Massively has published a new interview with Dierdra Vaal, retiring vice chairman of the CSM and Eve University’s Director of Education. The interview covers a broad range of subjects including EVE Gate, the influence of NPC bounties on New Eden’s economy, and the possibility of microtransactions in the future of EVE Online. It is the first part of a series of two interviews with representatives of EVE’s Council of Stellar Management, and is a follow-up to the minutes of the December CSM summit that were released earlier this month.