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Pator – A story carried by The Scope news service and relayed by various media outlets throughout the cluster sparked panic today on Pator. The story, which turned out to be fraudulent, gave explicit details about a Sansha fleet on its way to invade the Minmatar homeworld. The local stock market on the planet took a steep dive following the false news story. Some areas saw mass looting in their retail districts, while fires broke out in some residential districts in major metropolitan areas. The confusion did not dissipate when officials confirmed the news stories to be rumors.

By far the worst incident was in Liberton, a relocation camp for recently freed slaves, where local media reported Sansha dropships would be landing at their location. Approximately one million refugees evacuated their settlement camp in response to the reports. Camera drones showed large crowds of refugees heading toward the bridge leading out of camp when they suddenly surged forward. During the crush, iron railings on the bridge gave way, and hundreds of people fell into the water. Many victims, mostly women, children or elderly, were crushed or drowned.

Officials had suggested that someone in the crowd triggered the stampede by saying they had More >

Today Eva “Ankhesentapemkah” Jobse was removed from the Council of Stellar Management due to a breach of the non-disclosure agreement (NDA). We are deeply saddened but feel that it was the only possible solution in order to protect the integrity of the Council of Stellar Management. As this is a matter regarding confidential data we do consider this to be a private issue between Eva and CCP, therefore we are unable to comment further.

New Caldari – A State appeals court yesterday backed the Provist’s power to indefinitely detain a citizen captured on State soil without any criminal charges being laid. The ruling came at the hearing of 6 men arrested last week, who officials said were involved in a plot to lure Caldari citizens into space where they were to be offered to Sansha’s Nation.

A host of civil liberties groups weighed in on the accused men’s behalf, calling on the State to supply evidence and charges. The presiding judge disagreed, though, stating that such authority is vital during this time to protect the State from Sansha incursions. The men, four Gallente and two Caldari, will continue to be held without charges.

Rikko Sattonnen, chief counsel for the Caldari Legal Foundation, said the ruling “gave the Provists the needed flexibility in dealing with war criminals. You can’t treat them as though they are just another criminal defendant.” Adivaan Kouver, senior associate at Citizen’s Rights First, said the ruling “could lead to the Provists being allowed to hold anyone who, for example, accessed what they consider the wrong kind of reading from a database.”

Laak Katomi, a Provist Spokesman, gave no evidence and few details, saying only: More >

Tranquility will be taken offline for an emergency reboot in order to fix an issue which has been discovered with Planetary Interaction. The downtime will begin at 14:40 UTC and we expect Tranquility to be back online at 14:55 UTC.

EVE Online Tyrannis 1.0.3 has been deployed successfully and Tranquility is now accepting connections. You can review the list of new features and fixes by on our patch notes page.  Forum threads are available in the EVE Information Portal for players to list feedback and alert us to any issues that they may experience.