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CCP Fallout
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Posted - 2010.11.15 15:40:00 -
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An imprisoned Amarrian doubts his faith as he undergoes awful tests of body and spirit. Darkness, though, holds not only terrors and suffering, but sometimes salvation as well.
"King Slaver" is a new Chronicle written by CCP Abraxas.
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CCP Abraxas
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Posted - 2010.11.15 15:46:00 -
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And with respect to recent discussions, let me just add for any who wonder: This story has a happy ending. So did Hona is Three, Rust Creeps and Burnt. We really are a gentle, lovable people, we devs.
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Alara IonStorm
Agent-Orange Nabaal Syndicate
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Posted - 2010.11.15 15:52:00 -
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\o/ First
/Reading Glasses.
-- I am now on a Crusade to Fix the Omen!
For Great Justice!
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Borgh Brainbasher
Brutor tribe
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Posted - 2010.11.15 16:10:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Abraxas ...We really are a gentle, lovable people, we devs.
oh gods, eve is doomed.
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Nikita Alterana
Risen Angels
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Posted - 2010.11.15 16:34:00 -
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I liked it, but it was...odd
Crazy doesn't even start to cover it |
Mashie Saldana
Minmatar Veto Corp
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Posted - 2010.11.15 17:23:00 -
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To see Amarrians suffer brings a smile to my face.
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Shandir
Minmatar Eve University Ivy League
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Posted - 2010.11.15 18:10:00 -
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Prisoner 47 - Hitman reference?
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daqor
Caldari
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Posted - 2010.11.15 18:28:00 -
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Quote: Freedom was an important concept, apparently. The Minmatar found it so important, the prisoner thought, they wanted to keep it all to themselves.
That neatly sums up my view of how a lot of Minmatar, and for that matter Gallente, seem to act.
Also: Good job to Abraxas on another great story, confusing though it was.
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Rustpunk
Ghost Festival
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Posted - 2010.11.15 19:18:00 -
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Minmatar grimdark. Excellent.
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dtyk
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Posted - 2010.11.15 20:40:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Abraxas And with respect to recent discussions, let me just add for any who wonder: This story has a happy ending. So did Hona is Three, Rust Creeps and Burnt. We really are a gentle, lovable people, we devs.
The fact that you have to afterwards state that the ending was happy says something great about the stories:P
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Orion GUardian
Caldari
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Posted - 2010.11.15 20:49:00 -
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Originally by: daqor
Quote: Freedom was an important concept, apparently. The Minmatar found it so important, the prisoner thought, they wanted to keep it all to themselves.
That neatly sums up my view of how a lot of Minmatar, and for that matter Gallente, seem to act.
Also: Good job to Abraxas on another great story, confusing though it was.
Exactely...
Great Chronicle....
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Istvaan Shogaatsu
Caldari Guiding Hand Social Club
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Posted - 2010.11.15 20:51:00 -
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Delicious. Truly fantastic. I like how it echoes with modern day... there is a contemporary culture which I will not name, whose identity is synonymous with suffering a great evil, then turning around and inflicting said same evil upon others. The parallel is fantastic.
Abraxas: you are one kick-ass writer.
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Mr Jebidea
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Posted - 2010.11.15 22:04:00 -
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Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu Delicious. Truly fantastic. I like how it echoes with modern day... there is a contemporary culture which I will not name, whose identity is synonymous with suffering a great evil, then turning around and inflicting said same evil upon others. The parallel is fantastic.
Abraxas: you are one kick-ass writer.
What like the Soviet Union/Peoples Republic of China/Democratic Kampuchea/Cuba/Democratic Republic of Vietnam or any other communist nation on earth? I know you aren't referring to the United States, we have freedom of opportunity with consequences to ones actions, not do whatever the **** you want and there are no consequences freedom.
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Genki SG
Scapegoats
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Posted - 2010.11.15 22:19:00 -
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Originally by: Shandir Edited by: Shandir on 15/11/2010 18:20:04 Prisoner 47 - Hitman reference?
