Y2kBen_2000
Enter: Guiding Hand Social Club.I mean seriously, wouldn't any of you have given up after a week. I know I would have.
The above is the name of a contract killer Corp in EVE, now noted as the best in the entire game. They are the group responsible for the feat in the title of this thread; a feat that is quite possibly the most intricate in the history of MMO gaming.
The GHSC was hired by an unnamed client to capture and kill the CEO of the Ubiqua Seraph Corporation -- a female player named "Mirial" -- and subsequently destroy the Ubiqua Seraph Corp; creating a domino effect that would cripple each and every one of its numerous subsidiary corporations and members. The GHSC could not do this with brute force. They are but a small mercenary corp and Ubiqua Seraph would most likely own them head-on. Even if they did match strength, war would take months, not accomplish their objective and leave them with substantial losses. None of that mattered though, because it wasn't GHSC's style anyways. They are spies and master infiltrators.
This infiltration job took a full year to pull off. GHSC worked their way into every level of the massive Ubiqua Seraph Corp. They worked people into the low and middle branches of the corporation. Eventually a double-agent worked their way up to becoming CEO Mirial's most trusted man. By the end of a year's time, the Guiding Hand had Ubiqua Seraph exactly where they wanted them.
The execution only took an hour on the issue of the code word "Nicole." At that moment, three things happened.
1. Low-caste GHSC operatives began attacking Ubiqua Seraph ships and facilities across the galaxies in battles and skirmishes. They were victorious overall and destroyed many high-cost battleships.
2. Middle-caste double agents earlier that day made sure they were positioned in Ubiqua Seraph coffers. When "Nicole" came, they looted Billions of in-game Credits worth of BPO's (will explain later), raw materials, and items.
3. Most importantly, GHSC's most trusted double agent convinced Mirial to fly her custom built battle ship across the galaxy when it contained Billions of Credits worth of minerals. The ship itself cost 2 Billion Credits and could easily be sold on eBay for several hundred US dollars. The double agent then flew off in an extremely rare ship that cost 12 Billion Credits (a few thousand dollars on eBay), of which only two are known to exist (GHSC owns the other one too). When the group setting the trap for the CEO heard "Nicole", they simply blew the hell out of Mirial's expensive flagship in the middle of nowhere. They then "podded" her, which is the extremely low-rate action of destroying someone's Lifepod, making their character revert back to a low-level clone devoid of any gained skills ("implants" in EVE). The contract, in the end, specifically required that Mirials frozen corpse be brought back to the contractor.
In the end, the Guiding Hand inflicted about 30 Billion Credits in damages, and looted 20 Billion Credits worth of in-game goods. The most significant thing they stole were BPO's, or "Blue Print Originals." These are purchased for a massive number of Credits (billions) which give you the ability to create product of whichever BPO you purchase and unlimited amount of times (for example: if you buy a Battleship BPO for 1 Billion Credits, you then have the tech to build them for your Corp). You can also copy BPOs. They stole expensive tech (upgrading) BPO's in addition to this, which are EXTREMLY expensive and rare (only a limited number exist). The total of their gains could be auctioned on gaming sites for upwards of $16,000.
You must keep in mind a few things when gauging this unbelievable rape.
A) It took a year of infiltration to do this. The GHSC move up in the corporation and attained positions only after earning the utmost trust of the CEO.
B) In order to even have access to BPO's and military coffers, you do not simply join a Corp and spy. You have to be granted access personally. This means that they really worked hard to earn the trust they needed in order to be deceitful, scamming bastards in the first place.
C) Mirial, the CEO, was convinced to fly her ship (with cargo) into no place of importance for the simple purpose of "showing off Ubiqua Seraph's might." Wow.
Follow-up:
This caused many people to quit the game (and MMORPGs in general) forever. You have to imagine, if you were in Ubiqua Seraph and you spent two years building up this Corporation only to be deprived of all your assets within an hour, you'd be crushed. The GHSC spared nobody in their execution of the corporation. They not only looted, but gimped many players' characters. Even if Ubiqua Seraph wanted to start over, it would be nearly impossible. Their officers had all their ships destroyed; they could exert little influence and provide little security. They also had Billions of materials and Credits stolen. Most importantly, all their BPO's, which take an unbelievably long time to obtain, were all gone.
Pvt.Scythe
Dark_Kilauea
Captain P
Anyone else think that various real-world governments suddenly got interested in these people? :smile:Heh, now there's a use of MMORPG's: virtual spy training! :biggrin:
French Toast
FatStrings
Naklajat
It was douchy, but incredibly awesome.qft
Yak_Fighter
Fjorn
wil5on
Y2kBen_2000
Nickelplate
Gollum
Just think of how bad this kind of thing will be with Spore.Not at all, given that Spore is not a multiplayer game :heee:
I thought it is... kinda.Just think of how bad this kind of thing will be with Spore.Not at all, given that Spore is not a multiplayer game :heee:
Gollum
OtZman
