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Templar Thal Vadam
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
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Posted - 2016.12.09 16:03:32 -
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I'll pose a question, the first person who posts answers the question, then asks one of their own that the next person answers, and so on. You can answer and pose more then once but not to your own question.
My question is...
What was the funniest thing you did as a teenager? |
Sofia Roseburn
Verdant Inquiries
155
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Posted - 2016.12.09 16:17:24 -
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Even for this place your entry lowers the quality bar. Please don't. |
Lan Wang
Knights of the Posing Meat Snuffed Out
3779
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Posted - 2016.12.09 16:31:14 -
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Sofia Roseburn wrote:Even for this place your entry lowers the quality bar. Please don't.
that isn't a question though?
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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
945
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Posted - 2016.12.09 16:45:21 -
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And so we witness the moment the IGS broke the negative effort post threshold. |
Trii Seo
Goonswarm Federation
931
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Posted - 2016.12.09 16:52:37 -
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We can have a break from ranting once in a while, dear. As for the funniest thing I've done as a kid?
...has got to be toilet deconstruction via uncontrolled detonation of homemade explosives.
What was your first ride? Ships included.
Proud pilot of the Imperium
Arek'Jaalan: Heliograph
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Sofia Roseburn
Verdant Inquiries
156
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Posted - 2016.12.09 16:56:31 -
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Lan Wang wrote:Sofia Roseburn wrote:Even for this place your entry lowers the quality bar. Please don't. that isn't a question though? what would you rather fight, 50 duck sized horse or 1 horse sized duck?
Yes. |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1460
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Posted - 2016.12.09 16:59:32 -
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Mizhara Del'thul wrote:And so we witness the moment the IGS broke the negative effort post threshold.
I eagerly await your next thought provoking topic posted here for everyone to engage in. I'll even hold my breath.
"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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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
945
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Posted - 2016.12.09 17:18:11 -
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They don't tend to get much traction if it's more than two sentences long. I think the last one garnered one private message and an awkward silence, which is interesting given the topic's potential impact on vitoc dependency and at the very least a 20b+ asset to be shot at.
It's okay Utari, I don't think anyone expects you or others to read something more than a paragraph long here. |
Sinti Vailatti
Angelis Exploration
209
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Posted - 2016.12.09 17:39:01 -
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Mizhara Del'thul wrote:They don't tend to get much traction if it's more than two sentences long. I think the last one garnered one private message and an awkward silence, which is interesting given the topic's potential impact on vitoc dependency and at the very least a 20b+ asset to be shot at.
It's okay Utari, I don't think anyone expects you or others to read something more than a paragraph long here.
Ok, so your question is, "Does anyone expect Utari or others to read something more than a paragraph?"
I'm gonna say no. But I do kinda miss the days where'd you get a 'wall of text" reply to opinions on what to have for dinner.
Is it better to give or receive?
GÇ£Where must we go...we who wander this wasteland, in search of our better selves?GÇ¥
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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2593
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Posted - 2016.12.09 18:22:50 -
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Sinti Vailatti wrote:Is it better to give or receive?
DependsGÇöIf it's money, receive. If it's relativistic death-salami from 1400mm barrels, definitely give.
And now the question: Why did no-one answer Trii's question? |
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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1460
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Posted - 2016.12.09 18:26:06 -
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Arrendis wrote:Sinti Vailatti wrote:Is it better to give or receive?
DependsGÇöIf it's money, receive. If it's relativistic death-salami from 1400mm barrels, definitely give. And now the question: Why did no-one answer Trii's question?
Because I was too poor growing up to have a ride.
I kid, my first ride was a freighter in space on the day I was born. I was just a tinsy bit early.
How do you feel about the economic situation in Solitude?
"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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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2730
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Posted - 2016.12.09 18:29:51 -
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Arrendis wrote:Sinti Vailatti wrote:Is it better to give or receive?
DependsGÇöIf it's money, receive. If it's relativistic death-salami from 1400mm barrels, definitely give. And now the question: Why did no-one answer Trii's question?
It was unclear, but depending on how you read it, the majority of our first "rides" were probably being carried by a nurse or physician or something. I don't remember, of course, but for once probably nobody else remembers any better than I do.
Question:
What is the farthest you've been, in every sense, from home?
Edit:
Dammit, Utari!
Answer: So, if you're talking about the capsuleer markets, I guess I don't know very much about it. If you're talking about the non-capsuleer markets, it seems a little typically frontier-ish. I'm a little concerned that the large-scale landholders currently set up on some worlds will eventually wind up as economically-entrenched quasi-feudal aristocracy without the limits and oversight that come with that kind of status in the Empire.
My question's still the same. |
Jaret Victorian
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
607
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Posted - 2016.12.09 18:40:56 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote: What is the farthest you've been, in every sense, from home?
Exactly one teenage problem
What are you tired of hearing/reading?
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Follow us on GalNet!
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2730
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Posted - 2016.12.09 18:44:17 -
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Jaret Victorian wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote: What is the farthest you've been, in every sense, from home?
Exactly one teenage problem What are you tired of hearing/reading? People complaining about the IGS instead of posting more interesting stuff on it.
What is "One teenage problem?" I think I must be missing some kind of cultural reference. |
Persephone Alleile
Tartarus Covert Operations
256
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Posted - 2016.12.09 18:48:40 -
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I'm not really sure what was meant by the "one teenage problem" comment.
Where do you store your valuable assets and what kind of security set-up do you have? |
Jaret Victorian
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
607
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Posted - 2016.12.09 18:52:25 -
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Persephone Alleile wrote:I'm not really sure what was meant by the "one teenage problem" comment.
Where do you store your valuable assets and what kind of security set-up do you have? Oh please. We all had blunder years, yes? I'm very close to my home and family.
In a secure container and I don't remember where I put the password for it - this has to be the most secure place.
What is the hardest thing you have ever said no to?
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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2595
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Posted - 2016.12.09 18:53:48 -
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Torture and murder.
What was the problem? (Can't help it, you've made it kinda a thing now, and I'm all curious.) |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2730
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Posted - 2016.12.09 18:57:12 -
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Persephone Alleile wrote:I'm not really sure what was meant by the "one teenage problem" comment.
Where do you store your valuable assets and what kind of security set-up do you have?
Scattered in hangars all over creation; standard capsuleer hangar security craziness-- like most of us, in both cases.
When have you, personally, gone too far? |
Jaret Victorian
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
608
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Posted - 2016.12.09 19:00:43 -
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Arrendis wrote:Torture and murder.
What was the problem? (Can't help it, you've made it kinda a thing now, and I'm all curious.) Oh it's nothing interesting. Just thought I could be the most useful gear in the State.
What annoys you when other people do it, but you occasionally do it as well?
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Sinjin Mokk
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
1031
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Posted - 2016.12.09 19:03:26 -
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Jaret Victorian wrote:Arrendis wrote:Torture and murder.
What was the problem? (Can't help it, you've made it kinda a thing now, and I'm all curious.) Oh it's nothing interesting. Just thought I could be the most useful gear in the State. What annoys you when other people do it, but you occasionally do it as well?
Post an opinion on the IGS.
What law would you like to see made obsolete?
"Angels live, they never die,
Apart from us, behind the sky.
They're fading souls who've turned to ice,
So ashen white in paradise."
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2730
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Posted - 2016.12.09 19:05:44 -
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Jaret Victorian wrote:What annoys you when other people do it, but you occasionally do it as well? Oh, good one! ... Probably, getting distracted from the task at hand and/or letting my state of mind affect my work.
Same question:
When have you, personally, gone too far? |
Templar Echora Vadam
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2016.12.09 19:12:12 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Jaret Victorian wrote:What annoys you when other people do it, but you occasionally do it as well? Oh, good one! ... Probably, getting distracted from the task at hand and/or letting my state of mind affect my work. Same question: When have you, personally, gone too far?
When I went to a party one time and tested the limits of my alcoholic resistances. It was bad.
My question. What is the last thing you remember that made you really happy? |
Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
466
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Posted - 2016.12.09 19:21:40 -
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Finding myself in a wolfpack with familiar, years-old faces.
What's the one thing you would change about your clone bodies, but for whatever reason, never did?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2730
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Posted - 2016.12.09 19:26:08 -
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Templar Echora Vadam wrote:My question. What is the last thing you remember that made you really happy? Really, really happy, like, in a completely qualified way?
...
Utari. Things ... kind of haven't been right, since....
What's the worst thing you've enjoyed imagining happen to someone without feeling guilty about it?
Edit:
Oops. Again. Sigh.
Uh, probably my nose. It's this odd pointy thing, but, it's kind of mine, you know?
Same question. |
Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
136
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Posted - 2016.12.09 19:34:07 -
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Jev North wrote:What's the one thing you would change about your clone bodies, but for whatever reason, never did? Honestly? I'd like to not look totally insane for once. Or maybe not have such a shiny forehead. But they're both kinda jokes so I never got around to trying to "fix" then in my portrait.
Who is your favorite capsuleer to talk to? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1461
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Posted - 2016.12.09 19:37:14 -
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Merchant Rova wrote:Jev North wrote:What's the one thing you would change about your clone bodies, but for whatever reason, never did? Honestly? I'd like to not look totally insane for once. Or maybe not have such a shiny forehead. But they're both kinda jokes so I never got around to trying to "fix" then in my portrait. Who is your favorite capsuleer to talk to?
A brick wall these days.
How deeply have you been stabbed in the gut by someone you completely trusted?
"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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Persephone Alleile
Tartarus Covert Operations
256
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Posted - 2016.12.09 19:48:28 -
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Hoo boy, did it suddenly get cold in here or is that just me?
Umm, I felt pretty devastated when my mother publicly disowned me in protest of me becoming a capsuleer.
When is the last time you've seen a sunset? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2730
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Posted - 2016.12.09 19:48:40 -
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Utari Onzo wrote:How deeply have you been stabbed in the gut by someone you completely trusted? Enough to go from not drinking in solidarity to drinking, not in solidarity. Maybe to show that I could destroy myself, too.
... I didn't manage to keep it going. It was pretty pathetic. I don't even like feeling drunk to begin with.
Is there anyone you wish you could forget? |
Andreus Ixiris
SergalJerk Test Alliance Please Ignore
6037
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Posted - 2016.12.09 19:51:22 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Is there anyone you wish you could forget? Yes.
If you could go back in time to the first day you became a capsuleer, and only do one thing differently throughout your entire career, what would it be?
Andreus Ixiris > A Civire without a chin is barely a Civire at all.
Pieter Tuulinen > He'd be Civirely disadvantaged, Andreus.
Andreus Ixiris > ...
Andreus Ixiris > This is why we're at war.
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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1461
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Posted - 2016.12.09 19:52:09 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Utari Onzo wrote:How deeply have you been stabbed in the gut by someone you completely trusted? Enough to go from not drinking in solidarity to drinking, not in solidarity. Maybe to show that I could destroy myself, too. ... I didn't manage to keep it going. It was pretty pathetic. I don't even like feeling drunk to begin with. Is there anyone you wish you could forget?
Yes.
Persephone Alleile wrote:When is the last time you've seen a sunset? 1 month and 15 days ago.
What is the best fitting of a Devoter for tackling enemies in a class 5 wormhole with enemy capital support on field?
"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
Hyperpredator Rest Home
466
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:11:40 -
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Hopefully the one you have in the hangar, because an ongoing capital engagement is not a time to ask for fitting advice.
Aside from human contact, what scares you?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2730
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:11:54 -
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Utari Onzo wrote:What is the best fitting of a Devoter for tackling enemies in a class 5 wormhole with enemy capital support on field?
Probably a resist-heavy buffer to make things easy on your logistics, maybe a cap booster so your logi chain doesn't have to worry about feeding you capacitor to keep your tackle and maybe resists running if you get neuted out. Your job is "latch on and don't die."
Offense is tertiary, if that.
Why would you go back to someplace you hated yourself for being? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1461
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:14:58 -
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Jev North wrote:Hopefully the one you have in the hangar, because an ongoing capital engagement is not a time to ask for fitting advice.
Aside from human contact, what scares you?
Oh no it's not urgent, I'm just curious about different people's ideas.... Immortality.
Aria Jenneth wrote:Why would you go back to someplace you hated yourself for being?
Maybe it felt fitting at the time? Maybe at heart I'm a callous murdering bastard? Or perhaps that bastards, for that is what legally I am, don't really belong in civilised company? Or maybe I just needed to get away?
Truth be told, I'm here to kill Drifters and Jay was offering the easiest access to them. Paying him back with my guns every so often is the least I can do.
Favourite drink?
"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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Templar Thal Vadam
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
21
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:18:29 -
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Jev North wrote:Hopefully the one you have in the hangar, because an ongoing capital engagement is not a time to ask for fitting advice.
Aside from human contact, what scares you?
Being alone, or seen as a coward.
Question: What is the last thing you ate? |
Templar Thal Vadam
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
21
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:19:15 -
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Utari Onzo wrote:Merchant Rova wrote:Jev North wrote:What's the one thing you would change about your clone bodies, but for whatever reason, never did? Honestly? I'd like to not look totally insane for once. Or maybe not have such a shiny forehead. But they're both kinda jokes so I never got around to trying to "fix" then in my portrait. Who is your favorite capsuleer to talk to? A brick wall these days. How deeply have you been stabbed in the gut by someone you completely trusted?
Zsaryna. |
Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
2977
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:24:16 -
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Templar Thal Vadam wrote: Being alone, or seen as a coward.
Question: What is the last thing you ate?
Dry ration part number DRX235298-G8945K7.
Question: If Jacus Roden was captured and sentenced to death, and you would be appointed his executor, what method would you choose?
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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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1461
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:26:49 -
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Diana Kim wrote:Question: If Jacus Roden was captured and sentenced to death, and you would be appointed his executor, what method would you choose?
Death by pelting with snowballs because random.
Favourite animal?
"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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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2730
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:35:24 -
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Utari Onzo wrote:Favourite animal? Humans.
As capsuleers, what are we for? What makes us worth all we're given? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1461
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:39:10 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Utari Onzo wrote:Favourite animal? Humans. As capsuleers, what are we for? What makes us worth all we're given?
Unprecedented levels of destruction we can bring on a given target. All the rest of the baggage with that is a mess we figure out along the way.
Has your cooking gotten any better yet?
"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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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2730
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:45:23 -
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Utari Onzo wrote:Has your cooking gotten any better yet? ... probably not a lot.
(I thought you liked my cooking?) |
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Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
849
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:46:33 -
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Diana Kim wrote: Dry ration part number DRX235298-G8945K7.
Question: If Jacus Roden was captured and sentenced to death, and you would be appointed his executor, what method would you choose?
Painless euthanasia followed by cloning.
What would you do with the President of the Federation in your pocket for sparing him pain and (permanent) death?
"I give you the destiny of Faith, and you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens: Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given." - Book of Reclaiming 22:13
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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1461
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:47:52 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Utari Onzo wrote:Has your cooking gotten any better yet? ... probably not a lot. (I thought you liked my cooking?)
The portions were always tiny. A few mouthfuls of nice and suddenly it's all over. You know how cruel that is for a man who likes his food, especially when it's good food?
"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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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2730
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Posted - 2016.12.09 20:56:11 -
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Utari Onzo wrote:The portions were always tiny. A few mouthfuls of nice and suddenly it's all over. You know how cruel that is for a man who likes his food, especially when it's good food?
I guess I hadn't considered. There's a "right" way to make most food I know much about, and, portions are kind of a part of it.
... maybe, though ...
Have you stopped? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1461
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Posted - 2016.12.09 21:01:32 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Utari Onzo wrote:The portions were always tiny. A few mouthfuls of nice and suddenly it's all over. You know how cruel that is for a man who likes his food, especially when it's good food? I guess I hadn't considered. There's a "right" way to make most food I know much about, and, portions are kind of a part of it. ... maybe, though ... Have you stopped?
What kind of question is that?
Ok, you want to have this out in the open, fine. I'm an addict. Ladies and gentlemen of the IGS I am an alcoholic and an exile addict. Quote it all over the forum, let's let everyone see it. I'm an addict and moody and Aria left me for it.
Better? Isn't the first step to recovery admitting you got a problem? Am I doing this right Aria? I don't know, because the last person, maybe the only person, who made me feel stable left when things got a bit tough.
What do you want?
"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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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
948
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Posted - 2016.12.09 21:07:01 -
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Well done. I can't say I expected such cruelty on public display from certain capsuleers.
Spirits at your back, Utari. |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2730
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Posted - 2016.12.09 21:13:19 -
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Utari Onzo wrote:What kind of question is that?
Ok, you want to have this out in the open, fine. I'm an addict. Ladies and gentlemen of the IGS I am an alcoholic and an exile addict. Quote it all over the forum, let's let everyone see it. I'm an addict and moody and Aria left me for it.
Better? Isn't the first step to recovery admitting you got a problem? Am I doing this right Aria? I don't know, because the last person, maybe the only person, who made me feel stable left when things got a bit tough.
What do you want? Well-- I was kind of hoping for a yes? I'd have settled for just a no.
I guess it's no, kaboom, though. In which I'm seeing a lot of things that ... just hurt.
You knew my terms, Utari. You know them still.
You also know why.
I just ...
... goodbye. |
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
849
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Posted - 2016.12.09 21:17:36 -
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Well, this is no fun.
"I give you the destiny of Faith, and you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens: Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given." - Book of Reclaiming 22:13
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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1461
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Posted - 2016.12.09 21:18:18 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote: Well-- I was kind of hoping for a yes? I'd have settled for just a no.
Here on the IGS of all places.
Aria Jenneth wrote:I guess it's no, kaboom, though. In which I'm seeing a lot of things that ... just hurt. Getting stabbed in the gut hurts too, you know.
Aria Jenneth wrote:You knew my terms, Utari. You know them still.
You also know why.
I just ...
... goodbye.
Good. Bye.
"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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Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1824
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Posted - 2016.12.09 21:42:16 -
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Utari Onzo wrote:What kind of question is that?
A Rhetorical one.
So.
How about that local sportsball team ? I saw their latest sportsball game. They really sportsed the ball in a fashion that resulted in scoring sportsball points, more so than the opposition sportsball team managed to sports.
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
850
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Posted - 2016.12.09 21:52:39 -
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Valerie Valate wrote:Utari Onzo wrote:What kind of question is that? A Rhetorical one. So. How about that local sportsball team ? I saw their latest sportsball game. They really sportsed the ball in a fashion that resulted in scoring sportsball points, more so than the opposition sportsball team managed to sports.
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
"I give you the destiny of Faith, and you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens: Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given." - Book of Reclaiming 22:13
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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1655
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Posted - 2016.12.09 22:01:18 -
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No clue where it actually left off so....
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote:Diana Kim wrote: Dry ration part number DRX235298-G8945K7.
Question: If Jacus Roden was captured and sentenced to death, and you would be appointed his executor, what method would you choose?
Painless euthanasia followed by cloning. What would you do with the President of the Federation in your pocket for sparing him pain and (permanent) death? Secure alot more funding for the republic, namely for infrastructure and a little bit for securing borders.
Would you rather be hated and remembered or forgotten? |
Templar Thal Vadam
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
22
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Posted - 2016.12.09 22:06:24 -
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Forgotten. To be hated is not a pleasant feeling, even if it can assure immortality even after death.
If you could end war at the cost of your life, would you? |
Tressith Sefira
The Scope Gallente Federation
180
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Posted - 2016.12.09 22:14:52 -
[53] - Quote
Templar Thal Vadam wrote:Forgotten. To be hated is not a pleasant feeling, even if it can assure immortality even after death.
If you could end war at the cost of your life, would you?
A living person can end more than one war. A dead one can only end one. No, I would not.
Chocolate or vanilla? |
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
859
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Posted - 2016.12.09 22:17:37 -
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Tressith Sefira wrote:Templar Thal Vadam wrote:Forgotten. To be hated is not a pleasant feeling, even if it can assure immortality even after death.
If you could end war at the cost of your life, would you? A living person can end more than one war. A dead one can only end one. No, I would not. Chocolate or vanilla?
Yes.
What is the most compromising thing about you that opens you up to blackmail and extortion?
"I give you the destiny of Faith, and you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens: Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given." - Book of Reclaiming 22:13
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Tressith Sefira
The Scope Gallente Federation
182
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Posted - 2016.12.09 22:22:55 -
[55] - Quote
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote:Yes.
What is the most compromising thing about you that opens you up to blackmail and extortion?
For two years I thought Quafe Zero was named such cause it was free.
Eeer, I mean, nothing at all. Absolutely nothing.
Manis or pedis? |
Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2603
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Posted - 2016.12.09 22:34:17 -
[56] - Quote
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote:What is the most compromising thing about you that opens you up to blackmail and extortion?
My alliance ticker. How about you? |
Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1831
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Posted - 2016.12.09 22:36:37 -
[57] - Quote
Tressith Sefira wrote: Manis or pedis?
A manicure is more important to get right, because, you can always cover up bad toenails with socks and/or shoes/boots. But unless you're going to wear gloves, and risk becoming known as "that crazy glove girl", it's harder to conceal a poorly done set of fingernails.
If you could be a spaceship, what spaceship would you be ?
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
862
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Posted - 2016.12.09 22:46:47 -
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Arrendis wrote:Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote:What is the most compromising thing about you that opens you up to blackmail and extortion? My alliance ticker. How about you? Probably the amount of professional respect I secretly have for someone with the same alliance ticker. And face. And name.
"I give you the destiny of Faith, and you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens: Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given." - Book of Reclaiming 22:13
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Slayer Liberator
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
131
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Posted - 2016.12.09 23:24:17 -
[59] - Quote
Trii Seo wrote:We can have a break from ranting once in a while, dear. As for the funniest thing I've done as a kid?
...has got to be toilet deconstruction via uncontrolled detonation of homemade explosives.
What was your first ride? Ships included. A Soma tank |
Slayer Liberator
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
131
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Posted - 2016.12.09 23:29:28 -
[60] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:Arrendis wrote:Sinti Vailatti wrote:Is it better to give or receive?
DependsGÇöIf it's money, receive. If it's relativistic death-salami from 1400mm barrels, definitely give. And now the question: Why did no-one answer Trii's question? It was unclear, but depending on how you read it, the majority of our first "rides" were probably being carried by a nurse or physician or something. I don't remember, of course, but for once probably nobody else remembers any better than I do. Question: What is the farthest you've been, in every sense, from home? Edit: Dammit, Utari! Answer: So, if you're talking about the capsuleer markets, I guess I don't know very much about it. If you're talking about the non-capsuleer markets, it seems a little typically frontier-ish. I'm a little concerned that the large-scale landholders currently set up on some worlds will eventually wind up as economically-entrenched quasi-feudal aristocracy without the limits and oversight that come with that kind of status in the Empire. My question's still the same. Molten Heth region I can't remember exactly where but I went there as a Cloned Soldier |
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Slayer Liberator
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
131
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Posted - 2016.12.09 23:31:44 -
[61] - Quote
Persephone Alleile wrote:I'm not really sure what was meant by the "one teenage problem" comment.
Where do you store your valuable assets and what kind of security set-up do you have? Deadspace pockets and many many drones and Cloned infantry
What profession were you in before you became a capsuleer |
Slayer Liberator
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
131
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Posted - 2016.12.09 23:40:30 -
[62] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:Merchant Rova wrote:Jev North wrote:What's the one thing you would change about your clone bodies, but for whatever reason, never did? Honestly? I'd like to not look totally insane for once. Or maybe not have such a shiny forehead. But they're both kinda jokes so I never got around to trying to "fix" then in my portrait. Who is your favorite capsuleer to talk to? A brick wall these days. How deeply have you been stabbed in the gut by someone you completely trusted? Very deeply by my former CEO wben I was a Cloned Soldier
How deeply have you ever stabbed anyone who trusted you? |
Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
20
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Posted - 2016.12.10 06:11:55 -
[63] - Quote
Slayer Liberator wrote:Persephone Alleile wrote:I'm not really sure what was meant by the "one teenage problem" comment.
Where do you store your valuable assets and what kind of security set-up do you have? Deadspace pockets and many many drones and Cloned infantry What profession were you in before you became a capsuleer I can't really respond to the other question, but I was a drone operator before I became a capsuleer.
What is your favorite kind of drone?
Drone Region Resident - ORE Fangirl
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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2620
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Posted - 2016.12.10 06:58:38 -
[64] - Quote
Slayer Liberator wrote:How deeply have you ever stabbed anyone who trusted you?
Kinda deep. A couple of years ago, one of my closest aides was flying as my backup logi anchor and made a completely innocent error, said the wrong thing on comms, and as a result, the billion-ISK Scimitar she was flying was summarily destroyed by our own fleet and she was drummed out of her Alliance. I should have cleared everything up, but didn't realize what was going on until coalition COINTEL assets had already reached their initialGÇöand incorrectGÇöconclusion.
Continued diligence by the COINTEL group demonstrated Ivory was not, in fact, compromised, and by then I had hauled down Laz to try to clear things up, but I've always regretted the lack of confidence and trust in my own instincts (at the timeGÇöthis is one of the incidents that burned that away) that kept me from preventing the entire mess in the first place. I should have. She trusted me to be her CO and take care of her, and I failed her.
The error? She hadn't configured her broadcast settings to exempt target broadcasts, and we were fighting tengufleet vs tengufleet. Ivory locked a broadcasted target by mistake, and saw a tengu being quickly burned down. As the backup anchor, she attempted to martial the logi to save the ship before realizing it was red. The wrong words on comms?
"Reps on Cain."
Who's the person you fly with that you hate the most?
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Morgan Wulver
Night Theifs Curatores Veritatis Alliance
148
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Posted - 2016.12.10 07:03:35 -
[65] - Quote
Arrendis wrote:
Who's the person you fly with that you hate the most?
That's an easy one; myself.
What's your mother's maiden name?
Kirjuun! Uakan! Teknikiara! Kanpai kameitsamuu! Ra ra ra!
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Kairelle
Raven.Syndicate
44
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Posted - 2016.12.10 08:51:35 -
[66] - Quote
Morgan Wulver wrote:Arrendis wrote:
Who's the person you fly with that you hate the most?
That's an easy one; myself. What's your mother's maiden name?
Vykos.
Who do you just love to hate?
Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu.
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Trii Seo
Goonswarm Federation
933
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Posted - 2016.12.10 09:37:35 -
[67] - Quote
Kairelle wrote:Morgan Wulver wrote:Arrendis wrote:
Who's the person you fly with that you hate the most?
That's an easy one; myself. What's your mother's maiden name? Vykos. Who do you just love to hate?
The Pandemic Horde.
What's better - to wake up early morning, or go to sleep late?
Proud pilot of the Imperium
Arek'Jaalan: Heliograph
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Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative
359
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Posted - 2016.12.10 11:31:14 -
[68] - Quote
Tsao Aubbes wrote:Slayer Liberator wrote:Persephone Alleile wrote:I'm not really sure what was meant by the "one teenage problem" comment.
Where do you store your valuable assets and what kind of security set-up do you have? Deadspace pockets and many many drones and Cloned infantry What profession were you in before you became a capsuleer I can't really respond to the other question, but I was a drone operator before I became a capsuleer. What is your favorite kind of drone? CreoDron's Rantula, barring those I've created myself.
What's the biggest misconception about a person, place or thing you've ever had?
"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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Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1836
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Posted - 2016.12.10 12:53:14 -
[69] - Quote
Trii Seo wrote:What's better - to wake up early morning, or go to sleep late?
Early to bed, early to rise, gives little girls, lovely blue eyes.
Saya Ishikari wrote:What's the biggest misconception about a person, place or thing you've ever had?
I once believed that capsuleers were likely to be more open-minded about things than the general population.
Boy, was I ever wrong about that !
So, have you ever felt that maybe civilisation was a mistake ?
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Andreus Ixiris
SergalJerk Test Alliance Please Ignore
6037
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Posted - 2016.12.10 15:45:12 -
[70] - Quote
Deitra Vess wrote:Would you rather be hated and remembered or forgotten? Hated and remembered. Because everyone who's remembered is hated by someone, and not everyone who's hated and remembered is hated by everyone.
You do anything worthy of remembering, you're going to make a few enemies. So what if they spit on my grave? I'm already dead.
Would you rather die happy, or victorious?
Andreus Ixiris > A Civire without a chin is barely a Civire at all.
Pieter Tuulinen > He'd be Civirely disadvantaged, Andreus.
Andreus Ixiris > ...
Andreus Ixiris > This is why we're at war.
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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2621
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Posted - 2016.12.10 15:48:02 -
[71] - Quote
Andreus Ixiris wrote:Would you rather die happy, or victorious?
Can I opt for 'infrequently'? Of the two though, dying happy would probably make me happier, since it's sorta tautological.
Valerie Valate wrote:So, have you ever felt that maybe civilisation was a mistake ?
I can answer that and ask my question all at once!
Have you ever felt that it wasn't? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2732
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Posted - 2016.12.10 20:11:48 -
[72] - Quote
Arrendis wrote:Have you ever felt that it wasn't? Whenever I read, or wake up safe without pain or fear, or meet a stranger without preparing to defend myself.
Yes.
Is it okay to be an uncivilized person in a civilization? Is there a useful role for someone like that? |
Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
467
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Posted - 2016.12.10 21:41:03 -
[73] - Quote
Sure. Sometimes, some people just have to go, and polite hints that honor has been lost and it's time for them to fall on their swords haven't worked since the late Raata empire.
I've been missing one obvious question - brawl or kite?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Kairelle
Raven.Syndicate
44
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Posted - 2016.12.10 23:02:33 -
[74] - Quote
Jev North wrote:Sure. Sometimes, some people just have to go, and polite hints that honor has been lost and it's time for them to fall on their swords haven't worked since the late Raata empire.
I've been missing one obvious question - brawl or kite?
Brawl.
What's your favorite color?
Yes I really couldn't think of anything better.
Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu.
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Jaret Victorian
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
611
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Posted - 2016.12.11 01:20:45 -
[75] - Quote
Kairelle wrote: What's your favorite color?
Yes I really couldn't think of anything better.
Independence.
What's the most you've seen someone be so out of touch with reality?
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Follow us on GalNet!
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Sinjin Mokk
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
1033
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Posted - 2016.12.11 01:22:28 -
[76] - Quote
Jaret Victorian wrote: Independance.
What's the most you've seen someone be so out of touch with reality?
Me...every time I expect reasonable discourse on the IGS.
How many people do you think died on that KeepStar?
"Angels live, they never die,
Apart from us, behind the sky.
They're fading souls who've turned to ice,
So ashen white in paradise."
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Jade Blackwind
1230
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Posted - 2016.12.11 01:34:10 -
[77] - Quote
Sinjin Mokk wrote:How many people do you think died on that KeepStar? Enough, but probably a lot less than you think.
Ever killed someone before becoming an egger? |
Kairelle
Raven.Syndicate
44
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Posted - 2016.12.11 04:38:58 -
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Jade Blackwind wrote:Sinjin Mokk wrote:How many people do you think died on that KeepStar? Enough, but probably a lot less than you think. Ever killed someone before becoming an egger?
A few.
Favorite ship?
Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu.
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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2625
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Posted - 2016.12.11 04:43:16 -
[79] - Quote
Kairelle wrote:Favorite ship?
Scimitar.
If you had to choose a baseliner career path for yourself, what would it be? |
Slayer Liberator
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
137
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Posted - 2016.12.11 06:44:31 -
[80] - Quote
Jade Blackwind wrote:Sinjin Mokk wrote:How many people do you think died on that KeepStar? Enough, but probably a lot less than you think. Ever killed someone before becoming an egger? Alot of people
Favorite kind of music? |
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Slayer Liberator
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
137
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Posted - 2016.12.11 06:47:48 -
[81] - Quote
Arrendis wrote:Kairelle wrote:Favorite ship?
Scimitar. If you had to choose a baseliner career path for yourself, what would it be? That's easy I'd go back to being a Cloned Soldier.
What's your favorite place to go when you aren't flying? |
Trii Seo
Goonswarm Federation
935
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Posted - 2016.12.11 10:38:48 -
[82] - Quote
My garage, of course.
Favorite movie genre?
Proud pilot of the Imperium
Arek'Jaalan: Heliograph
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Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative
360
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Posted - 2016.12.11 19:37:58 -
[83] - Quote
Trii Seo wrote:My garage, of course.
Favorite movie genre? Bad action films. The sort that you watch to make fun of, with a bunch of good food that's terrible for you.
What do you consider a defining moment of your life?
"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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Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing
269
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Posted - 2016.12.12 01:34:07 -
[84] - Quote
Saya Ishikari wrote:Bad action films. The sort that you watch to make fun of, with a bunch of good food that's terrible for you.
What do you consider a defining moment of your life? Maybe the decision to finish capsuleer training even though it wasn't my choice to start and I finally had the chance to back out.
Have you ever had a pet animal? |
Slayer Liberator
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
139
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Posted - 2016.12.12 02:30:32 -
[85] - Quote
Kolodi Ramal wrote:Saya Ishikari wrote:Bad action films. The sort that you watch to make fun of, with a bunch of good food that's terrible for you.
What do you consider a defining moment of your life? Maybe the decision to finish capsuleer training even though it wasn't my choice to start and I finally had the chance to back out. Have you ever had a pet animal? Does a first generation clone soldier kept in a cage count?
What is your favorite weapon system? |
Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing
270
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Posted - 2016.12.12 05:17:32 -
[86] - Quote
Slayer Liberator wrote:Does a first generation clone soldier kept in a cage count?
What is your favorite weapon system? No! That's why I wrote "pet animal" specifically...
Drones.
What's one of your favorite planetside places? |
Makoto Yui
Sanxing
24
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Posted - 2016.12.12 05:25:26 -
[87] - Quote
Kolodi Ramal wrote: No! That's why I wrote "pet animal" specifically...
Drones.
What's one of your favorite planetside places?
I really like super congested cities, with loads and loads of people. It feels weirdly satisfying, somehow, being surrounded by so many people.
Would you rather always have a lifetime supply of free chocolate, or a sexual partner with your exact tastes in bed?
If you want to get on Baking Buddies as a special guest, send me a brief video of yourself baking! I'm sure I'd be happy to have you!
(Send me an RP sample of your capsuleer baking! It'll be fun :D)
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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2639
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Posted - 2016.12.12 05:30:21 -
[88] - Quote
Kolodi Ramal wrote:No! That's why I wrote "pet animal" specifically...
Human beings are animals. Mammals, in fact.
Makoto Yui wrote: Would you rather always have a lifetime supply of free chocolate, or a sexual partner with your exact tastes in bed?
Chocolate. Putting your faith in other people is just asking to be murdered by the ones closest to you.
Why do you do what you do, put up with all of the vagaries and hardships of daily life, rather than just turning off the clone contract and stepping out naked into hard vacuum? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2738
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Posted - 2016.12.12 06:01:01 -
[89] - Quote
Arrendis wrote:Why do you do what you do, put up with all of the vagaries and hardships of daily life, rather than just turning off the clone contract and stepping out naked into hard vacuum? Because existing in this world seems like an amazing privilege. I don't expect to live forever; I'll disappear eventually. Until then, the world is a wonder, something sacred, I'm lost in a tiny corner of.
I'm not so attached to my life as all that, but, there's always going to be more to see and understand. It doesn't seem very likely I'll have that chance when I'm dead.
This brief moment of "me" is all I have. It's ephemeral, transient, and illusory, and it hurts sometimes (especially when it feels most real), but it's a privilege to have such a thing at all.
Is it better to be useful or at peace? |
Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
2985
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Posted - 2016.12.12 06:51:42 -
[90] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote: Is it better to be useful or at peace?
Useful, of course.
At what age you killed your first target (human or a vessel, containing humans)?
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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Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing
270
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Posted - 2016.12.12 08:40:17 -
[91] - Quote
Diana Kim wrote:Useful, of course.
At what age you killed your first target (human or a vessel, containing humans)? 22.
Tell about a funny thing that happened because of quirks in how one language translates to another language? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1470
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Posted - 2016.12.12 10:14:29 -
[92] - Quote
A man from some backwater part of Solitude joined 13. His translation router was faulty and he had a real hard on for mindflood. We were trying to get him to fly logistics for us, and were struggling through the language barrier and the drugs to get him down the right chain.
Long story short he ended up taking a wrong turn, got killed by some other J-Space dwellers we weren't expecting and took a long freeze. I hear they finally managed to get a working brain scan of his again about a year later. It was hilarious.
Why do you choose to fly with the people you do currently?
"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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Jaret Victorian
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
617
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Posted - 2016.12.12 10:16:02 -
[93] - Quote
Kolodi Ramal wrote: Tell about a funny thing that happened because of quirks in how one language translates to another language?
"Execute" and "Kill" mean different things to normal people and our IT branch people. They're so different they are even consireded synonyms and antonyms in different circles.
Utari Onzo wrote: Why do you choose to fly with the people you do currently?
I like how I actually make a difference in this world. Hard work, dedication and good people all around.
What statement makes you roll your eyes immediately?
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Follow us on GalNet!
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Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1842
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Posted - 2016.12.12 10:28:07 -
[94] - Quote
Jaret Victorian wrote: What statement makes you roll your eyes immediately?
Whenever any non-Amarr pilot, or, indeed, most Amarr pilots, say something beginning like:
"Having read the Scriptures, I think that..."
Have you ever considered marrying someone not of your religion ?
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1470
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Posted - 2016.12.12 11:21:04 -
[95] - Quote
I have before but that swiftly became a non-option due to legal reasons.
What makes something sentient?
"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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Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1842
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Posted - 2016.12.12 12:32:06 -
[96] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:What makes something sentient?
Oh, this is where you start getting into philosophy and so on, where everything turns fuzzy, instead of having concrete answers.
One school of philosophy has 3-factors, sentience being one of them, the others being intelligence, and self-awareness. Sentience in that case, is the ability to feel, to experience things subjectively. Intelligence is the ability to reason, and self-awareness is the ability to understand things like mirrors and so on, recognising oneself as being an entity separate from other entities and the environment, etc.
The word sentience though, is often used in many different ways, with quite different meanings. E.g. suppose there was some kind of alien, capable of discussing things here on the IGS. Some people would say that alien was "sentient", which is not really the same thing. Similarly, those people would say a machine capable of discussing things on the IGS, was also "sentient". Not quite the same thing as the thing I mentioned earlier.
But that's all a bit philosophical and woolly.
So, What's your opinion on the latest Neo-Takmahl fashion trend, with its emphasis on human-leather clothing ? Personally, I find it terribly gauche.
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
22240
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Posted - 2016.12.12 13:39:55 -
[97] - Quote
Valerie Valate wrote:So, What's your opinion on the latest Neo-Takmahl fashion trend, with its emphasis on human-leather clothing ? . I have nothing against, if leather is made from their own skin growed in vats.
What to do if you have fedo that dont want to eat leftovers from protein delicacies?
Every part of a game helps to tell a story =ƒôò =ƒÜÇ
Where is Angry CONCORD guy when you need him
GëíGïüGëí GÖÑ Osprey
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Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing
270
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Posted - 2016.12.12 13:55:56 -
[98] - Quote
Nana Skalski wrote:I have nothing against, if leather is made from their own skin growed in vats.
What to do if you have fedo that dont want to eat leftovers from protein delicacies? Feed it something else. It's a fedo so you have a lot of options.
Television or holovision? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1470
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Posted - 2016.12.12 14:12:54 -
[99] - Quote
Kolodi Ramal wrote:Nana Skalski wrote:I have nothing against, if leather is made from their own skin growed in vats.
What to do if you have fedo that dont want to eat leftovers from protein delicacies? Feed it something else. It's a fedo so you have a lot of options. Television or holovision?
A book. Made from actual paper.
Wine or water?
"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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Sinjin Mokk
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
1034
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Posted - 2016.12.12 14:56:03 -
[100] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:[quote=Kolodi Ramal] A book. Made from actual paper.
Wine or water?
Wine. Fish **** in water.
Will this thread ever end?
"Angels live, they never die,
Apart from us, behind the sky.
They're fading souls who've turned to ice,
So ashen white in paradise."
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Templar Thal Vadam
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
26
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Posted - 2016.12.12 15:05:04 -
[101] - Quote
Sinjin Mokk wrote:Utari Onzo wrote:[quote=Kolodi Ramal] A book. Made from actual paper.
Wine or water? Wine. Fish **** in water. Will this thread ever end?
As surely as the universe will.
If you could add a feature to your body, what would it be? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2740
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Posted - 2016.12.12 16:41:21 -
[102] - Quote
Templar Thal Vadam wrote:As surely as the universe will.
If you could add a feature to your body, what would it be? I would love to be able to grow to twice my height on command like one of those faeries from a folk tale. High shelves: reachable! Stature: imposing! Ability to see what's going on while standing in a crowd: acquired!
... and then shrink back down to my normal size so I still fit easily in small vehicles and my feet don't stick off the end of the bed.
Where would you really like to visit that you've never gotten the opportunity to, even as a capsuleer? |
Hetu Hegirin
Otherwhere Circle
24
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Posted - 2016.12.12 16:53:57 -
[103] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:Where would you really like to visit that you've never gotten the opportunity to, even as a capsuleer? I hope to roam the Wildlands with the great caravans of the Thukker some day, however I fear I have little to offer in exchange for the knowledge I'd be sure to gain.
How close is your present self to the self you wish to be? |
Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
470
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Posted - 2016.12.12 17:00:15 -
[104] - Quote
I like my present self. You know, I could do away with a bad habit or two, and there's a thing or three I want to forget, or conversely, experience -- but increasingly, I'm starting to think it's time for me to go out and change the world, instead of just bending myself to it.
Do you enjoy this sort of radical, public honesty, or is this a confessional of some sort?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2740
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Posted - 2016.12.12 17:06:00 -
[105] - Quote
Hetu Hegirin wrote:How close is your present self to the self you wish to be? ... well ... a little close, maybe? There are things about myself that I don't like very much, but a lot of those aren't things I could change and still be "myself," you know?
The main difference is just-- there's a trick of perspective I want to learn. I want to be able to sense the flow of things without thought, to move with the world not as a fish in the river, but as the water itself.
I want to be wise, instead of just clever.
What is your oldest memory?
Edit (darn it, Jev!):
Jev North wrote:Do you enjoy this sort of radical, public honesty, or is this a confessional of some sort?
I actually do enjoy this. Answering is purely voluntary, so awkward questions can just be waited out, and we're getting to see little snippets of people's real selves. And it's not like I've ever actually been very shy about doing such things myself; some of the first work I did on the IGS was a public journal. |
Templar Thal Vadam
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
27
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Posted - 2016.12.12 17:27:40 -
[106] - Quote
You are welcome. |
Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
142
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Posted - 2016.12.12 17:39:52 -
[107] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:What is your oldest memory? When I was 7, I got a little Augoror model which I had to paint. It's pretty cool.
What's one excuse you use a little too much? |
Sinti Vailatti
Angelis Exploration
213
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Posted - 2016.12.12 17:43:16 -
[108] - Quote
Merchant Rova wrote: When I was 7, I got a little Augoror model which I had to paint. It's pretty cool.
What's one excuse you use a little too much?
I was drunk.
Is it better to rule or to serve?
GÇ£Where must we go...we who wander this wasteland, in search of our better selves?GÇ¥
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
650
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Posted - 2016.12.12 17:48:46 -
[109] - Quote
That depends upon your ability... but even great leaders serve, they do not rule.
Which bloodline are you most attracted to?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Templar Thal Vadam
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
27
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Posted - 2016.12.12 17:54:57 -
[110] - Quote
Neph wrote:That depends upon your ability... but even great leaders serve, they do not rule.
Which bloodline are you most attracted to?
Brutor
What was your first job? |
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Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
142
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Posted - 2016.12.12 17:59:43 -
[111] - Quote
Templar Thal Vadam wrote:What was your first job? I cleaned up a bazaar stationside around 14.
What was your first ship?
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2742
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Posted - 2016.12.12 18:08:47 -
[112] - Quote
Merchant Rova wrote:Templar Thal Vadam wrote:What was your first job? I cleaned up a bazaar stationside around 14. What was your first ship? Creepily, the Goblin Spider, the Tengu my predecessor disappeared from at the expense of her crew.
I don't believe in haunts, but....
What bit of folklore still gives you chills? |
Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
471
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Posted - 2016.12.12 18:42:58 -
[113] - Quote
My grandmother told me about henkjin, corpses brought back to life by cold-hearted sorcerers to drag people away into the winter night. One of the details was that their lips would be stitched shut, so as to not give themselves away, or irritate their masters, with their constant tormented moaning.
Then I read the Arataka Consortium's report on the Drifter they autopsied, and, well.
What's the most pleasant surprise you've ever had? I need a palate cleanser.
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2743
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Posted - 2016.12.12 19:02:14 -
[114] - Quote
Jev North wrote:My grandmother told me about henkjin, corpses brought back to life by cold-hearted sorcerers to drag people away into the winter night. One of the details was that their lips would be stitched shut, so as to not give themselves away, or irritate their masters, with their constant tormented moaning.
Then I read the Arataka Consortium's report on the Drifter they autopsied, and, well.
Brr. On several levels.
Quote:What's the most pleasant surprise you've ever had? I need a palate cleanser.
Probably, finding out I knew how to dance! It was probably the first (maybe the only?) unambiguously nice thing to crop up out of my old history. The rest's mostly been either bittersweet or disturbing.
What's one food you've only gotten to have once, but really want to try again? |
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
871
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Posted - 2016.12.12 19:36:39 -
[115] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:Probably, finding out I knew how to dance! It was probably the first (maybe the only?) unambiguously nice thing to crop up out of my old history. The rest's mostly been either bittersweet or disturbing.
What's one food you've only gotten to have once, but really want to try again? Shark fin soup. I honestly do not understand the appeal. But with all the hype I would give it just one more chance. I have been putting it off though for fear of wasting another meal on something I'm fairly certain I'll fail to enjoy again.
Are you pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable this thread has turned out to be despite the grumpy naysayers who tried to shut it down because it didn't play to their edgy edginess of edge?
"I give you the destiny of Faith, and you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens: Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given." - Book of Reclaiming 22:13
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Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1843
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Posted - 2016.12.12 19:58:37 -
[116] - Quote
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote: Are you pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable this thread has turned out to be despite the grumpy naysayers who tried to shut it down because it didn't play to their edgy edginess of edge?
Yes.
Do you ever worry, that the capsule is in fact an elaborate practical joke by the Jovians, and that nothing you do whilst in the capsule is actually real ?
I mean, take off from a particular station, do something in space, then return to the same station. What actual evidence do you have, that anything you did while in space, actually happened ?
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Elanion
67
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Posted - 2016.12.12 19:58:54 -
[117] - Quote
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote:Are you pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable this thread has turned out to be despite the grumpy naysayers who tried to shut it down because it didn't play to their edgy edginess of edge? Absence of substantive discussion does not a threadnaught make.
(I mean that as a "yes".)
Who's your pick for Mind Clash champ YC119?
EDIT: I previewed and there was nothing above me. Not fixing it now.
RIP YC111-115 GÇó "The project discarded, its subjects forgotten... thence must the burden be shouldered."
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2746
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Posted - 2016.12.12 20:07:23 -
[118] - Quote
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote:Are you pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable this thread has turned out to be despite the grumpy naysayers who tried to shut it down because it didn't play to their edgy edginess of edge? Eh ... maybe they just hadn't considered that just because no one has to answer a question doesn't mean you can't make it a good one, my lord. On which note: not actually surprised, more just glad I wasn't wrong.
(... really miserable bits notwithstanding.)
Anyhow-- what's the least-respectable thing you've done to try to earn respect?
Edit: oh, dear. Catch-up answers pending. |
Teinyhr
Ourumur
743
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Posted - 2016.12.12 21:22:45 -
[119] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:Anyhow-- what's the least-respectable thing you've done to try to earn respect?
Helped to kidnap someone. Had I known from my naivete back then that he would end up killed, I wouldn't have done it, because he did not deserve it.
Have you visited the EVE Gate? Additionally and optionally, what did it make you think when you saw it? |
Rook Moray
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
192
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Posted - 2016.12.12 21:35:40 -
[120] - Quote
Teinyhr wrote:
Have you visited the EVE Gate? Additionally and optionally, what did it make you think when you saw it?
Naw, but it's on my vacation list. Lots of rumors about how space there gets strange.
Who have you killed that you wish you hadn't?
GÇ£When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart.GÇ¥ -Guristas Proverb.
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
651
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Posted - 2016.12.12 21:55:30 -
[121] - Quote
Quote:Who have you killed that you wish you hadn't?
Nobody. Well, once an aggressive, unaware blue attacked me in a plex. I put them into hull and stopped shooting, but my corpmate decided to finish them off. Helped the poor guy get his overview sorted afterwards, but I lost several ranks and felt pretty bad about it nevertheless. Anybody else who I've killed knows what they were getting into when they came under my launchers.
As for planetside killings? I doubt I've actually killed anybody. If I have, they shouldn't have been trying to shank/grope/rob me when I was intoxicated enough to not recall it later.
Who is the most important person in your life you don't see any more?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Persephone Alleile
Tartarus Covert Operations
267
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Posted - 2016.12.12 22:00:46 -
[122] - Quote
Rook Moray wrote:Teinyhr wrote:
Have you visited the EVE Gate? Additionally and optionally, what did it make you think when you saw it?
Naw, but it's on my vacation list. Lots of rumors about how space there gets strange.Who have you killed that you wish you hadn't?
I committed my first act of piracy since moving to Syndicate recently when I saw an alpha clone belt ratting in a Caracal Navy Issue and my wormholer obsession with destroying faction ships kicked in. The capsuleer in question was VERY upset about the loss and has been placing bounties on me at regular intervals since. I feel pretty bad about it.
Who is your daddy and what does he do? |
Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
2987
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Posted - 2016.12.12 22:10:11 -
[123] - Quote
Persephone Alleile wrote: I committed my first act of piracy since moving to Syndicate recently when I saw an alpha clone belt ratting in a Caracal Navy Issue and my wormholer obsession with destroying faction ships kicked in. The capsuleer in question was VERY upset about the loss and has been placing bounties on me at regular intervals since. I feel pretty bad about it.
Who is your daddy and what does he do?
My daddy was a POU officer who got transferred to Caldari Navy. KIA with a rank of Colonel.
Who is your mother and what does she do?
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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Persephone Alleile
Tartarus Covert Operations
267
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Posted - 2016.12.12 22:53:00 -
[124] - Quote
Diana Kim wrote: Who is your mother and what does she do?
My mother is Demaatria en Chalun, a wood sculptor relatively well known in Federation art circles.
Have you ever been complicit in an act of AWOXing or else silent witness to such an act? |
morion
Lighting Build
160
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Posted - 2016.12.12 22:58:19 -
[125] - Quote
Persephone Alleile wrote:Diana Kim wrote: Who is your mother and what does she do?
My mother is Demaatria en Chalun, a wood sculptor relatively well known in Federation art circles. Have you ever been complicit in an act of AWOXing or else silent witness to such an act?
silent
Do you learn moor from a bad question or a good reply? |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
651
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Posted - 2016.12.12 23:39:19 -
[126] - Quote
A good reply. A question is just that... a question.
