable O-16 isotopes, crucial for maintenance of Gallente Control Towers.

Strontium Cathrates
An unstable compound of strontium molecules encased in the crystal structure of water. When fed to a Control Tower's force field generator, these clathrates bond with the molecules already in place in the field to create a nigh-invulnerable barrier of energy. A necessary ingredient for Control Towers to go into reinforced mode.

POLYMERS

C3-FTM Acid
Difficult to procure and expensive to create, this rare chemical compound plays an important role as a neuroprotective agent for capsule pilots. It is integrated into the life-support systems on board a capsuleer’s vessel, where it helps limit brain cell death and neurodegeneration.

Carbon-86 Epoxy Resin
C-86 epoxy resin is most commonly applied as a thin film to the structures housing propulsion systems. The tremendous flame-retardant properties of materials covered in the resin help prevent heat buildup and minimize onboard fires.

Fullerene Intercalated Graphite
Originally this material was only used in the construction of advanced semiconductors, a role in which it still performs admirably. In recent years, however, structural engineers have proven that it has even better applications in nano-electromechanical systems. The unique “superlubricity” – a state of zero or near-zero friction – between mechanical components made of F.I.C significantly limits wear, allowing the tiny devices to operate for exceptionally long periods without the need for maintenance.

Fulleroferrocene
Fulleroferrocene is a rare organometallic compound used to strengthen and supplement other materials. Most commonly, it is used to improve the structural integrity of metal alloys, but research is continuing on its potential applications in nanomechanical devices.

Graphene Nanoribbons
Single-walled nanotubes such as these have been at the forefront of advanced electronics production for centuries. The nanoribbons make for some of the best, and smallest, conductors in the world, offering scientists new ways forward in the miniaturization of electronics systems.

Lantham Metallofullerene
This fullerene-lanthanum compound is made by encasing a single lanthanum atom in a cage of carbon atoms. The incredibly high melting point of lanthanum compounds make them ideal for the construction of offensive hardpoints, where heat dissipation is critical to keeping weapons systems operating effectively.

Methanofullerene
One of the most useful organic semiconductors discovered in recent years, methanofullerene can be blended with other polymers to create incredibly efficient solar cells, offering a near-endless source of power in places that would otherwise be difficult to supply.

PPD Fullerene Fibers
The discovery of these microscopic, tubular structures has helped pave new paths in the construction of advanced starships. Known for their unrivaled strength-to-weight ratio, composite metals made of unique PPD fullerene fibers have become the standard for defensive plating. Atomic-scale, nanomechanical systems used inside repair modules often employ fullerene fibers as well.

Scandium Metallofullerene
A fullerene-scandium compound made by encasing a single scandium atom in a cage of carbon atoms. Scandium is a grey-white element that has historically been incredibly hard to find. Scandium-tipped missiles were once valued for their armor-piercing qualities, which allowed them to wreck havoc deep inside starship hulls. The only thing holding the weapons industry back from these and other similar applications has been the low supply of the material.

INDUSTRIAL GOODS

Carbon
Carbon is an abundant nonmetallic element that occurs in many inorganic and in all organic compounds.

Ectoplasm
Used for the making of the liquid inside starship pilot pods, this thick goo is made primarily out of used cell membranes.

High-Tech Small Arms
These weapons are of superior quality to those normally found on the public market, although more expensive as well.

They are implemented with a safety net which prevents them from being used illegally in stations where most types of small arms are prohibited. Therefore many regions do not apply the small arms ban on these weapons.

Hydrogen Batteries
The use of hydrogen batteries has become an international standard both in industry and in the public domain; they are a particularly common power supply in off-world habitats such as space stations.

Oxygen
Oxygen is a commodity in constant demand. While most stations have their own supply units, smaller depots and space crafts rely on imports.

Soil
Fertile soil rich with nutrients is very sought after by agricultural corporations and colonists on worlds with short biological history.

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STRATEGIC CRUISER SUBSYSTEMS

Accelerated Ejection Bay
This missile launcher system was formed not from the missile bays of Sleeper drones, but from the direct-fire turrets and hardpoints salvaged from them instead. Adapting the underlying technology behind the drones' rapid-firing turrets for their own missile systems, Caldari engineers have managed to revolutionize modular launching mechanisms, improving launch speed and kinetic warhead payloads.

Adaptive Augmenter
Capitalizing on the exceptional defensive capabilities of fullerene-based components, this subsystem allows a pilot to augment their ship's armor resistance, dramatically enhancing its survivability in combat. Tiny molecular-level conduits play a crucial role in orchestrating the flow of nano-assemblers beneath the armor’s surface, guarding the flow of vital repairs against disruptive impact.

Adaptive Shielding
Based on the same advanced technology employed by Sleeper drones to harden their armor plating, these tiny nano-assemblers have been reconfigured to improve a shield’s resistance to damage. The influx of superior construction materials and the modularity of Sleeper components have made even this drastic redesign into a fairly simple process.

Amplification Node
When confronted with the challenge of adapting Sleeper designs to produce signature reduction systems, Sebiestor engineers turned to the defense systems used by certain Talocan structures that had also been found amongst a few ancient ruins. An unexpected harmony of Sleeper and Talocan design was discovered after extensive reverse engineering attempts and this new method was born soon after.

Based around the amplification of noise in surrounding local space, the subsystem allows a pilot to passively emit such significant electromagnetic interference that hostile sensors, tracking subroutines and missile detonation triggers will all treat the ship as if it is significantly smaller than it actually is.

When confronted with the challenge of adapting Sleeper designs to produce shield boost amplification systems, Caldari engineers turned to the defense systems used by certain Talocan structures that had also been found in a few ancient ruins. In some rare cases, the shielding systems on Talocan facilities were constructed using a harmony of Sleeper and Talocan designs. The first successful production of a shield boost amplification node drew heavily upon early study of this particular combination.

Assault Optimization
Originally a laser-based weapons system, Amarrian starship engineers were forced to seek alternative construction methods when several fatal flaws were discovered in their design. Khanid Innovations was quick to offer a missile-based solution that benefitted greatly from their years of experience working on Sacrilege cruisers. The reapplication of their previously successful technology was so fast and effective that the more traditional Amarrian engineers could do little but watch as the knowledge and consequent implementation of these new engineering methodologies proliferated across the cluster.

Augmented Capacitor Reservoir
Another example of an old technology re-worked to fit the new Tech III paradigm, augmented capacitor subsystems improve upon the size of a vessel’s capacitor. Designers of Tech III vessels were initially hampered by the problem of how to design a modular ship that could swap out basic engineering upgrades on a per-need basis. This proved particularly true when it came to increasing a vessel’s capacitor size without the use of batteries. In the end, the provision of fullerene-based polymers allowed for solutions that had only existed in theory up until that point.

