The way I see it, untill dust all capsuleers could easily die and loose time. The pod was the gate to immortality, whenever they were notin the pod their neural pathways could not be scanned and as such, if they were to die outside the pod they would die , or atleast that instance of them would be permanently dead. (Assuming a copy was stored from the last time they were scanned)
My question is, what is CCPs stance on capsuleers dying our of pod, or for example going missing, if they would go missiing they could hardly activate a new clone and risk 2 copies of the same man running about ?

Capsulers do not go down to the planet. The infantry are just soldiers. Also alot of what you said was incorrect regarding pods, but I'm too lazy to explain..

So, Capsuleers aren't as immortal as their ego likes to make them think.

Their immortality is based around the capsule's hardware, combined with the technology of cloning.

Basically, if they're in flight and a breach is detected in the capsule's hull, in a split second, several things happen.

Firstly, the neural scanning hardware is activated. This takes a digital imprint of the entire brain, noting the state of every neuron. This effectively creates a digital copy of the brain, which is burst transmitted back to the capsuleer's selected cloning facility.

This causes massive tissue damage, and pretty much destroys the brain, so once this process is compete, a neurotoxin is injected directly into the brain to euthanize the capsuleer, killing them.

Once the cloning facility receives the burst transmission from the capsule, the data is downloaded directly into the waiting brain of the fresh clone, and the clone awakes with memory up to the point of death.


Before the capsule and the clone were brought together, there were still capsuleers. Some saw action as far back as the end of the first Caldari-Gallente war. These capsuleers however were a one shot deal. The only benefit they had was the near zero reaction time of neural control over their ship, and if they were podded, they died just like any other pilot.

When a capsuleer unplugs, they're basically as much of a bag of meat as any other citizen of New Eden. Some do employ the use of "soft clones" as backups in case they're killed out of pod, but again, there's loss of memory involved that runs back to their last neural backup.

They're branded as immortals because technically, thanks to technology, they are. Stuff can still go wrong though, and it's still VERY possible to kill a Capsuleer with the right resources and dedication.

When a capsuleer unplugs, they're basically as much of a bag of meat as any other citizen of New Eden. Some do employ the use of "soft clones" as backups in case they're killed out of pod, but again, there's loss of memory involved that runs back to their last neural backup.

I think what the OP is asking is...

Does the DUST Cloning technology allow for transfer of the brain without the need for a capsule. And if this is true, does this technology apply to Capsuleers now?

Attached to life as we all humans are, and paranoid as we all capsuleers are, I highly doubt that given the chance, any capsuleer would not make use of the soft cloning tech, at least once a year.