Eve has come back into my life. I am currently killing NPC pirates in the section of space called 0.0 sec. This is a player run location in space where everyone can shoot at you, basically open space PVP with no consequences. The only consequences are other players. These sections of space are controlled by large alliance of corporations (player guilds). There are strict rules and they are heavily enforced. It is exhilarating and frightening and profitable. You depend heavily on other player scouting and relaying intelligence of the movements of members not in the alliance to stay "safe".
Lovely game. A lot slower in action than other MMOs but that is a welcome change. It is more a planning, tactical game where knowledge of game systems allows you to plan and predict hostile player actions.

