A day of hope and horror

Where to begin?

Maybe with a glimmer of hope. The war between the central powers seems to be averted. The identity of the terrorists who bomb our planets has been revealed: a cult known as the Equilibrium of Mankind, whose aim with these attacks is to start this cluster-wide war.

Their origins date back to the time of Emperor Armani I, two thousand years ago. Around that same time the Sani Sanik would flee Amarr in cryoships. Also Equilibrium of Mankind, led by Ocilan Ardishapur, was found to be heretical and persecuted. They went into hiding, and no-one believed till today that they could still pose a danger.

Everyone was wrong. Yesterday, they had a Titan fleet bringing horror to Kahah… one of the leaders of the orbital bombing attack was none other than cultist Alar Chakaid, who escaped from the Theology Council’s prisons. He was killed in the counter-attack.

Why do they come out of hiding now, one wonders? I think it is no coincidence that the presumed death of the cult’s leader Ocilan occurred exactly 2000 years ago (according to some sources, since the precise date is debated). It is not uncommon for doomsday cults to believe in “second comings” of their leaders to bring about armageddon. There was already a broadcast of a message claimed to be from Ocilan…

I think they pose a particularly grave danger for our Farthest Shore base.

Eve Gate has a special meaning for the cult. According to their beliefs, we should never have gone through the gate, and its collapse is God’s punishment. When most life will be exterminated in the cluster, the gate will open again and allow the chosen ones (guess who that would be) to return to paradise. My feeling is that they’ll want to set up a base camp and not tolerate others to be near the mouth of God.