Augmented Plating
Although this subsystem uses the same armor nano-assemblers as standard empire technology, various optimizations have been made. Taking full advantage of recently discovered Sleeper designs, the use of fullerene-based technology has allowed for the combination of far smaller and more resilient components.

Capacitor Regeneration Matrix
Using the same technology that can be found inside the ancient Sleeper race’s guardian drones, this regeneration matrix greatly improves the recharge rate of a Tech III vessel’s capacitor. Even though empire-based designs have achieved this effect for centuries, the way in which this system works is markedly different.

Rather than the usual tweaking of capacitor fluid formulas, this design simply triples the number of nanotubes inside – something not possible until the recent influx of fullerene polymers from which this subsystem is made. This results in a drastic increase in the speed and efficiency of energy flow throughout a ship. The quicker that the surplus power can be redirected back to the core, the more that it can contribute to the overall recharge rate of the capacitor.

Chassis Optimization
This subsystem exploits the latest technological advances afforded by discovery of the ancient Sleeper race’s own designs. Optimizations made to the chassis allow for vast improvements to be made to a ship's base velocity. Although the various layout optimizations sacrifice other options for propulsion customization, the flow-on effects from an increase in base velocity make it an attractive upgrade for those whose Tech III vessels are in need of an overall speed increase.

Covert Reconfiguration
From the moment Strategic Cruisers became a reality, there were whispers amongst the scientific community about the potential for advances in cloaking technology. They remained that alone for the longest time, with few involved in the reverse-engineering process willing to share any news of their discoveries. Everyone knew that, should the technology ever become a reality, the capabilities of the new Strategic Cruisers would change overnight.

The Amarrians are suspected to have developed cloaking technology for the Legion around the same time as the first capsuleer designs began to surface. For almost a full week, Minmatar rebel camps deep inside Heimatar and Metropolis were subjected to ruthless guerilla attacks, almost unprecedented in their ferocity and viciousness. Although initially confused by such a marked changed in their opponent’s warfare philosophy, the Matari knew that each target had been a high profile objective for the Amarr Navy, and noted with deep suspicion how all of the squads had been spearheaded by Legions that could hit and fade with alarming ease. Few doubted who was behind the bloodshed. The Amarrians remained silent for the most part, the only official statement; that God’s will had manifested itself in the heart of evil.

The Loki’s Covert Reconfiguration designs arose out of a collective will to respond to what was thought to be Amarrian aggression deep inside their home regions. Unlike many scientific and technological breakthroughs, it was not the Sebiestor tribe alone who ushered in the paradigm shift to covert-capable Strategic Cruisers. It was only through consultation and collaboration with many other tribes and sub-factions that something substantial began to take shape.

The Krusual and Thukker are said to have played the most important roles, however, in realizing the final design; the Thukker by providing the cloaking technology, and the Krusual by convincing them to do so. How they achieved this, or what they may have promised remains a secret; the two tribes are notorious for having many, and keeping them all.

To many Gallente and Caldari, the development of the Proteus covert reconfiguration signaled a repeat of the technological arms race that arose from the ashes of Crielere. Once again seeking a balance of power, and entirely convinced that the Caldari were attempting to reverse-engineer their own cloak-capable Strategic Cruisers, the Federation diverted immense resources to their research. Private firms and the largest of conglomerates all played a role in development, offering up prototype designs and speculative theories that collectively resulted in some of the first Covert-Capable Proteus produced. It is not known who, or what organization led the project. Nor is known when, or where, the first Covert Reconfigurations were deployed. If it had not been for capsuleers developing the same designs, most people would have remained oblivious to their existence, just the way the Federation would have preferred.

When some of the State's first cloaking subsystems were unveiled at a secure Caldari military complex, those select few spectators did not understand for a moment, the reason behind the comparatively underwhelming offense. When the first Tengu broke from its attack and vanished in front of hundreds of onlookers – not only from the field of battle, but from the system itself – the reasons behind a conservative weapons design suddenly became clear.

CPU Efficiency Gate
New technologies have resulted in a noticeable increase in CPU efficiency, as better nanotech enables further miniaturization of circuits, the result of which is a marked decrease in system bottlenecking. This CPU efficiency gate capitalizes on that technology, offering a pilot greater CPU output.

Dissolution Sequencer
This subsystems employs a nano-electromechanical dispersion field to strengthen a vessel's sensor systems. Made from billions of advanced molecular-level circuits, the subsystem offers improved protection against hostile ECM.

Dissonic Encoding Platform
A unique application of fullerene material can be found in this platform, where vibrations from the metallic plating transfer from turret to hybrid charge. Discharged ammo immersed in this dissonic frequency maintains its shape and velocity pattern once launched towards a target. However, upon impact, the ammo undulates in an unstable fashion, transfering the frequency to its target and thereby causing more damage.

Drone Synthesis Projector
Sleeper drones, while completely devoid of modern shielding technology, are nonetheless sturdy, mainly due to their metallofullerene armor plating and hull composition. When drones are docked into this system, the projection system enhances their damage capabilities, both in absorbing and delivering damage, through the creation of a fullerene-based field around the drones.

Emergent Locus Analyzer
Emboldened by the development of other, more specialized subsystems, engineers and astrophysicists alike began to investigate modifications to a Strategic Cruiser that could aid their fellow scientists and explorers. The first reverse-engineering projects were predominantly focused on ways to improve a vessel’s astrometrics capabilities. The two-pronged solution of boosting both the strength of the launchers and the probes they deployed proved to be the most popular design in the end. It was not long after the first designs were sold that others took notice and began to reverse-engineer their own. Soon enough, the subsystem was catapulted into mainstream Tech III subsystem manufacture, although perhaps for more than just that one reason.

The first designers of the emergent locus analyzer noted an additional – and entirely unintended – effect in tractor beams. Not only did they reach further, but they would also pull in their cargo more quickly than normal tractor beams. It was an unexpected by-product of the processes that increased scan probe strength, but far from an undesirable one. Although it is not fully clear what part of the construction process enables this additional benefit, so long as the subsystem is built in that exact fashion, it will continue to provide it.

Energy Parasitic Complex
During some of the first conflicts with them, Amarr engineers noticed a remarkable feature in Sleeper drone technology: the ability of drones to transfer power between one another without the need for specialized equipment. This technology seemed to be innate to every drone in some capacity, and while the engineers could not reproduce this system in modern space vessels, they were able to adapt the technology into modular Tech III designs. The energy parasitic complex turns the Sleeper tech on its head, changing the energy transfer from a symbiotic function to a vampiric one by providing a boost to energy neutralizer and energy vampire equipment.

