By the way -- as an addendum to the previous post -- it's not entirely true that people aren't talking about the story. Check out the official forum's story discussions for a dose of real, passionate, extremely well articulated (for the most part) discussions from dedicated players about the ins-and-outs, ups-and-downs of the storyline, often -- but not always -- from a role-playing perspective. It's really, really encouraging to see people spin their own tales and theorise about what's going to happen...especially when they're often freakishly right. Maybe they have a spy. I dunno. But they're good. They don't get everything right, but when they do...damn! The story team has even "stolen" ideas from them in the past.

Good place to go if you're interested in discussing the story with like-minded players. And the annulment of the Tir Accord seems to have gotten them all fired up. As it should. Because it's the first step on the road to...but nah, that'd be spoiling it.

(By the way: Sol Banking Corporation is evil! Evil, I tells ya! No two ways about it. Evil!)  ¶ 20:47