Festival Charges

The Angel Cartel is more than just a criminal gang, at least in its own eyes, and uses complex and mystical iconography at every level of its organization. The Angels are much given to celebrating their successes in fine style and the 'Angels Arisen' pyrotechnic charge is used to signal their greatest triumphs.

The Blood Raider Covenant likes to spread fear and intimidate its victims, and any that might think of standing up to them, with display and shock tactics wherever possible. The use of pyrotechnic displays to overawe the credulous is a stock tactic and the 'Blood Dagger' firework nicely serves that purpose.

This high-tech pyrotechnic display charge uses state-of-the-art space fireworks technology to celebrate Capsuleer Day by showing the dramatic launch of a capsule amidst multiple explosions. The ultimate fate of the capsule, as it flies through a cascade of explosions, is left to the imagination of the audience.

The Capsuleer Starburst pyrotechnic charge was created to celebrate Capsuleer Day XIX to evoke the starblazing achievements of capsuleers for nearly two decades. The YC124 celebrations of Capsuleer Day are the 19th anniversary of the dawn of the Capsuleer Age and the opening up of New Eden's frontiers by immortal clone space pilots. Capsuleer Day XIX is a time of celebration for cloned and capsuled spaceship pilots, when New Eden looks back on the achievements of capsuleers and wonders what challenges, risks and opportunities the future may hold.

This special pyrotechnic display charge celebrates love and desire in dramatic fashion with multiple fireworks tracing symbolic paths to a final explosive burst. The romantic side of the notorious Guardian Angels is shown off once again in an impressive use of micro-rockets and pyrotechnic charges.

Ominous signal of the Blood Raider Covenant's yearly Crimson Harvest cult festival, the 'Crimson Scythes' firework is considered to be in rather poor taste when used for casual purposes. This has certainly not stopped it being a favorite among fans of the 'Sani Sabik Pop' music scene.

The Amarr calendar is replete with feast days and many provide an opportunity to let off fireworks and indulge in complicated pyrotechnic displays, often accompanied by massed religious choirs and the sweeping music of symphonies to the glory of Empire. The 'Crown Imperial' firework is a favorite with the crowds and is at its most spectacular when seen in space.

This firework impressively symbolizes love and desire with a display using traditional imagery rendered in glorious pyrotechnics. Showing a certain romantic side to the notorious Guardian Angels that commissioned it, this fiery blossom's micro-rockets bring the display to a climax with an impressively explosive finishing burst of flame.

The Serpentis Corporation likes to hold celebrations for staff, clients and potential patrons of its extensive pharmaceutical manufacturing and research activities and the 'Fangs of the Serpent' firework is a signature of such events. The CONCORD and core empire authorities consider such gatherings to be meetings of 'a drug cartel and its criminal allies' but many still participate in the famed gatherings sponsored by Salvador Sarpati.

A stunning celebration of the Great Rebellion, the explosive 'Flames of Rebellion' firework symbolizes the great breakout of the rebellion followed by the joining in one circle of the tribes of Minmatar. This firework is extremely popular with Minmatar of all ages. The Amarr Empire forbids its subjects from even owning this pyrotechnic, let alone permitting them to set it off. Capsuleers are less daunted by such proscriptions and Minmatar pilots delight in displaying it in Amarr territory.

PKN Interstellar's determination to celebrate the success of its major project to expand the Jita 4-4 station has left no detail overlooked, with its public relations specialists commissioning a space pyrotechnic design for the occasion. The "Forever 4-4 Firework" is designed to be shot from Festival Launchers and is intended to signify the enduring future place of Jita 4-4 as the center of New Eden's trade networks.

This very popular Gallente firework is intended to celebrate the 'Four Freedoms' that are considered to be at the core of the Federation's way of life: the Freedoms of Thought, Expression, Association and Movement. This pyrotechnic expression of the Four Freedoms flowing out from the Federal constitution across space is a regular sight on Gallente holidays.

The Infinite Celebrations pyrotechnic charge was created to celebrate Capsuleer Day XX, marking the transition from the second decade into the third decade of independent capsuleers in New Eden. The YC125 celebrations of Capsuleer Day are the 20th anniversary of the dawn of the Capsuleer Age and the opening up of New Eden's frontiers by immortal clone space pilots. Capsuleer Day XX is a time of celebration when New Eden looks back on the achievements of capsuleers and wonders what challenges, risks and opportunities the future may hold.

Sinister and foreboding for most, this pyrotechnic has been used to shock and awe planetary and colony populations ahead of Sansha's Nation raids for the purpose of 'uplifting' the inhabitants. The use of the 'Nation Uplifts' firework is considered tantamount to shouting 'Fire!' in a Holovid Theater but capsuleers have been known to weave it into their own displays.

The Guristas Pirates are very proud of their roots in elite fighter and frigate squadrons of the Caldari Navy, and their trademark 'Naughty People' firework celebrates that heritage with a symbolic dogfight rendered in spiraling pyrotechnics.

This space pyrotechnics and holography charge appears to defy the rules of space and time by creating a dramatic and unusual star nebula at the detonation point. This is peculiar but conceivably such a device could be used to signal a location or be used as a mapping aid. Still, strange and paradoxical as the appearance of a vast interstellar nebula inside a star system might be, the projected display is really a creation of some unknown pyrotechnician's art and skill... or is it?

Space makes a spectacular backdrop for fireworks but the zero-gravity environment also allows pyrotechnics to take special advantage and achieve effects that are truly awe-inspiring. The 'Pulsar Flare' firework celebrates astronomical phenomena while putting on a great show for the audience.

