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CCP Fallout
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Posted - 2010.07.12 14:36:00 -
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When a man of "unique" talents is saved from a savage beating by two mysterious gentlemen, he finds that perhaps being saved is more like making a deal with the devil. But does he have a choice?
"The Resurrection Men" is a new EVE Chronicle written by CCP Abraxas.
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Georn
VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD
Black Star Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.12 14:40:00 -
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mhmm I like.
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Andreus LeHane
Gallente
Mixed Metaphor
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Posted - 2010.07.12 16:05:00 -
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Edited by: Andreus LeHane on 12/07/2010 16:05:11
"To be honest, they don't look that grand on paper. Maybe some piece of equipment, some module in a spaceship, raises its output by five percent. But that alone can make a huge difference in interstellar combat. It may turn the tide of entire battles."
Ah, so that's where the +5% per level to Large Hybrid Turret damage on my Megathron comes from 
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Kenpachi Viktor
Gradient
Electus Matari
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Posted - 2010.07.12 16:11:00 -
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Shiny 
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Casiella Truza
Ecliptic Rift
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Posted - 2010.07.12 16:31:00 -
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OCD... rising... must resist... urge... to copyedit.
As usual with Abraxas's chronicles, I have no idea what just happened and I love it.
Have H and B just used Rokan's brain to analyze systems? Or will his wetware get slightly "repurposed" into new equipment?
And the artwork is awesome. Hats and trenchcoats? Leather chairs and vague, abstract art? It's like the 1950s all over again.
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NTRabbit
Caldari
Guiding Hand Social Club
Dystopia Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.12 16:50:00 -
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Reminds me of Endless Corporation Inquisitors
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TheLostPenguin
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Posted - 2010.07.12 17:05:00 -
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Nice Chronicle, enjoyed reading it, altho like a few others this one really seemed like the first chapter of a greater story, any chance that we could have more of Rokans story in the future? Or is this the earliest part to go with a couple of earlier chrons I seem to recall involving involving someone involved with design/research, which were published in reverse chronological order and some while apart..... Can't recall the ones I'm thinking of, now re-reading most of the chrons to try and find them :)
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Gnulpie
Minmatar
Miner Tech
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Posted - 2010.07.12 17:20:00 -
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 Quote:
First we need to find a brain that's capable of operating at better capacity than hereto identified, and then we know in what direction to take the technology.
So THAT is why the Sansha's Nation began collecting all those people recently! |
who wu
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Posted - 2010.07.12 20:11:00 -
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Originally by: NTRabbit
Reminds me of Endless Corporation Inquisitors
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Zephran Schultz
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Posted - 2010.07.12 20:28:00 -
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Originally by: Casiella Truza
And the artwork is awesome. Hats and trenchcoats? Leather chairs and vague, abstract art? It's like the 1950s all over again.
Ah, so it wasn't just me who got the feeling Mr. H and Mr. B are like the Men In Black of UFO lore?
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Genki SG
Scapegoats
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Posted - 2010.07.12 20:52:00 -
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liked it...
for me it had a Dark City feel to it, if some of you know of this strange movie
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Typhado3
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.07.12 21:20:00 -
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very very nice 
This is exactly the sort of story I want to hear more of.
I'm just wondering if there is more to the title of this chronicle than first seems. Is it just a reference to them saving his life or could it mean the hacker from the story is in for some cloning.
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Azura Noctis
Amarr
SWARTA
Mostly Clueless
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Posted - 2010.07.12 21:24:00 -
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Seemed a bit ominous at the end. Very enjoyable read, would like to see what happens in this plot line.
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Georn
VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD
Black Star Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.12 21:41:00 -
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After reading it a second time I somehow get the feeling that he's being turned into a +5% hacking Implant.
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Genryu Milestone
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Posted - 2010.07.12 21:56:00 -
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Same here:
Quote:
"Am I going to get to meet the capsuleer?"
B and H looked at each other again. B said, "Mmm ... I suppose that isn't out of the question."
He will meet the capsuleer, in form of implant ^^
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Alain Colcer
Strix Armaments and Defence
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Posted - 2010.07.12 22:33:00 -
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Originally by: Georn
After reading it a second time I somehow get the feeling that he's being turned into a +5% hacking Implant.
Exactly my interpretation actually.
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Casiella Truza
Ecliptic Rift
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Posted - 2010.07.13 01:23:00 -
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...holy crap. Hardwirings.
