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Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.11.29 07:09:00 -
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Lords and Ladies, I am pleased to announce that I have escaped from my own Damnation. This is an confession a plead. I will confess all the sins I have done, and plead for mercy and guidance.
I began my journey as a humble slave to the Amarr Empire. I lived a simple life filled with dignity as I knew the service I did was for the greater glory of God. However, the flames of discontent spread though my fellow workers and eventually consumed us all, myself included.
The rage which can burn inside a matari's blood can lead to some truly amazing, and horrifying things. In my youth and anger we slew our holder, not stopping at his wife and children. We simply killed them all, their cries for mercy and pain where drowned by our yells of victory and bloodlust.
We stole our master's ship and made our way to what we imagined our new homeland would be. During our flight in a small cramped quarters in the frigate the rage in me subsided and I saw all that was left inside me, utter blackness. I realized the horrors I have done and the sins to God and his servants.
The emptiness inside me lingered for years after I made it to the republic. I became part of the new Matari society and poured my entire being into the republic. I worked harder than I ever did as a slave, but for what? When I was in the Empire I was working on something much larger, much grander than myself. In the Republic everyone worked for themselves and cared nothing for their kin. I learned in those long years that the closest I ever had to a proper family was the holders in which I murdered.
My work was beginning to pay dividend. I was admired in a capsuleer program, fast-tracked for a career in the Republic Navy officer. I spent long years training my mind and body for war, but nothing would do anything for my damaged soul.
Last week, just prior to my graduation, a spark lit inside me. This small spark did more for me than any amount of boosters or booze. I realized that I could redeem myself and fill the void of my heart again.
As I said before, I have escaped from Damnation. I stole a Republic fleet Firetail and made a rush to Amarr as fast as I possibly could. I have just made dock at Amarr Emperor family academy station and I feel, for the first time in years, home.
I am tired but home.
Now I ask my fellow faithful, where should I go now? What can be done to repent for my long list of sins. Can anyone help guide my soul.
To those who think I'm a traitor for leaving the Republic... **** you. My life has been marred by sins so great I may never be able to save my soul in the eyes of God.
Spes Aeternam
Aboard the Sancti Angeli, Republic Firetail.
Rebel of the Rebellion
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Kentt Em'asep
Sec Det 125
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Posted - 2011.11.29 07:31:00 -
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Spes Aeternam wrote: In the Republic everyone worked for themselves and cared nothing for their kin. I learned in those long years that the closest I ever had to a proper family was the holders in which I murdered.
Not sure which tribe you had found yourself at, but most I have seen are closer knit. It's hard to have a tribe when there is no one willing to work together and only for themselves. Then it is not much of a tribe, but a mismatched group who would simply throw a life away to save their own.
Spes Aeternam wrote: To those who think I'm a traitor for leaving the Republic... **** you. My life has been marred by sins so great I may never be able to save my soul in the eyes of God.
There are of course many tribes, many who work within differently. Like have their own methods for living on and overcoming obsticles. I am sorry to hear your experiance after first leaving Amarrian space did not feel as fufilling as when you first entered Matari space with the thought of freedom and to make something more of yourself.
I won't do any preaching as it is not what I do. But as long as you feel that it is right then it would be right. From your point of view of course. Others whom have their own paths would think otherwise, but no one can control other's lifes. For myself, I believe there is no such thing as a man without sin. So even if you go to be saved... I doubt it would be any more then the words you can be saved, but as long as you fully accept God and put forth all you effort to the Amarr Empire... or something to that extent. |
Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.11.29 07:36:00 -
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I was brought to Rens, the tribal 'bond's i saw where little more than gangs of thugs. At the end of the day freedom meant the right to trample on your brother's and sisters because you could.
I made something of myself, I am a capsuleer, not everyone comes to such an place. |
Mikkel Lybecker
Gradient
Electus Matari
13
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Posted - 2011.11.29 07:44:00 -
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At least now I know where my Firetail went. |
Kentt Em'asep
Sec Det 125
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Posted - 2011.11.29 07:49:00 -
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Ahh, well there are defiently lots of small gangs about Republic space. Some with good intent and some with bad intent. Those are not tribes however. The gangs are there because more of them together would most likely mean whoever they went up against might have a chance at doing what is demanded of them, thus giving the gang some profit and allowing them to live how they liked.
But yes, that you have. Not many have come to the level of a capsuleer. I hope that someday, whatever you achieve, would be what your teachers at the acadamy would have hoped for. |
Silas Vitalia
Khanid Provincial Vanguard
17
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Posted - 2011.11.29 20:30:00 -
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There's still the matter of the Holder and family you murdered.
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Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2011.11.29 20:39:00 -
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Silas Vitalia wrote:There's still the matter of the Holder and family you murdered.
That there is. I'm not sure anything I could ever do could resolve me of that particular crime. This is why I seek guidance from my betters as to what I can do.
Still, my faith has gotten me very far so far and I am not going to call it quits now. As I'm sure you all know my race is known to be a bit stubborn at times. |
Kentt Em'asep
Sec Det 125
0
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Posted - 2011.11.29 20:46:00 -
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Spes Aeternam wrote:
That there is. I'm not sure anything I could ever do could resolve me of that particular crime. This is why I seek guidance from my betters as to what I can do.
Still, my faith has gotten me very far so far and I am not going to call it quits now. As I'm sure you all know my race is known to be a bit stubborn at times.