For the older capsuleers, what were the last thoughts running through your mind before you crossed rubicon for the first time?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Slayer Liberator
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
142
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Posted - 2016.12.13 04:01:14 -
[127] - Quote
Diana Kim wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote: Is it better to be useful or at peace?
Useful, of course. At what age you killed your first target (human or a vessel, containing humans)? 16
Have you ever been in a group of any kind that you used to like but now hate?
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Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
143
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Posted - 2016.12.13 04:13:42 -
[128] - Quote
Slayer Liberator wrote:Have you ever been in a group of any kind that you used to like but now hate?
The Amarr Empire, personally. Not trying to start a shouting match, this is my personal opinion.
Who's one person you regret being around? |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
651
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Posted - 2016.12.13 07:46:47 -
[129] - Quote
I'm not the greatest fan of a certain person who keeps posting below me...
What are the three wildest but most perfect relationships you'd want to see blossom between posters on the IGS?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1845
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Posted - 2016.12.13 10:39:24 -
[130] - Quote
Neph wrote:For the older capsuleers, what were the last thoughts running through your mind before you crossed rubicon for the first time?
Before you did what ?
Neph wrote: What are the three wildest but most perfect relationships you'd want to see blossom between posters on the IGS?
Diana Kim and Muck Raker.
Nauplius and Ameriya.
Ottom Ephesianos and Yarosara Ruil.
I forgot to ask a legit question.
What are your hopes and expectations for the coming year ?
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Jason Galente
Hole Riders
1001
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Posted - 2016.12.13 11:13:07 -
[131] - Quote
Valerie Valate wrote:
What are your hopes and expectations for the coming year ?
Reviving the TL;DR (Yes, I said it)
What is your favorite chocolate-based dessert or drink? (Arrendis inspired this one with her Choco-Quafe suggestion, I'm now hopelessly addicted. Grr gon.)
Only the liberty of the individual assures the prosperity of the whole.
And this foundation must be defended.
At any cost
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
652
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Posted - 2016.12.13 17:29:49 -
[132] - Quote
A spiced chocolate stew. Paired with a nutty liquor.
How could your life have gone? Worst and best case scenarios.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Jjaro Durandal
University of Caille Gallente Federation
21
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Posted - 2016.12.13 17:44:54 -
[133] - Quote
Well you either drown trying to cross the river of life, or you make it here to the banks of immortality.
If you had to pick one word to fight for eternally, what would it be and what does it represent to you? |
Tamiroth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
352
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Posted - 2016.12.13 17:56:17 -
[134] - Quote
Jjaro Durandal wrote:Well you either drown trying to cross the river of life, or you make it here to the banks of immortality.
If you had to pick one word to fight for eternally, what would it be and what does it represent to you?
Light. It represents purity, eternity, harmony and countless other things scarce in our world.
What's your favourite place planetside and where is it?
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2753
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Posted - 2016.12.13 20:23:18 -
[135] - Quote
Tamiroth wrote:What's your favourite place planetside and where is it?
Oh, gods, this is hard to pick. I guess if no one else is biting, though....
The outdoor bazaars of Dam Torsad. You can find all sorts of things there, ranging from teapots to cheap jewelry to wall hangings to painstakingly forged religious relics. Even though I knew I was being catered to as a tourist there, there was still this intermingling of the contemporary and ancient, and this sense that if I'd somehow visited there three thousand five hundred years ago the scene would still have been exactly the same, but still just as lively.
Favorite cuisine that isn't your own? (And ideally a good place to try it!) |
Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
474
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Posted - 2016.12.14 00:42:31 -
[136] - Quote
Easy. Cal-Matari fusion, specifically Sebiestor; all of the noodly goodness, with a headier mix of spices, and adding slabs of charcoal-roasted meat and vegetables to the mix. I'd have trouble fitting through the pod's iris valve if it was more generally available. I hired one of the better chefs in the style for the YC114 Naraka New Year's party, someone by the name of Tevfik.
Last I heard he was planning to open a restaurant in Rens VI - 8, but (to my shame I must confess) that was years ago, and I haven't kept up with his whereabouts.
Time flies, hm.
In that spirit: is there anything you used to do before getting your sockets cut that you just don't do anymore?
(I'm sorry; I think this question somewhat unfairly excludes you.)
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
652
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Posted - 2016.12.14 01:16:32 -
[137] - Quote
Pilot North, I'm flattered. I would have answered that question the same way, had the food not been my own. The Akora pipe's an excellent place for authentic Calmatari, as are both sides of the big Kaaputenen jump. Of course, if you want to find my clan's influence, there's a bit in Tamo and Nannaras, more if you head up into Pure Blind.
I used to own cats. When I graduated from the Pator CCP, they were suspicious. When I moved to Heydieles with Meatshield and got podded by RDRAW for the first time, they completely rejected my clone. I gave them to my brother.
Anyways. Got any favorite memories of your childhood? Who was your best friend growing up?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
886
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Posted - 2016.12.14 07:45:49 -
[138] - Quote
Neph wrote:
Anyways. Got any favorite memories of your childhood? Who was your best friend growing up?
A hound. Syrikos, after the planet and the breed.
What's your favorite junk? Junk food, junk entertainment, whatever trashy thing you just adore despite how terrible it is?
"I give you the destiny of Faith, and you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens: Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given." - Book of Reclaiming 22:13
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Val Kaleth
Realm of Mischief
90
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Posted - 2016.12.14 08:00:14 -
[139] - Quote
Every ship in my collection sir, trashy rusty bits held together by chewing gum and tape. Some are little more than the wrecks of my enemies with guns attached in any way I can think of. And I love them every one.
What was your first true love? Could be a person, a thing, or an activity.
Feel free to join me in game in the "Realm of Mischief" channel.
disappears in a cloud of rust
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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1475
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Posted - 2016.12.14 10:20:43 -
[140] - Quote
Reading. When you worked with **** (both metaphorical and literal) for a living as your first job, you tend to need to find an escape. A roof and bed wasn't free with my family, you earned your keep even as a teenager. My escape was my mother's collection of old dog eared paper books from Amarr. History, fiction, biographies, I read them all and it put me in good stead to qualify for the School of Applied Knowledge. I still have a lot of them on my bookshelf back on Sarum Prime.
Would you rather know what the future holds, or be able to see everything that happened before?
"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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Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
2989
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Posted - 2016.12.14 11:09:15 -
[141] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote: Would you rather know what the future holds, or be able to see everything that happened before?
See what happened before. Only that way you can be sure to make correct decisions and actually affect the future.
How would you prefer to meet your death?
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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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
475
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Posted - 2016.12.14 11:42:36 -
[142] - Quote
Calmly, in my sleep. And although probably not surrounded by loved ones -- this life, seriously -- at least smiling at the memory of the screaming deaths of the last of my enemies.
When was the last time you had a good cry?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
975
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Posted - 2016.12.14 11:48:07 -
[143] - Quote
Jev North wrote:When was the last time you had a good cry?
When I submitted to the marks I now carry. There is nothing quite like complete and utter failure to uphold your duty, values and principles, and accepting that you have done so. Although I suppose there's different definitions of a 'good' cry. I've never really had one that was 'good' as such.
What is the most beautiful thing, person, event or other you have ever seen in all of New Eden? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1476
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Posted - 2016.12.14 12:57:21 -
[144] - Quote
The EVE Gate. To think an overly radioactive hunk of old metal glowing brightly in some backwater Lowsec system has generated such a huge amount of speculation.
Did we come through it? Is heaven on the other side? Was it built by Mankind or something else? Or is it the remains of something that isn't even 'gate like'? Who knows. It's still a nice system to fly to and meditate in, as it's usually an empty system most times of the day I'm active.
Most profound experience?
"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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Templar Thal Vadam
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
29
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Posted - 2016.12.14 14:30:19 -
[145] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:The EVE Gate. To think an overly radioactive hunk of old metal glowing brightly in some backwater Lowsec system has generated such a huge amount of speculation.
Did we come through it? Is heaven on the other side? Was it built by Mankind or something else? Or is it the remains of something that isn't even 'gate like'? Who knows. It's still a nice system to fly to and meditate in, as it's usually an empty system most times of the day I'm active.
Most profound experience?
My Crusade in the Great Wildlands.
Favorite fruit based snack? |
Jaret Victorian
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
619
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Posted - 2016.12.14 15:48:17 -
[146] - Quote
Templar Thal Vadam wrote: My Crusade in the Great Wildlands.
Favorite fruit based snack?
Nothing like a bowl of muesli with fruits.
What is your, "I know it sounds weird, but just try it" thing?
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Follow us on GalNet!
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Rook Moray
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
195
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Posted - 2016.12.14 15:59:22 -
[147] - Quote
Jaret Victorian wrote:
What is your, "I know it sounds weird, but just try it" thing?
Try holding a conversation with a baseliner who has never killed anyone.That's weird!
Who were you in a past life?
GÇ£When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart.GÇ¥ -Guristas Proverb.
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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1480
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Posted - 2016.12.14 16:01:15 -
[148] - Quote
Rook Moray wrote:Jaret Victorian wrote:
What is your, "I know it sounds weird, but just try it" thing?
Try holding a conversation with a baseliner who has never killed anyone. That's weird! Who were you in a past life?
Utari Onzo.
Favourite poster on the IGS? Past and present to pick from.
"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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Sinjin Mokk
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
1041
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Posted - 2016.12.14 16:17:52 -
[149] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:
Favourite poster on the IGS? Past and present to pick from.
Oddly, either Jade Constantine or Verone. While I rarely agreed with their points of view (at that time), they spoke with a passion and command of rhetoric that is sorely missed.
How do you feel?
"Angels live, they never die,
Apart from us, behind the sky.
They're fading souls who've turned to ice,
So ashen white in paradise."
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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
476
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Posted - 2016.12.14 16:55:40 -
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Jev North wrote:memory of the screaming deaths of the last of my enemies. Yeesh, I wrote that? I'm edgy before I get my morning coffee, it turns out.
Sinjin Mokk wrote:How do you feel? Better by the day. Anticipating growth, even if I'm not completely sure what form it will take. It's a good feeling.
Do you make things? That are meant to be admired or enjoyed, rather than used or blown up?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
98
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Posted - 2016.12.14 17:11:38 -
[151] - Quote
I write things occasionally. I try to make...conversation, I suppose? So many people seem so alone. I make space dust. Agh, I need a proper hobby....
What makes you more nervous than anything? |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
659
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Posted - 2016.12.14 17:56:22 -
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Interacting at any great length with my crew. A few months ago, I would have been making an effort to eat with them and at least live close enough that conversations would arise. Bad idea. Bad for mental health. I could wax macabre about it for a while, but I think we all know the feeling. Anyways. I don't do that any more; I try to see whom I hire as little as possible.
Do you have any alts? How'd you meet and start working together?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
478
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Posted - 2016.12.14 19:21:33 -
[153] - Quote
With respect, pilot, you might as well call up the Empress Catiz I on her home comm, and ask her what colour her underwear is, in between heavy breathing -- you're about as likely to get a truthful answer.
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2762
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Posted - 2016.12.14 20:28:40 -
[154] - Quote
Jev North wrote:With respect, pilot, you might as well call up the Empress Catiz I on her home comm, and ask her what colour her underwear is, in between heavy breathing -- you're about as likely to get a truthful answer. True. If I had any associates like that they'd be most useful unnamed.
Can you maybe try a different question, Neph? |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
659
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Posted - 2016.12.14 20:32:53 -
[155] - Quote
Oh, I'm not curious to know names. Just stories.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1673
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Posted - 2016.12.14 20:34:19 -
[156] - Quote
I have a corp that I worked with before I became a capsuleer. They fund majority of my exploits and supply limited logistical support. Ships don't move themselves enmasse after all. Think that's what you mean, Neph.
How do you rationalize any activity you do, your primary activity (for instance, neutral piracy in my case)? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1482
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Posted - 2016.12.14 20:38:01 -
[157] - Quote
Doing God's work, advancing a few research projects and getting the hell out of the quagmire of K-Space for a while. Occasional skirmish with various other Capsuleer entities to keep my edge sharp is a bonus.
What do you define as success in life?
"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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Val Kaleth
Realm of Mischief
104
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Posted - 2016.12.14 20:42:20 -
[158] - Quote
Neph wrote:Interacting at any great length with my crew. A few months ago, I would have been making an effort to eat with them and at least live close enough that conversations would arise. Bad idea. Bad for mental health. I could wax macabre about it for a while, but I think we all know the feeling. Anyways. I don't do that any more; I try to see whom I hire as little as possible.
Do you have any alts? How'd you meet and start working together?
I can answer this one actually, at least for one of my many friends. You see I have a nice Gallente associate who entered Minmatar space just about the time I was liberated. He was seeking his fortune making and selling items for the Minmatar republic and we met on a lonely space station in Teonusude. I was quite poor at the time and struggled just to keep my 1 single ship from falling apart. In fact it was so bad that I had to disable the capacitor every time I docked it, or it would burn out completely and need to be replaced.
My friend of course was in search of help keeping the Angels off his back while harvesting minerals. He had only himself to rely on for this at the time so he hired me and my rickety ship to protect him, he couldn't afford better, but he has yet to regret his choice. In exchange he makes new parts and ammo for me, and has since become a good friend. It took him little time to develop strong feelings toward slavery and has vowed to do all he can to help in the war effort against the Amarr. Even at the cost of being less wealthy than he could be if he went back to Gallente. His home is now in the Minmatar Republic and he affectionately refers to himself as "Gallentar"
Ok for a question, if you could splice 2 or more ships together purely for aesthetic quality, which would they be and why?
Feel free to join me in game in the "Realm of Mischief" channel.
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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
482
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Posted - 2016.12.14 21:04:53 -
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Cynicism disproven, I suppose.
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2763
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Posted - 2016.12.14 21:23:20 -
[160] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:What do you define as success in life? Be useful, be happy, learn lots? ... more or less?
(The "learn lots" seems to actually be the simple part.)
Val Kaleth wrote:Ok for a question, if you could splice 2 or more ships together purely for aesthetic quality, which would they be and why? Uh ... maybe a Machariel with its "halves" offset like the engines on an Imperial Navy Slicer? It's just the first thing that comes to mind.
What is your favorite religion that you don't actually follow?
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
663
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Posted - 2016.12.14 21:25:59 -
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Quote:Ok for a question, if you could splice 2 or more ships together purely for aesthetic quality, which would they be and why?
For aesthetics, but also for everything else. Orthrus and a Falcon. No regrets.
Quote:What do you define as success in life?
Contentment. Upholding honorable values. Fulfilling your role as to maximize your possible utility to society.
Going back to the Falthros, imagine the shape, the sleekness and the corners. The thrusters. The pointy bits. The endless salt in local.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1674
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Posted - 2016.12.14 21:32:57 -
[162] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote: What is your favorite religion that you don't actually follow?
Wayist, no clue why but it always interested me but don't know alot about. Either that or Amarr but..... Don't need to explain that one do I? I like to know why/what I fight.
In your opinion, can two wrongs ever make a right? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1482
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Posted - 2016.12.14 21:38:11 -
[163] - Quote
Depends on the circumstances and the definition of 'wrongs'.
It's 'wrong' to kill, but killing the people that killed my father would probably be the most satisfying thing in the cluster, if I could ever find them. That'd make things right in my book.
Do you think we have been good caretakers for this cluster as the only known advanced sentient species? Rogue drones and the whole trans-post-whatever humanist Jove aside.
"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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Val Kaleth
Realm of Mischief
111
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Posted - 2016.12.14 21:42:44 -
[164] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:Depends on the circumstances and the definition of 'wrongs'.
It's 'wrong' to kill, but killing the people that killed my father would probably be the most satisfying thing in the cluster, if I could ever find them. That'd make things right in my book.
Do you think we have been good caretakers for this cluster as the only known advanced sentient species? Rogue drones and the whole trans-post-whatever humanist Jove aside.
Now, when you say "we" do you mean Amarr or humanity as a whole?
Feel free to join me in game in the "Realm of Mischief" channel.
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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
483
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Posted - 2016.12.14 21:43:11 -
[165] - Quote
We're little bits of cruft in film-thin biospheres and small motes of dust, on any scale beyond the personal. Calling us the caretakers of anything beyond ourselves is the height of hubris.
We're doing a fair-to-middling job at that much.
What person has been the biggest influence on your life as a capsuleer? A mentor, personal hero, example to follow?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1483
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Posted - 2016.12.14 21:52:26 -
[166] - Quote
Val Kaleth wrote:Utari Onzo wrote:Depends on the circumstances and the definition of 'wrongs'.
It's 'wrong' to kill, but killing the people that killed my father would probably be the most satisfying thing in the cluster, if I could ever find them. That'd make things right in my book.
Do you think we have been good caretakers for this cluster as the only known advanced sentient species? Rogue drones and the whole trans-post-whatever humanist Jove aside. Now, when you say "we" do you mean Amarr or humanity as a whole?
Did you miss the species part? I did indeed mean humanity as a whole.
"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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Mitara Newelle
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
542
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Posted - 2016.12.14 22:42:23 -
[167] - Quote
An interesting read this thread is.
Lady Mitara Newelle of House Sarum, Holder of the Mekhios province of Damnidios Para'nashu, Champion of House Sarum, Sworn Upholder of the Faith, Divine Commodore of the 24th Imperial Crusade
Admiral of Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2764
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Posted - 2016.12.14 23:35:42 -
[168] - Quote
Jev North wrote:We're little bits of cruft in film-thin biospheres and small motes of dust in vacuum, on any scale beyond the personal. Calling us the caretakers of anything beyond ourselves is the height of hubris.
We're doing a fair-to-middling job at that much.
What person has been the biggest influence on your life as a capsuleer? A mentor, personal hero, example to follow? This one's a little obvious in my case, but, no one else seems to be answering, so: Praefecta Lunarisse Aspenstar Daphiti.
I don't aspire to "be like her," exactly; we're pretty different people, and anyway I don't think I'd be able to do my job if I were. It's hard for a light source to play a shadow's part. Mostly, I just trust her, and her judgment, and admire her a lot as a person. Also, I owe her, a lot.
I often wish I was more like her, though. Left to my own devices, there's a lot of trouble I'd probably get into. At least I've gotten okay at guessing what she'd want to see happen.
Maybe that's enough, for now.
What are your favorite and least-favorite things about being jacked into a ship? |
Val Kaleth
Realm of Mischief
124
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Posted - 2016.12.14 23:42:17 -
[169] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:Val Kaleth wrote:Utari Onzo wrote:Depends on the circumstances and the definition of 'wrongs'.
It's 'wrong' to kill, but killing the people that killed my father would probably be the most satisfying thing in the cluster, if I could ever find them. That'd make things right in my book.
Do you think we have been good caretakers for this cluster as the only known advanced sentient species? Rogue drones and the whole trans-post-whatever humanist Jove aside. Now, when you say "we" do you mean Amarr or humanity as a whole? Did you miss the species part? I did indeed mean humanity as a whole.
No sir I did not, but I find it hard not to assume the worst of someone wearing so much gold. You have proven to be a nice enough person so I apologize if I offended.
My favorite part of being plugged into a ship is that it is like having guns for arms, fingers, hands, even ears if I concentrate carefully...
My least favorite is that it makes it difficult to drink a nice cold Quafe cola.
If you suddenly had to choose another faction to be part of, for whatever reason, which would it be and why?
Feel free to join me in game in the "Realm of Mischief" channel.
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Teinyhr
Ourumur
744
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Posted - 2016.12.15 00:15:05 -
[170] - Quote
Val Kaleth wrote:If you suddenly had to choose another faction to be part of, for whatever reason, which would it be and why?
The Society of Conscious Thought. Because who wouldn't want to get their hands on their secerets... So I'm curious, sue me.
Did curiosity kill the cat? |
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2764
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Posted - 2016.12.15 00:28:56 -
[171] - Quote
Teinyhr wrote:Val Kaleth wrote:If you suddenly had to choose another faction to be part of, for whatever reason, which would it be and why? The Society of Conscious Thought. Because who wouldn't want to get their hands on their secerets... So I'm curious, sue me. Did curiosity kill the cat? If so, I kind of think she died well..
Is there a style of garden you particularly like? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1487
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Posted - 2016.12.15 00:50:35 -
[172] - Quote
Wild one, weeds and all, all primal and natural. Never did like Grandfather's meticulous regimented approach, all neat lines and ordered business. On the subject of the man, never have liked a lot about him at all. You know, over the last year or two I'd mostly been under his roof, but I feel like I know him even less. Then there's that new lady friend of his, Lady Beth? **** if I remember right now, real shady person though.
Oh ****, I'm ranting aren't I, really should stop coming on these forums when I'm in a mood. Hey here's a God damn good question, who in the damn hell invented caffinated wine?
"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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Makoto Priano
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
8976
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Posted - 2016.12.15 00:52:09 -
[173] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote: If so, I kind of think she died well..
Is there a style of garden you particularly like?
Way gardens. Stonework, water, trees artfully and carefully maintained beyond the lifetimes of individuals. It's an easy place to lose oneself to reflection.
If there is one major discovery you hope will occur in the next one to five years of interstellar society, what is it and why?
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries: exploring the edge of the known, advancing the state of the art. Would you like to know more?
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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1675
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Posted - 2016.12.15 00:53:39 -
[174] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote: Hey here's a God damn good question, who in the damn hell invented caffinated wine? A genius.....
Why aren't more alcoholic beverages caffeinated? |
Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
99
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Posted - 2016.12.15 01:25:14 -
[175] - Quote
Deitra Vess wrote:Why aren't more alcoholic beverages caffeinated?
Surely you took biology as part of your capsule training? Caffeine and alcohol are both powerful diuretics, and in concert with alcohol's suppression of impulse control pertaining to consumption, can quickly produce dyseuphoric or even medically dangerous dehydration in a baseline physiognomy. That's short-term. Mid-term, such as after a night of sleep in which no hydrating fluids or supplementary vitamins are consumed to aid the processing of alcohol? Even worse. In short, it is counter-productive and perilous.
I am very, VERY sorry no one has already told you about that. Please be very careful when mixing your drugs, even if they are the sort that people don't usually worry about? I wouldn't like another reason to fuss about everyone.
What do you put in your hot drink of choice, and how common is that where you're from? I mean tea or coffee, mainly, but I'm sure there are others. |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
665
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Posted - 2016.12.15 02:08:00 -
[176] - Quote
Tea often, coffee rarely. For the most part, nothing in either, although different teas require different treatment. Many I drink straight. Some are best served with a bit of honey or aged snow elder, lupusberry, or fire persimmon. None I drink with cream. Ishukone tea culture possesses more of a bent towards greens, fruits, roots, and blended mixtures than the 50 variants of kresh you'll find in Wiyrkomi tea parlors. All the better; I have near no kresh immunity. Watch (and even more so, Watch Logistics) drinks a lot of straight black, but I've never been big on caffeine.
Coffee is always black but rich and nutty. The cheapass straight black furnace grease stuff you can buy for a pittance isn't worth drinking. I was raised that men drink with cream, women do not, and I've just never developed the taste for it.
You know, I've never thought about it before, but maybe that's just my clan? Is it more widespread? I've never thought to ask, just taken it for granted.
What was the last thing you ate? Describe it.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Hendrik Mishi
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2016.12.15 02:56:48 -
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"What was the last thing you ate? Describe it."
A nice hot meal of steak, potatoes, whiskey, and chili. Wouldn't have been able to afford even that one meal if I hadn't made it good on my last expedition. 1 mil+ isk. not much but seeing as I just finished training, but it was great.
to describe the meal, think about a big, juicy, mouthwatering steak that some merchant's slave would kill to have. The whiskey smooth like water, and the chili, oh the chili was hot, but not too hot, just the way I like it.
To any fellow explorers, what was the best haul you had? Or the most dangerous run you encountered?
Carpe Diem. Get insurance and fly feckless.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2766
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Posted - 2016.12.15 03:32:32 -
[178] - Quote
Hendrik Mishi wrote:To any fellow explorers, what was the best haul you had? Or the most dangerous run you encountered? A cache of "blue" salvage (mostly a stack of armor plating) worth about a hundred million ISK, collected in just a few minutes from a series of old wrecks in Anoikis. I think others have had better luck.
Aside from local capsuleers, I think the most dangerous thing I've run into was an armed Sleeper site that unexpectedly went active and very hostile while I was trying to crack a data cache. I don't lose exploration frigates very often, but, I did, that day.
I know such places can be run safely. I'll have to see if I can find an account by someone who's managed it if I run into another. Only ... well. Doing such things might be contributing to our troubles with the Drifters.
So, maybe I won't.
To you, what real object most represents what is good and worthwhile in this world? |
Hendrik Mishi
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2016.12.15 03:38:37 -
[179] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:Hendrik Mishi wrote:To any fellow explorers, what was the best haul you had? Or the most dangerous run you encountered? A cache of "blue" salvage (mostly a stack of armor plating) worth about a hundred million ISK, collected in just a few minutes from a series of old wrecks in Anoikis. I think others have had better luck. Aside from local capsuleers, I think the most dangerous thing I've run into was an armed Sleeper site that unexpectedly went active and very hostile while I was trying to crack a data cache. I don't lose exploration frigates very often, but, I did, that day. I know such places can be run safely. I'll have to see if I can find an account by someone who's managed it if I run into another. Only ... well. Doing such things might be contributing to our troubles with the Drifters. So, maybe I won't. To you, what real object most represents what is good and worthwhile in this world?
Getting philosophical? I don't see much good in the world. Chaos reins supreme in all things, and nature is is the queen of such chaos. But to give you a straight answer: Water. For it's simplicity, but at the same time having such a complex need in life.
Carpe Diem. Get insurance and fly feckless.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2766
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Posted - 2016.12.15 03:41:10 -
[180] - Quote
Hendrik Mishi wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote:To you, what real object most represents what is good and worthwhile in this world? Getting philosophical? Sure, most of the time.
Did you have a question, sir? |
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Hendrik Mishi
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2016.12.15 03:44:27 -
[181] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:Hendrik Mishi wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote:To you, what real object most represents what is good and worthwhile in this world? Getting philosophical? Sure, most of the time. Did you have a question, sir?
ah, forgot about that. What was your funniest mistake as a novice capsuleer?
Carpe Diem. Get insurance and fly feckless.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2766
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Posted - 2016.12.15 03:51:33 -
[182] - Quote
Hendrik Mishi wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote:Hendrik Mishi wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote:To you, what real object most represents what is good and worthwhile in this world? Getting philosophical? Sure, most of the time. Did you have a question, sir? ah, forgot about that. What was your funniest mistake as a novice capsuleer? ... ah. I'll have to leave that one to others. |
Hendrik Mishi
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2016.12.15 03:56:08 -
[183] - Quote
Right, probably better that way.
What does it mean to be a capsuleer?
Carpe Diem. Get insurance and fly feckless.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2766
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Posted - 2016.12.15 04:00:37 -
[184] - Quote
Hendrik Mishi wrote:Right, probably better that way.
What does it mean to be a capsuleer? Hee. One question per answer given, sir. ... Maybe save it until someone responds to your first?
That said, answering this one's a little bit of a hobby. Maybe a little bit more than that.
If you wish to speak, please contact me. |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
665
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Posted - 2016.12.15 04:42:43 -
[185] - Quote
Quote:What was your funniest mistake as a novice capsuleer?
This one's terribly embarrassing and turned many a wary eye at me. Just graduated from PTS not a week prior, and I decided I'd earned enough running missions to head back to Caldari lowsec to fight for the State (insert war-era propaganda march melody) Still shaky with the neocom, though, and I applied and was accepted to Ascending Angels. A Galmil corp. Oops.
EDIT: as soon as I realized my mistake and managed to get into Calmil, I didn't want to drag my cache of T1 frigs to Lonetrek, so I undocked all my ships and abandoned them, figuring somebody else could grab and keep them. Later I found out the Matari facpo were popping them as fast as I was leaving them, and yes, it generated public killmails. Sorry, new corp.
Anyways. What's your favorite corporate livery?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Jaret Victorian
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
621
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Posted - 2016.12.15 04:49:50 -
[186] - Quote
Hendrik Mishi wrote:What does it mean to be a capsuleer? A world of opportunities.
Now taht we're back on track - What device do you still use even though it's considered obsolete?
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Makoto Priano
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
8976
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Posted - 2016.12.15 07:24:54 -
[187] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:
To you, what real object most represents what is good and worthwhile in this world?
Seeing as this was aimed at me, I think, I'll take the chance and answer directly:
Dumplings.
A friend making food for you, or you doing it for them, even if it'd be faster or easier to order for it or have your staff cook it, especially if it's something as ridiculous as those seared, steamed dumplings you could get by the dozens on basically any station in New Eden.
It's not as often as I'd like, but there've been nights where I've dismissed my staff expressly so that I could badly cook for a friend, and we've absolutely destroyed a kitchen in our feeble efforts to make a proper dinner for ourselves.
It's wonderful.
It connects me with what used to be, for me, and for humanity.
In turn, what's your next destination?
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Hetu Hegirin
Otherwhere Circle
27
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Posted - 2016.12.15 09:41:52 -
[188] - Quote
Makoto Priano wrote:In turn, what's your next destination? Due to the recent loss of a clone, I'd been forced to lay up for a time and get used to a fresh body. Now that I've acclimatized to the new hardware, I've got work to do getting complex reaction materials into the hands of our technicians. Looks like I'll be glad-handing around the screaming edge of Metropolis looking for a seller.
If you could have perfect recollection of a treasured sensation, would you forego ever experiencing it again? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1489
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Posted - 2016.12.15 10:44:16 -
[189] - Quote
Hetu Hegirin wrote:Makoto Priano wrote:In turn, what's your next destination? Due to the recent loss of a clone, I'd been forced to lay up for a time and get used to a fresh body. Now that I've acclimatized to the new hardware, I've got work to do getting complex reaction materials into the hands of our technicians. Looks like I'll be glad-handing around the screaming edge of Metropolis looking for a seller. If you could have perfect recollection of a treasured sensation, would you forego ever experiencing it again?
No.
You'd lose the very thing that'd make each repeat of a given experience interesting in its own right, the slight variations of how it ends up going that make it unique.
That and memories never ever make up for actually doing something.
What ultimately keeps making you tick, what keeps you going and stops you from just giving up all together?
"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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Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative
369
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Posted - 2016.12.15 10:53:04 -
[190] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:Hetu Hegirin wrote:Makoto Priano wrote:In turn, what's your next destination? Due to the recent loss of a clone, I'd been forced to lay up for a time and get used to a fresh body. Now that I've acclimatized to the new hardware, I've got work to do getting complex reaction materials into the hands of our technicians. Looks like I'll be glad-handing around the screaming edge of Metropolis looking for a seller. If you could have perfect recollection of a treasured sensation, would you forego ever experiencing it again? No. You'd lose the very thing that'd make each repeat of a given experience interesting in its own right, the slight variations of how it ends up going that make it unique. That and memories never ever make up for actually doing something. What ultimately keeps making you tick, what keeps you going and stops you from just giving up all together? The prospect of change and the possibility of recovering that which offers such a prospect. Friends, family, and moments with both, old and new.
If you had to live somewhere for the rest of your days, where would that be and how would you choose to do it?
"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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Hendrik Mishi
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2016.12.15 16:01:03 -
[191] - Quote
I would live on some distant continental rimworld where there probably isn't a lot of other colonists. As for how I'd choose to do it, I'd probably end up there by mistake, malfunctioning thrusters, or shot out of the sky. flip a coin.
When was the last time, if ever, you had a complete sense of satisfaction and contentment?
Carpe Diem. Get insurance and fly feckless.
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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
488
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Posted - 2016.12.15 16:20:28 -
[192] - Quote
Hendrik Mishi wrote:When was the last time, if ever, you had a complete sense of satisfaction and contentment? Years ago, when I was in Anshar, very shortly after the refits to the T1 logistics cruisers came through, we threw together a fleet to try them out - some light and medium armor, and a trio of Augurors, with me flying one because I was spec'd for one more or less by chance.
Three minutes out the gate, we ended up smack dab in the middle of a three-way fight between miltia and pirates in a medium complex somewhere, outnumbered something crazy like three to one. We fought near non stop for half an hour straight, with only brief pauses for frantic looting for ammo and nanite paste, hasty repairs, and regrouping. Two more groups came in and were ground up.
Then, some quiet, and Milo calls, "Okay, that was intense. I think we should gather everyone up for a bit. Is anyone down?"
Silence.
"Is anyone down."
Then, the most gratifying half-laugh ever. "I guess not!"
And, winds. I'm just going to ask the same question again, basically. Tell me about your proudest moment.
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Hendrik Mishi
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2016.12.15 20:54:26 -
[193] - Quote
Jev North wrote: Tell me about your proudest moment.
my proudest moment was when I made my first successful exploration run. wasn't a lot of loot, and i think I mentioned this earlier, but I made around 1 mil isk. took me forever to find that one data site. I was glad I earned the isk. I'm sure better moments will come around though.
what was the dumbest purchase you've made?
Carpe Diem. Get insurance and fly feckless.
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
672
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Posted - 2016.12.15 21:30:37 -
[194] - Quote
Threw away 1b isk in Jita somehow. Don't even remember how, but I think it was a contract for a supposedly 1m isk Svipul that was off by a zero or three. Lesson learned.
Where'd you get the money for the capsuleer program? I guess this only applies to egger pre-Alpha era.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Slayer Liberator
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
146
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Posted - 2016.12.15 21:39:11 -
[195] - Quote
Neph wrote:Threw away 1b isk in Jita somehow. Don't even remember how, but I think it was a contract for a supposedly 1m isk Svipul that was off by a zero or three. Lesson learned.
Where'd you get the money for the capsuleer program? I guess this only applies to egger pre-Alpha era. I was a duster before I was an egger.
How do you feel about dusters? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1489
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Posted - 2016.12.15 21:40:26 -
[196] - Quote
Sponsored. Both by SAK due to my compatibility, and the rest off of the life insurance payouts from both my parents. (Technically. My father got my mother's payout, I think, and then I got it from my father when he died.)
EDIT: Damnit Slayer. I have no real opinion on them as a group, but I do have opinions on individual Clone Soldiers.
What degree did you study as part of your capsuleer training?
"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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Uriel Paradisi Anteovnuecci
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
19519
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Posted - 2016.12.15 22:03:34 -
[197] - Quote
Studied history mostly; I've always liked learning about the past of the cluster, especially the early days of the empires & the ancient races, as well as the tech and knowledge that's been lost to the ages. The Sleepers became my biggest focus after the opening of Anoikis, & they and the Jove, as well as the very related Drifters now, are my main focus.
What ship, out of all the ones not currently available to capsuleers publicly, appeals to you the most visually & aesthetically?
"A City made of Dreams is built in heaven"
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Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
890
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Posted - 2016.12.15 22:07:21 -
[198] - Quote
Uriel Paradisi Anteovnuecci wrote:Studied history mostly; I've always liked learning about the past of the cluster, especially the early days of the empires & the ancient races, as well as the tech and knowledge that's been lost to the ages. The Sleepers became my biggest focus after the opening of Anoikis, & they and the Jove, as well as the very related Drifters now, are my main focus.
What ship, out of all the ones not currently available to capsuleers publicly, appeals to you the most visually & aesthetically?
An Iaptean, for ego hauling.
What is the personal quality you most regret lacking?
"I give you the destiny of Faith, and you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens: Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given." - Book of Reclaiming 22:13
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Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
2990
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Posted - 2016.12.16 00:13:31 -
[199] - Quote
Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote:Uriel Paradisi Anteovnuecci wrote:Studied history mostly; I've always liked learning about the past of the cluster, especially the early days of the empires & the ancient races, as well as the tech and knowledge that's been lost to the ages. The Sleepers became my biggest focus after the opening of Anoikis, & they and the Jove, as well as the very related Drifters now, are my main focus.
What ship, out of all the ones not currently available to capsuleers publicly, appeals to you the most visually & aesthetically?
An Iaptean, for ego hauling. What is the personal quality you most regret lacking? Patience.
What ship do you hate the most?
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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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2665
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Posted - 2016.12.16 00:30:40 -
[200] - Quote
Neph wrote:Anyways. What's your favorite corporate livery?
Favorite corporate livery? Black Omega Security. It's black. It's an omega. It's pretty simple and straightforward, declares exactly who they are. Just what livery should do. Never any question about 'hey, who's that black ome-oh.'
Diana Kim wrote:What ship do you hate the most?
To fly? The Basilisk. It's slow. It turns badly. The target signature's huge. It doesn't tend to bring anything significant to the table for that horrible speed and bloated sig, compared to the Scimitar. Yes, if it's fitted with an afterburner, it can either have an additional shield repper or a utility ETA, but if you're fitting a Basilisk with an afterburner, you're an idiot who deserves to be chased down by tackling battleships, because you won't outrun a damned Abaddon. Even with a microwarp drive, you're cripplingly slow. It's one of, if not the only Tech II cruiser hull I can think of that can't outperform its basic version in terms of sheer maneuverability. And it's a shame, because other than its navigational profile, it's a very solid ship, but that one flaw really sinks it. If the State could re-engineer it to accept a third low-power system, it'd be immensely improved.
What's the one thing you respect most about the faction/alliance/organization that you find yourself fighting against most consistently? |
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Uriel Paradisi Anteovnuecci
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
19523
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Posted - 2016.12.16 00:46:06 -
[201] - Quote
Though it's never the intention to fight them, the Drifters are a consistent opposing force to our operations - if they didn't attack first, we'd just leave them be. All the same, however, in conflict with them, their perfect synchronization and unshaken ambition for whatever their end goal is shows through as a defining trait of their faction. If it's a product of them simply being controlled AI, that's less impressive; but I'm of the belief that they're a little more than that. If that's the case, and they do have individual personas, then their dedication to their cause and their dauntless attitude in doing so is something to be admired; whatever their true intentions are, I've got to give them that.
What degree of separation do you feel from the baseliners, being what you are?
"A City made of Dreams is built in heaven"
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Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
101
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Posted - 2016.12.16 01:28:01 -
[202] - Quote
I don't feel any, or almost none. I have a little more insulation from permanent death, but my time before that permanent death isn't so different from anyone outside a capsule. I sleep, I eat, I feel awful that I haven't mined or written a letter to someone I love, I think about what to have for dinner, I take a shower, I hire someone, I try to do something with my hair, I send money to my parents.
At some point in the parade of workaday things I might find myself doing something amazing. Meditating in the clear light of the Eve Gate, maybe, or watching a bad movie with someone who owns the planet I'm standing on.
I don't think those things make me less a baseliner. They make me a very fortunate baseliner. We are all still of one flesh, God save us all.
What do you collect? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2769
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Posted - 2016.12.16 03:24:43 -
[203] - Quote
Loai Qerl wrote:What do you collect? Memories.
... that ... probably sounds a little glib, but I really mean it.
Memories are these flighty, ephemeral things, and I of course know how possible it is to lose them. At the same time, though, they're more durable than a lot of physical goods. They kind of follow me around, and they can't really be carelessly mislaid or sold. They also don't take up very many packing crates. They'll all disappear when I die, of course, but, after that, I won't have any use for physical objects, either.
I try to remember the places I go, the people I meet. I don't need much, besides that.
Is there something you do to remind yourself of who you are? |
Tressith Sefira
The Scope Gallente Federation
194
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Posted - 2016.12.16 03:56:37 -
[204] - Quote
Everything I do reminds me of who I am. I don't stop being me because I do things I'm uncomfortable with or I'm unhappy with. It's possible to live a life without distance. It's just more difficult than the alternative.
What would you choose to be your last meal? |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
672
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Posted - 2016.12.16 04:41:14 -
[205] - Quote
Wake up every morning, make a cup of tea, and light a candle. I give myself fifteen minutes in the busy day to remember myself and forget the world.
How long do you suspect you will/plan to live?
E: Quote: What would you choose to be your last meal?
From a young age, I've been told the selfless goes to their death on an empty stomach. I suppose I've always thought a noble death is a hungry one.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Tamiroth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
356
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Posted - 2016.12.16 09:18:13 -
[206] - Quote
Neph wrote:How long do you suspect you will/plan to live? I don't plan it. My life is in the hands of God. But as I'm not a terribly active combat pilot, I may as well last a few centuries.
If you knew that you are going to die a final death soon, to whom would you leave all the things you own? |
Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1678
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Posted - 2016.12.16 14:19:40 -
[207] - Quote
Tamiroth wrote:Neph wrote:How long do you suspect you will/plan to live? I don't plan it. My life is in the hands of God. But as I'm not a terribly active combat pilot, I may as well last a few centuries. If you knew that you are going to die a final death soon, to whom would you leave all the things you own? My Corp and those corps who have backed me. I'd like my final body to be stuck in a wolf and blown up over Eram II.
Do you consider yourself a good role model to your people/others? Why do you feel that way?
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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1490
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Posted - 2016.12.16 15:11:12 -
[208] - Quote
No, because I have never aspired to be one.
What has being a capsuleer taught you the most?
"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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Sinjin Mokk
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
1047
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Posted - 2016.12.16 15:14:04 -
[209] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:
What has being a capsuleer taught you the most?
To appreciate the value of daydrinking.
To those who wander, would you return home, if given the chance?
"Angels live, they never die,
Apart from us, behind the sky.
They're fading souls who've turned to ice,
So ashen white in paradise."
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Hendrik Mishi
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
2
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Posted - 2016.12.16 15:20:24 -
[210] - Quote
Don't have a home except my ship.
Where do you feel you culturally belong?
Carpe Diem. Get insurance and fly feckless.
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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1490
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Posted - 2016.12.16 15:28:14 -
[211] - Quote
Tough one. I was raised in the State, and a lot of my work ethic (along with knowledge of hosting and tea preperation) comes from that time. I suppose my economic liberalism as well.
That said, I was given as good of an eduction in the Amarr faith as my mother could provide, and I am currently a baptised member of the Orthodox Church (and therefore citizen of the Amarr Empire)
It's a weird blend of the two, though the State and her people most likely would conclude I am not one of them due to my choices. It's a fair and legitimate point, but having lived in the Empire proper for long enough I've concluded I'm not all together a perfect fit there either. Perhaps the problem was I was living with a Sarumite as their ill begotten grandson.
If I find another place within the Empire (given its large variations in culture internally) or elsewhere I'll let you know.
To go back to an earlier answer of mine, what do you think the origin of Man is? Did we come from the Evegate? Did we spring up seperately on our individual planets? Do you think ancient aliens created us?
"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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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1678
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Posted - 2016.12.16 15:28:30 -
[212] - Quote
Hendrik Mishi wrote:Don't have a home except my ship.
Where do you feel you culturally belong? Gallante, haven't done anything to prove my worth to my tribe yet.
If you could be anyone else, who? |
Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
492
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Posted - 2016.12.17 10:47:22 -
[213] - Quote
Todo Kirkinen, for a radical change in perspective.
Have you read any good books, or seen a decent holo -- one that made you think, or at least engaged you for longer than the time it took to watch it? What was it about?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Matias Kurovassi
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
26
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Posted - 2016.12.17 11:56:01 -
[214] - Quote
Jev North wrote: Have you read any good books, or seen a decent holo -- one that made you think, or at least engaged you for longer than the time it took to watch it? What was it about?
While neither a book or a holo, the poem, The Long March by the poet Sukkira Nuvolaini. It has been over six months since I read it and I am still often disquieted by the piece. Written while she was held prisoner without charge in a Provist prison and it could probably qualify as a modern epic at 2374 lines long entirely in blank verse.
Detailing the detention and trial of, "No-one but a black bag," The entire piece is told through the discussions of various jailors, lawyers and judges who continue to never explain the crimes or charges but only the harshest punishment for being imprisoned is proof enough of a crime according to them.
Absurd, surreal, and deeply allusory to traditional Raata and Oriyoni literature to paint a disjunct with life in the State. The final titular chapter of The Long March of the prisoner to their execution was probably the most disturbing thing I have read in a long time.
Besides corpses, what do you collect?
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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1683
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Posted - 2016.12.17 15:19:02 -
[215] - Quote
Matias Kurovassi wrote: Besides corpses, what do you collect?
Ammunition.... In 3 seperate locations have over 2.3bil est isk..
Since I accidentally cut him, instead of making a question I'll throw out the one I skipped over. Sorry Utari!
skipped question by Utari Onzo wrote:To go back to an earlier answer of mine, what do you think the origin of Man is? Did we come from the Evegate? Did we spring up seperately on our individual planets? Do you think ancient aliens created us?
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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2677
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Posted - 2016.12.17 16:06:36 -
[216] - Quote
skipped question by Utari Onzo wrote:To go back to an earlier answer of mine, what do you think the origin of Man is? Did we come from the Evegate? Did we spring up seperately on our individual planets? Do you think ancient aliens created us?
I think the idea that we arose on separate planets is patently ridiculous, especially given the existence of the JoveGÇöalso humanGÇöand their records going back before any of the rest of us got to the stars. I think it's likely we arose from one central location, either the EVE Gate, Jovian Space, or somewhere else, and spread from there. Civilizations fall. We know that from the Talocan etc.
How muchGÇöor how littleGÇöwould it take to get you to join your current enemies' cause, opposing the very people and purposes you currently work for? |
Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1683
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Posted - 2016.12.17 16:32:38 -
[217] - Quote
Arrendis wrote: How muchGÇöor how littleGÇöwould it take to get you to join your current enemies' cause, opposing the very people and purposes you currently work for?
In case of goonswarm: absolutely nothing, just the ability to learn something new/make isk In the case of the state protectorate: isk..... Lots of isk In the case of the 24ic: I'd join in a heart beat.... To feed Intel and go on safari. To actually fight for them would take me getting betrayed by the TLF or if they turned into an actual defensive war (slaves freed, treaties disallowing amarr warships to enter the republic and actual adherence to it) and we spit on it. I truely just want peace, if we were pushing to "rub it in" so to speak I don't think I could stand for that.
What have you left behind as a capsuleer that you once thought you could never live without? |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
682
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Posted - 2016.12.17 19:52:01 -
[218] - Quote
Legitimacy as a proper citizen of the State. But I lost that a while ago.
Choose your lead vocalist, choose your backups, choose instrumentation. Out of people on the IGS. Pop band go.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Tamiroth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
356
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Posted - 2016.12.17 21:05:30 -
[219] - Quote
Neph wrote: Choose your lead vocalist, choose your backups, choose instrumentation. Out of people on the IGS. Pop band go.
Vocals: Ayallah Keyboards: Deitra Vess Guitars: Arrendis
Band name: The Suspects :)
...Your favourite time of the day (planetside, because ship and station cycles are boring) and why? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1503
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Posted - 2016.12.17 21:14:24 -
[220] - Quote
Dawn. Whenever I'm planetside, I always try to see the sun rise every morning. It's a special treat for someone like me who grew up in artificial environments, and gas planets where it was all a perpetual toxic smog outside.
Would you rather be able to sleep more, or sleep less and have more time for other activities?
"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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Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
3000
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Posted - 2016.12.17 22:26:26 -
[221] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:Dawn. Whenever I'm planetside, I always try to see the sun rise every morning. It's a special treat for someone like me who grew up in artificial environments, and gas planets where it was all a perpetual toxic smog outside.
Would you rather be able to sleep more, or sleep less and have more time for other activities? I would prefer to not sleep at all, and just keep shooting fascists and occupants until there will be no gallente on Caldari Prime.
Largest amount of isk you spent on a fully fit ship?
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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Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
152
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Posted - 2016.12.18 00:20:01 -
[222] - Quote
Diana Kim wrote:Largest amount of isk you spent on a fully fit ship? ~800m for a fitted C5 Rattlesnake.
What is the only named system in Syndicate? |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
682
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Posted - 2016.12.18 01:42:20 -
[223] - Quote
p...pp...poitoit??
Most embarrassing attitude you held as a child?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Hendrik Mishi
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2016.12.18 19:12:49 -
[224] - Quote
I was extremely stubborn when me and my parents visited planets. I would want to explore the colonies and wilderness, when we had to keep a tight schedule to make the next supply drop for the next colony.
if you've ever been dead broke, what was your life like for that period of time? what did you have to do in order to get some amount of wealth, if you wish to disclose that.
Carpe Diem. Get insurance and fly feckless.
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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1683
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Posted - 2016.12.18 19:20:31 -
[225] - Quote
Hendrik Mishi wrote: if you've ever been dead broke, what was your life like for that period of time? what did you have to do in order to get some amount of wealth, if you wish to disclose that.
Maintenance/custodial duties on mining barges/exhumers before I enrolled in the RMS. It was..... Lovely. The last one I worked for I ended up working for for a few years and bankrolled my education.
Worst place you've ever visited as a capsuleer? |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
682
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Posted - 2016.12.18 22:40:38 -
[226] - Quote
JIta 4-4. Never had been there, never want to go back. I'll send somebody else to deal with it for me.
A cliche: but you favorite type of 'exotic' animal? For the sake of not hearing the same thing over and over, I'm gonna exclude all those Amarr who want to rave about their drooling slaver hounds. No bias, but let's hear something different from somebody different.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Kybernetes Moros
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
31
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Posted - 2016.12.18 23:40:30 -
[227] - Quote
Neph wrote:A cliche: but you favorite type of 'exotic' animal? For the sake of not hearing the same thing over and over, I'm gonna exclude all those Amarr who want to rave about their drooling slaver hounds. No bias, but let's hear something different from somebody different.
Oh! I can do this one.
The yuulio!
I mean, there are a lot of super exciting creatures from around the Pool, but there's something so terribly engrossing about a (sort of!) invisible fish that caused a small handful of minor diplomatic catastrophes, isn't there? [1]
In the spirit of participation and collaboration, I'll mould some advice a friend liked to give into a question. Do you follow your bliss, and why (not)?
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[1] I suppose I'm Amarr, speaking strictly, but I kept the slaver hounds--drooling or otherwise--out of proceedings, so that surely counts for something!. |
Kairelle
Raven.Syndicate
45
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Posted - 2016.12.19 05:53:01 -
[228] - Quote
Kybernetes Moros wrote: Do you follow your bliss, and why (not)? .
I do. It's not always easy, and my corporation does take me away quite a bit. As to the why....because they are totally worth it.
What's your least favorite number?
Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu.
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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2689
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Posted - 2016.12.19 06:46:04 -
[229] - Quote
Kairelle wrote:What's your least favorite number?
1
What, if anything, do you do as a way to improve yourself?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1777
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Posted - 2016.12.19 10:00:32 -
[230] - Quote
Arrendis wrote:Kairelle wrote:What's your least favorite number? 1 What, if anything, do you do as a way to improve yourself?
Accept capsuleer implants.
Have you ever walked the decks of your own ships?
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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Tamiroth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
357
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Posted - 2016.12.19 10:27:17 -
[231] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Have you ever walked the decks of your own ships?
Of course, all the time. Usually when docked.
Have you ever considered testing your most loyal employees for capsule compatibility and sponsoring them as alts if it's positive? |
Yarosara Ruil
Haighare Pirates
787
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Posted - 2016.12.19 10:28:50 -
[232] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Have you ever walked the decks of your own ships?
