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== The Fall of Niarja ==

For many years, the most heavily trafficked hisec trade route was the 9-jump route from Jita to Amarr. That route entered and left Amarrian space via the 0.5-sec system, '''Niarja'''. The relatively low security rating of the system made it a haven for gankers (and thus ~~the~~ the most famous of the hisec chokepoints).

For many years, the most heavily trafficked hisec trade route was the 9-jump route from Jita to Amarr. That route entered and left Amarrian space via the 0.5-sec system, '''Niarja'''. The relatively low security rating of the system made it a haven for gankers (and thus the most famous of the hisec chokepoints).

On 16th August, 2020, Niara became targeted by the [[Triglavian Invasion]], and on 18th August, the system fell to the invaders and became first lowsec, then nullsec, with all gates in the system heavily camped by both Triglavian sympathizers and large groups of Triglavian NPC ships. This effectively cut the Jita-Amarr highway, making the route deadly to any ship not able to either enter warp in under two seconds, or exploit a cloaking device to align and warp safely. This also made every map of the trade routes and topology wrong, an issue which is still being incrementally corrected.

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 == The Fall of Niarja ==
-For many years, the most heavily trafficked hisec trade route was the 9-jump route from Jita to Amarr. That route entered and left Amarrian space via the 0.5-sec system, '''Niarja'''. The relatively low security rating of the system made it a haven for gankers (and thus the the most famous of the hisec chokepoints).
+For many years, the most heavily trafficked hisec trade route was the 9-jump route from Jita to Amarr. That route entered and left Amarrian space via the 0.5-sec system, '''Niarja'''. The relatively low security rating of the system made it a haven for gankers (and thus the most famous of the hisec chokepoints).
 On 16th August, 2020, Niara became targeted by the [[Triglavian Invasion]], and on 18th August, the system fell to the invaders and became first lowsec, then nullsec, with all gates in the system heavily camped by both Triglavian sympathizers and large groups of Triglavian NPC ships. This effectively cut the Jita-Amarr highway, making the route deadly to any ship not able to either enter warp in under two seconds, or exploit a cloaking device to align and warp safely. This also made every map of the trade routes and topology wrong, an issue which is still being incrementally corrected.