Speak for yourself... and enjoy your time in Amarr space. I hope you don't get punished there by being assigned as a pilot for one of their slave ships. If you do, I hope it gives you something to think about.
I bid you peace. |
Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2011.11.29 20:55:00 -
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If the empire called upon me to bring a load of my race to learn the ways of God I would be more than honored to have the chance to serve.
If I could change history and stay a slave I would gladly do so. My heart would be free from the sins which now burden me. |
Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
37
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Posted - 2011.11.29 20:59:00 -
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Sounds like someone lacked the fortitude to "make it" in Matari space. Oh well.
Freedom is about more than the adrenaline rush, the bloodlust, and the cry of victory (or sometimes, of unaccepted defeat). Freedom is just that: the power to make your own choice about what you want. It was your choice to escape your old master's yoke, and it is now your choice to return to Amarr. For that, I commend you.
However, there are many who never have that choice. Because of implants, the Vitoc method, or simply more force than you encountered, many are never allowed a free will -- even if they would make the choice to give it up as you have. I hope you realize this, and will never support slavery.
If you do, expect to find yourself staring down a lot of autocannon barrels. |
Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2011.11.29 21:09:00 -
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Petrus Blackshell wrote:Sounds like someone lacked the fortitude to "make it" in Matari space. Oh well.
Freedom is about more than the adrenaline rush, the bloodlust, and the cry of victory (or sometimes, of unaccepted defeat). Freedom is just that: the power to make your own choice about what you want. It was your choice to escape your old master's yoke, and it is now your choice to return to Amarr. For that, I commend you.
However, there are many who never have that choice. Because of implants, the Vitoc method, or simply more force than you encountered, many are never allowed a free will -- even if they would make the choice to give it up as you have. I hope you realize this, and will never support slavery.
If you do, expect to find yourself staring down a lot of autocannon barrels.
So basically what your saying is that the justification for doing evil is the fact that your free to do it...
I have done horrid things because I was free to do so. Sins to my own body, countless boosters and other carnal pleasures because I could. I have sinned in perhaps the most foul way possible, murdering an innocent man and his family for no reason other than that 'bloodlust' you speak as if your proud of it.
When a dog begins to bite and snarl, you put it in a cage, not let it loose and say 'look at it expressing its freedom.' |
Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
37
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Posted - 2011.11.29 21:30:00 -
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Spes Aeternam wrote:
So basically what your saying is that the justification for doing evil is the fact that your free to do it...
No, I am saying that it is evil to not grant a fellow person the choice between good and evil. I am always free to open fire on whomever I want, but may be punished by CONCORD for my actions. That is fine. There are consequences to every action.
However there are many of our brothers and sisters who cannot choose to do anything but follow another's bidding. No matter how "impeccable" that bidding is (as judged by the master himself or by others), that is an affront against humanity.
Spes Aeternam wrote:
I have done horrid things because I was free to do so. Sins to my own body, countless boosters and other carnal pleasures because I could. I have sinned in perhaps the most foul way possible, murdering an innocent man and his family for no reason other than that 'bloodlust' you speak as if your proud of it.
These are the very reasons choice is important! A child that is not allowed to even conceive of fire will burn his hand if he first encounters it without supervision. That is what happened to you: lack of wisdom learned over a lifetime of free will was detrimental to your health. It is understandable that you want to retreat back under the wings of the Amarr lords after this, but tasting free life (and now, immortality) have marked you irreversibly. Better learn to live with it.
And so far as the bloodlust and your masters' lost lives... it's regrettable, for your sake. Whenever possible, Ushra'Khan fires the shots necessary for freedom, to spare the consciences of the newly-freed (if not for retribution against thousands of misdeeds against our brothers).
Spes Aeternam wrote:When a dog begins to bite and snarl, you put it in a cage, not let it loose and say 'look at it expressing its freedom.'
While I have heard this argument many times, but it never makes sense. You are talking about freedom of movement, but I am not opposed to prisons. Correct me if I am wrong, but animals do not have freedom of choice to begin with, as they have neither souls, nor consciences.
People do. To take that away is to degrade them to beasts. You are free to wish that upon yourself, but others should be free to make the same choice.
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Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.11.29 21:46:00 -
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You speak about good and evil like it isn't clearly defined. It IS clearly defined. Gods word though scripture tells us humans exactly what good is and evil is. Because we KNOW with little doubt what right and wrong are it is the duty of Gods people to enforce his law.
You talk as if the ability to make my own choices have bettered me somehow. This couldn't be further from the truth! My own will has caused me to do irreparable harm. I don't accept 'i learned my lesson' as justification for what I have done. Since I was capable of murder of children I have obviously proven myself as nothing more than a beast.
Worse still the only thing I have learned from the whole experience is how much I enjoy killing. The adrenaline, the bloodlust, and the rage is more addictive than anything I have ever known. It is empty though. Completely hollow compared to the spender of God.
Since I have returned to the empire I have begun missions for the Amarr navy. My first was to destroy an freedom fighter outpost. I wasn't sure how it was going to feel to turn my guns of my Firetail on my former classmates at the academy. To kill my own blood for the good of the empire...
It felt marvelous.
Such is the curse of my damned blood. I pray my betters can cure me of such blood-lust. |
Kalaratiri
Teraa Matar
37
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Posted - 2011.11.29 22:08:00 -
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Very simply.
You would rather be an Amarrian than a Minmatar. Ok, fine, please go ahead.
