[DEVBLOG] Ore Primae Ship - Gift to all Capsuleers

[Mangala]

Today, Outer Ring Excavations [ORE] CEO Afait Assette surprised New Eden with an announcement in what seemed to be an impromptu but well-orchestrated press conference from the normally tight-lipped executive. She led off her prepared statement with the following message addressed to all capsuleers.

"ORE has prided itself on being at the cutting edge of the multiple industries based on extraction and refinement of natural materials. We have provided capsuleers with the ships, knowledge and materials to retrieve innumerable resources, from some of the rarest minerals in the universe to the humblest chunks of Veldspar. Now that tradition continues. I am here to unveil the Primae, a technological marvel capable of catalyzing the recent, burgeoning industries on the planet surfaces of New Eden.

And, now that full production of this robust vessel is underway, I can safely announce that our agents will be delivering one Primae ship to each capsuleer in all corners of the universe, free-of-charge, to try out for themselves. We firmly believe in the proven technology ORE has to offer and trust that pilots everywhere will come to as well, having been given this unique, unprecedented gift to fly for themselves. No strings attached."

With that, Ms. Assette unveiled a marvelous work of concept art for the ship for the stunned crowd, reproduced below.





Following the announcement, Bougale Baille, Survey Manager for ORE, was quoted as saying, "It's astonishing how quickly pod pilots have adapted to planetary production models. Some are turning record profits when compared to industry benchmarks, pushing the limits of what our brightest scientists thought possible."

It is clear that Outer Ring Excavations [ORE] has been closely following the effects of the recent CONCORD decision to lift the universal ban on capsuleer involvement in planetary affairs, searching for opportunities to modify our business to complement the "immortal" pilots and their proven financial and industrial acumen. Further insight into the design process of the Primae project has become available, shedding light on ORE's brilliant business move.

The Primae is a repurposed ORE design intended to ease the task of extracting resources from planetbound environments. Initially devised as a deep space salvage vessel for large-scale ore retrieval from destroyed ORE fleets in pirate-occupied areas, its previous incarnation was made all but obsolete by the arrival of capsuleers on the interstellar scene. Realizing that the ship could, with a few minor modifications, be made into an efficient resource harvesting aid, ORE wasted no time in revamping the design.

A low signature radius (a holdover from its earlier manifestation) adds a layer of defense to the Primae‘s already decent plating. In addition, the ship‘s two large bays have been re-engineered to hold equipment for planetside resource extraction and processed materials, making it an especially useful complement to any planetside harvesting endeavor.

The Primae ship hulls are being transported under contract by Interbus, and are scheduled to arrive in hangars across New Eden beginning next week.

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Beginning June 29, 2010, you will find the ability to redeem it on your account login screen. You can then assign it to a particular character and a friendly ORE agent will deliver it to your hangar bay. You will be able to redeem the Primae once per active (not trial) account and will no longer be available after downtime on Tuesday, July 13th 2010, so make sure you log in to receive yours.

Furthermore the Primae does not require any special skills to fly, but training at least a minimum of planetary interaction skills and beginning your planetary exploration would help to make the most of its abilities. You may find the planetary interaction tutorial video helpful before you jump in the Primae.

Here‘s how to redeem it:

Log into the EVE Online client.
At the character selection screen there will be a Redeem Items button in the lower right corner. Select the character you wish to receive the Primae and press the Redeem Items button.



Check the box next to the Primae in the confirmation window and press the Redeem Selected Items button.
You will receive a confirmation window that informs you which character is receiving the Primae and in which station it will be deposited. They are always deposited at the character's current location. The ship can not be redeemed if the receiving character is not docked in an NPC station.
Click Yes to accept the confirmation window if you are happy with your decision
Log in to that character and jump in your new ship!
Special Note: You may only make one transaction through this system, which also governs PLEX, per 24 hours.
Enjoy! And fly safe.

- CCP Zinfandel

[Warcold]

just in time for hulkageddon 

[Jeremiah]

I shall park it next to my Apotheosis and Zephyr

[peo]

Nice looking boat. Will do fine service in my hangar...

Honestly, couldn't they have made a ship that was producable for the PI job?
Or... like... change the naglfar to 3 turrets.... (which would take a year they claimed before...)

Feels a bit like they are handing out ships that they should focus on making new ones that can be made and seed the market.

[Warcold]

Made me thinking around the same lines...
How much work do they put into these ships that hardly anyone uses (through lack of 'extra' over other ships or just for the chance of being ganked), while they could've focused on developing new FUNCTIONAL ships or redoing old ones (my preference would be the first plz)

[peo]

It is very weird yes.
Think they need to do both, a lot of the ships do look dated, especially in comparison to the new scorp model.

[Caradir]

new FUNCTIONAL ships or redoing old ones

coming SOON

as part of the biggest expansion ever, they kept hinting at it during tourney.

The scorp was the test model and as it looks fantastic thats the route they are taking i believe.

[Mangala]

This is its description:
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/jalif/Primae_Discription.jpg

And it has some special cargo spaces:
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/jalif/Primae_Stats.jpg

[Caradir]

i think that it wont ever leave my hangar

[Mangala]

Tomorrows patch notes:

Patch notes for Tyrannis 1.0.2, released June 29, 2010

CRITICAL

    * Due to the unprecedented nature of the downtime on the 23rd and 24th of June, players have been awarded a number of bonus skill points to assign to a skill or skills of their choice. These skill points will be assigned to the highest skill point character on the account and can be applied by right clicking the desired skill in the character sheet.

FEATURES

Ships

    * Created the Primae survey ship which is intended for Planetary Interaction.

FIXES

Need for Speed

    * Memory usage has been improved with missiles, maps, and PIN’s.
    * Frames per second has been improved when using warp disruption bubbles.

EVE Gate

    * The malicious content filter has been improved greatly.
    * The mail-label manager now works correctly in all browsers.
    * A lot of rendering and usability issues have been corrected.
    * The tool-tips in the calendar now shows the correct information under all conditions.

Market

    * Oxygen and Water will now be listed under the planetary materials and not under trade goods in the market window.
    * Planetary Materials market group will now display the correct icon.

Science & Industry

    * Several blueprints were missing the bill of materials tab. They will show correctly now.
    * The material requirements for constructing Medium Control Towers have been corrected.

Worldshaping

    * The surface gravity of several prime fiction planets has been changed.
    * Several prime fiction planets now have city lights on the dark side of the planet.

Graphics

    * Explosions, such as torpedoes, will no longer repeat themselves endlessly.
    * Players will no longer be followed by an explosion effect after warping out from a fight.

User Interface

    * The "You are here" circle now appears correctly on star map when switching from planet mode to map.
    * The information window for generic planets will now show the correct planet image.

Mac

    * The customs office will no longer turn pink when zooming in and out.
    * The crash reporter will no longer error out when attempting to report your crash.
    * The log off button on the ESC menu will now work as it should without crashing your client and attempting to launch the crash report tool.

Miscellaneous

    * Warping probes will no longer cause any exceptions errors.

[Warcold]

I like my nanowreathe better...

[peo]

And they want us to use that instead of a dirt cheep indy why??

[Warcold]

It has more shield and supposedly a has low sig radius, I'll have to see how low that is and how agile it is. but it's cargo hold is just pretty damn small...
also, the cargo bay for command centres is pretty useless, as you will prolly only use that very few times.

for now, an indy seems better, yeah

[Mangala]

Lol :ccp: & lol :downtime:

[Warcold]

was planned, wasnt it?