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The sci-fi massively multiplayer game EVE: Online is set tens of thousands of years in the future, far from Earth. Players take the roles of starship captains who chart their own destinies in the open reaches of outer space. The worlds of EVE were first colonized by humans who came through a wormhole to find themselves under completely unfamiliar skies. The gate back home collapsed, suddenly and violently, stranding the pioneers. Generations of structural and cultural development have since passed, and five distinct cultural groups now inhabit the interplanetary realm. With the eventual development of faster-than-light technologies, their isolated pocket of civilized space suddenly seemed smaller and more crowded.<br><br>The game is played in a previously unexplored part of space, full of countless new solar systems. Players begin with a modest spaceship, and the ability to harvest basic resources and trade with others. Profits can be used to improve the player's ship and equipment. Characters choose their own path to success in EVE. Some may build bigger, better-defended vessels, for dangerous and highly profitable mining operations or cargo runs. Others may choose to become pirates, preying on the weak and unworthy. Opportunities for to work as a smuggler, or even a bounty hunter, may present themselves to interested ship captains, as well, encouraging each player to make decisions in character and enjoy (or suffer) the consequences.