EVE Crash 9:31 GMT-6

Reporting in at 9:31am GMT-6 (Guessing that would make it really at 3:31am GMT)

Crashed during a mission I was helping some random person with, ships were still flying around and my drones were still in space. I am now stuck with the Log In screen. There goes my hammerhead IIs and possibly my Thorax if it's still lying there in space a very big and unnecessary setback for me.

Solution? Petition for my drones and my thorax if they're gone? I may even be podded in space? (paranoid)

It seems there are some technical issues with Eve today. Hence the new patch I presume. The login screen showed a CCP message regarding database problems. If you lost your drones and ships because of this, then yes, try a petition.
Do you have insurance?

EVE is up and running again.
There is apparantly a bug with the wallets.
Do not load your wallet.
(source: Eve Radio)