Autothesians

[Koyaan_i_Squatchi]

@Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras

i think im gonna switch gears to hunting the lancers…

I decided the same thing once and actually killed one of them…

…then their reinforcements came in and instantly killed me.

good luck

[Twijn_Sunz]

@Koyaan_i_Squatchi

…then their reinforcements came in and instantly killed me

You seem quite alive to me, lol. Also, they destroyed your ship, isn’t what’s supposed to happen EVE? Ships are disposable, even clones are.

[Uriel_Paradisi_Anteovnuecci]

Hey there, I’m showing up a bit late, but I’d love to give out the story on these guys

I’ve put the full story of the Drifters, so far as we can know, in a nice long thread here, and that’s where they all come in:

[Compilation+Speculation] The Lore of the Drifters - and their Other possible identity ∰

The Drifters are one of the most infamous modern threats in EVE, possessing stunningly agile and hard-hitting vessels that have claimed victory against many an unsuspecting pilot. Though they first made an appearance in the Tiamat release in February 2015, there were a number of events leading up to their reveal that are intimately linked to their emergence. This post outlines the entirety of the Drifter story thus far, and a second section goes into extreme detail on points linking this Jove s…

Basically, the Drifters seem to be infomorphs/spontaneous human-level intelligences that came up naturally within the VR world of the Sleepers, which is basically the Matrix but more perfect (or at least it was at some point). The Drifters were aware that they lived in a fake world, and wanted out badly, so they started making bodies for themselves out of the bodies of slumbering or dead Sleepers (a group that split form the Jove race a few thousand years ago).

The Autothysian Lancers, previously known as Circadian Seekers, are autonomous scout drones they send out to observe, collect materials, and defend things the Drifters decide are theirs. They won’t attack you on gates, but if you’re ongrid with/too close to a Jove Observatory or Unidentified Wormhole in system, they’ll turn on you. What’s more, if you destroy too many, the Drifters send out response cruisers which are in fact full Drifter ships, doomsday and all - mostly you’ll see Cassandra Tyrannos there.

The Drifters are really interesting, and they have a lot put into them - I definitely recommend reading up on lore stuff if you’re interested, and you can always message me, go to the ingame channel “Lore Help”, or come and join this discord where we’re pretty much always talking about this stuff

[Twijn_Sunz]

@Uriel_Paradisi_Anteovnuecci

I’ve put the full story of the Drifters, so far as we can know, in a nice long thread here, and that’s where they all come in

Thank you so much. I’ll take the time to read it when I have no distraction.
Take care.

[Uriel_Paradisi_Anteovnuecci]

Feel free to check through my post/topic history for a lot of other things like that compilation as well - I think I’m most happy with the one about the story of the Jove race in general, it’ll give you a big overview of things for them and their actions/relations/timeline in EVE

[Compilation] The Lore of the Jove

Wherever one starts their journey into the oceans-wide lore of EVE, they will inevitably encounter the Jove. While all player characters in EVE hail from the bloodlines of the four main Empires, the Jove are the fifth extant race - with an ancestry that punctuates the entirety of New Eden’s history. Seeing the word “Jove”, you may think of the Directorate regions in the northeast, or of the Drifters; these are in fact only small facets of the full story of the race. This compilation will detail…

[Twijn_Sunz]

@Uriel_Paradisi_Anteovnuecci

Feel free to check through my post/topic history for a lot of other things like that compilation as well

I will certainly do that. Thank you again.