Friction Extension Processor
The friction extension processor capitalizes on recent advances made in fullerene-based component development. The system works on a similar design to interdiction spheres by expanding a ship's warp interdiction range. The technology behind it has existed in theory for some years, dating back to when engineers first began development of Heavy Interdictors. They noticed an increased efficiency in the electronic disruption of fullerene molecules when combined with the static disruption energies of the spheres. When more fullerene-based materials suddenly became available, it was only a matter of further testing before theory became reality.

Fuel Catalyst
The ancient Sleeper race was known to have mastered various sustainable energy technologies including thermoelectric systems, which they usually built directly into a vessel’s hull. Capsuleer reverse-engineers took little time to adapt salvaged versions of these Sleeper energy systems into their own modular Tech III vessel pieces.

Thanks to widespread demand in the transport industry, fuel catalyst systems were one of the first to be developed for the Empire. Making full use of locally generated thermoelectric power, they are able to supplement the fuel needs of an afterburner. This process makes it possible to inject fuel in larger amounts for the same capacitor cost, offering pilots a significant boost to the velocity increase from afterburners.

Gravitational Capacitor
This subsystem lowers the capacitor cost of warping and increases actual warp speed. With the influx of fullerene-based polymers and the discovery of Sleeper drone technology, the same fundamental principles once only sparingly employed in advance scout vessels such as Covert Ops and Interceptors could be re-applied to modular Tech III vessels. Although the Caldari claim to have been the first to successfully reverse-engineer these subsystems, the Federation argues that they were the first to deliver the breakthrough. Despite the contention, neither party seems keen to publicize the research data necessary to back their respective claims.

Hardpoint Efficiency Configuration
Adaptation and innovation go hand-in-hand, and this subsystem is a prime example of both ideas. While researching Sleeper drone weapon systems, a group of Minmatar engineers discovered special similarities to the technology behind all Sleeper weapon types. Distilling the underlying mechanic to its essence produced this hardpoint configuration, which enabled projectile weapons and missile launchers to share power sources and energy supplies (most of which were advanced beyond modern standards). This offers a vast increase to the rate of fire of both weapon types. Attempts to merge this technology to other weapon groups have, as yet, proven unsuccessful.

Hybrid Propulsion Armature
This complex armature is composed of fullerene composites and based upon the understood weapons mechanics of salvaged Sleeper drones. Gallente researchers have fused this technology with the emerging theories on magnetic resonance and microwarp capabilities to power the kinetic energy systems of hybrid turrets. With these mechanics in place, the propulsion armature creates an effective distribution module for hybrid charges, bolstering their damage output and their falloff rate.

Immobility Drivers
Even millennia old, the technology employed by Sleeper drones is far from lacking. This is particularly true in the field of interdiction technology, where their capabilities often exceed contemporary systems. Consequently, this aspect of their fearsome arsenal has been the focus of much study and in some rare cases, the starting point for scientific breakthroughs. Minmatar researchers studied the long-range webification systems of the Sleeper drones from the moment they were discovered, quickly reverse engineering a subsystem for their Loki that could replicate the Sleeper’s own offensive modules. The end result is a noticeable amplification of a stasis webifier’s effective range.

Intercalated Nanofibers
Constructed from hard yet lightweight fullerene polymers, these intercalated fibers boost the agility of a starship without compromising its structural resilience. Even though basic nanofibers have existed for hundreds of years, the integration of various Sleeper-based salvage and other polymers takes the technology to a completely new level of modularity. This has allowed the same centuries-old technology to be ported over to the new Tech III paradigm.

Interdiction Nullifier
Dubbed the “interdiction nullifier” by the Guristas, who suffered its first introduction on the battlefield, this subsystem grants a startling and unprecedented capability; an immunity to non-targeted interdiction such as mobile warp disruptors and interdiction spheres.

The origins of the first “nullifier” designs are shrouded in mystery, but the subsystem’s initial production of is thought to have taken place soon after the wormhole openings, and well before the technology became widespread knowledge. Not long after the first Tengu were designed, the Caldari Navy intercepted emergency transmissions from Guristas fleets across Venal, Tenal and Vale of the Silent. All of the reports made mention of Loki-class vessels slipping past defensive deployments and into core Guristas territory despite all efforts to stop the ships or slow them down.

Following these reports, rumors spread that other groups began to discover and implement this extraordinary new technology, and yet of all the factions that leapt upon the opportunity, none were so eager or ruthless in their own race to capitalize as the independent capsuleer and pirate organizations that make the nullsec frontiers their home.

Liquid Crystal Magnifiers
One of the many gems discovered amidst Sleeper technology was the creation of more efficient liquid crystal lenses. Amarr researchers have engineered these lenses to increase a laser's focus for longer stretches, both in distance and in timing, allowing a laser to reach farther targets with more efficiency of energy output. Additionally, the fullerene-infused lenses can generate higher temperatures and stronger, more damaging beams and pulses.

Localized Injectors
This subsystem uses molecular-level nanotubes to increase the combustive efficiency of afterburners. Fuel is injected locally in a far more effective and controllable manner, thereby reducing the draw on the capacitor system. Although the decrease in capacitor use is relatively modest, even minute enhancements at this level can mean the difference between victory and defeat.

Magnetic Infusion Basin
This subsystem serves as a specialized storage bin for a ship's hybrid ammo. The basin, however, also serves as a cyclotron, infusing the ammo with magnetic energy immediately before it is injected into the turret. The amplified ammo has an increased range and damage potential.

Nanobot Injector
The advanced Sleeper-based technology in this subsystem is focused on increasing the effectiveness of a vessel’s armor nanobots. When integrated into the hull of a ship, it offers a substantial increase in the armor output of any repair modules fitted, whether local or remote. Although the subsystem offers the same end result as other built-in armor repair augmentations, the technology driving it operates in a vastly different way, allowing for easy removal from its host vessel.

Obfuscation Manifold
This subsystem operates using the same fundamental mechanics as the signal distortion amplifier. When installed into a Tech III vessel, the fullerene-based components resonate with any ECM modules fitted , bolstering their disruptive strength.

Power Core Multiplier
Comprised of countless nanomachines that enhance the energy flow from a ship’s reactor core, this engineering subsystem offers a pilot the option of increasing the power grid of their vessel. Although the empires mastered energy grid upgrades many centuries ago, the adaptation of old designs to the new Tech III paradigm has been a more recent breakthrough.

Projectile Scoping Array
Scoping arrays were mostly out of fashion in recent ship design, but Sleeper technology has brought them somewhat back into vogue. Based upon the remarkable flexibility fullerene-based technology, Sleeper-based scoping arrays allowed projectile weaponry to produce longer-ranged accuracy without reducing the weapon's rate-of-fire. While a resurgence of scoping arrays is not expected, this subsystem certainly shows its uses in modern warfare.