Or just 42+2+3... OMG the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything, plus a "23" for the illuminati
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Graelyn
Amarr Deus Imperiosus Acies Covenant of Prophecy
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Posted - 2010.11.15 22:20:00 -
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Ugh, don't take this thread down that road.
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Co-Executor, Minister of Communications Covenant of Prophecy
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Bomberlocks
Minmatar CTRL-Q
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Posted - 2010.11.15 22:42:00 -
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Thanks, Abraxas. If they ever make an EVE movie, I want you to write the screenplay. It will almost certainly bomb, like Serenity bombed, but suffering for one's art is the mark of the true artist, non? Also, you'll build up your own cult following.
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Yennefer VanCiri
Amarr Hedion University
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Posted - 2010.11.15 23:01:00 -
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Originally by: Bomberlocks Thanks, Abraxas. If they ever make an EVE movie, I want you to write the screenplay. It will almost certainly bomb, like Serenity bombed, but suffering for one's art is the mark of the true artist, non? Also, you'll build up your own cult following.
I couldn't agree more! That was a great read!
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Xaviar Onassis
Gulfonodi Bay Fishing Club
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Posted - 2010.11.15 23:29:00 -
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Great story, love it. Not sure I can agree that the ending qualifies as "happy" though...
Also, really minor point, but "tired revelries"? I think you meant "tired reveries" as the former means "party" and the latter "thinking about stuff from the past".
Great writing though - just wish they were more frequent. |
iKill Giants
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.11.16 00:56:00 -
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Originally by: Mr Jebidea ...
Trail of Tears The Japanese Internment Camps of WWII. We all have skeletons in our closets. Even the Matari. ---------
People always ask me for my Rupture fit after I blow up their Abaddon. |
Rustpunk
Ghost Festival
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Posted - 2010.11.16 01:10:00 -
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I'm a steadfast Minmatar roleplayer, and one of the things I love about EVE is that we have no good guys. Not on a large scale, anyway: like every single other government that has ever existed IRL, and like every single other person, we are capable of great good and great evil. Sometimes at the same time.
The US, 1930s Germany, Costa Rica (no military), the USSR... none of us have completely clean hands, yet we can find positive actions by every government.
I like CCP showing (again) the darker side of the Minmatar. Just like I like seeing them show the compassionate side of the Amarr, despite the fact that on the whole, that nation supports a policy of great evil.
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Istvaan Shogaatsu
Caldari Guiding Hand Social Club
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Posted - 2010.11.16 01:17:00 -
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Originally by: Mr Jebidea
Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu Delicious. Truly fantastic. I like how it echoes with modern day... there is a contemporary culture which I will not name, whose identity is synonymous with suffering a great evil, then turning around and inflicting said same evil upon others. The parallel is fantastic.
Abraxas: you are one kick-ass writer.
What like the Soviet Union/Peoples Republic of China/Democratic Kampuchea/Cuba/Democratic Republic of Vietnam or any other communist nation on earth? I know you aren't referring to the United States, we have freedom of opportunity with consequences to ones actions, not do whatever the **** you want and there are no consequences freedom.
Ahahahahahaha.
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IL'kahn Rohtaga
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Posted - 2010.11.16 01:43:00 -
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Are you trying to plumb the depths of the depravity of the Eve player base? Whats next feeding fetuses to their parents?
I see in the unwritten end of this story the beginning of the film '300' where the hardened boy fearlessly slaughters the wolf with an understanding of 'kill or be killed'. The protagonist could never return to the camp having learned what he needed to trancend his situation, 'liberty or death' is the only logical next step.
In my mind he killed the slaver hound and returned to possibly take out a couple guards before acquiring a weapon and going down in a blaze of glory.
This is why I quit the Minmatar and have been accepted by the truely enlightened race the Caldari and will deny my racial heritage three times and work to build the Caldari up with my last efforts which btw are achieved using modern machinery.
