DEMONSTRATION FOR THE TRUTH OF HILEN TUKOSS
–Eram V, Moon 2 - Eifyr & Co. Biotech Production, 30km off station
Dr. Hilen Tukoss was the developer-run character behind the Arek’Jaalan initiative, which saw countless players contributing to the development of EVE’s lore and helped to introduce many more people to the story in the first place.
This character disappeared at one point, and was thought to have simply been left behind by development until he was seen again in late 2014, when he began to post messages on the IGS - the first two messages are now known to have been from the Drifters, using him to trick capsuleers into gathering resources for them, but the latter two were from the Dr. himself. He had been captured by the Drifters somehow - he was podded near the Redoubt Hive, but the Drifters were able to intercept his clone transfer somehow and reel him in. He managed to escape, and was on his way to Site One in Eram - indeed reaching the system, before disappearing without a word and without a trace, for the final time. This has been the subject of conspiracy theories. You can read deeply into this here: [Arek'Jaalan] Hilen Tukoss's Final Message, and the Truths of the Upwell Consortium
Suggestion for the site:
A demonstration or protest-styled grouping of ships, as well as some habitation hubs and freight platforms, with a hologram portrait or 3d hologram (the art team did share ideas about that at one point) of Hilen Tukoss. Approaching the demonstration could trigger a message box talking about the conspiracy, or dispense an item to the approaching player’s cargo at a close distance, with a description that details the conspiracy in full, perhaps linking to the forum thread above as well.
Item brainstorming:
Hilen Tukoss Demonstration Statement
A document listing the motivation for the demonstration ongoing in Eram. It reads:Dr. Hilen Tukoss was captured by the Vigilant Tyrannos at their Redoubt Hive in YC116, the victim of a strange clone transfer interference the Drifters are somehow capable of. They used his identification to trick capsuleers into providing them with materials they desired, but the Doctor eventually managed to escape his captors. He warned that Site One was compromised, and that he was en route to this system in a vessel he had managed to take control of. The telemetry included in his final message indicated that it had been sent from this very system, at this very spot. He had made it back to Eram.
But he was never heard from again.
Eifyr & Co. did their very best to conceal the Doctor’s frantic message from the time shortly before the Drifters captured him, but it was eventually leaked to the public. CONCORD investigated, but later dropped their actions entirely without a word to the public. What’s more, just days after his final message had been sent - as he arrived in Eram and disappeared without a trace - the Doctor’s corporate citizenship was nullified, making him a citizen of nowhere with, to quote, “no human rights”. Combining this with the DED’s fervent pursuit of those who came into possession of a sample of his corpse from Redoubt Hive, and the entry of Eifyr just months later into the Upwell Consortium, which quickly began producing new advanced technology never before seen, including the Arcing Vorton Projector, evidence for a theorized conspiracy is bountiful.
The people of New Eden have a right to know what happened. The Doctor wished for his work to benefit the people of New Eden, and to illuminate the truths of the world we live in.
We demand the truth.