Rifling Launcher Platform
An odd bit of technology garnered from the Sleepers is missile rifling, a method adapted from more primitive projectile technology. The launcher bays in this missile pattern contain long, microscopic grooves that spiral through the launcher and can fit any known missile shape. Once the missile is launched, these grooves give additional velocity and accuracy to the missile. Additionally, the shallow cuts contain wiring that enhances the missile's guidance system, creating another conduit for communication between ship, missile, and target.

Supplemental Coolant Injector
When it came to overheating modules on Tech III vessels, the spaceship engineering industry always knew, or at the very least suspected, that a larger breakthrough was on its way. Those first small advances made by reverse-engineering ancient Sleeper hulls were seen by many as simply the beginning of something greater. For these and other reasons, few were surprised by the introduction of a subsystem focused purely on pushing the “heat” envelope.

Various designs surfaced in the weeks and months following the opening of the new wormholes, each offering increasingly smaller improvements on the last. Research seemed to stagnate for a while and it was not until the idea of additional, localized coolant injectors became widespread that heat-focused subsystems truly began to perform in a class of their own. The current iterations offer pilots truly unprecedented abilities when it comes to overheating and pushing modules to their limits. Military experts and even capsuleers alike have been left wondering just how drastically this new design, along with so many other radical new entries to the subsystems field, will reshape interstellar warfare.

Supplemental Screening
Making full use of recent scientific advances afforded by the discovery of ancient technologies, Caldari starship designers have reverse engineered the equipment behind the Sleeper’s metallofullerene armor plating. Through a complex substitution method, skilled engineers and physicists have been able to supplement a Tengu’s shields, offering increased survivability for a pilot under heavy fire.

Tactical Targeting Network
Many engineers have attempted to reproduce the precision of the Sleeper drones' weapon systems, but with very few results. The closest reproduction achieved thus far is this targeting network, a complex system of neurovisual interlays, automated trigger response units, and microscanning resolution ordinances. The combination of these processes produces a bonus to scan resolution, easing the targeting of enemies in space.

Turret Concurrence Registry
Increasing the tracking capabilities of projectile weaponry has never been an easy task, yet the introduction of Sleeper technology has made this job more achievable. This registry is based on the idea of concurrence, where firing mechanisms can recycle energy among multiple turret emissions. This recycled energy is not only sustainable, but more powerful as well, a marvel considering its normal power output relative to other turret systems. Projectile turrets can be modified to use this surplus power to not only augment projectile damage output, but also to make minute adjustments on the fly, offering increasing tracking speed and optimal range.

Wake Limiter
This subsystem limits the wake left behind by a starship’s microwarpdrive, allowing a pilot to maintain a lowered signature radius while still moving at high speed. The underlying design is based on the same technology used by smaller Sleeper drones and empire-produced Interceptors. Although the engineering processes behind wake limiters have existed for quite some time in the empires, their application in modular subsystems has only become a possibility after fullerene polymers became more widely available.

Warfare Processor
After countless failed projects over the years, the dream of linking fleets with sub-Battlecruiser hulls was eventually shelved and relegated to the realm of engineering theory. It remained this way for some time, tempting few starship manufacturers to revisit the challenge, even after the discovery of ancient Sleeper designs and the influx of fullerene-based technology. It was not until the first Strategic Cruiser hulls began appearing in small numbers across the empires that they began to truly appreciate the potential Tech III vessels had for modifications.

Not long after, the first warfare processor housing became a reality. Although what it delivered as a standalone unit was undoubtedly impressive, what would count more in time was the way it served as a catalyst. The unit demonstrated to the wider spacefaring industry that the possibilities for Tech III ships were broader than first imagined, and in doing so, it heralded the beginning of even more radical and innovative designs.

CONSUMER PRODUCTS

Amarrian Wheat
Cereal grasses have been localized on hundreds of worlds. The grains of the wheat plant make a solid foundation for the production of foodstuffs within empire space. Amarrian Wheat is known for it's purity, and has reputedly never been tampered with by genetic engineering.

Antibiotics
Antibiotics are in constant demand everywhere and new, more potent versions, are always made available to counter the increased immunity of bacteria against antibiotics.

Dairy Products
These products, extracted from livestock, are one of the biggest cogs in the food production cycle. Dairy products are rich with calcium and help make sure the inhabitants of the EVE universe all have shiny teeth.

Frozen Food
Frozen food is in high demand in many regions, especially on stations orbiting a non-habitable planet and a long way from an agricultural world.

Frozen Plant Seeds
Frozen plant seeds are in high demand in many regions, especially on stations orbiting a non-habitable planet.

Galeptos Medicine
Galeptos is a rare type of medicine developed by the famous Gallentean scientist, Darven Galeptos. It is produced from a blend of organic and chemical material, used to cure a rare and deadly viral infection which has been creeping up more frequently as of late.

Rumor has it that Galeptos manufactured the virus himself, then sold the cure for billions of credits. Of course his corporation, Galeptos Medicines, steadfastly denies any such "unfounded" accusations and has threatened legal action to anyone who mentions it in public.

Gallentean Planetary Vehicles
Tracked, wheeled and hover vehicles used within planetary atmosphere for personal and business use. Gallentean vehicles (or the 'luxury edition' as they are sometimes called) have been specially modified with numerous gadgets to make the ride more comfortable, and enjoyable. A high-tech personal entertainment system has been put in all of the passenger seats, the seats have been made far more comfy, etc.

Holoreels
Holographic video reels (also called "holoreels") are the most common type of personal entertainment there is. From interactive gaming to erotic motion pictures, these reels can contain hundreds of titles each.

Khumaak
The Khumaak (literally "Hand of Maak") is a replica of an ancient Amarrian relic used 125 years ago by a Minmatar slave to kill his master, thereby sparking a revolt on Arzad VIII (also known as Starkman Prime). This revolt, while precipitating the almost total annihilation of the Starkmanir Minmatar tribe, has in historical retrospect come to be credited as one of the seminal events in the larger Minmatar uprising. The weapon itself is a three-foot rod with a spiked solar disc on the top, the design of the original relic believed to date back to the pre-Reclaiming era of Amarrian prophet Dano Geinok. It isn't believed to have been intended as a weapon originally, but as a rod of command for high-ranking members of the Amarrian Conformist clergy.

Long-limb Roes
The eggs of the hanging long-limb are among the most sought after delicacies in fancy restaurants. The roe is quite rare because no one has succeeded in breeding the species outside its natural planetary habitat.

