Aurora Morgan
Perkone
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.11.05 18:06:34 -
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I usually don't use the IGS, so please forgive me if I commit any faux pas. But this issue is dear to me.
> 1. When speaking in terms of your identity, would you foremostly describe yourself as an Achura, or a Caldari?
Achur, but I am Caldari as well.
> 2. Were you born on our homeworld of Achura Prime/Saisio III, or elsewhere?
Yes, on Achura.
> 3. Were you raised in the Achuran client state or one of it's very few outposts, or under a megacorporation?
> 3A. If the former, have you ever felt uncomfortable with your position as a citizen of a tributary protectorate?
> 3B. If the latter, were you content with the necessity to comform to the Caldari cultural norms to be accepted? Did you feel you were provided with satisfactory education about your ethnic history?
3A, and yes, I have felt uncomfortable about it. Especially during my education and capsuleer training. I think that I received a satisfactory education about the 'Achur culture' from my parents, since our heritage is very important for them.
From school, I wouldn't say so, we talked about it, went on some field trips and so on, but most of our education was about the history of the Caldari State. Achura is one of the few places in the state with a long history, so it is a bit sad for it to not be taught about, but I think the government is maybe afraid of secessionist thought if we get taught too much about our own history?
> 4. To whom would you say you hold the most loyalty: The Elder Visionaries - the provisional government of the homeworld, based around the remnants of the old empire - The Chief Executive Panel, or neither?
Unfair comparison, the Elder Visionaries hold very little power, and the Chief Executive Panel a lot of power.
> 5. Do you follow one of the many sects of the Faith of the Achur, the Caldari Wayist Faith, or neither/another religion?
My parents work at a temple, and I grew up in that environment, so the Achur faiths are dear to me. But I studied Science for so long I'm afraid most of my spirituality left me. I still go home to celebrate some holidays and visit the temples though.
> 6. Are you familar with Sukuuvestaa's early actions on our homeworld, where they demolished and replaced many of our major cities, deposed our native leadership, and assumed minority rule over the planet, enforcing Caldari culture in the process?
Yes.
> 6A. Do you believe this was a good and justified action?
It is hard for me to say, I wouldn't be here if they had not. And I don't know if the Achur empire was that much better.
I dislike the way they did it, but if they had not established contact with us, maybe the Amarrians would have made us slaves decades later, who knows?
> 7. Would you consider native Achuran culture to have a great deal in common with native Caldari culture, as is often claimed, or to even be essentially one and the same?
Today, yes. When going through upper education, you are essentially forcibly assimilated to be 'Caldari'.
> 8. How do you personally perceive the Caldari and Achuran relationship in general?
Strained, but a lot of people also like SuVee, it is the largest employer on Saiso III and deeply ingrained in our history after all. |