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Naoko Onamori
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Posted - 2006.04.04 22:44:00 -
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A post inspired by Jalia Kovac's excellent version for the Intaki as well as the desperate need for something concrete on this race that seems to have so much potential. In my posts on the IGS I have been quite partisan, but in this exploration I will attempt to be completely neutral, analysing the fiction that has been given. Text in italics is what CCP have given us, text without italics is my analysis of these bits of information
Achura Overview
Achura has been part of the state for three centuries and joined and left the Federation at the same time as the State. Yet the Achur have always remained a mystery to others. Hailing from the inhospitable Saisio system in The Forge, the Achur are as reclusive and introvert as one can be and still parkate in galactic affairds. Intensely spiritual, the material world holds little interest to the average Achur. Achur pilots have been few and far between in the past but the recent sacrilege of their home world prompted them to take to the skies in greater numbers.
What we can deduce from this is the race's intense spirituality and isolation. What seems to be a little strange is for a race described with the words "the material world holds little interest to the average Achur" to be a part of the galaxy's ultimate capitalist State.
Intensely spiritual
We do not really know the form this spirituality takes, it seem that with the Japanese slant the achura have, this might be some form of buddhist/zen philosophy.
and left the Federation at the same time as the State
We do not know their reasons for leaving the federation, nor why they chose the State. Did the Achur take part in the Caldari - Federation war? It would seem that if the Federation was at such pains to stop the Caldari leaving, it would probably be not particularly happy about the Achura leaving also. Would an ultimately peaceful race have taken part in such a war?
For a race that is described as 'reclusive and introvert' it seems interesting that they are part of any other state whatsoever, you might assume that they would prefer to be left alone, thus their recent entry into Galactic affairs seems interesting. What we know for sure from this is that for the Achur to have leapt into space as of late, something drastic must have happened to change this;
the recent sacrilege of their home world prompted them to take to the skies in greater numbers.
We are left to wonder what this sacrilege is. Obviously an invasion of Achura independance of some form. In posts on the IGS I proposed that this sacrilege was the presence of the Suvee corporation in Saisio, a corporation not known for it's sensitive practices, however this is simply supposition. Perhaps we will learn in time what this 'sacrilege' truly is?
Gender Descriptions
FEMALE
Female Achur are greatly sought after as teachers and mentors. Their intense interests in the metaphysical world give them great knowledge of everything from quantum physics to the human psyche. More importantly, it gives them the patience and modesty to look beyond their own petty interests and truly relate to others
This is an obvious reference to the Achura predisposition to science, a fact further shown by the possibility of acheiving Science lvl 5 at character creation. It is my hope that the Achur were not simply created to give players a good option for research alts but have the potential to be explored within themselves also.
Attribute Distribution
Intelligence 8
Charisma 3
Perception 7
Willpower 6
Memory 6
The extremely low charisma score is probably a reference to the race's isolationism, however, it seems at odds with the Female Achura description as
it gives them the patience and modesty to look beyond their own petty interests and truly relate to others
The high intelligence is another nod towards their aptitude for science and a high perception seems like a reference to their 'intense spirituality'.
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Naoko Onamori
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Posted - 2006.04.04 23:00:00 -
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Ancestry Selection
INVENTORS
Creativity is a prized attribute amongst the Achur, inventions are considered spiritual rahter than strictly scientific in nature. Only those in touch with themselves and the universe can 'tap' into the universal consciousness and return with novel ideas.
This seems to point to the spiritual nature of the Achura aptitude for science. Also evokes more buddhist imagery in the references to being 'in touch with themselvers'.
MONKS
Thousands of monasteries are scattered around Saisio III, operated by dozens of different monastic orders. While each order has it's own code of conduct regarding member behaviour, celibacy and other issues, they all agree on one thing; only by perfecting the body can you perfect the soul
This one is interesting because it clarifies the Achur home planet as Saisio III and also suggests it is the only inhabited planet of the Saisio system, as no references are made to any other planets. Once again, a definite buddhist/zen theme running through this one.
STARGAZERS
While the spitirualism exercised by the Achur is not an organized religion in any sense, the Achura nation still holds seers and visionaries in high esteem. While the Achur are realistic enough not to attribute them with supernatural prophetic powers, these individuals are still regarded as posssessing uncanny understanding of what makes the universe, and humans, tick.
We find in this snippet that the Achur do not possess an organised religion, an important point. We also discover that the spirituality of the Achur is an intelligent one, illustrated by the point that these 'Stargazers' are not attributed with prophetic powers. The Achur 'religion' seems to take the form of more of a personal philosophy than anything organised.
What have we learnt from all of this? Well, it seems the Achur have the potential to be very interesting as a bloodline and share many similarities with the Intaki. There are still some things that do not quite add up, I personally still do not the exact reasoning behind including the race within the Caldari state as many points of the Achura personality seem to be at odds with the state's philosophy, perhaps that will be explored when we *finally* get some chronicles.
Feel free to add your comments and observations on the Achur.