If you want to be an Amarrian, you're far better off over there, where you're less likely to be shot for supporting them. Although, as you killed a Holder, you will probably be shot there anyway.
I suggest you go to the Caldari State. They're always looking for hard workers, they don't mind if you worship, and they won't racially discriminate against you. Much. Also, the megacorps don;t expect you to do much free thinking. You'll be more than able to live there only taking orders from your boss.
..Or you can actually try finding a clan and doing things properly? |
Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
37
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Posted - 2011.11.29 22:22:00 -
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Good and evil is all a matter of perspective. I believe that I am good. Your Amarr friends believe that they are good. I don't doubt that. Doing anything that you yourself believe is "evil" is... more than counter-intuitive. However, the definition of "good" and "evil" varies from person to person.
It so happens you chose to have your "good" and "evil" dictated by a book that has been rewritten so many times throughout the millennia that any semblance of its original content hardly remains. That is fine. Me, I choose to do what is right (for my brothers, for my Republic, for Ushra'Khan, and for humanity everywhere).
You have made your choice, and you believe it is good. You have made past choices you now believe to have been bad, so you strive to be better. I, too, have made my choice and I believe it is good. I, too, have committed acts in my past that I am not proud of.
It's called moral relativism and you Amarr seem to have a great deal of trouble with it. Focus your piety upon yourselves and be "good", such that others with the same vision will join you and approve of you. Some Amarr do this. Others impose this piety upon their lessers. However, that is not true piety. That is mindless slavery, fit only for beasts of burden, not people.
Otherwise, as a matter of honor, keep in mind that you will repay in full every drop of Matari blood you willfully spill. |
Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.11.29 22:25:00 -
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moral relativism asserts that there is a possibility of the scripture's being wrong or unholy. Since there is no chance of that being the case moral relativism is just an excuse for you and your ilk to do evil. |
N'maro Makari
The Synenose Accord
Celestial Imperative
18
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Posted - 2011.11.29 22:29:00 -
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The tribes and the clans within look after their people. But there is a catch. You have to want to be there, and you have to work to be there. They are vital components of Matari society and essential to our wellbeing as a people. They are not social clubs.
Matari society goes deeper than Rens bazaar. It goes from the grandest of the Republic's tribal circles and most esteemed offices right down to the family unit and individual Matari.
In short, your tribe will look after you, but you must look after your tribe.
I sincerely hope this clarification of sociology in the Republic helps your decision.
N'maro Makari |
Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
37
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Posted - 2011.11.29 22:30:00 -
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So every time the mooks in charge of Amarr decide something is "good" they can just decree it, or write it in the scripture? For that is what they do!
I would understand having such faith in a decree made by your God himself, an infallible being, but not one made by people who are as flawed as you and I are.
Even your church accepts some degree of relativism. Heard of the Khanid Kingdom?
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Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2011.11.29 22:44:00 -
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I don't think you get it. You act as if there is choice involved with this. There is no such thing! I find the values of the Matari people to be a disease which should be contained and destroyed.
I get these insane notions from people who 'value freedom of choice' to do what they feel is right. Then I am being told by those same people that what my choice is evil. Not only do you offend the word of God, but you offend your own values.
The absolute word of God decrees that there is ONE people whom follow his holy word. All others MUST be shown the way of the lord.
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Mikkel Lybecker
Gradient
Electus Matari
14
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Posted - 2011.11.29 23:08:00 -
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Seeing as how you've supposedly turned religious but still having trouble figuring out the basic morality that religion's primary purpose is to teach, I'm going to help you.
Spes Aeternam wrote:we slew our holder, not stopping at his wife and children. We simply killed them all, their cries for mercy and pain where drowned by our yells of victory and bloodlust.
Murder, first-degree. Multiple charges.
Spes Aeternam wrote:We stole our master's ship
Theft.
Spes Aeternam wrote:I stole a Republic fleet Firetail and made a rush to Amarr as fast as I possibly could.
Make that two counts of theft.
Spes Aeternam wrote:ow I ask my fellow faithful, where should I go now?
Off the IGS and straight to jail.
If you seriously want redemption and forgiveness, not just from your god but also relatives of people you've killed etc, you can start by presenting yourself to the authorities and turning yourself in. I've heard there's free copies of Pax Amarria in Amarr prisons so you don't need to fear being disconnected from your god or whatever.
Also, I want my Firetail back. It had chrome-tipped exhaust pipes and racing stripes, and it was a gift, so hop to it. I'd appreciate it if you set up a contract to me in Pator before you begin your lengthy stay of incarceration. |
Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2011.11.29 23:44:00 -
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Mikkel Lybecker wrote:
Also, I want my Firetail back. It had chrome-tipped exhaust pipes and racing stripes, and it was a gift, so hop to it.
I'm sure you'll see it again one day. The new gold plating on it looks fantastic.
Can't wait till the day I can show it off at Rens in an imperial formation. |
Astrid Stjerna
Teraa Matar
107
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Posted - 2011.11.30 00:13:00 -
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Spes Aeternam wrote:
The absolute word of God decrees that there is ONE people whom follow his holy word. All others MUST be shown the way of the lord.
Invasion, starvation, slavery, abuse, murder....
Yeah. Amarrian life sounds so very enticing. |
Edaine Numenor
Disciples of Ston
18
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Posted - 2011.11.30 00:19:00 -
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Spes Aeternam says: "My work was beginning to pay dividend. I was admired in a capsuleer program, fast-tracked for a career in the Republic Navy officer. I spent long years training my mind and body for war, but nothing would do anything for my damaged soul."
