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Dersen Lowery
Laurentson INC StructureDamage
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Posted - 2013.03.25 20:40:00 -
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Calathorn Virpio wrote:other galentians (the walls would have made it a tad difficult to get at us caldari)
Except that he knew that "our people were only let through under exceptional circumstances, and never allowed to stay for long." So at the very least, he tried, and he likely succeeded in getting out and back at least once.
I'm sure he would have relished the challenge.
Malcanis, Ripard Teg, and Trebor Daehdoow for CSM 8
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Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
181
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Posted - 2013.03.25 20:43:00 -
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What you would expect from Gallente? Now you can realize why Caldari wanted to have nothing in common with them. New CQ prototype |
Circumstantial Evidence
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Posted - 2013.03.25 20:54:00 -
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A couple edit suggestions, [in brackets]
Quote:I think we lashed out as much as [at] ourselves and our own ineffectiveness [,] as we did at the invading force.
Quote:I couldn't even process it, so I lay there, empty and hollow, a truer cipher [more] than ever. |
Dersen Lowery
Laurentson INC StructureDamage
465
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Posted - 2013.03.25 21:19:00 -
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Circumstantial Evidence wrote:Quote:I couldn't even process it, so I lay there, empty and hollow, a truer cipher [more] than ever.
No. "Truer... than ever" makes sense. "Truer... more than ever" does not. The choice would be between "a truer cipher than ever" and "a cipher more than ever." The use of "truer" there is not really idiomatic, especially modifying "cipher," so I would lean toward using "more than." Malcanis, Ripard Teg, and Trebor Daehdoow for CSM 8
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Marcion Cravik
Phoibe Enterprises Project Wildfire
7
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Posted - 2013.03.25 21:43:00 -
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Vincent Athena wrote:And a bit of a hole: We are never given any indication he had the capability to kill someone. Weapons? Never mentioned. Training? Never mentioned. Brute strength? Hes and old man. In good shape, but still.... For example you could have mentioned near the beginning when he was clearing the back yard for a garden that he had a tool that cut away the brush with almost no effort. That would also solve the "How did he haul a body back?" issue. He did not, just an arm or a leg.
Here?
Quote:Gardening turned out to be more difficult than I thought, because although I still had a bit of my wiry strength, and remembered how to use my tools, I was old, and out of practice. But I persisted. It was a purpose.
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Debora Tsung
The Investment Bankers Guild
71
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Posted - 2013.03.25 22:02:00 -
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That last sentence was creepy... o_O There's nothing a million chinese guys can't do cheaper. |
Debora Tsung
The Investment Bankers Guild
71
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Posted - 2013.03.25 22:08:00 -
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CCP Abraxas wrote:I love when people actually catch that I'm doing it intentionally. For me it's always about the lives of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, and not about politicians shouting at one another.
Wait, serial killers are ordinary people You? There's nothing a million chinese guys can't do cheaper. |
Debora Tsung
The Investment Bankers Guild
71
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Posted - 2013.03.25 22:18:00 -
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Dersen Lowery wrote:Calathorn Virpio wrote:other galentians (the walls would have made it a tad difficult to get at us caldari) Except that he knew that "our people were only let through under exceptional circumstances, and never allowed to stay for long." So at the very least, he tried, and he likely succeeded in getting out and back at least once. I'm sure he would have relished the challenge.
This only proves that the walls were completely justified to defend innocent stand up citizens from those animals on the other side. There's nothing a million chinese guys can't do cheaper. |
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
1249
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Posted - 2013.03.25 22:28:00 -
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Vincent Athena wrote:CCP Abraxas wrote:Destroyer of Souls wrote:Love those continuity errors. Argh. Yes. These'll be fixed forthwith. Another one "My neighbors on both sides disappeared in the space of one night." "The houses to either side of me had never been occupied," Perhaps "The houses to either side of me had never been re-occupied," And a bit of a hole: We are never given any indication he had the capability to kill someone. Weapons? Never mentioned. Training? Never mentioned. Brute strength? Hes and old man. In good shape, but still.... For example you could have mentioned near the beginning when he was clearing the back yard for a garden that he had a tool that cut away the brush with almost no effort. That would also solve the "How did he haul a body back?" issue. He did not, just an arm or a leg.