But of course! How else would I be able to retrofit my drone crew automatization rigging if I didn't get my hands dirty? My Komodo Mk. IV Gila-class ship is currently equipped with a third gen VI compatible drone OS!
Tamiroth wrote:Have you ever considered testing your most loyal employees for capsule compatibility and sponsoring them as alts if it's positive?
With the advent of Alpha Cloning tech, compatibility isn't even an issue! But it gets hard to convince my employees since they are overly attached to this "mortality" thing. Personally I think that 's rubbish and that capsuleer transhumanism is the shizzle!
Favorite mining ship? |
Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
493
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Posted - 2016.12.19 11:01:26 -
[233] - Quote
The Venture. Opponents tend to over-engage them even if they've sussed out your Venture fleet is packing more heat than mining lasers. Also, while I'm adamant against fitting warp core stabilizers on combat ships, I have to grant that the built-in stabilization doesn't impede its capabilities very much, and makes for interesting wolfpack tactics.
What's that one unconventional idea for a corporation that's been simmering in the back of your mind for ages, the one you'd execute on if only you had more time, more ISK, more hands, and more mental fortitude for dealing with the constant hassle of capsuleer cat-herding?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1778
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Posted - 2016.12.19 11:18:26 -
[234] - Quote
Jev North wrote:The Venture. Opponents tend to over-engage them even if they've sussed out your Venture fleet is packing more heat than mining lasers. Also, while I'm adamant against fitting warp core stabilizers on combat ships, I have to grant that the built-in stabilization doesn't impede its capabilities very much, and makes for interesting wolfpack tactics.
What's that one unconventional idea for a corporation that's been simmering in the back of your mind for ages, the one you'd execute on if only you had more time, more ISK, more hands, and more mental fortitude for dealing with the constant hassle of capsuleer cat-herding?
A scrap-metal dealer corporation. Does that count?
Planetside vacation or space vacation?
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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Morwen Lagann
Tyrathlion Interstellar
1932
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Posted - 2016.12.19 11:35:38 -
[235] - Quote
Jev North wrote:What's that one unconventional idea for a corporation that's been simmering in the back of your mind for ages, the one you'd execute on if only you had more time, more ISK, more hands, and more mental fortitude for dealing with the constant hassle of capsuleer cat-herding? Funny you ask that one... for reasons. "Watch this space," as they say, tapping the side of their noses all the while...
Hustle and bustle of a city, or the peace and quiet of a rural area?
Morwen Lagann
CEO, Tyrathlion Interstellar
Coordinator, Arataka Research Consortium
Owner, The Golden Masque
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Kairelle
Raven.Syndicate
45
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Posted - 2016.12.19 11:59:10 -
[236] - Quote
Morwen Lagann wrote:
Hustle and bustle of a city, or the peace and quiet of a rural area?
I like both in all honesty. Rural is more of a retreat when I need to 'get away' as it were.
I suppose since Elmund got skipped in a way I'll just use his question and take the easy way out. Planetside vacation or space vacation?
Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu.
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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2691
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Posted - 2016.12.19 13:18:37 -
[237] - Quote
Kairelle wrote:I suppose since Elmund got skipped in a way I'll just use his question and take the easy way out. Planetside vacation or space vacation?
Space vacation. Planets are messed up. Standing out there, the only thing keeping you from the vacuum of space is that the rock you're on is so fat that it's convinced a whole bunch of air to try to crush you... s'just freaky. Gimme bulkheads.
If you had to join one of the massive baseliner pitate groups in New Eden, which would it be and why?
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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1683
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Posted - 2016.12.19 13:23:38 -
[238] - Quote
Arrendis wrote:Kairelle wrote:I suppose since Elmund got skipped in a way I'll just use his question and take the easy way out. Planetside vacation or space vacation? Space vacation. Planets are messed up. Standing out there, the only thing keeping you from the vacuum of space is that the rock you're on is so fat that it's convinced a whole bunch of air to try to crush you... s'just freaky. Gimme bulkheads. If you had to join one of the massive baseliner pitate groups in New Eden, which would it be and why? Pl, i have way too much respect for them, know a couple people there and though they demand you know about them before hand, I could learn a ton about flying cap ships there.
Most ideal way to die? |
Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2691
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Posted - 2016.12.19 13:32:19 -
[239] - Quote
Deitra Vess wrote:Most ideal way to die?
'Old Age'. I figure when I hit about 3 months old or so, I'll just fall apart because the techs calibrated the clone for my 'die every 26 days' average.
And PL aren't baseliners.
Favorite non-combat recreational chemical compound? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1779
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Posted - 2016.12.19 13:35:37 -
[240] - Quote
Arrendis wrote:Deitra Vess wrote:Most ideal way to die? 'Old Age'. I figure when I hit about 3 months old or so, I'll just fall apart because the techs calibrated the clone for my 'die every 26 days' average. And PL aren't baseliners. Favorite non-combat recreational chemical compound?
Coffee. Especially Matar Gold and Archipelago Mix. Drip, Ibrik-brew and espresso.
What, if any, are your steps for minimising crew fatalities?
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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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1683
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Posted - 2016.12.19 13:39:24 -
[241] - Quote
Arrendis wrote: And PL aren't baseliners.
My bad, haven't had my caffeine for the day, I'd go for guristas in that case. I like their ships and I think that would be the only one I wouldn't have to stretch my morals as much to actually fly for. |
Hetu Hegirin
Otherwhere Circle
28
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Posted - 2016.12.19 16:44:54 -
[242] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:What, if any, are your steps for minimising crew fatalities? First and foremost, we deploy only the smallest and fastest vessel that can do the job. Since our crew compliments are almost always small but our baseline personnel pool is large, we borrowed a page from the Federation Navy SOP in the form of a shift plan for three 18-hour days. I believe this scheme was developed by/for their covert ops wings, but I'm far from an expert on military matters. In any case, the six-hour shifts keep the teams fresh and the XOs have reported improvements in focus and initiative. Regular drilling on all active and moored vessels encourages crew members to adopt emergency protocols as second-nature. Nothing extraordinary, to my knowledge.
When have you misjudged yourself? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1780
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Posted - 2016.12.19 16:48:27 -
[243] - Quote
So many times I do not remember exactly when. The last time I misjudged myself and my Breacher's capabilities we got alphaed by artillery Thrasher. Twice.
Claw or Taranis?
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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Morwen Lagann
Tyrathlion Interstellar
1932
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Posted - 2016.12.19 18:38:25 -
[244] - Quote
Taranis. The Claw might be pretty fast and agile, but I can't shake the feeling that the ship is going to rip itself to pieces at the speeds it is intended to travel at.
Rain or snow?
Morwen Lagann
CEO, Tyrathlion Interstellar
Coordinator, Arataka Research Consortium
Owner, The Golden Masque
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John Revenent
Revenent Defence Corperation 404 Alliance Not Found
543
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Posted - 2016.12.19 18:41:40 -
[245] - Quote
Snow, you can bundle up and enjoy the beauty when things clear up.
Scotch or Wine?
"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."
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Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1028
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Posted - 2016.12.19 21:02:46 -
[246] - Quote
Wine.
What's your personal image of God? |
Makoto Priano
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
9004
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Posted - 2016.12.19 21:06:02 -
[247] - Quote
With the caveat that I am not of the faithful, the keening of of a pulsar in my ears; the rumble of a red giant in my chest; the susurrus and caress of a gas giant's upper atmosphere; the wind of the Nexus buffeting my ship.
One could say that technology enables me to better experience divinity.
Would you rather prepare forever for an eventuality that never comes, or tremble in the face of crisis and turmoil but know peace before?
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries: exploring the edge of the known, advancing the state of the art. Would you like to know more?
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Kairelle
Raven.Syndicate
45
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Posted - 2016.12.19 21:41:16 -
[248] - Quote
Makoto Priano wrote:
Would you rather prepare forever for an eventuality that never comes, or tremble in the face of crisis and turmoil but know peace before?
Prepare for the improbable so that when the inevitable happens you can deal with it.
Favorite alcoholic beverage?
Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu.
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Morwen Lagann
Tyrathlion Interstellar
1932
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Posted - 2016.12.19 21:44:26 -
[249] - Quote
I'll generally never say no to a glass of Zydrine Wine or a Fusion Thruster.
Favorite system?
Morwen Lagann
CEO, Tyrathlion Interstellar
Coordinator, Arataka Research Consortium
Owner, The Golden Masque
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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
493
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Posted - 2016.12.19 21:53:12 -
[250] - Quote
Mother Evati; she always provided the kills, and may yet do so again.*
You're tasked to run a capsuleer social event thats, quote, "a little more refreshing and unusual than the usual," unquote. What do you come up with?
(*: She also encourages proper reading comprehension, spelling, and pronunciation habits by having exit gates to Arnher and Anher.)
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Morwen Lagann
Tyrathlion Interstellar
1932
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Posted - 2016.12.19 22:00:11 -
[251] - Quote
Cabaret night.
And yes, you're supposed to keep the 'yarr' to 'Ar(rr)nher.'
If you could pick one, what ship would you like to meet piloting certifications for most, that you do not already qualify for?
Morwen Lagann
CEO, Tyrathlion Interstellar
Coordinator, Arataka Research Consortium
Owner, The Golden Masque
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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2694
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Posted - 2016.12.19 22:23:14 -
[252] - Quote
Morwen Lagann wrote:If you could pick one, what ship would you like to meet piloting certifications for most, that you do not already qualify for?
The Bowhead. Because my choices are that or the Rorqual.
Who, among all the people you fly with, would you most like to melt down into skill injectors and leave a lobotomized husk? |
Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
153
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Posted - 2016.12.20 03:32:13 -
[253] - Quote
Arrendis wrote:Who, among all the people you fly with, would you most like to melt down into skill injectors and leave a lobotomized husk? Well, when it really comes down to it I'd say the most logical answer would be myself, considering I have awful skills, fits and flying experience.
Who is the most boring capsuleer you know? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1783
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Posted - 2016.12.20 03:36:28 -
[254] - Quote
Merchant Rova wrote:Arrendis wrote:Who, among all the people you fly with, would you most like to melt down into skill injectors and leave a lobotomized husk? Well, when it really comes down to it I'd say the most logical answer would be myself, considering I have awful skills, fits and flying experience. Who is the most boring capsuleer you know?
Most boring capsuleers, you mean. Miners in highsec. They say nothing and are highly unresponsive. Like they aren't even there, in the pod.
Do you like the current system of taking sovereign, or do you prefer the previous system, or the system (or rather, absence of system) before that?
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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Jason Galente
SniggWaffe WAFFLES.
1047
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Posted - 2016.12.30 23:16:36 -
[255] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Merchant Rova wrote:Arrendis wrote:Who, among all the people you fly with, would you most like to melt down into skill injectors and leave a lobotomized husk? Well, when it really comes down to it I'd say the most logical answer would be myself, considering I have awful skills, fits and flying experience. Who is the most boring capsuleer you know? Most boring capsuleers, you mean. Miners in highsec. They say nothing and are highly unresponsive. Like they aren't even there, in the pod. Do you like the current system of taking sovereign, or do you prefer the previous system, or the system (or rather, absence of system) before that?
They all suck and are rather unintuitive. This one is probably the least terrible.
Who is the capsuleer you've got the hots for? (No known spouses or significant others please, let's make this juicy)
(And thus dies this thread, sorry Thal ole buddy but I've got a terrible reputation to maintain)
Oh, and no saying 'Me' or 'My clone' ya egomaniacs..
Only the liberty of the individual assures the prosperity of the whole.
And this foundation must be defended.
At any cost
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Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
105
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Posted - 2016.12.31 00:31:58 -
[256] - Quote
Jason Galente wrote:
Who is the capsuleer you've got the hots for? (No known spouses or significant others please, let's make this juicy)
Sinjin Mokk. Treacherous, dashing, at least plausibly golden-hearted? Possibly? For a bit?
Well. It's not as though I'm asking him to dinner, regardless.
What item of clothing do you most wish your official portrait would allow? |
Agiri Falken
State War Academy Caldari State
221
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Posted - 2016.12.31 01:01:50 -
[257] - Quote
Loai Qerl wrote:Jason Galente wrote:
Who is the capsuleer you've got the hots for? (No known spouses or significant others please, let's make this juicy)
Sinjin Mokk. Treacherous, dashing, at least plausibly golden-hearted? Possibly? For a bit? Well. It's not as though I'm asking him to dinner, regardless. What item of clothing do you most wish your official portrait would allow? My damn long coat. I really like that thing.
What's a skill or skillset you'd learn if cost, trainer and time were no issue? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1831
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Posted - 2016.12.31 03:09:39 -
[258] - Quote
Agiri Falken wrote:Loai Qerl wrote:Jason Galente wrote:
Who is the capsuleer you've got the hots for? (No known spouses or significant others please, let's make this juicy)
Sinjin Mokk. Treacherous, dashing, at least plausibly golden-hearted? Possibly? For a bit? Well. It's not as though I'm asking him to dinner, regardless. What item of clothing do you most wish your official portrait would allow? My damn long coat. I really like that thing. What's a skill or skillset you'd learn if cost, trainer and time were no issue?
Genemodding and genetic manipulation. But I will probably need to learn everything biology on top of these. In much greater detail than what I know currently.
What's the biggest vessel you had flown solo that you were able to dock up in at the end of the day?
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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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1710
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Posted - 2016.12.31 03:51:29 -
[259] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Agiri Falken wrote:Loai Qerl wrote:Jason Galente wrote:
Who is the capsuleer you've got the hots for? (No known spouses or significant others please, let's make this juicy)
Sinjin Mokk. Treacherous, dashing, at least plausibly golden-hearted? Possibly? For a bit? Well. It's not as though I'm asking him to dinner, regardless. What item of clothing do you most wish your official portrait would allow? My damn long coat. I really like that thing. What's a skill or skillset you'd learn if cost, trainer and time were no issue? Genemodding and genetic manipulation. But I will probably need to learn everything biology on top of these. In much greater detail than what I know currently. What's the biggest vessel you had flown solo that you were able to dock up in at the end of the day? Technically an archon, if not acceptable then a Megatron.
Worst fail fit. That you thought was great at the time? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2825
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Posted - 2016.12.31 04:19:48 -
[260] - Quote
Deitra Vess wrote:Worst fail fit. That you thought was great at the time? Using the spare high on an extreme-range Jackdaw for a cloaking device.
Actually I still don't understand why everyone in PY-RE hated the idea. It takes way more time to get into a complex from outside to execute an ambush than it does to just decloak and recalibrate the sensors. Cloaking devices on warships not specialized for it just ... isn't done, I guess? I got one semi-approving, "That's not nice!" and a whole lot of, "Just no."
I still don't get it.
What do you have for breakfast on a typical day? |
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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
507
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Posted - 2016.12.31 11:44:52 -
[261] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:Using the spare high on an extreme-range Jackdaw for a cloaking device.
Actually I still don't understand why everyone in PY-RE hated the idea. It takes way more time to get into a complex from outside to execute an ambush than it does to just decloak and recalibrate the sensors. Cloaking devices on warships not specialized for it just ... isn't done, I guess? I got one semi-approving, "That's not nice!" and a whole lot of, "Just no."
I still don't get it. Don't think I was around to add to the chorus at the time. I don't hate the idea outright -- it just seems a combination of factors that make the ship very limited in application. Essentially all it can do effectively is sit around in a baited trap, then throw some fire down on a ship someone else has pinned down. It didn't fit the PYRE model of either focused fleets, or distributed actors with the option of coalescing rapidly around an escalation.
Aria Jenneth wrote:What do you have for breakfast on a typical day? Coffee. Maybe a slice of toast, or a small pastry. I basically can't keep solids down until my stomach has fully woken up as well.
Let's get meta -- did someone ever ask you something that made you do a double- or spit take? What was it?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2825
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Posted - 2016.12.31 20:02:14 -
[262] - Quote
Jev North wrote:It didn't fit the PYRE model of either focused fleets, or distributed actors with the option of coalescing rapidly around an escalation. I suppose ... it's not as though we never used prepared traps, but I guess a RLML Rook did the job at least as well and was maybe more flexible if we had to improvise.
Quote:Let's get meta -- did someone ever ask you something that made you do a double- or spit take? What was it? I'm sure this must have happened at least once.
Let me think ...
There was a colonial peace officer in the Federation who asked, in what I think was bad Jin-Mei, whether I spoke Gallentean. He'd asked once already, slowly, in Gallentean; I guess he didn't notice my mouth was full.
I don't speak more than a few words of either; like most capsuleers, I use a translator for everything but Napaani, a regional dialect of Achuran, and (recently) Amarrian. Usually the translator's enough.
Anyway, I'm guessing the officer didn't speak Jin-Mei either because the second question because the translation came through as, "Do you equatorial marmot tongue?" I must have looked at him oddly because he got a frustrated look and started pulling out a data pad before I could finish chewing, swallow, and respond (through my translator) that I did not but that I had a translator.
I think that one was a little embarrassing for both of us, really-- all the more since he asked for my ID, and I was with PY-RE at that time, and PY-RE was in the State Protectorate. I'm guessing he thought I might be either a university exchange student or some supicious person trying to pass as one, but I don't think he was expecting a Caldari mercenary on leave on a Federal colony world.
I also think he thought that if he did find such a person he should obviously be allowed to do something about it.
(He wasn't. I didn't know a person could turn that color.)
The laws regulating capsuleers, and spacers in general, probably seem even more bizarre to planetside law enforcement than they do to us.
On that note:
As a capsuleer, have you ever actually arrested, or else had someone really really want to arrest you but not be allowed to, and if so for what?
(Or, if Triss answers, who's the most frustrating person you've ever not been allowed to arrest?) |
Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1887
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Posted - 2017.01.01 01:44:58 -
[263] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:As a capsuleer, have you ever actually arrested, or else had someone really really want to arrest you but not be allowed to, and if so for what?
Well, there was that one time when some Theology Council agents wanted to arrest me, to question me about the location of a certain artefact. They said to me, so they did, "Doctor Valate. Hand over the artefact", to which I quite naturally replied "It belongs in a museum !", which of course it does.
So. Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror, thought about all the things you've done as a capsuleer, and had a moment of clarity and thought you were a monster ? If so, what did you do about it ?
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
696
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Posted - 2017.01.01 03:22:33 -
[264] - Quote
Quote:So. Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror, thought about all the things you've done as a capsuleer, and had a moment of clarity and thought you were a monster ? If so, what did you do about it ?
Nope. And anybody who is in the possession of such little mental rigor obviously never should have been found qualified for such a responsibility as immortality. Go find a mental health officer and begin clinical remediation, or at least ground yourself voluntarily. Doubt has no place behind the trigger for the death of thousands.
Any personal aims for 119?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing
295
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Posted - 2017.01.01 04:01:35 -
[265] - Quote
Neph wrote:Any personal aims for 119? I should probably figure out a name for this pet chicken other than Chicken.
That was a really good question and not the most interesting answer so: Any personal aims for 119? |
Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative
419
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Posted - 2017.01.01 11:08:20 -
[266] - Quote
Kolodi Ramal wrote:Neph wrote:Any personal aims for 119? I should probably figure out a name for this pet chicken other than Chicken. That was a really good question and not the most interesting answer so: Any personal aims for 119? To either find someone currently lost to me, or find closure on the matter and try to move on.
What is your favorite holiday, and why?
"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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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1836
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Posted - 2017.01.01 11:58:44 -
[267] - Quote
Saya Ishikari wrote:Kolodi Ramal wrote:Neph wrote:Any personal aims for 119? I should probably figure out a name for this pet chicken other than Chicken. That was a really good question and not the most interesting answer so: Any personal aims for 119? To either find someone currently lost to me, or find closure on the matter and try to move on. What is your favorite holiday, and why?
Winter Solstice Festival. That's when the entire clan gets together.
What's your favourite hard liquor?
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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Wren Villeneuve
University of Caille Gallente Federation
18
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Posted - 2017.01.01 14:11:58 -
[268] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Saya Ishikari wrote:Kolodi Ramal wrote:Neph wrote:Any personal aims for 119? I should probably figure out a name for this pet chicken other than Chicken. That was a really good question and not the most interesting answer so: Any personal aims for 119? To either find someone currently lost to me, or find closure on the matter and try to move on. What is your favorite holiday, and why? Winter Solstice Festival. That's when the entire clan gets together. What's your favourite hard liquor?
Vodka, straight.
When you get up in the morning do you brush your teeth and then shower, or do you shower and then brush your teeth? |
Agiri Falken
State War Academy Caldari State
221
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Posted - 2017.01.01 14:20:22 -
[269] - Quote
Wren Villeneuve wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Saya Ishikari wrote:Kolodi Ramal wrote:Neph wrote:Any personal aims for 119? I should probably figure out a name for this pet chicken other than Chicken. That was a really good question and not the most interesting answer so: Any personal aims for 119? To either find someone currently lost to me, or find closure on the matter and try to move on. What is your favorite holiday, and why? Winter Solstice Festival. That's when the entire clan gets together. What's your favourite hard liquor? Vodka, straight. When you get up in the morning do you brush your teeth and then shower, or do you shower and then brush your teeth? Shower, then teeth. Just seems to work out better that way for someone who doesn't like to wake up quickly if she doesn't have to, and once had a bad experience thereof due to this fact...
Don't ask.
Live pets or drone pets? |
Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1033
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Posted - 2017.01.01 14:38:44 -
[270] - Quote
Agiri Falken wrote:
Live pets or drone pets?
Live! I've yet to find a drone that was genuinely warm, fuzzy, loyal, adorable and cuddle-able!
So what's your Resolution(s) for this year?
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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
507
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Posted - 2017.01.01 16:19:47 -
[271] - Quote
Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:So what's your Resolution(s) for this year? Get genuinely good, instead of coasting on grit and thoroughly average skills. Feel things.
What's the most long-shot, wild leap of faith you made that actually paid off?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1837
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Posted - 2017.01.01 16:44:18 -
[272] - Quote
Jev North wrote:Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:So what's your Resolution(s) for this year? Get genuinely good, instead of coasting on grit and thoroughly average skills. Feel things. What's the most long-shot, wild leap of faith you made that actually paid off?
Flying Breacher, going after Thrashers. Half the time the gamble pays off. The other half my ship becomes stardust.
How much do you love your spouse, if applicable?
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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Sinjin Mokk
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
1083
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Posted - 2017.01.01 18:07:00 -
[273] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:
Flying Breacher, going after Thrashers. Half the time the gamble pays off. The other half my ship becomes stardust.
How much do you love your spouse, if applicable?
Not applicable, but there are those in the Galaxy that mean more to me than the rest of the Galaxy combined. Those are the ones to hold dear.
Did you all really think I was going to sell a pile of slaves to that frothing lunatic?
"Angels live, they never die,
Apart from us, behind the sky.
They're fading souls who've turned to ice,
So ashen white in paradise."
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Tamiroth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
367
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Posted - 2017.01.01 19:03:25 -
[274] - Quote
Sinjin Mokk wrote:Did you all really think I was going to sell a pile of slaves to that frothing lunatic? I neither did nor I did not; It was more like a probability state of thought, like "But, he did offer me help against Nauplius once! But, despite all their crimes, the Cartel aren't exactly known friends of the Sani Sabik in whatever form.. I guess it's 75 to 25%... I hope."
I'm glad I wasn't mistaken , Mr. Mokk. Thank you.
What's your favourite icecream flavouring?
(Just had to post that one. When in the Institute, we once visited a small moon - rather, a captured comet - that really looked like a lump of minty icecream! Our mentor had to remind several times that those ice samples are NOT to be tasted under any circumstances. Even if it was mostly water ice.) |
Quincyy
Mobius Industries
5
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Posted - 2017.01.01 22:58:51 -
[275] - Quote
Tamiroth wrote:I neither did nor I did not; It was more like a probability state of thought, like "But, he did offer me help against Nauplius once! But, despite all their crimes, the Cartel aren't exactly known friends of the Sani Sabik in whatever form.. I guess it's 75 to 25%... I hope."
I'm glad I wasn't mistaken , Mr. Mokk. Thank you.
What's your favourite icecream flavouring?
(Just had to post that one. When in the Institute, we once visited a small moon - rather, a captured comet - that really looked like a lump of minty icecream! Our mentor had to remind several times that those surface samples are NOT to be tasted under any circumstances. Even if it was mostly just dirty water ice.)
I remember specifically the station I grew up at was very fond of giving the children ice cream with broken bits of frozen pies. This seemed very popular as almost every batch of ice cream could be experimented with. For all I know, we were part of some secret marketing test so they could sell it else where.
Who knows.
But at that point, it evolved into liking cheesecake over pie, and so ice cream with frozen bits of cheese cake will float me off my feet.
My question to you out there; What is your earliest memory?
Fiction Narrative Blog - Quincyy's Life In New Eden - Turning actual game play into fiction after it happens.
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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1715
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Posted - 2017.01.01 23:38:00 -
[276] - Quote
Quincyy wrote: My question to you out there; What is your earliest memory?
First memory? Probably the last birthday I had on my home planet before my parents got their final jobs and we moved. I remember little things like snowfall and such but not vividly.
Do you have any random thing you always bring into combat as a good luck thing? |
Matias Kurovassi
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
30
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Posted - 2017.01.02 02:40:08 -
[277] - Quote
Valerie Valate wrote: So. Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror, thought about all the things you've done as a capsuleer, and had a moment of clarity and thought you were a monster ? If so, what did you do about it ?
Sure.
I would say my previous work of fiction was an accurate portrayal of a monster. I do feel I played the part well of a woman who, having been convinced of the lack of value or meaning in existence lost herself in the usual nihilism of living a lifestyle granted too much power and privilege to indulge in her own dehumanization without fear of restraint... until it all became really quite banal playing the role because what's new in that regard?
Just the usual tale of individualism gone awry until all that's left is the vapid lifestyle of pointless violence; physical excess; callous disregard for human life; the pursuit of fame and popularity... overall trite pursuits enabled by the wealth and status of being a capsuleer. There was an irony in it all though.
As for myself being a monster? I think a little self-awareness does go a long way. Just as much as trying to find value, meaning and purpose in life how you can and with who you can. In a career that too often can be cynical, cruel, and unjust, it's the little moments of beauty and kindness that can remind me of life's worth.
If you could mix two genres of film to make a musical, what would you choose and what would it be about?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1839
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Posted - 2017.01.02 07:20:32 -
[278] - Quote
Matias Kurovassi wrote:Valerie Valate wrote: So. Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror, thought about all the things you've done as a capsuleer, and had a moment of clarity and thought you were a monster ? If so, what did you do about it ?
Sure. I would say my previous work of fiction was an accurate portrayal of a monster. I do feel I played the part well of a woman who, having been convinced of the lack of value or meaning in existence lost herself in the usual nihilism of living a lifestyle granted too much power and privilege to indulge in her own dehumanization without fear of restraint... until it all became really quite banal playing the role because what's new in that regard? Just the usual tale of individualism gone awry until all that's left is the vapid lifestyle of pointless violence; physical excess; callous disregard for human life; the pursuit of fame and popularity... overall trite pursuits enabled by the wealth and status of being a capsuleer. There was an irony in it all though. As for myself being a monster? I think a little self-awareness does go a long way. Just as much as trying to find value, meaning and purpose in life how you can and with who you can. In a career that too often can be cynical, cruel, and unjust, it's the little moments of beauty and kindness that can remind me of life's worth. If you could mix two genres of film to make a musical, what would you choose and what would it be about?
Noir tragicomedy. It will be about a robot private detective who is to investigate a case of a runaway fedo, who ended up falling in love with said fedo, elopes with the fedo and spends the next week trying to get through to each other due to very, very obvious reasons. And then the fedo gets squashed entirely by accident by said robot in the end.
Tea with cakes or without cakes?
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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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
507
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Posted - 2017.01.02 09:16:50 -
[279] - Quote
Matias Kurovassi wrote:I would say my previous work of fiction was an accurate portrayal of a monster. Mm. I'd say your current work of fiction is trying a little too hard to distance itself from her, though.
Elmund Egivand wrote:Noir tragicomedy. It will be about a robot private detective who is to investigate a case of a runaway fedo[...] I'm impressed, you've really thought about this.
Elmund Egivand wrote:Tea with cakes or without cakes? With cakes, although something light and fluffy, so as not to overwhelm the taste of the tea itself. Capital-T Tea is still best served without.
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Matias Kurovassi
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
31
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Posted - 2017.01.02 11:07:25 -
[280] - Quote
Jev North wrote:Matias Kurovassi wrote:I would say my previous work of fiction was an accurate portrayal of a monster. Mm. I'd say your current work of fiction is trying a little too hard to distance itself from her, though.
Absolution is nothing without the acceptance of consequences. If I wanted a complete break with the past I would have done so.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1839
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Posted - 2017.01.02 11:25:44 -
[281] - Quote
Jev North wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Noir tragicomedy. It will be about a robot private detective who is to investigate a case of a runaway fedo[...] I'm impressed, you've really thought about this.
Came up with this in five minutes upon reading the question. Alas, I know absolutely nothing about writing a musical so I won't be producing this anytime soon.
How many people sharing the dining hall is too many people for you?
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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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
507
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Posted - 2017.01.02 11:30:55 -
[282] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:How many people sharing the dining hall is too many people for you? More than six total gets noisy -- more of an event or a party than a shared meal, at that point, and the conversation tends to break up into clumps of about that size if there's more people around anyway.
What's the hardest lesson you've had to learn last year?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1033
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Posted - 2017.01.02 15:39:45 -
[283] - Quote
Jev North wrote: What's the hardest lesson you've had to learn last year?
Too painful for me to put into words here. There is a reason I am no longer CEO. The learning of the lesson almost broke me.
Since I didn't answer that candidly, I will respond to three priors one.
Elmund Egivand wrote: How many people sharing the dining hall is too many people for you? I agree six people is the most for a good dinner party. Over six, the conversation will get split and divided.
Matias Kurovassi wrote: If you could mix two genres of film to make a musical, what would you choose and what would it be about? Rom/Com and Tragedy. A doomed love affair between a True Amarr Holder's Heir and the family's Sebiestor head slave in the period before the Minmatar Rebellion. Starting off superficially light, it ends with a knife in his chest when he seeks to elope with her but she chooses to escape.
Quincyy wrote: What is your earliest memory? An odd one. I remember laying on a couch in a sunbeam being gazed on by the family cat as if I were potential prey. it's no wonder I prefer dogs to this day.
And for my question:
Have you ever found true love? |
Kairelle
Raven.Syndicate
49
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Posted - 2017.01.02 16:12:59 -
[284] - Quote
Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:
Have you ever found true love?
I thought so once, but perhaps not.
What is true love anyway?
Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu.
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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
509
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Posted - 2017.01.02 16:21:38 -
[285] - Quote
Kairelle wrote:What is true love anyway? "One of those things which turn out to be not at all like what you imagined, but in hindsight, couldn't have been any other way."
Not that I have personal experience.
What's the best gift someone ever gave you?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1839
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Posted - 2017.01.02 16:50:55 -
[286] - Quote
Jev North wrote:Kairelle wrote:What is true love anyway? "One of those things which turn out to be not at all like what you imagined, but in hindsight, couldn't have been any other way." Not that I have personal experience. What's the best gift someone ever gave you?
A skeleton chronometer. My wife built it herself after, I assume, several weeks of study and many hours on the 3D printer and precision saws and drills and an additional week or two of assembly. With upmost secrecy. On hindsight, I should have suspected what with her missing from the bed many nights in a row and the specks of metallic dust I kept finding on my equipment and her being incredibly sluggish, dull and very unenergetic for a few months prior to my birthday.
I daren't wear the watch unless I expect to stay all day in station. Yes, I do not actually need the watch, but heck, it's the thought that counts.
What impractical object do you always put into your cargo hold before undocking?
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
32
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Posted - 2017.01.03 19:14:08 -
[287] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:What is the most impractical object you had ever had in the cargo hold of your combat vessel? In the days just after commencement from PTS, I was getting a feel for the market and looking to find a way to build a bankroll. I started taking small contracts as a courier in between gigs for Republic commercial agents. On one such occasion I took a contract in Devoid, somewhere I'd never been, to move several large crates of soil to some 'seed world' project for a clan in the Heath. It wasn't until I arrived at the pickup that I thought to look at the destination: the doorstep of the Wildlands, well outside CONCORD's punitive auspices. I told myself this was a common rookie mistake, but it was a bit embarrassing to inform the crew of the oversight. I could have cancelled, but I wanted to avoid tarnishing my budding reputation and assumed the risk was a small price to pay. Foolish I guess, but my motto in those early days was better to try something and fail than try nothing and succeed.
Well, I had to high-tail it back to Teonusude to pick up the only ship I had that I could trust to run the gauntlet: a Scythe fresh off my first production line. We immediately refit the hull with the largest cargo hold we could manage, put everything possible into reinforcing the shields, and jury-rigged the navigational alignment and hyperspatial systems. A flight of drones was the only defense we would have beyond the gate guns.
So we made another run to Devoid and plotted a back-door route to Elfrard through Derelik, pushing as fast as we could in a Scythe whose hold was absolutely stuffed to the brim full of dirt. Whatever blessings we whispered must have found purchase, because the pipeline was dead empty almost the entire way. We made the delivery safe and sound, and even got through Bosena on the way back to HQ.
Turns out there was administrative error on the part of the contract issuer and it was assigned to the wrong recipient. They offered me another contract to move it again, but I thought better than to tempt fate twice.
Have you ever 'bet it all' on something and come out on top? |
Tyrel Toov
Non-Hostile Target
896
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Posted - 2017.01.03 22:11:45 -
[288] - Quote
Hetu Hegirin wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:What is the most impractical object you had ever had in the cargo hold of your combat vessel? In the days just after commencement from PTS, I was getting a feel for the market and looking to find a way to build a bankroll. I started taking small contracts as a courier in between gigs for Republic commercial agents. On one such occasion I took a contract in Devoid, somewhere I'd never been, to move several large crates of soil to some 'seed world' project for a clan in the Heath. It wasn't until I arrived at the pickup that I thought to look at the destination: the doorstep of the Wildlands, well outside CONCORD's punitive auspices. I told myself this was a common rookie mistake, but it was a bit embarrassing to inform the crew of the oversight. I could have cancelled, but I wanted to avoid tarnishing my budding reputation and assumed the risk was a small price to pay. Foolish I guess, but my motto in those early days was better to try something and fail than try nothing and succeed. Well, I had to high-tail it back to Teonusude to pick up the only ship I had that I could trust to run the gauntlet: a Scythe fresh off my first production line. We immediately refit the hull with the largest cargo hold we could manage, put everything possible into reinforcing the shields, and jury-rigged the navigational alignment and hyperspatial systems. A flight of drones was the only defense we would have beyond the gate guns. So we made another run to Devoid and plotted a back-door route to Elfrard through Derelik, pushing as fast as we could in a Scythe whose hold was absolutely stuffed to the brim full of dirt. Whatever blessings we whispered must have found purchase, because the pipeline was dead empty almost the entire way. We made the delivery safe and sound, and even got through Bosena on the way back to HQ. Turns out there was administrative error on the part of the contract issuer and it was assigned to the wrong recipient. They offered me another contract to move it again, but I thought better than to tempt fate twice. Have you ever 'bet it all' on something and come out on top?
Yes, good night at the casino.
weirdest experience in space?
I want to paint my ship Periwinkle.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1841
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Posted - 2017.01.04 01:31:41 -
[289] - Quote
Tyrel Toov wrote:Hetu Hegirin wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:What is the most impractical object you had ever had in the cargo hold of your combat vessel? In the days just after commencement from PTS, I was getting a feel for the market and looking to find a way to build a bankroll. I started taking small contracts as a courier in between gigs for Republic commercial agents. On one such occasion I took a contract in Devoid, somewhere I'd never been, to move several large crates of soil to some 'seed world' project for a clan in the Heath. It wasn't until I arrived at the pickup that I thought to look at the destination: the doorstep of the Wildlands, well outside CONCORD's punitive auspices. I told myself this was a common rookie mistake, but it was a bit embarrassing to inform the crew of the oversight. I could have cancelled, but I wanted to avoid tarnishing my budding reputation and assumed the risk was a small price to pay. Foolish I guess, but my motto in those early days was better to try something and fail than try nothing and succeed. Well, I had to high-tail it back to Teonusude to pick up the only ship I had that I could trust to run the gauntlet: a Scythe fresh off my first production line. We immediately refit the hull with the largest cargo hold we could manage, put everything possible into reinforcing the shields, and jury-rigged the navigational alignment and hyperspatial systems. A flight of drones was the only defense we would have beyond the gate guns. So we made another run to Devoid and plotted a back-door route to Elfrard through Derelik, pushing as fast as we could in a Scythe whose hold was absolutely stuffed to the brim full of dirt. Whatever blessings we whispered must have found purchase, because the pipeline was dead empty almost the entire way. We made the delivery safe and sound, and even got through Bosena on the way back to HQ. Turns out there was administrative error on the part of the contract issuer and it was assigned to the wrong recipient. They offered me another contract to move it again, but I thought better than to tempt fate twice. Have you ever 'bet it all' on something and come out on top? Yes, good night at the casino. weirdest experience in space?
Watching a procurer drift past station. As in Deteis courier delivery vehicle drifting. With that electronic music blaring in the background.
Worst backwater hamlet you had ever visited?
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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Persephone Alleile
Tartarus Covert Operations
279
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Posted - 2017.01.04 19:16:06 -
[290] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote: Worst backwater hamlet you had ever visited?
I spent a few months living with some colonists on J143140 III. The system had been abandoned by the capsuleers who settled it and they simply left behind their planetary infrastructure and the colonists they had employed to extract resources. Most of the colonists managed to get passage back to known space but some decided to stick it out. There was little access to most commodities and agriculture was mostly subsistence level. Food was scarce and there was little social cohesion.
I helped them set up some basic social structures based on the communal model of my home planet and we re-purposed some of the heavy machinery and factories to produce tools for farming and shelter. Things seem to have improved by the time I left, but they would still be considered quite poor and deprived by most standards.
When was the last time you experienced a physical illness? |
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Tyrel Toov
Non-Hostile Target
897
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Posted - 2017.01.04 19:19:38 -
[291] - Quote
Persephone Alleile wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote: Worst backwater hamlet you had ever visited?
I spent a few months living with some colonists on J143140 III. The system had been abandoned by the capsuleers who settled it and they simply left behind their planetary infrastructure and the colonists they had employed to extract resources. Most of the colonists managed to get passage back to known space but some decided to stick it out. There was little access to most commodities and agriculture was mostly subsistence level. Food was scarce and there was little social cohesion. I helped them set up some basic social structures based on the communal model of my home planet and we re-purposed some of the heavy machinery and factories to produce tools for farming and shelter. Things seem to have improved by the time I left, but they would still be considered quite poor and deprived by most standards. When was the last time you experienced a physical illness? The last time I tried to follow Kim's logic.
Worst fit you have ever flown and managed to get a kill in?
I want to paint my ship Periwinkle.
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
707
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Posted - 2017.01.04 23:45:33 -
[292] - Quote
I'm not sure it's necessarily *bad*, but I've killed some fun stuff in a max-gank blaster Corm. Null is life, Null is love.
Who was your first crush? What happened?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1890
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Posted - 2017.01.05 14:15:59 -
[293] - Quote
Neph wrote:Who was your first crush? What happened?
When I was a teenager, there was this boy that went to the same Scripture study class as I did. So at the next church ice cream social, I asked him out, and he said yes. We went on a few dates, to the holo-cinema, playing badminton, the usual kind of teenage stuff.
Then one day, after he dropped me off at my house in his sports car, when he was going to give me a kiss goodnight, my pet slaver hound burst out of the bushes and tore his clothes to shreds.
Turns out, he was also dating another girl, on the other side of town. My slaver hound could smell her different perfume in his sports car, I think.
Anyway, that was the end of that. And let that be a lesson to you !
So, a Question, hmm.
If you had a bronze statue created in your honour, what pose would you like to be sculpted in, and what motto would you want on the sculpture ?
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Jason Galente
SniggWaffe WAFFLES.
1050
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Posted - 2017.01.05 14:39:55 -
[294] - Quote
Valerie Valate wrote: If you had a bronze statue created in your honour, what pose would you like to be sculpted in, and what motto would you want on the sculpture ?
A dab. "I came, I saw, I rustled."
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Only the liberty of the individual assures the prosperity of the whole.
And this foundation must be defended.
At any cost
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Tamiroth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
377
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Posted - 2017.01.05 15:01:15 -
[295] - Quote
Jason Galente wrote:Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like? Not even while.
Imagine for a second that all those mythical creatures after which so many ships are named, like Griffin, Jaguar, Rokh, Phoenix, etc., actually exist somewhere. For example, I always imagined a Wolf like a feral cross-breed between a common dog and a slaver hound (I know that's impossible :P) .
How would you think a Leviathan would look like? |
Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative
421
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Posted - 2017.01.05 15:17:50 -
[296] - Quote
Tamiroth wrote:Jason Galente wrote:Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like? Not even while. Imagine for a second that all those mythical creatures after which so many ships are named, like Griffin, Jaguar, Rokh, Phoenix, etc., actually exist somewhere. For example, I always imagined a Wolf like a feral cross-breed between a common dog and a slaver hound (I know that's impossible :P) . How would you think a Leviathan would look like? Like the last thing in the cluster you'd ever want to screw with...
Best dream or worst nightmare you can recall?
"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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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1853
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Posted - 2017.01.05 15:55:34 -
[297] - Quote
Saya Ishikari wrote:Tamiroth wrote:Jason Galente wrote:Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like? Not even while. Imagine for a second that all those mythical creatures after which so many ships are named, like Griffin, Jaguar, Rokh, Phoenix, etc., actually exist somewhere. For example, I always imagined a Wolf like a feral cross-breed between a common dog and a slaver hound (I know that's impossible :P) . How would you think a Leviathan would look like? Like the last thing in the cluster you'd ever want to screw with... Best dream or worst nightmare you can recall?
Worst nightmare? I dreamt of waking up to find that the ventilation fans aren't noisy and that I couldn't hear the hum of distant engines, the liquid rush in the pipes and the cracking of some shoddily taped wires.
What's the closest you had managed to get to a planet or a star before the starship's navigational failsafes stopped you from going any further?
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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morion
Lighting Build
174
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Posted - 2017.01.05 19:01:19 -
[298] - Quote
[quote=
What's the closest you had managed to get to a planet or a star before the starship's navigational failsafes stopped you from going any further? [/quote]
i had a navigational failure i lasted 5 years i think it was in your mind. When i awoke it lasted 13 years what is the worst cake you have had? |
morion
Lighting Build
174
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Posted - 2017.01.05 19:14:39 -
[299] - Quote
i had a navigational detour. when i awoke it was years later. what is cake and why do we talk about it all the time?
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2831
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Posted - 2017.01.05 19:46:47 -
[300] - Quote
morion wrote:i had a navigational detour. when i awoke it was years later. what is cake and why do we talk about it all the time? Cake is matter-- that is to say energy-- hanging together in a matrix that's full of holes. Without the holes, it collapses into something much less pleasant. Of course, most matter can maybe be described in this way.
I used to think tortes were unreasonably dense, but then someone offered me a neutron star. I wanted to sample a singularity, but nobody could find one even though it was obvious where to look.
What is the most disturbing thing (story, fact, etc.) you ever found out was completely true? |
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morion
Lighting Build
174
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Posted - 2017.01.05 20:06:11 -
[301] - Quote
yes |
Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1035
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Posted - 2017.01.05 20:29:59 -
[302] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote: What is the most disturbing thing (story, fact, etc.) you ever found out was completely true?
That Frenjo Borkstar somehow transmuted himself into a Jovian freakshow.
Do you have a childhood memory that makes you smile every time you think of it?
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Makoto Priano
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
9015
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Posted - 2017.01.05 21:24:23 -
[303] - Quote
Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote: What is the most disturbing thing (story, fact, etc.) you ever found out was completely true? That Frenjo Borkstar somehow transmuted himself into a Jovian freakshow. Do you have a childhood memory that makes you smile every time you think of it?
On Borkstar, I still contest the validity of his claims to be Jovian. While some genetic markers may be there, the cadavers we've recovered were very heavily engineered. Merely generating a clone from a genetic profile isn't enough; there's an extensive infrastructure of engineered organs and cybernetics that would need to be replicated, and introduced and moderated according to as-yet-unknown Jovian protocols. While it's theoretically possible to replicate these protocols, we lack complete knowledge of the process. I doubt even Genolution or the Society have a complete image of how this process is achieved-- or if they do, they aren't releasing it to prevent widespread replication of the Jovian Disease.
Borkstar's current state is a sad one, and a testament to the self-destructiveness of a desire to be other than we are.
As for happy childhood memories-- well, it's a bit silly, but I still think fondly to when my father would swing by home after shift, and bring me along to watch a Splinterz match or five with his kirjuun, and allow me watered-down beer that he'd later get in rather a lot of trouble for.
What's the most illegal or illegitimate act you've perpetrated?
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries: exploring the edge of the known, advancing the state of the art. Would you like to know more?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1854
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Posted - 2017.01.06 01:09:58 -
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Makoto Priano wrote:Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote: What is the most disturbing thing (story, fact, etc.) you ever found out was completely true? That Frenjo Borkstar somehow transmuted himself into a Jovian freakshow. Do you have a childhood memory that makes you smile every time you think of it? On Borkstar, I still contest the validity of his claims to be Jovian. While some genetic markers may be there, the cadavers we've recovered were very heavily engineered. Merely generating a clone from a genetic profile isn't enough; there's an extensive infrastructure of engineered organs and cybernetics that would need to be replicated, and introduced and moderated according to as-yet-unknown Jovian protocols. While it's theoretically possible to replicate these protocols, we lack complete knowledge of the process. I doubt even Genolution or the Society have a complete image of how this process is achieved-- or if they do, they aren't releasing it to prevent widespread replication of the Jovian Disease. Borkstar's current state is a sad one, and a testament to the self-destructiveness of a desire to be other than we are. As for happy childhood memories-- well, it's a bit silly, but I still think fondly to when my father would swing by home after shift, and bring me along to watch a Splinterz match or five with his kirjuun, and allow me watered-down beer that he'd later get in rather a lot of trouble for. What's the most illegal or illegitimate act you've perpetrated?
Taking apart the combat drones in the Typhoon I was stationed in when I was still a baseliner cadet. I always put them together again, missing all the unnecessary bits with some bonuses added in but my XO was never amused about it whenever I do it. You have no idea how many times I was sent to the cooler for doing this.
How much dakka is too much dakka?
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
707
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Posted - 2017.01.06 01:25:29 -
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I believe it is when your dakka is primarily causing damage to other dakka. Thankfully, with modern guidance and aiming solutions for multiple hardpoints, the "too much dakka" limit is a thing of the past.
Do/did you know your grandparents? What are/were they like?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1854
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Posted - 2017.01.06 02:10:10 -
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Neph wrote:I believe it is when your dakka is primarily causing damage to other dakka. Thankfully, with modern guidance and aiming solutions for multiple hardpoints, the "too much dakka" limit is a thing of the past.
Do/did you know your grandparents? What are/were they like?
I know my grandfather from my father's side. Gunsmith, from what I understand. He is senile these days. Always talking about making this rifle that could shoot a Paladin dead from right up top the mountain all the way down to the village at the bottom.
Just so happens that the rifle he was referring to is currently in my possession. An heirloom, given to me when I left for the RMS but I never got to use it, being marine engineer that I was.
What's your favourite Jita store?
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Jason Galente
SniggWaffe WAFFLES.
1051
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Posted - 2017.01.06 07:00:25 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote: What is the most disturbing thing (story, fact, etc.) you ever found out was completely true?
Today, I learned about Flay Traps.
"A 'flay trap' was the nickname given to an antipersonnel mine of Amarr design. Instead of using explosive power to inflict damage, this weapon used a magnetic coil to accelerate four monofilament wires. Each wire had a single ceramic or lead counterweight on one end; the other was tethered to a base cylinder that could spin freely in a frictionless hub. Once detonated - usually remotely using hidden motion detectors - the cylinder was accelerated to several hundred revolutions per second. At maximum speed, the outer shell was lowered, releasing the steel counterweights in a tight spin whose diameter expanded up to ten meters as the monofilament unraveled. At the fully extended position, the shell "bounced" back toward the starting closed position, angling the weights upward as they spun, repeating until the spin energy dissipated. The microfilaments, also known as monomolecular wire, consisted of tightly bonded metal-composite molecules, making it an especially sharp cutting edge. They passed through flesh, bone, and light metals effortlessly.
Anything within the hemispherical killzone of the cylinder was literally flayed to bits. The only sound it made - besides falling chunks of flesh - was of the lead counterweights zipping through the air at the speed of sound."
HOLY ******* ****.
On that note.. what is an invention that, in your opinion, stretches the limits of human decency? Let's get creative.
Edit: I ****** it up. Oh well, I'm too lazy to write something else. That was quite the exercise transcribing all that.
Only the liberty of the individual assures the prosperity of the whole.
And this foundation must be defended.
At any cost
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1854
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Posted - 2017.01.06 07:27:28 -
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Jason Galente wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote: What is the most disturbing thing (story, fact, etc.) you ever found out was completely true?
Today, I learned about Flay Traps. "A 'flay trap' was the nickname given to an antipersonnel mine of Amarr design. Instead of using explosive power to inflict damage, this weapon used a magnetic coil to accelerate four monofilament wires. Each wire had a single ceramic or lead counterweight on one end; the other was tethered to a base cylinder that could spin freely in a frictionless hub. Once detonated - usually remotely using hidden motion detectors - the cylinder was accelerated to several hundred revolutions per second. At maximum speed, the outer shell was lowered, releasing the steel counterweights in a tight spin whose diameter expanded up to ten meters as the monofilament unraveled. At the fully extended position, the shell "bounced" back toward the starting closed position, angling the weights upward as they spun, repeating until the spin energy dissipated. The microfilaments, also known as monomolecular wire, consisted of tightly bonded metal-composite molecules, making it an especially sharp cutting edge. They passed through flesh, bone, and light metals effortlessly. Anything within the hemispherical killzone of the cylinder was literally flayed to bits. The only sound it made - besides falling chunks of flesh - was of the lead counterweights zipping through the air at the speed of sound." HOLY ******* ****. On that note.. what is an invention that, in your opinion, stretches the limits of human decency? Let's get creative. Edit: I ****** it up. Oh well, I'm too lazy to write something else. That was quite the exercise transcribing all that.
Ah. Monofilament-based traps. To ensure there will be nothing for the medics to work with once it's set off.
But not nearly as bad as, say, vitoxin. That is an invention that, in my opinion, stretches the limits of human decency. Seriously, let's engineering an infection to get our slaves physiologically and psychologically dependent on a drug! I make it a point to doubt any kind of moralising and justifications (you know, the whole spiritual uplifting by way of toil) laid out by any slave-owning Holder if they use the vitoxin method (and TCMC, but at least that one has a legitimate medical use).
Then again, I doubt justifications and moralising on principle, so there's that.