But his official record says that he graduated from capsuleer school today. Let all just say what is obvious here. Spes is a liar and an Amarrian stooge. He may even be a Brutor in body with an Amarrian infomorph. Who knows. One thing is for certain. He is not who he claims to be in this thread. |
Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2011.11.30 00:24:00 -
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Of course I graduated today. Until I graduated I would have no ability to get my hands on a ship and fly it back would I?
When I started the program a few years back I did honestly believe my best option was to become a officer for the Republic Navy. It was midway though the program where I realized a new, higher path. I've been planning this for quite a while.
This shouldn't be confusing at all, unless you graduated your program in a day... which would be truly remarkable. |
Edaine Numenor
Disciples of Ston
18
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Posted - 2011.11.30 00:32:00 -
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Spes Aeternam wrote:Of course I graduated today. Until I graduated I would have no ability to get my hands on a ship and fly it back would I?
When I started the program a few years back I did honestly believe my best option was to become a officer for the Republic Navy. It was midway though the program where I realized a new, higher path. I've been planning this for quite a while.
This shouldn't be confusing at all, unless you graduated your program in a day... which would be truly remarkable.
pff |
Mikkel Lybecker
Gradient
Electus Matari
14
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Posted - 2011.11.30 00:42:00 -
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Spes, why are you still posting? If you're really interested in genuine redemption in the eyes of your god (as opposed to just trolling IGS) you need to turn yourself in for what you did to those Amarr holders. Now. Not next week, not tomorrow, not in half an hour after you've made a few more posts and made some replies, but now, right now. Every second you delay justice is another second that you let down your god. I'm no religious type, but I've heard that god likes it when his subjects man up and take immediate and sincere responsibility for their actions. That means in your case facing the consequences for multiple murders. Stop reading this post. Do not reply. Why are you still here? Why are you still reading this? If you're reading this now, god is mad at you. Every word you read here is an iron gate locking you out of salvation. You're still doing it. If you've read this far, there's probably no hope for your redemption at all, you might as well just throw the whole religion away. I'll see you in Pator, drinks are on me, and thanks for gold-plating my ship, I'll be sure to get someone to scrape that gold off and sell it. |
Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2011.11.30 00:47:00 -
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I will take advice on what I should do from my betters, not my lessers.
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Mikkel Lybecker
Gradient
Electus Matari
14
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Posted - 2011.11.30 00:48:00 -
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You not only read it all, you even replied. Welcome to hell, enjoy your stay. |
Silas Vitalia
Khanid Provincial Vanguard
17
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Posted - 2011.11.30 01:09:00 -
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I think this one can't decide if it wants to be an Imperial, a Matari, or a Blood Raider - with all this bloodlust talk.
I would put up some bounty for your corpse for the Holder murder, but you have nothing of worth yet to make it worth anyone's time.
A turncoat can usually be forgiven, but a double turncoat shows a pattern. I foresee a life of low-level mercenary work for you, or perhaps as director of Goonswarm.
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Half Cocked Jack
Re-Awakened Technologies Inc
32
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Posted - 2011.11.30 01:14:00 -
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Spes Aeternam wrote:I will take advice on what I should do from my betters, not my lessers.
Based on the vitriol you have spewed here, sir, you have none. Heathens and Faithful alike can agree that you are less than a child for flinging these judgments against an entire people around in one hand while blindly groping for reconciliation with the other. Whether it be in the Republic or the Empire, I sincerely hope you find some guidance--because between your irreconcilable salvation-crying and didactic-braying, your soul does not have space to breathe.
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Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
38
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Posted - 2011.11.30 01:16:00 -
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Mikkel Lybecker wrote:You not only read it all, you even replied. Welcome to hell, enjoy your stay.
Haw haw haw!
Hey Spes, you should check out Lord Vaari, of the Church of Providence. I hear he's looking for new companions, and I think you're right up his alley. |
Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2011.11.30 01:21:00 -
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Why else do you think I'm looking to help from my betters jack. I am a mess. However I have yet to see anyone who will help me on my path to escape damnation.
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Mikkel Lybecker
Gradient
Electus Matari
14
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Posted - 2011.11.30 01:24:00 -
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Spes Aeternam wrote:Why else do you think I'm looking to help from my betters jack. I am a mess. However I have yet to see anyone who will help me on my path to escape damnation.
Everyone's been helping you, but no-one's telling you what you want to hear, so you're choosing not to listen.
Also, what brand of spirits do you prefer? Let me know where you are and I'll contract you some. Now that's it's confirmed that you're a sinner destined for eternal damnation let's get this party started. |
Astrid Stjerna
Teraa Matar
108
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Posted - 2011.11.30 02:31:00 -
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Spes Aeternam wrote:I will take advice on what I should do from my betters, not my lessers.
Remember that when you're staring down the barrels of a Jaguar and we 'advise' you to surrender.
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Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
38
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Posted - 2011.11.30 03:29:00 -
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Come to think of it, I don't think escaping Damnation is really that hard. It's really slow.
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Half Cocked Jack
Re-Awakened Technologies Inc
32
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Posted - 2011.11.30 04:49:00 -
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Spes Aeternam wrote:Why else do you think I'm looking to help from my betters jack. I am a mess. However I have yet to see anyone who will help me on my path to escape damnation.
