At the risk of becoming subject to a mysterious podding… I’m afraid I have found further continuity issues with the ship designer designations provided by the ship info window and cinematics.
These I have mostly covered in a lore thread here, but in short:
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The Tormentor’s is marked as designed by Viziam; however The Frigates of EVE Online states the original design was drafted by the Imperial Navy (page 36), as was recent revision of YC114 (page 37).
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The Charon is marked as designed by the Caldari Navy and Kaalakiota; however EVE Universe: The Art of New Eden states it was Ishukone who designed it (page 38).
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The Incursus is marked as designed by Duvolle Laboratories; however The Frigates of EVE Online states it originally drafted by “Federation Navy Engineers” (page 90, second paragraph).
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The Vexor Navy Issue is marked as designed by CreoDron; however the ships in-game profile points towards the design having been “retooled” by Federation Navy engineers.
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The Burst is marked as designed by Core Complexion Inc.; however The Frigates of EVE Online states it was initially designed by Minmatar Mining Corporation (page 118) and made into a logistics frigate by the Republic Fleet in YC114 (page 119).
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The Fenrir is marked as designed by the Vherokior Tribe; however EVE Universe: The Art of New Eden states that it was “Developed by Boundless Creations, under contract from Freedom Extension” (page 51).
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The Orca is only marked as designed by ORE Technologies; however the ships in-game profile states it was developed as a joint venture between ORE and Deep Core Mining Inc.
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The Squall is only marked as designed by ORE Technologies; however the ships in-game profile states that Mordu’s Legion was brought in as a co-designer.
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The Avalanche is only marked as designed by ORE Technologies; however the ships in-game profile also mentions contributions by Mordu’s Legion, Chemal Tech, Eifyr and Co and Propel Dynamics.
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The Gold and Silver Magnates are marked as designed the Ministry of War; however The Frigates of EVE Online states the Imperial Navy designed these.
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Carthum Conglomerate and Viziam are marked as the sole designers of a lot of Amarr ships, some of which are very old designs (like the Apocalypse or the Augoror). However both companies in-game profiles imply they are rather new corporations; particularly Viziam which is said to only be a few years old as of YC105.
There are also a number of designer entries that, while not necessarily incorrect, could be up for debate; particularly on co-design credit should be granted.
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The Aeon is marked as designed by the Viziam; however the ships in-game profile mentions the Imperial Navy commissioned it. As such should the Navy also be listed as (co-)designers, as has been done with other ships like the Thanatos?
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The Bantam is marked as designed by Lai Dai and Caldari Navy; however The Frigates of EVE Online state it was originally designed by Minedrill, before being recently redesigned by the Navy for transport and logistics. Should Minedrill therefore be listed as a co-designer? Indeed the Navitas, which has a similar history, has ORE as a co-designer.
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The Tayra is marked as designed by Kaalakiota; however there is an out of universe source stating the re-design was by Lai Dai.
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The Navitas is marked as designed by Roden Shipyards and ORE; however The Frigates of EVE Online state the review state the to turn the ship into a logistics frigate was carried out by FEDCAF engineers. Should the Navy get Co-Designer status?
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The Slasher is marked as designed by Thukker Mix and the Republic Fleet; however The Frigates of EVE Online seems to imply it is just a Republic Fleet design. Other than the Firetail, it’s the only Minmatar frigate made only with Republic Fleet components.
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The Scythe is marked as designed by Core Complexion Inc. and the Republic Fleet; however some of the information from the Minmatar Mining Corporation Testing Facility suggests the design may have originated from MMC as a mining ship. Or… perhaps it was just a general Minmatar design allowed for a variety of civilian uses by the occupying Amarr authorities.
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The Cyclone is marked as designed by Core Complexion Inc; however the history given in EVE Universe: The Art of New Eden is slightly more complicated. In short, the Republic Fleet initially design it, but RSS then ask Core Complexion Inc to review the blueprints; who then (from my reading) go on to design the current version of the Cyclone. Should the Navy and RSS therefore get co-design credit?
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The Cybele is marked as designed by Duvolle Laboratories; however should Ostrakon Agency and Crux Special Tasks Group not be co-designers as well? The counterpart prize ship, the Shapash, has all 3 as designers.
P.s. Sorry for the text wall everyone; this was much more text wallular than I anticipated 