Seriously, who really bought the idea of spiritual enlightenment can be brought about by a dependency?
Well then. What do you think is the most uplifting technology invented this century?
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Valjan Auduin
Khushakor Clan
0
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Posted - 2017.01.06 11:36:56 -
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Immortality is something I have dreamed about since my adolescence and biological immortality or the preservation of the mind have been my goals.... the close second succeeded with clones so here I am a capsuleer. This is the most uplifting technology in recent years, with Alpha clones we see the obvious practical benefit with costs dropping for the cloning procedure, given more time we may well see this as a mundane technology for eternal life among most citizens.
As for my question, why do we kill that which can not truly die? |
Matias Kurovassi
science and trade institute Caldari State
31
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Posted - 2017.01.06 11:41:04 -
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Jason Galente wrote: On that note.. what is an invention that, in your opinion, stretches the limits of human decency? Let's get creative.
CRISPR/CasX systems used to conduct genetic attacks on human populations by re-writing cells, and especially reproductive germ cells based on racial or ethnic phenotypes or hereditary traits.
What is your favourite cocktail recipe? |
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Agiri Falken
State War Academy Caldari State
223
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Posted - 2017.01.06 12:53:48 -
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Valjan Auduin wrote:Immortality is something I have dreamed about since my adolescence and biological immortality or the preservation of the mind have been my goals.... the close second succeeded with clones so here I am a capsuleer. This is the most uplifting technology in recent years, with Alpha clones we see the obvious practical benefit with costs dropping for the cloning procedure, given more time we may well see this as a mundane technology for eternal life among most citizens.
As for my question, why do we kill that which can not truly die? Human nature. Deep down, we don't care about the technicalities.
Since we're on the subject of technology and morality, I ask; Which is worse? To die once because of an immortal, or to be killed repeatedly and lose pieces of yourself as you go? |
Jason Galente
SniggWaffe WAFFLES.
1052
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Posted - 2017.01.06 15:07:14 -
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Matias Kurovassi wrote:Jason Galente wrote: On that note.. what is an invention that, in your opinion, stretches the limits of human decency? Let's get creative.
CRISPR/CasX systems used to conduct genetic attacks on human populations by re-writing cells, and especially reproductive germ cells based on racial or ethnic phenotypes or hereditary traits. What is your favourite cocktail recipe?
I gotta answer this one. Answer the question above me, though.
It's called a 'Peacock Alley'. Melon liquor, creme de cacao, Bailey's cream. Just tried it a few days ago and it was fantastic. Normally I don't like fruity cocktails, but that's an exception. I also don't mind an Old Fashioned.
Only the liberty of the individual assures the prosperity of the whole.
And this foundation must be defended.
At any cost
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1855
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Posted - 2017.01.06 16:33:09 -
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Agiri Falken wrote:
Since we're on the subject of technology and morality, I ask; Which is worse? To die once because of an immortal, or to be killed repeatedly and lose pieces of yourself as you go?
The latter, probably.
Exactly what did we lose from all these deaths anyway?
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Agiri Falken
State War Academy Caldari State
223
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Posted - 2017.01.06 17:06:24 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Agiri Falken wrote:
Since we're on the subject of technology and morality, I ask; Which is worse? To die once because of an immortal, or to be killed repeatedly and lose pieces of yourself as you go?
The latter, probably. Exactly what did we lose from all these deaths anyway? The cloning industry pretty much perfected the ability to transfer skill imprints from one body to the next, but the same can't be said for personality traits, mundane abilities and memories. The margin of error is small, but not non-zero. It's the stories you hear about cappies who forget how to play a musical instrument, or the name of their best friend from childhood. Eventually, those little bits add up, and you have someone who isn't who they once were, as defined by their core nature going in.
And since I kinda jumped back in on the heels of my own question... Who do you consider your best friend before your pod or dropsuit days? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1855
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Posted - 2017.01.06 17:51:44 -
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Agiri Falken wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Agiri Falken wrote:
Since we're on the subject of technology and morality, I ask; Which is worse? To die once because of an immortal, or to be killed repeatedly and lose pieces of yourself as you go?
The latter, probably. Exactly what did we lose from all these deaths anyway? The cloning industry pretty much perfected the ability to transfer skill imprints from one body to the next, but the same can't be said for personality traits, mundane abilities and memories. The margin of error is small, but not non-zero. It's the stories you hear about cappies who forget how to play a musical instrument, or the name of their best friend from childhood. Eventually, those little bits add up, and you have someone who isn't who they once were, as defined by their core nature going in. And since I kinda jumped back in on the heels of my own question... Who do you consider your best friend before your pod or dropsuit days?
My best friend, eh? That would be the MTAC I used to pilot as a member of the Enclave militia. Looks like she's always this one step away from falling apart but has taken, I don't know, three or so anti-armour rockets right in the front and a couple anti-material shots in the back or side so far and still functional after some patch-up work.
She's still sitting dormant back home.
What was your crowning achievement before becoming an Empyrean?
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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
523
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Posted - 2017.01.06 18:27:01 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:What was your crowning achievement before becoming an Empyrean? The very morning after our graduation party, our batch took a shuttle to our first posting. Graduation parties being what they are, it was actually less the morning after that party, and more the tail end of it. Everyone was very, very drunk. Things were a bit hazy for a while.
Close to arrival, people woke up to muffled cries -- one of my best friends, let's call her Heikke, had decided the cabin was still to bright and noisy, what with all the snoring, and crawled into one of the overhead compartments to sleep off all the vodka.
These are about big enough to contain two carry-on bags.
We have no idea how she got in, and frankly, I have no idea how exactly I got her out, without breaking any bones, or having to submit to the indignity of being cut out of a locker by a tech in her future command. So it can not be repeated, and will forever stand as a singular achievement.
Has anyone ever pulled your feet out of the fire, personally, in an interesting way?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative
423
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Posted - 2017.01.06 18:30:04 -
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Jev North wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:What was your crowning achievement before becoming an Empyrean? The very morning after our graduation party, our batch took a shuttle to our first posting. Graduation parties being what they are, it was actually less the morning after that party, and more the tail end of it. Everyone was very, very drunk. Things were a bit hazy for a while. Close to arrival, people woke up to muffled cries -- one of my best friends, let's call her Heikke, had decided the cabin was still to bright and noisy, what with all the snoring, and crawled into one of the overhead compartments to sleep off all the vodka. These are about big enough to contain two carry-on bags. We have no idea how she got in, and frankly, I have no idea how exactly I got her out, without breaking any bones, or having to submit to the indignity of being cut out of a locker by a tech in her future command. So it can not be repeated, and will forever stand as a singular achievement. Has anyone ever pulled your feet out of the fire, personally, in an interesting way? Pieter. More than once, and in ways that I care not to share, save for saying that he's become the family I never had.
Who has been your biggest influence on the course of your pod based career?
"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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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1855
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Posted - 2017.01.06 18:32:47 -
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Saya Ishikari wrote:Jev North wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:What was your crowning achievement before becoming an Empyrean? The very morning after our graduation party, our batch took a shuttle to our first posting. Graduation parties being what they are, it was actually less the morning after that party, and more the tail end of it. Everyone was very, very drunk. Things were a bit hazy for a while. Close to arrival, people woke up to muffled cries -- one of my best friends, let's call her Heikke, had decided the cabin was still to bright and noisy, what with all the snoring, and crawled into one of the overhead compartments to sleep off all the vodka. These are about big enough to contain two carry-on bags. We have no idea how she got in, and frankly, I have no idea how exactly I got her out, without breaking any bones, or having to submit to the indignity of being cut out of a locker by a tech in her future command. So it can not be repeated, and will forever stand as a singular achievement. Has anyone ever pulled your feet out of the fire, personally, in an interesting way? Pieter. More than once, and in ways that I care not to share, save for saying that he's become the family I never had. Who has been your biggest influence on the course of your pod based career?
Some pirate named Mysticalknight or something. He destroyed my Rifter during my first fleet op back in Eve University.
Why did you choose your particular career path after you had become Empyrean?
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Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1035
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Posted - 2017.01.06 19:22:13 -
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Saya Ishikari wrote: Who has been your biggest influence on the course of your pod based career?
Father Azdan Amith. His writings inspired me to try to aspire to more than just mining in my capsuleer career and his influence can be seen in a lot of what i've tried to do.
Where is your favorite place for a vacation - space or planetside?
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Ibrahim Tash-Murkon
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
908
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Posted - 2017.01.06 19:24:31 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Why did you choose your particular career path after you had become Empyrean?
Immortality means you really have to shore up the old retirement account.
If for the rest of your life you could only pilot one hull-type what would it be?
"I give you the destiny of Faith, and you will bring its message to every planet of every star in the heavens: Go forth, conquer in my Name, and reclaim that which I have given." - Book of Reclaiming 22:13
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Luna Hanaya
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
233
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Posted - 2017.01.06 20:07:21 -
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Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Why did you choose your particular career path after you had become Empyrean? Immortality means you really have to shore up the old retirement account. If for the rest of your life you could only pilot one hull-type what would it be? Slicer.
How many siblings do you have?
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Tamiroth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
379
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Posted - 2017.01.06 20:50:47 -
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Luna Hanaya wrote:Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Why did you choose your particular career path after you had become Empyrean? Immortality means you really have to shore up the old retirement account. If for the rest of your life you could only pilot one hull-type what would it be? Slicer. How many siblings do you have?
None, I'm an only child.
If you suddenly discovered that you have a lost sibling somewhere (neutral to you, with no personal or allegiance conflicts), would you prefer a brother or a sister and why? :P |
Luna Hanaya
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
233
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Posted - 2017.01.06 21:53:55 -
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Tamiroth wrote:Luna Hanaya wrote:Ibrahim Tash-Murkon wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Why did you choose your particular career path after you had become Empyrean? Immortality means you really have to shore up the old retirement account. If for the rest of your life you could only pilot one hull-type what would it be? Slicer. How many siblings do you have? None, I'm an only child. If you suddenly discovered that you have a lost sibling somewhere (neutral to you, with no personal or allegiance conflicts), would you prefer a brother or a sister and why? :P Sister. We will have so many things to discuss! And brothers are boring.
What do you think is the most romantic landscape?
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
707
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Posted - 2017.01.07 02:24:53 -
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Luna Hanaya wrote:Tamiroth wrote:Luna Hanaya wrote: How many siblings do you have?
None, I'm an only child. If you suddenly discovered that you have a lost sibling somewhere (neutral to you, with no personal or allegiance conflicts), would you prefer a brother or a sister and why? :P Sister. We will have so many things to discuss! And brothers are boring. What do you think is the most romantic landscape?
A field of fresh snow. Warm enough to kiss in, cold enough to stick to your clothes and not melt.
Diarrhea or vomiting?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1856
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Posted - 2017.01.07 07:54:21 -
[325] - Quote
Neph wrote:Luna Hanaya wrote:Tamiroth wrote:Luna Hanaya wrote: How many siblings do you have?
None, I'm an only child. If you suddenly discovered that you have a lost sibling somewhere (neutral to you, with no personal or allegiance conflicts), would you prefer a brother or a sister and why? :P Sister. We will have so many things to discuss! And brothers are boring. What do you think is the most romantic landscape? A field of fresh snow. Warm enough to kiss in, cold enough to stick to your clothes and not melt. Diarrhea or vomiting?
Diarrhea. At least I get to sit, have free hands and do something productive while irritating the janitor.
How did you come up with your questions?
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Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative
423
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Posted - 2017.01.07 13:58:00 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Neph wrote:Luna Hanaya wrote:Tamiroth wrote:Luna Hanaya wrote: How many siblings do you have?
None, I'm an only child. If you suddenly discovered that you have a lost sibling somewhere (neutral to you, with no personal or allegiance conflicts), would you prefer a brother or a sister and why? :P Sister. We will have so many things to discuss! And brothers are boring. What do you think is the most romantic landscape? A field of fresh snow. Warm enough to kiss in, cold enough to stick to your clothes and not melt. Diarrhea or vomiting? Diarrhea. At least I get to sit, have free hands and do something productive while irritating the janitor. How did you come up with your questions? Pure whimsy and the occasional inspiration from others.
What's the most hilariously awful thing you've ever seen? You know, the sort of event that you should be horrified at, by instead end up laughing.
"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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Ria NieyIi
908
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Posted - 2017.01.07 14:01:12 -
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That'de be Ria's wardrobe, if it qualifies as an event.
Would you rather live in a capital that you own for the rest of your life, or on the surfacce of a planet? No people in either scenario. |
Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1720
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Posted - 2017.01.07 14:44:48 -
[328] - Quote
Ria NieyIi wrote:That'de be Ria's wardrobe, if it qualifies as an event.
Would you rather live in a capital that you own for the rest of your life, or on the surfacce of a planet? No people in either scenario. Planet, atleast there would be animals.
Whos more annoying, Vaari or Diana Kim? |
Tamiroth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
381
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Posted - 2017.01.07 17:11:59 -
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Deitra Vess wrote:Whos more annoying, Vaari or Diana Kim?
While I understand and sympathize with both - when I was a child planetside we had a neidhbour, a baron over 300 years old who was just like Lord Vaari sometimes, and Diana, though deeply traumatized by all the horror we all are forced to endure, is still a loyal soldier of the State - Lord Vaari does not grace every other thread with the presence of a Golden Mountain.
Sorry, Diana.
And, the penultimate question of this thread, so foolishly invoked by Valerie Valate and Arrendis:
Sinful Apples or Noble Oranges?
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Agiri Falken
State War Academy Caldari State
223
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Posted - 2017.01.07 17:43:05 -
[330] - Quote
Tamiroth wrote:Deitra Vess wrote:Whos more annoying, Vaari or Diana Kim? While I understand and sympathize with both - when I was a child planetside we had a neidhbour, a baron over 300 years old who was just like Lord Vaari sometimes, and Diana, though deeply traumatized by all the horror we all are forced to endure, is still a loyal soldier of the State - Lord Vaari does not grace every other thread with the presence of a Golden Mountain. Sorry, Diana. And, the penultimate question of this thread, so foolishly invoked by Valerie Valate and Arrendis: Sinful Apples or Noble Oranges? Bring on the apples.
If you could change the result of one event in all of history, what would it be? |
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
707
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Posted - 2017.01.07 20:48:30 -
[331] - Quote
The Golden Fleet never found Pator.
Is Nation or the Covenant worse?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2834
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Posted - 2017.01.07 23:38:41 -
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Neph wrote:Is Nation or the Covenant worse?
Nation.
Even if the Covenant swept over everything, sooner or later it'd collapse and plunge us all into another dark age. There's an off chance we might see a second Moral Reforms, and end up with a stable, workable civilization instead.
Nation's depressingly sustainable. I don't ever want to be in a situation where the secret little part of my mind that isn't ever allowed to communicate or influence my actions is praying for a supernova so I can just finally, actually, properly die.
Put another way: I'd rather be dead than taken by either, but with the Covenant it's about how they'd kill me; with Nation, it's about how they wouldn't.
What color do you most associate with yourself, and why? (Not necessarily your favorite.) |
Matias Kurovassi
science and trade institute Caldari State
31
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Posted - 2017.01.08 05:51:48 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:
What color do you most associate with yourself, and why? (Not necessarily your favorite.)
Shades of grey; because it's neither black or white.
Do you consider self-identity as an infomorph critical to existence?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1857
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Posted - 2017.01.08 06:20:24 -
[334] - Quote
Matias Kurovassi wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote:
What color do you most associate with yourself, and why? (Not necessarily your favorite.)
Shades of grey; because it's neither black or white. Do you consider self-identity as an infomorph critical to existence?
Nah. Then again I'm not a philosopher.
Do you use your neural-link to operate anything that isn't a starship?
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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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2848
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Posted - 2017.01.08 07:04:05 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Do you use your neural-link to operate anything that isn't a starship?
Yes. I use it to interface with fully-immersive VR novels. And the coffee-maker on my Nidhoggur. Because nothing is quite as nice as fully-immersive coffee-making.
If Tamiroth's question:
Tamiroth wrote: Sinful Apples or Noble Oranges?
is the penultimate question of the thread, what's the ultimate question of the thread?
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Matias Kurovassi
science and trade institute Caldari State
31
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Posted - 2017.01.08 08:10:54 -
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Arrendis wrote: what's the ultimate question of the thread?
What is love?
You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it's crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on it's back. The tortoise lays on it's back, it's belly baking in the hot sun, beating it's legs trying to turn it'self over, but it can't, not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1857
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Posted - 2017.01.08 08:57:03 -
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Matias Kurovassi wrote:Arrendis wrote: what's the ultimate question of the thread?
What is love? You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it's crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on it's back. The tortoise lays on it's back, it's belly baking in the hot sun, beating it's legs trying to turn it'self over, but it can't, not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?
Because I am curious about the behavior of a flipped-over desert tortoise and wish to observe.
Why am I curious about this in the first place?
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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Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
106
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Posted - 2017.01.08 15:21:58 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Because I am curious about the behavior of a flipped-over desert tortoise and wish to observe.
Why am I curious about this in the first place?
Because in the context of this inquiry, you're a wretched soulless being who cannot be trusted.
What's your most embarrassing hobby? |
Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2849
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Loai Qerl wrote:What's your most embarrassing hobby?
Flipping turtles, it seems!
If you found inarguable proof that the belief system of your enemies was right... would you share it, and why or why not? |
Synthetic Cultist
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
559
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Posted - 2017.01.08 16:20:49 -
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Arrendis wrote: If you found inarguable proof that the belief system of your enemies was right... would you share it, and why or why not?
Yes. It would be my Duty to Share Such. Inarguable Proof of the Correct Interpretation of The Scriptures would be a Profound Revelation for All Believers of the Amarr Religions, Regardless of Sect, Cult, Denomination, or Interpretation.
A Question:
Is it Better to live a Finite Lifespan, and Hope that you Did the Right Thing ? Or to be Immortal and see the Results of your Actions Laid out for All to See ?
Synthia 1, Empress of Kaztropol.
It is Written.
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Jason Galente
SniggWaffe WAFFLES.
1054
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Synthetic Cultist wrote:
Is it Better to live a Finite Lifespan, and Hope that you Did the Right Thing ? Or to be Immortal and see the Results of your Actions Laid out for All to See ?
This isn't much of a choice. Hope doesn't prove that you did the right thing. If I could live a short life and know that I did the right thing, with some proof of it outside of my own belief/hope, I would choose that. But whether or not I did the right thing, it doesn't concern me much whether I feel good about myself (which seems to be the benefit of the former choice). Doing the right thing is about how it impacts others and the world. Feeling good about yourself is relatively useless once you're at the end of your lifespan. At least if results are laid out, I can learn one final time, rather than just sit around with my short, ineffectual life and feel good about myself perhaps with little reason to do so.
Have you ever retired from being a capsuleer, yet come back into the pod some years later? If so, what brought you back?
Only the liberty of the individual assures the prosperity of the whole.
And this foundation must be defended.
At any cost
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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
525
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Posted - 2017.01.08 19:29:53 -
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Jason Galente wrote:Have you ever retired from being a capsuleer, yet come back into the pod some years later? If so, what brought you back? Negligence on my end. It took a while, but it's amazing the lengths a medical insurer will go to if there's a sizeable ISK bonus involved.
We all know the various Summits can get pretty crappy, so tell me about the best debate you've ever had.
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative
423
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Posted - 2017.01.08 19:46:28 -
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Jev North wrote:Jason Galente wrote:Have you ever retired from being a capsuleer, yet come back into the pod some years later? If so, what brought you back? Negligence on my end. It took a while, but it's amazing the lengths a medical insurer will go to if there's a sizeable ISK bonus involved. We all know the various Summits can get pretty crappy, so tell me about the best debate you've ever had. Three years ago, there was a remarkably memorable debate about the old "Terran" subject. It was pleasant, well worded, and left both sides parting amiably. I've seen nothing that comes close after my return.
What is the WORST conversation you've had on either Summit?
"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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Kybernetes Moros
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
35
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Saya Ishikari wrote:What is the WORST conversation you've had on either Summit?
Another one I can answer!
There was this one time someone decided to try and play the role of the 'addled capsuleer'. We all know the one--most of us have played it ourselves!--and while typically it's not all so bad, this one really did stick out.
I got rid of the fine details of why, precisely, they decided to connect and begin muttering incoherently, and indeed who they were--neither is important--but wowee.
The flavour of 'mysterious and garbled' that took their fancy was electrodynamics. I know, right? None of this beautiful modern theory, either. Some horrid misinterpretation of fearfully old formulations. Just spouting these equations out aloud like it was meaningful and deep!
Eurgh. It gives me chills that someone thought that that was the height of mystique and intrigue.
---
The question that Jason asked and Jev answered is particularly interesting to me. It's a bit of a cheap inversion, I know, but I would like to ask: if at some point you chose not to retire, unplug your implants, or march your merry way on into the biomass vats and wake up a long while later mightily confused at what happened, why didn't you? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2837
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Kybernetes Moros wrote:The question that Jason asked and Jev answered is particularly interesting to me. It's a bit of a cheap inversion, I know, but I would like to ask: if at some point you chose not to retire, unplug your implants, or march your merry way on into the biomass vats and wake up a long while later mightily confused at what happened, why didn't you?
I had this chance when I first got my identity ratified and my hangar privileges unlocked. I could have just liquidated all my predecessor's assets and gone, well, anywhere-- set a bunch of my ISK balance up in a broad investment portfolio, stashed the rest in various accounts, and probably lived a pretty happy, quiet life. Only, if I did that, the implants, the training still rattling around in my head-- what was that all for?
The New Eden star cluster isn't a place without troubles, exactly. There's work for people like us; really, it often seems like there's no end of it. In the end, I'm not the sort of person who'd be happy living what feels like someone else's life, off of someone else's assets, without trying to be someone constructive, myself. The wealth I'd have would have been obtained at the cost of pain I'd never experienced. I might not have blood on my own hands (that I could remember), but it would drip from my account balance. And, also, I'm not really happy asking other people to do things I won't. I'm not comfortable leaving the dirty work to others.
It meant I'd be a killer again, but ... if that's really my part to play in this world, I guess I'm okay being that.
Sort of a grim question, but ... do you collect frozen corpses? If so, what do you do with them?
(I hear it's popular, and I'm curious why.) |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
707
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Occasionally, if it's somebody I know. I usually pose with it and send captures to the person in question.
To keep the question going: does anybody *really* collect frozen corpses? Meat-locker style? Why?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1866
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Posted - 2017.01.10 05:21:20 -
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Neph wrote:Occasionally, if it's somebody I know. I usually pose with it and send captures to the person in question.
To keep the question going: does anybody *really* collect frozen corpses? Meat-locker style? Why?
I know an Eve University faculty who stores corpses of misbehaving students in his meat locker. It's likely a combination of wanting to use the corpses as a warning and having a morbid collector's streak.
Personally, I do not collect corpses. I mean, what do I want to do with the corpses? It's not like any of these corpses have some state-of-the-art implants I had never seen before to yank out to examine. Also, cryo costs add up and if I do not put them in cryo, they will start to stink. So, just leave them flash-frozen out in space and let some biomass collector drop by and collect them some time. It's not like I have any way to sell the corpses to them personally anyway.
If someone off-the-grid is to sell you a full set of HG Hardwire implants for only 25% of their market price, will you buy them?
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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Tyrel Toov
Non-Hostile Target
899
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Posted - 2017.01.10 05:41:42 -
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Neph wrote:Occasionally, if it's somebody I know. I usually pose with it and send captures to the person in question.
To keep the question going: does anybody *really* collect frozen corpses? Meat-locker style? Why? I actually have a few corpses, one of which may be CEO's. I might taunt her with it on occasions when she gets a big head. (Note: I didn't pod her for it, I mearly survived the fight in which she was podded.)
Elmund Egivand wrote: I know an Eve University faculty who stores corpses of misbehaving students in his meat locker. It's likely a combination of wanting to use the corpses as a warning and having a morbid collector's streak.
Personally, I do not collect corpses. I mean, what do I want to do with the corpses? It's not like any of these corpses have some state-of-the-art implants I had never seen before to yank out to examine. Also, cryo costs add up and if I do not put them in cryo, they will start to stink. So, just leave them flash-frozen out in space and let some biomass collector drop by and collect them some time. It's not like I have any way to sell the corpses to them personally anyway.
If someone off-the-grid is to sell you a full set of HG Hardwire implants for only 25% of their market price, will you buy them? Yes, if I can confirm the set is real and it's not a scam. That's profit and I'm not picky about how I get my ISK.
Who wouldn't take that deal?
I want to paint my ship Periwinkle.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1866
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Posted - 2017.01.10 06:59:03 -
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Tyrel Toov wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote: I know an Eve University faculty who stores corpses of misbehaving students in his meat locker. It's likely a combination of wanting to use the corpses as a warning and having a morbid collector's streak.
Personally, I do not collect corpses. I mean, what do I want to do with the corpses? It's not like any of these corpses have some state-of-the-art implants I had never seen before to yank out to examine. Also, cryo costs add up and if I do not put them in cryo, they will start to stink. So, just leave them flash-frozen out in space and let some biomass collector drop by and collect them some time. It's not like I have any way to sell the corpses to them personally anyway.
If someone off-the-grid is to sell you a full set of HG Hardwire implants for only 25% of their market price, will you buy them? Yes, if I can confirm the set is real and it's not a scam. That's profit and I'm not picky about how I get my ISK. Who wouldn't take that deal?
Well, it could be 'used' and tuned to the previous user's brain function or it could be using some out-of-date firmware or may be storing some kind of malicious programming in its microelectronics. Takes a lot of time turning the whole thing inside out to be very sure it's legit and clean.
A very paranoid man wouldn't take the deal.
Also, what question should I put out?
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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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2837
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Posted - 2017.01.10 13:22:01 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Also, what question should I put out? Probably one that's on fire? It's especially urgent if it's near any stored O2, or ... well, a lot of things, really.
Strangest / most engaging flight you've had that wasn't in a ship? |
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1872
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Posted - 2017.01.11 02:49:44 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Also, what question should I put out? Probably one that's on fire? It's especially urgent if it's near any stored O2, or ... well, a lot of things, really. Strangest / most engaging flight you've had that wasn't in a ship?
I once kicked the hydrazine rocket boosters to maximum thrust, boosted right off a mobile command center, soared over 500m, kicked over a war-truck in the way (it was housing bandits wielding heavy weapons) before proceeding to skid 45 degrees forward, turning around at the same time, and lay down suppressing fire. In a combat MTAC.
Does that count?
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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Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
110
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Posted - 2017.01.11 04:08:02 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote: Does that count?
Oh why not.
Elmund. For the last few times you've posted here, you've been fussing with the structure of the game for your own amusement. I'm sure you're amused, but would also like you to know that it is a little tedious to deal with that as an earnest participant looking for fun of one's own.
How do you feel about the ports on your back being seen by other people? |
Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1035
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Posted - 2017.01.11 05:09:31 -
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Loai Qerl wrote: How do you feel about the ports on your back being seen by other people?
I dislike it intensely. I usually wear garments that conceal them and when station or planetside sometimes a scarf or a shawl.
Where do you think the ports should go, if not on the back?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1872
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Posted - 2017.01.11 05:50:30 -
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Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:Loai Qerl wrote: How do you feel about the ports on your back being seen by other people?
I dislike it intensely. I usually wear garments that conceal them and when station or planetside sometimes a scarf or a shawl. Where do you think the ports should go, if not on the back?
I think the optimal location for the ports are at the back, considering the nerves for motor function are all there, in the spine. Cranium wouldn't work, because that's not where our motor neurons are at. Limbs do not work either, since that would mean using limb nerves requires to control ship function. That will mean we have to form the concept of the human limb in our mind and associate that with specific ship systems. Plenty of problems there, not to mention contradicting our training to let go of proprioception.
Travelling via the Interbus shuttle network vs travelling via your own ship, which do you prefer?
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
144
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Posted - 2017.01.11 06:02:44 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:Loai Qerl wrote: How do you feel about the ports on your back being seen by other people?
I dislike it intensely. I usually wear garments that conceal them and when station or planetside sometimes a scarf or a shawl. Where do you think the ports should go, if not on the back? I think the optimal location for the ports are at the back, considering the nerves for motor function are all there, in the spine. Cranium wouldn't work, because that's not where our motor neurons are at. Limbs do not work either, since that would mean using limb nerves requires to control ship function. That will mean we have to form the concept of the human limb in our mind and associate that with specific ship systems. Plenty of problems there, not to mention contradicting our training to let go of proprioception. Travelling via the Interbus shuttle network vs travelling via your own ship, which do you prefer?
I don't have a personal ship due to not actually being a capsuleer but let's be honest and say that, while I do used Interbus extensively to get around the cluster, it would be pleasant to travel aboard a private vehicle rather than have to listen to my shoes stick to the floor when I walk to my seat.
My question comes with a scenario.
Let us say as Sef comes to you one day (regardless of whether or not you believe in them, if not then insert some other religious being or icon) and tell you that you can have anything your heart desires but as a cost you can never leave the atmosphere of the planet you currently are on.
What do you wish for and where would you like to spend the rest of your existence? (I condemn any individual who wishes for more wishes or a being that can provide wishes that exist outside of these conditions as possessing a supremely lazy mind)
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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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1872
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Posted - 2017.01.11 06:12:52 -
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Kador Ouryon wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:Loai Qerl wrote: How do you feel about the ports on your back being seen by other people?
I dislike it intensely. I usually wear garments that conceal them and when station or planetside sometimes a scarf or a shawl. Where do you think the ports should go, if not on the back? I think the optimal location for the ports are at the back, considering the nerves for motor function are all there, in the spine. Cranium wouldn't work, because that's not where our motor neurons are at. Limbs do not work either, since that would mean using limb nerves requires to control ship function. That will mean we have to form the concept of the human limb in our mind and associate that with specific ship systems. Plenty of problems there, not to mention contradicting our training to let go of proprioception. Travelling via the Interbus shuttle network vs travelling via your own ship, which do you prefer? I don't have a personal ship due to not actually being a capsuleer but let's be honest and say that, while I do used Interbus extensively to get around the cluster, it would be pleasant to travel aboard a private vehicle rather than have to listen to my shoes stick to the floor when I walk to my seat. My question comes with a scenario. Let us say as Sef comes to you one day (regardless of whether or not you believe in them, if not then insert some other religious being or icon) and tell you that you can have anything your heart desires but as a cost you can never leave the atmosphere of the planet you currently are on. What do you wish for and where would you like to spend the rest of your existence? (I condemn any individual who wishes for more wishes or a being that can provide wishes that exist outside of these conditions as possessing a supremely lazy mind)
I will wish to live in a space station.
What will happen if I make that wish?
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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Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
22
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Posted - 2017.01.11 06:14:37 -
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Kador Ouryon wrote:Let us say as Sef comes to you one day (regardless of whether or not you believe in them, if not then insert some other religious being or icon) and tell you that you can have anything your heart desires but as a cost you can never leave the atmosphere of the planet you currently are on.
What do you wish for and where would you like to spend the rest of your existence? (I condemn any individual who wishes for more wishes or a being that can provide wishes that exist outside of these conditions as possessing a supremely lazy mind) Well.. I know I would want to live on an ice planet, because I love ice, and not just space ice. I've loved ice planets ever since I visited one as a kid. As for where.. I don't think the drone lands would be a good idea because of, well, the drones and there really isn't anyone out there. So probably somewhere within the Federation. That would probably be best. I'm not really sure where.
What is your favorite kind of ice?
Drone Region Resident - ORE Fangirl
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1872
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Posted - 2017.01.11 06:23:56 -
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Tsao Aubbes wrote:Kador Ouryon wrote:Let us say as Sef comes to you one day (regardless of whether or not you believe in them, if not then insert some other religious being or icon) and tell you that you can have anything your heart desires but as a cost you can never leave the atmosphere of the planet you currently are on.
What do you wish for and where would you like to spend the rest of your existence? (I condemn any individual who wishes for more wishes or a being that can provide wishes that exist outside of these conditions as possessing a supremely lazy mind) Well.. I know I would want to live on an ice planet, because I love ice, and not just space ice. I've loved ice planets ever since I visited one as a kid. As for where.. I don't think the drone lands would be a good idea because of, well, the drones and there really isn't anyone out there. So probably somewhere within the Federation. That would probably be best. I'm not really sure where. What is your favorite kind of ice? Edit: Sorry. I messed up. I'll try to not do that again. Elmund Egivand wrote: What will happen if I make that wish? You would be changing the acceptable answers to the question, I think. I'm not totally sure what would happen.
The ice in my freezer. They are safe to eat and have many applications relating to foodstuff.
Whiskey on the rocks, shaved ice, iced coffee, you name it.
What's the longest time spent in pod you had achieved thus far?
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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Tyrel Toov
Non-Hostile Target
900
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Posted - 2017.01.11 06:52:07 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Tsao Aubbes wrote:Kador Ouryon wrote:Let us say as Sef comes to you one day (regardless of whether or not you believe in them, if not then insert some other religious being or icon) and tell you that you can have anything your heart desires but as a cost you can never leave the atmosphere of the planet you currently are on.
What do you wish for and where would you like to spend the rest of your existence? (I condemn any individual who wishes for more wishes or a being that can provide wishes that exist outside of these conditions as possessing a supremely lazy mind) Well.. I know I would want to live on an ice planet, because I love ice, and not just space ice. I've loved ice planets ever since I visited one as a kid. As for where.. I don't think the drone lands would be a good idea because of, well, the drones and there really isn't anyone out there. So probably somewhere within the Federation. That would probably be best. I'm not really sure where. What is your favorite kind of ice? Edit: Sorry. I messed up. I'll try to not do that again. Elmund Egivand wrote: What will happen if I make that wish? You would be changing the acceptable answers to the question, I think. I'm not totally sure what would happen. The ice in my freezer. They are safe to eat and have many applications relating to foodstuff. Whiskey on the rocks, shaved ice, iced coffee, you name it. What's the longest time spent in pod you had achieved thus far? Does it count if the pod is in my ship and in station? Because I spent almost a week in it once. A series of fleets interspersed with docking for repairs, rearming, and a couple minutes sleep in the pod while waiting for command to pull their heads out of their rear and issue orders.
biggest rookie mistake you ever made?
I want to paint my ship Periwinkle.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1872
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Posted - 2017.01.11 07:01:23 -
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Tyrel Toov wrote: Does it count if the pod is in my ship and in station? Because I spent almost a week in it once. A series of fleets interspersed with docking for repairs, rearming, and a couple minutes sleep in the pod while waiting for command to pull their heads out of their rear and issue orders.
biggest rookie mistake you ever made?
Trying to tackle a Tengu in an AB Rifter.
When was the last time you took a bait, and how did that fight go?
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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Tamiroth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
387
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Posted - 2017.01.11 11:41:58 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:When was the last time you took a bait, and how did that fight go? Back in the militia, a little more than an year ago. I engaged a rookie Incursus sitting at the gate in Raa and immediately had a Cruor and a Slicer warp in on me.
Somehow, I got out and warped out to a random plex beacon, but the fight continued there and my Tormentor was eventually blown up anyway.
Matias Kurovassi wrote:Arrendis wrote: what's the ultimate question of the thread? What is love?
I was thinking more about "what's the meaning of life", but "what is love" would do too.
So.
What is love?
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Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1899
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Posted - 2017.01.11 19:55:02 -
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Tamiroth wrote:What is love?
A Complicating Factor.
If you could make a one-way trip through Time, taking nothing with you except your skills and knowledge, which direction would you choose to travel in ? Forward or back ?
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
711
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Posted - 2017.01.11 23:29:08 -
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Valerie Valate wrote:Tamiroth wrote:What is love? A Complicating Factor. If you could make a one-way trip through Time, taking nothing with you except your skills and knowledge, which direction would you choose to travel in ? Forward or back ?
Always forward. The past is to be remembered and honored, not longed for. Besides, it sucked.
Have you ever learned something that soured what you had held as a fond memory? What happened?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Ottom Ephesianos
Mirkur Draug'Tyr Ushra'Khan
117
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Posted - 2017.01.12 02:15:53 -
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Tamiroth wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:When was the last time you took a bait, and how did that fight go? Back in the militia, a little more than an year ago. I engaged a rookie Incursus sitting at the gate in Raa and immediately had a Cruor and a Slicer warp in on me. Somehow, I got out and warped out to a random plex beacon, but the fight continued there and my Tormentor was eventually blown up anyway. Matias Kurovassi wrote:Arrendis wrote: what's the ultimate question of the thread? What is love? I was thinking more about "what's the meaning of life", but "what is love" would do too. So. What is love?
Love is an active word. Of causality it is a catalyst: Meaning a cause equal to an effect.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1876
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Posted - 2017.01.12 02:48:24 -
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Neph wrote:Valerie Valate wrote:Tamiroth wrote:What is love? A Complicating Factor. If you could make a one-way trip through Time, taking nothing with you except your skills and knowledge, which direction would you choose to travel in ? Forward or back ? Always forward. The past is to be remembered and honored, not longed for. Besides, it sucked. Have you ever learned something that soured what you had held as a fond memory? What happened?
Learning, or rather, experiencing what being a capsuleer is really like. Old story, probably a very common one. Bright-eyed lad was promised the stars, found the stars to be less than brilliant when seen up close, got somewhat disappointed about it. Now has one foot across the 'bittervet' threshold.
Well, found my footing after a year and, despite the stars still being pretty tarnished, I can manage. Got acclimated with disappointment so there's that, I guess.
Have you ever suspected if your implants might be tracked? And if yes, did you investigate and find out if your suspicions is true or false?
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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morion
Lighting Build
178
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Posted - 2017.01.12 03:35:56 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:
Learning, or rather, experiencing what being a capsuleer is really like. Old story, probably a very common one. Bright-eyed lad was promised the stars, found the stars to be less than brilliant when seen up close, got somewhat disappointed about it. Now has one foot across the 'bittervet' threshold.
Well, found my footing after a year and, despite the stars still being pretty tarnished, I can manage. Got acclimated with disappointment so there's that, I guess.
Have you ever suspected if your implants might be tracked? And if yes, did you investigate and find out if your suspicions is true or false?
I've had a hunch for years now but who does one tell the voices in there head?
Question: i love tea so much after finishing a cup i found the pot empty. ) ; i traveled back in time 1 hour to when the tea kettle was still full. ( ; so i thought ) ; when i arrived the kettle was empty too. ) ; it was like by going back it ripped the tee i drank and the process of making tea or me ever having been there to make tea out of the time line completely. Now i am 2x as thirsty in mind on arrival back 1 hour and yet to really start the kettle.
Do your implants ever give you that itchy brain impossible to scratch itchy feels? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2840
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Posted - 2017.01.12 05:06:09 -
[367] - Quote
morion wrote:Do your implants ever give you that itchy brain impossible to scratch itchy feels?
Aaah! No! And if they did it would be because something was even more wrong than that makes it sound, because the brain itself doesn't feel pain (or itch)!
Have you ever had a dream you actively and actually wish you hadn't, even, like, months later? |
Ria NieyIi
924
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Posted - 2017.01.12 05:17:59 -
[368] - Quote
Thankfully, no. Then again, I dream very rarely.
Have you ever found yourself wanting to say something to anyone, yet words just won't come? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1878
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Posted - 2017.01.12 06:35:18 -
[369] - Quote
Ria NieyIi wrote:Thankfully, no. Then again, I dream very rarely.
Have you ever found yourself wanting to say something to anyone, yet words just won't come?
Yes. Usually, because I forgot what I wanted to say when it is time to speak.
Any explorers here who had figured out what those derelict spaceships with no identifications that are sometimes found in sites are?
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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Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1521
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Posted - 2017.01.12 07:48:11 -
[370] - Quote
If these are the ships I think you're talking about, they're old. Exceptionally old if radio carbon dating can be relied upon (which given the good chance of exposure to all kinds of radiation means it can't)
However old they are, their design is certainly unique, possibly early Jove or even pre-Jove and relates to a very early space capable civilisation. The Providence Institute has been conducting some research on them to see if they might or might not be related to the origin civilisation of Scripture, but no conclusions can be drawn yet.
What was the biggest game changing discovery you have made in your life? Such as first seeing a certain system, or flying a certain ship, or an encounter that really changed your outlook on life, the future or other.
"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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Ottom Ephesianos
Mirkur Draug'Tyr Ushra'Khan
118
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Posted - 2017.01.12 20:35:30 -
[371] - Quote
Templar Thal Vadam wrote:I'll pose a question, the first person who posts answers the question, then asks one of their own that the next person answers, and so on. You can answer and pose more then once but not to your own question.
My question is...
What was the funniest thing you did as a teenager?
The funniest thing I did as a teenager was assume a Nun working as a Maid was my slave.
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morion
Lighting Build
179
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Posted - 2017.01.12 21:53:28 -
[372] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:morion wrote:Do your implants ever give you that itchy brain impossible to scratch itchy feels? Aaah! No! And if they did it would be because something was even more wrong than that makes it sound, because the brain itself doesn't feel pain (or itch)!
clarification dry scalp but on the inside itch
humor fail. |
Tyrel Toov
Non-Hostile Target
900
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Posted - 2017.01.12 22:04:03 -
[373] - Quote
morion wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote:morion wrote:Do your implants ever give you that itchy brain impossible to scratch itchy feels? Aaah! No! And if they did it would be because something was even more wrong than that makes it sound, because the brain itself doesn't feel pain (or itch)! clarification dry scalp but on the inside itch humor fail. Stop buying reman implants?
I want to paint my ship Periwinkle.
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Julianni Avala
Ishukone-Raata Corporate Investment Bank Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
37
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Posted - 2017.01.12 22:20:16 -
[374] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:If these are the ships I think you're talking about, they're old. Exceptionally old if radio carbon dating can be relied upon (which given the good chance of exposure to all kinds of radiation means it can't)
However old they are, their design is certainly unique, possibly early Jove or even pre-Jove and relates to a very early space capable civilisation. The Providence Institute has been conducting some research on them to see if they might or might not be related to the origin civilisation of Scripture, but no conclusions can be drawn yet.
What was the biggest game changing discovery you have made in your life? Such as first seeing a certain system, or flying a certain ship, or an encounter that really changed your outlook on life, the future or other.
It was not a discovery that I made on my own, but one that was gifted to me, to which I am eternally grateful. Perhaps it is not necessarily seen as a "discovery", but more of a gift of truth: the Word of God. It changed my life in many, many ways, and is a comfort as well as a drive to do as He wills.
What did you do on your very first day as a capsuleer? Do you wish you had done something else instead? |
Nauplius
Hoi Andrapodistai
705
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Posted - 2017.01.12 22:31:22 -
[375] - Quote
Julianni Avala wrote: What did you do on your very first day as a capsuleer? Do you wish you had done something else instead?
I became a pilot in an era in which it was still necessary to train skills in order to increase one's own ability to train skills faster. Technological progress has since made this practice obsolete, but it was very much a thing then, and new pilots such as myself were taught to train such as to increase those skill training speed skills as soon as possible in one's career. I learned this my first day as a pilot and dutifully did so, at least to some extent. I do not really regret having done so, although I appreciate the advancements that have made that practice unnecessary.
If it were demonstrated to you beyond all reasonable doubt that the Red God existed, would you worship him? |
Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2877
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Posted - 2017.01.12 23:19:57 -
[376] - Quote
Nauplius wrote:If it were demonstrated to you beyond all reasonable doubt that the Red God existed, would you worship him?
No. Not even if it could be proven beyond doubt that your god was the actual creator. Being powerful does not entitle an entity to veneration. A powerful but utterly despicable creator would be worthy only of rebellion and opposition.
If you had to choose between 1 Firbolg II or the same volume of fedos, and were only allowed to fly frigates, which would you choose and why? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1880
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Posted - 2017.01.13 01:18:41 -
[377] - Quote
Arrendis wrote:Nauplius wrote:If it were demonstrated to you beyond all reasonable doubt that the Red God existed, would you worship him? No. Not even if it could be proven beyond doubt that your god was the actual creator. Being powerful does not entitle an entity to veneration. A powerful but utterly despicable creator would be worthy only of rebellion and opposition. If you had to choose between 1 Firbolg II or the same volume of fedos, and were only allowed to fly frigates, which would you choose and why?
Firbolg II. I can at least sell it, reprocess it, or send to a carrier pilot as a present.
Most perilous non-conquerable nullsec region?
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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Ria NieyIi
925
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Posted - 2017.01.13 05:13:47 -
[378] - Quote
Fountain.
Would you wrar two colour mismatched socks to work in order to annoy your superiors? |
Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
527
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Posted - 2017.01.13 10:58:25 -
[379] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Most perilous non-conquerable nullsec region?
Syndicate. It's where alliance go to die.
Have you ever sabotaged your own shot at something you wanted, just because?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Agiri Falken
State War Academy Caldari State
226
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Posted - 2017.01.13 12:25:16 -
[380] - Quote
Jev North wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Most perilous non-conquerable nullsec region? Syndicate. It's where alliances go to die. Have you ever sabotaged your own shot at something you wanted, just because? I can't say it was "just because", but I sure as hell did just that when it came to someone who I want to have a good life.
What's the most ridiculous thing you've ever heard someone try to peddle as truth? |
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Julianni Avala
Ishukone-Raata Corporate Investment Bank Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
39
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Posted - 2017.01.13 12:59:27 -
[381] - Quote
Agiri Falken wrote: I can't say it was "just because", but I sure as hell did just that when it came to someone who I want to have a good life.
What's the most ridiculous thing you've ever heard someone try to peddle as truth?
I was in Jita preparing some reports when I saw someone stating they were some sort of "Nigerian Space Prince", whatever that is. I couldn't figure out for the life of me what he was trying to pass himself off as. The worst part was his terrible scamming technique.
If you could sit down for one hour with someone who has passed on, who would it be and what would you talk to them about/ask them? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1883
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Posted - 2017.01.13 13:13:29 -
[382] - Quote
Julianni Avala wrote:Agiri Falken wrote: I can't say it was "just because", but I sure as hell did just that when it came to someone who I want to have a good life.
What's the most ridiculous thing you've ever heard someone try to peddle as truth?
I was in Jita preparing some reports when I saw someone stating they were some sort of "Nigerian Space Prince", whatever that is. I couldn't figure out for the life of me what he was trying to pass himself off as. The worst part was his terrible scamming technique. If you could sit down for one hour with someone who has passed on, who would it be and what would you talk to them about/ask them?
Probably any one of my ancestors, not sure which one. Apparently, there is a ritual where I can do just that but it had never really struck me to consult a shaman about it.
Most convincing scam you had ever encountered?
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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Window Licker McTard
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
9
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Posted - 2017.01.13 19:25:25 -
[383] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Julianni Avala wrote:Agiri Falken wrote: I can't say it was "just because", but I sure as hell did just that when it came to someone who I want to have a good life.
What's the most ridiculous thing you've ever heard someone try to peddle as truth?
I was in Jita preparing some reports when I saw someone stating they were some sort of "Nigerian Space Prince", whatever that is. I couldn't figure out for the life of me what he was trying to pass himself off as. The worst part was his terrible scamming technique. If you could sit down for one hour with someone who has passed on, who would it be and what would you talk to them about/ask them? Probably any one of my ancestors, not sure which one. Apparently, there is a ritual where I can do just that but it had never really struck me to consult a shaman about it. Most convincing scam you had ever encountered?
This older Gallente man said I could be a male fashion model, I thought yeh I look good. Sent him 10K iskys, a lot for an unpaid Codie. Next he wants photos in the buff. I thinks yeh, im packed and send the photos. Laughs and sends them back with the iskys. More than my pride shrank.
Have you ever embarrassed yourself breaking character in Eve? or vice versa, have you ever embarrassed yourself by slipping into character in RL?
I'm a special elite ganker, Codes finest warrior bard druid. I gank as much as possible cause I'm good. Don't mess with me minor, i'll mess with you harder.
I have no honor.
Dommy and Sasha are my wingmen and have my backside.
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
712
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Posted - 2017.01.13 20:26:52 -
[384] - Quote
Window Licker McTard wrote:Have you ever embarrassed yourself breaking character in Eve? or vice versa, have you ever embarrassed yourself by slipping into character in RL?
I'm sorry?
((IC forum only; this wouldn't be an appropriate question.))
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
111
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Posted - 2017.01.13 21:02:55 -
[385] - Quote
I'm so sorry, pilot. What you just asked was a textbook example of early Capsuleer Dementia, and I wish you all the best in the difficult process of navigating it. My heart goes to you. It's something that's always given me a sick feeling to imagine.
How would you try to make amends for the worst thing you've ever done? |
Window Licker McTard
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
9
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Posted - 2017.01.13 21:07:11 -
[386] - Quote
Neph wrote:Window Licker McTard wrote:Have you ever embarrassed yourself breaking character in Eve? or vice versa, have you ever embarrassed yourself by slipping into character in RL?
I'm sorry? ((IC forum only; this wouldn't be an appropriate question.))
Hey im a ganker, wat else wood I leave on the floor than something inaproprate.
ganked yall.
I'm a special elite ganker, Codes finest warrior bard druid. I gank as much as possible cause I'm good. Don't mess with me minor, i'll mess with you harder.
I have no honor.
Dommy and Sasha are my wingmen and have my backside.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2841
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Posted - 2017.01.13 21:31:40 -
[387] - Quote
Loai Qerl wrote:I'm so sorry, pilot. What you just asked was a textbook example of early Capsuleer Dementia, and I wish you all the best in the difficult process of navigating it. My heart goes to you. It's something that's always given me a sick feeling to imagine.
How would you try to make amends for the worst thing you've ever done?
Where possible, try to repair the damage. For me, that's easier said than done, though.
Where not....
There's no fixing it, so I try to be someone constructive, try to be useful to people or causes I think are worthwhile, try to be, on balance, a beneficial person.
I respect the people I've harmed-- not by giving them what they want, necessarily (humans are apparently wired to seek revenge, but, not to actually enjoy taking it); more by making myself as little a presence in their lives as I can. I keep my distance, and don't try to force a contact I doubt would be welcome.
I don't squander my skills and resources, but try to use them in ways that'll help maintain things I see as beneficial. Also, while sometimes my kind-of-dark mind is a useful tool, I try not to be too much a person who's capable of what I'm capable of.
I live as best I can, and hope that, eventually, the good I do might outweigh the harm I've done.
If you could re-do ten consecutive minutes out of your life, what would they be, and what would you do differently?
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Window Licker McTard
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
9
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Posted - 2017.01.13 21:44:51 -
[388] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:Loai Qerl wrote:I'm so sorry, pilot. What you just asked was a textbook example of early Capsuleer Dementia, and I wish you all the best in the difficult process of navigating it. My heart goes to you. It's something that's always given me a sick feeling to imagine.