Maybe he poisoned them.
The actual murder, as long as you don't care about the means, isn't the difficult bit of killing someone. It's getting away with it that is. Steve Ronuken for CSM 8 Handy tools and SDE conversions Twitter: @fuzzysteve on Twitter |
Otto Kring
Imperial Guardians Tribal Band
0
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Posted - 2013.03.25 22:45:00 -
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I like the individual perspective indeed. I like how the story line is open enough for one's own interpretation and most importantly a sequel!
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Ramius Decimus
Providence Guard Templis Dragonaors
12
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Posted - 2013.03.25 23:23:00 -
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So CCP Falcon is Gallentean. Figures. No wonder all the news articles were so slanted (with many errors, like "Caldari Provincial Directorate", which doesn't exist and incorrect name for Caldari Navy commanding officer, Admiral Morda Engsten).
Could we please get the Caldari side of these events? You know, one that doesn't paint us all as monsters for taking back our own homeland. Or a more objective story would suffice.
Also, when it comes to the news articles, all we ever see are ones from The Scope. What about articles from Echelon Entertainment or the Amarrian news service? Need more variety, out of fairness, devs! "We capsuleers are just.... echoes of our original selves." - Falek Grange "We have suffered the betrayal of those who claim to want peace. But we are still here, a testament to our iron resolve."-á- State Executor Tibus Heth |
Xindi Kraid
The Night Wardens Viro Mors Non Est
240
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Posted - 2013.03.25 23:31:00 -
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Tasiv Deka wrote:Ill read it over my lunch break but i have to ask is this going to be as biased against Caldari as ccp is? (i know its a gallente POV but still...)
I mean this isnt some in character rant or anything but seriously its kind of irritating seeing Caldari (and Amarr) get the short end of the stick on quite a few things.
still though i'll read it and hopefully it isnt too biased It didn't seem biased to me.
If anything it seems to cast the Caldari in a better light than the Gallente.
Steve Ronuken wrote:Vincent Athena wrote:CCP Abraxas wrote:Destroyer of Souls wrote:Love those continuity errors. Argh. Yes. These'll be fixed forthwith. Another one "My neighbors on both sides disappeared in the space of one night." "The houses to either side of me had never been occupied," Perhaps "The houses to either side of me had never been re-occupied," And a bit of a hole: We are never given any indication he had the capability to kill someone. Weapons? Never mentioned. Training? Never mentioned. Brute strength? Hes and old man. In good shape, but still.... For example you could have mentioned near the beginning when he was clearing the back yard for a garden that he had a tool that cut away the brush with almost no effort. That would also solve the "How did he haul a body back?" issue. He did not, just an arm or a leg. Maybe he poisoned them. The actual murder, as long as you don't care about the means, isn't the difficult bit of killing someone. It's getting away with it that is. I just assumed the bodies he talked about were miscreants killed by the guards after trying to wreck the garden.
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MirrorGod
Heretic Army. Heretic Nation
37
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Posted - 2013.03.26 00:08:00 -
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Rees Noturana wrote:Dog lives. That's all that really matters. You kill off the dog and you go on the list, right above the Amarr.
I logged in to like this. http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6070/6122338654_85e9bbfca9_z.jpg |
Kieth Eto
LightningStrikesTwice Elemental Tide
0
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Posted - 2013.03.26 00:13:00 -
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Very nice story. I love how it shows the inefficiency of the Gallentean mindset during times of stress. People seem to forget that the Caldari are so strict for a reason, and that when things need to get done, they get it done. |
Isao Jaatikonen
State War Academy Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.03.26 01:01:00 -
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Great story that gets a bit chilling at the end. Makes you go back and re-read it in a different light. But...
Goun-Hung Lo wrote: The only reason they took back Caldari Prime was because a traitor leaked information on the Gallente security network, add that with 95% of the Caldari Navy and the odds were clearly on the State's side.