EDIT:
((Insert multiple-paragraph, thoughtfully crafted post about self-determination & empowerment, patience, and getting away from familiar climes to become acquainted with one's soul and discover personal salvation here. I wrote a frakking treatise, clicked post, and the forum ate it. It wrote another one, clicked post, and the forum only posted the quotation. I can't be bothered again.  )) |
Anabella Rella
Gradient
Electus Matari
42
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Posted - 2011.11.30 05:20:00 -
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To quote the teens who hang out on the street corners on Luminaire, "Cool story, bro".
Did the Ministry of Propaganda... I mean the MIO... give you this script? If so, they really need better writers. This yarn would fail as a children's after school program, much less a drama for thoughtful adults. Too formulaic, hackneyed, predictable. Full of poor acting. I give it 1/2 star out of 5. If I'd rented this holo I'd demand a refund.
What you want is irrelevant, what you've chosen is at hand. |
Arturo Ramirez
Preta Light Industries
Naraka.
4
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Posted - 2011.11.30 07:58:00 -
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I'm not sure trading one set of sins for another shinier set of sins is a particularly effective means of escaping damnation. However, what is most important is that you are at peace with your own decisions.
As a capsuleer, in the end, it all comes down to you and your choices. |
Uraniae Fehrnah
Viziam
Amarr Empire
7
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Posted - 2011.11.30 08:09:00 -
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Spes Aeternam wrote:I will take advice on what I should do from my betters, not my lessers.
That is a very poor sort of attitude for anyone to have regardless of them being Matari or Amarrian. You should take advice from any who are willing to offer it. This is perhaps the point where you and I differ on the meaning of "taking advice" so I'll be more clear. In my mind, taking someone's advice is simply hearing them out and evaluating what they have said. What you do past that point is naturally up to you. However, if you start to simply dismiss someone's words entirely because they are "beneath you" or your "lesser" then you invariably end up missing out on genuinely good advice, eventually.
It is certainly true that Rens is can be one of the more...unkind areas of the Republic, but it is by no means the measure that you should gauge the rest of the Republic upon. Shortly after my own graduation to flight status I ended up living in a quiet corner of the Republic, and I rather enjoyed my time there. Granted I was not wandering from city to city on any of the planets, but I did make it a point to take in the life and atmosphere aboard a variety of stations, including a few that were directly under the control of one tribe or another.
Furthermore, after relocating back within Empire borders I found myself rather interested in Matari culture and in particular Matari spirituality. I've had the honor of being able to sit and listen, to watch and learn, from three separate tribal shamans. In the span of roughly 4 months I've come to greatly admire and appreciate Matari tradition. In those few months not only did I learn a good deal, but I like to think I also helped a few others on their own paths through life.
All that aside for a moment, I was born and raised under a traditional Amarrian roof. The Empire and to some extent always will be. I may take the time to learn of the Matari, the Gallente, the Sani Sabik, and yes even Sansha's Nation, but I have lived my life as an Amarrian (some, myself included, would say a rather poor example of one.) So, you're asking for advice on how to proceed, how to atone. Well here is my advice.
Accept what you have done. Accept that it has left an indelible stain upon your soul. Do not let yourself foolishly think anything you can do will somehow make up for what you have done. Then and only then can you choose a path for your life and walk it with any honesty. If you can lay in bed, still, quiet, and calm in the middle of the night and be honest with yourself, ask yourself something. "How best do I serve God, by dismissing and ignoring some of His children, or by embracing them?" |
Andreus Ixiris
Mixed Metaphor
306
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Posted - 2011.11.30 10:11:00 -
[40] - Quote
You know, usually I'd mourn the loss of a Minmatar tribesman to the barbarity and squalor of the Amarr Empire.
But you know what, guys?
You can have this one.
Andreus Anthony LeHane Ixiris
CEO, Mixed Metaphor
Animated Corporate Logos |
Kalaratiri
Teraa Matar
37
|
Posted - 2011.11.30 11:13:00 -
[41] - Quote
Andreus Ixiris wrote:You know, usually I'd mourn the loss of a Minmatar tribesman to the barbarity and squalor of the Amarr Empire.
But you know what, guys?
You can have this one.
Pretty much my feeling at this point. Not to sound mean Spes, but you are gonna end with nobody wanting you, if you keep this up. |
Kentt Em'asep
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
1
|
Posted - 2011.11.30 11:49:00 -
[42] - Quote
Kalaratiri wrote:Pretty much my feeling at this point. Not to sound mean Spes, but you are gonna end with nobody wanting you, if you keep this up.
Indeed... that does seem to be the direction this is going unless someone decides to teach him. Be that either that us Matari folk are not just random merry bands of thugs, or his old Amarr friends decide to teach him how to properly learn his place in their little empire.
When I had stopped my talking and took a step back to simply observe, there is something about him that's just... entertaining. I don't think though that that is the right word for it, but it's in the general neighborhood. It's not intended to sound rude, but the word is at the tip of my tougue. |
Half Cocked Jack
Re-Awakened Technologies Inc
32
|
Posted - 2011.11.30 15:31:00 -
[43] - Quote
Let me try this again. Communications channels are unreliable where I currently am, although I suppose this just goes to prove how much I believe in the advice I'm about to give you. I can't devote much time to this message, as I'm participating in an indigenous whaling custom soon.