Of course, that could imply interesting things for future player production of cybernetics.
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Yaar Podshipnik
Gallente
Paxton Industries
-Mostly Harmless-
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Posted - 2010.07.13 04:45:00 -
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Very nice chronicle. The only thing that I didn't like is that Abraxas used "gingerly" 5 times. If it's a conscious stylistic choice then I don't get it, if not - thesaurus to the rescue :)
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Nathan Jameson
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Posted - 2010.07.13 04:55:00 -
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Well, the most benign interpretation of events is that the capsuleer is just creating an alt account, or whatever the in-game term is for that. 
The more...pessimistic interpretations do imply he'll never regain consciousness. At least, not as a human.
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Zitus
NON PROPERO
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Posted - 2010.07.13 05:21:00 -
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sweet chronicle.
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Graelyn
Amarr
Deus Imperiosus Acies
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Posted - 2010.07.13 05:47:00 -
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Oh ho ho! 
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Ninavask
Gallente
EuropeXtreme
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Posted - 2010.07.13 06:16:00 -
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Why do I have the unquestionable belief that this guy is going to be plugged into a capsuleer's head in a few days?
Nice chronicle by the way.
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Fumitsugu Sylwia
Guristech
One Stop Research
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Posted - 2010.07.13 07:40:00 -
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Edited by: Fumitsugu Sylwia on 13/07/2010 07:40:11
Originally by: Ninavask
Why do I have the unquestionable belief that this guy is going to be plugged into a capsuleer's head in a few days?
Nice chronicle by the way.
I believe the giveaway is the title "The Resurrection Men". Our hacker will be reborn into a +x% hacking implant.
Which I would want, by the way :)
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Nathan Jameson
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Posted - 2010.07.13 11:35:00 -
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BTW, the thumbnail of this story for the "EVE Chronicles" page has this story misspelled as "The Ressurection Men." Can someone correct this?
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Maxsim Goratiev
Gallente
Imperial Tau Syndicate
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Posted - 2010.07.13 12:06:00 -
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while it is interesting, i would like to know what exactly is the fate of this poor fool.
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The Wicked1
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Posted - 2010.07.13 13:28:00 -
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Originally by: Genki SG
liked it...
for me it had a Dark City feel to it, if some of you know of this strange movie
Oh do I know it! The first few lines made me think of Mr. Hand og Mr. Book right away.
Now I'll probably end up watching it tonight... which isn't all that bad
Originally by: "CCP Fallout"
Originally by: "FunTimeBarbie"
Dumb dee dumb dee da daldary dumb dumb. DURPY DURP DURP!!!!! ...
I durped you with a lock.
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HiMyNameIsBoxxy
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Posted - 2010.07.13 14:57:00 -
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Originally by: Chronicle
B gave H a look, who said, "It's a check, yes. We want to see if your brain can handle the pressure.
He liked their funny speech, and the odd way they emphasized things. "Like a capsuleer," he said.
B filled his glass while H continued, "Yes, precisely so. Capsuleers interface with modules in very much the same way that we're having your body do now, albeit at a much simplified level."
Maybe they are just trying to create the neural interface for Dust's mercenary ? |
Meleric
Caldari
Verteidiger des wahren Bloedsinns
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Posted - 2010.07.13 15:10:00 -
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Could be a possibility.
Nice Chronicle ! Give us moarrrr about this story !!!
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Bagehi
Association of Commonwealth Enterprises
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Posted - 2010.07.13 20:09:00 -
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Crewman Rokan reporting for duty?
This signature is useless, but it is red.
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Veronica Kerrigan
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Posted - 2010.07.13 20:12:00 -
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This reminds me of the beginning of "Ender's Shadow" by Orson Scott Card, with Bean being an orphan on the streets of Rotterdam. 2 thumbs up.
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Jonathan Mcarthur
Caldari
Ethipi
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Posted - 2010.07.13 23:46:00 -
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I don't know if people noticed but Mr. H and Mr. B seem to remind me of Jame Bond film, specifically Diamonds are forever with Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint, I wonder if Abraxas is trying to do some sort of parallel.
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Baneken
Gallente
Aseveljet
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Posted - 2010.07.14 06:58:00 -
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My impression is that someone is getting a cheap "wetware mainframe" for his implants from the streets...
