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The various fashion houses of New Eden have released several new designs in the Noble Exchange! Ranging in price from 2,500 AUR to 4,000 AUR, these affordable pieces are not only gorgeous, but every fashionable capsuleer will want to add these fine items to their collections.

The following were added to the Noble Exchange on Thursday, July 28, 2011: Women’s “Minima” Heels (black); Women’s “Structure” Skirt (black); Men’s “Sterling” Dress Shirt (black); Men’s “Esquire” Coat (silver); Odin Synthetic Eye (gold, left); Odin Synthetic Eye (gray, left). Be sure to check them out in your nearest station today!

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​During the past two weeks, an Awakened Informorph has been increasingly spotted in systems across New Eden. New and interesting developments have followed in its wake including increased Sleeper aggression, changes in Sansha strategy and the reported construction of new Drone structures in the Genesis region.

​Last Tuesday the Blazing Angels alliance discovered an “Awakened Infomorph” on their directional scans during standard wormhole mining operations. Shortly after, a wormhole opened up in “the middle of the gravimetric site and sleepers came pouring out.” stated Slade Nightstrum.

​During last week’s Sansha blockade of Jita in the New Caldari system, an Awakened Infomorph was spotted observing the battle between capsuleers and Citizen Astur.

​Finally, reports from The Synenose Accord [SYNE] this past Saturday say they’ve spotted an Awakened Infomorph in the Promised Land and surrounding region. This region was once dominated by Bloodraider pirates. However their influence is being slowly displaced by an increasing Rogue Drone presence. Local and SYNE pilots have confirmed that “Rogue Drone hives are now appearing in the area. Visual analysis suggests that their sites are generally small-to-medium sized, off-grid, and in the medium-to-late stages of construction.” Speaking to SYNE pilot Unit XS365BT, he let slip that there was “another Drone More >

Altrinur, Metropolis – A little over a week ago, Sansha’s Nation forces, under the direction of Slave Ation09, besieged the solar system of Altrinur in what appears to be a resurgence in incursion activity as of late.

Initial reports indicated that capsuleers were rallying to halt the Sansha’s Nation invasion. The battle was a success as another Sansha’s supercarrier was downed.

HardinSalvor, a fleet commander during the battle, described his fleet composition, “fleet composition was at about 110 vessels, so probably around 90 on scene. Vessel types were, in theory, scimitars, basilisks, scorpions, and tech one battleships and battle cruisers.” When asked how the battle was fought, HardinSalvor replied, “Challenging.. The pilots in the fleet were expecting set Sansha’a Nation tactics, with known fleet compositions, we didn’t know what to expect.”

StyphonUK, a fleet member in the battle, described the tactics that were being used by the fleet, “Our main tactics consisted of firing upon the Super carrier until the number of non-capitals became too great. We then used our knowledge of Sansha’s Nation vessels to prioritise non-capital targets.”

As the battle concluded, Slave Ation09’s super carrier was destroyed, along with the supporting Sansha’s Nation vessels. However, Slave Ation09 escaped back through the wormhole. StyphonUK More >

​Sansha incursions in Kador Prime have become more frequent and violent as of late. Last week capsuleers defeated Citizen Astur and forced the retreat of Slave Ation09. On Thursday Slave 32152 arrived in Kador Prime in her Revenant class supercarrier and faced down a capsuleer fleet of over 100 pilots.

The capsuleer tried and tested strategy of using ECM against the Sansha wormholes was successful in closing only one of the conduits as the portals fell “below transit parameters.” They soon resorted to using an unmanned transport full of explosives. This too was foiled by Slave 32152 as she took note and managed to lock it up.

Unlike some of the previous incursions, there was no Amarrian Protector present. Capsuleers previously had the aid of Ihsam Dasirel in an Aeon class supercarrier when battling Citizen Astur. This time however, the capsuleers had no such support. On the other hand, Slave 32152 had the support of a strong loyalist presence.

It was this presence which was one of the deciding factors in Slave 32152’s victory over the capsuleer force. Mid battle against Slave 32152 and her forces, the capsuleer fleet’s entire logistical wing was warped away by a pilot named Priimmarry. “We were surprised More >

New Caldari, The Forge – Late last week, Sansha’s Nation vessels commanded by Citizen Astur invaded New Caldari and sieged the entrance gate to Jita.

On 21.7.113 at around 13:15 New Eden time, two wormholes formed in New Caldari close to the jumpgate leading into Jita and spewed out at least two dozen Sansha’s Nation frigates.

Koja Tsutariba from the State Protectorate replied with an emergency request for capsuleer assistance in the surrounding systems.

Jita, the largest trade hub in New Eden, is usually bustling with as many as a thousand capsuleers. A number of these capsuleers answered the call within minutes, rushing over to New Caldari. Ice Shard was one of them: “I read [the emergency request] in local and was not afraid, it was a good challenge.”

A quickly growing fleet easily dispatched the Sansha frigates, only to encounter approximately 20 Sansha battleships emerging from the wormhole. The capsuleer fleet, counting over 100 pilots by now, suffered some losses but killed the initial Sansha battleship fleet.

Additional battleships soon appeared, followed by a Revenant-class Sansha Supercarrier with Citizen Astur in command. The capsuleer fleet, lead by Grideris from Fleet Coordination Command, destroyed the battleships and also dispatched the Sansha supercarrier.

Ice Shard, scoring the most More >