The next time I am in pod, I will contract you a shuttle. My advice to you: go away. Leave this monochromatic maelstrom that has become so typical for Imperial-Republican combative culture. Explore backwater systems that are disconnected from the banalities of the mainstream--or leave the polities entirely--and practice the art of observing, engaging, studying, and generally getting-to-know humanity as it really is in its many diverse forms. In the process, you will get to know yourself.
Nobody else can offer you absolution for your sins. If anyone claims they can, they are in worse shape than you. For your past, God forgives you. I forgive you. But that matters naught unless you can forgive yourself. What you need is the time and space necessary to reflect upon your life, contemplate your self, and cultivate your soul. As long as you are reacting to the whims of others...as long as you are trying to find a place in some other grand scheme, you will always be a slave. And don't be hasty about settling on your ultimate role in life. It is only an easy choice to a slave. Commitment to an ongoing journey of self discovery and cultivation is the greatest penance for the sinner and the best way to to attain mastery over one's self. All you need is patience, volition, paths to travel, and a good pair of boots.
In short, you don't need a place or a station--you need a journey. And you don't need salvation. It is already offered to you with an open hand if you'll just grasp it. This advice may mean nothing to you--but if you are asking for help, this is what I have to offer. It worked for me. |
Mikkel Lybecker
Gradient
Electus Matari
15
|
Posted - 2011.11.30 16:17:00 -
[44] - Quote
Half Cocked Jack wrote:
In short, you don't need a place or a station--you need a journey.
Yeah, a journey to prison.
Let's not get too touchy-feely here with the "look deep within yourself" routine. Remember this person murdered a bunch of people, not just holders but children, who weren't enslaving him or doing anything bad but just happened to be there. The way I see it, he's got two choices:
1. Accept that he is murdering scum and not worthy of salvation or anything else. Live the rest of his life as an outcast, despised by all, even pirates (if there's one thing they hate it's thieves within their own).
2. Atone - properly. Go directly to jail. Do not pass market hubs, do not collect 200 ISK.
The other possibility is he's lying, which is just like 1. except instead of hating him because he's a murdering thief, everyone is going to hate him because he's a liar, and not just a liar, but a stupid liar, because you have to be pretty dumb to lie about something like what's he (possibly) lying about. In any event he either goes behind bars or I don't take him seriously. |
Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
|
Posted - 2011.11.30 16:30:00 -
[45] - Quote
I do find it ironic that someone who has callously slaughtered hundreds of ships is calling me out for being a criminal. I've seen your kills and you can hardly consider half of them to be even legitimate, just pirating. This is why its important to have some filtering of whom you listen to.
It's been nearly a day since I have returned to Amarr space and have taken up to doing missions for the Amarr navy. I eagerly look forward to more chances to prove myself to the empire. Perhaps in time I'll be trusted well enough to join the 24th someday. |
Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
39
|
Posted - 2011.11.30 17:33:00 -
[46] - Quote
Spes Aeternam wrote:Perhaps in time I'll be trusted well enough to join the 24th someday.
I sincerely hope so. |
Andreus Ixiris
Mixed Metaphor
311
|
Posted - 2011.11.30 17:35:00 -
[47] - Quote
Spes Aeternam wrote:I do find it ironic that someone who has callously slaughtered hundreds of ships is calling me out for being a criminal.
I find it ironic that a bona fide murderer is moralising.
Spes Aeternam wrote:Perhaps in time I'll be trusted well enough to join the 24th someday.
Oh, that'd be excellent! Then they could collapse even faster than they are right now.
Andreus Anthony LeHane Ixiris
CEO, Mixed Metaphor
Animated Corporate Logos |
Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
39
|
Posted - 2011.11.30 18:07:00 -
[48] - Quote
Spes Aeternam wrote:I do find it ironic that someone who has callously slaughtered hundreds of ships is calling me out for being a criminal. I've seen your kills and you can hardly consider half of them to be even legitimate, just pirating. This is why its important to have some filtering of whom you listen to.
Wait, what? Electus Matari, anti-pirate alliance, committing piracy? You guys have been holding out!
Spes, before making such accusations and making yourself sound even dumber, consider that piracy is defined as destroying the ship of someone who was otherwise oblivious to your evil intentions, and was occupied elsewise, most likely not in a combat manner. -EM- do not shoot neutral entities, and have an explicit and public list of entities they consider enemies, and who should be aware they will get shot on sight.
And in case you still consider yourself too superior to listen to anyone in this thread... I never thought I'd say this, but... Is there a fundamentalist Amarr in the house? Someone with a stick up their rear end, preferably? PIE? CVA? ...IPHAR? |
Half Cocked Jack
Re-Awakened Technologies Inc
32
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 00:12:00 -
[49] - Quote
I find my touchy-feelyness preferable to your unimaginative, tit-for-tat justice, Captain Lybecker. Personal freedom is not easy to earn, and there will almost always be casualties. Is this not what the entire confrontational stance the Republic adopts against the Empire is predicated on? We're all criminals in our own way, and I can guarantee I have been responsible for the deaths of more innocent men, women, and children than this Spes character, and I will not be turning myself over to any correctional facilities for crimes committed in the Republic...or the Empire for that matter.
His most recent comment renders the discussion moot, however. I'll not despise him because of his crimes, but I will despise him for being weak. A little lost puppy looking for a foot at which to heel...such a waste of a capsuleer.
|
Anabella Rella
Gradient
Electus Matari
43
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 01:06:00 -
[50] - Quote
Enjoy your few minutes in the sun Spes. I suspect that now that you've returned to the scene of your self-confessed crimes the imperial authorities will be most anxious to speak with you.
