Preliminary Apocrypha Patch Notes

Hat tip to my twitter feed, here is the link to the preliminary patch notes. For those allergic to the Eve Online website, here is a copy and paste Google Doc.

Of great interest is the section on Tech III:

]Tech 3
Strategic cruisers

* Loki (Minmatar), Tengu (Caldari), Legion (Amarr), Proteus (Gallente)
o These ships are made each out of 5 subsystems (electronic, defensive, engineering, offensive, propulsion) and a connecting base hull
o All subsystems are interchangeable (inside their own race and slot) and make for a lot of possible ships
o Subsystems can only be changed in a station
o The attributes and balancing are NOT FINAL!
o Bigger is not better, just different (refer to them as variations and not tiers)

Reverse Engineering

* Basis: Ancient item found/salvaged in wormholes
o They can be reverse engineered in experimental labs at a POS or Caldari outpost
o There are several degrees of success
Best success results in a BPC for a T3 subsystem or T3 hull which can then be manufactured

T3 manufacturing

* Works similar to T2 manufacturing, but T3 components made out of material found in wormhole space and material from normal space are needed
Subsystems can be manufactured at a new Subsystem Assembly Array or an Amarr Outpost

Sounds like two new POS structures are needed:
- Experimental labs for reverse engineering the T3 BPCs
- Subsystem Assembly Array for manufacturing the things

Not surprising, hopefully a new dev blog soon will give more details on reverse engineering skills and manufacturing skills required. Please don't let them be skill books you have you explore for... I hate that game mechanic.