Devblog: EVE Online: Invasion - Coming May 28th!

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@Matsuko_Trios it’s highly worth noting that this is “Invasion: Chapter 1” - there’s a lot to hint at the future, and if I had to guess, chapter 2 will be a Drifter equivalent to these invasions. I’m also betting that there’s gonna be a Chapter 3, in which both Drifters and Trigs will appear in the same place and fight - possibly allowing us to take a side ourselves.

An in-character post from a CONCORD NPC during the events of Semiki - in which Drifters attacked capsuleer citadels - seems to actually tease these events:

@Oveg_Drust

By special directive of the CONCORD Inner Circle, I must inform you that such a major stockpile of artefacts represents a serious risk of an Emergent Threat Case Red Gamma incident involving CRG.A or CRG.B entities. The containment challenges posed by a class A, class B or even a class AB incident are extremely grave.

By the terms of the directive’s sealed codicils I, II and III, and on my authority as ranking SARO officer on the Case Red Gamma Taskforce, I hereby order you to turn over this stockpile to CONCORD’s authority and safekeeping. Shipment of the materials to Mastakomon XI - Moon 2 - DED Assembly Plant and contract to my custody to be undertaken within 5 standard days NEST.

Under the governing directive of the Case Red Gamma Taskforce there is no appeal from this order under the lawful jurisdiction of the Yulai Convention.

Captain Oveg Drust
SARO Command Liaison,
Case Red Gamma Taskforce

CONCORD’s “Case Red Gamma” refers to precursor threats. Class A, B, and AB events may in fact refer to Triglavian, Drifter, and simultaneous invasions - we’ll see what happens, but this expansion is very obviously not the endgame of this year’s plan~