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CCP Abraxas
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Posted - 2007.02.27 13:32:00 -
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Hey folks. The new chronicle is up. After the raw horrors of the Methods of Torture tetralogy, this one marks a step into slightly more temperate climes for me. It touches slightly on invention, and on a small but increasingly significant rule among the Amarr royalty.
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2007.02.27 13:44:00 -
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Nice. Something new to read while at work.
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Smiffa
Gallente Perpetual Dawn Fimbulwinter
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Posted - 2007.02.27 14:51:00 -
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Good read!
Made the waiting-on-the-line-for-a-tech-support-line-for-an-obscure-AV-problem all the more easier...
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Alex Bester
Gallente Aeon Foundation - Science and Research Division
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Posted - 2007.02.27 14:56:00 -
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Good one!
I guess it isn't all gold being a Amarr royal.
I must go into space again, to the lonely stars and the endless sky, and all I ask for is a fast ship and a star to steer her by... |
Grimpak
Gallente Twisted Attitude Apocalyptica.
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Posted - 2007.02.27 16:32:00 -
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tbh I think Belthora had her deserved punishment by having her son brain damaged for life.
damn good drama. -------
Originally by: Tiuwaz for caldari perception weapons that hit up to 100km are short range weapons
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Jaerl
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.02.27 17:03:00 -
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A great read, and yeah I agree, they got exactly what was coming for them, they deserved it.
Although... shield rigs don't make you go kamikaze do they...? *cowers*
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Gerome Doutrande
4S Corporation Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2007.02.27 18:20:00 -
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nice
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Dread Operative
SniggWaffe Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2007.02.27 20:12:00 -
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Edited by: Dread Operative on 27/02/2007 20:08:57 Good read Glad us rust pilots don't need boosters for speed _________________________________________________________
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Iconath
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.02.27 20:21:00 -
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Edited by: Iconath on 27/02/2007 20:17:51 Edited by: Iconath on 27/02/2007 20:17:23 Great Chronicle Abraxas. One small request, would you consider changing the last word in this sentence from players to racers?
Originally by: CCP Abraxas As a result, ships needed to be fitted not only with sufficient firepower to destroy the beacons, but also electronic warfare capabilities to disrupt the targeting capabilities of other players.
It totally snapped me out of the story for a second.
Just a thought.
Keep up the great work. I can't wait for your next one.
Regards, Iconath
Originally by: Oveur And indeed, there will be beer
Inebriation / Rank 1 / SP: 255998 of 256000 |
Vir Hellnamin
Minmatar Gradient Namtz'aar k'in
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Posted - 2007.02.28 07:26:00 -
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Mr. (Dev.) Abraxas,
Is this the same story that was released in the White-Wolf Quarterly? (Sounds quite familiar and story seems same...)
Will there be unique stories for WW Quarterly only, or are all stories also published here?
Thanks for the answers, and for the short story.
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Arushia
Nova Labs
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Posted - 2007.02.28 19:40:00 -
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Originally by: Jaerl A great read, and yeah I agree, they got exactly what was coming for them, they deserved it.
Although... shield rigs don't make you go kamikaze do they...? *cowers*
I assumed it was a malfunctioning speed rig.
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DHU InMe
Gallente Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.03.01 03:34:00 -
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Originally by: Godflesh On the other side of the door, the boy turned the lights on and off, on and off, on and off, on and off, on and off.
LOL, what a sad/sinic story. __ UI Overhaul Eve Links http://myeve.eve-online.com/updates/patchnotes.asp HELP |
Kari Kayira
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.03.01 14:58:00 -
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Very good read, I enjoyed it.
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Terghon Tu
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.03.01 20:27:00 -
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As Khanid/Amarr player with a heart for roleplaying, I love any tales about the Amarr. This one was a nice peak into the hyper-competitive world of the Amarr elite, where overachieving is expected. I've seen real-life results of this attitude among people with a lot more money than myself. The children are pushed so hard to be "successful" that they can't be anything else; especially "themselves." This story nicely shows several results of that "must be successful" attitude. First, the children become ornaments of a family, symbols of its success. A family can be highly regarded without children, but not with unsuccessful ones. Second, the parents are obviously over-controlling, pushing the children mercilessly; usually with the misperception that it is "for their own good." Lastly, Abraxas shows the end result of that attitude: a willingness to do anything to make the children successful; even breaking rules that are virtually sacred.
And all that in a few hundred words, which also managed to fit it neatly into the EVE universe, touch on rigs and invention, and show the character of the people in those situations. And let's not forget that Abraxas also neatly turned it into a cautionary tale, with the tragic circumstance of the abused child (my opinion is that such pushing toward over achievement is abusive).
