Then, in July of 2020, an unprecedented coalition of some 150,000 players formed with one objective: eradicate The Imperium once and for all. After that cartel was banished for breaking EVE Online's terms of service, the war quickly fizzled out. During the 2016 Casino War (opens in new tab), for example, almost the entire galaxy of New Eden rallied to take on The Imperium using funds provided by a cartel of third-party ISK gambling websites. And though many have tried, no one has successfully dethroned it. With an army of 50,000 players and a corporate infrastructure that could rival a Fortune 500 company, it's turned winning at EVE into a science. The Imperium have been the kings of EVE Online for years. It was the deadliest fight in EVE history. As the dust settled, almost 250 Titan wrecks were smoldering on the battlefield. Around 700 Titans (and several thousand smaller ships ranging from interdictors to supercarriers) fought for 12 hours until EVE Online's servers shut down for 15 minutes to initiate its daily reset. When one side escalated the conflict by calling in its Titan fleet, the other called in theirs. Nearly 7,000 pilots formed to brawl over a Keepstar Citadel in the M2-XFE star system. That's exactly what happened in the early morning hours of December 31, 2020. The Imperium would've hounded us until we broke. If we had lost everything on that field, we would've been finished. When one side's fleet commander calls in the Titans, the other side has two options: Call in their own or die. These massive ships cost over 100 billion ISK, take years of training to fly, and are the deciding factor in major battles between EVE's different factions. Commandeering 18-kilometer-long supercapital ships equipped with devastating Doomsday weapons, Tony is a part of an elite brigade that forms the military backbone of EVE Online's player-made empires.

It might seem silly to risk so much for so little, but Tony Rocca isn't your average EVE Online player.

Warp to hotkey eve