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Roga Dracor
Caldari Starfire Oasis Infinite Conflux
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Posted - 2010.11.16 02:31:00 -
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Thumbs up.. I agree, love to see these like once a week..
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Slaver
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Posted - 2010.11.16 04:00:00 -
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I approve this Chronicle. On his deathbed, my grandfather whispered to me a similar tale. |
Nathan Jameson
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Posted - 2010.11.16 04:08:00 -
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Hail to the king, baby.
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Enya Sparhawk
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Posted - 2010.11.16 04:48:00 -
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Damn good story! I especially loved the ending!
When plunged into the icy depths of darkness, could looking back only reveal your shadowy reflection slowly sinking away; one must ask, as only a number can ask, was this man truely a King of straw, or just merely a scarecrow?
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Ian Luxor
Caldari
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Posted - 2010.11.16 06:54:00 -
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Maybe i just don't get the end ? This could only be a happy ending for the slaver hound in my point of view .
That guy is slaver hound food in the end, right ?
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Elisa Vilerum
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Posted - 2010.11.16 07:11:00 -
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don't see much point in these camps/prisons they are not there to be of any benefit to republic they sound to me more of personal sick amusement of some influential ol' war fart general,those prisoners are wasting food and space they occupy seems to me much better way to go is to open cargo bay mid space and let them meet the good of theirs
non the less i liked the writing as always |
Rip Minner
Gallente ARMITAGE Logistics Salvage and Industries
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Posted - 2010.11.16 07:57:00 -
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Edited by: Rip Minner on 16/11/2010 08:00:41 Edited by: Rip Minner on 16/11/2010 07:59:41
Originally by: Mr Jebidea
Originally by: Istvaan Shogaatsu Delicious. Truly fantastic. I like how it echoes with modern day... there is a contemporary culture which I will not name, whose identity is synonymous with suffering a great evil, then turning around and inflicting said same evil upon others. The parallel is fantastic.
Abraxas: you are one kick-ass writer.
What like the Soviet Union/Peoples Republic of China/Democratic Kampuchea/Cuba/Democratic Republic of Vietnam or any other communist nation on earth? I know you aren't referring to the United States, we have freedom of opportunity with consequences to ones actions, not do whatever the **** you want and there are no consequences freedom.
I'm from the United States. But I have traveled around to more places then the one I was born in. Keeping in line with what I know of differnt countrys first hand and not the p*ss poor lies forced feed though Corp media. Add in the last 20-30 years of current events. And yes I would have to say United States would be the first pick to that one.
The great evil spoken of is the Greed of the Corps/Rich faimlys that have all but taken over power of are country as we stand by and let them poor out pain and suffering around the world for mony.
Well that would be my first guess.
Is it a rock? Point a Lazer at it and profit. Is it a ship? Point a Lazer at it and profit. I dont realy see any differnces here. |
Nathan Jameson
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Posted - 2010.11.16 08:02:00 -
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Originally by: Ian Luxor Maybe i just don't get the end ? This could only be a happy ending for the slaver hound in my point of view .
That guy is slaver hound food in the end, right ?
Originally by: King Slaver He turned and found himself looking at a slaver hound, realizing in that moment what a terrible joke, what a perfect fulfilment of this life it was to have these beasts here to guard the faithful, diverted from their original purpose of guarding and attacking Minmatar slaves back in the Empire. He could hear the hound's hoarse, deep breathing. Puffs of air wafted from its hungry face.
He stood still, calmly looking back at it. And in that animal face, with its sharp teeth dripping saliva, and the eyes red-rimmed and unblinking, he saw no longer a hunger, but a fellowship.
If anything, this scene reminds me exactly of a similar scene from Chronicles of riddick, where Van Deisel's character is almost attacked by a similar creature, but instead befriends it. When asked how this was possible, he answers something to the effect of it sensing a kindred spirit. Which is almost word-for-word how it was described in the story.
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