Very Sansha like solution, I like it.
http://desusig.crumplecorn.com/sigs.html |
Freyya
Advanced Planetary Exports
Intergalactic Exports Group
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Posted - 2010.07.14 08:52:00 -
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Edited by: Freyya on 14/07/2010 08:53:13
I just logged in and typed my reply, but after pressing post reply i needed to log in again. FIX FORUMS!
Now i just use a short version of my reply;
Gingerly x12 with thread and story related bits in between.
Use substitutions as 5x gingerly breaks atmosphere a bit.
Great artwork, artists;think about making a comic series?
Ohh and ofcourse great story again Abraxas!
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It'll be worth something someday. -Rauth
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Posted - 2010.07.14 10:14:00 -
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Originally by: Yaar Podshipnik
The only thing that I didn't like is that Abraxas used "gingerly" 5 times.
Jesus, you weren't kidding. I must've been thinking of something else. Or someone else.
Also, for anyone wondering about the "Resurrection Men" title, and about Messieurs B and H: Yes, it traces back to James Bond, but it goes back much further than that. Google it.
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Aineko Macx
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Posted - 2010.07.14 13:19:00 -
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Edited by: Aineko Macx on 14/07/2010 13:22:45
Since implants are mainly got from LP stores, it implies all corporations do mass human kidnapping/trafficking/reprocessing, which is unbelievable, even in eves universe. Also, the supply of "talented" people in certain fields is not unlimited.
Other than that, nice writing as usual.
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thegallenteamarrguy
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Posted - 2010.07.14 15:56:00 -
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You've made me significantly less comfortable in eve lately, abraxas. This, combined with the past quafe story, and seeing the DUST art work on the CCPgames website, with bodies hanging on a podium, makes me, unsettled. Great job.
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Indy Dugg
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Posted - 2010.07.14 16:26:00 -
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Stop teaseing us with these awsome stories. We will never experience this ingame.
CCP use ur writeing skills to make missions ingame.
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Kathryn Dougans
Amarr
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Posted - 2010.07.14 17:53:00 -
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it's Burke and Hare, the infamous bodysnatchers, or... "Resurrectionists" as they were called.
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Pesets
The Hunt Club
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:58:00 -
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So, next we're gonna learn that pods' life support systems do indeed run on tears?
But at least Abraxas' chrons are more... elegant...
Originally by: "Rokan"
"So what are they for? Is this a health check before I go on board?" Just the words go on board gave him a nice, warm little sense of freedom.
"Go on board", get it?
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Hallan De'estus
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Posted - 2010.07.15 15:02:00 -
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Great job on a great premise. Really, really hoping to see more of all three characters.
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Candente
Caldari
Eve University
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Posted - 2010.07.15 15:47:00 -
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Originally by: Aineko Macx
Edited by: Aineko Macx on 14/07/2010 13:22:45
Since implants are mainly got from LP stores, it implies all corporations do mass human kidnapping/trafficking/reprocessing, which is unbelievable, even in eves universe. Also, the supply of "talented" people in certain fields is not unlimited.
Other than that, nice writing as usual.
I think "recycling" individuals in the lowest caste of New Eden's societies is a constant and interesting theme. I would seriously doubt every +ability implants out there are the high tech version of Quafe+. It feels to me that this guy (or rather his brain) becomes the lab rat in producing/testing +hacking implants.
I am curious about the nature of this unfortunate hacker's works. Are we talking about hacking as in traditional interfacing (such as monitor & keyboard)? Or maybe it's the hacking as in neural interface, which involves plugging implants into brain and then hook to some machine like capsuleers? I am more inclined to imagine the latter... maybe because I want more Ghost in the Shell kind of science fantasy
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Muck Raker
Gallente
Gutter Press
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Posted - 2010.07.15 16:34:00 -
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Originally by: Kathryn Dougans
it's Burke and Hare, the infamous bodysnatchers, or... "Resurrectionists" as they were called.
In addition to this, there's also:
"Burke's the killer, and Hare's the thief, And Knox the man who buys the beef"
So... who is Mr. K ? 
Rumours! Wars! Rumours of wars! Wars of rumours! |
K'rto
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Posted - 2010.07.16 01:50:00 -
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Originally by: Aineko Macx
Edited by: Aineko Macx on 14/07/2010 13:22:45
Since implants are mainly got from LP stores, it implies all corporations do mass human kidnapping/trafficking/reprocessing, which is unbelievable, even in eves universe. Also, the supply of "talented" people in certain fields is not unlimited.
