The Knights Templar (Player corporation)

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About

T-K-T has been in existence for more than 4 years. Historically, T-K-T was mainly an industrial corp, but, having based themselves in 0.0 they have evolved and are primarily a PvP corp with an industrial backbone.

The Empire Days

T-K-T was established by a core of members that broke away from Triple Crystal Miners, who were originally 0.0 based. They were mostly industrial pilots wanting to enjoy the profits of empire space. T-K-T rose as a premier industrial corporation under the tutelage of its CEO Bertie. They controlled a vast number of industrial POS's used primarily to manufacture T2 materials for Bertie's large T2 production. Eventually, mounting pressure from outside forces made Bertie retire and Major Hill took over the reins of T-K-T. Then a modest sized corp with mostly industrial interests they forged forward.

A Return to 0.0

Hydra Alliance

With suitable industrial might T-K-T set its sights back on 0.0. Life in 0.0 space had evolved and the industrial pilots yearned for a piece of it. The introduction of outpost and sovereign space helped to make 0.0 life more attractive to industrialists. Empire was getting crowded, and they emptiness of 0.0 space was inviting. T-K-T joined Hydra Alliance and established itself back in 0.0 space. Using its industrial might T-K-T constructed one of Hydra Alliance's outposts in the system T-ZWA1 in the region Vale of the Silent.

PURE. Alliance

After about a year of living with Hydra Alliance, CEO Major Hill moved T-K-T.

Life with Hydra had been good, but T-K-T goals and Hydra goals were not aligning anymore. So, T-K-T joined PURE. Alliance, close allies of Hydra, a PvP alliance also based in the Vale of the Silent. It is here that T-K-T grew into more than a mere industrial corporation. Skyy later took the reigns and created a capital ship shares program. Here corp investors helped drive T-K-T to the next level of core strength and wealth. PURE. Alliance was a major player in the EVE political landscape as a member of the Northern Coalition (NC), and embarked on many of the great campaigns of the time.

Under a new CEO, Bill Andrex, T-K-T participated in the great wars against BoB.

Alongside its allies, T-K-T participated in driving BoB back to Delve. T-K-T had grown strong, becoming one of PURE.'s most reliable fighting forces and consistently maintained a place in PURE.'s top 5 PvP corps.

Once BoB had been driven back, PURE. Alliance returned home as the NC withdrew.

Insurgency alliance started Branch compaign, invading the region and removing local residents, Stella Polaris and Phoenix Allianz. After a while NC decided to fight them, and a new war began.

T-K-T grew in numbers, soon fielding major part of every PURE. fleet and participating in every fight of NC in Branch or Deklein. Insurgency retreated from the region, and soon after that disbanded.

Meanwhile, Triumvirate alliance folded, and PURE. moved to take Deklein. Again, T-K-T pilots were sent into the fray to clear Triumvirate's former space.

In the South, BoB eventually repelled all of its invaders. After some time off from fighting, BoB began its MAX Campaign. The NC was one of its first targets and they attacked in the North. At the same time, G00DFELLAS alliance joined BoB and attacked Deklein, and Triumvirate. Mk2 moved into the Vale of the Silent. Split between the two regions, T-K-T pilots fought hard across all of PURE. Alliance space to help defend its sovereignty. PURE. was suffering under the continuous pressure, and its corps began to have doubts causing jitters amongst the alliance leadership. Though T-K-T fought till the last day, misunderstandings caused T-K-T to be kicked from PURE.

Having been kicked earlier than planned from PURE. Alliance, along with three other PvP corps, and left without even a chance to fight, T-K-T found itself out in the cold.

Vanguard Alliance

While T-K-T scrambled to withdraw assets from the outposts they still had access to, the corp decided to withdraw to the Venal region in order to recover losses and hopefully maintain some PvP action. There T-K-T met and joined the Vanguard alliance. But alas, Vanguard's way of life and T-K-T's desires were not compatible. Due to real life issues, Bill Andrex eventually stepped aside and introduced Zeminy as T-K-T's new CEO.

Intrepid Crossing

Zeminy's first order of business was to realign T-K-T's goals with its member's goals, and the search began for a place that was compatible with them. After some time searching through the many alliances in EVE, T-K-T approached Intrepid Crossing Alliance (IRC). IRC and T-K-T's goals were compatible with each other, and the move was made in late November, 2008, when T-K-T parted ways with Vanguard Alliance and joined Intrepid Crossing. As a home base, TKT had IRC constellation in Malpais regions, controlling it almoust on their own. Since then, T-K-T has seen great growth and taken the next step in becoming a greater force to be reckoned with.

Vale Campaign

In IRC, T-K-T worked with KIA alliance and the NC in a campaign in Vale of the Silent, fighting to expel Triumvirate. Successful, the NC's allies returned to live in the Vale.

