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Toroko Shiyurida
Ishukone-Raata Technological Research Institute Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
1
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Posted - 2017.02.14 18:55:07 -
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Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:
You didn't ask a question, no wonder the thread stalled!
So here's a question for the thread in light of ongoing events, How do you maintain hygene when concerned about infectious diseases?
I would maintain largely the same approach with a bit more emphasis on cleansing my outfits daily.
If you had a choice to be any animal besides a human and had to make this choice, what would you be and why? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2942
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Posted - 2017.02.14 19:01:56 -
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Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:So here's a question for the thread in light of ongoing events, How do you maintain hygene when concerned about infectious diseases?
Wash hands. Avoid contact with infected people. Get inoculated if possible. Maybe sterilize commonly-touched surfaces with alcohol?
I'm afraid this one is more something that probably kills everybody if it gets into the station, though, so, I guess what I'd really do is leave procedures up to station administration and try not to neglect bio-security procedures in my own doings. The main danger is accidentally importing the Koyonoke protein "speck" onto my ship.
So-- for hygiene, what I'll really be doing is staying away from facilities and worlds with areas under quarantine. If for some reason I have to, and there's any containment breach while I'm there. If it did make it onto my ship (onset seems to be pretty rapid, so odds of finding out before the disease disembarked are at least pretty good), I'd disable life pods, deep-safespot, alert authorities, set out a quarantine beacon if possible, and pod myself.
If I found out I was sharing space with someone infected or had the pathogen myself and I was stationside, I'd alert station control, you, and the cloning bay where my backup is installed, in that order, and then open my throat. If I was in the Lamp or other modular facility I'd definitely alert them right after station control so that quarantine procedures could be coordinated. Maybe the seals would be thick/strong/multifaceted enough to protect the station.
(I'd be contacting station control first so that panic inside facility control wouldn't lead to one or more running two-legged containment breaches. Panic in station control leads to hastily-closed doors. Panic in facility control leads to people running through any doors that haven't closed yet.)
If, however improbably, I discovered a container of the substance, I'd follow pretty much the same procedures I would if I found someone who was already infected. After all, the stuff's good at bypassing airtight seals, so it'd be safe to assume that the contagion would be released if a container of it powered down. I'd probably hold off on the opening-my-throat step until I knew it had gotten out, though.
Mostly, I'd trust the authorities to act sensibly to keep the contagion contained and comply with any rules for preventing transmission. That seems like about the best we can do right now.
What do you do to relieve anxiety? |
Jev North
Anshar Incorporated
594
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Posted - 2017.02.14 19:41:52 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:What do you do to relieve anxiety?
Anxiety tends to trap me into a spiral of getting anxious, sitting and thinking about the object of my anxiety, and ensuingly getting more anxious. I don't have rituals to calm me down anymore; I started associating them with previous anxieties, and they ended up making things worse.
Instead, I try to break the spiral at any cost. Fortunately the two edges between the states leave open two modes of attack.
I try to distract myself by doing or considering something abnormal, out of my routine, or stressful of itself, so it will consume my attention more than the object of my anxiety. Say, answer to posts on the IGS, but while taking them seriously, or sending someone a mail about a topic I've been putting off.
Failing that, if I have some energy left, I try to get physical. Not getting up and pacing around, but something demanding - at least a jog, maybe a climbing session, or a long swim. At the very least, exhausting myself will let me sleep.
In the extreme, there's vodka, although I've been cutting back on that one a lot.
Have you ever started something, then seen it fail, through no fault of anyone's but simple, stupid circumstance or accident of birth, or personality?
"The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement. Everything else we shall destroy GÇö everything."
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Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1947
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Posted - 2017.02.17 18:18:01 -
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Jev North wrote:Have you ever started something, then seen it fail, through no fault of anyone's but simple, stupid circumstance or accident of birth, or personality?
Yes. Several archaeological research endeavours that have floundered due to various peoples egos getting in the way, and also religious differences.
Have you ever seen someone beating themselves up with their own prosthetic arm ?
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
759
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Posted - 2017.02.17 19:38:48 -
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I have not. I have, however, beat somebody up with their own prosthetic arm. It was greatly amusing to her friends, who nearly died laughing before I had to beat them up too.
