"Using fragments of a rare kind of crystalline material, which can be charged with energy and can be found through artifact scanning mentioned above, you have to go out to shiny energy fields, deploy the crystal and wait until it’s fully charged, then return it to a terminal. Of course indigenous Nians also like to be around these energy-rich areas, so you won’t have an easy time doing this.

Own an outpost with a corporation which is producing the energy for you."

"I didn't want that outpost anyway" will be a thing of the past!

Looks like there will acutally be a unique benefit from owning an outpost, other than just cash.

Not really excited about the PVE version, but maybe the implementation is different than how it sounds.

This could also actually help balance out my other topic about alpha corps having no way to gain power to confront existing beta alliance.

Just getting a group and taking an outpost wouldn't do anything to dislodge a solid beta alliance, the aggressor would need to have a strong ongoing presence. But now, when this is true, the rogue alliance will gain some EC during the time they hold the post, maybe enough to hold it for a second intrusion... or maybe not.

Just the sort of incentive though to bring more action to the beta doors for alliances that aren't happy hanging out on alpha but see nothing to gain just sniping at beta corps!