Xeno Archaeology is the direct cause of 99% of all ills in science fiction. Some inquiring busybody turns up on a planet, finds a box surrounded by dead people with a massive sign saying "Whatever you do, don't open this box" and an other sign saying "That means you dumbarse" and then opens the box that has contained the ancient evil that nearly destroyed all of existance. I have made a public commitment to cull anybody who declares themselves to be one in real life, but Eve isn't real so I now plan to embark on a career as an...

One of the things I like about CCP is their ability to catch me off guard. They managed this recently when they released their last newsletter and it soon became clear that what they were describing for the next patch was in fact an expansion and not a normal patch. Well today we got the expansion released and because it's CCP and they no longer play the retail channel game we all get a free expansion. So what are my first thoughts? Missile launcher fitting requirements have gone up lots and my Crow needed a bit of rethinking because it went...