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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2010.11.14 19:32:00 -
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It was a good day. I was visiting a friend at a small and quiet cargo dock, we had a great time just talking about stuff, you know, about everything. We went to the beach nearby for a walk. The sky was so clear and so blue. There was hardly any people around at this time of the year, not that it's a popular place anyway. It was very ordinary. But once again just walking and smelling the sea and feel the sun... almost made me want to give up podding. It was very quiet, but very calm. Perhaps devoid of humanity, space can be the same. I did a sketch in my pod. I tried to just capture the feeling of the dock... I don't think it can be done.
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Pol Macsliebh
Minmatar Sarz'na Khumatari Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2010.11.14 21:44:00 -
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Take a Photo next time
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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2010.11.14 23:42:00 -
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Originally by: Pol Macsliebh Take a Photo next time
Stop being stupid.
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Sinjin Mokk
Khanid Provincial Vanguard Black Inquisition
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Posted - 2010.11.15 06:09:00 -
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I try to to spend time once every week or so to with my friends and family; to breathe in the unfiltered air and feel the tug of of my homeworld's gravity.
It is easy to lose yourself in the stars, to become so enmeshed in the constant struggle that you forget what you fight for.
In these quiet moments of peace, while your sword rests, you can feel the gentle gaze of God as the stars look down.
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Vendrin
Caldari Stimulus
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Posted - 2010.11.15 07:23:00 -
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Edited by: Vendrin on 15/11/2010 07:25:25 It was a good day. I was visiting a friend at a small and quiet system, we had a good time just talking about stuff, you know, about everything. We warped to the nearby nova for a maneuver. The nova was so deep with the color of crimson swirling within it. There were hardly any targets around at this time of the year, not that it's a popular place anyway. It was very extraordinary. But once again just flying and sensing the solar winds pass over my thrusters, and to feel the sun warming the hull of my ship... almost made me want to extend this pleasure to others. It was very quiet and very calm. Devoid of the mass dregs of humanity, space is the only place it can truly be so. I used my memory implant to capture the moment forever. I tried to just capture the feeling of space. I succeeded.
Do you know how incredibly lucky you are to be part of the smallest percentile among the human population to be a capsuleer? And you waste your time perceiving with those gelatinous orbs that can only see the tiniest fraction of the EM spectrum? With ears that can only hear vibrations in the air?
As a capsuleer we can see gamma rays, perceive x-rays, sense dark matter, feel the wind of a supernova blow over us! I can not even properly express what we as caspuleers experience to a mortal, as it is impossible to conceptualize such complex emotions and sensations in the limited language we use! But you would trap yourself in your bodies prison, to "walk on a beach." Do us all a favor and stay there with the rest of the dregs. ___________________
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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2010.11.15 11:43:00 -
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Originally by: Vendrin Do you know how incredibly lucky you are to be part of the smallest percentile among the human population to be a capsuleer? And you waste your time perceiving with those gelatinous orbs that can only see the tiniest fraction of the EM spectrum? With ears that can only hear vibrations in the air?
As a capsuleer we can see gamma rays, perceive x-rays, sense dark matter, feel the wind of a supernova blow over us! I can not even properly express what we as caspuleers experience to a mortal, as it is impossible to conceptualize such complex emotions and sensations in the limited language we use! But you would trap yourself in your bodies prison, to "walk on a beach." Do us all a favor and stay there with the rest of the dregs.
It's really a matter of opinion. I think both kinds of senses are important for what they do. Sometimes even the empty space is filled with rubbish comm signals and so many little identifiable signatures, I find it more calming by listening to the raw white noise of the sea hitting the beach; without all those extra sensory gadgets blasting my nerves it becomes quite a meditative experience. I think it's what keeps me from going insane. It keeps me sharp.
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James Syagrius
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Posted - 2010.11.15 17:09:00 -
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~Transmission opens with James shaking his head at VendrinĘs message~
DonĘt listen to Vedrin, Ms Sata. He is just angry about getting sand in his pod.
~James smiles innocently, transmission ends~
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Vendrin
Caldari Stimulus
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Posted - 2010.11.16 07:22:00 -
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Originally by: Calathea Sata I think it's what keeps me from going insane. It keeps me sharp.
Trying to apply mortal methods of psychological diagnostics to yourself is foolish. Hopefully you'll learn that once you leave the Academy and actually do something with your existence. If you ever manage to. Honestly, I doubt you will with the attitude you have.