Other than that, nice writing as usual.
I'd rather believe they copy what they get from him, and use this to produce implants. My wild guess here is that it'd be cheaper to do that than to try to hunt down a person with the fitting talents for only one implant, everytime.
Originally by: Muck Raker
So... who is Mr. K ?
That'd be me, hehe. 
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Auwnie Morohe
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Posted - 2010.07.16 09:24:00 -
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I have a job this Mr Rokan. He will not be harmed in any way. Who can I contact to arrange the use of his services?
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Chaendara Crowe
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Posted - 2010.07.16 16:36:00 -
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Hmmm, will Mr. Rokan wake up and still BE Mr. Rokan?
Will he wake to find he is now just a ghost in a machine?
Or will he wake to find ghosts in HIS machine?
Imagine, if you will, a body and brain with the ability to handle the pressure and stimuli of not one but TWO consciousnesses within it? How might that change the "tide of entire battles" to have not one but TWO capsuleer's in charge of a fighting vessel...
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Pesets
The Hunt Club
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Posted - 2010.07.17 04:43:00 -
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Edited by: Pesets on 17/07/2010 04:43:51
Originally by: Chaendara Crowe
Imagine, if you will, a body and brain with the ability to handle the pressure and stimuli of not one but TWO consciousnesses within it? How might that change the "tide of entire battles" to have not one but TWO capsuleer's in charge of a fighting vessel...
Strictly speaking, nothing says that the part of the brain responsible for consiousness has to be preserved, and the extraction procedure would likely leave Rokan in vegetable state, if at all alive. I have my doubts that extracting just the right neurons from a unique individual brain and making them interface with another unique brain would be more feasible than designing a normal implant from scratch, but fiction has a tendency to disregard logical implications in favor of invoking an emotional response from the reader.
Originally by: Chaendara Crowe
Or will it be as simple as the fact that Mr. B and Mr. H's employer simply wants out of the capsuleer profession, and all those years inside the pod exposed to who knows what has degraded his body to the point it won't sustain life outside the pod and he is simply "trading up"?
Doubtful, as he could always transfer his consciousness into a fresh body, grown to be in good shape. Of course the chron gives you freedom to speculate about exact ending, but it also gives clues that hoping for a happy ending is somewhat naive.
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Halcyon Ingenium
Caldari
Bene Gesserit ChapterHouse
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Posted - 2010.07.17 07:26:00 -
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I wish this meant the Broker was coming back. I liked him.
Trolls? In my EVE forums? It's more likely than you think...
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Katrina Bekers
Gallente
Mia Corp
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Posted - 2010.07.17 07:56:00 -
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Very nice chronicle, CCP Abraxas. Thank you.
Besides the "gingerly" storm (all hail CCP Ginger!), and a missing space in
Quote:
certain sections of the <i>brain</i>were capable of dealing
it's very high quality.
...And as usual, the answers given are far less than the questions left lingering... Which is good (unless brought to the level of Lost, of course!).
I liked especially the effort to give a believable background to the skill/implant effects on ship performance.
Always wondered why I could fit that extra 5% volume in my industrial, or have my carrier field an additional fighter, or my railguns use 2% less powergrid, if I "study" the right book for the appropriate amount of time or plug a device in my cranium. Ship specs seem very "volatile" in this regard, and the whole skill point mechanic explanation is a gingerly serious narrative challenge.
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Astria Tiphareth
Caldari
24th Imperial Crusade
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Posted - 2010.07.17 12:30:00 -
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Very nice. I too enjoyed the subtle Men in Black-style approach. Their precise English and somewhat British/old-world mannerisms were appreciated too.
I can't help but feel that there's more to come though; that this is not merely 'we wish to dissect this person's brain'. That doesn't mean it's a good thing that he's found himself volunteered for
At several points in the story they refer to tests, and that the ones they're doing right now are just basic ones, that later ones he'd perceive at a conscious level. This begs the question as to what the more complex tests are.
More please!
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My views may not represent those of my corporation, which is why I never get invited to those diplomatic parties...
Environmental Effects
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Bronden Neopatus
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Posted - 2010.07.18 20:15:00 -
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Well, I guess this is NOT what everyone is intended to think, but IMO the whole process is passive and the guy is merely being recorded into an AI for personal use of a capsuleer, who later may develop the info into a personal implant or a mass produced done.
