"We cannot predict the new forces, powers EVE Online Isk, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up new laboratories in space. They are as much beyond our vision today as fire or electricity would be beyond the imagination of a fish." - Arthur C. Clarke

Hello. My name is Whisper and I am here to talk to you about one part of Apocrypha, the upcoming expansion for EVE Online. I head up Team, which includes such luminaries as CCP Cascade from Quality Assurance, CCP Bella Bee from the Software group, CCP Grayscale and CCP Abathur from Game Design and CCP Prism X from...who knows what pit of contrariness he sprung from but he is under my supervision now. So together with the rest of the team we are going to deliver unto you a feature of truly galactic proportions. This being the introduction of a brand new, glittering, shiny traveling mechanic: Wormholes.

First a bit of background musing. One of the criticisms that have been levied against EVE Online Isk is that space is becoming crowded and that there really is no feeling of exploration. Indeed, from the very first moment you set foot in the universe of EVE Online Isk, all of you have had a map at your disposal that shows you exactly where every solar system is, how to get there and what you may expect to find. You even have a newly improved autopilot who will selflessly and mindlessly guide you to your destination. And while there are still thrills to be had, there exists at the back of many of our minds the nagging knowledge that we are not the first to venture here. That the maps have been drawn, the anchorages charted, the wild hills surveyed and the paths trodden so often they are now four-lane blacktop highways with shopping malls and 24-hour burger bars along the fringes.