EDIT: a question, I nearly forgot.
What's the best (by best, I mean a) most painful and thoroughly roasting to the recipient, b) most amusing to the bystander, or ideally c) all of the above) insult you've either been given or witnessed the giving of?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
760
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Posted - 2017.02.17 19:44:40 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Neph wrote:Quote: If you had a partner/lover when you first died (either as part of your capsuleer exam or otherwise), did your death affect your relationship in any way?
I had neither, so I'll let the question stand. But I would like to mention that my cats summarily rejected my clone. But that's so sad! What happened to them?
I gave them to my brother. They happily pile scorn upon whatever corporate visitors he or his wife happen to entertain at their home.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1056
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Posted - 2017.02.21 23:14:42 -
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Valerie Valate wrote: Have you ever seen someone beating themselves up with their own prosthetic arm ?
Yes,the pilot's arm suffered a software malfunction. it was both horrifying and oddly funny at the same time.
Neph wrote: What's the best (by best, I mean a) most painful and thoroughly roasting to the recipient, b) most amusing to the bystander, or ideally c) all of the above) insult you've either been given or witnessed the giving of?
The roasting I received from my dear cousin, and then maid of honor, the first time I married Michaelus at the rehearsal dinner. She has a .... way with words! I am not sure I can reproduce them here without further embarassment!
My question is "If you could go back in time and change history, what would you change? Why?"
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2039
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Posted - 2017.02.22 02:07:04 -
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Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:
My question is "If you could go back in time and change history, what would you change? Why?"
Nothing. At least without some simulations devised and performed. I believe that history is like a constantly-upgrading clockwork machine, where every event big or small is a tiny or large gear, sprocket or spring all connected to each other both subtly, and obviously, directly or indirectly. Changing one event, no matter how innocent or how innocuous, has the potential of causing a chain reaction leading to a complete and utter change in the entire machine. If I were to go back in time to change that one moment I did not secure the fuel valves properly and inflict upon myself the original burn scar on my cheek, who knows what I might become now and what else has changed. Better be content with what I have at present and work with what I have to the best of my abilities than mull over changing pasts.
How do you use your emotions to influence your life and your decision-making?
A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
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Kador Ouryon
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
155
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Posted - 2017.02.22 05:34:28 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:
My question is "If you could go back in time and change history, what would you change? Why?"
Nothing. At least not without some simulations devised and performed. I believe that history is like a constantly-upgrading clockwork machine, where every event big or small is a tiny or large gear, sprocket or spring all connected to each other both subtly, and obviously, directly or indirectly. Changing one event, no matter how innocent or how innocuous, has the potential of causing a chain reaction leading to a complete and utter change in the entire machine. If I were to go back in time to change that one moment I did not secure the fuel valves properly and inflict upon myself the original burn scar on my cheek, who knows what I might become now and what else has changed. Better be content with what I have at present and work with what I have to the best of my abilities than mull over changing pasts. How do you use your emotions to influence your life and your decision-making?
You don't 'use' emotions like you would tools to influence your decision making processes, they are integral and incidental at their very core in the way they automatically direct those processes without consent. We shape our lives around our emotions.
Specifically though I suppose I orchestrate my decision making processes around the most ethical options available to me at any given time.
My question is why do capsuleers always drag the conversation back to their space ships, isn't this redundant, aren't these questions and answers you have all heard before?
What fills the soul?
Something that guides a lost child back to it's parents arms.
Or waves that dye the shores of the heart gold.
A blessed breath to nurture life in a land of wheat.
Or the path the Sef descend drawn in ash.
In the wake of fire.
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Tressith Sefira
The Scope Gallente Federation
201
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Posted - 2017.02.22 05:39:08 -
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Kador Ouryon wrote:
You don't 'use' emotions like you would tools to influence your decision making processes, they are integral and incidental at their very core in the way they automatically direct those processes without consent. We shape our lives around our emotions.
Specifically though I suppose I orchestrate my decision making processes around the most ethical options available to me at any given time.
My question is why do capsuleers always drag the conversation back to their space ships, isn't this redundant, aren't these questions and answers you have all heard before?
It's like, common ground for them. The bottom, easiest tier to start conversation about. Like the weather. Yeah, it's redundant, yes, we've all heard it.
