Hadean Drive Yards
From EVE History
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| Corp Name | Hadean Drive Yards |
| Founded by | OverKill |
| Founded on | September 6, 2002 |
| Current CEO | OverKill |
| Website | Hadean Drive Yards |
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Prologue
Hadean Drive Yards began as an idea between two guys who were involved in the Endless Corporation during its peak period of greatness. Murray "RocknAngel" Ayrs and Michael "OverKill" Carter were both co-workers in real life and had plenty of time to sit down with pen and paper and hash out a bunch of ideas which later formed the basis of the Corporation known as Hadean Drive Yards. RocknAngel and OverKill had both spent time in the Canadian Armed Forces and used the philosophies and doctrines ingrained into them as the basic and fundamental principles when deciding what governance style HDY would have.
When EVE finally went into the Alpha and Beta stages Hadean Drive Yards was already well under way and growing rapidly. Several of the members of HDY were invited to participate in the Alpha and Beta stages and HDY has been a part of the EVE Online experience ever since.
Our Mission
To create, market and maintain a truly impartial Corporation which provides services to the entire EVE community, regardless of race, sex, Corporate / Empirical affiliations or even security levels. Allowing those who enjoy a more sophisticated role playing approach to their online games to come together.
Our Background
Hadean Drive Yards was brought into being by former members of another EVE Corporation called Endless Corporation. Having decided that they had an alternative style of play they wished to apply to the game, they ventured forth and formed the Hadean Drive Yards.
The founding members who gave birth to HDY have fifteen years of military experience between them as well as mutual employment within the law enforcement industry. This militaristic mentality has been tamed and brought to bear resulting in the Hadean Drive Yards and its current organizational structure. Basically a Capitalist organization with a military mindset.
We have all played other MMPORG games with similar principles to EVE and a few of us have also contributed to those games in the form of Councilors, Guides, Alpha/Beta testers and numerous other developmental and administrative tasks. All of this has been volunteer work and all in the name of role play, fun, fantasy and fiction. Some of us have even run popular Guilds, Clans and Corporations within these other games.
Our Philosophy
Hadean Drive Yards was founded on two simple principles which are well at work in the real world today. Capitalism and Discipline. The first is the core instinct which drives individuals to succeed in any business venture, the latter is the fundamental basis for any and every military organization found in the world today. By putting these two important ideals together we believe we have created an excellent opportunity for the community of EVE to enjoy an environment where they may role play characters mirroring real world attitudes and protocols in addition to providing fun and entertainment for both the employees of Hadean Drive Yards as well as our cliental.
The name "Hadean" actually comes from a specialized unit within a guild called the Warriors of Hades. This guild was actually a group of online friends who played the game of NeverWinterNights on AOL many years ago. It has since branched off and followed the original Unit Commander throughout the last seven years and over the course of many different gaming applications. Hadean has seen action in NeverWinterNights, Ultima Online, Asheron's Call, Meridian59, Illusia, Quake2 and Quake3 as well as Diablo.
As with any Corporation, be it real or imagined, we are in the business of making money. However, we have not lost sight of the really important issues. Those being of fun, fantasy, achievement and entertainment! This is, after all, why we are all here is it not? Without fun and enjoyment there is no real point in slaving the hours away at a game.
We value our employees and clients equally as without either the game would really hold no meaning or entertainment. Our employees are not just a number, they are as important as the minerals they mine, or the blueprints they research or the battles they win and we encourage this with employee incentive programs such as weekly production rewards and/or profit sharing. We are all about motivation, expression and creative thinking yet remain steadfast to the structure, organization and discipline of the modern day military.
In Closing
Hadean Drive Yards is one of the few remaining Corporations who have been around since the begining. We have seen good times and bad times, we've had developers and game magazine editors play under our banner, we've survived corp thefts and attempted takeovers, but through it all we've managed to stay active, proactive and we've done a damn good job of keeping the faith. For as long as EVE exists there will be a Hadean Drive Yards of this we are sure!
