Hello,
I used to be a pretty avid player, but I've been away for quite a while.  I left right after hackshield was implemented...it just seemed like way too much of a hassle to play a game.  I tried to update, and the updater said my version was too old.  I'm in the process of installing the new client, and I just had a couple questions:

1) Are all of my ships and crews going to be there?  I had it happen to me once where I took a hiatus and came back to an absolutely empty shipyard.  I had a couple EBBs that I really don't want to lose.
2) I noticed that all of the old servers are gone.  Is there just one server now?
3) I also noticed the new look of the website and the "olives" I received when I validated my email.  Is SDE still running the show or is NF "under new management" as it were?
4) What are the olives actually for?

Thanks in advance, and I'm sorry for sounding like such a noob.