Out in the Khanid region, in the Amdimmah constellation, is the system of Molea.
On the route from Amarr to the null sec regions of Catch and Querious, many capsuleers no doubt pass through the system every day, warping from gate to gate on their journey.
But in the system, at the second planets only moon, there is a POS tower anchored. Around it are many small secure containers within the sphere of where the force field would be, if the tower was fueled.
You might have to use the right overview setting to see them, but they are there.
Containers revealed
That is the Molea Cemetary.
Each container has an inscription, the name of a fallen capsuleer.
Some inscriptions
Some have fallen in game, others in real life. If you wish to read them, it is probably easiest just to get on grid with the tower by warping to planet II, moon 1 and doing a minimum range directional scan.
Easier to read in the dscan window
Started by capsuleer Azia Burgi more than a decade back, it is another example of a player initiative that gained a life of its own. The POS tower became necessary when a game update made it possible for the dead to despawn. Being within the POS force field radius prevents that, a solution that served for many years.
And then came the Onslaught expansion in November of 2018, which moved the final remaining functions from POS modules to Upwell structures. The days of the POS, the Player Owned Startbase, seemed numbered and there was talk of giving the troublesome code base a viking funeral.
A concern that came up, back when talk of the end of the POS was being discussed, was what would happen with Molea. Without the POS tower in place all the markers would eventually disappear. CCP promised to look into that. Since then, we had not heard much, though the venerable POS remains in the game, even becoming an aspect of the current war in the southwest of null sec.
Then, earlier this week, CCP unveiled their plan.
After downtime on Tuesday a monument appeared in Molea, the Fallen Capsuleer Memorial.
Anchored below the POS tower, it features three bassalt wings centered on what appears to be a golden cyno beacon.
The new memorial in Molea
A light shines up from the beacon towards the POS tower, illuminating a capsule which features two capsuleers, freed from its embrace, yet still attached, able to gaze out upon the stars with their own eyes.
Atop the memorial
The new memorial has the effect of keeping anything within 200km of it from despawning, so even if the POS tower goes away the containers and their messages will remain floating in space so long as the servers remain up.
Related coverage:
- CCP Announcement
- EVE Travel (An early look at the capsuleer cemetery)
- INN
- EVEOGANDA
- PC Gamer
- A Missioneer in EVE
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