This battle showed that the Gallente Federation will not tolerate the Caldari intrusion any longer!
Glory to the Federation!
I find it absolutely terrifying and amusing that a peoples so in love with the idea of freedom and democracy would claim that we Caldari do not have the right to live within our own system, on our own homeworld. Reading some of the comments here show more of the Gallentean attitude towards others:
Your free so long as we say you are, and your an equal member of our society so long as our culture rules over yours.
Luminaire is both Gallentean and Caldari's home system. Caldari Prime is OUR homeworld. How do we not have right live on our own land? I'd like to see you Gallente survive on a world such as ours, or to have your homeworld taken from you only to lose it.
I have no hate for you Gallenteans, just those that exspouse that Luminaire and Caldari Prime isn't also our home as well.
I love you Gallentean Doves and hate you Hawkes with passion. |
Velarra
207
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Posted - 2013.03.26 01:04:00 -
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When was this chronicle envisioned, written and cleared through a final editing process, before being posted/added to the evelopedia chronicles collection? |
Vora Dumem
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
18
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Posted - 2013.03.26 01:41:00 -
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Top story! The last sentence changes just about everything. If you reread the story now it paints a totally different picture... as if it was complete different story. Two stories in one.
Well done, sir, well done! |
Ninavask
The Synenose Accord Celestial Imperative
31
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Posted - 2013.03.26 02:38:00 -
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Very good story, ending caught me off guard, to my own disgrace. Very well done Dr. Ninavask Revan CEO - Commander The Synenose Accord Not indicative of corporate policy unless otherwise stated. |
stoicfaux
2562
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Posted - 2013.03.26 03:19:00 -
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That is one creepy dude after you go back and re-read it:
I gave in at last and took up some old hobbies. I needed something to do. A mind my age will begin to fade if not put to use, and I had no intention of becoming one of those ciphers who stops leaving tracks in the earth altogether.
I began gardening again, carting away the grass from part of our yard and setting down rows of seedlings in the bare dirt
. I hadn't done it since before I met Levotta, when I'd put all that aside to get married and start a family
Others in my position might've tried to keep everything going.... You focus your energy on what you're doing or you don't do it at all
Gardening turned out to be more difficult than I thought, because although I still had a bit of my wiry strength, and remembered how to use my tools, I was old, and out of practice. But I persisted. It was a purpose.
All the while, I tended to my garden, which consistently took over more of my yard, and to my dog, whom I grew to love more deeply with each day. ... I was glad to have the company of someone who was simply happy to be alive and didn't judge me ... No wonder we turned on ourselves.
An old man, exhausted and at the end of his rope, and the hated enemies of my people treated me like one of their own. They had known about my garden for a while. They spoke of it with respect
They had been planning to irrevocably ruin what little quiet patch I had built for myself here, and they would have succeeded. In the state I was, this would have ended me, for good.
I would not judge myself for who I was, no matter what others thought. I was a driven man who had been blessed, at my old age, with the health and the mental acuity to fulfill a purpose on this earth... had my garden. I would tend it, I would give the earth all the nourishment it needed, and I would let it grow, flourish, and outlast me
I would have kept on gardening for many, many years, hidden in that shadow
Yeah, the serial killer angle seems spot on.
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Unit XS365BT
The Synenose Accord Celestial Imperative
101
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Posted - 2013.03.26 03:35:00 -
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Calathorn Virpio wrote:excellent article
in all that ruin, at least one gallente persevered with such a dedication to a singular goal is to be commended
however, i take offence at the main character calling it HIS planet, it was never the gallentes, nor will it ever be theirs
He was born there, had lived his entire life there, had made a family and home there, and you don't think he has the right to call it his home?
If i were to move from the UK to the US, or Australia or any other country for that matter, spend the rest of my days there, raise kids there and make it my home, i'd think i have the right to call it my home. Seems a little bigoted that you might say otherwise.
food for thought.