How would you try to make amends for the worst thing you've ever done? Where possible, try to repair the damage. For me, that's easier said than done, though. Where not.... There's no fixing it, so I try to be someone constructive, try to be useful to people or causes I think are worthwhile, try to be, on balance, a beneficial person. I respect the people I've harmed-- not by giving them what they want, necessarily (humans are apparently wired to seek revenge, but, not to actually enjoy taking it); more by making myself as little a presence in their lives as I can. I keep my distance, and don't try to force a contact I doubt would be welcome. I don't squander my skills and resources, but try to use them in ways that'll help maintain things I see as beneficial. Also, while sometimes my kind-of-dark mind is a useful tool, I try not to be too much a person who's capable of what I'm capable of. I live as best I can, and hope that, eventually, the good I do might outweigh the harm I've done. If you could re-do ten consecutive minutes out of your life, what would they be, and what would you do differently?
That last drink in Bangcock that lead me to take out that ladyboy???!
I'm a special elite ganker, Codes finest warrior bard druid. I gank as much as possible cause I'm good. Don't mess with me minor, i'll mess with you harder.
I have no honor.
Dommy and Sasha are my wingmen and have my backside.
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Persephone Alleile
Tartarus Covert Operations
283
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Posted - 2017.01.13 21:45:56 -
[389] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote: If you could re-do ten consecutive minutes out of your life, what would they be, and what would you do differently?
A couple of weeks ago I smoked too much dryweed and accidentally warped my Stratios directly into a bubble camp instead of a bookmark which would have let me bypass it safely. Would definitely like a redo of that one.
Do you have any addictions/bad habits you wish you could be free of? |
Window Licker McTard
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
9
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Posted - 2017.01.13 21:50:54 -
[390] - Quote
Persephone Alleile wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote: If you could re-do ten consecutive minutes out of your life, what would they be, and what would you do differently?
A couple of weeks ago I smoked too much dryweed and accidentally warped my Stratios directly into a bubble camp instead of a bookmark which would have let me bypass it safely. Would definitely like a redo of that one. Do you have any addictions/bad habits you wish you could be free of?
Multiple ganking all day??! I wish I could pvp but things happen soooo quick like.
I'm a special elite ganker, Codes finest warrior bard druid. I gank as much as possible cause I'm good. Don't mess with me minor, i'll mess with you harder.
I have no honor.
Dommy and Sasha are my wingmen and have my backside.
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Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
25
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Posted - 2017.01.14 03:38:06 -
[391] - Quote
Persephone Alleile wrote:Do you have any addictions/bad habits you wish you could be free of? I have a really annoying habit of making things so awkward that it kills conversations on routers. I'm going to try do avoid doing that, but, well, it isn't very easy. So. Slow change, I guess.
What is your least favorite drone?
Drone Region Resident - ORE Fangirl
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1884
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Posted - 2017.01.14 06:19:47 -
[392] - Quote
Tsao Aubbes wrote:Persephone Alleile wrote:Do you have any addictions/bad habits you wish you could be free of? I have a really annoying habit of making things so awkward that it kills conversations on routers. I'm going to try do avoid doing that, but, well, it isn't very easy. So. Slow change, I guess. What is your least favorite drone?
Combat drones? Probably the Caldari line of combat drones. I have no problems with the logistic drones. For electronic warfare drones, well, the EC drones especially when used against me but who likes getting jammed out by a flight of EC drones?
For any drones not launched by the drone bay, my least favourite would be these mouse drones that run on the tiny wheels. The chassis is useless for anything. They can't go into the vents because they can't climb, they can't reach any damage areas that are not on the floor, they can't handle rough terrain and they tend to just flip over whenever a starship receives a hard knock. No surprise the design was phased out within a year.
Favourite complement with Long Limbed Roes?
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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Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2896
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Posted - 2017.01.14 14:42:51 -
[393] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Favourite complement with Long Limbed Roes?
Only compliment I've ever gotten with Long-Limbed Roes was 'you fine, baby, lemme give you mah me-'
Oh, oh, complement... sorry... uhm.... lots and lots of whiskey to deal with the fact that someone's sent me long-limbed roe.
What's the worst backhanded compliment you've ever gotten? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1887
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Posted - 2017.01.14 15:50:13 -
[394] - Quote
Arrendis wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Favourite complement with Long Limbed Roes? Only compliment I've ever gotten with Long-Limbed Roes was 'you fine, baby, lemme give you mah me-' Oh, oh, complement... sorry... uhm.... lots and lots of whiskey to deal with the fact that someone's sent me long-limbed roe. What's the worst backhanded compliment you've ever gotten?
So far? "GF".
Is it better to thrash-talk your opponents or it's much better to remain absolutely silent?
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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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1075
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Posted - 2017.01.14 15:52:05 -
[395] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Is it better to thrash-talk your opponents or it's much better to remain absolutely silent?
There's professionals and then there's childish boors.
What do you own as a capsuleer that is the most unique? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1887
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Posted - 2017.01.14 16:04:07 -
[396] - Quote
Mizhara Del'thul wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Is it better to thrash-talk your opponents or it's much better to remain absolutely silent? There's professionals and then there's childish boors. What do you own as a capsuleer that is the most unique?
Probably this rifle my gramps built and has since passed down as a sort of family heirloom. Wooden stock, bolt-action, very robust, immune to humidity and weather, fires 10mm shells, can pierce a Paladin's armour from long distances. From the top of the mountain to the village right at the bottom, so my gramps asserted. Never seen this make in any gun shop anywhere.
Fired it occasionally to make sure it's working properly every once in a while. Can't confirm that it can punch through a Paladin's helmet but the shot did punch right through the plated ceiling and very nearly hit two neighbours two storeys up during one of my maintenance cycles.
I can confirm that the rifle will still fire after it's dropped into the mud or left in high humidity environment for a month.
Who here actually enjoys long limbed roes?
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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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1075
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Posted - 2017.01.14 16:08:43 -
[397] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Who here actually enjoys long limbed roes?
I honestly don't actually know what they are.
Clarification on the previous question: What's the most unique thing you own as a capsuleer? Not baseliner stuff, but things only available to us as capsuleers. Insorum Components, unique ships, rare items or things found in space, and so on? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1887
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Posted - 2017.01.14 16:14:12 -
[398] - Quote
Mizhara Del'thul wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Who here actually enjoys long limbed roes? I honestly don't actually know what they are. Clarification on the previous question: What's the most unique thing you own as a capsuleer? Not baseliner stuff, but things only available to us as capsuleers. Insorum Components, unique ships, rare items or things found in space, and so on?
Just this Gnosis and Sunesis which I do not have any idea what to do with. Probably will sell it off, I guess?
I think I got a Gecko off something that launches drones but I'm probably remembering it wrong.
What's the worst part of capsuleer training, in your opinion?
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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Che Biko
Alexylva Paradox
866
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Posted - 2017.01.14 18:18:13 -
[399] - Quote
When I was in training: shock simulations. But if I was in training now, I might say the voluntary euthanasia.
In what way did the first time you died affect you?
Coordination Channel for Consolidated Space Rescue Cooperation
Open Letter to the Aidonis Foundation Directorate
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Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing
304
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Posted - 2017.01.14 18:27:25 -
[400] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:What's the worst part of capsuleer training, in your opinion? There was a lot to compete for that, but... Probably seeing seeing somebody get pulled out of the shock sim having one of those conscious seizures where they get to spend their last minute 1) in pain and 2) knowing they're about to die. And then them dying.
edit: Forgot to ask a question but Mr. Biko asked one anyway. |
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Agiri Falken
State War Academy Caldari State
226
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Posted - 2017.01.14 18:34:17 -
[401] - Quote
Che Biko wrote:When I was in training: shock simulations. But if I was in training now, I might say the voluntary euthanasia.
In what way did the first time you died affect you? I woke up in a CRU, and started laughing my ass off when I realized I'd left my last **** at the epicenter of a thermonuclear detonation right along with my then current clone. Kinda liberating, really. And one hell of a rush.
Have you ever hit a point where you wonder if you're the same person after one too many clones? If so, how did you feel about it? |
Saille Horo'Sha
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
3
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Posted - 2017.01.14 18:49:32 -
[402] - Quote
Che Biko wrote:In what way did the first time you died affect you?
Well, the first time I slept after dying was rather unpleasant. A nightmare of getting killed in a variety of creative ways over and over again what what felt like hours. You know how you're supposed to wake up after dying in a dream? Turns out that if you know you'll just get shoved into a fresh clone, you can just keep the dream going. Not that I'd recommend it. I needed a LONG shower after that.
How did you find out that you had the DNA markers needed to be a capsuleer?
I barely have the ISK to keep myself flying. I'm a terrible pilot. I'm an even worse businesswoman. I'm not even sure what half my ship's controls are for. But in some small way, I'm helping. And I couldn't be happier.
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kul Shaishi
Yurai-Tenshin Zaibatsu
16
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would you rather be visited by people from an alternate universe or lose your capsule |
Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2903
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Posted - 2017.01.14 21:04:54 -
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kul Shaishi wrote:would you rather be visited by people from an alternate universe or lose your capsule
Visited by people from an alternate universe.
Are people from another universe edible? |
Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
530
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Posted - 2017.01.14 22:17:26 -
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That depends on whether their universe is symmetric or mirror-symmetric with ours. If the latter, I guess you could still eat them, you just wouldn't digest them very well.
What do you do when you're feeling perfectly content, and want to keep that feeling going?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
114
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Posted - 2017.01.14 22:46:56 -
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Jev North wrote: What do you do when you're feeling perfectly content, and want to keep that feeling going?
I do something that I've been meaning to do but putting off, like a bit of correspondence or a sales contract or a little mining, then a shower and delivery food. It doesn't matter what the food is, just that I don't have to cook it. <3
What is the single object you've owned the longest? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2864
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Posted - 2017.01.14 22:50:18 -
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Jev North wrote:That depends on whether their universe is symmetric or mirror-symmetric with ours. If the latter, I guess you could still eat them, you just wouldn't digest them very well.
What do you do when you're feeling perfectly content, and want to keep that feeling going?
I don't think I've ever been perfectly content in a situation where thinking about how to prolong it would help, so mostly I've just avoided doing anything to disturb the moment and enjoyed being where I was, for as long as that lasted.
Do you ever wonder whether the universe you arrive in at the other end of a warp or wormhole (including jumping) is the same universe, or just a very similar one? (After all, our methods of transportation get us around the usual rules about the speed of causality by dropping us out of the world in one place and sticking us back into it somewhere else. How sure are we that we're really bobbing back to the surface of the same world?)
Does it even matter?
Edit: blast it!
Um. ... Horribly, the thing I've owned longest is probably the Goblin Spider, the Tengu my predecessor disappeared from.
She ... kind of spaced her crew, or, rather, their atmosphere, after which it didn't matter a lot whether the crew itself wound up outside or not.
There are a few other ships I've had longer than I've been my subjective self, but, that's the only one with much personal significance.
Same question. |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
724
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Posted - 2017.01.15 02:42:55 -
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Saille Horo'Sha wrote: How did you find out that you had the DNA markers needed to be a capsuleer?
This thread has become terribly convoluted. In the spirit of keeping things confusing, I'm going to jump back to this question. Sorry, Pilot Jenneth.
Nobody in my nuclear family had known we were compatible. Apparently, it runs in my mother's blood. Shame so much of it's still in the Kingdom. Anyways, I suspect that even if Ishukone knew (and who's to say they didn't), they wouldn't have offered any of us corporate egger roles. Frankly, I doubt it'd be good internal PR to pass over ethnic Caldari for such a individually-prestigious honor in favor of a handful of Matari. My mother was poached as a published researcher and production officer at what was essentially a small think tank funded directly by Lai Dai (Startower Advanced Gravimetric Solutions) and dropped into logistics management, of all things. Ishukone loves their boast that Anybody Will Rise, but for the funny looking people, it's better that they rise as a group in the role that people expect from them. I can understand and respect that, don't get me wrong.
Speculation aside, my mom was only 2nd gen in the State. Unsure loyalties and all; a bold red flag.
I've rambled away from answering the question. Apologies.
So. You know those shady little booths that suspiciously candid younger women wheel around broad pedestrian roads on planetary cities, the ones that almost would blend in with the grime-covered food cabs and performance artists' pageant wagons if it weren't for the disconcerting array of glass vials and metal tubes atop it and the coat of blown-up Real Endorsements from Real Capsuleers? The ones where they draw your blood while talking really fast and very sweetly and do some loud stuff to it and never actually give it back after they're done and you're floating away on the hot air of false hope? Well, if you don't, expect to find your DNA found at the scene of something grisly or your bank account emptied or a second you running around with a different face. Know that only a fool or an idiot would actually have a lapse of trust long enough to sit down in that chair.
Anyways, I was deeply enough intoxicated to be both of those, and my drinking fellows of coincidence had placed what was probably at least five whiskies' worth of money on my compatibility. An aside: never agree to a bet in Ani. Your pockets will empty soon enough in either place, but least in Lonetrek the people walking away with your money won't be so damn charismatic that you'll be happily chasing after them to offer more. Anyways, I ended up giving a bunch of happy men a lot of cheap liquor I didn't have money for later that night. But my interest was piqued. It was probably the first potentially meaningful event I'd experienced in the better part of the year. I shipped a box of my bloodwork to a PTS campus; knowing full well that the Nakugard vendor was lying out her ass to another listless nobody. I was proven wrong twice, I suppose. I promptly went into denial; and how I got my life back together is story I doubt I'll ever tell.
But anyways, what was the start of my journey to plastic bones.
Stupidest thing you've done while drunk?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Julianni Avala
Ishukone-Raata Corporate Investment Bank Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
48
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Posted - 2017.01.15 04:36:07 -
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Neph wrote:Stupidest thing you've done while drunk?
Forgive me for being the boring one, but I have yet to become completely drunk. Suppose I haven't been in the position to get to that point.
Where do you hope to see yourself in the next few years? |
Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2904
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Posted - 2017.01.15 05:03:02 -
[410] - Quote
Julianni Avala wrote:Where do you hope to see yourself in the next few years?
Right where I am, taking care of my guys, and sending as much funding as I can back home.
Who do you most regret failing?
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Matias Kurovassi
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
31
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Posted - 2017.01.15 06:59:07 -
[411] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote: Do you ever wonder whether the universe you arrive in at the other end of a warp or wormhole (including jumping) is the same universe, or just a very similar one? (After all, our methods of transportation get us around the usual rules about the speed of causality by dropping us out of the world in one place and sticking us back into it somewhere else. How sure are we that we're really bobbing back to the surface of the same world?)
Does it even matter?
No, because my warp drive makes use of the fact that space itself can move at any speed but that doesn't mean causality within that space is violated. However that does seem like a meta-physical question along the lines of: You are in a room with four walls and four doors and don't remember how you got there. If you open a door and enter an exact same room with four walls and four doors and don't remember how you got there is it a different room?
An outside observer might say yes, they're different rooms because they exist outside such a paradigm and can see the sequence of rooms but the for the person going through the rooms and not remembering how they got there they can only really observe that they've always existed in the exact same room.
So until there's evidence that using a warp-drive or jumping has caused an actual difference in the nature of causality and determinism in the universe before and after then no, it doesn't matter to me.
Most amusing clickbait you have seen other than: You won't believe these 10 Reasons Why The Federation Must Be Destroyed?
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Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
434
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Posted - 2017.01.15 13:31:32 -
[412] - Quote
Arrendis wrote:Julianni Avala wrote:Where do you hope to see yourself in the next few years? Right where I am, taking care of my guys, and sending as much funding as I can back home. Who do you most regret failing? That's a toss up between the love of my life, and my last remaining sister. Both tend to bring "If only" to mind rather easily.
Is there anyone you would suffer final death for?
"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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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
533
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Posted - 2017.01.15 15:18:54 -
[413] - Quote
Saya Ishikari wrote:Is there anyone you would suffer final death for? I suspect the whole idea of the ultimate, romantic sacrifice was once a meme inserted by social planners to increase the general level of martiality and readiness to die of the population. We're just suffering the results now, a whole lot of pointless drama, and strain on the minds of entertainment writers trying to come up with circumstances contrived enough for self-sacrifice to make even a lick of sense.
So, no. Empathically so. In fact, I'd be annoyed if someone had the temerity to die for my sake, too. What in blazes am I supposed to do with the corpse of someone who loved me? Live for me instead.
Let's turn that around - what generally held belief or cultural norm really annoys you?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Matias Kurovassi
Kurilaivonen
32
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Posted - 2017.01.16 06:43:14 -
[414] - Quote
Jev North wrote: Let's turn that around - what generally held belief or cultural norm really annoys you?
That the pursuit of eradicating contradiction and ensuring consistency of thought in generally held beliefs annoys those who would consider it an act of dissent, treason, subversion, or heresy against the cultural norm of their ideology and politics.
I would say that at least could be considered a widely applicable annoyance.
What would be your single most horrifying experience in life? |
Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
28
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Posted - 2017.01.16 07:32:24 -
[415] - Quote
Matias Kurovassi wrote:What would be your single most horrifying experience in life? Honestly.. I would have to say capsuleer school. At the very least when I was growing up, I could be awkward alone and in peace. But.. capsuleer school.. I was truly awful at it.. and really nervous. I.. don't know if I would do it again if I had known how it was going to be... I don't really remember much of it.. maybe it's due to all the alpha clone stuff.. or I just forced myself to forget about it without realizing..
What is the worst kind of ore?
Drone Region Resident - ORE Fangirl
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1895
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Posted - 2017.01.16 09:48:12 -
[416] - Quote
Tsao Aubbes wrote:Matias Kurovassi wrote:What would be your single most horrifying experience in life? Honestly.. I would have to say capsuleer school. At the very least when I was growing up, I could be awkward alone and in peace. But.. capsuleer school.. I was truly awful at it.. and really nervous. I.. don't know if I would do it again if I had known how it was going to be... I don't really remember much of it.. maybe it's due to all the alpha clone stuff.. or I just forced myself to forget about it without realizing.. What is the worst kind of ore?
Omber. Just, Omber. They are practically worthless.
Were you sponsored into the capsuleer programme or did you or people you know buy you a spot in the programme?
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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Julianni Avala
Ishukone-Raata Corporate Investment Bank Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
51
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Posted - 2017.01.16 09:59:23 -
[417] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Were you sponsored into the capsuleer programme or did you or people you know buy you a spot in the programme?
I was sponsored. During my reeducation process, I was assigned to a family within the Ishukone-Raata Enforcement Directive. They, along with I-RED, sponsored me once I was deemed acceptable. The Avala family is where my last name comes from.
Who had the biggest impact on you and who you have become? |
Persephone Alleile
Tartarus Covert Operations
287
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Posted - 2017.01.16 17:46:16 -
[418] - Quote
Julianni Avala wrote: Who had the biggest impact on you and who you have become?
My first CEO Corvidae Crowfoot. He taught me about exploration, wormholes, fleet operation planning, operational security, etc. He has since retired from the capsuleer life, but his professionalism has stayed with me.
What is your ideal climate? |
Synthetic Cultist
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
560
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Posted - 2017.01.16 18:15:58 -
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My Ideal Climate is Temperate, with Summers that are Warm but not too Hot, and Winters that are Cool but not Bitterly Cold, as this Climate allows a Variety of Outdoor Activities to take place, which is Important for Healthy Living, as well as Allowing a Wide Range of Acceptable Fashion Styles, which provides Employment for Clothes Designers and Makers.
My Question Is:
Have you Ever Thought of Someone as a Role Model or Hero/Heroine, and been Disappointed by Some Aspect of their Personality when you Eventually meet Them ? How did you Feel ?
Synthia 1, Empress of Kaztropol.
It is Written.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1902
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Posted - 2017.01.17 10:39:11 -
[420] - Quote
Synthetic Cultist wrote:My Ideal Climate is Temperate, with Summers that are Warm but not too Hot, and Winters that are Cool but not Bitterly Cold, as this Climate allows a Variety of Outdoor Activities to take place, which is Important for Healthy Living, as well as Allowing a Wide Range of Acceptable Fashion Styles, which provides Employment for Clothes Designers and Makers.
My Question Is:
Have you Ever Thought of Someone as a Role Model or Hero/Heroine, and been Disappointed by Some Aspect of their Personality when you Eventually meet Them ? How did you Feel ?
I might have a role model but that was so long ago, when I was a very young child, that I completely forgot who that is. I had grown up in an environment where I had seen the best and the worst in people on fast forward. Now, when I see a virtuous person, I take that he or she has an unsavoury flip-side in his or her character as granted.
Is there anyone you know whom you simply can't find in yourself to like or trust, even though you know that the reason for such dislike and distrust is irrational?
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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Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
29
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Posted - 2017.01.18 01:52:14 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:s there anyone you know whom you simply can't find in yourself to like or trust, even though you know that the reason for such dislike and distrust is irrational? I.. don't think I'll ever really trust my Vexor Navy Issue fully.. Sure, I've gotten a capsuleer kill with it.. and sure, I've run plenty of sites with it, but.. it just doesn't have the same security of a Rattlesnake. And.. well.. your question is about people.. and.. I mentioned a ship.. so.. I think that'll work.
Do you have an motto or sort of.. umm.. speech? Or anything like that..?
Drone Region Resident - ORE Fangirl
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Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
175
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Posted - 2017.01.18 01:55:04 -
[422] - Quote
Tsao Aubbes wrote:I.. don't think I'll ever really trust my Vexor Navy Issue fully.. Sure, I've gotten a capsuleer kill with it.. and sure, I've run plenty of sites with it, but.. it just doesn't have the same security of a Rattlesnake. And.. well.. your question is about people.. and.. I mentioned a ship.. so.. I think that'll work.
Do you have an motto or sort of.. umm.. speech? Or anything like that..?
This is my wormhole. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My wormhole is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
Without me, my wormhole is useless. Without my wormhole, I am useless. I must fire my scanners true. I must roll holes faster than my enemy who is trying to scan me. I must pod him before he pods me.
My Proteus and I know that what counts in gudfights is not the Federation Navy Antimatter M we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the killmails that count.
My Proteus is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its subsystem, its shields, its slots and its engagement profile. I will keep my Proteus clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other.
Before Bob, I swear this creed. My Proteus and I are the defenders of my Wormhole. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of Eve.
So be it, until victory is ours and there is no peace, but war!
What's the worst class of wormhole?
Glory to Bob
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1905
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Posted - 2017.01.18 03:00:53 -
[423] - Quote
Tsao Aubbes wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:s there anyone you know whom you simply can't find in yourself to like or trust, even though you know that the reason for such dislike and distrust is irrational? I.. don't think I'll ever really trust my Vexor Navy Issue fully.. Sure, I've gotten a capsuleer kill with it.. and sure, I've run plenty of sites with it, but.. it just doesn't have the same security of a Rattlesnake. And.. well.. your question is about people.. and.. I mentioned a ship.. so.. I think that'll work.
Eh, it's okay. Ships are people too.
Merchant Rova wrote:Tsao Aubbes wrote:I.. don't think I'll ever really trust my Vexor Navy Issue fully.. Sure, I've gotten a capsuleer kill with it.. and sure, I've run plenty of sites with it, but.. it just doesn't have the same security of a Rattlesnake. And.. well.. your question is about people.. and.. I mentioned a ship.. so.. I think that'll work.
Do you have an motto or sort of.. umm.. speech? Or anything like that..? This is my wormhole. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My wormhole is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my wormhole is useless. Without my wormhole, I am useless. I must fire my scanners true. I must roll holes faster than my enemy who is trying to scan me. I must pod him before he pods me. My Proteus and I know that what counts in gudfights is not the Federation Navy Antimatter M we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the killmails that count. My Proteus is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its subsystem, its shields, its slots and its engagement profile. I will keep my Proteus clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. Before Bob, I swear this creed. My Proteus and I are the defenders of my Wormhole. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of Eve. So be it, until victory is ours and there is no peace, but war! What's the worst class of wormhole?
Thera, I guess? It has that one station that anyone can access and is probably camped often.
Most hated wormhole effects?
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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Persephone Alleile
Tartarus Covert Operations
288
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Posted - 2017.01.18 16:59:41 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote: Most hated wormhole effects?
Black Hole. I once tried catching an Iteron V in a class 6 system but I didn't realize it had the Black hole effect. My hobgoblin IIs were zipping around so fast they couldn't track the broad site of a mining platform and my Astero felt like it was sliding around on a sheet of ice.
What do you think of Bob, the supposed god of wormholes? |
Mitara Newelle
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
554
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Posted - 2017.01.18 17:04:44 -
[425] - Quote
Persephone Alleile wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote: Most hated wormhole effects?
Black Hole. I once tried catching an Iteron V in a class 6 system but I didn't realize it had the Black hole effect. My hobgoblin IIs were zipping around so fast they couldn't track the broad site of a mining platform and my Astero felt like it was sliding around on a sheet of ice. What do you think of Bob, the supposed god of wormholes?
Lies.
Will this thread ever end?
Lady Mitara Newelle of House Sarum, Holder of the Mekhios province of Damnidios Para'nashu, Champion of House Sarum, Sworn Upholder of the Faith, Divine Commodore of the 24th Imperial Crusade
Admiral of Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Templar Thal Vadam
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
40
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Posted - 2017.01.18 17:46:16 -
[426] - Quote
Mitara Newelle wrote:Persephone Alleile wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote: Most hated wormhole effects?
Black Hole. I once tried catching an Iteron V in a class 6 system but I didn't realize it had the Black hole effect. My hobgoblin IIs were zipping around so fast they couldn't track the broad site of a mining platform and my Astero felt like it was sliding around on a sheet of ice. What do you think of Bob, the supposed god of wormholes? Lies. Will this thread ever end?
Only if subjected to this attitude! I am damn proud of this thing.
Who's your best friend? |
Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
176
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Posted - 2017.01.18 17:57:11 -
[427] - Quote
Templar Thal Vadam wrote:Who's your best friend? My wormhole, sir! Without it, I'm, like, nothing, dude!
What's the best wormhole effect?
Glory to Bob
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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1737
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Posted - 2017.01.18 18:01:22 -
[428] - Quote
Merchant Rova wrote:Templar Thal Vadam wrote:Who's your best friend? My wormhole, sir! Without it, I'm, like, nothing, dude! What's the best wormhole effect? The kind with local and stations, and gates connecting them...
If you could only fly one more time, what would it be, why would you fly it, and what would you do? |
Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
176
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Posted - 2017.01.18 18:14:24 -
[429] - Quote
Deitra Vess wrote:If you could only fly one more time, what would it be, why would you fly it, and what would you do? Okay! Sorry for posting again, but, like, I wanna get my 2 isk in on this. I would totally have to go with my Proteus. It's a great ship, and really symbolic. It's built out of materials from wormhole space. It's extremely modifiable, always adapting and changing to whatever it needs to do. You can fit a Proteus with buffer, or active tank. Blasters, railguns, smartbombs, drones. It can do all of those, and do it, like, pretty good. If I could only fly it one more time.. I think I would fit it with smartbombs and cloak, to hang around relic sites with the goal of honoring Bob with destruction. Eventually I'll die, sure, but I'll have honored Bob with my destruction, and, like, had a great time doing it.
What's the best T3 ship? Destroyers or cruisers.
Glory to Bob
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Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
29
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Posted - 2017.01.18 18:46:23 -
[430] - Quote
Merchant Rova wrote:Deitra Vess wrote:If you could only fly one more time, what would it be, why would you fly it, and what would you do? Okay! Sorry for posting again, but, like, I wanna get my 2 isk in on this. I would totally have to go with my Proteus. It's a great ship, and really symbolic. It's built out of materials from wormhole space. It's extremely modifiable, always adapting and changing to whatever it needs to do. You can fit a Proteus with buffer, or active tank. Blasters, railguns, smartbombs, drones. It can do all of those, and do it, like, pretty good. If I could only fly it one more time.. I think I would fit it with smartbombs and cloak, to hang around relic sites with the goal of honoring Bob with destruction. Eventually I'll die, sure, but I'll have honored Bob with my destruction, and, like, had a great time doing it. What's the best T3 ship? Destroyers or cruisers. I think I would pick a Tengu, mostly because I like shields more than armor.. and.. it's a little more useful for what I do compared to the other T3C's.. except maybe a drone Proteus.. maybe... or, well, a Legion might work.. I'm not really sure..
What would need to happen for you to move to somewhere remote like the drone regions?
Drone Region Resident - ORE Fangirl
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
732
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Posted - 2017.01.18 20:44:47 -
[431] - Quote
I'd be assured that there would be amusing targets, good food, acceptable company, excellent profits, and a decent market hub in the area. I have very few hills I care to die on; where I live is hardly one of them. I just don't appreciate being bored.
What's your favorite band? What's their sound like?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Yarosara Ruil
Haighare Pirates
876
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Posted - 2017.01.18 21:00:03 -
[432] - Quote
Neph wrote:I'd be assured that there would be amusing targets, good food, acceptable company, excellent profits, and a decent market hub in the area. I have very few hills I care to die on; where I live is hardly one of them. I just don't appreciate being bored.
What's your favorite band? What's their sound like?
My favourite band is called Visually Impared Sentinel, and they sound like an epic chorus of old bards, singing of tales from the other side of mirrors, of ancient lost kingoms and trinkets!
My question is, what's your favourite breed of cat?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1926
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Posted - 2017.01.19 03:17:45 -
[433] - Quote
Yarosara Ruil wrote:Neph wrote:I'd be assured that there would be amusing targets, good food, acceptable company, excellent profits, and a decent market hub in the area. I have very few hills I care to die on; where I live is hardly one of them. I just don't appreciate being bored.
What's your favorite band? What's their sound like? My favourite band is called Visually Impared Sentinel, and they sound like an epic chorus of old bards, singing of tales from the other side of mirrors, of ancient lost kingoms and trinkets! My question is, what's your favourite breed of cat?
A spaced cat.
A cat that is not in my ship or in my hangar is worth two that are in my ship and in my hangar.
How do you manage hangar clutter?
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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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
733
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Posted - 2017.01.19 03:33:52 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:A spaced cat.
A cat that is not in my ship or in my hangar is worth two that are in my ship and in my hangar.
How do you manage hangar clutter?
Soulless. That's what you are. A breed of human not fit to tread the same paths as the noble creature it blasphemies. I can't believe you would say that.
Anyways. I've got a personal cupboard, several station hangers for stuff I'm going to fit, but if I don't think I'm going to be using it, I ship it off to the local hub and get around 1.5 Jita price for it. If it's too low volume to sell, off to Jita it goes. Pulls in decent money and offsets the cost of solo roaming.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1926
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Posted - 2017.01.19 03:58:53 -
[435] - Quote
Neph wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:A spaced cat.
A cat that is not in my ship or in my hangar is worth two that are in my ship and in my hangar.
How do you manage hangar clutter?
Soulless. That's what you are. A breed of human not fit to tread the same paths as the noble creature it blasphemies. I can't believe you would say that. Anyways. I've got a personal cupboard, several station hangers for stuff I'm going to fit, but if I don't think I'm going to be using it, I ship it off to the local hub and get around 1.5 Jita price for it. If it's too low volume to sell, off to Jita it goes. Pulls in decent money and offsets the cost of solo roaming.
Well, you try fixing a reactor with a cat loose in the ship some time. High chances are the cat will be in the reactor, behind the radiation shields, and about five of my engineers will suffer from radiation poisoning just trying to rescue the cat. Even though it might be against common sense, they will be going, "Oh, the poor creature!" I say, "Use the drones! The drones!" and they will retort, "But drones will scare the cute kitty!" Not like the cat is going to cooperate just because the engineer trying to rescue it personally. WITHOUT hazard suits! Because that will scare the kitty cat!
Screw that! No cats! Too much of a safety hazard. No cats in my ship or in my hangar. Seriously. Screw cats. I will not suffer a cat to be within a kilometer of my ships or hangars. I will also not compensate for any injuries or death brought about by complete idiocy inflicted by being in the proximity of a cat.
Seriously! Cats are the agents of Molok, I say! There, I just said something that will cause my fellow Matari to lynch me, but I can't think of a worse being to associate cats with!
How do you keep cats out of your property?
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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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1103
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Posted - 2017.01.19 04:10:53 -
[436] - Quote
Why would you keep them out? Good protein and almost like the snow hares we occasionally caught back home.
So my question would be, guess which of all the security and monitoring protocols Elmund has disabled 'because reasons' in order for foreign organisms to be so easily smuggled aboard his vessels? |
Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1743
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Posted - 2017.01.19 04:22:53 -
[437] - Quote
Mizhara Del'thul wrote:Why would you keep them out? Good protein and almost like the snow hares we occasionally caught back home.
So my question would be, guess which of all the security and monitoring protocols Elmund has disabled 'because reasons' in order for foreign organisms to be so easily smuggled aboard his vessels? Searching duffel bags before disembarking.....
Why would you not keep a cat in yoir captains quarters? (Aside from Elmunfs reasons, they wouldn"t be in the hanger, ect) |
Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1103
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Posted - 2017.01.19 04:27:42 -
[438] - Quote
... I do and they're not even mine. I know how that happened, but I don't even know how it happened. My quarters are a paradox.
What is this weird obsession people have with cats? They're insatiable little murderballs that are literally incapable of love. No seriously, they don't have the brain bits required for it. At best they might enjoy your presence. "Daww lookit lil fluffy wuggums and 'is widdle murder claws." Crazy people. |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1926
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Posted - 2017.01.19 04:33:42 -
[439] - Quote
Deitra Vess wrote:Mizhara Del'thul wrote:Why would you keep them out? Good protein and almost like the snow hares we occasionally caught back home.
So my question would be, guess which of all the security and monitoring protocols Elmund has disabled 'because reasons' in order for foreign organisms to be so easily smuggled aboard his vessels? Searching duffel bags before disembarking..... Why would you not keep a cat in yoir captains quarters? (Aside from Elmunfs reasons, they wouldn"t be in the hanger, ect)
I scanned the crew and staff and even had them frisked to ensure that they aren't smuggling cats into the perimeter. I even scanned and frisked my own wife to ensure she doesn't smuggle cats into the perimeter. Plus everything else. Doesn't stop the cat from figuring out how to get into my property.
Why would I not keep a cat in my captain's quarters? Well, why *would* I? My quarters is filled with choking hazards and is ridiculously cat-unfriendly with all the refurbished machines or vats of bacteria confined within two rooms! Regardless, I know that they are scheming to get in anyway to inconvenience me in every way possible!
Yes, I know you are there, darn kitty cat, spying at me from the vents waiting for me to fall asleep so you can come down and rope my wife into your destructive schemes! Too bad, I had welded the vents! You are not getting in from there! Doors are sealed, motion sensors everywhere and I have sentries! Do your worse, kitty cat!
Why are the cats trying to get in?
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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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
733
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Posted - 2017.01.19 05:10:56 -
[440] - Quote
So you can ship them away. To me. Do it please.
Why would anybody reject the opportunity to fall in love with a cat?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Synthetic Cultist
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
565
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Posted - 2017.01.19 06:18:56 -
[441] - Quote
Neph wrote:Why would anybody reject the opportunity to fall in love with a cat?
Some People find Cats to be Disturbing. I also have a Pet Cat that I Designed and Built Myself. She is called 'Fluffy'. Because she is a Bald Robot Cat.
Do you prefer your Clothes to match your Eye colour, or your Hair colour ?
Synthia 1, Empress of Kaztropol.
It is Written.
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Tamiroth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
395
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Posted - 2017.01.19 17:53:40 -
[442] - Quote
Synthetic Cultist wrote:Do you prefer your Clothes to match your Eye colour, or your Hair colour ? Both. I prefer dark honey/gold/cream/brownish colours when visiting Amarr to reflect the Imperial theme in both my mood and the surroundings, but I wear green in private.
Do you believe in true love? As in, once and for all? |
Hetu Hegirin
Otherwhere Circle
36
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Posted - 2017.01.19 18:49:56 -
[443] - Quote
Tamiroth wrote:Do you believe in true love? As in, once and for all? True love, yes. Once and for all, no.
I believe it is extraordinarily rare and requires persons who are deeply honest with themselves in addition to one another, but it is possible for them to function akin to a single organism if the will and emotion present.
Life is unpredictable, however. Entropy is a ruthless spectre not without a sense of irony, and so, sometimes even very beautiful things fall apart.
When have you taken responsibility for something beyond your control? Were you blamed in the absence of fault? Rewarded in the absence of merit? |
Mitara Newelle
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
555
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Posted - 2017.01.19 19:02:57 -
[444] - Quote
Hetu Hegirin wrote:Tamiroth wrote:Do you believe in true love? As in, once and for all? True love, yes. Once and for all, no. I believe it is extraordinarily rare and requires persons who are deeply honest with themselves in addition to one another, but it is possible for them to function akin to a single organism if the will and emotion present. Life is unpredictable, however. Entropy is a ruthless spectre not without a sense of irony, and so, sometimes even very beautiful things fall apart. When have you taken responsibility for something beyond your control? Were you blamed in the absence of fault? Rewarded in the absence of merit?
I'd like to expand on Tamiroth's question and Hetu's answer first -
Yes, though I don't know if 'belief' is the proper way do describe it. I will love what I love about my husband for all time. Hypothetically if something were to drastically change about him and he no longer possessed those traits, it would not change how I feel about what he did possess as the man he was, but those feelings would not apply to his current self. Does that make sense? This kind of thing does not come easily to me to explain.
To Hetu - Long ago, for the fall of fellow Fathful. I have since come to terms that there was little I could do to correct their path.
My question, what is the greatest thing you have done for another?
Lady Mitara Newelle of House Sarum, Holder of the Mekhios province of Damnidios Para'nashu, Champion of House Sarum, Sworn Upholder of the Faith, Divine Commodore of the 24th Imperial Crusade
Admiral of Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Agiri Falken
State War Academy Caldari State
228
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Posted - 2017.01.19 19:16:15 -
[445] - Quote
Mitara Newelle wrote:Hetu Hegirin wrote:Tamiroth wrote:Do you believe in true love? As in, once and for all? True love, yes. Once and for all, no. I believe it is extraordinarily rare and requires persons who are deeply honest with themselves in addition to one another, but it is possible for them to function akin to a single organism if the will and emotion present. Life is unpredictable, however. Entropy is a ruthless spectre not without a sense of irony, and so, sometimes even very beautiful things fall apart. When have you taken responsibility for something beyond your control? Were you blamed in the absence of fault? Rewarded in the absence of merit? I'd like to expand on Tamiroth's question and Hetu's answer first - Yes, though I don't know if 'belief' is the proper way do describe it. I will love what I love about my husband for all time. Hypothetically if something were to drastically change about him and he no longer possessed those traits, it would not change how I feel about what he did possess as the man he was, but those feelings would not apply to his current self. Does that make sense? This kind of thing does not come easily to me to explain. To Hetu - Long ago, for the fall of fellow Fathful. I have since come to terms that there was little I could do to correct their path. My question, what is the greatest thing you have done for another? Let them go so they could get on with life.
Whose caused you the most trouble? |
Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
35
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Posted - 2017.01.19 19:38:43 -
[446] - Quote
Agiri Falken wrote:Whose caused you the most trouble? I.. would really have to say myself. I've done a lot of dumb things in my life. I've said a lot of dumb things in my life. And I'm just so.. awkward frankly... it's.. hard to get around, I guess.. I don't really know..
Who has caused you the least trouble? If it isn't too awkward to ask, that is!
Drone Region Resident - ORE Fangirl
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Jev North
Hyperpredator Rest Home
544
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Posted - 2017.01.20 14:44:10 -
[447] - Quote
Actual trillions of people are born, live, love, fight, ****, and die, managing to live their entire lives politely enough to never bother me in the slightest. Heroes, each and every one of them. I don't think of the anonymous masses often, but when I do, I do it fondly.
There's something you feel you shouldn't, but still irrationally hate above all other things. What is it, and why?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
3019
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Posted - 2017.01.20 16:40:46 -
[448] - Quote
Hedonism.
Why? Probably because it is associated with gallente. And while on other hand it could actually look pleasant and alluring, on the other hand I feel like I must avoid it at all cost. Even one slight step towards pleasure instead of duty will make you one step closer to them... and such steps must not be taken for me to not move even a tiny bit in a direction of becoming something similar to these monsters. And what is worse, it is quite tempting to step away from the path of humanity and become a monster. That's why I hate hedonism and would like to share this my hatred with anyone. Because this hatred is directed not against others, but against imperfections in ourselves, against monsters in ourselves that we must subdue and against our weaknesses.
What was the funniest prank you did when you was a child?
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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Kador Ouryon
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
146
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Posted - 2017.01.20 23:36:40 -
[449] - Quote
Diana Kim wrote:Hedonism.
Why? Probably because it is associated with gallente. And while on other hand it could actually look pleasant and alluring, on the other hand I feel like I must avoid it at all cost. Even one slight step towards pleasure instead of duty will make you one step closer to them... and such steps must not be taken for me to not move even a tiny bit in a direction of becoming something similar to these monsters. And what is worse, it is quite tempting to step away from the path of humanity and become a monster. That's why I hate hedonism and would like to share this my hatred with anyone. Because this hatred is directed not against others, but against imperfections in ourselves, against monsters in ourselves that we must subdue and against our weaknesses.
What was the funniest prank you did when you was a child?
I'm 29 now... so by Amarr standards I'm only really starting to graduate the label of 'child'.
Since I am not funny and I grew up in a place that discouraged such pranks I supposed the measure of how funny the joke was lay in how bad the beating was I recieved for it .
Hands down the best one had to have been trying to convince an Imperial Guard drill instructor that my family name, rather than given name, was Kador. Clearly it was hilarious, even if he didn't find it funny, because he damn near beat me to death and put me in intensive care for some time.
I bet this has been asked before but what was your all time favourite holo-film?
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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Agiri Falken
State War Academy Caldari State
228
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Posted - 2017.01.21 13:07:59 -
[450] - Quote
Kador Ouryon wrote:Diana Kim wrote:Hedonism.
Why? Probably because it is associated with gallente. And while on other hand it could actually look pleasant and alluring, on the other hand I feel like I must avoid it at all cost. Even one slight step towards pleasure instead of duty will make you one step closer to them... and such steps must not be taken for me to not move even a tiny bit in a direction of becoming something similar to these monsters. And what is worse, it is quite tempting to step away from the path of humanity and become a monster. That's why I hate hedonism and would like to share this my hatred with anyone. Because this hatred is directed not against others, but against imperfections in ourselves, against monsters in ourselves that we must subdue and against our weaknesses.
What was the funniest prank you did when you was a child? I'm 29 now... so by Amarr standards I'm only really starting to graduate the label of 'child'. Since I am not funny and I grew up in a place that discouraged such pranks I supposed the measure of how funny the joke was lay in how bad the beating was I recieved for it . Hands down the best one had to have been trying to convince an Imperial Guard drill instructor that my family name, rather than given name, was Kador. Clearly it was hilarious, even if he didn't find it funny, because he damn near beat me to death and put me in intensive care for some time. I bet this has been asked before but what was your all time favourite holo-film? There's this one about the days of yore on Gal Prime, "Le destin des jours" that I really liked. No censorship, no exposition. It was just damn good, if a bit tragic. Something I both identify with and appreciate on its own merits.
For those who served... How big of a culture shock was your first week of basic?
For those who didn't... What's the biggest culture shock you've ever had? |
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Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1044
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Posted - 2017.01.21 15:05:39 -
[451] - Quote
Agiri Falken wrote: For those who served... How big of a culture shock was your first week of basic?
For those who didn't... What's the biggest culture shock you've ever had?
Having my my long hair cut and seeing all the locks fall off. I had them donated, but I still didn't recognize the face in the mirror or the feel of running my hands through my long hair.
What's your favorite book? |
Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
128
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Posted - 2017.01.22 00:01:26 -
[452] - Quote
Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote: What's your favorite book?
It's usually translated as "To the Edge" or "To the Sea" because the original term is ambiguous; it's a term for a line of transition, often mystic in nature, but that also offers the very superficial translation of "shore".
It's an account of a semi-fictional Lady's very dramatic and strange dreams, some bizarre and sensual in nature, during a summer that she expects to be her last due to an unnamed disease. Late in the account she recovers from it, and her embarrassment in planning to survive her own honest account of her thoughts is very funny. She's dead now of course.
What is the biggest waste of your time? |
Mika Firestorm
Your Friendly Neighborhood Logistics
42
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Posted - 2017.01.22 17:09:00 -
[453] - Quote
Holo games. GAH! I just can't stop play them. I download more and more on my NeoCom... I buy reels with games in Jita or Amarr.I think I am addicted a lil bit. Since I earn millions of isk, I don't have to work 20 hours a day anymore to have me a nice place to stay and something yummy to eat, so all my time is wasted on.... these.
What is your favorite holo game?
State the nature of your medical emergency
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Teinyhr
Ourumur
761
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Posted - 2017.01.22 22:23:04 -
[454] - Quote
The Mystery of the Jove.
Who or what has had the biggest influence on your life, the person you've become? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2894
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Posted - 2017.01.23 00:31:05 -
[455] - Quote
Teinyhr wrote:Who or what has had the biggest influence on your life, the person you've become? Well-- I'd like to say it was the Praefecta, or maybe Dr. Sarain, but ...
... really, I think it was Anslo.
He compared me to my former self. He said at least she'd had guts.
So I decided I needed to prove my strength, to myself, to the rest of you. And so I joined PY-RE, and I killed him. I killed a lot of other people, too. Then I took a break from killing people, visited the Federation, got really depressed, and started having dreams where my blood was the color of high-quality black calligraphy ink.
And here I am.
What's your biggest regret? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1931
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Posted - 2017.01.23 01:28:24 -
[456] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:Teinyhr wrote:Who or what has had the biggest influence on your life, the person you've become? Well-- I'd like to say it was the Praefecta, or maybe Dr. Sarain, but ... ... really, I think it was Anslo. He compared me to my former self. He said at least she'd had guts. So I decided I needed to prove my strength, to myself, to the rest of you. And so I joined PY-RE, and I killed him. I killed a lot of other people, too. Then I took a break from killing people, visited the Federation, got really depressed, and started having dreams where my blood was the color of high-quality black calligraphy ink. And here I am. What's your biggest regret?
Taking in a cat. The act cost me about the entire engineering team, delayed maintenance cycles by forty-eight hours and reduced productivity to 0% for the entire week. Also, many, many workplace accidents. Not to mention Project Sebestacy got pretty much wrecked due to cat deleting almost all my blueprints and left so much garbled nonsense in my terminal, and destroyed several of my drone prototypes and destroyed a few of my metal-ceramic foam composites.
Then the cat went and accidentally fired itself into space via 150mm autocannons.
My second biggest regret was not putting in place anti-cat regulations after the first incident. Staff brought cats to work. Everything goes to pot for another year.
Well, what's *your* biggest regret?
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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Jev North
Anshar Incorporated
547
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Posted - 2017.01.23 10:35:52 -
[457] - Quote
Getting involved with the Cartel when I did. Then being dumb enough to actually look at everything this entailed, later on, when I was already in waist deep. I can't even claim ignorance or naivety anymore.
I don't blame my former corp mates in the slightest --some of them became friends I fly with to this day -- and some ways, it was a necessary step in my development away from the bloody busywork of Empire black ops, and closer towards a proper niche for a capsuleer to be in. I just wish I'd met them at an freelance, capsuleer-focused piracy outfit.
Well, hm.
Inspired by that - have you ever found your personal morals changed over time, or did you reconsider them deliberately? How?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
450
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Posted - 2017.01.23 15:41:32 -
[458] - Quote
Jev North wrote:Getting involved with the Cartel when I did. Then being dumb enough to actually look at everything this entailed, later on, when I was already in waist deep. I can't even claim ignorance or naivety anymore.
I don't blame my former corp mates in the slightest -- some of them became friends I fly with to this day -- and in some ways, it was a necessary step in my development away from the bloody busywork of Empire black ops, and closer towards a proper niche for a capsuleer to be in. I just wish I'd met them at an freelance, capsuleer-focused piracy outfit.
Well, hm.
Inspired by that - have you ever found your personal morals changed over time, or did you reconsider them deliberately? How? Quite substantially. I've become considerably more apathetic to means, when it comes to an end, no longer feeling the urge to try and push a moral compass at others. Thanks to some intervention, I don't think I've become the sort who is completely jaded to terrible deeds, but I've certainly accepted that they have a place in accomplishing goals.
If anyone, who would you credit the most in establishing your own outlook?
"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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Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing
310
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Posted - 2017.01.23 20:20:57 -
[459] - Quote
Saya Ishikari wrote:If anyone, who would you credit the most in establishing your own outlook? My parents and my clan.
What was the last gift you gave someone? |
Kador Ouryon
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
150
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Posted - 2017.01.24 03:11:50 -
[460] - Quote
Kolodi Ramal wrote:Saya Ishikari wrote:If anyone, who would you credit the most in establishing your own outlook? My parents and my clan. What was the last gift you gave someone?
Lillies, with blue and white petals.
Who is that one person you feel you talk to about literally anything?
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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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1933
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Posted - 2017.01.24 04:34:09 -
[461] - Quote
Kador Ouryon wrote:Kolodi Ramal wrote:Saya Ishikari wrote:If anyone, who would you credit the most in establishing your own outlook? My parents and my clan. What was the last gift you gave someone? Lillies, with blue and white petals. Who is that one person you feel you talk to about literally anything? My wife, Isi. Why else would I marry her?
Other than her, the drone I built which has an unexplained behavioral quirk. I named it 01. Emotes and responds to speeches, in its own way. Imagine a sentient jumping spider with predatorial mammal-level intelligence. That is the impression it gives me. Not sure how it got to be that way since it is using the same codes the other drones of its model is using but it does respond and emote whenever I speak to it about anything. The way it acts made it look like it understands and is trying to comfort, advise or critique in its own way.
Maybe the drone is really special. Or maybe it's just Isi controlling him remotely. Wouldn't put it pass her but I haven't gotten around to investigating.
What is your staple ship and why?
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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Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
35
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Posted - 2017.01.24 05:40:26 -
[462] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:What is your staple ship and why? Gila! The Gila is so great, even if I pronounce it wrong (Gee-la. I'm not very smart..). It's pretty quick and you can go faster than most battleships guns! It has drones! It uses shields! And the missiles don't use up capacitor, so you can use that capacitor on shields! It's also just so good looking. I love that ship so much, and my Rattlesnake would be a very close second!
What pirate group produces the best ships?
Drone Region Resident - ORE Fangirl
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Maria Daphiti
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
225
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Posted - 2017.01.24 13:48:43 -
[463] - Quote
Tsao Aubbes wrote:
What pirate group produces the best ships?
Depends on the purpose, but I think (from flying Pre-PIE of course) the Sisters of Eve had the most versatile and prettiest, being good for exploration, pve and pvp.
What pirate ship is too overpowered for capsuleer v capsuleer combat at its level?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1935
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Posted - 2017.01.24 15:37:43 -
[464] - Quote
Maria Daphiti wrote:Tsao Aubbes wrote:
What pirate group produces the best ships?
Depends on the purpose, but I think (from flying Pre-PIE of course) the Sisters of Eve had the most versatile and prettiest, being good for exploration, pve and pvp. What pirate ship is too overpowered for capsuleer v capsuleer combat at its level?
There's the Gila for being effective at all ranges and then there's the Orthrus for having good speed and agility and a rather forgiving margin of error for a long-range sniping platform with rapid lights. There's also Sansha line of warships that require a very, very specific loadout to hold down due to their overboosted afterburner expert systems.
