# A Benevolent Association for the Hands That Hold the Cluster Together

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**Created:** [October 31, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-benevolent-association-for-the-hands-that-hold-the-cluster-together/521240 "2026-10-31T01:32:26Z")\
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# GALLOWS SHIFT

### Benevolent Association

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> _To the haulers, the refinery crews, the colony hands —_  
> _and every capsuleer who remembers what it was to work for a wage._

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My name is **Cassian Tharvak**.

Before I had a pod, I had a shift. I hauled ore that wasn’t mine, through stations I couldn’t afford to dock in, for owners whose names I never learned. I watched good people break their backs and lose their berths for the crime of growing tired.

Capsuleers forget that. We are told we are above it now.

_I don’t believe that. And I don’t believe I’m the only one._

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### WHAT WE KEEP

**Gallows Shift** is a benevolent association for those who still carry the shift with them.

- **The Widows’ Fund** — for the families of those who do not come home
- **Injury Relief** — for hulls lost and hands broken in honest work
- **A Berth Between Contracts** — for any worker with nowhere to dock

We ask nothing of the companies. We expect nothing from them.

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### WHERE WE STAND

We stand with the **Republic** , whose people know better than anyone what it costs when one man owns another’s labor.

I serve in the **Tribal Liberation Force**. Some of our members may choose to do the same. The association itself bows to no flag.

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### THE DOOR IS OPEN

If you work, or once worked, and you’re tired of being counted as overhead — _find me._

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> **The night shift is long.**  
> **It’s better with company.**

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**Cassian Tharvak**  
_Founder, Gallows Shift Benevolent Association_