But hey, that's because I already feel EVE's universe is too unempathic and sociopathic on its own as to have chunks of dead people plugged into capsuleers for extra grimness.
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Serpents smile
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Posted - 2010.07.19 13:30:00 -
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Originally by: Jonathan Mcarthur
I don't know if people noticed but Mr. H and Mr. B seem to remind me of Jame Bond film, specifically Diamonds are forever with Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint, I wonder if Abraxas is trying to do some sort of parallel.
With the illustration for me they where more reminiscent to the strangers like Mr. Hand & Mr. Book in Dark City.
Too bad I was wrong. 
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Clovermite
Kamikaze Fleet Command
Kamikaze Project
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Posted - 2010.07.21 05:29:00 -
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Originally by: Chaendara Crowe
Imagine, if you will, a body and brain with the ability to handle the pressure and stimuli of not one but TWO consciousnesses within it?
Somebody mention Dollhouse?
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Lucia Warbler
Ordo Novus Mul-Zatah
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Posted - 2010.07.21 13:36:00 -
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Originally by: Bronden Neopatus
Well, I guess this is NOT what everyone is intended to think, but IMO the whole process is passive and the guy is merely being recorded into an AI for personal use of a capsuleer, who later may develop the info into a personal implant or a mass produced done.
But hey, that's because I already feel EVE's universe is too unempathic and sociopathic on its own as to have chunks of dead people plugged into capsuleers for extra grimness.
Non of that. Naturally that good man will become a respected member of the capsuleers crew and a good friend of him/her personally. Not only that, he will also survive his time onboard the capsuleer's ship and retires at age of (five years later), rich and lives his life happily there after.
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Yuzuki Katayanagi
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Posted - 2010.07.21 13:57:00 -
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"Their first victim was an old woman from Gilmerton, whom Hare noticed a little intoxicated on the streets. Hare accosted her and enticed her to his den, where she was stupefied with drink, and put to death in the manner they afterwards pursued..."
This what Burke and Hare did to their first victim. Sounds somewhat familiar doesn't it?
While I doubt that this method of finding specimen for implant research is standard, I'm sure it speeds things up a bit.
Read real life history of body snatchers or "resurrection men". Then read Burke and Hare's story.
I'm happy I did because now I know I'm not plugging some dead person into my brain. Just wish they could release one chron to show that capsuleers aren't all bad... I'm having a hard time believing that I'm not an ******* in an pod.
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mattig89ch1
Caldari
Caeye Assault Technologies
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Posted - 2010.07.21 18:03:00 -
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I got the impression that his consciousness is being downloaded and his body is being turned into a clone.
They'd use is consciousness to create better equipment while they use his body for a clone for the capsuleer.
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HK-47: "Can I kill him master? I would very much like to break his neck, just a little, its been a long time fantasy of mine." |
Valaska
Amarr
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Posted - 2010.07.26 12:17:00 -
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Originally by: Aineko Macx
Edited by: Aineko Macx on 14/07/2010 13:22:45
Since implants are mainly got from LP stores, it implies all corporations do mass human kidnapping/trafficking/reprocessing, which is unbelievable, even in eves universe. Also, the supply of "talented" people in certain fields is not unlimited.
Other than that, nice writing as usual.
Seems appropriate in a universe where you can be given missions such as "Freedom Must NOT Prevail" and such.. New Eden is supposed to be a ridiculously dark, scary place where anything, but nothing, is permitted in a ways..
This is but New Edens true shades, shining through.
"No Bird Soars too High if he soars with his own wings" Marriage of Heaven and Hell. |
Ahd Dib
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Posted - 2010.07.26 19:30:00 -
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I think he's going to be the capsuleer's Alt LOL
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Lina Thamaris
Caldari
Averos Corporation
On the Rocks
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Posted - 2010.07.27 07:21:00 -
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Very nice chronicle. I really liked reading it. As someone said before, the Dark City feeling is definitely there.
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Aineko Macx
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Posted - 2010.07.27 10:26:00 -
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Originally by: Candente
I would seriously doubt every +ability implants out there are the high tech version of Quafe+. It feels to me that this guy (or rather his brain) becomes the lab rat in producing/testing +hacking implants.
Well, it's ambiguous, because on one hand they state that the guy and the capsuleer might actually meet in a creepy way, on the other hand state they need a brain to reverse engineer stuff and that he "could be very useful to him, and to others of his kind".