What's your least favourite pirate ship and why?
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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Teinyhr
Ourumur
764
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Posted - 2017.01.24 22:56:48 -
[465] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:What's your least favourite pirate ship and why?
The Rattlesnake. I just don't feel comfortable in it, on a physical level this ship causes me nausea like no other ship does, but I haven't been able to pinpoint the reason. Maybe it's something about the reactor layout or shield emitters as I've felt like this even before its recent upgrades to its drone systems. But I don't really know, and can't really feel bothered to find out, since even performance-wise I feel it lacking compared to the other pirate BS hulls.
Well, let's not stray from the subject too far - let's pretend you are a ship designer, what kind of systems would you endeavour to design and incorporate into your dream ship? Limited to Amarr, Gallente, Minmatar and Caldari tech only, so no Lux Kontos coated battlespheres.. |
Jjaro Durandal
University of Caille Gallente Federation
23
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Posted - 2017.01.25 03:51:03 -
[466] - Quote
A high warp speed destroyer with a probing enhancements.
Describe the sand of your favorite beach. |
Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1106
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Posted - 2017.01.25 04:13:35 -
[467] - Quote
Jjaro Durandal wrote:Describe the sand of your favorite beach.
There are none. It probably doesn't qualify as a 'beach' by common parlance, but it's a cove in the far north of Matar, at the edge of Gripdjur land. There's two actually, but one is always clear of ice and used as a port for seafaring vessels, while this one is clear of habitation and the visible touch of man. It is... beautiful.
In the summer, the peaks surrounding it are still covered in snow while the valley leading to it is green as you can not believe, until you get to the rocky bare lands leading to the ever frozen wastes and peaks. At sea level, there's no sand. Just stone. Weathered and etched dark stone shining wet from the relentless assault by the cold and dark waters of the northern seas. Even in the depths of summer the water is cold and home largely to blubbery prey and quick predators. Sometimes they are both.
In the winter, the cove itself freezes, for kilometers. Past the horizon, if you're at sea level.
It's one of the harshest and most beautiful places in New Eden to me, and it is where the Shaman, Volur and even sometimes the Elders of the Gripdjur go when they need to regain their connection to all parts of our land. To the spirits of the land, the mountains, the skies and the waters. To the dark and the light, the cold and the warm. It is a place where there is only you and everything that makes up the Gripdjur world.
I once spent a month in that cove, living off what I could kill, connecting with the world of my clan and every spirit therein that was not that of man. It's of course a lot less dramatic than it sounds. I was well equipped and none of this is difficult as long as you have patience and basic training.
It is stark, savage, unyielding and uncompromising beauty in a way that will stay with me for the rest of my days. One day I hope I can show someone else that place. Someone who has earned it.
This is a question for the non-Matari out there. Those without our beliefs and ways. Have any of you ever connected with the spirit of a place? Be it dirtside or up here in the void? |
Karmilla Strife
Black Dog Shady Missionaries
527
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Posted - 2017.01.25 05:28:34 -
[468] - Quote
I've avoided this pleasant and productive exchange for quite some time. Many time's I've had an answer but declined when sniped by someone else. This one is worth a defined effort and I hope by the time I'm finished I can come up with a good enough question.
Have I ever connected with the spirit of a place?
Oh yes. The obvious answer would be my time in K-MGJ7 where we paid in blood and treasure to kill off those who would dare trespass in our space. We made billions and killed plenty to earn that right.
An answer I prefer these days is looking back to a world I spent many years upon. On Avair IV, my father had many lessons, one was that we should take advantage of natural patterns and processes. I can proudly say that I can shovel **** with the best of them.
Most of that world is wasted, on palaces to vain egos. But there I learned the value of a hard days work. Looking back I now know the spirit of Avair. Once a year I return to that world, I bend my back and help in the harvest. My neighbors dismiss me as an eccentric (at best), but in ten years I have risen higher than them all. I will continue to bend my back once a year, as my neighbors and their families turn to dust. That is the spirit of this place.
Amarr is not about opulence, and glory. It's about hard work. Some would say the hardest work of all.
Now for the hard part... a question for a stranger...
What is the price of happiness? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1937
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Posted - 2017.01.25 06:16:38 -
[469] - Quote
Karmilla Strife wrote:
What is the price of happiness?
Sanity. To be always felicitous every time all the time no matter what one will have to have lost all semblance of sanity and awareness. After all, the universe around us will forever be like that of an ocean, full of currents, tides, calamitous storms, rogue waves, utter calmness and etc. To be able to be happy every time all the time no matter how smooth the sailing or how perilous the waves, one has to be completely insane.
Do you know anyone who is like this?
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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Tabor Murn
RADIO RAMPAGE Indecisive Certainty
166
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Posted - 2017.01.25 06:28:13 -
[470] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote: Do you know anyone who is like this?
Yo! Oceans, currents, tides, winds? Those are my things. These days I deal with capsuleer chores, it's lame. But I'm married to Ava ******* Starfire. I get to go home whenever I want to warm bed in cold ass Mikramurka (and oh... brothers let me tell you it's ******* cold there).
But yeah, life is great, the waves are positive, the universe is an ocean and I'm just a captain of one of the many vessels afloat. I'm happy, all the time. My son rocks and my wife is hot as hell.
By the way I saw another IGS post about people everyone misses. I'm Ava's husband and I've relayed all of your love to her. Spirits bless you all. It means a lot to both of us, and I'm sure she'll reach out to all of her "fans" when she returns to the capsule. |
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Teinyhr
Ourumur
765
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Posted - 2017.01.25 10:42:36 -
[471] - Quote
You forgot to ask a question. |
Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
24694
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Posted - 2017.01.25 12:13:51 -
[472] - Quote
Since there was no question, I chose to answer to this:
Jjaro Durandal wrote:A high warp speed destroyer with a probing enhancements.
Describe the sand of your favorite beach.
..with an image, that is saying thousand words. This is Amra City. Its located on planet Funtanainen IX, region consists of few islands.
Its a more detailed map of region.
The big Island (Amra) has surface of 10 380 km-¦. The smaller (Verolia) has 550 km-¦.
What is the best in capsuleer life?
Every part of a game helps to tell a story =ƒôò
Where is Angry CONCORD guy when you need him
Osprey =ƒÜÇ
GëíGïüGëí GÖÑ
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Persephone Alleile
Tartarus Covert Operations
297
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Posted - 2017.01.25 15:17:29 -
[473] - Quote
For the most part the best in capsuleer life is the same as the best in baseliner life. Good food, good sex, meaningful social connections, a pleasant physical environment.
As capsuleers we have access to other forms of sensuality however that are unimaginable to others. The release as a volley of light missiles launches, the gentle pulse of a shield emitter's regeneration cycle, the sinking sensation as one is pulled through a wormhole, and let's not forget the glory of emerging victorious from (im)mortal combat with our fellow empyreans.
What is your preferred form of interstellar travel? Stargate, jump drive or wormhole? |
Teinyhr
Ourumur
766
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Posted - 2017.01.25 23:43:50 -
[474] - Quote
Well if I could choose, a pinpoint controlled wormhole would be ever so convenient.
Which do you enjoy more, being in a capsule or outside of it? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1938
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Posted - 2017.01.26 01:13:37 -
[475] - Quote
Teinyhr wrote:Well if I could choose, a pinpoint controlled wormhole would be ever so convenient.
Which do you enjoy more, being in a capsule or outside of it?
I do not favour one over the other. The experiences of being inside or outside the capsule are quite distinctively different.
Ablative or reactive armour?
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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Makoto Priano
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
9050
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Posted - 2017.01.26 04:17:43 -
[476] - Quote
Reactive. Ablative just feels like caving in. I like to feel like an active participant in my own not-dying.
If you had a Drifter battleship, complete with superweapon, what would be the first thing you'd do?
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries: exploring the edge of the known, advancing the state of the art. Would you like to know more?
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Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing
312
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Posted - 2017.01.26 04:35:43 -
[477] - Quote
Makoto Priano wrote:If you had a Drifter battleship, complete with superweapon, what would be the first thing you'd do? Dock it up and decide who to let research it.
Favorite way to eat noodles? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1938
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Posted - 2017.01.26 04:36:40 -
[478] - Quote
Makoto Priano wrote:Reactive. Ablative just feels like caving in. I like to feel like an active participant in my own not-dying.
If you had a Drifter battleship, complete with superweapon, what would be the first thing you'd do?
Hoist the black flag and slit some throats.
Or just try to reverse engineer the ship. Then build more and then profit from it PLUS hoisting the black flag and slit throats.
Is this related to ARC operations?
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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Makoto Priano
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
9050
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Posted - 2017.01.26 05:11:00 -
[479] - Quote
Favorite way to eat noodles? With my mouth. Or if you're asking what sort of noodles, pan-fried noodles, ideally those that are greasy and were done at high heat for a little bit of char.
Related to ARC operations? Nooo. Nooooooo. We've never come close to retrieving an intact Drifter battleship. Subsystems? Sure, a few, and they're subject of extensive research. But there's far too little information to render them the least bit useable.
If you were compelled to retire to a life of luxury and relaxation, what would you do with your time?
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries: exploring the edge of the known, advancing the state of the art. Would you like to know more?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1938
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Posted - 2017.01.26 05:41:51 -
[480] - Quote
Makoto Priano wrote:Favorite way to eat noodles? With my mouth. Or if you're asking what sort of noodles, pan-fried noodles, ideally those that are greasy and were done at high heat for a little bit of char.
Related to ARC operations? Nooo. Nooooooo. We've never come close to retrieving an intact Drifter battleship. Subsystems? Sure, a few, and they're subject of extensive research. But there's far too little information to render them the least bit useable.
If you were compelled to retire to a life of luxury and relaxation, what would you do with your time?
Probably the same thing I had always done. If CONCORD revokes my capsuleer license and takes my ships (read: waifu) away, I can't be said to be living a life of luxury and relaxation, can I?
But if by 'retire' you do mean 'revoke the license', I guess I just retire to an industrial installation somewhere and fabricate biomechanical machinery. That's something I can do with my wife, at any rate.
Will you willingly give away your capsuleer license?
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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Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing
312
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Posted - 2017.01.26 07:14:44 -
[481] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Will you willingly give away your capsuleer license? Yes. It won't always be important to have it active.
If you had to handcraft trinkets to sell to tourists for a living, what would you make? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1938
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Posted - 2017.01.26 07:20:28 -
[482] - Quote
Kolodi Ramal wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Will you willingly give away your capsuleer license? Yes. It won't always be important to have it active. If you had to handcraft trinkets to sell to tourists for a living, what would you make?
Little clockwork toys.
Analog or digital?
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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Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing
312
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Posted - 2017.01.26 07:41:18 -
[483] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Analog or digital? I like digital signals better than analog signals, I guess? Not sure the question translated right.
What's your ideal morning? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1938
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Posted - 2017.01.26 07:48:49 -
[484] - Quote
Kolodi Ramal wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Analog or digital? I like digital signals better than analog signals, I guess? Not sure the question translated right. What's your ideal morning?
A cup of coffee, a neat to-do-list, a darling's smile and a hug for said darling.
Plasma cutter or diamond saw?
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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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1109
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Posted - 2017.01.26 07:55:47 -
[485] - Quote
Depends on the use.
Is there really a good point in answering every single question that is not your own with low effort responses and even more low effort questions? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1939
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Posted - 2017.01.26 08:08:42 -
[486] - Quote
Mizhara Del'thul wrote:Depends on the use.
Is there really a good point in answering every single question that is not your own with low effort responses and even more low effort questions?
No, there is no point.
Are you bored?
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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Agiri Falken
State War Academy Caldari State
229
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Posted - 2017.01.26 13:02:43 -
[487] - Quote
Not when I've got this place to brighten the day.
What's your self-opinion like? Physical or metaphysical. |
Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
37
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Posted - 2017.01.26 14:02:45 -
[488] - Quote
Agiri Falken wrote:What's your self-opinion like? Physical or metaphysical. I... well.. I think I'm okay with myself. I would really like to be less.. awkward, and it's something I'm trying to work on. And.. to kinda be less awkward you sorta have to do awkward things. And that's.. well.. awkward.
What is one thing you like about yourself?
Drone Region Resident - ORE Fangirl
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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1746
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Posted - 2017.01.26 14:58:18 -
[489] - Quote
Tsao Aubbes wrote:Agiri Falken wrote:What's your self-opinion like? Physical or metaphysical. I... well.. I think I'm okay with myself. I would really like to be less.. awkward, and it's something I'm trying to work on. And.. to kinda be less awkward you sorta have to do awkward things. And that's.. well.. awkward. What is one thing you like about yourself? My bravery that, admittedly at times borders on stupidity.
To keep with this trend, what is the one thing you would change about yourself? |
Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
181
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Posted - 2017.01.26 15:15:24 -
[490] - Quote
Deitra Vess wrote:To keep with this trend, what is the one thing you would change about yourself? Well, I'd honestly like to be, like, maybe a little less creepy. I've been told I'm creepy. Or annoying. I kinda seem annoying.
What's one thing you don't want to change about yourself?
Glory to Bob
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
739
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Posted - 2017.01.26 16:20:15 -
[491] - Quote
It often seems like people appreciate my honesty. That's fine, I guess. I suppose I don't really know much of an other way, and if I found it advantageous in the long run and I was confident I could pull it off, I might start twisting my depiction of reality. Maybe it's less a matter of character and more just one of opinion that I'm doubtful that doing so would ever be the best way to get at an aim.
People seem to less appreciate my disinclination to let people sway my opinion. Call me close-minded or dogmatic; I guess that's fair enough. Frankly, I don't really give a ****. I can't remember the last time I've changed my mind about something major, and yet I still fail to see how that's a problem. There are certain immutable principles we all carry with us from early childhood. What most people seem to consider a willingness to 'see it the other way' just looks to me like an awkward effort to contort reality such that you can agree with somebody and not violate your ideals--because those never change. It takes a literally life-altering experience to do that, and such experiences are few and far between; if you cut to the heart of most people at the end of their life you'd get the same core beliefs as you'd had at the start of it. Whatever treasured changes of heart they've felt in their lives are illusory at best--just a response to new information--and at worst, misguided pandering to those around them at the expense of their soul.
Anyways, I think it's stupid and confusing, if that's not obvious already.
For somebody who participates in a martial art or used to: would you please tell me more about it, esp. if it's not of the more commonly known ones?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
24737
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Posted - 2017.01.26 17:14:35 -
[492] - Quote
Neph wrote:For somebody who participates in a martial art or used to: would you please tell me more about it, esp. if it's not of the more commonly known ones? I always wanted to try the traditional Gallente wrestling. But I think I will pass that question to another, more experienced person, for the sake of sensible discussion.
Every part of a game helps to tell a story =ƒôò
Where is Angry CONCORD guy when you need him
Osprey =ƒÜÇ
GëíGïüGëí GÖÑ
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Agiri Falken
State War Academy Caldari State
230
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Posted - 2017.01.26 18:15:43 -
[493] - Quote
Neph wrote:It often seems like people appreciate my honesty. That's fine, I guess. I suppose I don't really know much of an other way, and if I found it advantageous in the long run and I was confident I could pull it off, I might start twisting my depiction of reality. Maybe it's less a matter of character and more just one of opinion that I'm doubtful that doing so would ever be the best way to get at an aim.
People seem to less appreciate my disinclination to let people sway my opinion. Call me close-minded or dogmatic; I guess that's fair enough. Frankly, I don't really give a ****. I can't remember the last time I've changed my mind about something major, and yet I still fail to see how that's a problem. There are certain immutable principles we all carry with us from early childhood. What most people seem to consider a willingness to 'see it the other way' just looks to me like an awkward effort to contort reality such that you can agree with somebody and not violate your ideals--because those never change. It takes a literally life-altering experience to do that, and such experiences are few and far between; if you cut to the heart of most people at the end of their life you'd get the same core beliefs as you'd had at the start of it. Whatever treasured changes of heart they've felt in their lives are illusory at best--just a response to new information--and at worst, misguided pandering to those around them at the expense of their soul.
Anyways, I think it's stupid and confusing, if that's not obvious already.
For somebody who participates in a martial art or used to: would you please tell me more about it, esp. if it's not of the more commonly known ones? Aside from one of the more traditionally Caldari styles, my personal technique is rooted heavily in krav maga. It's focus is heavily on real life fighting scenarios, and stresses efficiency over all else, with particularly brutal counter attacks. The whole concept revolves around the simple expedient of incapacitating your opponent in the shortest possible time, without regard for their well being after the fact. It's not a "nice" method, and it's not supposed to be.
Since we're talking about personal combat, what melee weapons would you favor? |
Tressith Sefira
The Scope Gallente Federation
197
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Posted - 2017.01.26 19:46:19 -
[494] - Quote
Agiri Falken wrote:Since we're talking about personal combat, what melee weapons would you favor?
Stun batons. I go weak at the knees for a sick, sexy spin.
I know we're immortal, but do you have a bucket list? And what's the top item on it, if you do? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2897
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Posted - 2017.01.26 21:09:58 -
[495] - Quote
Tressith Sefira wrote:I know we're immortal, but do you have a bucket list? And what's the top item on it, if you do?
Understand.
Find clarity. See and occupy my place in the Totality, and perceive the flow of the universe-- without thought, without analysis. Move with the world, not as a leaf or a fish in the water, but as the water itself.
Be wise, instead of just clever.
(These are all really just different ways of saying the same thing.)
What is the world, to you? |
Matias Kurovassi
Kurilaivonen
33
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Posted - 2017.01.26 21:51:07 -
[496] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:
What is the world, to you?
A noumenon, a thing-in-itself that exists separate from my own perception and experience. As I seek to understand my own perception and experience of the world so must I also try to understand the perception and experience of others of the same as best I can.
What was a moment in your life you thought you could not do something, but did in the end?
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Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1919
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Posted - 2017.01.26 23:24:48 -
[497] - Quote
Matias Kurovassi wrote:What was a moment in your life you thought you could not do something, but did in the end?
When I was going to go to a social event, and I thought, "I couldn't possibly wear this to the party, it's a bit daring".
But in the end, I did, and relatively speaking, it was not as daring as some of the other outfits that people were wearing. Why, if those outfits were something they just threw on, well, they nearly missed.
Have you ever experienced anything that defies all logical or rational explanation, and if so, what was it ?
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Teinyhr
Ourumur
766
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Posted - 2017.01.27 01:14:18 -
[498] - Quote
Yes. Your enduring popularity.
Was that a mean thing to say? |
Karmilla Strife
Black Dog Shady Missionaries
531
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Posted - 2017.01.27 01:43:47 -
[499] - Quote
Yes, but being a prolific poster and declaring yourself to be awesome is not really popularity.
What is your worst combat loss? (I sincerely hope whoever answers this has analyzed what went wrong). |
Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1110
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Posted - 2017.01.27 02:23:42 -
[500] - Quote
Karmilla Strife wrote:What is your worst combat loss? (I sincerely hope whoever answers this has analyzed what went wrong).
Hmm. I've lost a significant number of ships over the years. I believe it's over two hundred at the latest count. The one loss that really irks me though is a Svipul I lost when taking on Samira Kernher. In a Coercer.
Svipuls are relatively cheap and low on crew, being a very high-tech vessel so I've suffered far worse losses in terms of crew and value. This one stings because of my personal idiot mistake and that it was a loss when I was theoretically on far higher ground than she was.
The details are fuzzy, partly because of time and partly because I probably don't want to remember them too well, but long story short she thoroughly defeated me outside that plex.
I don't know what this says about me, but I much prefer fighting people I know over strangers. Actual enemies I have a quarrel with, rather than your average bloodyminded grunt. This of course meant that when I first spotted her rushing through the system, and returning, my blood was pumping quite hard. Bloodlust and - I'll admit it - savage fury spurred me on as I landed and she was there, outside of my reach.
She had the initial advantage of range and tracking, but through a bit of decent - if not good - piloting I finally caught her and could start applying my own damage. A bit too late, as in my frenzy I'd forgotten a few very basic tasks and notions, amongst those the fact that a Damage Control module works best when it's actually powered. I'm not taking credit for this being the case by default these days, but I am glad that's the case.
So, for several reasons, amongst them that she's a better solo pilot than I am and that I went even further into idiot territory, a Tech 1 Destroyer successfully destroyed my T3D Svipul in a fight where on a theoretical level I had a nine in ten chance of winning. She was fitted a bit better for the purposes of that particular fight and got a slightly better start, but that's no excuse. I lost that fight stupidly and she is not letting me forget it, much as I deserve.
There are many other notable mentions, a Tempest I threw solo against the gathered Test might up in Deklein a long time ago, a Typhoon where I burned out the launchers in a fight I'd otherwise win handily, or any other of a long list of explosions where my own failures were the main cause, but that one. That one Svipul versus that lone Coercer... that one stings, largely because of how badly I screwed it up.
Now, what was your finest combat moment in your entire career? |
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1939
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Posted - 2017.01.27 02:25:32 -
[501] - Quote
Karmilla Strife wrote:Yes, but being a prolific poster and declaring yourself to be awesome is not really popularity.
What is your worst combat loss? (I sincerely hope whoever answers this has analyzed what went wrong).
Probably that one time I picked a fight with Diana Kim, who was flying a Succubus at the time, in my Worm after retreating from a fight with a Garmur. One of those times I allowed gusto and enthusiasm overwhelm my reason.
From the start, it's clear that I entered the fight at a disadvantage. With only a 1mn afterburner, a single stasis webifier and two Hobgoblins II left in my drone bay (three Acolytes II taken out by the Garmur I had retreated from earlier), there was simply no way I was going to catch up and apply appreciatable damage on the Succubus to either score a victory or force the Succubus into a retreat. So, predictably, Kim chewed through my drones, then my Worm's shields then wiped my Worm against the floor.
There are many losses, usually borne from ignorance, cockiness, falling for a ruse, but this one takes the cake for 'worst loss' because, really, at the time I already knew that I'm at a disadvantage but I took the fight anyway.
Would you actually live in a non-sov nullsec trade-hub?
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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Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
1922
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Posted - 2017.01.27 06:36:18 -
[502] - Quote
Teinyhr wrote:Yes. Your enduring popularity.
I put the fun in fundamentalist Sani Sabik theology.
Teinyhr wrote:Was that a mean thing to say?
Yes. Mean. And rude. Super rude.
Elmund Egivand wrote:Would you actually live in a non-sov nullsec trade-hub?
Maybe. I suppose it depends on what facilities it has. I prefer places that have such things as beauty salons, libraries, museums, art galleries, sandwich shops, that kind of thing, you know. Culture.
Do you consider Mannar transparent plastic clothing to be "clothing", since it only fulfils one of the two purposes of clothing, i.e. keeping the weather out and the naughty bits concealed ?
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1939
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Posted - 2017.01.27 07:13:12 -
[503] - Quote
Valerie Valate wrote:
Do you consider Mannar transparent plastic clothing to be "clothing", since it only fulfils one of the two purposes of clothing, i.e. keeping the weather out and the naughty bits concealed ?
No. It only fulfils one of the two criteria to be considered clothing. I will label them 'demi-clothes' instead.
Are there any historical and cultural reasons behind the Mannar's creation of transparent plastic clothing as a fashion statement?
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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Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
24756
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Posted - 2017.01.27 08:52:56 -
[504] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Valerie Valate wrote:
Do you consider Mannar transparent plastic clothing to be "clothing", since it only fulfils one of the two purposes of clothing, i.e. keeping the weather out and the naughty bits concealed ?
No. It only fulfils one of the two criteria to be considered clothing. I will label them 'demi-clothes' instead. Are there any historical and cultural reasons behind the Mannar's creation of transparent plastic clothing as a fashion statement? It was fashionista's artistic counter-culture statement.
What do you like to do sing in the shower?
Every part of a game helps to tell a story =ƒôò
Where is Angry CONCORD guy when you need him
Osprey =ƒÜÇ
GëíGïüGëí GÖÑ
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1939
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Posted - 2017.01.27 11:12:27 -
[505] - Quote
Nana Skalski wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Valerie Valate wrote:
Do you consider Mannar transparent plastic clothing to be "clothing", since it only fulfils one of the two purposes of clothing, i.e. keeping the weather out and the naughty bits concealed ?
No. It only fulfils one of the two criteria to be considered clothing. I will label them 'demi-clothes' instead. Are there any historical and cultural reasons behind the Mannar's creation of transparent plastic clothing as a fashion statement? It was fashionista's artistic counter-culture statement. What do you like to do sing in the shower?
I do not understand your question. Isn't there only one way to sing in the shower?
If the majority is wearing transparent plastic clothing, can the wearing of transparent plastic clothing still be called a counter-culture?
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Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
24766
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Posted - 2017.01.27 11:17:31 -
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I think that some initially counter-culture clothing can become so popular, so widely adapted, as to become a part of culture.
Sorry, I mean "What do you like to sing in the shower".
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Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
42
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Posted - 2017.01.27 14:58:24 -
[507] - Quote
Nana Skalski wrote:Sorry, I mean "What do you like to sing in the shower". Nothing. Because that is.. pretty awkward.
Why would you do something awkward like that?
Drone Region Resident
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Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1045
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Posted - 2017.01.27 15:01:23 -
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Tsao Aubbes wrote:Nana Skalski wrote:Sorry, I mean "What do you like to sing in the shower". Nothing. Because that is.. pretty awkward. Why would you do something awkward like that?
Because it brings pleasure to the mind and joy to the soul.
I confess I sing in the shower.
If you were to sing in the shower, or do, what song do you sing? |
Wren Villeneuve
Akagi Initiative Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
33
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Posted - 2017.01.27 16:28:28 -
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Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:
Because it brings pleasure to the mind and joy to the soul.
I confess I sing in the shower.
If you were to sing in the shower, or do, what song do you sing?
I beat box in the shower.
What is justice? |
Jev North
Anshar Incorporated
553
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Posted - 2017.01.27 16:55:52 -
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Wren Villeneuve wrote:I beat box in the shower. I massacre A-Pop hits I can barely understand half the words to when I exercise. Veikitamo, of all people, turned me on to it.
Wren Villeneuve wrote:What is justice? Something you want to be fair, need to be final, and rarely get.
Have you ever needed to be in two places at once? How did you manage it?
Das ist schmutzig, falsch und moralisch höchst verwerflich. Bin dabei.
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Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
133
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Posted - 2017.01.29 03:38:22 -
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Jev North wrote:Have you ever needed to be in two places at once? How did you manage it?
Many, MANY times. I have needed at the same time to be visiting a friend at her home, and also needing to be asleep in bed. I have needed to be in my pod mining and on video feed with my uncle showing off his new daughter. And though it's not a need, it's still troublesome; all the time I am in highsec, with the nice food and the easy commerce, I wish I was in lowsec with the solitude and the sense of the forbidden. And vice versa.
Agh, I am so lazy and I complain too much.
What was your first pet? Tell me all about it, I want so many details. |
Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
464
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Posted - 2017.01.29 04:31:58 -
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Loai Qerl wrote:Jev North wrote:Have you ever needed to be in two places at once? How did you manage it? Many, MANY times. I have needed at the same time to be visiting a friend at her home, and also needing to be asleep in bed. I have needed to be in my pod mining and on video feed with my uncle showing off his new daughter. And though it's not a need, it's still troublesome; all the time I am in highsec, with the nice food and the easy commerce, I wish I was in lowsec with the solitude and the sense of the forbidden. And vice versa. Agh, I am so lazy and I complain too much. What was your first pet? Tell me all about it, I want so many details. An experimental, shape shifting little blob of a drone called SROMA (Survival ROAMer A). It started as an experiment in "cockroach" intelligence, where a few adaptive algorithms allowed an increasingly wide range of adaptive behavior in pursuit of "sustenance" (electricity to recharge). I found my little "Quicksilver Water Bear" charming in its persistence, and eventually added a pet program. Several others have been gifted spin off SROMA's, but the original has become, and remains, my first pet.
What pet would you have, if it could be anything at all?
"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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Wren Villeneuve
Akagi Initiative Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
47
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Posted - 2017.01.29 05:19:48 -
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Saya Ishikari wrote:
What pet would you have, if it could be anything at all?
This is a tricky one.
I'm a cat person, but I really feel like a dog would probably fit me better, you know, Aesthetically?
Tell me the most shocking thing you learned about yourself after becoming a capsuleer. |
Viktor Revon
16
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Posted - 2017.01.29 22:00:49 -
[514] - Quote
Wren Villeneuve wrote:Saya Ishikari wrote:
What pet would you have, if it could be anything at all?
This is a tricky one. I'm a cat person, but I really feel like a dog would probably fit me better, you know, Aesthetically? Tell me the most shocking thing you learned about yourself after becoming a capsuleer. I have a tendency to throw VAHZZ, a cloned mercenary, out of the air lock. I've done it a few times and now I just can't find him.
Black and red, gold and red, or gold and black?
"Into the dark abyss shall we venture once more." - Viktor Revon
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Synthetic Cultist
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
569
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Posted - 2017.01.29 22:30:12 -
[515] - Quote
Viktor Revon wrote: Black and red, gold and red, or gold and black?
Black and Gold has the highest Contrast, which makes it Better for Fashion - Example: Gold Accents and Decorations on a Black Dress. The Contrast catches the Eye.
What is the most Profound Artwork that you have Seen ? How did it make you Feel when viewing the Art ?
Synthia 1, Empress of Kaztropol.
It is Written.
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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
742
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Posted - 2017.01.29 22:31:21 -
[516] - Quote
Synthetic Cultist wrote:Viktor Revon wrote: Black and red, gold and red, or gold and black?
Black and Gold has the highest Contrast, which makes it Better for Fashion - Example: Gold Accents and Decorations on a Black Dress. The Contrast catches the Eye. What is the most Profound Artwork that you have Seen ? How did it make you Feel when viewing the Art ?
Ishukone Fashion OP.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Kybernetes Moros
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd. Arataka Research Consortium
36
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Posted - 2017.01.30 01:17:22 -
[517] - Quote
Synthetic Cultist wrote:Viktor Revon wrote: Black and red, gold and red, or gold and black?
Black and Gold has the highest Contrast, which makes it Better for Fashion - Example: Gold Accents and Decorations on a Black Dress. The Contrast catches the Eye. What is the most Profound Artwork that you have Seen ? How did it make you Feel when viewing the Art ?
A third I can answer! They're coming thick and fast these days!
Do you remember JiaLei Lian? Maybe your strain wasn't around then, but your Church most definitely was. (I think!)
There was one night I went to visit her, and Degen accompanied. Neither of us quite knew that she was so artistically inclined until she showed us her collection, quite on a whim.
My! Back then, I was--I'm not afraid to say--somewhat taken aback! I think I speak also for Degen when I say we weren't expecting anything quite so meticulous or, well, visceral. To see so many objets d'art so carefully arranged in just a single gallery? Powerful!
Back then, I was rather mixed on the whole affair. I rather feel that the change of pace caught me off-guard, you know? A few carefully-designed reinterpretations later, though, and I'm more inclined to see where JiaLei was coming from with the whole ensemble. I rather wish I'd spent more time there, now!
To summarise: a most remarkable modernist still-life exhibit initially left me shaken and intrigued. The latter sensation faded, while the latter only grew!
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Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
24898
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Posted - 2017.01.30 09:47:23 -
[518] - Quote
Where are Talocans. Because I would like to meet them.
What you had today for breakfast?
Every part of a game helps to tell a story =ƒôò
Where is Angry CONCORD guy when you need him
Osprey =ƒÜÇ
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Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
3022
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Posted - 2017.01.30 13:50:53 -
[519] - Quote
Nana Skalski wrote:Where are Talocans. Because I would like to meet them.
What you had today for breakfast? A dry ration DRX235298-G8945K7 produced by Caldari Navy and designed for capsuleer consumption. Its feeding properties even exceed capsule automatic feeding systems. It supplies our bodies with best proportions of aminoacids, vitamins and microelements, required for cloned bodies, and it is the best food money could buy!
What's your worst mistake that you can't forgive yourself for?
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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Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
25144
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Posted - 2017.02.03 09:30:13 -
[520] - Quote
Diana Kim wrote:Nana Skalski wrote:Where are Talocans. Because I would like to meet them.
What you had today for breakfast? A dry ration DRX235298-G8945K7 produced by Caldari Navy and designed for capsuleer consumption. Its feeding properties even exceed capsule automatic feeding systems. It supplies our bodies with best proportions of aminoacids, vitamins and microelements, required for cloned bodies, and it is the best food money could buy! What's your worst mistake that you can't forgive yourself for? I cant decide, maybe these mistakes were not so bad after all. *shrugs* Life goes on.
How do you like your Ghalen Pastries? What kind of ingrediens you crave? (i am really keen on trying something new and tasty)
Every part of a game helps to tell a story =ƒôò
Where is Angry CONCORD guy when you need him
Osprey =ƒÜÇ
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1968
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Posted - 2017.02.03 09:36:46 -
[521] - Quote
Nana Skalski wrote:Diana Kim wrote:Nana Skalski wrote:Where are Talocans. Because I would like to meet them.
What you had today for breakfast? A dry ration DRX235298-G8945K7 produced by Caldari Navy and designed for capsuleer consumption. Its feeding properties even exceed capsule automatic feeding systems. It supplies our bodies with best proportions of aminoacids, vitamins and microelements, required for cloned bodies, and it is the best food money could buy! What's your worst mistake that you can't forgive yourself for? I cant decide, maybe these mistakes were not so bad after all. *shrugs* Life goes on. How do you like your Ghalen Pastries? What kind of ingrediens you crave? (i am really keen on trying something new and tasty)
What are these foodstuff you speak of?
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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Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
25144
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Posted - 2017.02.03 09:53:39 -
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Glalen Pastries description in Neocom:
Quote:Ghalen is an old Achuran dish of ground meat mixed with chopped vegetables, wrapped in large green leaves and cooked in fat and oils. Each Ghalen pastry is usually the size of a man's fist, dripping with juice when one bites into it. It is served piping hot and is one of the few dishes of old that has not only retained its appeal, but become known throughout the world of New Eden. I have seen many kinds of them showing around lately, recipes vary from place to place. They are popular once again I assume.
Every part of a game helps to tell a story =ƒôò
Where is Angry CONCORD guy when you need him
Osprey =ƒÜÇ
GëíGïüGëí GÖÑ
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Valjan Auduin
Khushakor Clan Of Questionable Repute
9
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Posted - 2017.02.03 09:58:09 -
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I am uncertain what Ghalen pastries are but meat pastries are my favorite. I really just love meat of all varieties though fish tends to be my favorite.
What do you fight for? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1968
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Posted - 2017.02.03 10:09:42 -
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Valjan Auduin wrote:I am uncertain what Ghalen pastries are but meat pastries are my favorite. I really just love meat of all varieties though fish tends to be my favorite.
What do you fight for?
Depends on what kind of fighting I'm involved in. If in space, probably to defend my right to be where I am, and for my pay. Or just because I can. If in a holo-game, for the high score and phat lewtz. If in an argument, to get our worldviews modified, added on, etc while being as annoying as I can possibly be. I fight my machines to get them to work properly. I fight with my pants to get into them, or to stop them from dropping off in public. I fight that awfully spicy curry to get myself satiated without setting my digestive system on fire. Etc etc etc.
What other ingredients should I use with mushrooms to make pie? No poultry, by the way.
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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Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
25144
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Posted - 2017.02.03 11:32:42 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote: What other ingredients should I use with mushrooms to make pie? No poultry, by the way.
INGREDIENTS
Crust: 2 1/2 cups flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 1 cup sour cream
Filling: 3 Tbsp. butter 2 1/2 cup chopped onions 8 cups coarsely chopped mushrooms (1 1/2 - 1 3/4 lbs.) 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh thyme 1 8-oz. package (room temperature) cream cheese, cut into cubes salt & pepper
PREPARATION
Crust: Whisk flour, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Add butter and cut in with fork until it looks like coarse meal. Add sour cream and stir until dough comes together. Shape dough into disk; dived into 2 pieces (1 about 2/3 of dough) and (1 about 2/3 of dough). Roll larger piece on lightly floured surface to 14-inch round. Transfer to 10-inch glass pie dish and trim overhang. Roll remaining to 12-inch round and place onto baking sheet. Cut into 1-inch wide strips for top lattice. Chill crust at least 30 minutes. Filling: Melt butter in heavy skillet. Add onions and saute until soft and golden, about 6 minutes. Add mushrooms and thyme. Saute until mushrooms are tender and release juices, abut 6 minutes. (Can be made ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm over medium heat before continuing). Add cream cheese and stir until melted. Season to taste with salt & pepper. Preheat oven to 400-degrees. Spoon filling into crust. Top pie with strips in lattice pattern. Fold strip ends and overhang under. Crimp edge decoratively. Bake pie until filling is heated through, about 45 minutes. Cool pie 30 minutes before serving.
Do you like cooking?
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Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
204
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Posted - 2017.02.03 18:07:56 -
[526] - Quote
Nana Skalski wrote:Do you like cooking? Oh, totally! Cooking is totally fun, even though I'm awful at it. I've, like, burnt my eyebrows off trying to cook before, but, it was totally fine, not a big deal!
What's one thing you don't like to cook?
Glory to Bob
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2905
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Posted - 2017.02.03 20:47:42 -
[527] - Quote
Merchant Rova wrote:What's one thing you don't like to cook?
The clone I'm in. Getting burned hurts like ... well, fire.
Favorite ship-related sensation? That is, what do you most like the feel of, when you're a ship? |
Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
499
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Posted - 2017.02.03 20:53:49 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Merchant Rova wrote:What's one thing you don't like to cook? The clone I'm in. Getting burned hurts like ... well, fire. Favorite ship-related sensation? That is, what do you most like the feel of, when you're a ship? Kicking in a microwarp drive. I feel like there's wind on my face, and I can feel the blood in my veins. A close second is the warm sensation of a cloaking device... Which, has another, odd, sensation as well.
In your opinion, what's the biggest innovation in the last three years?
"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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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1136
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Posted - 2017.02.03 20:58:23 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Favorite ship-related sensation? That is, what do you most like the feel of, when you're a ship?
Solar flares. It's a guilty pleasure of mine.
Find some out of the way system in the Great Wildlands with the right kind of star, then just... bask in it. The flares can be just about predictable enough that I can plot a course to stay in one for as long as I can, just feeling the staggering power, heat and radiation in damn near every spectrum scouring the shields. All of it, no localized burn or impact like hostile fire but all of it. My entire... well, the entire surface of the shield - even the occluded part - all feeling... "warm" as it were.
You can just blank your mind entirely and enjoy a singularly unique and uniform sensation bathing your entire body. Or hull.
At the right ranges, it does no shield damage at all, while giving the full experience harmlessly.
I have often thought that is how my days would end should I ever grow tired enough of New Eden to cease... well, being. Just find a spot like that way out of civilized areas, send the crew off in their pods after powering down all but the essentials and reducing my signature to the point where I drown in the star's interference and then just...
... sleep, in the warm glow. Until something wakes me or the life support dies.
What do you foresee your final end to be like? |
Khaotique Savage
Phoenix Naval Operations Phoenix Naval Systems
2
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Posted - 2017.02.04 02:29:06 -
[530] - Quote
A blade, my wrist, a warm bath and a clean conscience with no clone waiting for my upload, just as soon as I've exacted my revenge and found my sister.
What's the first ship loss you actually cared about ? |
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1973
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Posted - 2017.02.04 05:19:34 -
[531] - Quote
Khaotique Savage wrote:A blade, my wrist, a warm bath and a clean conscience with no clone waiting for my upload, just as soon as I've exacted my revenge and found my sister.
What's the first ship loss you actually cared about ?
Started with my Rifter loss against a Tengu and I had cared about my ship losses ever since. Else I wouldn't bother trying to be a better captain after each combat loss.
Do you analyse your ship loss to figure out what went wrong? If so, what are your methods?
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
765
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Posted - 2017.02.04 05:31:14 -
[532] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Khaotique Savage wrote:A blade, my wrist, a warm bath and a clean conscience with no clone waiting for my upload, just as soon as I've exacted my revenge and found my sister.
What's the first ship loss you actually cared about ? Started with my Rifter loss against a Tengu and I had cared about my ship losses ever since. Else I wouldn't bother trying to be a better captain after each combat loss. Do you analyse your ship loss to figure out what went wrong? If so, what are your methods?
No. Not really. Usually when I have a ship explode on me, I willingly put myself at risk to get there. I know precisely how it ended up happening fairly quickly. That just comes with flying a lot and being smart about taking risks, which really just happens with experience. I spend far more time teaching other usually newer pilots how to minimize risk, however.
What system, constellation or region calls out most to you and why? That is, where do you enjoy living most and why? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1973
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Posted - 2017.02.04 05:41:23 -
[533] - Quote
Myxx wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Khaotique Savage wrote:A blade, my wrist, a warm bath and a clean conscience with no clone waiting for my upload, just as soon as I've exacted my revenge and found my sister.
What's the first ship loss you actually cared about ? Started with my Rifter loss against a Tengu and I had cared about my ship losses ever since. Else I wouldn't bother trying to be a better captain after each combat loss. Do you analyse your ship loss to figure out what went wrong? If so, what are your methods? No. Not really. Usually when I have a ship explode on me, I willingly put myself at risk to get there. I know precisely how it ended up happening fairly quickly. That just comes with flying a lot and being smart about taking risks, which really just happens with experience. I spend far more time teaching other usually newer pilots how to minimize risk, however. What system, constellation or region calls out most to you and why? That is, where do you enjoy living most and why?
No idea, really. I can still be said to still be at that vagabond stage. Go to one place, stay for a while (measured in years), then move on. I'm still looking for my Arcadia.
Have you ever heard the call of the (space) roads? Do you heed? If not, how do you resist?
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
765
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Posted - 2017.02.04 06:12:34 -
[534] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Myxx wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Khaotique Savage wrote:A blade, my wrist, a warm bath and a clean conscience with no clone waiting for my upload, just as soon as I've exacted my revenge and found my sister.
What's the first ship loss you actually cared about ? Started with my Rifter loss against a Tengu and I had cared about my ship losses ever since. Else I wouldn't bother trying to be a better captain after each combat loss. Do you analyse your ship loss to figure out what went wrong? If so, what are your methods? No. Not really. Usually when I have a ship explode on me, I willingly put myself at risk to get there. I know precisely how it ended up happening fairly quickly. That just comes with flying a lot and being smart about taking risks, which really just happens with experience. I spend far more time teaching other usually newer pilots how to minimize risk, however. What system, constellation or region calls out most to you and why? That is, where do you enjoy living most and why? No idea, really. I can still be said to still be at that vagabond stage. Go to one place, stay for a while (measured in years), then move on. I'm still looking for my Arcadia. Have you ever heard the call of the (space) roads? Do you heed? If not, how do you resist? Space Roads? Hm. If you're asking if I'm much of a nomad, I am still somewhat. I've got an HQ but travel a ton. I did 250 jumps the other day inside of twenty four hours for no other reason than because I could do it and it was a useful task to help someone out.
Tell us about a fond memory of yours from before you were an egger. Not a question, I know, more of a prompt for a hopefully interesting response. |
Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1140
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Posted - 2017.02.04 17:25:24 -
[535] - Quote
Myxx wrote:Tell us about a fond memory of yours from before you were an egger.
Hmm. A difficult one. This is going to come across as 'edgy' or something, I'm sure, but fond memories are hard to come by when you're dealt some pretty **** hands by the universe at most times in your life. There are of course some fond memories from my upbringing as a slave, but they tend to drown a bit in the memories that are less... enjoyable. In spite of the circumstances, I do think fondly of that night when my slavery ended even though the memories largely consists of screams, utter terror and pain. I warned you, 'edgy' alert is blinking here.
I think fondly of the security manager at the station where I indulged in the 'poor pitiful me' stage of youth, along with drugs, alcohol and gang fights. He saved my life, quite literally, as I lost my eyesight to the failed attempt at bombing station infrastructure. Not me, of course, but some 'faithful' that had decided martyrdom for the Amarr was the right way forward.
Hmm. I think there is one that's without the taint of 'edginess' and connection to trouble.
A somewhat insular clan took in a young drug addled and combative woman, initially solely because through coincidence and chance, her bloodline through generations of slavery had remained about as pure as Gripdjur blood gets. They patiently - and shall we say concussively at times - got her clean, taught her the ways of the Matari, the Sebiestor and the Gripdjur. They never gave up on her even when she gave up on them, repeatedly.
She... well, I... owe them everything. My fondest memory from before I became a capsuleer was the day my true face was finally revealed to New Eden. The day when my efforts - and their titanic efforts - came to fruition and a slave girl from the Island of Thule rose above it all and emerged into the light as Gripdjur in heart, body, mind and spirit.
Edited to add: I realize the Island of Thule is probably not a term known to most. It's a name from ancient myths, mostly lost to time and probably reinvented who knows how many times, but it denotes a place far beyond the lands of the clan. With no family name of my own, and hailing from far beyond our world the name Del'thul, 'Of Thule' or 'from the Island of Thule' was given to me. This is my most prized possession.
Of course, since then my own mistakes and the betrayal of others have ensured I can never return there, but that is my fondest memory of my pre-capsuleer life. That one moment that is forever seared into my mind. The moment when I was home. When I were where I belonged. Nothing lasts forever and I no longer belong anywhere, but this memory will last for at least a lifetime.
Tell me, where do you truly belong? |
Utari Onzo
13. Enigma Project
1542
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Posted - 2017.02.04 20:32:53 -
[536] - Quote
My loyalty lies with the Empire, that much is certain. But as for a settled home? Still looking. I suppose I'm a kind of nomad, but not really by choice and not exactly comfortable with it, but every time I come close to putting down roots something lures (or pushes) me away.
Favourite candidate for the Stellar Council? I know, I know it's a political one and they're not exactly all that empowered with CONCORD, but it's topical!
"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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Myxx
765
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Posted - 2017.02.04 21:29:58 -
[537] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:My loyalty lies with the Empire, that much is certain. But as for a settled home? Still looking. I suppose I'm a kind of nomad, but not really by choice and not exactly comfortable with it, but every time I come close to putting down roots something lures (or pushes) me away.
Favourite candidate for the Stellar Council? I know, I know it's a political one and they're not exactly all that empowered with CONCORD, but it's topical! It has been a single day since they opened announcements up. I've seen maybe one that I like but overall I'm not really impressed so far by any of them.
Favorite food that is not of your home culture? |
Synthetic Cultist
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
583
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Posted - 2017.02.05 01:58:34 -
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Myxx wrote:Favorite food that is not of your home culture?
On One of my Trips through Federal Space, I came across a Restaurant wherein one of the Food Items that was One of their Specialities , was a Range of Pasta Rings that were Stuffed with Different Mixtures. Fillings included Meats, Sauces, Cheeses, and Vegetables. They were very Tasty, and were quite Intricate in their Construction.
Question: If you were Able to Communicate with a Non-human Intelligent Species, what would you Talk About ?
Synthia 1, Empress of Kaztropol.
It is Written.
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Khaotique Savage
Phoenix Naval Operations Phoenix Naval Systems
2
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Posted - 2017.02.05 06:38:07 -
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I'd probably tell it to get off my seat.
What's your favorite/most despised angel cartel ship and why? |
Myxx
765
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Posted - 2017.02.05 15:07:56 -
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Khaotique Savage wrote:I'd probably tell it to get off my seat.
What's your favorite/most despised angel cartel ship and why? Angel Cartel fleet ships or just cartel designed, period?
Cartel specific ships, probably the Dramiel is my favorite among them for its capability and its form.
Cartel-designed ships, on the other hand, probably the Vehement. I'm presently building one, and so its kind of my favorite project right now.
Favorite or most despised Guristas ship? |
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1975
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Posted - 2017.02.05 15:44:37 -
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Myxx wrote:Khaotique Savage wrote:I'd probably tell it to get off my seat.
What's your favorite/most despised angel cartel ship and why? Angel Cartel fleet ships or just cartel designed, period? Cartel specific ships, probably the Dramiel is my favorite among them for its capability and its form. Cartel-designed ships, on the other hand, probably the Vehement. I'm presently building one, and so its kind of my favorite project right now. Favorite or most despised Guristas ship?
Favourite? The Gila.
Most despised? Also the Gila.
Fast, stiff shield tank, medium drones that are like mini-warships. Can kite and brawl equally well. Goodness me!
How do you fly your tech 3 cruiser, if you fly any at all?
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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Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
138
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Posted - 2017.02.05 15:51:55 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote: How do you fly your tech 3 cruiser, if you fly any at all?
Ahaaaa, I don't fly any such thing and never have! All the time you lot are talking about boat this and boat that. We fly them, surely, but one has hobbies too? No?
That isn't my question though. What would a day in Paradise look like, to you? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1975
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Posted - 2017.02.05 16:30:42 -
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Loai Qerl wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote: How do you fly your tech 3 cruiser, if you fly any at all? Ahaaaa, I don't fly any such thing and never have! All the time you lot are talking about boat this and boat that. We fly them, surely, but one has hobbies too? No? That isn't my question though. What would a day in Paradise look like, to you?
A rig out in the middle of a calm ocean connected to the mainland by a wind-rider hydroplane. There will be a workshop, a lab, common and recreational space and a library with actual paper books. Food and water will be supplied by hydroponics, poultry farm and water desalination plant. Just need to be careful that Isi doesn't decide to supplement our diet with vat-meat. Our power needs will be met with micro-fission reactor and windmills.
Though if I were to have that in reality, I will also need auto-turret emplacements and storm-breakers too. And many security drones.
Do you prefer a life of exertion or a sedentary lifestyle?
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
765
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Posted - 2017.02.05 17:03:36 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Loai Qerl wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote: How do you fly your tech 3 cruiser, if you fly any at all? Ahaaaa, I don't fly any such thing and never have! All the time you lot are talking about boat this and boat that. We fly them, surely, but one has hobbies too? No? That isn't my question though. What would a day in Paradise look like, to you? A rig out in the middle of a calm ocean connected to the mainland by a wind-rider hydroplane. There will be a workshop, a lab, common and recreational space and a library with actual paper books. Food and water will be supplied by hydroponics, poultry farm and water desalination plant. Just need to be careful that Isi doesn't decide to supplement our diet with vat-meat. Our power needs will be met with micro-fission reactor and windmills. Though if I were to have that in reality, I will also need auto-turret emplacements and storm-breakers too. And many security drones. Do you prefer a life of exertion or a sedentary lifestyle? If I'm not working and doing something in some way, I feel useless and restless. Therefore, I always have another project to work on or something to occupy my mind and time. So after the Vehement I mentioned? Probably a Naglfar or an Archon. Maybe a second Thanatos. These would mostly just be to end up selling them for profit, but nonetheless its something to do because if I stop, I may as well retire again.
Favorite region and why? |
Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
50
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Posted - 2017.02.06 06:19:44 -
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Myxx wrote: Favorite region based on visible nebulae and why?
Outer Ring. I've only been there once.. but.. Cloud Ring looks so pretty. It's just.. kinda.. hard to describe why it's pretty, I guess.
Least favorite region based off looks?
Drone Region Resident
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Myxx
765
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Posted - 2017.02.06 06:28:07 -
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Tsao Aubbes wrote:Myxx wrote: Favorite region based on visible nebulae and why?