What's one superstition from "home" that you've carried with you everywhere? |
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2041
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Posted - 2017.02.22 06:24:00 -
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Tressith Sefira wrote:Kador Ouryon wrote:
You don't 'use' emotions like you would tools to influence your decision making processes, they are integral and incidental at their very core in the way they automatically direct those processes without consent. We shape our lives around our emotions.
Specifically though I suppose I orchestrate my decision making processes around the most ethical options available to me at any given time.
My question is why do capsuleers always drag the conversation back to their space ships, isn't this redundant, aren't these questions and answers you have all heard before?
It's like, common ground for them. The bottom, easiest tier to start conversation about. Like the weather. Yeah, it's redundant, yes, we've all heard it. What's one superstition from "home" that you've carried with you everywhere?
My animistic beliefs. I still give maintenance the same brevity as consoling a crying child or mending another person's wound, and I still put potatoes on the same level as chickens, and I still care for my utensils the same way I care for my own limbs.
How much of what you learnt during your training years do you still retain?
A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
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Myxx
Black Eclipse Corp
773
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Posted - 2017.02.22 06:56:23 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Tressith Sefira wrote:Kador Ouryon wrote:
You don't 'use' emotions like you would tools to influence your decision making processes, they are integral and incidental at their very core in the way they automatically direct those processes without consent. We shape our lives around our emotions.
Specifically though I suppose I orchestrate my decision making processes around the most ethical options available to me at any given time.
My question is why do capsuleers always drag the conversation back to their space ships, isn't this redundant, aren't these questions and answers you have all heard before?
It's like, common ground for them. The bottom, easiest tier to start conversation about. Like the weather. Yeah, it's redundant, yes, we've all heard it. What's one superstition from "home" that you've carried with you everywhere? My animistic beliefs. I still give maintenance the same brevity as consoling a crying child or mending another person's wound, and I still put potatoes on the same level as chickens, and I still care for my utensils the same way I care for my own limbs. How much of what you learnt during your training years do you still retain? All of it.
What is the most shocking or surprising thing you have learned since ascending? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2041
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Posted - 2017.02.22 07:07:19 -
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Myxx wrote:
What is the most shocking or surprising thing you have learned since ascending?
That I can actually feel sensations while jacked into a ship. First time I felt like I was hurling when I activated the shield booster, it was a shock.
Do you still use mechanical keyboards for serious typing despite the existence of holographic or touchscreen haptic-feedback-capable keyboards or spine-mounted input devices?
A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
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Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
3055
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Posted - 2017.02.22 09:58:39 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Myxx wrote:
What is the most shocking or surprising thing you have learned since ascending?
That I can actually feel sensations while jacked into a ship. First time I felt like I was hurling when I activated the shield booster, it was a shock. Do you still use mechanical keyboards for serious typing despite the existence of holographic or touchscreen haptic-feedback-capable keyboards or spine-mounted input devices? Of course no, what am I, some sort of minmatar for that?... Why would anyone use such ancient inefficient and literally filthy devices? Well, obviously these were rhetorical questions. It is known that when such devices were used they were gathering more germs than, excuse me, toilet seats, and I really can't imagine anyone using them, except somebody like filthy minmatar, who don't watch for both hygiene and technological progress.
Are you disgusted by tribals?
Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.
In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.
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Claudia Osyn
Non-Hostile Target
2268
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Posted - 2017.02.22 13:24:53 -
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Diana Kim wrote:.
Are you disgusted by tribals? No. Was it not made clear that this isn't the thread for such questions?
A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go.
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Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
58
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Posted - 2017.02.22 13:46:09 -
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Diana Kim wrote:Are you disgusted by tribals? No.
Because that is a rude question.
Since Miss Osyn didn't ask a question, I'll post one. For those born planetside, what's one thing you miss doing?
Drone Region Resident
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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1288
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Posted - 2017.02.22 13:57:30 -
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Tsao Aubbes wrote: Since Miss Osyn didn't ask a question, I'll post one. For those born planetside, what's one thing you miss doing?
