EVE Online is the forerunner of next generation massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) set in a world of galactic magnitude and governed by a hyper capitalistic economy with huge economic interests.

In a universe of this scope, you are free to discover your own place, be it in the form of a humble trader ferrying goods from system to system, a despicable pirate preying on anyone foolish enough to cross your path, a heroic combat pilot lancing through the fray as you battle for your faction, or a mighty business icon leading a corporation with hundreds of employees.

To accomplish any or all of this, your main tools will include a diverse array of sophisticated equipment, spaceships, and social interfaces, but you'll also need a strong business acumen, cunning combat strategies, and often pure Machiavellian thinking.

EVE takes place in a cluster of stars far from mankind's original habitat, planet Earth. How far away, and whether or not that cradle of civilization still exists, is a mystery. Humans arrived through a natural wormhole and, gazing up upon an alien sky they had never seen, were completely unable to determine where this new world was located. From the New Eden solar system, where the gate of EVE once led to the old world, humans expanded in all directions at a furious pace, exploring and colonizing rapidly.

Then, unexpectedly and seemingly unprovoked, the EVE gate collapsed in an apocalyptic catastrophe of a scale never before witnessed by the human race, ruining the New Eden system in the process. Thousands of small colonies were left in complete isolation to fend for themselves, cut off from the old world. For millennia they endured, clinging to the brink of extinction, and only a handful managed to survive.

Of those that lasted, five were to rise up and become the major empires that, between them, hold the balance of power in the world of EVE. Today, they are known as the Amarr Empire, the Gallente Federation, the Caldari State, the Minmatar Republic, and the Jovian Empire. Additionally, the world is full of several small, independent factions and states.

For more than a century, the five empires have lived together in relative peace. They've continually strived to maintain this peace, as each faction realizes only too well the grave consequences of a massive inter-stellar war. Recent technological breakthroughs in FTL travel, and the ensuing increase in space travelers, have shaken, but not broken, the fragile peace... at least not yet.

Here are some key features of "EVE Online":

· Massively multiplayer
· Epic 5,000 solar system persistent single universe
· Dynamic player controlled economy
· Exclusive offline skill advancement
· Unmatched versatility in game play
· Free expansions and game enhancements included with subscription


What's New in This Release:

· Several 'Need for Speed' code optimizations have been added to the client.
· The newly supported Linux and Macintosh operating systems can now be specified when submitting technical petitions.
· If an office's rent expires while a BP is in production and is not re-rented before the job is completed, the BP's will return to the impound.
· The corporation wallet balance will now correctly update when making multiple transactions in quick succession.
· A rare error that prevented a recently podded player from opening their wallet has been resolved.
· An exception occuring upon client resize has been resolved.
· A number of drop down menu now have larger boxes.
· A number of minor Unicode errors in right click menus have been resolved.
· Various fixes and enhancements have been added to our billing and petition systems, as well as to GM tools.
· Several unused or outdated DLLs/binaries have been removed from the client.
· Important Note: If you receive an error message when starting the EVE client claiming the existance of illegal files in your bin folder, it will be necessary to manually remove them.

The following are the valid DLLs/binaries that should remain in the EVE client's bin folder:
· Folder: Microsoft.VC80.CRT
· Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
· msvcm80.dll
· msvcp80.dll
· msvcr80.dll
· _ctypes.pyd
· _PyFreeTypeP.dll
· _socket.pyd
· _trinity.dll
· alut.dll
· audio.dll
· blue.dll
· boost_python.dll
· chartdir.dll
· db.dll
· dbghelp.dll
· destiny.dll
· ExeFile.exe
· NetClient.dll
· NetUtil.dll
· ortp.dll
· pyexpat.pyd
· python25.dll
· RedistD3DXOnly.exe
· vivoxsdk.dll
· wrap_oal.dll

The following Alliance logos have been added or updated: Daisho Syndicate
· Dune Heretics
· YouWhat
· BORTHER'S WORD
· Space Weaponry and Trade
· The Immortality Project
· Blue Sky Consortium
· FreeFall Securities
· The Order of the Red Locust
· Dark Taboo
· National Capital Region
· Angelus Errere - Where angels lose their way
· Order of Khaos
· Friend or Enemy
· Brethren of The Sky
· The Covenant Alliance
· Shinra Alliance
· Sev3rance
· KIA Alliance
· Cold Fusion Syndicate
· Ethereal Dawn
· Abyss Alliance
· Division of Eden
· Minuit.
· Acid Alliance
· Deus Ex.
· INTERDICTION
· Daem Exalter Oni Noegene
· The Gurlstas Associates
· C0VEN
· NOVA

Exploit Fix
· A modification has been made to the way drones are launched from stacks. It was discovered that launching drones from very large stacks could cause node deaths.
· Revelations 2.3.0-1, Server Side Changes Deployed 6 November
· Patch deployement created issues with the server sending kill mails. This has been resolved.
· An issue with Macintosh OS trial accounts was discovered. This issue has been resolved.