Bide your time, space cadets.

It's finally time for the launch of Trinity, EVE Online's new expansion which will be providing a graphical overhaul of the entire game. Expect some downtime tomorrow for about 24 hours of patching and prep work.

The time for EVE to evolve from beautiful to gorgeous is approaching! Trinity, EVE Online's newest content expansion, will be deployed on Wednesday 5 December, commencing at 0200 GMT. Tranquility and the EVE forums will be unavailable for the length of the deployment, both are expected to return to service by 0200 GMT on Thursday 6 December.

You can read the patch notes and watch some trailers at the official forums in the meantime.