Unit XS365BT. Designated Communications Officer. Unit Commune. |
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Oscha Esservic
EVE University Ivy League
12
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Posted - 2013.03.26 05:00:00 -
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Most EVE Lore is hyperbole. It's fun but a little bit silly.
This is not like most EVE lore. Yes it stumbles a bit in the end but one of my favourites so far. |
Roime
Shiva Furnace
2352
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Posted - 2013.03.26 06:13:00 -
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I am certainly an exceptionally handsome specimen of the Gallentean race, but I do not wish to be associated with this murderous fellow. Even on Facebook
I wouldn't harm anyone
-á- All I really wanted was to build a castle among the stars - |
Nriz Barol
AirHogs Zulu People
8
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Posted - 2013.03.26 07:38:00 -
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I liked it a nice short story to read, one small thing though
' Also, I got a dog, who I quickly grew fond of but somehow never got around to naming.'
then later on
'That day I made my way into the city, asking around, looking for him, shouting his name.'
then there is the slightly confusing thing about his neighbours which has been mentioned on the thread before
' My neighbors on both sides disappeared in the space of one night.' (neighbours)
and later
'The houses to either side of me had never been occupied,'
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SilentStryder
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2013.03.26 08:42:00 -
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Vincent Athena wrote:CCP Abraxas wrote:Destroyer of Souls wrote:Love those continuity errors. Argh. Yes. These'll be fixed forthwith. Another one "My neighbors on both sides disappeared in the space of one night." "The houses to either side of me had never been occupied," Perhaps "The houses to either side of me had never been re-occupied," And a bit of a hole: We are never given any indication he had the capability to kill someone. Weapons? Never mentioned. Training? Never mentioned. Brute strength? Hes and old man. In good shape, but still.... For example you could have mentioned near the beginning when he was clearing the back yard for a garden that he had a tool that cut away the brush with almost no effort. That would also solve the "How did he haul a body back?" issue. He did not, just an arm or a leg.
The Dog could have killed as well as the old man, it said he had let the dog attack people bothering him |
Snowflake Tem
The Order of Symbolic Measures
92
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Posted - 2013.03.26 08:50:00 -
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Ramius Decimus wrote:So CCP Falcon is Gallentean. Figures. No wonder all the news articles were so slanted (with many errors, like "Caldari Provincial Directorate", which doesn't exist and should have read "Caldari Providence Directorate" and the Caldari Navy commanding officer is really Admiral Morda Engsten and not Mininela Erinen, who's name still appears in-game info because some devs were too lazy to keep up with their own lore).
Could we please get the Caldari side of these events? You know, one that doesn't paint us all as monsters for taking back our own homeland. Or a more objective story would suffice.
Also, when it comes to the news articles, all we ever see are ones from The Scope. What about articles from Echelon Entertainment or the Amarrian news service? Need more variety, out of fairness, devs!
Since when has New Eden been fair? It is as beautiful and treacherous as anyone who captures your heart, takes your time and liberates your money. Heth got is pet Titan into Luminaire via treachery; you are monsters. Prove me wrong. |
ColonelNick
Providence Guard Templis Dragonaors
11
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Posted - 2013.03.26 09:49:00 -
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Snowflake Tem wrote:Ramius Decimus wrote:So CCP Falcon is Gallentean. Figures. No wonder all the news articles were so slanted (with many errors, like "Caldari Provincial Directorate", which doesn't exist and should have read "Caldari Providence Directorate" and the Caldari Navy commanding officer is really Admiral Morda Engsten and not Mininela Erinen, who's name still appears in-game info because some devs were too lazy to keep up with their own lore).
Could we please get the Caldari side of these events? You know, one that doesn't paint us all as monsters for taking back our own homeland. Or a more objective story would suffice.
Also, when it comes to the news articles, all we ever see are ones from The Scope. What about articles from Echelon Entertainment or the Amarrian news service? Need more variety, out of fairness, devs! Since when has New Eden been fair? It is as beautiful and dangerous as anyone who captures your heart, takes your time and liberates your money. Heth got his pet Titan into Luminaire via treachery; you are monsters. Prove me wrong.
