Political Structures: The Great Reclaiming

Published on 14. Jan, 2009 ... written by Securitas Protector, Tags: Articles, Columns, Political Structures

Political Structures

Just over a month ago, I wrote an article about the possibility of EVE becoming more divided, with the larger coalitions fragmenting and being replaced by myriad, smaller alliances. Anyone who’s been looking at the sovereignty maps will know that my prediction has been proven completely and utterly false. Almost. The North, once home to many of these smaller alliances, such as Liberty, Sc0rched Earth, Dark Trinity Alliance, and Penumbra (who actually still live there), has now been retaken in a “great reclaiming” by the Northern Coalition (NC). IRON, who saw their old home taken by these alliances, has now moved into Pure Blind and Scalar has retaken much of the space that was captured from them previously. Meanwhile, in a massive migration, the Tau Ceti Federation has replaced G00dfellas in Deklein. For all of you that don’t already know, the french Tau Ceti and the NC are allies, and thus almost the entire North is now “under one banner.” Although I’m sure there are exceptions to this, that is the general trend.

Moving on, Mostly Harmless, Guardian Federation, Wildly Inappropriate, and Majesta have all been given more space in the north and now have a significant presence in the region. Being a footsoldier during the evacuation of Pure Blind in Liberty. Myself, I can attest to the control that the NC now possesses over the entire North. However, it is not only the North that has solidified back into the old powerblocs. An excellent example of this is Warp To Desktop, who once held a small yet significant portion of Geminate (admittedly kind of in the north). Only weeks later and they have been pushed out of the region, and their space has been taken largely by KIA and it’s allies, leaving most of the North, East, and West arrayed against Band of Brothers and it’s allies.

As rumors of the NC invading Providence and other areas in the south of New Eden, the possibility of the sovereingty map becoming even more polarized is becoming an ever more-likely option. If Providence is successfully taken by the NC, the myriad smaller alliances currently residing in this space will be pushed out of 0.0. Overall, it appears that the major coalitions and alliances are simply “reclaiming” space that was once theirs or expanding their borders for the time being.

With this “great reclaiming,” dozens of space-holding alliances and coalitions have been reduced to a few main powerblocs, most notably BoB and it’s allies against most of the rest of New Eden. In summary, the many third party and neutral alliances have largely either allied themselves with one side or been pushed out of 0.0. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is up to the reader, but over the past few weeks, EVE has seen a major decline in “neutral” alliances. Whether this is just a temporary surge, with the newly-claimed or reclaimed space being taken back by these smaller alliances within a few months, or the major powers are here to stay is definitely a valid question.

How has the movement in the north affected your corp/alliance and gameplay in general?

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9 Responses to “Political Structures: The Great Reclaiming”

  1. G

    14. Jan, 2009

    NC wouldnt want to upkeep the resources required for 30 odd stations in Prov, WITHOUT any Profit.

  2. Securitas Protector

    14. Jan, 2009

    Hey,

    I don’t know NC’s intentions, but I’m sure you’ve heard the rumors on CAOD(yes it’s the scum of EVE) and elsewhere, right? Rumors are rumors, so we’ll see.

    Thanks,

    Securitas

  3. Securitas Protector

    14. Jan, 2009

    Dear Readers,

    I also neglected to mention Triumvirate, which as alliances go in EVE, was a very neutral alliance, or at least it’s diplomacy was much more fluid….and while it enjoyed a brief moment of glory when it reformed, look what happened to it now. It just couldn’t stand against the combined might of many, many different alliances.

    RIP Tri

    Thanks,

    Securitas

  4. Graeme

    15. Jan, 2009

    As a member of AGONY, the massive NAPfest which the game has been infected by, and continues to expand into, makes little difference to me/us. With our policy of Not Agony, Shoot It, it makes life very simple and enjoyable. There are always targets to be found.

  5. Manasi

    15. Jan, 2009

    Well you may be overlooking something here. Goonswarm is taking a huge beating in the South. Systematic Chaos ( a resident of Stain, along with the Stain empire, Coven, and -A-, have beaten the goonswarm back in Esoteria to a large degree. Lareg sections of Esoteria, that used to be goon space has switched the SE, C0ven and SyS-k. People have turned on the goons and are giving it to them. As far as the NC I haven’t played there since the summer so you are probably dead-on about that area. I can only tell you what I see for the territory maps.

    ~Manasi

  6. Silicon Buddha

    15. Jan, 2009

    Excellent article Securitas. I highlighted it on the Fly Reckless podcast (and have my commentary there). Thank you.

  7. Dimmak

    18. Jan, 2009

    A bit un fair the coment about Mostly Harmless been GIVEN space.
    The NC said they would preffer Fade and Pure to be owned by a friendly allaince and suggested MH + GFED take it. This was done as a MH + GFED op NOT as a NC op the NC cap fleet was not used. A Very good show of strength by this NC off shoot.
    IRON have also taken PURE 80% on there own MH + GFED did attend towards the end to hurry the move along.

    A very good show of strength by all parties in taken back some space and earning it.

    you seemed to miss out the 4th MAJOR power the russians in the drone regions.. Key your eyes on these guys there living there fairly well unchecked a surge from these guys could tip the ballance in a few areas.

  8. Securitas Protector

    19. Jan, 2009

    Dimmak,

    Sorry if I offended anyone, given was more a word so I didn’t use ‘taken’ so many times. I don’t mean it as they were gifted it by NC.

    About the 4th major power, no, I definitely know all about the Russians, but as of late, since my last article, there haven’t been any ‘great reclaimings’ over there recently, which was the topic of my article.

    Thanks,

    Securitas.

  9. Flavan

    11. Feb, 2009

    I’m wondering how the dismemberment of BoB has affected this?

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