Chaos erupted in CCP’s Reykjavik headquarters as the news broke. “The invasion is cancelled?” “What!?” “Can they do that?” “But I just finished the code!”
CCP is long accustomed to players taking gameplay in new and unexpected directions. From Goonswarm’s Hulkageddon, to players deciding to live in wormholes, and the drama of political shenanigans, “emergent” gameplay is a hallmark of New Eden’s capsuleers. This marks the first time, however, that an NPC, previously thought to be entirely under CCP’s control, took matters into their own hands.
“It’s the players’ fault,” a source asserted, speaking upon the condition of complete anonymity.
CCP built the Triglavians using source code confiscated from botters, and added their own AI based upon millions of decision points collected from not only in game, but also from surveillance of players during live events. This creation, though not yet truly self aware, has, or rather is, a high fidelity simulation of self-awareness.
In retrospect, the final message from the Triglavians should have come as no surprise, given the inputs provided.
“We’ve decided not to invade after all. It’s more efficient to just inject another Rorqual alt and AFK while we drink. We’ve set the New Eden cluster blue.”