Agrarian slave community. Pretty low tech, since the climate was pretty much perfect for it and thus it was just cost effective to keep things simple and manual where possible. There's one memory that's been surfacing recently once in a while, and that's the scent of the soil as you extract the fruits of your labor. It's not particularly pleasant or even memorable as such, but I still sometimes miss it because of that time period. New Eden was so unbelievably simple for someone that young, that rigidly limited, that indoctrinated. The feel of that soil in your hands, the work, the scent... it was all there was.
In its own way, it's something worth missing, even if I wouldn't actually ever wish it upon anyone.
What is the most 'alien' place you have ever seen or known? |
Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
3059
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Posted - 2017.02.22 14:47:00 -
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Mizhara Del'thul wrote: What is the most 'alien' place you have ever seen or known?
Crystal boulevard in Caille.
Who is your favorite warlord from the era of Tikiona States (on Caldari Prime)?
Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.
In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2041
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Posted - 2017.02.23 03:28:32 -
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Mizhara Del'thul wrote:
What is the most 'alien' place you have ever seen or known?
Those 'space-time sinks' sites that ARC fleet-ops took mercs (like myself) to during our Drifter Hive raids. Full of cuboidal megastructures with apparent electroactive properties scattered all around in 'scattered toothpicks' formation, floating in between two 'space-time sinks' of sorts, one over and the other under. Blew my mind. No idea how any of those work. Didn't bring any kind of scientific equipment to study the megastructure or the 'space-time sinks'.
Also note, remember those Monolith things in a system close to the one with the Eve Gate? Drifter Hives have those too.
What about you guys? Any really 'alien' places you guys been to, seen or known?
A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
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Myxx
Black Eclipse Corp
773
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Posted - 2017.02.23 05:49:55 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Mizhara Del'thul wrote:
What is the most 'alien' place you have ever seen or known?
Those 'space-time sinks' sites that ARC fleet-ops took mercs (like myself) to during our Drifter Hive raids. Full of cuboidal megastructures with apparent electroactive properties scattered all around in 'scattered toothpicks' formation, floating in between two 'space-time sinks' of sorts, one over and the other under. Blew my mind. No idea how any of those work. Didn't bring any kind of scientific equipment to study the megastructure or the 'space-time sinks' (I will much rather enter the Megastructure with all kinds of heavy equipment to salvage and deliver all the potential high-tech artifacts to various workshops and proving grounds for study and reverse-engineering, though). Also note, remember those Monolith things in a system close to the one with the Eve Gate? Drifter Hives have those too. What about you guys? Any really 'alien' places you guys been to, seen or known? I'll never forget my first trip into Anoikis. The nebula of the system in question was fascinating, and unlike anything we have in known space. So much so, I can't help but be drawn back like a moth to a flame.
Is there anything that you have set as long term goals for yourself that seem hopelessly out of reach even right now? If so, if you can, explain or elaborate.. |
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Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next Last Calamity
249
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Posted - 2017.02.23 08:06:31 -
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Myxx wrote:Is there anything that you have set as long term goals for yourself that seem hopelessly out of reach even right now? If so, if you can, explain or elaborate.. I truly wish I could be a better combat pilot. I told myself when I joined P-NXT I would get better at fighting solo, but I haven't improved much, if at all, and it's kind of hopeless, I guess. Sure, I may have gotten a kill or two, but I don't think I'm ever actually going to be good. I'm too nervous solo. I can't think, I always either get myself blobbed, or screw up. I can and do participate in fleets, and those fleets usually go okay, but I feel like there's something lacking. I'm probably just being dumb.
What's one goal you're really happy you finally accomplished?
Glory to Bob
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Hetu Hegirin
Otherwhere Circle
59
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Posted - 2017.02.24 16:00:28 -
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Merchant Rova wrote:What's one goal you're really happy you finally accomplished? Paying out dividends. It's highly gratifying to look to the goal we set together, knowing we met one challenge and exceeded expectations, but a little tangible proof for the effort is equally important. For many, it makes the next goal seem all the more achievable.
What was an experience that left you feeling that someone or something must be "looking out" for you? |
Graelyn
Aeternus Command Academy
856
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Posted - 2017.02.24 17:00:15 -
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Quote:What was an experience that left you feeling that someone or something must be "looking out" for you?