Neophite
This priceless mineral was discovered by a band of Gallente explorers during the Caldari-Gallente war over a century ago. Closely related to morphite, its composition is only slightly different yet enough so that it has not been able to serve the same function. Only a few samples of it are known to remain intact, in the possession of some of the most wealthy collectors in the known universe.

Pax Amarria
Written by Heideran VII, the Amarr Emperor himself, Pax Amarria is the most remarkable book published in the last century. In it the Emperor writes about his hopes and dreams for peace throughout the galaxy; a vision that has propelled him into becoming the champion of improved interstellar relations. His relentless strive for these goals has brought unparalleled harmony in the relationship between the empires; his constant search for peaceful solutions to any problem having many times becalmed brewing storms of hostilities on the horizon. His determination and powers of persuasion have compelled his own people and others to sacrifice many things they thought sacred to ensure that tranquillity will prevail, now and forever.

Protein Delicacies
Protein Delicacies are cheap and nutritious food products manufactured by one of the Caldari mega corporations, Sukuuvestaa. It comes in many flavors and tastes delicious. Despite its cheap price and abundance it is favored by many gourmet chefs in some of the finest restaurants around for its rich, earthy flavor and fragrance.

Quafe
Quafe is the name of the most popular soft drink in the universe, manufactured by a Gallentean company bearing the same name. Like so many soft drinks, it was initially intended as a medicine for indigestion and tender stomachs, but the refreshing effects of the drink appealed to everyone and the drink quickly became tremendously popular. Quafe is one of the best recognized brands in the whole EVE universe and can be found in every corner of it.

Quafe Ultra
Quafe Ultra is the new energy drink from the Quafe Company, the largest manufacturer of soft drinks in the universe. A delightful promuform-and-guarana mix with just a hint of mango and a dash of passion fruit, this party-in-a-can will give you all the energy you can handle and then some!
Not recommended for children under 5 and people with high blood pressure, uncontrolled diabetes or epilepsy. Quafe accepts no responsibility for injuries inflicted under the influence of Quafe Ultra.
Trademark, Copyright and all rights reserved by The Quafe Company Ltd.

Quafe Ultra Special Edition
Quafe Ultra special edition is spiked with a "secret ingredient" to make the experience more thrilling and exciting for all those who want more from life.

Spiced Wine
Luxury goods are always solid commodities for inter-stellar trading. Spiced wine is not the rarest of luxury goods, but it can still be sold at small outposts and bases that don't manufacture any themselves.

Synthetic Coffee
This stimulating aromatic drink, made out of dried, roasted and ground seeds, is a particular favorite among scientists and software engineers.

Tobacco
Tubular rolls of tobacco designed for smoking. The tube consists of finely shredded tobacco enclosed in a paper wrapper and is generally outfitted with a filter tip at the end.

Ultra! Promotional Holoreel
This holoreel is a promotional reel from Quafe Corp, produced to advertise QuafeUltra. The reel has been universally panned by critics for what is perceived by many as intensely lurid subject matter. One scene that's caused an uproar among various fundamentalist factions involves two of the main characters, Amarr girl Nadira and Brutor male Okar, engaging in a bout of severely salty reparteé immediately followed by quite obviously-hinted-at sexual activity. In another, the Gallente protagonist, a comely young female, enjoys a sultry dance with two other girls, culminating in a show of half-naked flesh that sent mothers everywhere lunging for their children's eyes. Mentions and displays of Quafe Ultra during the reel's 89-minute running time number around 110, resulting in an average of 1.23 not-so-hidden advertisements per minute of the film's running time - another reason, critics say, to throw this reel into the jettison canister where it belongs.

Water
Water is one of the basic conditional elements of human survival. Most worlds have this compound in relative short supply and hence must rely on starship freight.

Zemnar
Zemnar is an uncommon type of antibiotic specifically used to combat rare bacterial infections. Originally discovered by the late Gallente biologist, Lameur Zemnar, the drug is now frequently kept in stock in the more wealthy quarters of the galaxy, in case of a bacterial outbreak.

MISCELLANEOUS

Fullerite
Fullerite is the solid-state manifestation of fullerene molecules and can be found naturally occurring within interstellar gas clouds. Fullerites are coveted for the unique structural properties that make them some of the most useful materials known to humankind. Fullerene-based technology has applications in electronics, propulsion and engineering as well as the construction of ultra-hard metal alloys and heat-resistant weapons systems.

Although all of the empires have developed a rudimentary understanding of how to manipulate fullerene, only the Jovians are known to have mastered the science. This has allowed them to maintain a significant technological advantage over other races in many crucial areas.

Nanite Repair Paste
A thick, heavy liquid, typically stored in tanks or container systems intended for liquids. It is composed of billions of nanites that can be programmed to repair damaged ship modules on the fly. The paste is simply applied to the damaged area, and the nanites meld into an exact copy of the damaged area, thus effecting repairs upon the module. This is a one-time process, as the nanites use themselves up along with the trace elements mixed into their carrier fluid.

The Repair Paste is generally only used for emergency on-site repairs. It is then recommended to have the damaged components looked at by a certified technician at first opportunity.

Plutonium
Plutonium is used in arms manufacturing, among other things, making it a steady trade commodity.

Toxic Waste
Waste from various production industries and arms manufacturers can be hazardous to the environment, but instead of dumping it to the void, it can be sold to those who see value in the material.

[Silver Night]

Very nice. 

[Seriphyn]

omnomnom, thanks!

[Louella Dougans]

There appears to be a great many new objects ingame, they are probably items from the 80 new storyline courier missions.

The item descriptions include a whole lot of useful background information.

Here are some of them, I probably didn't spot all the new ones, and you can eventually find them on the eve-wiki, I think. and also here http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/inventory.php?group_id=314


[spoiler]Aerogel Counteragent
Refrigerated secure cargo containers containing aerogel infused with dormant prototype anti-nanites. These containers have been specially modified with the latest security encryption protocols, to better ensure that any Gallente saboteurs will be unable to access and tamper with this critical cargo.

Amarr TIL-1A Nexus Chips
The Amarr TIL-1A Nexus Chip was once used to store the key elements of a ship's artificial intelligence system, as well as for controlling some of the vessel's autonomous functions. In addition, the TIL-1A series chip had been modified by top Viziam scientists for the Amarr Navy, making it far more resilient to damage and harsh environmental conditions than standard chips of its kind. The TIL-1A chip, specifically, was designed for front-line Amarr battleship-class vessels where it saw widespread use for almost a decade before being replaced by newer technologies. As a result, very few examples of this remain outside Amarr military historical archives, where they are often highly valued for the data they contain on early naval operations.