Originally by: Valaska
Originally by: Aineko Macx
Edited by: Aineko Macx on 14/07/2010 13:22:45
Since implants are mainly got from LP stores, it implies all corporations do mass human kidnapping/trafficking/reprocessing, which is unbelievable, even in eves universe. Also, the supply of "talented" people in certain fields is not unlimited.
Other than that, nice writing as usual.
Seems appropriate in a universe where you can be given missions such as "Freedom Must NOT Prevail" and such.. New Eden is supposed to be a ridiculously dark, scary place where anything, but nothing, is permitted in a ways..
This is but New Edens true shades, shining through.
You can get the same implants from pretty much any corp you can run mission for in unlimited quantity (limited only by your LP and ISK), even philanthropic ones like SOE. The more you think it through, the more holes you find in the concept and the less believable it becomes. So while it was well written, IMHO the chronicle is an exercise in painting eve in its dark colors but forgets to consider the implications of the new concepts that are introduced. One day this chronicle might be revised or considered non-canonical...
CCP: Where fixing bugs is a luxury, not an obligation. |
Rakshasa Taisab
Caldari
Sane Industries Inc.
Initiative Mercenaries
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Posted - 2010.07.28 08:22:00 -
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Originally by: Aineko Macx
You can get the same implants from pretty much any corp you can run mission for in unlimited quantity (limited only by your LP and ISK), even philanthropic ones like SOE. The more you think it through, the more holes you find in the concept and the less believable it becomes. So while it was well written, IMHO the chronicle is an exercise in painting eve in its dark colors but forgets to consider the implications of the new concepts that are introduced. One day this chronicle might be revised or considered non-canonical...
You only need one to make a billion copies.
It's quite obvious this is the origin of the various hardwirings.
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Aineko Macx
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Posted - 2010.07.30 08:58:00 -
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Originally by: Rakshasa Taisab
Originally by: Aineko Macx
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You only need one to make a billion copies.
It is not certain if you can copy them at all. Remember they state the talented one (or part of him) might "meet" the capsuleer?
CCP: Where fixing bugs is a luxury, not an obligation. |
Yuzuki Katayanagi
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Posted - 2010.08.03 06:07:00 -
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I think you are reading too much into the "meet the capsuleer" thing. Who knows, maybe B and H are (like Burke and Hare did) only supplying the capsuleer with the brain to study.
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Raknav
Royal Black Watch Highlanders
Warped Aggression
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Posted - 2010.08.17 01:04:00 -
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I think that they were "testing" him to become a capsuleer and during such he goes into mind-lock which is described in this short story called the Jovian Wetgrave if you don't want to read all of it starts to talk about it toward the bottom two lines of the second last page onward.
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Marcus Gideon
Gallente
Federal Defense Operations
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Posted - 2010.08.20 19:46:00 -
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I'm going to pretend they're mapping his brain somehow, and using that data to make implants. Or they're using the data to rework a module somehow.
I'm also going to pretend that I don't have a head full of Soylent Green.
And I'm also going to pretend that "meet the capsuleer" means just that, because I like to think that when I'm docked at stations, I occasionally go out and mingle with the commoners.
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Mara Rinn
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Posted - 2010.08.25 08:18:00 -
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Originally by: Marcus Gideon
I'm also going to pretend that I don't have a head full of Soylent Green.
My interpretation of the story is that the guy is indeed being used to manufacture a +5% hacking implant, and the nanobots that were injected into him are being used to simultaneously present his brain with subconscious puzzles to solve, track down the bits of the brain that are solving that puzzle, and prepare that portion of the brain to be transplanted into a hardwiring. That is, they were reverse engineering his brain in order to dissect it more cleanly. What's the fun of using an implant to improve your hacking chances, if it comes packaged with flashbacks of a mugging in a back street?
Soylent Green is people.
Hardwirings are just bits of people.
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smurfslayor
Minmatar
FinFleet
IT Alliance
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Posted - 2010.09.21 08:42:00 -
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I got the feeling that "men in black" had found a set of talents the capsuler had ordered, but rather than hardwiring or implants, then a body to be jumped into for a specific skillset? I have different clones for different ships and situations.this seems kinda the same... srry if someone else said this already but i didn`t have time to read tall the replies. Great story thanks :)
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