Oh, one last little gem I enjoyed. The fact that the race was conducted in "old-fashioned" ships, piloted without capsules and using a small crew. Seems silly at first, you'd expect the elite to use the best gear and equipment available, but then I think of the sports of our real-life elite: specifically the hunt club equestrian competitions that haven't much changed in 200 years. ---------- The right to do something doesn't make doing it right. |
Elise Masutra
The Department of Justice
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Posted - 2007.03.02 10:06:00 -
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Indeed a nice read. Keep your good work up!
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CCP Abraxas
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Posted - 2007.03.02 14:25:00 -
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Originally by: Jaerl shield rigs don't make you go kamikaze do they...?
Nah. What Keral was using was a prototype. The modules you capsuleers use are perfectly safe. That's not to say you won't get blown to pieces every now and then, but it won't be from a malfunctioning rig.
Originally by: Iconath One small request, would you consider changing the last word in this sentence from players to racers?
I see what you mean, but I'll leave it like that. They're players in the race rather than the EVE game, so the word works in context. The story was written for a non-EVE-playing audience (see below), so I decided to go with a word that would imply that they themselves could be engaged in this sort of thing.
Originally by: Vir Hellnamin Is this the same story that was released in the White-Wolf Quarterly? (Sounds quite familiar and story seems same...)
Will there be unique stories for WW Quarterly only, or are all stories also published here?
It is indeed. It was meant as a flavour piece for the WW crowd. At the moment there are no further EVE stories planned for the WW quarterly, at least not from me.
Originally by: Terghon Tu And let's not forget that Abraxas also neatly turned it into a cautionary tale, with the tragic circumstance of the abused child (my opinion is that such pushing toward over achievement is abusive).
I'd tend to agree. A good deal of this story - far more than people would expect - was drawn from personal experience. That applies not only to Keral pre-accident and pre-cloning, but also to his state after it. (Someone very close to me had brain damage of a sort, and the effect that this person had on me still echoes through a lot of my writings.) Someone mentioned that his fate was fitting punishment for Bethora, and in a way I suppose that's true, but my god, what a price.
Originally by: Terghon Tu Oh, one last little gem I enjoyed. The fact that the race was conducted in "old-fashioned" ships, piloted without capsules and using a small crew. Seems silly at first, you'd expect the elite to use the best gear and equipment available, but then I think of the sports of our real-life elite: specifically the hunt club equestrian competitions that haven't much changed in 200 years.
Mmm, true, but it's not only that. Keep in mind that a huge amount of spacelane traffic isn't capsuleer-piloted. All the NPC convoys you see floating around have regular crews.
The competition can't allow capsuleers because then it'd be the capsuleers competing, rather than the Amarr royalty. And they do use the best gear and equipment available: It's implied that most of the modules fitted onto the ships are similar to what capsuleers use, and that stuff is pretty high-end. It's the format of the competition, rather than the implementation, that has the veneer of age.
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Sebastien LeReparteur
Minmatar V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
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Posted - 2007.03.05 20:31:00 -
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I like the existentialistic written stile but the latest story are so far off of the Eve experience that I have troubles connecting with them.
Any who nice Scifi ready
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Esurnir
Amarr Bears Inc FREGE Alliance
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Posted - 2007.03.06 17:55:00 -
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Edited by: Esurnir on 06/03/2007 17:55:54 I love it.
Just wondering, what is the "rank" of Raana ? I assume a holder at least.
Due to the recent achievement from the theology council investigation team, I assume that the crime will be solved perhaps a litle after two more emperor died .
Oh another question. The "prototype rigs" are they like the officer's modules ? Highly advanced prototype that has been tuned to fit the user needs ? ----
Quote: Thou shall pew pew.
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Esurnir
Amarr Bears Inc FREGE Alliance
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Posted - 2007.03.06 18:00:00 -
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Oh another question. The "prototype rigs" are they like the officer's modules ? Highly advanced prototype that has been tuned to fit the user needs ? ----
Quote: Thou shall pew pew.
Book of Revelation 12, 51 |
Xenofur
Di-Tron Heavy Industries Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2007.03.11 17:58:00 -
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hmmm, this struck me as really silly:
Quote: The glass in the windows was warm, too, which was rare on space stations. Microscopic filaments embedded in the glass generated a constant supply of heat, and the material in the windows was specially mixed to conduct it well. The heat loss through this process was horrendous
this is probably the weirdest sf explanation i have ever read. just think about this: either make the glasses two layers, with insulating air inbetween that is circulated into the station's system, or make it triple-layered, with the middle being a special insulating compound. hey presto massively reduced heat loss as compared to heating a component that is exposed to vacuum all the time.
(nvm the fact that usually you actually need to actively cool your space vehicles. )
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