Outer Ring. I've only been there once.. but.. Cloud Ring looks so pretty. It's just.. kinda.. hard to describe why it's pretty, I guess. Least favorite region based off looks? I have to agree on the Cloud Ring and the surrounding space.
To answer you, probably Molden Heath and Heimatar
What is the ugliest ship of them all? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1982
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Posted - 2017.02.06 07:15:31 -
[547] - Quote
Myxx wrote:Tsao Aubbes wrote:Myxx wrote: Favorite region based on visible nebulae and why?
Outer Ring. I've only been there once.. but.. Cloud Ring looks so pretty. It's just.. kinda.. hard to describe why it's pretty, I guess. Least favorite region based off looks? I have to agree on the Cloud Ring and the surrounding space. To answer you, probably Molden Heath and Heimatar What is the ugliest ship of them all?
Far as I am concerned, the Aeon. Look at her! She's only half-finished!
Favourite roaming music?
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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Valjan Auduin
Khushakor Clan Of Questionable Repute
11
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Posted - 2017.02.06 10:04:57 -
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My favorite roaming music is usually some form of hardcore. That or the more classic punk. If it's loud and talking about dismantling the system, freeing slaves, or fighting fascists then I am all ears. Now, every so often if it's really just a relaxing excursion of sorts I'll play a bit of Darkstep.
We were all baseliners once, what do you feel when you awake from a podding knowing those who seconds ago served aboard your ship are lost forever when you can not truly be ended? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1983
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Posted - 2017.02.06 11:04:44 -
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Valjan Auduin wrote:My favorite roaming music is usually some form of hardcore. That or the more classic punk. If it's loud and talking about dismantling the system, freeing slaves, or fighting fascists then I am all ears. Now, every so often if it's really just a relaxing excursion of sorts I'll play a bit of Darkstep.
We were all baseliners once, what do you feel when you awake from a podding knowing those who seconds ago served aboard your ship are lost forever when you can not truly be ended?
Extremely bad. Bad enough to drown in whiskey or moonshine, if whiskey isn't available. Number of bottles scales up with number of dead crewmen. I do my best to make sure I will keep feeling bad about this. If I start feeling numb, I have my wife remind me about it and make me feel bad. This is my main motivation for working on my current project in the first place.
Thinking about it, I should probably consider writing progress logs.
Do you fraternise with your own crew?
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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Arline Kley
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
665
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Posted - 2017.02.06 12:07:03 -
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Yes I do. It helps build up respect and integrity amongst them if they can see you getting involved with their interests in a positive manner. A crew that respects their captain is a crew that is willing to work harder.
What would you consider to a be a good ship? And not just the base design.
"For it was said they had become like those peculiar demons, which dwell in matter but in whom no light may be found." - Father Grigori, Ravens 3:57
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Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing
322
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Posted - 2017.02.06 15:19:08 -
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Arline Kley wrote:What would you consider to a be a good ship? And not just the base design. Skiff. The functionality of it is pretty great, but I didn't expect its maneuvering to be so ... smooth. There is no ship I more enjoy the flying of.
Sunset or sunrise? |
Jev North
Anshar Incorporated
572
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Posted - 2017.02.06 16:17:58 -
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Kolodi Ramal wrote:Sunset or sunrise? The sudden insight that these are the same event, just seen from different places.
Where were you when the Seylin event happened?
"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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Sairena Asikawa
Ishukone-Raata Technological Research Institute Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
0
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Posted - 2017.02.06 16:19:38 -
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Kolodi Ramal wrote:Arline Kley wrote:What would you consider to a be a good ship? And not just the base design. Skiff. The functionality of it is pretty great, but I didn't expect its maneuvering to be so ... smooth. There is no ship I more enjoy the flying of. Sunset or sunrise? Sunrise!
I like that it helps make me feel like you're starting a new day. A clean beginning, as it were. I've found that a lot of people carry over stresses and gripes from the day before, and equally so that if you take the lessons, keep up any responsibilities, and just move on mentally, you're a lot better off.
What was your first crush like? |
Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
208
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Posted - 2017.02.06 16:37:21 -
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Jev North wrote:Where were you when the Seylin event happened? I think I was planetside? I didn't really hear about it till, like, awhile after it happened. But, it is pretty cool because, like, from what I heard, that's how wormholes became a thing! I think! Which is, like, cool! Because I live in wormhole space.
Sairena Asikawa wrote:What was your first crush like? Rude! She broke my jaw. Long story.
Was your first crush awkward?
Glory to Bob
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Khaotique Savage
Phoenix Naval Operations Phoenix Naval Systems
2
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Posted - 2017.02.06 17:49:26 -
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Merchant Rova wrote:Jev North wrote:Where were you when the Seylin event happened? I think I was planetside? I didn't really hear about it till, like, awhile after it happened. But, it is pretty cool because, like, from what I heard, that's how wormholes became a thing! I think! Which is, like, cool! Because I live in wormhole space. Sairena Asikawa wrote:What was your first crush like? Rude! She broke my jaw. Long story. Was your first crush awkward?
It certainly felt awkward when I crushed the glass table with his head and everyone around started staring.
Have you ever paid a ransom to save your ship ? and if so did the pirate honor his/her word and let you go ? |
Myxx
765
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Posted - 2017.02.06 19:32:53 -
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Khaotique Savage wrote:
Have you ever paid a ransom to save your ship ? and if so did the pirate honor his/her word and let you go ?
Nope, nor do I intend to start paying them if it happens. Ships aren't worth saving like that to me. The ones I've had explode on me served a purpose and were put on the line with the knowledge they would likely end up exploding. If I put larger assets worth a lot of ISK on the line, it is done so with a large enough backup fleet to support them.
Jev North wrote:
Where were you when the Seylin event happened?
This feels like it was so many lifetimes ago, when it really wasn't for me. I was in a meeting discussing a contract to build a batch of hulls for someone that has since retired. I remember it pretty vividly because one of our assistants came into the room and told us we should watch what was going on. It derailed the entire thing.
Going off of a question from above: How have you changed, personality wise, from when you were a mere mortal? How does who you were then compare to who you are now? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1991
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Posted - 2017.02.07 03:03:25 -
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Myxx wrote:Khaotique Savage wrote:
Have you ever paid a ransom to save your ship ? and if so did the pirate honor his/her word and let you go ?
Nope, nor do I intend to start paying them if it happens. Ships aren't worth saving like that to me. The ones I've had explode on me served a purpose and were put on the line with the knowledge they would likely end up exploding. If I put larger assets worth a lot of ISK on the line, it is done so with a large enough backup fleet to support them. Jev North wrote:
Where were you when the Seylin event happened?
This feels like it was so many lifetimes ago, when it really wasn't for me. I was in a meeting discussing a contract to build a batch of hulls for someone that has since retired. I remember it pretty vividly because one of our assistants came into the room and told us we should watch what was going on. It derailed the entire thing. Going off of a question from above: How have you changed, personality wise, from when you were a mere mortal? How does who you were then compare to who you are now?
I am more reckless than I used to be when I was mortal. Back then I wouldn't even consider doing the sort of things I dare to do as a capsuleer. Have to remind myself to stop taking insane risks if the projected probability of success is less than 50%. Thinking about it, I wouldn't even take 50% chances back when I was mortal.
The side effect of having permanent death being 'optional', I think.
I suppose I can still get that fear of death back if someone cancels my clone contract. However, if that is to come to pass, I hope that doesn't include relinquishing all my implants. I would still like to fly with my ship and die with my ship. It will be like a sea burial, except in space. Yes, I know sea burials are more of a Brutor tradition. I will also tag my final clone body to ensure that it will find its way back to my clan for a proper sky burial after my demise.
Is there anything from your mortal life you had left behind when you become Empyrean? Did you regret leaving those behind, or do you still yearn for them?
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
765
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Posted - 2017.02.08 04:11:35 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Myxx wrote:Khaotique Savage wrote:
Have you ever paid a ransom to save your ship ? and if so did the pirate honor his/her word and let you go ?
Nope, nor do I intend to start paying them if it happens. Ships aren't worth saving like that to me. The ones I've had explode on me served a purpose and were put on the line with the knowledge they would likely end up exploding. If I put larger assets worth a lot of ISK on the line, it is done so with a large enough backup fleet to support them. Jev North wrote:
Where were you when the Seylin event happened?
This feels like it was so many lifetimes ago, when it really wasn't for me. I was in a meeting discussing a contract to build a batch of hulls for someone that has since retired. I remember it pretty vividly because one of our assistants came into the room and told us we should watch what was going on. It derailed the entire thing. Going off of a question from above: How have you changed, personality wise, from when you were a mere mortal? How does who you were then compare to who you are now? I am more reckless than I used to be when I was mortal. Back then I wouldn't even consider doing the sort of things I dare to do as a capsuleer. Have to remind myself to stop taking insane risks if the projected probability of success is less than 50%. Thinking about it, I wouldn't even take 50% chances back when I was mortal. The side effect of having permanent death being 'optional', I think. I suppose I can still get that fear of death back if someone cancels my clone contract. However, if that is to come to pass, I hope that doesn't include relinquishing all my implants. I would still like to fly with my ship and die with my ship. It will be like a sea burial, except in space. Yes, I know sea burials are more of a Brutor tradition. I will also tag my final clone body to ensure that it will find its way back to my clan for a proper sky burial after my demise. Is there anything from your mortal life you had left behind when you become Empyrean? Did you regret leaving those behind, or do you still yearn for them?
I had to think about this one. Truly, I did. To be completely honest with you, no. There isn't anything that is out of my reach now that I no longer have access to in some way. Outside of former residences in Gallente space, which I truthfully don't care much for to begin with. I even still have my original body sitting in frozen storage somewhere. That life means very little to me now.
What weapons platform do you favor, and why? Be as broad or as specific as you like. |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1998
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Posted - 2017.02.08 04:41:02 -
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Myxx wrote:
I had to think about this one. Truly, I did. To be completely honest with you, no. There isn't anything that is out of my reach now that I no longer have access to in some way. Outside of former residences in Gallente space, which I truthfully don't care much for to begin with. I even still have my original body sitting in frozen storage somewhere. That life means very little to me now.
What weapons platform do you favor, and why? Be as broad or as specific as you like.
Missiles, drones, projectiles and energy neutralizers. Usually, I like to fly ships that have two of these four options available at the same time. Even better if I get the option of missiles/projectiles, drones AND energy neutralizers. I am fond of multiple-prong offence. Typical Minmatar mentality, I suppose.
In frigates, I am fond of rockets due to their ability to almost always hit for maximum damage at anywhere within scram ranges especially when stasis webifiers are utilised. In a cruiser, about 50/50 split between missiles (HAMs especially) and projectiles. Projectiles have better application against smaller targets if I could get their transversal down, while missiles tend to hit for very stable and higher applied damage against anything larger as long as they couldn't outfly the missile. Both weapons platform come with a variety of munitions to exploit any defence flaws too.
Of course, I always prefer to throw in drones and energy neutralizers right on top of the primary weapons platform just to screw with my targets. Makes it more difficult to shake me off once I got within scram range. Even better if my ship is capable of mitigating damage at close orbit and has a stiff regenerating shield/armour defence system to compound the issue.
I like to think of myself as 'that guy who fights like an ******** at close ranges'.
How much value do you place on a ship's technical specs?
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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Claudia Osyn
Non-Hostile Target
2254
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Posted - 2017.02.08 04:53:24 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Myxx wrote:
I had to think about this one. Truly, I did. To be completely honest with you, no. There isn't anything that is out of my reach now that I no longer have access to in some way. Outside of former residences in Gallente space, which I truthfully don't care much for to begin with. I even still have my original body sitting in frozen storage somewhere. That life means very little to me now.
What weapons platform do you favor, and why? Be as broad or as specific as you like.
Missiles, drones, projectiles and energy neutralizers. Usually, I like to fly ships that have two of these four options available at the same time. Even better if I get the option of missiles/projectiles, drones AND energy neutralizers. I am fond of multiple-prong offence. Typical Minmatar mentality, I suppose. In frigates, I am fond of rockets due to their ability to almost always hit for maximum damage at anywhere within scram ranges especially when stasis webifiers are utilised. In a cruiser, about 50/50 split between missiles (HAMs especially) and projectiles. Projectiles have better application against smaller targets if I could get their transversal down, while missiles tend to hit for very stable and higher applied damage against anything larger as long as they couldn't outfly the missile. Both weapons platform come with a variety of munitions to exploit any defence flaws too. Of course, I always prefer to throw in drones and energy neutralizers right on top of the primary weapons platform just to screw with my targets. Makes it more difficult to shake me off once I got within scram range. Even better if my ship is capable of mitigating damage at close orbit and has a stiff regenerating shield/armour defence system to compound the issue. I like to think of myself as 'that guy who fights like an ******** at close ranges'. How much value do you place on a ship's technical specs?
well, enough to us them as guidelines for fitting my ship, but not so much that I won't try fitting stupid things just to see if it will work.
What's your favorite role in fleets and what drew you to it?
A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1998
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Posted - 2017.02.08 05:07:58 -
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Claudia Osyn wrote:
What's your favorite role in fleets and what drew you to it?
Last time I got into a fleet, which was a long time ago, I always take +1 picket role every chance I get, even more so if I can fly something that flies fast, has stiff defenses and hits hard with excellent projection within scram range in that role. This role grants me autonomy, allowing me to make my own darn decisions, as well as letting me play the role of the hunter at the same time. Go to systems as directed by fleet command, seek targets, report on targets, anything else up until the fleet lands on grid is up to me. Usually, that means I can get to brutalising my targets while waiting for backup. Not too different from how I usually operate. The differences are that I will have orders and I will have backup while I do my best to wreak some havoc. Last time I did this I killed a tackler and started chewing up a destroyer on approach. The targets dispersed as soon as the small fleet turned up, with the fleet complaining that I'm too violent in this role.
This appeals to my more primal side.
Do you have darker impulses when in combat, and how much control do you have over them?
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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Tsao Aubbes
Imperial Mining Incorporated Brothers of Tangra
50
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Posted - 2017.02.08 05:41:50 -
[562] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Do you have darker impulses when in combat, and how much control do you have over them? I.. well.. I think this question was asking about fighting other capsuleers.. but, I'm not good at that. But, I also don't want to really break the question, so I guess I'll try to answer from both points of views.
Frequently when I'm fighting rogue drones I.. get into it and have fun. And it is fun to destroy drones, I enjoy that. But.. my mind kinda wanders and I start to think about if it would be.. fun.. to destroy baseliner ships. "How hard would it be to take on a navy battleship? Would it be fun?". That.. sorta.. scares me. I've kinda thought about maybe shooting other kinds of.. pirates.. but.. I still kinda feel uneasy about it. And I really don't know why I feel so uneasy about it. They're pirates after all..
As for combat versus capsuleers.. I.. guess I want to sorta.. just throw tech 1 cruisers at whoever is in our system. But, those are fights I can't win and I stop myself. There's no reason for me to waste ships and crew like that. Because I know the other capsuleer is better fit and has better skills, with both in the pod and piloting skills, regardless of if they have friends a system over. I kinda get mad at myself for being so awful at fighting capsuleers, but I go and do something else for awhile, so it's fine..
I hope I answered those correctly. I'm not always sure if I have or not sometimes..
How do you control your.. umm.. darker impulses in combat?
Drone Region Resident
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Maria Daphiti
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
226
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Posted - 2017.02.08 05:46:13 -
[563] - Quote
Tsao Aubbes wrote: How do you control your.. umm.. darker impulses in combat?
Through the structure of my Alliance. PIE has strict rules of engagement from the Admiralty that channel our aggression in pre-determined ways. Almost like the Faith does for my life.
How you you control your .. darker impulses... in every day life?
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Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
1788
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Posted - 2017.02.08 05:50:38 -
[564] - Quote
Maria Daphiti wrote:Tsao Aubbes wrote: How do you control your.. umm.. darker impulses in combat? Through the structure of my Alliance. PIE has strict rules of engagement from the Admiralty that channel our aggression in pre-determined ways. Almost like the Faith does for my life. How you you control your .. darker impulses... in every day life? By ignoring them. By diving into your cause head first and not looking at what distracts from that.
How do you deal with sympathy for those you kill in combat, if you even do that is? |
Agiri Falken
State War Academy Caldari State
253
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Posted - 2017.02.08 06:07:29 -
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Deitra Vess wrote:Maria Daphiti wrote:Tsao Aubbes wrote: How do you control your.. umm.. darker impulses in combat? Through the structure of my Alliance. PIE has strict rules of engagement from the Admiralty that channel our aggression in pre-determined ways. Almost like the Faith does for my life. How you you control your .. darker impulses... in every day life? By ignoring them. By diving into your cause head first and not looking at what distracts from that. How do you deal with sympathy for those you kill in combat, if you even do that is? I let it sink in long after the fact. You can't really afford it, then and there, whether they deserve it or not. It's a lot easier when the guy you just shot, stabbed or strangled was a Dragonaur or someone equally deserving, but some random FedMar grunts another matter. They get a little place in my head each night.
For you capsuleers out there; Have you ever killed someone up close and personal? If so, when was it, and how different was it from ship to ship fighting? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1998
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Posted - 2017.02.08 06:31:41 -
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Yes. Cartel enforcers and mercs. Typically inside enclosed environments of outposts. Killing done with E-tool, submachine guns, plasma torches and arc welders. I do not really remember the details all too much because I was set on demolition or hacking tasks and they were in the way. Killing them wasn't my focus. I only recall them as footnotes in my combat engineering past.
In ship combat, I am more focused on taking down the target. Back when I was a baseliner, the killing was secondary to whatever more important tasks I had to perform. As such, I tend to remember these starship battles with more clarity. Killings done up close personally, in the flesh? Those are more of a blur. I only remembered the essentials and that's it.
How did you deal with your time spent in sense deprivation tanks when you were still a capsuleer hopeful?
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
765
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Posted - 2017.02.08 08:01:47 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Yes. Cartel enforcers and mercs. Typically inside enclosed environments of outposts. Killing done with E-tool, submachine guns, plasma torches and arc welders. I do not really remember the details all too much because I was set on demolition or hacking tasks and they were in the way. Killing them wasn't my focus. I only recall them as footnotes in my combat engineering past.
In ship combat, I am more focused on taking down the target. Back when I was a baseliner, the killing was secondary to whatever more important tasks I had to perform. As such, I tend to remember these starship battles with more clarity. Killings done up close personally, in the flesh? Those are more of a blur. I only remembered the essentials and that's it.
How did you deal with your time spent in sense deprivation tanks when you were still a capsuleer hopeful?
I tested my memory by reciting several novels each session. It was fun, almost meditative.
What necessary thing do you hate doing most as a capsuleer? Yes, deliberately broad enough to allow for creative answers. |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1998
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Posted - 2017.02.08 09:22:30 -
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Myxx wrote:
What necessary thing do you hate doing most as a capsuleer? Yes, deliberately broad enough to allow for creative answers.
Selling manufactured goods and plunder in the Jita market. Too much time spent on staring at spreadsheet and undercutting competitors. Not to mention too many capsuleers and 'capsuleers' in a small square kilometer and too far away from people I care about. Yet, it had to be done since products move fastest here and I do need the income as funds.
What necessary thing do you hate doing most as a capsuleer? Yes, repeating the question.
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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Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
25424
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Posted - 2017.02.08 12:27:57 -
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Quote:What necessary thing do you hate doing most as a capsuleer? I dont like snorting out all that pod fluid every time I leave capsule. And it aint pretty when you have those long boogers hanging down from your nostrils.
Maybe you could answer to this question: How do you like to end your day? With a book? With a glass of wine? With a woman/man at your side? Watching spreadsheets and then falling asleep in your chair, drooling?
Every part of a game helps to tell a story =ƒôò
Where is Angry CONCORD guy when you need him
Osprey =ƒÜÇ
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Che Biko
Alexylva Paradox
888
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Posted - 2017.02.08 12:47:57 -
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Woman by my side, definitely.
Can someone post a question in my stead?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1998
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Posted - 2017.02.08 12:54:03 -
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Che Biko wrote:Woman by my side, definitely.
Can someone post a question in my stead?
What makes a good question?
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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Jev North
Anshar Incorporated
579
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Posted - 2017.02.08 13:30:31 -
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I enjoy the ones that are open-ended enough to apply to basically anyone, but encourage people to produce a little anecdote, or reveal a piece of their mind that they wouldn't volunteer in a run-of-the-mill Summit conversation.
Do you spend a lot of time thinking about what's on other people's minds? Do you figure they might be thinking about what's on yours?
"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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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1998
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Posted - 2017.02.08 14:08:55 -
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Jev North wrote: Do you spend a lot of time thinking about what's on other people's minds? Do you figure they might be thinking about what's on yours?
No. I'm not a narcissistic paranoid psychologist.
Do you have a side gig?
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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Jev North
Anshar Incorporated
580
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Posted - 2017.02.08 14:12:07 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Do you have a side gig? Snappy one-liners.
When was the last time you kicked yourself for stumbling wide-eyed into a trap?
"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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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1146
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Posted - 2017.02.08 14:17:42 -
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Jev North wrote:Do you spend a lot of time thinking about what's on other people's minds? Do you figure they might be thinking about what's on yours?
Very little. If they're honest and true, they'll let me know what's on their mind if I should know about it. If they're not, what's on their mind is not something I'm that interested in dwelling upon and basic paranoia will keep their machinations at bay anyway. Of course there's exceptions. If someone is important to me I'll wonder, sure. Unless you are short on self-confidence however, it still shouldn't matter much beyond simple curiosity though.
I honestly doubt anyone really think about what's on my mind. Like everyone else on this board and elsewhere in New Eden, I'm rather irrelevant to any larger picture and anyone that's close enough to me to matter probably already know me well enough to have a good idea as it is. Besides, it's not like I'm a complicated person. What you see is largely what you get since I've long since outgrown any need to hide views, thoughts or unsavory parts of myself, so the dishonesty simply isn't required.
Tell me, would you spare the feelings of your friends or allies by lying to them or would you pay the price of their discontent by telling them the truth? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2908
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Posted - 2017.02.08 14:19:28 -
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Jev North wrote:Do you spend a lot of time thinking about what's on other people's minds? Do you figure they might be thinking about what's on yours? Yes and no.
Learning why people live and think and act the way that they do is one of my favorite things. People don't act only from what's inside them; it often seems like a person is kind of a vessel of influences all bottled up in what might be called their "nature." It often seems like a pretty thin bottle. It's tempting to link this to the duality between the infomorph (software/mind/"me") and clone (hardware/genetics/vessel/transient flesh), but really I don't think it's anywhere near that simple.
There are bits of my infomorph that are part of my nature as a person, I'm sure. It's just hard to say with certainty which parts those are-- probably the bits that aren't rooted in knowledge but I can't seem to change, like my reluctance to depend on others to do work I won't do myself. Being willing to let others do the dirty work of this life might have let me be a somewhat happier person, but I'd feel like a coward and a parasite, so, actually, I think that would bother me more than a guilty conscience does.
Really, though, that just means that I'm happier as someone who does than as someone who lets others do. That might be down to nature.
The rest-- how all of that expresses itself, where I live, what and whom I love, what I believe, what I do-- that's probably a matter of what my experiences have been and where they've led me, my context as it's developed over time.
"Nature" doesn't actually interest me so much; wherever you go you'll meet the same basic kinds of people, the same "vessels," more or less, again and again. But you can find the same basic sort of person playing drastically different parts in different places.
What those vessels are filled with, how, and why-- that's fascinating.
So I guess, I do think a lot about what goes on in other people's minds (and, obviously, in my own), not so much as a matter of worrying what they think of me but more just thinking about what makes them who they are. Whether they're concerned with what's on mine-- well, probably some are and some aren't. I might be a little bit of a strange person, but not everyone's very interested in what others are thinking or why.
If you'd been born somewhere different-- a different culture, a different empire, even-- do you think you'd be very different from who you are? |
Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1146
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Posted - 2017.02.08 14:35:21 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:If you'd been born somewhere different-- a different culture, a different empire, even-- do you think you'd be very different from who you are?
If a hair had fallen over one eye rather than the other thirty years ago, it'd likely change almost everything. Every study ever done on the subject shows that upbringing accounts for the great majority of people's views, attitudes, mental state etc. That said, the answer to your question is... no.
I could have been born - assuming the same genetic payload - anywhere in New Eden, in any culture, raised in any number of different ways, experienced completely different things but I would still be just... me. I am not my memories. I am not my views. I am not my attitude or experiences. These things all shape me, my mind, my body, my thoughts, my actions and so on but what those experiences and differences shape would be the same clay. The same core spirit, the same being. External molding would change so very many things but it wouldn't take away me.
In rather simplified and daft terms, you can fit a Hel however you want, but it's never going to be an Aeon or anything else but a Hel no matter how differently you do it.
The difficult part of life is coming to terms with the clash between you and your upbringing and experiences, then take the control needed to shape it all to be in sync with that immutable core that is yourself.
Assuming it got lost in the torrent of previous answers, I'll repeat the previous question: Tell me, would you spare the feelings of your friends or allies by lying to them or would you pay the price of their discontent by telling them the truth? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2909
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Posted - 2017.02.08 15:02:32 -
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Mizhara Del'thul wrote:Tell me, would you spare the feelings of your friends or allies by lying to them or would you pay the price of their discontent by telling them the truth?
It depends on the circumstances. In general, I try not to lie, but sometimes truth is something needlessly harmful.
It's a little strange. Behaving honestly leads to a reputation for, and maybe even actually having, integrity. That leads to being trusted. Being trusted means learning secrets. Having integrity about knowing secrets usually means not revealing what you know, sometimes for no better reason than because speaking the truth will hurt someone. That means hiding what you know.
Behaving honorably/with integrity seems a little more complicated than just being unfailingly honest.
How "wrong," and in what way, does a person have to be before it's okay to kill them? |
Jev North
Anshar Incorporated
580
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Posted - 2017.02.08 16:11:51 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:How "wrong," and in what way, does a person have to be before it's okay to kill them? I've mostly given up on morality, at least as defined by rules and guidelines. Instead I try to imagine what this person would do if our positions were switched. If it's some variation of "I'd take that shot, duh, of course," I think I'm fairly absolved. If they really are shining beacons of character or morality, well. I will do them the honour of feeling some amount of guilt.
I guess this is one of the reasons I'm interested in the minds of others, hm.
What was the last capsuleer social event you visited? Did it live up to your expectations?
"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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Tyrel Toov
Non-Hostile Target
918
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Posted - 2017.02.08 23:12:39 -
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Agiri Falken wrote: For you capsuleers out there; Have you ever killed someone up close and personal? If so, when was it, and how different was it from ship to ship fighting?
It's a bit more personal, as you're actually watching your target die instead of a fireworks display. I had to do it quite a few times when I served with the Republic military.
What is your first and last thoughts as you're going into structure?
I want to paint my ship Periwinkle.
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Myxx
765
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Posted - 2017.02.09 01:21:53 -
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Tyrel Toov wrote:Agiri Falken wrote: For you capsuleers out there; Have you ever killed someone up close and personal? If so, when was it, and how different was it from ship to ship fighting?
It's a bit more personal, as you're actually watching your target die instead of a fireworks display. I had to do it quite a few times when I served with the Republic military. What is your first and last thoughts as you're going into structure?
"Well, at least this ship served its purpose." If its a hull I've had a while, or if its a scouting frigate its usually something like, "This is why I use scouts. Better this than what I'm scouting for." And right as I'm at around ten percent, its mentally preparing myself to instawarp if I can to a celestial to gtfo, and focusing on surviving in a pod. Its kinda weird when your thought processes split, one becomes sentimental for the hull and the other is purely technical on getting out of a bad situation. Its like, "Okay, warp off, figure out how far away from a docking port you are, dock up, gather yourself, set a route back to HQ that doesn't go through where I was..." and just the step by step motions of getting home without being podded. The second thought process there is just something that goes through a lot of experience to develop and focus on.
Some people like shield tanking, some people like to armor tank, but what are your thoughts on those weirdos that like to hull tank and do it successfully? |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
1999
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Posted - 2017.02.09 01:30:58 -
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Myxx wrote:.
Some people like shield tanking, some people like to armor tank, but what are your thoughts on those weirdos that like to hull tank and do it successfully?
'Gallente'.
Seriously, every time I see a hull tanker he's usually flying Fed ships, and with very high likelihood he's either in a Comet, an Atron, a Taranis or the odd close-combat Tristan.
Has anyone tried to hull tank anything that is neither Fed nor Serpentis? How did that go?
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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Val en Thielles
Thielles Consolidated
0
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Posted - 2017.02.09 01:44:05 -
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Myxx wrote:
Some people like shield tanking, some people like to armor tank, but what are your thoughts on those weirdos that like to hull tank and do it successfully?
I am deeply irritated by the fact that my fellow weirdos feel "hull tanking is for real men". The usage of bulkheads and damage control systems do not require any masculine property and though I have lost a fair amount of hull tanked ships, they were in no part due to any incompetence in my hull tanking.
Is there any ship that stands out among the others, feels like "home" to you?
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Saya Ishikari
Akagi Initiative Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
519
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Posted - 2017.02.09 02:10:14 -
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Val en Thielles wrote:Myxx wrote:
Some people like shield tanking, some people like to armor tank, but what are your thoughts on those weirdos that like to hull tank and do it successfully?
I am deeply irritated by the fact that my fellow weirdos feel "hull tanking is for real men". The usage of bulkheads and damage control systems do not require any masculine property and though I have lost a fair amount of hull tanked ships, they were in no part due to any incompetence in my hull tanking. Is there any ship that stands out among the others, feels like "home" to you? The Tengu. It just feels... Right.
What is the LEAST compatible ship you've ever flown? What felt off about it?
"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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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2000
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Posted - 2017.02.09 03:51:31 -
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Saya Ishikari wrote:Val en Thielles wrote:Myxx wrote:
Some people like shield tanking, some people like to armor tank, but what are your thoughts on those weirdos that like to hull tank and do it successfully?
I am deeply irritated by the fact that my fellow weirdos feel "hull tanking is for real men". The usage of bulkheads and damage control systems do not require any masculine property and though I have lost a fair amount of hull tanked ships, they were in no part due to any incompetence in my hull tanking. Is there any ship that stands out among the others, feels like "home" to you? The Tengu. It just feels... Right. What is the LEAST compatible ship you've ever flown? What felt off about it?
Any long range combat ship ever. I do not know why, exactly. It just felt like there's something missing, a hole in my being, whenever I fly one of these.
Has anyone tried to hull tank anything that is neither Fed nor Serpentis? How did that go?
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
765
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Posted - 2017.02.09 04:46:53 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Saya Ishikari wrote:Val en Thielles wrote:Myxx wrote:
Some people like shield tanking, some people like to armor tank, but what are your thoughts on those weirdos that like to hull tank and do it successfully?
I am deeply irritated by the fact that my fellow weirdos feel "hull tanking is for real men". The usage of bulkheads and damage control systems do not require any masculine property and though I have lost a fair amount of hull tanked ships, they were in no part due to any incompetence in my hull tanking. Is there any ship that stands out among the others, feels like "home" to you? The Tengu. It just feels... Right. What is the LEAST compatible ship you've ever flown? What felt off about it? Any long range combat ship ever. I do not know why, exactly. It just felt like there's something missing, a hole in my being, whenever I fly one of these. Has anyone tried to hull tank anything that is neither Fed nor Serpentis? How did that go? I once ran a simulation attempting to hull tank a Hurricane. Alas, Minmatar Ship Construction foregoes the hull portion of the ship and as we all know, simply slaps together armor plating. It does not work. To this day, some of my engineers continually remind me about requiring a sturdy frame to attach bulkheads to to begin with.
I'm clearly joking. No, I've not tried with anything non-gallente or gallente-based.
How did you pay (or, who paid for you?) to get through capsuleer selection and training?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2002
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Posted - 2017.02.09 06:00:24 -
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Myxx wrote: I once ran a simulation attempting to hull tank a Hurricane. Alas, Minmatar Ship Construction foregoes the hull portion of the ship and as we all know, simply slaps together armor plating. It does not work. To this day, some of my engineers continually remind me about requiring a sturdy frame to attach bulkheads to to begin with.
I'm clearly joking. No, I've not tried with anything non-gallente or gallente-based.
How did you pay (or, who paid for you?) to get through capsuleer selection and training?
You aren't really far off about how the Hurricane is designed. Every Minmatar ship's structure is made of the barest minimum amount of tritanium alloy skeletal frame (to provide support to the other components of the ship) plus one layer of fernite carbide plating (to ensure that any loss in armour plating does not result in an atmospheric decompression). A Federation ship architect will probably start frothing at the mouth just looking at how we design our ships and insist in 'adding more frames and more plating'.
I was sponsored into the RMS Capsuleer Programme by the RMS herself. I do need to sign a few papers and complete an obligatory service period before I was cut loose.
If you still had family and baseliner friends, how did they react to you becoming capsuleer?
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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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
748
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Posted - 2017.02.09 23:17:42 -
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They politely congratulated me on my career successes, quietly took preliminary compatibility tests themselves, and soon starting asking me for money. I stopped attending the reunions rather soon afterwards.
Tell me the story of a love gone wrong.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Myxx
765
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Posted - 2017.02.10 00:44:46 -
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Neph wrote:They politely congratulated me on my career successes, quietly took preliminary compatibility tests themselves, and soon starting asking me for money. I stopped attending the reunions rather soon afterwards.
Tell me the story of a love gone wrong. To be honest, my family knows better than to ask for money. If they do, they know I might add a few zeroes on and give them a headache in taxes for the rest of their lives instead. Nor do they appreciate who I affiliate with, given it isn't connected to those I was employed to before becoming an egger. There is your love gone wrong. Not what you expected or wanted, I think.
Why do people jump to the most dramatic conclusions with no evidence? See recent events of the last 48 hours. How could Kyonoke ever be involved. Nobody has breached or assaulted Taisy in years. I blame Aria for bringing that possibility up to begin with. |
Julianni Avala
Ishukone-Raata Corporate Investment Bank Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
114
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Posted - 2017.02.10 00:59:44 -
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Myxx wrote:Why do people jump to the most dramatic conclusions with no evidence? See recent events of the last 48 hours. How could Kyonoke ever be involved. Nobody has breached or assaulted Taisy in years. I blame Aria for bringing that possibility up to begin with.
We're all in an interesting position of a sort of "immortality", in a sense. Day to day, we see much of the same thing over and over. For the most part, there's hardly any change in routine. Be it paperwork for the executives, looting and killing for pirates, or fighting for your people in a war, it could be seen that nothing is ever changing.
Throw in something as devastating as Kyonoke, and that's where things change up. What was once the day to day now has a new factor.
At least, that's what I think.
What's your favourite colour and why?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2011
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Posted - 2017.02.10 01:37:40 -
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Julianni Avala wrote:
What's your favourite colour and why?
Earthy-brown. Reminds me of home.
When's the last time you got the flu?
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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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2920
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Posted - 2017.02.10 05:29:36 -
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Myxx wrote:Why do people jump to the most dramatic conclusions with no evidence? See recent events of the last 48 hours. How could Kyonoke ever be involved. Nobody has breached or assaulted Taisy in years. I blame Aria for bringing that possibility up to begin with.
Since apparently I'm to blame, I'll answer this one also. Well-- I'll address the specific instance anyway.
Firstly , Kyonoke isn't just some spooky thing that's stayed politely in its little hot zone that nobody ever visits because: Kyonoke. Apparently Sansha Kuvakei somehow got a hold of some a ways back, or at least that's what he claimed. Anyone remembering that has kind of been waiting for it to get used somehow.
Secondly, the recent mention of quarantines hasn't apparently come with an explanation, and yet has made news cluster-wide, which is exactly how you get a lot of speculation and is only really acceptable if being clear about the reason would be worse. From the perspective of controlling public reaction, there's not all that much that's worse than mysterious silence, so if it was just a nasty local virus, I'd have expected them to say so.
Thirdly, I've kind of got a dark mind and tend to contemplate worst-case scenarios and what to do about them pretty readily (along with some other things). Partly, it's kind of my job, but I've recently realized that I also do this because I kind of think it's fun, so, there's that. I'm sometimes maybe a little careless about the possible knock-on effects of that kind of theorizing, and I've been accused of alarmism before.
To which: maybe it's immature of me to feel such a thing, but I kind of don't care. Speculating is fun, and sometimes I end up being right and being able to anticipate something going really wrong can be a little helpful. Speculating with other people sometimes just scares them (not usually productive) but sometimes produces neat insights which are really engaging to consider even if they mostly stay hypothetical.
Elmund Egivand wrote:When's the last time you got the flu?
I ... haven't. That I remember. I try to make sure my clones get and stay inoculated, and I know it's not as simple as that, but I also clone jump kind of often, so, I might have just left it behind a couple times.
Is it bad to have dark imaginings? Why? |
Garion Avarr
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
25
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Posted - 2017.02.10 08:09:07 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote: Is it bad to have dark imaginings? Why?
Not in and of itself, no. In some cases it can even be good. But it can become a bad thing, sometimes.
Most people have some dark imaginings, some of the time. That's part of being human.
If one's job involves, say, thinking of ways to hurt others, or thinking of possible worst case scenarios so that one can prevent others from getting hurt, then having an inclination towards dark imaginings can be an asset.
But it sometimes has the capability to affect how one relates to others, how one perceives the world around oneself in negative ways. This can be a potential hazard to maintaining a good work/life balance, and more to the point, tends to become problematic once one transitions to civilian life.
Of course, some people in the arts also find it helpful. Most keep it in good balance, perhaps with the artistic expression helping to keep it in balance, but some unfortunately let it overwhelm them.
What is your favorite form of art?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2012
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Posted - 2017.02.10 08:51:44 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote: Is it bad to have dark imaginings? Why?
I feel that I must address this question.
The answer I can provide is: It depends.
Dark imaginings that came out of nowhere, with no basis, no valid premise and no evidence to back them up? That is definitely detrimental. This is the way towards depression and paranoia, both of which are self-destructive and serve no practical purpose.
Dark imaginings that are based on valid premises and has evidence to back them up? Depends on how one acts upon it. If one starts putting down rational plans, steps and actions with the intention of minimising the potential damage should the suspicion and fear turn out to be true, this is completely fine. In fact, this is productive and has a high likelihood of netting a positive consequence. However, if one starts acting irrationally in the response of dark imaginings? Those are self-destructive and are not fine.
Then there's also the matter of how one voices their fears, speculations and opinions based on dark imaginings. What must be understood, first and foremost, is that humans, all of us except perhaps the Jovians (who can't really feel anything unless trained to), are much more receptive to negative emotions than to positive ones. As such, reactions towards negative emotions are more immediate, more intense and more impulsive than positive ones. Knowing this, the act of voicing one's fears, speculations and opinions based on dark imaginings must be done with great care. Before opening one's gob, first, examine how those who hear what you had to say may respond and determine if their response might lead to a net negative effect or a net positive one. Then decide whether you should have voiced your fears, speculations and opinions based on dark imaginings or quietly act upon them with the interest of safeguarding yourself and your community without causing undue alarm and possibly a wave of paranoia, which is ultimately self-destructive.
Garion Avarr wrote:
What is your favorite form of art?
Music, typically. With drums, pipes and electronic beats.
How often do you examine your thoughts and speeches before you decide to act upon them or voice them?
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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Che Biko
Alexylva Paradox
888
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Posted - 2017.02.10 13:00:18 -
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I've stopped counting, but I'm currently on a streak well over 200 times and counting...
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?
Coordination Channel for Consolidated Space Rescue Cooperation
Open Letter to the Aidonis Foundation Directorate
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2921
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Posted - 2017.02.10 13:32:07 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:How often do you examine your thoughts and speeches before you decide to act upon them or voice them?
Most of the time. No, really.
I sometimes seem to say things people consider alarmist or alarming, but mostly I don't haul up stuff from my imagination's turbid depths unless there's a real pattern emerging that would match it. I tend to be pretty open about stuff that actually worries me, I guess, and maybe I'm just not very jaded about what might really be real and what's not worth raising concerns about.
Maybe that needs some calibration, and I just don't have enough personal experience distinguishing creepy patterns that should be mentioned from creepy patterns that shouldn't, and this doesn't seem like one of those places where just knowing facts helps all that much.
That might need some work, but I'm not sure I have the full context I might need for fine-tuning. (I'm subjectively, like, two years old this week.) Does that mean I should just shut up until I'm a little more jaded?
Maybe.
A lot of what I filter doesn't have a lot to do with real worries or possibilities-- at least, not things I likely have to worry about coming from other people. There probably aren't a lot of people who need or want to know that I've been idly contemplating whether a carefully molded and plasticized human esophagus or a similarly-treated trachea would make the better blowgun. Just, you know, for example.
That kind of stuff I partly don't mention because other people sometimes steal my ideas (I'm not too worried about the one above). Saede calls it "killer instinct," but I'm not sure that quite covers it, and it's not like I'm fully okay with killing people, either. Or, I try not to be, anyway.
So, yeah. Filter: on. Just, I guess I usually feel like if I see something interesting or worrying, I maybe ought to say something.
Maybe in the future I'll just say it to the Praefecta, instead, but I don't want to trouble her, either.
Edit:
I'll just let Che's question stand. It doesn't really apply to me. |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
748
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Posted - 2017.02.11 02:29:35 -
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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.
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2934
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Posted - 2017.02.11 02:31:12 -
[598] - Quote
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? |
Nauplius
Hoi Andrapodistai
722
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Posted - 2017.02.11 14:09:42 -
[599] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:That kind of stuff I partly don't mention because other people sometimes steal my ideas (I'm not too worried about the one above).
If you ever start writing Sojourn posts again, pilot, I promise not to use them as inspiration for acts of violence against slaves. |
Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1050
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Posted - 2017.02.14 17:14:36 -
[600] - Quote
Nauplius wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote:That kind of stuff I partly don't mention because other people sometimes steal my ideas (I'm not too worried about the one above). If you ever start writing Sojourn posts again, pilot, I promise not to use them as inspiration for acts of violence against slaves.
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? |
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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 -
[602] - Quote
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 -
[603] - Quote
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 -
[605] - Quote
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 -
[606] - Quote
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 -
[607] - Quote
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 -
[608] - Quote
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 -
[609] - Quote
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 -
[610] - Quote
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 -
[611] - Quote
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 -
[612] - Quote
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 -
[613] - Quote
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 -
[614] - Quote
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 -
[615] - Quote
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 -
[616] - Quote
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 -
[617] - Quote
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 -
[618] - Quote
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 -
[619] - Quote
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 -
[620] - Quote
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 -
[621] - Quote
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 -
[622] - Quote
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 -
[623] - Quote
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 -
[624] - Quote
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 -
[625] - Quote
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 -
[626] - Quote
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 -
[627] - Quote
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 -
[628] - Quote
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 -
[629] - Quote
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 -
[630] - Quote
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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Matias Kurovassi
Kurilaivonen
34
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Posted - 2017.02.25 08:26:04 -
[631] - Quote
Hetu Hegirin wrote: When was a time that you felt furthest from 'home', and was physical proximity a factor?
If home is where one feels most as oneself then I would say it was when I assumed an alternate identity for almost five years and found myself increasingly lost in my own legend, a work of fiction. The persona of a vociferous corporate lawyer turned violent functional psychopath became reality as the barriers between personality and memory blended into a gestalt form where irony was no longer ironic. There is something particularly disconcerting when you become essentially wetgraved in your own mind while a you-that-is-not-you decides to zip up an intern inside a piece of designer luggage and throw them into a pool during another bout of crash induced psychosis and nihilistic bacchanalia.
Honestly? Veikitamo Gesakaarin, not even once. Even if it did allow me some insight into a mind where a lack of moral and ethical limits led only to ever increasing depravity and hubris. My own little parable, I suppose.
I might ask the inverse: where and what makes you feel closest to home?
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Jev North
Anshar Incorporated Monyusaiya Industry Trade Group
671
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Posted - 2017.02.25 12:09:24 -
[632] - Quote
Matias Kurovassi wrote:My own little parable, I suppose. A very black one, at that. That's a bold confession there, Matias. We'll see what comes of it.
Matias Kurovassi wrote:I might ask the inverse: where and what makes you feel closest to home? I think I've become quite rootless, over the years of drifting around low- and nullsec, and now w-space. I don't even own personal real estate anymore. I've substituted with people I'm comfortable around, and states I'm in.
These days I really appreciate the edge of sleep, satisfied tiredness, the simple comfort of rest, and idle wishes crowding out the general chaos and stress of the day.
Did you ever find out what people were saying about you behind your back?
Bullets have a beauty and I don't know why.
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
2980
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Posted - 2017.02.25 18:42:38 -
[633] - Quote
Jev North wrote:Did you ever find out what people were saying about you behind your back?
Every so often it comes out that people think of me as child-like, or even "a child." I don't think that's completely wrong (my subjective experience is about two years old, now), and I've sometimes even described myself as a ridiculously well-educated two (now) year-old.
I also don't feel like it's very accurate, though. Based on my biological age my brain's judgment centers should be pretty well developed, and it's not like I don't know things. I might be a little naive sometimes, but it's a little hard for me to tell what part of that is me being ignorant or foolish and me just ... kind of not caring a lot what happens to me, or what people think. If it feels like I should do something, I maybe don't care a lot if I suffer or disappear from this world because I do what I think is right. My existence is not so dear to me as that.
(So far I haven't had to revert to a backup. Occasionally to my surprise.)
Maybe some lessons you only really learn from remembered pain, though. I've collected some of those, including one or two that made me want to die. I hope it's possible to be "a grownup" without being basically a big ball of scar tissue.
Has something someone said ever changed the course of your life? |
Synthetic Cultist
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
585
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Posted - 2017.02.26 10:12:52 -
[634] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:Has something someone said ever changed the course of your life?
Yes.
Before I was Queen of Kaztropol, I was a Normal Human Person with Normal Human Interests. Then One day the Archbishop of Kaztropolis Informed Me that I was now Queen, and Thusly had a Great Many More Responsibilities and Duties, to Care for and Educate the People of Kaztropol.
Does the Idea that Many of the Star Systems that lie off the Stargate Network are completely Inhabited by Rogue Drone Hives fill you with Intrigue or Unease ?
Synthia 1, Empress of Kaztropol.
It is Written.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2063
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Posted - 2017.02.27 01:42:44 -
[635] - Quote
Synthetic Cultist wrote:
Does the Idea that Many of the Star Systems that lie off the Stargate Network are completely Inhabited by Rogue Drone Hives fill you with Intrigue or Unease ?
Fills me with intrigue. These drone hives are probably relatively isolated from one another due to the difficulty of getting into contact with each other and humanity, and thus, they may develop unique phenotypes during their isolation. That would make an interesting study.
Other than the big names, which Gallente politicians should I know of?
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
3074
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Posted - 2017.03.02 18:26:59 -
[636] - Quote
Synthetic Cultist wrote: Does the Idea that Many of the Star Systems that lie off the Stargate Network are completely Inhabited by Rogue Drone Hives fill you with Intrigue or Unease ?
Unease, to know that these murderous machines built by gallenteans have found their way there before us is unsettling.
Would you predict more Kyonoke outbreaks in the near future?
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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Sinjin Mokk
Horde Vanguard. Pandemic Horde
1186
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Posted - 2017.03.02 19:50:28 -
[637] - Quote
Diana Kim wrote:Would you predict more Kyonoke outbreaks in the near future?
Yes.
What do you want?
"Angels live, they never die,
Apart from us, behind the sky.
They're fading souls who've turned to ice,
So ashen white in paradise."
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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1335
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Posted - 2017.03.02 19:54:36 -
[638] - Quote
Sinjin Mokk wrote:
What do you want?
Everything.
... and a hardboiled egg.
What do you need? |
Julianni Avala
Ishukone-Raata Corporate Investment Bank Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
180
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Posted - 2017.03.02 19:56:35 -
[639] - Quote
Mizhara Del'thul wrote:Sinjin Mokk wrote:
What do you want?
Everything.... and a hardboiled egg. What do you need?
Answers.
If you held the cure to this Kyonoke crisis and your enemy stood before you with their family begging for it, would you give it to them? Why or why not?
Chief Financial Officer, Head Diplomat
I-RED GalNet Site
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Graelyn
Akagi Initiative Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
874
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Posted - 2017.03.02 19:57:28 -
[640] - Quote
Yes.
Are we done here?
Cardinal Graelyn
Imperial Liaison, Akagi Initiative / I-RED
Amarr Loyalist of the Year - YC113
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Jev North
Anshar Incorporated Monyusaiya Industry Trade Group
690
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Posted - 2017.03.02 20:05:55 -
[641] - Quote
This thread will go on for as long as people will have both basic curiosity and a need to tell stories.
What color is the rain in Dam-Torsad?
To err is human, to forgive divine; neither are alliance policy.
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Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1061
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Posted - 2017.03.02 21:43:56 -
[642] - Quote
Jev North wrote:This thread will go on for as long as people will have both basic curiosity and a need to tell stories.
What color is the rain in Dam-Torsad?
It depends on the season, the time of day, the density of the rain and so many other factors, although due to the gleaming golden spires, the rain - water being reflective, can sometimes be a beautiful golden hue when there is a mix of sun and clouds, positively divine!
I for one have thoroughly enjoyed this thread with its little glimpses into the background, culture, stories, quirks, and personalities of my fellow denizens of new Eden.
Now for my question, timely in my case, where would you go for your Honeymoon in New Eden? |
Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1338
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Posted - 2017.03.02 21:48:03 -
[643] - Quote
Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:where would you go for your Honeymoon in New Eden?
There's a mountain rising near the edge of a town back home. On it there are names inscribed, two as one, when there's a joining. My name is on there, and...
... no, I'm sorry. Thought I was past this.
Someone else answer her question, please. |
John Revenent
Revenent Defence Corperation 404 Alliance Not Found
670
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Posted - 2017.03.02 21:55:13 -
[644] - Quote
I will oblige, though I'm getting to old to think of such things. But if I had a choice it would be the Intaki Homeworld.
I'm sure this has been asked before but do you ever plan to retire as a capsuleer?
Ishukone Loyalist - Private Contractor
"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."
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Utari Onzo
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1603
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Posted - 2017.03.02 21:56:42 -
[645] - Quote
Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:Jev North wrote:This thread will go on for as long as people will have both basic curiosity and a need to tell stories.
What color is the rain in Dam-Torsad? It depends on the season, the time of day, the density of the rain and so many other factors, although due to the gleaming golden spires, the rain - water being reflective, can sometimes be a beautiful golden hue when there is a mix of sun and clouds, positively divine! I for one have thoroughly enjoyed this thread with its little glimpses into the background, culture, stories, quirks, and personalities of my fellow denizens of new Eden. Now for my question, timely in my case, where would you go for your Honeymoon in New Eden?
In respect to Miz's request I'll step up.
Korama IV. Yes, it's a gas planet, yes it'd be on a basic residential hab-dome, but the sky during the passing storms beat the ever-living snot out of any firework's show. That, and if the old foreman is alive he has some nice quarters with an artificial garden and a favour he owes me.