This Rimefrost Starburst Firework is a special display pyrotechnic designed for use in Festival Launchers. This pyrotechnic is partially an "icework" incorporating a unique explosive charge that creates a storm of icy crystals in space as its finale. The firework is a popular means of marking and celebrating the universal end of year holidays during the Yoiul Festival. The fragmentary scraps of data that the empires used to construct the New Eden Standard Calendar provide a hint that a winter festival had some importance in the later months of the year for the legendary forebears of humanity. Not all inhabited worlds of New Eden have seasons but those that do mark the increased snow and wind of their winter equivalents in various ways.

This snowball is bigger than your head. Its shape looks suspiciously like it could fit into a snowball launcher with great ease.

This Snowstar Crystalburst Firework is a special display pyrotechnic designed for use in Festival Launchers. This pyrotechnic is partially an "icework" incorporating a unique explosive charge that creates a storm of icy crystals in space as its finale. This firework is a popular means of marking and celebrating the universal end of year holidays during the Yoiul Festival. The fragmentary scraps of data that the empires used to construct the New Eden Standard Calendar provide a hint that a winter festival had some importance in the later months of the year for the legendary forebears of humanity. Not all inhabited worlds of New Eden have seasons but those that do mark the increased snow and wind of their winter equivalents in various ways.

A truly impressive pyrotechnic display, the 'Spacetime Singularity' firework is often used in multiples, launched in carefully co-ordinated spreads to create vast geometric displays. A solo burst from this firework is still an incredible sight as streams of light radiate in six directions across space.

Achur spiritualism takes many forms, and influences many aspects of their culture, but aside from the monastic orders of Achura (Saisio III), it rarely approaches the level of organized religion. The Stargazers are an example of a particular form of popular Achur spiritualism that eschews supernatural revelation in favor of a philosophy that aims to understand the world through observation and contemplation of the stars. Using visionary interpretations based on a kind of "as above, so below" thinking, the Stargazers emphasize awareness of the surrounding universe and understanding of the living world beyond the self. Stargazer festivals are held wherever the viewing is good and for obvious reasons are conducted in darkness. By ancient rule, only shrouded red-light lanterns are permitted, and then only for safe movement to and from the viewing fields or vantage points. At the end of a Stargazer gathering, it is traditional to unshroud the lanterns and send them aloft by various means to symbolize the insights the Stargazers have garnered being sent out to the wider universe. The Stargazer Lantern pyrotechnic is a spectacular means of celebrating Achur festivals, or similar celebrations among other peoples of New Eden, and is popular among those living and working in space.

The Caldari are well known for their festivals, a means by which they enliven and relieve lives marked by service to the 'Big 8' megas as they strive to climb the corporate ladder. The Union of Eight Paths Firework celebrates the distinctive approaches taken by each of the 'Big 8' megacorps while maintaining their unity within the Caldari State, at least in principle. A showy and dramatic pyrotechnic, it is especially popular with the executive cadres for the ideological symbolism they are duty bound to promote to the worker classes.

The Caldari are well known for their festivals, a means by which they enliven and relieve lives marked by service to the 'Big 8' megas as they strive to climb the corporate ladder. The 'Wheel of Prosperity' firework is a great favorite with Caldari citizens of all ages, signifying as it does the opportunities that are available to all in the market-driven society of the Caldari State.

Celebrations of victory and notable triumphs are often accompanied by glorious displays of fireworks. The Wings of Victory pyrotechnic is one of the most striking and justly famed for its clever use of micro-rockets to achieve its memorable effect.

The Yoiul Blizzard firework is in truth an "icework" as it is a unique explosive charge that creates a storm of icy crystals in space, mimicking a wintry blizzard. The fragmentary scraps of data that the empires used to construct the New Eden Standard Calendar provide a hint that a winter festival had some importance in the later months of the year for the legendary forebears of humanity. Not all inhabited worlds of New Eden have seasons but those that do mark the increased snow and wind of their winter equivalents in various ways.

This snowball is large enough to fit snugly into a Festival Launcher and firing it at another ship would probably be a lot of fun! The annual Yoiul Festival has come to have some traditions in common with winter celebrations on several of the home worlds of New Eden, including snowball fights.

This Yoiul Festival Starburst Firework is a special display pyrotechnic designed for use in Festival Launchers. The firework is a popular means of marking and celebrating the universal end of year holidays during the Yoiul Festival.

The Yoiul Spiral firework is another display charge that is really an "icework" that uses ice crystals and a little pyrotechnic magic to create an icy spiral and fountain effect in space. The fragmentary scraps of data that the empires used to construct the New Eden Standard Calendar provide a hint that a winter festival had some importance in the later months of the year for the legendary forebears of humanity. Not all inhabited worlds of New Eden have seasons but those that do mark the increased snow and wind of their winter equivalents in various ways.

Cherry trees are found on the home worlds of the four major empires where growing conditions and land permits. Popular as an ornamental tree for the mass flowering of cherry blossoms that break out as warm seasons begin, there are many varieties found across New Eden. Cherry trees of the Zakura Hansei family became popular with the Caldari, particularly as the hardier varieties were able to fluorish in the more temperate regions of the notoriously cold Caldari Prime. In the Caldari State, the large and splendid Zakura Bazei variety is often a feature of corporate parks and executive class gardens. The Caldari gave the name 'Zakura' to these blossoming trees and these varieties are known by that name as far afield as the ornamental arboretums of the Amarr Empire. In a historical irony, this family of cherry trees is actually native to Gallente Prime, and the cherry was not known on Caldari Prime until it was introduced some time after first contact with the Gallente.