EVE takes place in a cluster of stars far from mankind’s original
habitat, planet Earth. How far away, and whether or not that cradle of
civilization still exists, is a mystery. Humans arrived through a
natural wormhole and, gazing up upon an alien sky they had never seen,
were completely unable to determine where this new world was located.
From the New Eden solar system, where the gate of EVE once led to the
old world, humans expanded in all directions at a furious pace,
exploring and colonizing rapidly.
Then, unexpectedly and seemingly unprovoked, the EVE gate collapsed
in an apocalyptic catastrophe of a scale never before witnessed by the
human race, ruining the New Eden system in the process. Thousands of
small colonies were left in complete isolation to fend for themselves,
cut off from the old world. For millennia they endured, clinging to the
brink of extinction, and only a handful managed to survive.
Of those that lasted, five were to rise up and become the major
empires that, between them, hold the balance of power in the world of
EVE. Today, they are known as the Amarr Empire, the Gallente
Federation, the Caldari State, the Minmatar Republic, and the Jovian
Empire. Additionally, the world is full of several small, independent
factions and states.
For more than a century, the five empires have lived together in
relative peace. They’ve continually strived to maintain this peace, as
each faction realizes only too well the grave consequences of a massive
inter-stellar war. Recent technological breakthroughs in FTL travel,
and the ensuing increase in space travelers, have shaken, but not
broken, the fragile peace... at least not yet.