The sooner you let go of your life as a human and embrace your life as a capsuleer the better off you and your "friends" will be. ___________________
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Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2010.11.16 12:47:00 -
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Originally by: Vendrin
Trying to apply mortal methods of psychological diagnostics to yourself is foolish. Hopefully you'll learn that once you leave the Academy and actually do something with your existence. If you ever manage to. Honestly, I doubt you will with the attitude you have.
The sooner you let go of your life as a human and embrace your life as a capsuleer the better off you and your "friends" will be.
Thanks for the encouragement, mister immortal. I think I know what I'm doing more than you think what I think I'm doing. And, I'm enjoying my life, so are my friends, thank you very much. Let me ask you, why you tense tho? It isn't a race, we have all the time we can possibly want. Although I am sure you are very successful at what you're doing.
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Tyber Zaan
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Posted - 2010.11.17 14:30:00 -
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Originally by: Vendrin
Originally by: Calathea Sata I think it's what keeps me from going insane. It keeps me sharp.
Trying to apply mortal methods of psychological diagnostics to yourself is foolish. Hopefully you'll learn that once you leave the Academy and actually do something with your existence. If you ever manage to. Honestly, I doubt you will with the attitude you have.
The sooner you let go of your life as a human and embrace your life as a capsuleer the better off you and your "friends" will be.
As much as some of us hate to admit it, at the core we are still human. We can still breathe, bleed, and even die. The only difference is a bit of tech.
I still visit Pator from time to time, Ive even been on Caldari Prime, with the help of a freind who has ties with their navy. It keeps me grounded in reality, away from the delusions of superiority that many capsuleers suffer from.
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Syn Callibri
Minmatar 21st Eridani Lighthorse
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Posted - 2010.11.17 15:45:00 -
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Contrary to popular belief, some of we "immortal capsuleers" (yeah...right) still serve something greater than themselves...I for one serve the Republic and Vulkor-Khaine of the Scorpion Clan.
Syn Callibri Scorpion Clan Commander - Fleet Ops [21EL]
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Jaratsri
Veto. Veto Corp
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Posted - 2010.11.19 09:07:00 -
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Vendrin, Vendrin, it sounds like you have been stuck in that pod for far too long, might do you some good to unplug and get a slap in the face so you wake back up to reality.
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Vendrin
Caldari Stimulus
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Posted - 2010.11.19 10:12:00 -
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I am under no illusions about our so called immortality. Any of those who know me or my history know just how intimately I understand the weaknesses inherent in the cloning system that sustain us. Nor do I deny that some of us still choose to serve the nations that spawned us. I once did. But do not pretend to me that those are the majority. The majority of capsuleers are to busy building their own nations to remember the ones that spawned them.
We are no longer human, as much as you might wish it to be so, as I once did. You can not kill thousands of your own kind a day without it registering as barely more then an after note and remain human. You can not view death as merely a minor inconvenience and remain human.
We are not humans. Something less perhaps, but also something more. ___________________
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Tyber Zaan
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Posted - 2010.11.19 14:52:00 -
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Originally by: Vendrin I am under no illusions about our so called immortality. Any of those who know me or my history know just how intimately I understand the weaknesses inherent in the cloning system that sustain us. Nor do I deny that some of us still choose to serve the nations that spawned us. I once did. But do not pretend to me that those are the majority. The majority of capsuleers are to busy building their own nations to remember the ones that spawned them.
We are no longer human, as much as you might wish it to be so, as I once did. You can not kill thousands of your own kind a day without it registering as barely more then an after note and remain human. You can not view death as merely a minor inconvenience and remain human.
We are not humans. Something less perhaps, but also something more.
The definition of a human is relative. Ask 20 different people what a human is, you will probably get 20 different answers.
I can view death as an inconvenience because technology allows for it. The tech in the pod does not make us any less human.
As for "Killing thousands". The ships and crew I have killed thus far have been deemed a thread by CONCORD. And, most of the time, they fired first.
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De'Veldrin
Minmatar Green-Core The Obsidian Legion
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Posted - 2010.11.20 01:21:00 -
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Originally by: Tyber Zaan
I can view death as an inconvenience because technology allows for it. The tech in the pod does not make us any less human.
There is a good deal more to being human that your genetic makeup, Zaan. Our philosophical and ethical outlook changes as well, shaped by our experiences - and rightly so. Genetically, we remain human, but our outlook on life is as different from our planet bound brethren as ours is from the primitives that came before them. it may be the technology that makes us different, but that doesn't make us any less different. --Vel
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