GoonSwarm vs. BoB ("KenZoku")

Following a spectacular black ops coup via a disgruntled BoB director, GoonSwarm moved to oust KenZoku alliance (Formerly known as Band of Brothers, or BoB) from Delve. IRC was asked to assist their efforts: After a quick move into the Tenerifis and Detorid regions to secure Goonspace, the T-K-T pilots patrolled there to keep -A- pilots out. The goal was to help GoonSwarm to secure a Titan it was in the midst of building. Against All Authorities made a fatal mistake about the mechanics of sovereignty, and failed to take over down the outpost system necessary for the titan's construction.. This resulted in very little conflict in that area of Tenerifis.

With GoonSwarm's titan saved, IRC and T-K-T withdrew back to their home space.

RA Campaign

On 21 of April 2009 after a few small border conflicts Intrepid Crossing resets it's standings with Red Alliance, starting invasion of Insmother, home region of Red Alliance, with desire of new ratting grounds and moons. Soon enough, after a few successfull provocations by Red Alliance and GoonSwarm, and also after very unsuccessful diplomatic efforts by Intrepid Crossing's leadership, alliance was reset by almost the entire EvE, apart from the only ally, who stayed alongsize of Intrepid Crossing until the end - Ethereal Dawn alliance, neighbours from Etherium Reach region.

From the begining T-K-T grabbed this new possibility to use it's ressourses and skills in logistics, POS-warfare and small-gang operations as the best chance to have that Fight, they weren't able to get in NC.

All 4 months of the War, T-K-T fielded more pilots in every fleet, that any other corporation, including bigger ones.

T-K-T members, together with members of VIV and NIX corporations become senior FC's, who were trying very hard to overpower absolet IRC's bureaucracy and militari impotence of most AWE FC's.

Faced with Red Alliance, their allies, and also some alliances of NC, who joined the war, IRC and ED most of the time were heavily outnumbered and, most important, outskilled.

But very good logistic system, numerous POS', huge reserves and people, who fought one hopeless fight after another no matter what allowed Intrepid Crossing to keep it's ground until Red Alliance's economic folded up, drawing the alliance's leadership into some sort of revolution against it's members. Unsuccesfull takeover by a new leadership, resulting in Red Alliance's losing it's sovereignty in Insmother. At the same time Atlas alliance attacked Detorid and Insmother, and Red Alliance wasn't able to fight.

But that wasn't victory for Intrepid Crossing. At the same time KenZoku formally accepted defeat, and GoonSwarm were left with no enemy. Soon Legion of xxDeathxx, Drone Regions ally of GoonSwarm, who kept blue standing with Intrepid Crossing during all the War, reseted Intrepid Crossing and Ethereal Dawn, and started a huge POS-pressure, supported by remnants of Red Alliance and it's allies, "Foreign Legion" of GoonSwarm and at the begining - Pandemic Legion's mobile fleet. Intrepid Crossing decided to evacuate.

And again T-K-T's expierence in extreme logistics allowed T-K-T to help Intrepid Crossing, and mostly T-K-T's friends: VIV, NIX and NUKKA to withdraw without any heavy losses.

After Intrepid Crossing stopped any resistance, T-K-T left the alliance for the new begining.

R.A.G.E. alliance

After leaving Intrepid Crossing, T-K-T and other former IRC corporation, Killer Koalas (NUKKA), ex. Ganja Labs, member of PURE. and old friends of T-K-T, decided to return into their old home - region Vale of Silent.

And a new alliance was created, as a union of this two corporations: R.A.G.E (CTL-Q)

From the begining, this new allaince positioned itself as a PvP unit, working together with current owners of the region - Majesta Empire (ME), but separate from them politically (apart from blue standings with NC - R.A.G.E has it's own standings, therefore friends and enemyes) and economically.

Despite having only 2 member corporations, R.A.G.E showed decent level of participation in most of the fights in Vale of Silent, either supporting Majesta Empire, or working on it's own.

Soon other corps showed their interest in joining the alliance, at first - small band of Greek pirates, olso old friends of T-K-T - Violet Vortex, and later - yet another ex. IRC corporation, Two Brothers Mining Corp. (TBMC).

Each member has right of opinion and can suggest any of their ideas to the alliance's leadership, which cosists directors of NUKKA and T-K-T, with CEO's of every other member-corporation.

R.A.G.E is growing in numbers, and participating in most of fights up North, with some roamings and recon operations down South.

Recruitment

T-K-T is a mature Corp which understands its members desires and respects that people have real lives to conduct. RL comes first.

What they offer:

• Plenty of targets - Daily Corp/Alliance PvP Ops
• Capital Ship Programme
• Ventrilo server
• Alliance Killboards
• Alliance Mining/Ratting/PvP
• Based in 0.0
• Personal POS, Research & Manufacturing slots
• Access to Outpost Clone vats
• An active membership base
• An excellent opportunity to fly & learn with highly experienced pilots

What they are looking for:

• Mature pilots who enjoy having a bit of fun!
• All levels of experience considered
• Time zones: Mainly US & Euro
• Active Pilots who enjoy working in a team
• Your participation in Corp & Alliance operations