Oh well, you didn't want your potential offspring to be free for 9 generations anyway, did you?
What you want is irrelevant, what you've chosen is at hand. |
Mikkel Lybecker
Gradient
Electus Matari
21
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 03:29:00 -
[51] - Quote
Anabella Rella wrote:Enjoy your few minutes in the sun Spes. I suspect that now that you've returned to the scene of your self-confessed crimes the imperial authorities will be most anxious to speak with you.
Oh well, you didn't want your potential offspring to be free for 9 generations anyway, did you?
Yeah, don't worry - he's really not into that whole "freedom" thing, he's made that clear.
|
Spes Aeternam
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
0
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 05:18:00 -
[52] - Quote
Good news!
It would appear as if none of my superiors would like to deal with me directly. Which, I couldn't blame them. I am practically a monster at this point. From the sounds of it, one that keeps bad little Matari awake at night.
But, It would seem like I do have an anonymous donor, providing all the auto-cannons and bullets I can imagine. He has been more than generous providing me with new guns and other equipment for one single task. I have been instructed to burn every Matari ship I come across, strait down to their frames. Slaughter ever single person aboard and assure no survivors.
I can't wait to get started, be a lesson for anyone who would dare to leave the empire for a life of sin like me. Salvation though 200mm rounds at a time! Better to burn alive in the lifeless void of space than spend eternity in hell for sins. |
Uraniae Fehrnah
Viziam
Amarr Empire
8
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 06:54:00 -
[53] - Quote
Ahh yes, now that makes all sorts of sense. You turn your back on your upbringing in the Faith, going so far as to murder your Holder and his family, fail to make any meaningful effort to learn of your Matari heritage, and return to the Empire as nothing more than a slightly remorseful dog who, in spite of all your professed regret and desire to atone, end up yipping and wagging your tail for the first person to buy you some toys and tell you everything will be alright if you go and take more lives.
I could easily echo the sentiments of some of the other Matari speaking up here and say you bring shame to your people and your blood, but I won't. I'm not Matari, I can't rightly claim to be ashamed of your words and actions. Shame wouldn't be the right term anyway, not with this most recent declaration to destroy every Matari ship you come across. No, shame is not what I feel Instead of shame, I'm rather offended that you are considering yourself one of the Amarrian Faithful. It is no less than utterly repugnant that you'll be flying around on a trek of murder and mayhem in the name of a God of which you have quite clearly failed to learn about.
At this point I no longer mourn for your slain Holder. If you are any indication of the products of his stewardship then he was clearly failing in his duty to you and to God. |
Nick Bete
The Scope
Gallente Federation
29
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 07:09:00 -
[54] - Quote
What the hell are they teaching in the academies these days? What has happened to screening processes? If I had 100 isk for every 10 second old pilot to come in here either proclaiming to be a special snowflake, some kind of hardcore psycho killer, or the universe's savior I'd be a very wealthy man.
Instead of talking about how many Minmatar you plan to kill Pilot Aeternam you should first look up the word humility on your datapad, then attempt to practice it.
Or, continue yapping like an insufferable little dog until you **** someone off who will make it their personal quest to blow your (likely poorly fitted) ships and clones out of the skies as often as possible.
|
Astrid Stjerna
Teraa Matar
111
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 16:57:00 -
[55] - Quote
Spes Aeternam wrote:Good news!
It would appear as if none of my superiors would like to deal with me directly. Which, I couldn't blame them. I am practically a monster at this point. From the sounds of it, one that keeps bad little Matari awake at night.
But, It would seem like I do have an anonymous donor, providing all the auto-cannons and bullets I can imagine. He has been more than generous providing me with new guns and other equipment for one single task. I have been instructed to burn every Matari ship I come across, strait down to their frames. Slaughter ever single person aboard and assure no survivors.
I can't wait to get started, be a lesson for anyone who would dare to leave the empire for a life of sin like me. Salvation though 200mm rounds at a time! Better to burn alive in the lifeless void of space than spend eternity in hell for sins.
Don't come after me. Don't come after my friends.
You'll float home. |
Kalaratiri
Teraa Matar
38
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 17:21:00 -
[56] - Quote
Astrid Stjerna wrote:Don't come after my friends.
Especially cos I'm willing to bet you've got more friends than him |
Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
49
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 17:34:00 -
[57] - Quote
Kalaratiri wrote:Astrid Stjerna wrote:Don't come after my friends. Especially cos I'm willing to bet you've got more friends than him
I just noticed... are all you ladies in Teraa Matar tattooed? |
Astrid Stjerna
Teraa Matar
112
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 17:46:00 -
[58] - Quote
Petrus Blackshell wrote:Kalaratiri wrote:Astrid Stjerna wrote:Don't come after my friends. Especially cos I'm willing to bet you've got more friends than him I just noticed... are all you ladies in Teraa Matar tattooed?
It's not specific to Teraa Matar, but yes, most of us have tattoos. |
Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
49
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 18:05:00 -
[59] - Quote
Astrid Stjerna wrote:
It's not specific to Teraa Matar, but yes, most of us have tattoos.
That's pretty awesome. Too few people appreciate the value of the tribal tattoo. |
Anabella Rella
Gradient
Electus Matari
44
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 18:14:00 -
[60] - Quote
Spes Aeternam wrote:Good news!
