# I found an old (pre-alpha) picture of the Yoiul, and more!

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**Category:** EVE Lore Discussion\
**Created:** [June 25, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-found-an-old-pre-alpha-picture-of-the-yoiul-and-more/251393 "2020-06-25T06:30:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Valiran\_Teleros](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/valiran_teleros/32/504787_2.png) [@Valiran\_Teleros](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Valiran_Teleros)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-found-an-old-pre-alpha-picture-of-the-yoiul-and-more/251393/1 "2020-06-25T06:30:35Z")

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During the course of my efforts to learn the game’s history, I came across [this album of old EvE promo and teaser images](https://imgur.com/a/Gu0PN), one of which featured a ship I thought was only seen in text; the _Yoiul_.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/a/d/ad1ab733dedd2311cd628631676ab9d819393fc2.jpeg)

To my eyes, it resembles a big, greenish-gold grasshopper or some other insect I can’t remember the name of. The gallery also featured an image of another ship:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/0/d/0d0664624a99ddfa270edfe7cb5bab72be0539a2.jpeg)

~~I’m unsure if _Noid_ is the class’ name or the name of the ship itself; the way the captions are worded makes me think it be either~~ Scratch that, it’s definitely the ship’s name. You can see clear similarities between the two vessels, but close inspection reveals the _Noid_ to have a sharper prow, while the _Yoiul_’s dorsal bulge resembles a human nose.

On a final note, poking around [the Wayback Machine’s archive of eve-online.com’s concept art gallery](https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.eve-online.com/conceptart/*) also netted me concept art of what would become these two ships:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/1/1/11639a4d549f5b15eeb835ab5d782fd46b03091a.jpeg)

It’s a pity that so much from the earliest days was lost over the years, but as someone who is highly passionate for EvE I try to help everyone to either remember the old times or learn them anew. 😉

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**Author:** ![Wyrm\_Limion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/wyrm_limion/32/421111_2.png) [@Wyrm\_Limion](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wyrm_Limion)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-found-an-old-pre-alpha-picture-of-the-yoiul-and-more/251393/2 "2020-06-25T06:52:54Z")

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Thank you for this, I always wondered what The Yoiul really looked like, and I am not disappointed.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-found-an-old-pre-alpha-picture-of-the-yoiul-and-more/251393/3 "2020-09-23T06:52:56Z")

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