Blue Paradise
Blue Paradise, also known as "Beep," is a mild narcotic engineered by Amarr pharmaceutical scientists specifically for use by slave laborers within the Empire. Users of Blue Paradise report feelings of mild euphoria, contentment, relaxation, and generalize pleasure as the primary effects of this drug. These effects typically last between three to five hours, after which the user can be expected to fall into a sound sleep, if taken prior to that user´s normal sleep cycle. Furthermore, there have been no significant side effects reported from repeat and prolonged use, making Blue Paradise an extremely promising "reward" for slave laborers. Recreational use of Blue Paradise has not yet been reported, given the limited nature of its distribution only to select Amarr slave labor operations, and no evidence yet exists of addiction to this drug, if administered in a controlled environment.

Civilian Workers and Dependents
Civilian workers and their dependents, including men, women, and children.

Crate of Amarr Religious Holoreels
These holoreels contain a recent speech by a regional governor, which provides her views on the state of the Empire as well as other important religious discussions.

Crate of Amarr Scripture Educational Study Packages (Matari translation)
These study materials provide a guide through the structure and meanings of Amarr holy texts in a way that school-age children can easily understand. Education, like every other aspect of daily life in the Empire, is closely tied into religion, and by the time they leave school, Amarr children are expected to have a working and in-depth understanding of their way of life.
These particular copies have been carefully translated by experts into painfully precise Matari for distribution in the Republic.

Crate of Archaeological Lot GV87-426-D Artifacts
This looks like little more than half a starship modified into ground-based living quarters. Several panels are inscribed with decorative symbols. A series of large rectangular cases contain corroded circuit boards with rows of finger-sized crystalline vials anchored to one face; some of the vials are still intact and contain a foggy gaseous substance. A section from what appears to have been a hydroponics lab contains trays of organic matter, fossilised from exposure to the moon's arid conditions and thin, nitrogen-argon atmosphere.

Crate of Architectural-Quality Plagioclase Paneling
Minmatar architecture traditionally favors modular geometric structures and open spaces which allow breezes to flow from room to room. There is a traditional preference for working with exposed natural stone and wood, though recent trends have leaned towards natural surfaces bonded to structural reinforced concrete, stretching resources while still allowing for an attractive appearance. Compressed asteroid ore interior panels are becoming more popular for higher-class residences and for buildings constructed on mineral-poor worlds.

Crate of Bootleg Holoreels
There doesn´t appear to be any particular organization here. Dozens of identical copies of everything from period dramas to last week´s boxing finals, in cases with obviously home-printed labels.
When played, the holos´ quality is shabby and rimmed with static, occasionally deteriorating to basic 2-D images. The sound is unreliable and fades at times. Hopefully, the people who buy these copies aren´t paying as much as the supplier did for the originals.

Crate of Contained Cerrocentite
A slick-looking, translucent amber mineral with a hexagonal crystalline structure. Its radioactive properties require the material to be stored in special containment units; handling by anyone other than a trained engineer is strongly discouraged.
Cerrocentite is used primarily in stationside security networks, mostly in the systems which detect unbalance in the atmosphere mix.

Crate of Cryo-Stored Luminaire Skippers
These large, indigo-hued amphibians are commonly used in laboratory work. Each weighs roughly two kilograms, and in their natural environment in the marshlands of Gallente Prime are the dominant aquatic predator. To prevent the stresses of space travel from affecting the frogs' physiology, it is necessary to transport them in a cold-case which drops their body temperature and induces a state of hibernation.

Crate of Decoy Prototype Cloaking Devices
This decoy prototype cloaking device appears to be a working model; however, closer scrutiny reveals that it is nothing more than a useless hunk of metal and wires.

Crate of Environmentally-friendly Mining Equipment
The latest generation of environmentally-friendly mining drills reduces airborne pollutants by 75% when compared to the most popular drills on the market. This is accomplished through a revolutionary "dust recapture" system that essentially vacuums the air around the drill head. The collected dust is captured in large, on-site filtration systems which then compacts the dust into blocks. These blocks can either be refined along with the extracted ores, or simply placed back into the mine as backfill once drilling operations are complete. While more than five times as expensive as normal drills, the efficiency of these new models provides an entirely new level of environmental protection.

Crate of Exclusive Simo Reshar Fitness Holoreels
Fitness guru Simo Reshar is iconic less for the effectiveness of his workout routines than for the questionable nature of the visuals and extremely cheesy rhythmic music. The covers depict the skinny workout instructor with his anthropomorphic cartoon assistants, dressed in worryingly skintight shiny outfits.
Though clearly intended for a younger audience, adults have professed to discover deeper philosophical meanings within the holos´ content if watched whilst under the influence of certain substances. Reshar´s assistants, particularly the feline Leeta and avian Yanis, have gained a cult following among certain fetish scenes across the cluster.

Crate of Experimental ECM Hybrid Rounds
These modified tungsten hybrid rounds send out an ECM pulse through the hull of any ship they strike, momentarily baffling the ship´s target-locking mechanisms and affording the formerly-targeted ship a few precious moments to gain an advantage or escape. Efforts are being made to develop this into purely friend-or-foe munitions, effectively counteracting the effects of enemy ECM, but adaptation of the missile-based tracking technology to hybrid shell systems has proven difficult.

Crate of Feille d´Marnne Champagne
This champagne originates from Egghelende III, the planet´s major product for export. Shipping it out of the pirate-heavy system makes it pricey enough, but the grapes have proven impossible to cultivate anywhere else in the Federation.
Each case is worth a couple hundred thousand ISK. Each bottle would bring enough planetary cred for a civilian to live comfortably for a year or ten. A bottle or three would definitely be missed.

Crate of Harvester Components
Agricultural technology, like everything else, is constantly advancing, with developments in irrigation techniques and automated systems to do the work of several farm-hands at a fraction of the overall cost. Most parts are produced on stations rather than planetside in order to reduce the cost of shipping. It also makes disposing of the more hazardous byproducts much safer, reducing the risk of planetary pollution.

Crate of Industrial-Grade Tritanium-Alloy Scraps
Not all scrap-metal is of good enough quality to be reused in the shipbuilding industry. These are the highest quality to be found in the scrap-heaps and abandoned battlegrounds of New Eden. Some pieces still bear signs of what they were once a part of: a sheet of tinted plating here, a painted logo there. Some pieces are still recognizable, others are half-slagged and warped.

Crate of Manportable Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons
These EM beam weapons have been custom fitted to detect and eradicate specific nanotechnologies. Normally, these EMP devices are used by special operations personnel during covert operations. They are placed in proximity to the enemy´s defense grid and used to "short out" any nearby electronics, thus creating a hole in the defense grid such that conventional forces can then move through unimpeded by sentry grids, security bots, and other lethal defensive systems. The devices themselves are approximately the size of a large rucksack and can be both emplaced and operated by a single trained individual.

