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The universe of Eve Online is called New Eden, and the players are known as Capsuleers and/or pilots. Eve does not have "Player Classes" as such, but certain types of ships serve certain roles. There are Four (4) races to choos from when creating a character:
| Amarr Empire | Caldari State | Gallente Federation | Minmatar Republic |
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Each Race specializes in a primary and secondary weapon system, and a primary defense. The wepon systems are, Laser Turrets, Hybrid Turrets, Projectile Turrets, Missiles, and Drones. The three layers of defense are: Shield, Armor, and Hull. Although many ships can use any type of weapon system, or defense (commonly called Tank) the ships of each race have bonuses based off your characters skills that make certain weapons and defense the optimal choice.
Which race you choose will effect where in space you are located when you first log in. Although all of New Eden is open to your from teh start, staying in the parts of space owned by your Faction will make getting started easier. In New Eden each solar system is given a security class which dictates the types of interactions you can expect to have with other players. High Security space consists of +1.0 to +0.5 security systems and is the center of New Eden. Low security space covers sytems with security levels +.04 to +.01 and is the home of outlaws and the militia's of each empire locked in "Faction Warfare". Next is Null secuirty space 0.0 to -1.0 this space is almost entireably conquerable by players. Finally, wormhole space is a set of systems with -1.0 security which are connected via random wormholes, and not jump gates like High, Low, and Null security Space. Wormholes have six (6) classes C1 through C6 the difference being the difficulty of NPCs found in the space, and teh tyeps and quantities of spaceships that can enter. Wormholes also can have static effects that affect a pilot's ships offense, defense, speed, and other variables.
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