and produced the antidote to the enslaving drug, Vitoc, and provided to the Minmatar for free.

Zainou Biotech suffered a serious security breach in March, when two leading scientists, the biochemist Ullia Hnolku and his wife, Eckarine Mitumi-Hnolku, went missing, believed to be in possession of a classified drug known as Insorum.

May brought further developments in the Insorum Affair, as news agencies across New Eden broke the news that the insorzapine bisulfate compound was believed to be capable of reversing the effects of the mutagenic drug Vitoc....

The Insorum Affair took another twist late in May when Omir Sarikusa, dreaded leader of the Blood Raider Covenant, claimed responsibility for kidnapping Eckarine Mitumi-Hnolku, wife of Ullia Hnolku, the biochemist whose defection with samples of the Insorum drug alerted New Eden to its existence. The Blood Raider chief went on to claim that his organization was in control of a prototype of the Insorum drug and was prepared to use it to strike at the Amarr Empire. Confirmation of his claim to have captured Mitumi-Hnolku came with shocking images of her being subjected the Blood Raider rituals of 'blooding,' with Caldari State sources confirming the woman shown to be Ullia Hnolku's wife.

Within days of the Blood Raider announcement, Ullia Hnolku was dead. Apparently driven from cover by desperation at the kidnapping of his wife, Hnolku enlisted the assistance of a number of Minmatar capsuleers, keen to gain access to Insorum for purposes of freeing the legions of Minmatar slaves suffering under the chemical cosh of Vitoc. As Hnolku prepared to meet with the capsuleers, he was attacked aboard the station he had been hiding in and suffered a grievous knife wound. Managing to board a shuttle, Dr. Hnolku departed the station, escorted by a large force of Minmatar freedom-fighters. Along the way, possibly suffering impaired judgment as a result of blood loss, Dr. Hnolku made a premature jump through a stargate and fell into an ambush set up by Caldari capsuleers. His unarmed and unarmored ship was summarily destroyed.