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The killing of NPC pirates
Also known as ratting, is an age old activity and nets you a small amount of loot and isk from the bounties on their heads. These can be found at the asteroid belts in a system, and occasionally near gates and stations. And missions are the closest thing EVE has to traditional MMO questing. Various security division agents, working for the assorted factions, hand out missions for players looking to shoot at NPCs. These reward you with isk, as well as loyalty points that can be redeemed for special items available from that faction.
PvP Combat
Fighting actual players is a bit troublesome, as the NPC police will appear out of nowhere and shred your ship into metal confetti. The answer to this problem is a war declaration. As long as you can pay the fee to maintain it, your corporation can declare war on any other corporation, and attack them anywhere in space, without the police intervening. There are whole corps dedicated to warfare in empire space, either for griefing defenceless players, or seeking out worthy opponents. Money is another drive to fight. You get paid to shoot people, and while it's great if you can get a regular stream of customers, you have to be patient, professional, and prepared to get involved in other people's politics.
For those players who don't want their shooting to be constrained by the rules of empire space, there is the 'wild west' of 0.0 space. It has a little bit of everything, as well as large scale territorial warfare between hundreds of players in major alliances. There is no law out there. Anything goes, and if you don't want territory you can just fly around and try to kill everything you see.
Factional Warfare
All you have to do is sign yourself, or your corp, up to one of the four militias and start capturing systems for your side. Factional Warfare agents also offer special missions as well, but just watch out for the opposing militia members, and pirates.
Piracy
Once you stray into low-security space, you too can become a target for the big bad wolves of New Eden. The more people you illegally kill, the lower your security status goes. This stops you from entering certain high security systems, unless you want to be shot on sight by the police. If it gets below minus five, you will become a free target for everyone in the game.
There are various anti-pirate organisations that actively hunt down outlaws. A good example would be the Rancer Defense Force. Fed up with constant pirate attacks on travellers moving through the Rancer system, a group of players have recently banded together with the sole purpose of removing them from the area.
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