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Jon Engel
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Posted - 2006.04.05 04:09:00 -
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Could this possibly mean that a number of Achura have anti-State tendencys? Ive not had much of a look into the newer bloodlines, but of course im haggling ccp to do some work with the much neglected and utterly influential Intaki RP community.
Nice post. I look forward to hearing more of the Khanids, and the new matari Tribe that I can never spell correclty.
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Nikolai Nuvolari
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Posted - 2006.04.05 04:18:00 -
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 Originally by: Naoko Onamori
Intensely spiritual
We do not really know the form this spirituality takes, it seem that with the Japanese slant the achura have, this might be some form of buddhist/zen philosophy.
I'd also consider the possibility of pantheism, such as Japan's Shintoism.
More later, if I think of anything else about the Achura...
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Silver Night
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Posted - 2006.04.05 04:52:00 -
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On the topic of Charisma... Tough to say what exactly is meant by the term in Eve. The good ole D&D definition is frce of personality, which owuld explain the low score, since they don't really seem the sorts to dominate rooms by thier prescence. The toruble is, Willpower is a seperate attributein Eve... So... Anyone know what exactly is meant by Charisma in the context of Eve?
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Herko Kerghans
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Posted - 2006.04.05 07:59:00 -
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Edited by: Herko Kerghans on 05/04/2006 08:00:53
Hum... based on the fact that Charisma is important for the leadership skills, I assume it has a similar function/meaning as it has in many single-player RPGs in which the higher your charisma, the greater number of followers you can have in your squad.
It would be something along "leadership magnetism", if that makes any sense. In that aspect, it would suit the description of Achuras: loners, although not necesarily "rude" or "weak of character".
That being said: the core of the Achur behaviour seems to be related to that phrase "but the recent sacrilege of their home". IMHO, not much can be said of this bloodline until CCP lets us know:
-Why did they join the State in the first place.
-Why did they leave the Federation along with the State (the Fed-State problem begins when the Caldari megacorps refuse to turn their colonies to Federation control; not sure why the Achur would be involved in this)
-And most important, what is the mentioned 'recent sacrilege'; it is, after all, the reason they are turning to space en-masse.
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Jon Xylur
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Posted - 2006.04.05 17:12:00 -
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I think the reason the Achura joined the Caldari State is that thei'r home planet is located in the space the Caldari claimed for themselves. Since they are reclusive and aren't involved in polictics, they probably thought it was better to join the empire that controlled the areas around them.
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Frezik
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Posted - 2006.04.05 17:50:00 -
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Originally by: Jon Xylur
I think the reason the Achura joined the Caldari State is that thei'r home planet is located in the space the Caldari claimed for themselves. Since they are reclusive and aren't involved in polictics, they probably thought it was better to join the empire that controlled the areas around them.
I would tend to agree with this in principle: it seems more consistent that the Achura probably joined the Caldari because it was politically convientat the time, not because they particularly agreed with the Caldari philosophy. Future directions for CCP to take on this matter might be that the Achura are kinda iffy about sticking around with the State, much like the Intaki and the Federation.
As far as philosophy goes, the Jen Mei seem a better choice for the Caldari, while the Buddist-like personal philosophy approach seems a better fit for the Gallente.
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Sadayiel
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Posted - 2006.04.05 21:39:00 -
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Edited by: Sadayiel on 05/04/2006 21:42:17
i think the real motive that move the achura to join caldari, was the orbital attack over caldari prime. Even when some caldari factions decided to blow the underwater gallente city, most of the declarations even from caldari govern may consider that an act of terrorism and oppose to such actions in a public way (like sure they did just remember that at such time corp not was the caldari leaders).
But how can the federation call "terrorism" to an orbital attack over a whole planet without advise just to avoid that the caldari leave the federation. so prolly most of the achura decided to join the Caldari even with fear of future actions that federation may do to other *independent* bloodlines also it seems their kind of "religion/philosopy" was along the caldari ideals.(that not mean some achura prolly decided to remain alongside the federation like intakis in mordu legion)
Also i may consider there was already some develop and research projects beetwen achura scientist and the megacorps caldari. since caldari society seems to be based in a feudal-like honor system about serve your corp (instead your lord) most of achura remained into the corps as lead scientist.
P.S: maybe the "sacrilege" of achura homeworld it was a kind of action beetwen the caldari achura and the ones who decided to stay in federation?
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Ly'sol
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Posted - 2006.05.22 18:24:00 -
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it's simple.
the Caldari "uplifted" them to the stars and they share that bond. i mean how would earth relate to a race that came to us and given us the technology to join the interstellar community. we would naturally follow thier lead if we see it to be in our interests.
The thing that confuses me is the state joined the federation for nearly 600-800 years.
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Khazhran Sotomo
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Posted - 2006.05.24 06:08:00 -
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It is mentioned that a Gallente exploration ship came across one of the hidden Caldari colonies. Is it possible that it was perhaps an Achura colony?