Crate of Portable Emergency Heating Units
These heating units are compact, and light enough to carry in one hand. Each comes with two 10-hour rechargeable batteries, to be used one at a time while the spare charges. The amount of energy one unit puts off would be enough to warm a space of 20 cubic meters, roughly the interior space of a stationside apartment´s main room, to an average of 10 degrees Celsius. Not particularly cosy, but better than freezing.

Crate of Prototype Body Armor Fabric
This energy and force-absorbing fabric could represent a generational advancement in light body armor technology. What makes this remarkable fabric unique is that it contains microscopically thin layers of an advanced polymer containing nanites programmed for self-repair. In short, when a suit of body armor made form this material is impacted by any significant force, the nanites instantly begin to repair any damage done, which protects the wearer from further harm. Most importantly, during the manufacturing phase, if the fabric is properly pre-stressed, the nanites are forced to bond thus creating stronger and stronger material, without any increase in weight or decrease in flexibility. For these reasons, this prototype body armor fabric will undoubtedly become the most sought-after material for those groups able to afford its exorbitant price.

Crate of Refined C-86 Epoxy Resin
This substance, an improved version of the C-86 epoxy applied to propulsion systems and engine housings, helps to keep the systems´ temperature down, enabling more efficient operation and reduced risk of shipboard fires from overheated systems.

Crate of Refurbished Mining Drones
There are hints of rusty and damaged surfaces beneath the shiny new paint-job. These may not work as efficiently as the client wishes.

Crate of Special Forces Weapons and Equipment
The weapons and equipment containers hold a wide variety of small arms and other equipment currently in use by the Caldari Navy Special Forces, much of it designed specifically for use in maritime environments. Some of the items that can be found in a typical container are long range sniper rifles, target designation lasers, silenced pistols, high tech diving equipment, limpet mines, covert communications gear, and individual diver propulsion devices. This equipment, as you might guess, is extremely valuable and cannot be found outside the armories of the Caldari Navy, with the exception of the very small quantities that have found their way onto the black market.

Crate of Target Painter Deflection Plating
These hull plates are coated with a layer of crystalline structures under a protective transparent enamel. The crystalline layer shimmers reflectively and creates mirage halos around the plate when spot lights are directed at it.

Crate of Unidentified Ancient Technology
These pieces appear to all be some form of polyhedral from truncated pyramids that can be gripped in the hand to barrel-sized fullerene-faceted globes. Each is shaped as if in one complete piece from bluish or steely-gray material, all edges beveled and smoothed. When rapped with a knuckle, the pieces ring like a bell, but the material feels more like ceramic.
Every item bears a sort of dim, inner glow that pulses irregularly, like a dying light bulb. A tingle like electricity can be felt just above their surfaces, though preliminary examinations have dismissed the presence of any electrical activity. There is some speculation that the pieces form some sort of modular information annex, with contact between matching faces forming the necessary connections. No amount of fitting has yielded any results, however, so the disparate parts sit in their individually labeled crates like the pieces of several puzzles mixed together.

Crate of Unidentified Fibrous Compound
These pieces of blue-green compound feel slick and oily to the touch and leave a tingle in your fingers. Fine crystalline filaments within crisscross and refract the light so that each piece seems to glow from within.

Group of Coriault Couture Collective Display Employees
Across the broad sweep of New Eden, there is no constellation closer to the forefront of fashion than Coriault. The Crux constellation, which includes Luminaire and Oursulaert, may be the heart of the Federation´s consumer culture, but Coriault is home to the fashion-houses of Auvergne and Vylade, and in particular the Dodixie-based Maison Nephére which has provided finery exclusively for the Federation presidents and their partners for well over a century.
In order to improve their visibility in the glare of the Federation´s heart, dozens of Coriault houses merged under the Coriault Couture Collective label. Each school operates independently, and the styles can vary wildly, but open competition between institutions only occurs when particular contracts are opened to the highest bidder.. The designers frequently model their own work, operating under the philosophy that if they wouldn´t be seen in public in their own work, nobody else should, either.

Group of Haakar´s Striking Hawks
Haakar is a small, unassuming woman in her 40s who wields discipline like a whip. The men and women who follow her command - her Striking Hawks mercenary group - all served with or under her in the Republic Infantry´s 203rd Tactical Recon before the company was made redundant by policy changes fifteen years ago. Haakar bears a grudge against bureaucracy for cutting short her career, but says her work now gives her professional satisfaction and an autonomy she enjoys.

Hybrid Slaver Hounds
Hybrid slaver hounds have been genetically engineered by Amarr veterinary scientists as variants of the original breed. These animals are designed specifically to live and work in the harshest environments, including deserts, swamps, mountains, frozen tundra, and other extreme locations. These variations are typically easy to differentiate from the original breed, in that they can be much larger and have fur colorations that are genetically tailored to blend in to their environments.

Large Crate of Archaeological Lot GV87-426-E Artifacts
This looks like little more than half a starship, perhaps one which was modified into ground-based living quarters. Several panels are inscribed with decorative symbols, possibly writing. The carefully-dismantled panels are accompanied by several crates filled with pieces of what appear to be small-industry mining tools, encrusted with moon-dust. The oxygen-free lunar atmosphere prevented rust from forming on the metal, and writing etched into the flat surfaces is clearly visible. Another crate is filled with core samples and geodes. A note accompanying the find indicates that the minerals have no known industrial property in any part of the present-day Federation, and further research will be needed to determine the purpose of the pre-Federation miners.

Large Crate of Improved Inertial Compensation Systems
The internal components of smaller Minmatar ships are constructed largely of nanofiber mesh which is low-cost, low-mass, and has a lower heat-conduction threshold than most solid industrial sheeting. Unfortunately, the lightweight structures are also susceptible to stress from the high-velocity maneuvers performed by frigate and interceptor pilots, and require added inertial compensation systems and routine inspections.

Large Group of Mannar Textile Institute International Representatives
Mannar, one of the oldest members of the Federation, has always had a strong influence on Gallente style and trendsetting. Much of the eccentric tailoring favored by society´s elite and decried as immodest and inappropriate by the other empires has its roots in pre-Federation Mannar culture, which included different concepts of modesty and etiquette. Massive hairstyles and elaborate body- and face-painting still feature prominently in addition to semi-opaque fabrics which respond to a variety of programmable stimuli.