Edit: Well, thank you very much Mr Revenent...
Yes. I do. When the time is right, when I'm so sick of being a pod pilot I'd rather kill myself, or if I find a better calling, I'll retire.
How far have you ever gone to make up for something you'd done?
"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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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2099
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Posted - 2017.03.03 02:04:44 -
[646] - Quote
Utari Onzo wrote:
How far have you ever gone to make up for something you'd done?
No further than coming back to fix my mistakes personally, replacing what the afflicted had lost no matter the cost or, in the case of death, provide monetary compensation enough to support dependants through life and even meeting them in the flesh to apologise and kneel personally.
Though for the latter, it's usually what I do for staff who are not supposed to be affected and were allowed to be affected by the mistake due to my own negligence. That's thankfully rare.
Yes, I can afford to provide monetary and material compensations only because I am a capsuleer. If I were still a baseliner, I usually just stick to fixing my mistakes personally at personal cost of life and limb since that was the most I could do to make up for something I had done. You break it, you fix it, as Ma used to beat into me.
What was the most disastrous mistake you had ever done thus far?
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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Jev North
Anshar Incorporated Monyusaiya Industry Trade Group
713
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Posted - 2017.03.16 23:13:59 -
[647] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:What was the most disastrous mistake you had ever done thus far? Oh, hell. I'm in a mood, and this thread needs a kick in the pants. So.
One bleak morning in early YC115, I'd had a few drinks and was feeling a little low, so I thought that in one fell swoop, I'd go and make right the entire slowly accumulating pile of mistakes I'd made up until then. Over the course of a few more drinks, I divested myself of just about all my assets, remotely aborted all of my clones, and canceled my clone contracts. I cried a bunch. Then I put my sidearm under my chin and pulled the trigger.
It turns out you can botch shooting yourself, especially if you're not particularly sober or well-coordinated.
Station medical services responding to the firearm discharge shoved the resulting mess into a cryokit post-haste, took one look at recent credit and insurance history, and started calling lawyers. Those found both a sloppy DNR and an old clone health insurance policy I'd taken out with an Anshar subsidiary, back in the day, and entirely forgot to cancel. The bonus on it was high enough for them to fight the DNR in court, but the particulars of the case of course a giant mess, so it took quite a while to be hashed out..
..and that's the story of how I spent two years slumbering in Doomheim.
I can't rightly decide whether the disastrous mistake was pulling the trigger, or misjudging the angle, but surely one of the two must've been it.
Have you ever cringed hard at someone oversharing a personal story?
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2099
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Posted - 2017.03.17 01:54:53 -
[648] - Quote
Jev North wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:What was the most disastrous mistake you had ever done thus far? Oh, hell. I'm in a mood, and this thread needs a kick in the pants. So. One bleak morning in early YC115, I'd had a few drinks and was feeling a little low, so I thought that in one fell swoop, I'd go and make right the entire slowly accumulating pile of mistakes I'd made up until then. Over the course of a few more drinks, I divested myself of just about all my assets, remotely aborted all of my clones, and canceled my clone contracts. I cried a bunch. Then I put my sidearm under my chin and pulled the trigger. It turns out you can botch shooting yourself, especially if you're not particularly sober or well-coordinated. Station medical services responding to the firearm discharge shoved the resulting mess into a cryokit post-haste, took one look at recent credit and insurance history, and started calling lawyers. Those found both a sloppy DNR and an old clone health insurance policy I'd taken out with an Anshar subsidiary, back in the day, and entirely forgot to cancel. The bonus on it was high enough for them to fight the DNR in court, but the particulars of the case of course a giant mess, so it took quite a while to be hashed out.. ..and that's the story of how I spent two years slumbering in Doomheim. I can't rightly decide whether the disastrous mistake was pulling the trigger, or misjudging the angle, but surely one of the two must've been it. Have you ever cringed hard at someone oversharing a personal story?
Yes. Though I only cringe when the other fellow is oversharing that personal story is:
1. Very drunk 2. Speaks incoherent (relates to 1) 3. Is clearly speaking out of his arse. 4. Forces gags 5. Includes explicit details to exaggerate his 'prowess'.
Other than that, I'm okay.
What was that you were drinking at the time?
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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Jev North
Anshar Incorporated Monyusaiya Industry Trade Group
714
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Posted - 2017.03.17 09:35:46 -
[649] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:What was that you were drinking at the time? Vodka, CalNav issue. Probably. I'm fuzzy on some of the details, for obvious reasons.
Are you finding it difficult to come up with good general questions to ask?
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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Tsao Aubbes
State Protectorate Caldari State
72
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Posted - 2017.03.17 13:38:46 -
[650] - Quote
Jev North wrote:Are you finding it difficult to come up with good general questions to ask?
Very much so.
Do you think handholding is lewd?
No Longer a Drone Region Resident
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Che Biko
Alexylva Paradox
897
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Posted - 2017.03.17 20:22:34 -
[651] - Quote
It can be.
Would you hold my hand?
Coordination Channel for Consolidated Space Rescue Cooperation
Open Letter to the Aidonis Foundation Directorate
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Khaotique Savage
Phoenix Naval Operations Phoenix Naval Systems
4
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Posted - 2017.03.18 00:00:32 -
[652] - Quote
Che Biko wrote: It can be. Would you hold my hand?
Sure, why not.
With the cybernetic or the real deal ? |
Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
165
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Posted - 2017.03.18 00:05:52 -
[653] - Quote
The real one, please. And be gentle, if you don't mind; not because I'm especially fragile but more because I've had enough of fussy people who persist in thinking that you have to DO something with a hand when you hold it.
For the record--for the Record, even, let this be Written--you do not.
How do you feel about cold weather? |
Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1419
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Posted - 2017.03.18 00:45:23 -
[654] - Quote
Loai Qerl wrote:How do you feel about cold weather?
I miss it.
Howling winds, carrying little razors we call 'snow'. Vision limited to barely a step or two ahead. The chill cutting deep, into your very bones. Every step sinking deeper than you expect, slowing you down and costing you thrice the energy you can afford. Weariness settling in both your mind and your body.
Yet you persist. You thrive. You are pushed forwards into the teeth of the gale by what lies within, undaunted and unstoppable. You live.
In the worst of the winter storms, that is where you grow familiar with the fires within. That is when you'll know you're alive. Matar will test her children and you will be better for it.
... I miss the cold.
What is the most frightening thing you know of in New Eden, and why does it frighten you? |
Bjorn Tyrson
EVE University Ivy League
319
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Posted - 2017.03.18 01:10:08 -
[655] - Quote
Mizhara Del'thul wrote:
What is the most frightening thing you know of in New Eden, and why does it frighten you?
Sure I'll jump in on this.
Most frightening thing I know of is probably the Sansha. The thought of having your free will stripped away like that just sends shivers down my spine. Even worse are the people I've heard of who undergo the process willingly. I can't imagine having lost so much desire to live that you would give up your very essence like that.
At least regular slaves have freedom overy their own thoughts.
What is the most awe inspiring sight you have encountered? |
Tyrel Toov
Non-Hostile Target
920
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Posted - 2017.03.18 03:07:41 -
[656] - Quote
Bjorn Tyrson wrote:Mizhara Del'thul wrote:
What is the most frightening thing you know of in New Eden, and why does it frighten you?
Sure I'll jump in on this. Most frightening thing I know of is probably the Sansha. The thought of having your free will stripped away like that just sends shivers down my spine. Even worse are the people I've heard of who undergo the process willingly. I can't imagine having lost so much desire to live that you would give up your very essence like that. At least regular slaves have freedom overy their own thoughts. What is the most awe inspiring sight you have encountered? A 75 story skyscraper coming down on top of a platoon of Amarrian slavers. I placed the charges well that day.
What was the most satisfaction you got out of an encounter?
I want to paint my ship Periwinkle.
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Khaotique Savage
Phoenix Naval Operations Phoenix Naval Systems
5
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Posted - 2017.03.19 00:15:21 -
[657] - Quote
Tyrel Toov wrote:Bjorn Tyrson wrote:Mizhara Del'thul wrote:
What is the most frightening thing you know of in New Eden, and why does it frighten you?
Sure I'll jump in on this. Most frightening thing I know of is probably the Sansha. The thought of having your free will stripped away like that just sends shivers down my spine. Even worse are the people I've heard of who undergo the process willingly. I can't imagine having lost so much desire to live that you would give up your very essence like that. At least regular slaves have freedom overy their own thoughts. What is the most awe inspiring sight you have encountered? A 75 story skyscraper coming down on top of a platoon of Amarrian slavers. I placed the charges well that day. What was the most satisfaction you got out of an encounter?
When the loot somehow ends up being higher then the requested ransom.
Pay the ransom or go down in a final blaze? |
Jade Blackwind
1290
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Posted - 2017.03.19 01:08:05 -
[658] - Quote
Khaotique Savage wrote:Pay the ransom or go down in a final blaze? I enjoy dying. It... frees me. Why would I give ISK to random jerks who think that i'm afraid of being set free one more time? No ransom for the gate humpers, ever.
...If you could describe yourself with one word that isn't your name, or title, or rank, or name of your clan/family/social group, or a direct description of your occupation, what would that word be?
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TomHorn
Dragonaurs
289
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Posted - 2017.03.19 02:02:13 -
[659] - Quote
sophisticated
Name one of your heroes , and why ? |
Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
3101
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Posted - 2017.03.20 08:04:26 -
[660] - Quote
Tibus Heth, because he is not just mine hero, but the hero of Caldari people. He has liberated Caldari Prime from 200 years of gallente occupation and oppression.
Would you like to become a hero and die like one, or prefer to live a quiet life?
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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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
3154
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Posted - 2017.03.20 08:09:59 -
[661] - Quote
Diana Kim wrote:Tibus Heth, because he is not just mine hero, but the hero of Caldari people. He has liberated Caldari Prime from 200 years of gallente occupation and oppression.
Would you like to become a hero and die like one, or prefer to live a quiet life?
I'll split the difference, here: I'd prefer to die for something worthwhile, quietly, unremembered.
Would you rather be remembered for something awful, or forgotten completely? |
Jev North
Anshar Incorporated Monyusaiya Industry Trade Group
715
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Posted - 2017.03.20 09:22:40 -
[662] - Quote
Dying quietly and unremembered is just too easy. Let's reject the dichotomy, do things, and then let history decide if it wants to remember them with horror, pride, or at all.
Why do you care about events long past your own death?
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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Yuwei Sung
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
16
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Posted - 2017.03.20 10:10:24 -
[663] - Quote
Generally speaking, I think that humans - Assuming they're not religious, which is a whole other issue - Struggle to conceptualize the finality and the nature of death as a complete termination of their personal narrative. They cannot truly imagine not being, and that state of nothingness itself being divorced from the frame of reference in which they've lived, and ascribed value to people and places.
Myself, though, I think one should always plan to live forever, or possibly to come back to life at some point. Just in case.
Why do you care about events long before your own birth? |
Elsebeth Rhiannon
Icecream Audit Office Electus Matari
737
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Posted - 2017.03.20 10:41:44 -
[664] - Quote
Yuwei Sung wrote:Why do you care about events long before your own birth? Because we are not random individuals in the end; we are who we are because of who and what our kin was and how they chose to live their lives. Past deeds make and shape us, and it is ours to pass that legacy on to the future.
Were you scared when you entered the capsule for the first time, and if so, how did you get over it?
Let the bridges we burn light the way.
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Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
3103
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Posted - 2017.03.20 13:09:41 -
[665] - Quote
Elsebeth Rhiannon wrote: Were you scared when you entered the capsule for the first time, and if so, how did you get over it?
No, not really. Entering first capsule for me wasn't scary, though I barely remember it, it was like I was in a fog, confused and disoriented. And I think I have to admit here that I was actually scared right before it - of the exact process of becoming a capsuleer. Yes, I heard about wetgraves back then, but after I passed the... well, becoming one, the rest wasn't much important for me anymore.
Do you remember your first flight in a capsule? How did it go?
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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Tyrel Toov
Non-Hostile Target
928
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Posted - 2017.03.20 15:03:20 -
[666] - Quote
Diana Kim wrote:Elsebeth Rhiannon wrote: Were you scared when you entered the capsule for the first time, and if so, how did you get over it?
No, not really. Entering first capsule for me wasn't scary, though I barely remember it, it was like I was in a fog, confused and disoriented. And I think I have to admit here that I was actually scared right before it - of the exact process of becoming a capsuleer. Yes, I heard about wetgraves back then, but after I passed the... well, becoming one, the rest wasn't much important for me anymore. Do you remember your first flight in a capsule? How did it go? Went about as well as anyone else's I suppose. Woke up in my capsule in the middle of a dead space pocket and warped to a station. OP success?
When were you humbled in a fight and how?
I want to paint my ship Periwinkle.
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2099
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Posted - 2017.03.21 03:17:41 -
[667] - Quote
Tyrel Toov wrote:
When were you humbled in a fight and how?
More times than I can count. Imagine a hand-purse dog trying to take down a slaver hound. Now imagine that they are both in space. That's how.
I learned that the Jin-Mei upper crust keeps tiny dogs in their sleeves. What's with that?
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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Maria Daphiti
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
247
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Posted - 2017.03.21 16:12:45 -
[668] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Tyrel Toov wrote:
When were you humbled in a fight and how?
More times than I can count. Imagine a hand-purse dog trying to take down a slaver hound. Now imagine that they are both in space. That's how. I learned that the Jin-Mei upper crust keeps tiny dogs in their sleeves. What's with that?
I haven't the foggiest idea why. What if the dog gets loose and runs around the robes. How do you keep a straight face!
But sometimes the tiny dog will win I guess. I remember the rush from beating a Szipul in my Dragoon or a Garmur with my Battle Magnate and a friend in a Tormentor!
Why do you keep fighting even after you've been humbled and battered and bruised?
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2102
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Posted - 2017.03.22 01:11:02 -
[669] - Quote
Maria Daphiti wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Tyrel Toov wrote:
When were you humbled in a fight and how?
More times than I can count. Imagine a hand-purse dog trying to take down a slaver hound. Now imagine that they are both in space. That's how. I learned that the Jin-Mei upper crust keeps tiny dogs in their sleeves. What's with that? I haven't the foggiest idea why. What if the dog gets loose and runs around the robes. How do you keep a straight face! But sometimes the tiny dog will win I guess. I remember the rush from beating a Szipul in my Dragoon or a Garmur with my Battle Magnate and a friend in a Tormentor and some other similar fights against the odds! Why do you keep fighting even after you've been humbled and battered and bruised?
I once wrecked an Omen in a Vigil Fleet Issue and I took out quite a bunch of Thrashers in a Breacher. Breachers are strong, okay?
Answering the question: Because giving up leads to stagnation and we can't have that. We do not simply throw our arms up in the air when a prototype breaks down during a stress test, do we? No, we work on that prototype some more and fix the problem. I apply the same concept to starship combat.
What's the biggest ship you had taken down in the smallest ship you can fly?
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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Aradina Varren
Alexylva Paradox
109
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Posted - 2017.03.22 02:13:08 -
[670] - Quote
As in the largest ship in comparison to what I was in at the time? Charon in a Cerberus. (I was alone at the time) Largest in the smallest ship that I'm capable of flying?(Going to limit to frigate, I've never gotten a kill in an Ibis) Hurricane in a Federation Navy Comet(I was not alone at the time).
What about out of the pod fights? Been in any notable ones? |
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Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
2103
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Posted - 2017.03.22 03:26:36 -
[671] - Quote
Aradina Varren wrote:As in the largest ship in comparison to what I was in at the time? Charon in a Cerberus. (I was alone at the time) Largest in the smallest ship that I'm capable of flying?(Going to limit to frigate, I've never gotten a kill in an Ibis) Hurricane in a Federation Navy Comet(I was not alone at the time).
What about out of the pod fights? Been in any notable ones?
Pre-Empyrean days, I got into many fights. From convoy escort back on Skarkon in a MTAC (carried in an oversized APC. We do not march our MTACs across the dustbowl. That's only going to slow down the convoy), to firefights in compromised outposts (as in an actual firefight, not an exercise) when I was an RMS cadet undertaking combat engineer and marine course (typically we shorten that to Marine Engineer).
But of all the fights I got into, the one I remembered best was that one time I punched out my mentor back when I was with the Fabricator Circle of the Egivand Enclave. It was a, eh, very passionate debate about using tweels over coagulant liquid tire fills for the next generation of surveyors we planned to roll out by the end of that year.
Well, what's the silliest brawl you had ever gotten yourself into?
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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Graelyn
Akagi Initiative Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
933
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Posted - 2017.03.22 13:10:20 -
[672] - Quote
At one time, I was getting checks from the STARSI Company as an endorser of their cereal line "Torpedo-Os".
At one of the product launch events for "Cherry Torpedo-O's", someone in the crowd shoved someone else through the security cordon and into the large and intricate pile of branded boxes, arranged into a 20-foot high pyramid.
When the mountain of cereal collapsed onto the crowd, well, somehow the crowd instantly turned feral. While my trusty Kameiras did well not to pull their weapons and exacerbate the situation, it did not take long before everyone on the dias was expertly hurling boxes of Revenge-Flavored Breakfast back and forth in coordinated volley-fire against the crowd, who stood and delivered right back.
Quafe-funded skulduggery, you can be sure.
Cardinal Graelyn
Imperial Liaison, I-RED
Amarr Loyalist of the Year - YC113
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Khaotique Savage
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
5
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Posted - 2017.03.22 13:46:52 -
[673] - Quote
The day I lost my arm after my second failed breakout. Odd that you should mention Kameiras in your post given the person who took my arm used to train them.
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Jev North
Anshar Incorporated Monyusaiya Industry Trade Group
739
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Posted - 2017.03.27 18:56:27 -
[674] - Quote
Ignoring the boring and predictable murders and betrayals, and moving on to things I actually regret--
I've up and abandoned perfectly fine people, stopped talking to them, or just left them in the dust, for bad reasons; because I'd grown bored with them and my head was more into starship combat than their needs, or because they didn't serve my purposes anymore, or because I thought it would let me escape the judging gaze of others.
(It couldn't. Not that I would feel better if it did.)
So, yeah, I could use a pick-me-up. What's currently making your life better?
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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Hetu Hegirin
Otherwhere Circle
90
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Posted - 2017.03.27 19:22:09 -
[675] - Quote
Jev North wrote:What's currently making your life better? Taking a short holiday. Nothing to manage, no delivery dates hanging overhead, and I'm trying to set worries aside for a time. They will certainly still be there when I return.
There are a surplus of resorts on Fegomenko VII, most of which are specialty lodges based on wider totemic associations, drawing no shortage of the spiritually inclined. While the commercial angle is a little tacky, I will vouch for the restorative qualities. The sky is not overbright at midday, and it is swelteringly hot, so you've no choice but to sweat out your cares. Even at night, the heat rarely abates, but when the winds rise, the cooling rivulets on one's dampened skin... exhilarating. They make excellent fruit-derived cocktails at my current waystop, some with heavy cream on the bottom. Delicious.
In that spirit, where would you like to get away, when next you're able?
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Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1085
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Posted - 2017.04.17 04:13:20 -
[676] - Quote
Hetu Hegirin wrote:Jev North wrote:What's currently making your life better? Taking a short holiday. Nothing to manage, no delivery dates hanging overhead, and I'm trying to set worries aside for a time. They will certainly still be there when I return. There are a surplus of resorts on Fegomenko VII, most of which are specialty lodges based on wider totemic associations, drawing no shortage of the spiritually inclined. While the commercial angle is a little tacky, I will vouch for the restorative qualities. The sky is not overbright at midday, and it is swelteringly hot, so you've no choice but to sweat out your cares. Even at night, the heat rarely abates, but when the winds rise, the cooling rivulets on one's dampened skin... exhilarating. They make excellent fruit-derived cocktails at my current waystop, some with heavy cream on the bottom. Delicious. In that spirit, where would you like to get away, when next you're able?
I'd actually like to try something totally different, for me, and visit the Republic or State if it could be safe for me to do so. I've never visited planetside in either place.
Is there a person who you wish was in the date/do chores Auction but is not?
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Elmund Egivand
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
2225
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Posted - 2017.04.17 04:24:02 -
[677] - Quote
Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:Hetu Hegirin wrote:Jev North wrote:What's currently making your life better? Taking a short holiday. Nothing to manage, no delivery dates hanging overhead, and I'm trying to set worries aside for a time. They will certainly still be there when I return. There are a surplus of resorts on Fegomenko VII, most of which are specialty lodges based on wider totemic associations, drawing no shortage of the spiritually inclined. While the commercial angle is a little tacky, I will vouch for the restorative qualities. The sky is not overbright at midday, and it is swelteringly hot, so you've no choice but to sweat out your cares. Even at night, the heat rarely abates, but when the winds rise, the cooling rivulets on one's dampened skin... exhilarating. They make excellent fruit-derived cocktails at my current waystop, some with heavy cream on the bottom. Delicious. In that spirit, where would you like to get away, when next you're able? I'd actually like to try something totally different, for me, and visit the Republic or State if it could be safe for me to do so. I've never visited planetside in either place. Is there a person who you wish was in the date/do chores Auction but is not?
Thinking about it, Diana Kim. Because I'm curious to see who would auction for her and what a date with her is worth.
But if you meant who I personally want to date/give chores to that I wish would be in the Auction, nobody, I guess? I am a husband and all, so I already have someone to date and I already have plans for the chores.
Now here's a question I like answered seriously: Which Minmatar ship would you use for prototyping new engineering concepts, and why?
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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Che Biko
Alexylva Paradox
910
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Posted - 2017.04.17 14:39:57 -
[678] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Now here's a question I like answered seriously: Which Minmatar ship would you use for prototyping new engineering concepts, and why? A Vigil, simply because that is the only cheap Minmatar ship I have.
Since that may not be a very satisfying answer and I don't have a question myself other than the one that was left unanswered a while back, I'll just let Egivand's question stand.
Coordination Channel for Consolidated Space Rescue Cooperation
Open Letter to the Aidonis Foundation Directorate
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Synthetic Cultist
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
615
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Posted - 2017.04.17 17:30:48 -
[679] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Which Minmatar ship would you use for prototyping new engineering concepts, and why?
The Typhoon.
It has a Large, Strong Hull, and has a Wide Variety of Standard Fittings, including All 3 Common Weapon Systems - Turrets, Missile Launchers, and Drones.
This would make a Typhoon a very Flexible Test-Bed for Experimental Work, allowing a Wide Range of Experiments to be Conducted.
Question: Which Historical Figure would you Consider to be the Role-Model that influences You the Most ?
Synthia 1, Empress of Kaztropol.
It is Written.
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Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
3152
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Posted - 2017.04.19 12:18:46 -
[680] - Quote
Synthetic Cultist wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Which Minmatar ship would you use for prototyping new engineering concepts, and why? The Typhoon. It has a Large, Strong Hull, and has a Wide Variety of Standard Fittings, including All 3 Common Weapon Systems - Turrets, Missile Launchers, and Drones. This would make a Typhoon a very Flexible Test-Bed for Experimental Work, allowing a Wide Range of Experiments to be Conducted. Question: Which Historical Figure would you Consider to be the Role-Model that influences You the Most ? Tibus Heth.
He is everything that Caldari strives to be. I am proud I lived in the State during His reign and served him. And I am greatly saddened that he is not with us anymore and became just a history. But even if his body is dead, his legacy will live in all of us and will be lighting hearts of every Caldari with hope for thousands of years. Long live the State!
Which historical event has changed your point of view on any subject most greatly?
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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Templar Thal Vadam
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
78
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Posted - 2017.04.19 12:54:12 -
[681] - Quote
The Elder Fleet. Taught me war is pointless but always inevitable.
Which parent was your favorite? |
Elmund Egivand
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
2235
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Posted - 2017.04.19 13:30:49 -
[682] - Quote
Templar Thal Vadam wrote:The Elder Fleet. Taught me war is pointless but always inevitable.
Which parent was your favorite?
My Ma, I guess? Because reasons only a psychologist can explain satisfactorily.
What is the most beautiful thing you had ever seen?
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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Che Biko
Alexylva Paradox
910
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Posted - 2017.04.19 13:36:26 -
[683] - Quote
Aria Jenneth.
I managed to dig up my question that was (likely inadvertently) skipped over by my dear friend mme. Daphiti.
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?
Coordination Channel for Consolidated Space Rescue Cooperation
Open Letter to the Aidonis Foundation Directorate
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Lasairiona Raske
Akagi Initiative Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
321
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Posted - 2017.04.19 13:36:41 -
[684] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Templar Thal Vadam wrote:The Elder Fleet. Taught me war is pointless but always inevitable.
Which parent was your favorite? My Ma, I guess? Because reasons only a psychologist can explain satisfactorily. What is the most beautiful thing you had ever seen?
Each of my children's faces for the first time.
What's your favorite childhood memory? (Sorry if it's been asked before)
Are you a devil or an angel
Sent here from heaven or from hell?
Sweet temptress, I'm wrapped in your tangles
Can't find my way out of your spell
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Che Biko
Alexylva Paradox
910
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Posted - 2017.04.19 13:41:14 -
[685] - Quote
Heh.
Gotta love my friends.
Coordination Channel for Consolidated Space Rescue Cooperation
Open Letter to the Aidonis Foundation Directorate
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Elmund Egivand
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
2379
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Posted - 2017.04.20 02:05:54 -
[686] - Quote
First question: I do not have a lover, but my death and return as a capsuleer did send my clan's skadi scrambling to work on the genealogy charts which did, well, restart debate about whether a resurrected capsuleer is to be considered the same person or his/her own offspring. That debate about capsuleers being the same person vs offspring had been going on since the clan produced its first capsuleer, quite a few years before my time. The result of the debate is still inconclusive, since a week later the clan went, "Get back to work," and shelved the topic.
Until that time another family produces a capsuleer.
Second question: Age 7, made to study really difficult math. Took me about a week to work the problems out, got the answer onto paper and brought it to my Pa. He took out a chart, revealing to me that for every engineering math problem, there is a reference chart associated with it. I threw a tantrum. Pa just laughed.
He kept teasing me about it for a year.
Have you ever wanted to punch your own clone?
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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Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
1122
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Posted - 2017.05.16 21:45:57 -
[687] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:First question: I do not have a lover, but my death and return as a capsuleer did send my clan's skadi scrambling to work on the genealogy charts which did, well, restart debate about whether a resurrected capsuleer is to be considered the same person or his/her own offspring. That debate about capsuleers being the same person vs offspring had been going on since the clan produced its first capsuleer, quite a few years before my time. The result of the debate is still inconclusive, since a week later the clan went, "Get back to work," and shelved the topic.
Until that time another family produces a capsuleer.
Second question: Age 7, made to study really difficult math. Took me about a week to work the problems out, got the answer onto paper and brought it to my Pa. He took out a chart, revealing to me that for every engineering math problem, there is a reference chart associated with it. I threw a tantrum. Pa just laughed.
He kept teasing me about it for a year.
Have you ever wanted to punch your own clone?
Yes, instead I went on Penitent status to try to work it out more constructively.
How do you solve a problem like Nauplius? (permanently?)
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Mizhara Del'thul
Coreli Corporation Mercenary Coalition
1747
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Posted - 2017.05.16 21:50:51 -
[688] - Quote
You don't. He's a capsuleer and thus not someone you can truly force to do anything. The only solution is the same as you apply to any other capsuleer like that. Stop encouraging him by giving him attention and silently destroy his assets whenever they pop up. Step two, have more patience and fortitude than him. Repeat.
What do you think lies beyond the Eve gate? Feel free to get imaginative. |
Arrendis
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
3640
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Posted - 2017.05.16 22:10:15 -
[689] - Quote
Worlds upon worlds where nothing lives that would recognize in us anything of themselves, where the idea of humanity is quaint and ancient. Where weapons such as ourselves would be abhorrent and horrifying to everything the inhabitants stand for, and where the insane race to escape death, which has given New Eden the twin atrocities of the Amarr faith, and us, has finally been left in the dustbin of history where it belongs.
Should I go back to the arm with the built-in multi-meter and toolkit, or stick with the meat? |
Elmund Egivand
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
2379
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Posted - 2017.05.17 09:20:32 -
[690] - Quote
Arrendis wrote:Worlds upon worlds where nothing lives that would recognize in us anything of themselves, where the idea of humanity is quaint and ancient. Where weapons such as ourselves would be abhorrent and horrifying to everything the inhabitants stand for, and where the insane race to escape death, which has given New Eden the twin atrocities of the Amarr faith, and us, has finally been left in the dustbin of history where it belongs.
Should I go back to the arm with the built-in multi-meter and toolkit, or stick with the meat?
Tool-arm. It's less frail and has more utility. Before you start complaining about the lack of sensations, mech-prosthetics these days also come silicon and sensor mesh coating/skin that can simulate sensations up to about 70% accuracy, and that number's increasing every day. Sure, by the decimals but progress is progress.
Have you ever pondered about what it will be to have one's own mind hitch a ride in another person's clone while that clone still possess it's original's mind and personality?
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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Halcyon Ember
Repracor Industries
291
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Posted - 2017.05.17 10:27:47 -
[691] - Quote
Mizhara Del'thul wrote:
What do you think lies beyond the Eve gate? Feel free to get imaginative.
A planet made of chocolate. With Caramel seas. |
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate Heiian Conglomerate
785
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Posted - 2017.05.23 22:50:15 -
[692] - Quote
Quote: Have you ever pondered about what it will be to have one's own mind hitch a ride in another person's clone while that clone still possess it's original's mind and personality?
Nope. Don't plan on it.
Where can you find the best skirt in the cluster?
~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~
"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn."
-Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
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Elmund Egivand
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
2407
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Posted - 2017.05.24 03:36:49 -
[693] - Quote
Neph wrote:Quote: Have you ever pondered about what it will be to have one's own mind hitch a ride in another person's clone while that clone still possess it's original's mind and personality?
Nope. Don't plan on it. Where can you find the best skirt in the cluster?
It depends. Exactly what are you looking for in the skirt? Are you seeking a skirt that can keep your knickers warm? Tantalise? Look pretty? Cover up something you don't want people to see or to emphasise what you want people to see?
What exactly are you looking for in a skirt?
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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Steffanie Saissore
Tyrathlion Interstellar Rote Kapelle
501
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Posted - 2017.05.24 08:18:03 -
[694] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:Neph wrote:Quote: Have you ever pondered about what it will be to have one's own mind hitch a ride in another person's clone while that clone still possess it's original's mind and personality?
Nope. Don't plan on it. Where can you find the best skirt in the cluster? It depends. Exactly what are you looking for in the skirt? Are you seeking a skirt that can keep your knickers warm? Tantalise? Look pretty? Cover up something you don't want people to see or to emphasise what you want people to see? What exactly are you looking for in a skirt?
I prefer a skirt that doesn't confine my legs to the point that I can't walk properly in; preferably knee-length to full length.
Which do you prefer, a fine brandy or a strong whiskey?
We travel in the dark of the new moon,
A starry highway traced on the map of the sky
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Elmund Egivand
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
2408
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Posted - 2017.05.24 09:10:43 -
[695] - Quote
Steffanie Saissore wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:Neph wrote:Quote: Have you ever pondered about what it will be to have one's own mind hitch a ride in another person's clone while that clone still possess it's original's mind and personality?
Nope. Don't plan on it. Where can you find the best skirt in the cluster? It depends. Exactly what are you looking for in the skirt? Are you seeking a skirt that can keep your knickers warm? Tantalise? Look pretty? Cover up something you don't want people to see or to emphasise what you want people to see? What exactly are you looking for in a skirt? I prefer a skirt that doesn't confine my legs to the point that I can't walk properly in; preferably knee-length to full length. Which do you prefer, a fine brandy or a strong whiskey?
Whiskey. Because nothing soothes a raging headache from the day's nonsense like a solid kick to the head.
If you can be any other object in this universe, what would you choose to be?
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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Jev North
Anshar Incorporated Monyusaiya Industry Trade Group
1013
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Posted - 2017.05.24 09:11:24 -
[696] - Quote
I'll never turn my nose up at a good brandy, but a good cask-strength whisky is an absolute delight; dilute it down with a little spring water at every sip to tease out different flavors, or just swig some straight-up if you want to be knocked out your socks.
When was the last time someone was just plain happy to see you?
Even though our love is cruel; even though our stars are crossed.
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Elmund Egivand
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
2408
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Posted - 2017.05.24 11:11:02 -
[697] - Quote
Jev North wrote: When was the last time someone was just plain happy to see you?
Today. In fact, every day.
If you meant capsuleers, then it's 'never'.
Have you had your clone genome tampered, and if yes, what kind of tampering was it?
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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Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
2303
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Posted - 2017.05.30 08:45:27 -
[698] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote:
Have you had your clone genome tampered, and if yes, what kind of tampering was it?
No, I am as God made me.
What is the most profound sight you have seen in space ?
Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
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Elmund Egivand
Sebestacny Circle
2435
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Posted - 2017.05.30 09:03:53 -
[699] - Quote
Valerie Valate wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote:
Have you had your clone genome tampered, and if yes, what kind of tampering was it?
No, I am as God made me. What is the most profound sight you have seen in space ?
The electroactive megastructures of unknown composition arranged in a 'scattered matchstick' formations wedged between two space-time sinks. ARC fleet participants know what I'm talking about.
Goes to show the sort of things sentient entities can come up with if they have the know-how.
Anyone figured out what those megastructures are for yet?
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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Jev North
Anshar Incorporated Monyusaiya Industry Trade Group
1069
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Posted - 2017.06.07 17:24:58 -
[700] - Quote
Guess that's a general "no," pilot. Sorry.
Tell me about a space you've visited and enjoyed staying in, for the sake of the space itself.
Even though our love is cruel; even though our stars are crossed.
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Bjorn Tyrson
EVE University Ivy League
722
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Posted - 2017.06.07 20:13:18 -
[701] - Quote
Jev North wrote: Tell me about a space you've visited and enjoyed staying in, for the sake of the space itself.
For the sake of the space itself, gonna go with Amarr territory, those nebulae reflects really well off most hulls that gives them a beautiful golden sheen, particularly minmatar hulls ironically enough, that mixture of red and gold looks super sharp. Honestly making all of their ships golden was really missing a trick when it came to gorgeous aesthetics.
What is your favorite ship size to fly? |
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
3997
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Posted - 2017.06.07 20:49:52 -
[702] - Quote
Bjorn Tyrson wrote:For the sake of the space itself, gonna go with Amarr territory, those nebulae reflects really well off most hulls that gives them a beautiful golden sheen, particularly minmatar hulls ironically enough, that mixture of red and gold looks super sharp. Honestly making all of their ships golden was really missing a trick when it came to gorgeous aesthetics.
What is your favorite ship size to fly?
In general I'd agree about the aesthetics. Only, I dressed a Raven up in Matigu Seabeast to take on Mr. Nauplius's citadel above Achura (the planet's mostly wet where it's not tall), and that was really really pretty ... until I got it home. Caldari ships look strange and brutal in Amarrian space and stations to begin with, and sea blue-green with a vivid splash of bioluminescent green just looks awful, and terribly out of place.
To the question, I like frigates best. They're little (for something huge), flexible, generally not awfully expensive, easy to maneuver, and tend not to be priority targets if there are larger ships around.
They do die a lot, and you never run into anything smaller than you are. But if you don't go for the expensive ones you can afford to fly them a little recklessly, even if you don't have a large budget.
If you've customized your quarters at, what about them makes them particularly "yours?" |
Akiga Kuruwi
State Protectorate Caldari State
3
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Posted - 2017.06.07 21:12:49 -
[703] - Quote
Aria Jenneth wrote:
If you've customized your quarters at, what about them makes them particularly "yours?"
I put up my grandmother's banners on the wall. It's not much, but it's better than the bare bulkheads, and it makes it feel a little more like home.
What was the first thing you wanted to do, when you first became a capsuleer? |
Halcyon Ember
Repracor Industries
474
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Posted - 2017.06.08 08:04:59 -
[704] - Quote
Escape
If you could live as another Capsuleer for a day, who would you choose? |
Mizhir
TURN LEFT HYDRA RELOADED
75440
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Posted - 2017.06.08 08:37:27 -
[705] - Quote
Halcyon Ember wrote: If you could live as another Capsuleer for a day, who would you choose?
Do you mean 'live as' as living a life like theirs or by being them for a day? If it is the latter then my answer is Lunarisse Aspenstar. Just so I can experiance the joy of being a mother again.
If you could travel back in time to relive a part of your past. Which would it be?
Death rides a fast C4mel
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Elmund Egivand
Sebestacny Circle
2504
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Posted - 2017.06.08 08:40:58 -
[706] - Quote
Mizhir wrote:Halcyon Ember wrote: If you could live as another Capsuleer for a day, who would you choose?
Do you mean 'live as' as living a life like theirs or by being them for a day? If it is the latter then my answer is Lunarisse Aspenstar. Just so I can experiance the joy of being a mother again. If you could travel back in time to relive a part of your past. Which would it be?
That time as a toddler when the Fenrir I was born in was venting atmosphere and crashing into a planet.
Because I couldn't remember that event. Like seriously. I can't. And yet it's such an important event.
When's the last time you slept in a stock Captain's Quarter?
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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Veikitamo Gesakaarin
Kurilaivonen
2182
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Posted - 2017.06.08 22:04:43 -
[707] - Quote
Elmund Egivand wrote: When's the last time you slept in a stock Captain's Quarter?
Ah. Last night. After the forensic cleaning crew went in with the bleach and decontaminated the place.
(An object lesson against the personal introspection into one's own personal id and psychological shadow to find emotional catharsis with black trash bag in hand).
What's really Beyond The Door of your CQ?
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Mika Firestorm
Your Friendly Neighborhood Logistics
68
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Posted - 2017.06.11 15:49:47 -
[708] - Quote
Veikitamo Gesakaarin wrote:Elmund Egivand wrote: When's the last time you slept in a stock Captain's Quarter?
Ah. Last night. After the forensic cleaning crew went in with the bleach and decontaminated the place. (An object lesson against the personal introspection into one's own personal id and psychological shadow to find emotional catharsis with black trash bag in hand). What's really Beyond The Door of your CQ? Station corridor.
What's your favorite hologame?
State the nature of your medical emergency
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Loai Qerl
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
357
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Posted - 2017.06.11 16:17:03 -
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Mika Firestorm wrote:
What's your favorite hologame?
Firmament. It's a farming simulator and you have to build the farm and repair the farm and fight bandits and deal with terrible weather. And breed livestock, but they sort of gloss over that part. If you give them food and shelter and all the conditions are right, sometimes you just wander out into the yard and there is a baby goat! Or a pair of shep, or a little rhenu, or whatever. They made them VERY cute.
Also, when the farm floods or burns they just run away. So that's good.
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Veikitamo Gesakaarin
Kurilaivonen
2193
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Posted - 2017.06.11 16:40:52 -
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Loai Qerl wrote: What is the single thing you most wish you had bought, but did not?
An ivory handle straight razor in an antique shop in Pimebeka.
What ship would you say best describes your enemy and why?
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Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
3243
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Posted - 2017.06.11 18:18:38 -
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Veikitamo Gesakaarin wrote:Loai Qerl wrote: What is the single thing you most wish you had bought, but did not?
An ivory handle straight razor in an antique shop in Pimebeka. What ship would you say best describes your enemy and why? Tristan. Green, weak, annoying drone-loving boat like GALLENTE.
What would you do with your worst enemy if you capture it alive?
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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Mizhir
TURN LEFT HYDRA RELOADED
75499
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Posted - 2017.06.11 19:14:18 -
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Diana Kim wrote: What would you do with your worst enemy if you capture it alive?
I would make him tell where my daughter is. By any means nescessary.
What is the most embarrassing episode in your life (or atleast the one you would admit here)?
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Jade Blackwind
1302
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Posted - 2017.06.11 20:37:51 -
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Mizhir wrote:What is the most embarrassing episode in your life (or atleast the one you would admit here)? My Voluval ritual, or whatever kneejerk approximation of it the clan crones could devise back on Thelan IV many years ago. Swearing life-time allegiance to a certain well-known Blood Raider doesn't come even nearly close to that.
On the contrary:
What is the episode in your life that you'd like to remember in the final seconds before your ultimate and true death?
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Jev North
Anshar Incorporated Monyusaiya Industry Trade Group
1072
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Posted - 2017.06.12 12:03:38 -
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A couple of memories come to mind. The one you gutter-brains are all getting is a bit diffuse, though.
I remember setting up in Arnola, the back end of Derelik, after I'd decided I no longer owed Ghost Festival or the Cartel much in the way of loyalty anymore. I'd struck out on my own, to lose myself (and plenty of ships) in solo combat. I wasn't hugely successful, (and still am not, to be fair,) but every frigate I hauled into my shoddy little FOB felt like a vital building block to future success, every undock was an adventure, and every cocky Rifter pilot suddenly de-shipped a major victory.
I wouldn't mind going out like that. Not because I think death will be some kind of grand adventure -- I've been on a day-trip there, it's a bore -- but because it'd be nice to find that general mood again at all, and just before I kick the final bucket is the last possible moment.
What do you figure will do you in for the last time, anyway?
Even though our love is cruel; even though our stars are crossed.
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Halcyon Ember
Repracor Industries
512
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Posted - 2017.06.12 13:04:55 -
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Jev North wrote:A couple of memories come to mind. The one you gutter-brains are all getting is a bit diffuse, though.
I remember setting up in Arnola, the back end of Derelik, after I'd decided I no longer owed Ghost Festival or the Cartel much in the way of loyalty anymore. I'd struck out on my own, to lose myself (and plenty of ships) in solo combat. I wasn't hugely successful, (and still am not, to be fair,) but every frigate I hauled into my shoddy little FOB felt like a vital building block to future success, every undock was an adventure, and every cocky Rifter pilot suddenly de-shipped a major victory.
I wouldn't mind going out like that. Not because I think death will be some kind of grand adventure -- I've been on a day-trip there, it's a bore -- but because it'd be nice to find that general mood again at all, and just before I kick the final bucket is the last possible moment.
What do you figure will do you in for the last time, anyway?
Probably chocolate based drowning. It seems the least embarrassing option.
What is your worst childhood memory?
Queen of Chocolate
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Elmund Egivand
Sebestacny Circle
2519
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Posted - 2017.06.13 01:29:37 -
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Halcyon Ember wrote:Jev North wrote:A couple of memories come to mind. The one you gutter-brains are all getting is a bit diffuse, though.
I remember setting up in Arnola, the back end of Derelik, after I'd decided I no longer owed Ghost Festival or the Cartel much in the way of loyalty anymore. I'd struck out on my own, to lose myself (and plenty of ships) in solo combat. I wasn't hugely successful, (and still am not, to be fair,) but every frigate I hauled into my shoddy little FOB felt like a vital building block to future success, every undock was an adventure, and every cocky Rifter pilot suddenly de-shipped a major victory.
I wouldn't mind going out like that. Not because I think death will be some kind of grand adventure -- I've been on a day-trip there, it's a bore -- but because it'd be nice to find that general mood again at all, and just before I kick the final bucket is the last possible moment.
What do you figure will do you in for the last time, anyway? Hopefully chocolate based drowning. It seems the least embarrassing option. What is your worst childhood memory?
Getting swindled back in Skarkon II. Sahaal Bazaar. After getting lost. Never trusted another Skarkonite not bearing the Clan Marks since then.
What's the worst designed station you had ever docked in?
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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Akkad Akaya
The Abrahadabra Institute
2
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Posted - 2017.06.16 20:49:55 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Halcyon Ember wrote:Jev North wrote:A couple of memories come to mind. The one you gutter-brains are all getting is a bit diffuse, though.
I remember setting up in Arnola, the back end of Derelik, after I'd decided I no longer owed Ghost Festival or the Cartel much in the way of loyalty anymore. I'd struck out on my own, to lose myself (and plenty of ships) in solo combat. I wasn't hugely successful, (and still am not, to be fair,) but every frigate I hauled into my shoddy little FOB felt like a vital building block to future success, every undock was an adventure, and every cocky Rifter pilot suddenly de-shipped a major victory.
I wouldn't mind going out like that. Not because I think death will be some kind of grand adventure -- I've been on a day-trip there, it's a bore -- but because it'd be nice to find that general mood again at all, and just before I kick the final bucket is the last possible moment.
What do you figure will do you in for the last time, anyway? Hopefully chocolate based drowning. It seems the least embarrassing option. What is your worst childhood memory? Getting swindled back in Skarkon II. Sahaal Bazaar. After getting lost. Never trusted another Skarkonite not bearing the Clan Marks since then. What's the worst designed station you had ever docked in?
Amarr, Emperor Family Bureau - or Academy as they call it now. It's a historical site but that's all it should be. It's the prime destination for our Crusaders for reshipping and short shore leave but it's a death trap, docking and undocking leaves one extremely vulnerable due to the outdated placement of the docking bay and its tunnel-like nature. It's an out dated design that has been held up in Amarrian bureaucracy for the mere fact that it is old. With the Upwell Consortium's innovations it's becoming harder and harder to justify this shibboleth's existence, yet it still stands, mocking every Amarrian who would like to see us be progressive and competitive instead of behind the times for 100 years.
Architectural preservation is not part of the Amarrian religion, and it is a tactical error to allow this structure to continue to stand. Turn it into a museum, or a hotel, but don't allow it to remain the market hub for the entire Empire.
What constitutes Will?
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Aos Rollard
Marryat Interstellar Corporation
22
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Posted - 2017.06.21 05:46:59 -
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Akkad Akaya wrote: Amarr, Emperor Family Bureau - or Academy as they call it now. It's a historical site but that's all it should be. It's the prime destination for our Crusaders for reshipping and short shore leave but it's a death trap, docking and undocking leaves one extremely vulnerable due to the outdated placement of the docking bay and its tunnel-like nature. It's an out dated design that has been held up in Amarrian bureaucracy for the mere fact that it is old. With the Upwell Consortium's innovations it's becoming harder and harder to justify this shibboleth's existence, yet it still stands, mocking every Amarrian who would like to see us be progressive and competitive instead of behind the times for 100 years.
Architectural preservation is not part of the Amarrian religion, and it is a tactical error to allow this structure to continue to stand. Turn it into a museum, or a hotel, but don't allow it to remain the market hub for the entire Empire.
What constitutes Will?
Hmm...maybe the grand sum of every single action that you've taken over the course of your entire life? As a follower of Ida, I personally believe that the Will is an intangible 'thing' that doesn't reide within your body, but are instead your choices and how they affect you over time.
If an apple falls into the backyard of a farmer, who gets to eat that apple?
What all Capsuleers should know about the dangers of reliance on cloning: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=6980876#post6980876
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Elmund Egivand
Sebestacny Circle
2563
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Posted - 2017.06.21 06:25:07 -
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Aos Rollard wrote:Akkad Akaya wrote: Amarr, Emperor Family Bureau - or Academy as they call it now. It's a historical site but that's all it should be. It's the prime destination for our Crusaders for reshipping and short shore leave but it's a death trap, docking and undocking leaves one extremely vulnerable due to the outdated placement of the docking bay and its tunnel-like nature. It's an out dated design that has been held up in Amarrian bureaucracy for the mere fact that it is old. With the Upwell Consortium's innovations it's becoming harder and harder to justify this shibboleth's existence, yet it still stands, mocking every Amarrian who would like to see us be progressive and competitive instead of behind the times for 100 years.
Architectural preservation is not part of the Amarrian religion, and it is a tactical error to allow this structure to continue to stand. Turn it into a museum, or a hotel, but don't allow it to remain the market hub for the entire Empire.
What constitutes Will?
Hmm...maybe the grand sum of every single action that you've taken over the course of your entire life? As a follower of Ida, I personally believe that the Will is an intangible 'thing' that doesn't reide within your body, but are instead your choices and how they affect you over time. If an apple falls into the backyard of a farmer, who gets to eat that apple?
The worms. The farmer won't notice until the worms have a bite, considering that this is the backyard where he wouldn't be paying much attention to, rather than the orchard, which he will pay attention to.
Does a corovid crap on the trees?
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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Che Biko
Alexylva Paradox
1064
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Posted - 2017.06.21 22:13:56 -
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They might on Houdea, but not elsewhere, as the steppes have no trees.
What name would you choose for Miss Daphiti's newborn son, and why?
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Hetu Hegirin
Muspell Combine
147
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Posted - 2017.06.21 23:28:25 -
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Che Biko wrote:They might on Houdea, but not elsewhere, as the steppes have no trees.
What name would you choose for Miss Daphiti's newborn son, and why? Purely hypothetical, since I cannot presume to interfere in such intimate matters, but by the New Eden Standard Calendar I believe it is still the onset of summer. As such, for a newborn boy I might choose a name to reflect that... Estibal, perhaps.
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Elmund Egivand
Sebestacny Circle
2568
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Posted - 2017.06.22 03:51:50 -
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Hetu Hegirin wrote:
How will you mark the passing of the season, or do you even follow the calendar manifested by YC?
I don't. Out here, the calendar isn't as important as planetside since most of our activities are unaffected by seasons. Unless wars, mass-ganks and other major capsuleer ops are planned seasonally on a calendar, that whole calendar thing isn't too important for me.
The only reason I look at the calendar once in a while is to make sure I didn't miss Winter Solstice feast (or get chewed out by clan), or anniversaries (so I do not miss on the chance to be extra affectionate and doting).
On the other hand, I place more importance on the clock because that 24 hour period actually is relevant to our activities. Minutes and seconds can be the difference between profit and success or loss and failure.
It is understood that the YC calendar may not sync well with planetary season due to deviations in planet mass and size and the length of orbit. What steps do you take to reconcile the difference, if you do so?
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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Che Biko
Alexylva Paradox
1070
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Posted - 2017.06.22 10:51:28 -
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I guess I don't, really. Whenever I go somewhere, I usually just check the weather forecast for the time I will stay there.
If a good friend told you about something they witnessed, and their testimony could potentially convict a murderer, but they dared not go to the police out of fear for themselves or their loved ones, you can not protect them if they did, and your own second hand testimony would not suffice for a conviction, what would you do?
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Elmund Egivand
Sebestacny Circle
2572
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Posted - 2017.06.22 11:35:39 -
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Che Biko wrote:I guess I don't, really. Whenever I go somewhere, I usually just check the weather forecast for the time I will stay there.
If a good friend told you about something they witnessed, and their testimony could potentially convict a murderer, but they dared not go to the police out of fear for themselves or their loved ones, you can not protect them if they did, and your own second hand testimony would not suffice for a conviction, what would you do?
I'm a frakking capsuleer! I will call in many proxies to secure his or her loved ones or incapacitate the murderer while the witness rats him out. There is also the option of calling in many proxies and arrange for the murder of the murderer.
Before you point out that the murderer could be a capsuleer, I myself will point out that if he is a capsuleer, he wouldn't have given a whit about convictions in court or anything. He would have just left the system. Not to mention the local police officers would not even consider arresting him due to the risks involved in doing so.
What can you do as a capsuleer beyond flying a spaceship with your mind that you previously can't as a baseliner?
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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