The Earth Protectorate Alliance (EPA) was created by Wolf359 in mid February 2005 and today remains one of the oldest and most respected alliances in the game. During the early stages of its existance, the EPA was allied with the Tauri Alliance (TA), and together the EPA/TA enjoyed various sparring matches against The Order of Chaos (OoC). The most memorable battle being when the EPA, TA, ELUSIVE and Mass Destruction Alliance (MDA - a small alliance born from the EPA)planned and carried out an action against OoC, in which the armies of many OoC members - inlcuding its 3 prominent leaders (the3rdlibra, THE SAZ and _apophis) - were decimated. This became known as the TEEM Offensive (TA-EPA-ELUSIVE-MDA).