Eve Online battle detailed

The Battle for Caldari Prime, an imminent conflict set in the Eve Online universe, has been revealed in a dev blog by CCP. It's the culmination of recent in-game events, designed to set the scene and explain the introduction of the Dust mercenaries, who themselves make up the cast for Dust 514 - the online shooter set in the Eve universe.

The action is set to be streamed on CCP's Twitch TV channel when it kicks off on Friday, but while you wait for that, here's the spiel from the blog:

Caldari Prime has been the cause for bitter rivalry and, at times, open war between the Gallente Federation and Caldari State. It is the homeworld of Caldari and, as a result of a treaty following a Caldari sneak attack, is considered to be a part of the Caldari State, even though it is situated in a Gallente solar system. As citizens of both empires live on the planet, tensions have often run high and rebellious elements of the Gallente population have taken to arms to fight what they see as an illegal occupation of their homes.

The planet is orbited by the Shiigeru, a Caldari Navy Leviathan-class Titan, which serves as a measure of mutually assured destruction should peace be compromised.

Situated in the Luminaire solar system, Caldari Prime has been the scene of innumerable DUST battles over the past three days. The mercenaries are fighting viciously for every district, being contracted both by the planet‘s Gallente rebels and the Caldari State's Provist occupation force to fight the most brutal of wars. 

With CONCORD, the in-game police force, now issuing a warning for spaceship pilots, the conflict will be spreading beyond the planet's surface.