Perhaps the sacrilige had to do with a gallente affiliated terriorist group hitting it? If they had few pilot it's possible that their system was not well protected.
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Ly'sol
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Posted - 2006.05.24 09:56:00 -
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Originally by: Khazhran Sotomo
It is mentioned that a Gallente exploration ship came across one of the hidden Caldari colonies. Is it possible that it was perhaps an Achura colony?
Perhaps the sacrilige had to do with a gallente affiliated terriorist group hitting it? If they had few pilot it's possible that their system was not well protected.
lets try something more along the lines of these fools in capusles that fly around thinking they are god and mineing the crap out of a system, and then killing each other over it.
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Sadayiel
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Posted - 2006.05.25 17:17:00 -
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The fact is that such sacrilege has been recent, so inside caldari state and in the last years, even when this sacrilege can be due capsuleer corps i doubt thats the true reason that forced the achura to take an "active part" into the state actions, prolly the true reason it's linked in someway to the incoming factional warr.
Like i stated before i see more a kind of terrorist attack by an opposing faction, some achura renegades that remained in the fed or even some caldari megacorp wich the single objetive to add them to the state side (saw v for vendetta lately ^_^ )anyway we are caldari.
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Shayna BaoWolfe
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Posted - 2006.05.28 23:39:00 -
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I hope that CCP clarify the sacrelage on the homeworld/homesystem of the Achura for the factional warfare. Im trying to write some RP around this and the complete absence of detail is making it awfully difficult.
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Kyoko Sakoda
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Posted - 2006.05.29 00:09:00 -
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I need some Achur cannon for my character. 
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Ly'sol
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Posted - 2006.05.29 08:55:00 -
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Originally by: Kyoko Sakoda
/signed for action
I need some Achur cannon for my character.
You sure do you sweet little deit/achur mix mutt puppy you
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Kyoko Sakoda
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Posted - 2006.05.30 02:11:00 -
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I like to make things interesting. 
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Muhin Hu
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Posted - 2006.12.13 16:28:00 -
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For me Nikolas Tesla is the link to the Achura.
He was the embodiment of spiritual sience, and he worked for some big company's. He knew this was the only way to sponser his work, work that was intended and did better life for all.
Just read his common quotes and you will see the Buddhist sience link.
My carecter is going that way RP wise anyway 
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Posted - 2006.12.13 21:37:00 -
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Originally by: Shayna BaoWolfe
I hope that CCP clarify the sacrelage on the homeworld/homesystem of the Achura for the factional warfare. Im trying to write some RP around this and the complete absence of detail is making it awfully difficult.
The most recent information (post-Kali character generation) describes the "sacrilege" as a pirate attack/raid on the homeworld. It would be nice to get some more information (BIG HINT! CHRONICLE BOOGIE TIME!) about that, though.
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Nova Chapel
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Posted - 2006.12.29 09:53:00 -
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The five-part storyline mission "The Celestial Imperative" gives much more background on (at least some) of the sacrilege to the Achura home-planet. I don't want to ruin any surprise (and I've not finished it yet), but I'll post some of the most story-relevant bits.
I got access to the mission by speaking to Aviekko Ta in the Autama system. You need a Caldari graduation certificate. From the dialouge, it seemed this mission may be Achura-only, though that could easily not be the case.
Background: The Celestial Imperative
The sacred pieces believed to be from the Rod of the Creator were stolen from under the watchful gaze of the Achur religious order. This any true Achur would know. The Federation has pledged enormous resources to tracking down the thieves. But even so the Elder Visionaries of Achura are not satisfied. They do not trust the Federation government, and they cannot sit idly by as their religion is ridiculed for its failure to protect the icons of its faith.
And so the Celestial Imperative was devised. Atoa Issa, a proud Achur himself, took leave of his prominent position within the Federation Navy to oversee the search for the scoundrels who dared insult the Achur religion and people of Achura. By his side stands Seer Chakai Potan, representative of the temples of Achura. Together they control the enormous wealth the Achur government and the temples have supplied to fund this investigation. And to quote Atoa, 'no stone shall remain unturned, no world shall elude our probing gaze. I vow to you, people of Achura, that I will spend every fiber of my existance from here after to track down these vile, wretched thieves and restore the honor of our people!'
The Celestial Imperative (1 of 5)
Mission briefing
Before you begin I should get you acquainted with my current assignment. I am Aviekko Ta, agent of Atoa Issa. I am one of many agents which were dispatched by Atoa to search for leads of the missing relics, which were stolen from the 13 Achur temples. So far I've had little luck, but I believe my venture in hiring graduates from the prominent aerospace aviation schools, like yourself, will pay off in the long run.
Your first task is to retrieve a few starmaps of mine from Ajanen VIII - Moon 2 - Perkone Factory. I just ordered them from our archives on our home-planet Achura in Saisio. They should lead us Kikko Roisen, who I've suspected for quite some time to have been involved with the infamous heist.
Anyway, get going. I need those starmaps asap.
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