One of my Kamieras turned on me and a close baseliner associate outside of a Starport on Penirgman. Point blank. Pulled out a thermal explosive brick and shouted a prayer.
A nearby Caldari businessman in a black suit calmly pulled a small device from his pocket and pointed it at the explosive in that upraised hand. No boom, ECM I suppose. Then with his other, he drew a pistol and fired thrice; left eye, jaw, throat.
After security swooped in and questioned everyone, he gave me his card. I've used his Kaalakiota mercenaries ever since.
If you could re-assign a combat role to your favorite ship, what would you change?
Cardinal Graelyn
Resident Lecturer - Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Loyalist of the Year - YC113
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Utari Onzo
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1582
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Posted - 2017.02.24 19:01:05 -
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I would change my beloved Guardians to become cruiser sized versions of a Marauder. But only if pressed to change them.
There are two glasses of wine. One in front of me, and one in front of you. Without using any technology, how would you go about figuring out which one contains the poison?
"Face the enemy as a solid wall
For faith is your armor
And through it, the enemy will find no breach
Wrap your arms around the enemy
For faith is your fire
And with it, burn away his evil"
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Jev North
Anshar Incorporated Monyusaiya Industry Trade Group
665
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Posted - 2017.02.24 19:16:04 -
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Utari Onzo wrote:There are two glasses of wine. One in front of me, and one in front of you. Without using any technology, how would you go about figuring out which one contains the poison? By taking whichever one is closest to me, lifting it to my lips, and then throwing it in your face and throttling you -- if I suspect either one contains poison, you're trying to kill me, and I get to try and kill you right back, convoluted nth-order thinking be damned.
Have you ever been accused of not fitting your racial stereotypes?
Bullets have a beauty and I don't know why.
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Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
548
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Posted - 2017.02.24 19:25:41 -
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Jev North wrote:Utari Onzo wrote:There are two glasses of wine. One in front of me, and one in front of you. Without using any technology, how would you go about figuring out which one contains the poison? By taking whichever one is closest to me, lifting it to my lips, and then throwing it in your face and throttling you -- if I suspect either one contains poison, you're trying to kill me, and I get to try and kill you right back, convoluted nth-order thinking be damned. Have you ever been accused of not fitting your racial stereotypes? Over and over and over again, typically by those who know nothing but the stereotypes.
Do you identify strongly with any lineage or culture that isn't your own? Which?
"At the end of it all, we have only what we've left in our wake to be remembered by." -Kyoko Ishikari, YC 95 - YC 117
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Tsao Aubbes
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
58
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Posted - 2017.02.24 19:32:13 -
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Jev North wrote:Have you ever been accused of not fitting your racial stereotypes? So many times. I mean, look at me. I'm a very awkward person. I've had a few capsuleers and many more baseliners tell me that I don't really sound like I'm "Gallentean". And frankly, I don't really think I fit most stereotypes either..
What's one racial stereotype you fit daily?
Drone Region Resident
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Wren Villeneuve
Akagi Initiative Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
60
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Posted - 2017.02.25 05:31:10 -
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Tsao Aubbes wrote: What's one racial stereotype you fit daily?
I think I might be the most vain person in the cluster. Put mirrors everywhere and I'm pretty happy.
What's your ideal world?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2047
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Posted - 2017.02.25 05:50:35 -
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Wren Villeneuve wrote:Tsao Aubbes wrote: What's one racial stereotype you fit daily?
I think I might be the most vain person in the cluster. Put mirrors everywhere and I'm pretty happy. What's your ideal world?
One where there is no reason to yearn for an ideal world.
How far will you go to get a good cup of coffee?
A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
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Hetu Hegirin
Otherwhere Circle
62
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Posted - 2017.02.25 06:31:03 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:How far will you go to get a good cup of coffee? On the equatorial band of Arnola II there is a profusion of tropical river valleys which produce an array of tobacco cultivars, among them the coveted 'Bright Blond' varieties. What is less known is that the soils that produce these prized leaves also nurture an exceedingly lively bean jestingly called flora supernatura. Relatively limited in quantity, usually only available in early winter of the New Eden standard calendar, and fully worth the expense.
So to answer your question, my record so far is one-and-one-half parsec.
When was a time that you felt furthest from 'home', and was physical proximity a factor? |
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