You clearly don't remember the Malkanen incident.
The Federation fired first, un-provoked, with a Nyx-class carrier ramming it under command of Admiral Noir into the Ishukone HQ. So dont talk to us about treachery, Mrs. Tem. |
Ramius Decimus
Providence Guard Templis Dragonaors
13
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Posted - 2013.03.26 09:58:00 -
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Snowflake Tem wrote: Since when has New Eden been fair? It is as beautiful and dangerous as anyone who captures your heart, takes your time and liberates your money. Heth got his pet Titan into Luminaire via treachery; you are monsters. Prove me wrong.
Not talking about New Eden. Talking about EVE in-game news being at least impartial or better yet there being several outlets of news. The Caldari news services would be filled with propaganda and it's own slant towards the other nations of course. However the keyword is it's own.
So, according to you, we are monsters for using the only thing possible to get OUR homeworld back? Interesting. Especially since very few Gallenteans were harmed in the liberation of Caldari Prime, as per Executor Heth's orders. Now, if he were an insane tyrant bent on blood, why would he order such a thing in the first place? Most (especially recent) deaths of Gallentean civillians living on Caldari Prime were due to terrorist actions that cost even more Caldari lives. So who's more blood thirsty now? I doubt the armada would have stopped Gallenteans wanting to leave and join their countrymen.
However, I do understand the strategic implication of wanting the Gallenteans there. Was good assurance that the Federal Navy wouldn't tear our world away from us again. Unfortunately, as bad as keeping those people practically hostage, it was the only way to ensure the return of our birth right and the rights of Caldarians living as second class citizens on their own fatherland. Perhaps if Roden agreed to a ceasefire and non-hostile pact over Caldari Prime space in exchange for his citizens, that would've been a perfect solution that would've prevented the recent tragedies. "We capsuleers are just.... echoes of our original selves." - Falek Grange "We have suffered the betrayal of those who claim to want peace. But we are still here, a testament to our iron resolve."-á- State Executor Tibus Heth |
Veronica Aurilen
State War Academy Caldari State
3
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Posted - 2013.03.26 11:32:00 -
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very nice chronicle. love this stuff.
Now if we could only read them on the screens in our CQ. |
stoicfaux
2564
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Posted - 2013.03.26 12:00:00 -
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ColonelNick wrote: You clearly don't remember the Malkanen incident.
The Federation fired first, un-provoked, with a Nyx-class carrier ramming it under command of Admiral Noir into the Ishukone HQ. So dont talk to us about treachery, Mrs. Tem.
You're wrong but right. The Admiral was actually "The Broker" who clone jumped into a copy of the Admiral's body, killed the Admiral and then crashed the ship into the station. The Nyx would have bounced off of the station's shields, but the Broker sabotaged the shield on the station section that the Nyx crashed into. So you're wrong about the Federation shooting first.
However, that information wasn't public, and I doubt the public would have believed that someone could clone jump into different bodies to impersonate people, so to the uninformed public, it appeared as if the Feds fired first, so your statement is "correct."
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Tasiv Deka
Enlightened Directorate
70
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Posted - 2013.03.26 13:09:00 -
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Xindi Kraid wrote:Tasiv Deka wrote:Ill read it over my lunch break but i have to ask is this going to be as biased against Caldari as ccp is? (i know its a gallente POV but still...)
I mean this isnt some in character rant or anything but seriously its kind of irritating seeing Caldari (and Amarr) get the short end of the stick on quite a few things.
still though i'll read it and hopefully it isnt too biased It didn't seem biased to me. If anything it seems to cast the Caldari in a better light than the Gallente.
Like i said in my post i had not read it yet i was just asking... however i do have to agree that after finally getting around to reading that for once the Caldari weren't portrayed in a terrible light Oh, Do go on... no seriously ive got nothing better to do then listen to all the petty arguments and feeble trolling attempts...-á
The sad thing is i'm not sure if i'm telling the truth. |
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