PANDORA EVENT - LIBERATION DAY EVENT: RIFTER FFA

EVENT OVERVIEW

Liberation Day marks the anniversary of the Great Rebellion, when the Minmatar cast off the yoke of Amarrian domination. After over 900 years of bondage, seven Minmatar tribes rose as one and reclaimed their freedom in a bloody and hard-fought revolution.

This day is now a national holiday across the Minmatar Republic, observed with ceremonies, rituals, and celebrations.

It is the heartbeat of Minmatar memory. It is not simply a date etched into calendars, nor a hollow tradition—it is the soul of a people who once lived under the yoke and now walk free. To the Minmatar, it is the living, breathing embodiment of defiance, survival, and ancestral pride.

For over nine centuries, the Amarr Empire enslaved the Minmatar people. Entire generations were born into servitude, their culture erased, their names replaced, their gods outlawed. Cities were built on their backs, stars crossed with the cries of those taken, and worlds were scarred with the brands of Amarrian righteousness. Yet in the darkest chambers of Amarrian holds, in the quiet corners of forgotten colonies, resistance smoldered like a coal beneath ash. The Minmatar did not forget who they were. They whispered the names of the Seven Tribes. They sang songs when they thought no one listened. They bore suffering with grim endurance, knowing one day the wheel would turn.

When it did—when the Amarrian grip faltered, and the Republic was born in the fire of rebellion—that day became more than a victory. It became sacred. It became Liberation Day.

“The flame must be tested where the blood runs deepest.”

This year, the sacred rites of Liberation Day burn brightest in Amamake—a system long soaked in Matari blood, where the cries of the enslaved once echoed loudest and where freedom first clawed back sky from the slaver’s grasp. Once a hub of Amarrian hunting fleets, now it stands as a proving ground for Matari steel and soul.

This is Met’ru Vak’lar, the Trial of the Unshackled—a sacred free-for-all skirmish where warriors of the tribes cast aside advantage, technology, and even unity itself to test one another in brutal, all-against-all combat.

System: Amamake

Date: Liberation Day – YC127

Format: Free-for-All (Rifters only)

Ships: Rifter-class Frigates, fully fitted and provided on-site

Description:

“I was a slave. I stood in the ashes of my father’s chains. And when I rose, I carried fire.”
– The Unbound Scrolls of Krusual, Verse VIII

As the fires of Liberation Day are lit across the Republic, and the names of the fallen are whispered into the wind, a different kind of flame burns in the war-torn system of Amamake—one not of mourning, but of defiance, pride, and unbroken will.

This is Met’ru Vak’lar, the Trial of the Unshackled—a sacred free-for-all skirmish where warriors of the tribes cast aside advantage, technology, and even unity itself to test one another in brutal, one-on-one combat.

Every participant will be given a Rifter—the warbird that carved itself into Matari legend—and flung into the fray. There are no allies. There is no retreat. There is only the test of fire, the roar of autocannons, and the storm of tribal spirits at your back.

“Steel flies in the name of freedom. The blood you spill is the price of remembrance.”
– Sebiestor Combat Rite

Participation Details:

• Location: Amamake (preferred grid will be announced)
• Eligibility: Open to all pilots who honour the event terms
• Ship Use: Only Rifter-class ships will be permitted (provided by event hosts)
• Restrictions: No implants, no pods, no logistics, no external interference. A warrior fights alone or not at all.

Rewards:

• Top killers will receive ISK bonuses
• Minmatar Liberation SKINs for standout performances
• One warrior will be named Karu’kai Tuuraki — Flame-Born Champion of Amamake

Matari Scripture:

“We do not forget. We do not forgive. We do not kneel.”
We rise with the seven tribes behind us,
With blood in our hands and fire in our lungs.
We are storm-born, chain-breakers, flame-keepers.
We are the roar of the unshackled. We are Minmatar.”

Chant of the Trial:

“Ashes to embers, embers to flame!
Freedom remembered, death without shame!
Rise, Rifter! Burn, sky! Sing, steel! Cry, name!
By blade, by fire, by tribe, we came!”

Note: This event is designed to honour the courage and sacrifice of those who fought for Minmatar liberation. While competitive, it is a ritual of memory and warriorhood. All who enter must fight with honour.

For the Tribes. For the Fallen. For Freedom.