Eve Online's Judgement Day

<p><em><strong>Eve Online</strong></em> (stylised <em><strong>EVE Online</strong></em>) is a <a class="mw-redirect" title= "Space trading and combat game" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_trading_and_combat_game">space-based</a>, <a title="Persistent world" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_world">persistent world</a> <a title= "Massively multiplayer online role-playing game" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game">massively multiplayer online role-playing game</a> (MMORPG) developed and published by <a title="CCP Games" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCP_Games">CCP Games</a>. Players of <em>Eve Online</em> can participate in a number of in-game professions and activities, including <a title="Mining" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining">mining</a>, <a title= "Piracy" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy">piracy</a>, <a title= "Manufacturing" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing">manufacturing</a>, <a title="Trader (finance)" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trader_(finance)">trading</a>, <a title="Space exploration" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_exploration">exploration</a>, and <a title="Space warfare" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_warfare">combat</a> (both <a title="Player versus environment" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_versus_environment">player versus environment</a> and <a title= "Player versus player" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_versus_player">player versus player</a>). The game contains a total of 7,800 star systems that can be visited by players. In 2009, a player <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Online#Corporations_and_alliances">alliance</a> known as Goonswarm was contacted by a disgruntled director of rival alliance Band of Brothers, one of the largest alliances in the game at that time. The defecting director then stripped Band of Brothers of a large quantity of assets including ships, money and territory, and disbanded the alli