Large Group of The Hooded Men
Unlike most pro-Minmatar mercenary companies, members of The Hooded Men come from every empire and any background; they are selected for their convictions and skills rather than any sense of patriotism they might possess. Even Amarr are permitted to join, provided they can prove that the company means more to them than their religion. The Hooded Men´s founder, Jolmiar Maritak, the grandson of former slaves who fled to the Gallente Federation, places emphasis on getting their work done quietly and with a minimum of fuss.

Riot Interdiction Team
Riot Interdiction Teams, or RITs, are the primary Amarrian response forces for incidents involving slave riots and uprisings. These forces are equipped with the latest generations of body armor, stun sticks, flash-bang grenades, and other less-lethal technologies. In those cases where less-lethal force is insufficient, the teams are fully trained and equipped to use lethal force to resolve any such threat. For example, the RITs are often called in to resolve hostage situations in which one or more of the captives has been killed, thus eliminating the need for a phased operation and then transitioning to lethal force contingency operations (i.e., shoot to kill). Therefore, it is of little surprise that they are among the most highly trained Amarr ground forces in hostage rescue operations, and are sometimes called on to act in situations unrelated to slave-based scenarios.[/spoiler]

[Ken]

Awesome!!  Consider merging?

[Seriphyn]

Wow...

So...it was those damned Mannar that gave Gallente fashion a bad name all along!

Thanks a lot for this, Louella, I like the PF in it

[Silver Night]

Lot of good info 

[Graelyn]

Nice!

[Louella Dougans]

There are also several personnel type things, observable again with similar means through http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/inventory.php?group_id=283



[spoiler]Amarr Forensic Investigative Deployment
This team of highly-trained forensic investigators always travels with a large quantity of all manner of equipment, from manportable to vehicle-mounted. The team is expected to be self-sustaining for 10 days due to its frequent deployment to harsh environments, from asteroids to ship wrecks. Due to this requirement, it necessarily travels with foodstuffs, drinking water, and myriad other consumables. Coupled with the large volume of investigative equipment, this team requires significant cargo space when transported to and from its typically remote duty locations.

CSI:Amarr!

Amarr Marine Counter-Boarding Company
Amarr Marine Counter-Boarding Teams are regarded as among the most elite units of their type across all four races. This expertise was developed not long after other states rediscovered warp technology. It occurred to senior Amarr military leaders that wars of the future would include ship-to-ship actions in space, to include the possibility of an enemy ship boarding another, as they had in millennia past when their ancestors sailed warships on the high seas. To that end, boarding and counterboarding training became a mandatory part of every Amarr marine´s advanced infantry training. The development of this capability led to the development of highly-specialized equipment for use in "boarding ops," to include manportable high-speed welding gear, outer hatchway breaching explosives, and personal weapons for close quarters combat.

"stop all engines, arm topside, repel boarders". Like that scene from Flash Gordon

Arctic Warfare Marine Squads
Arctic Warfare Marines are the Caldari State´s elite foot soldiers for winter warfare. On the case of ice planets, where the weather is comprised of year-round snow and ice, you can find these self-sufficient Marines operating in a wide variety of roles, such as providing security for Caldari corporate facilities, military bases, and even for long-range reconnaissance on planets that have not yet been fully scouted. Their equipment is tailored specifically to harsh, sub-zero weather conditions, to include specialty rifles, thermal grenades, cold-weather speeder bikes, and everything in between.

Caldari Storm Troopers have entered the base!

Civilian SIGINT Contractors
These contractors, many of whom are former Caldari Navy intelligence operatives, are very well trained, experienced, and possess high level security clearances, making them extremely valuable investments for their employer. Their skill sets are varied, but include translation (primarily Gallente), covert signals interception, military and economic intelligence analysis, and supercomputer systems administration

Conditioned House Slaves
These highly trained and expensive slaves undergo several years of conditioning and training prior to being sold or transferred into their duties, which most often include butler and maid duties at the homes of senior political or industrial leaders. These slaves are more highly valued than ordinary slaves and in return often receive decent treatment from their masters, as well as better-than-normal housing conditions and food.

The collective noun for slaves is Herd, apparently.

Corporate Assassin
An elite corporate assassin, whose services are available usually only to the wealthiest and most discreet clientele. His track record of killings reaches far beyond Caldari space, with known "hits" recorded as far away as the Amarr and Gallente homeworlds. His weapon of choice is a highly-modified laser sniper rifle that he has proven effective at ranges up to and including three kilometers. Of course, he also utilizes a variety of other weapons, particularly for close range work. These include untraceable poisons, obscure neurotoxins, and, a variety of small arms and knives all, again, highly customized. He has a unblemished kill record, with no known failures, over a period of at least the last 20 years. When ultra-wealthy corporate executives require a more direct response to individuals who threaten their company´s profitability, this is one of the few contract killers than can actually be trusted not only to accomplish the most difficult missions, but also to keep any such business dealings to himself. In short, he knows how to keep his mouth shut. These factors make him a highly desirable contractor for tasks requiring his unique skill set.[/spoiler]

 

[Akrasjel Lanate]

Yea nice... Need to get some of that... 

[Louella Dougans]

just thought of something...

Some of these items, would appear to be faction specific, which means to find where they're from, and the context and background for them, is a huge task.

80 missions, storyline couriers, of various levels, means 1280 missions must be done to have a chance of getting them. Across multiple factions, multiple levels, and even then, it's only a chance that it's one of the new ones, and not one you've already done.

Finding out the context is going to be hard

keep an eye out

[Vikarion]

I just did both the corporate assassin and Amarr counter-boarding party missions. However, certain people have angered me with their comments on missions and so I shall not be sharing the mission texts, which were very interesting.

















Actually, I just forgot. 

[spoiler]The Amarr one didn't have much text, just a little bit about them having a slave revolt aboard a - and I quote, this part stuck in my head - "Harbinger strategic cruiser", which was carrying a shipment of slaves. You have to go carry 7500m3 of the counter-boarders to another station to help them quell the uprising.

The corporate assassin mission has more flavor text, but really doesn't reveal much. General plot is as so: they had someone get dead. They found out who did it. Now they want you to go bring the corporate assassin to a station nearby to do the wet work.

Background text is that the State usually treats business as war in the boardroom, but occasionally they have to pop an individual who decides to be really disruptive (I guess killing executives counts as such). [/spoiler]

[Alain Colcer]

I wonder why almost all the items are Caldari-Amarr related

[Seriphyn]

Well, CCP just lurrrve the Amarr and Caldari, don't they? Remember?

Seriously though, be nice to see some in-game items regarding to Federation military stuff...I suppose we got Black Eagles chron which is cool, but just because of the entertainment/glamour stuff (which isn't 100% of the Fed) doesn't mean they have a silly military (USA anyone?)

* Seriphyn shrugs