It would appear as if none of my superiors would like to deal with me directly. Which, I couldn't blame them. I am practically a monster at this point. From the sounds of it, one that keeps bad little Matari awake at night.
But, It would seem like I do have an anonymous donor, providing all the auto-cannons and bullets I can imagine. He has been more than generous providing me with new guns and other equipment for one single task. I have been instructed to burn every Matari ship I come across, strait down to their frames. Slaughter ever single person aboard and assure no survivors.
I can't wait to get started, be a lesson for anyone who would dare to leave the empire for a life of sin like me. Salvation though 200mm rounds at a time! Better to burn alive in the lifeless void of space than spend eternity in hell for sins.
The worst little kids always make the most noise when trying to get the attention of adults.
What you want is irrelevant, what you've chosen is at hand. |
Kalaratiri
Teraa Matar
39
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 18:19:00 -
[61] - Quote
Petrus Blackshell wrote:Astrid Stjerna wrote:
It's not specific to Teraa Matar, but yes, most of us have tattoos.
That's pretty awesome. Too few people appreciate the value of the tribal tattoo.
Pretty much our entire corp is tattoo'd actually. We're rather proud of it |
Andreus Ixiris
Mixed Metaphor
318
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 18:25:00 -
[62] - Quote
If he didn't make any specifications about Gallente vessels, that's OK - fortunately, I generally fly a Hurricane in combat. If I see you in space, rest assured that you'll need more than your God and the blanket protection of an NPC corp to save you.
Andreus Anthony LeHane Ixiris
CEO, Mixed Metaphor
Animated Corporate Logos |
Kentt Em'asep
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
1
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 18:48:00 -
[63] - Quote
Petrus Blackshell wrote:Astrid Stjerna wrote:
It's not specific to Teraa Matar, but yes, most of us have tattoos.
That's pretty awesome. Too few people appreciate the value of the tribal tattoo.
I just got my tattoo about a month ago, they did a pretty good job of it.
I am surprised Aeternam that you still are staying with autocannons, from what I recall most Empire ships in their fleet are energy weapon based. So what... are you going to be filling each bullet with holy water? That would be a first.
I'll enjoy our momment of first contact then from what you had last put out... if we ever do happen to run across each other in the black. |
Rall Mekin
Suppression Inc.
Redneck Rage
0
|
Posted - 2011.12.01 21:06:00 -
[64] - Quote
Spes, having flown for two major empires, the Caldari and most lately, the republic, and previous to that, the Khanid Navy, while in service to a previous corporation, all I can advise you is, prepare yourself for far more bloodshed and guilt upon your conscience. I still wake up at night screaming sometimes, reliving a moment in combat--sometimes its a previous ground battle, most often its reliving the countless murders I've committed in space, most of the time maintaining good order with my superiors. However, after a few moments, I quiet my heart, gaze into the vast emptiness of space, and realize that life and death, demolition and rebirth, are eternal realities in constant flux. Amarr, Caldari, Gallente, Minmatar, Khanid, Matari, Ammatar... even Blood Raider, Guristas... yes, even Sansha... one could argue their destruction is immoral, unconscionable, and something to be avoided.... They all evaporate into dust the same before my lasers or the purging ball of fire that are my scourge missiles... Honestly, at times I mourn for them all,
but...
Then...
there's ISK...
Take it from, you're no moral upright and you're no loyal servant of the Empire. Things must not have done well for you in MInmatar space, did they? You honestly returned to the territory of an empire where you killed a high-ranking member of their society?. You are not religious, perhaps crazy or driven by an ulterior motive... I suspect the latter.
You are a hired gun! How much did the Amarr pay you? Take it from me. I know the taste of ISK and how wonderful a loaded credit chip feels in your wallet. Stop the hypocrisy and admit who you are. You may get a better offer than your current one!--Anonmyous benefactor? Whatever.
Granted, I can understand a crisis of conscience. I recently freed half a billion slaves that used to serve me and my business partner on our planetary colonies. We had a nice thing going with PI, but, after my experience in null sec and a deep conversation one evening with my current CEO, I could no longer conscience it.
I still kill people, though, regularly. Their blood is all the same color--the same as your, the same as mine. Skip the religious, conscience, bull crap and don't demean those who truly walk the path of the Lord--something neither you nor myself do, mercenary. |
Ava Starfire
Teraa Matar
94
|
Posted - 2011.12.02 03:38:00 -
[65] - Quote
Kalaratiri wrote:Petrus Blackshell wrote:Astrid Stjerna wrote:
It's not specific to Teraa Matar, but yes, most of us have tattoos.
That's pretty awesome. Too few people appreciate the value of the tribal tattoo. Pretty much our entire corp is tattoo'd actually. We're rather proud of it
We here at Teraa Matar endorse the beautiful art of tattooing, and the cultural importance of those tattoos.
Ah, and to the OP... come to Dal.
I have all sorts of Minmatar cultural knowledge to share with you.
Shaman Avlynka Surionen, CEO of Teraa Matar |
Khazarn Areth
The Black Pigs
The Black Pigs Alliance
30
|
Posted - 2011.12.02 09:41:00 -
[66] - Quote
I for one congratulate the Saurumite lapdog, theres nothing like free choice in where you stand hmmm?
Or prehaps he was brainwashed, lobejacked, coerced.... excetera excetera...... Who knows you may one day become more than a carefully watched puppet/meat shield of your "Betters".
Bloody Omir's coming back
Monsters from the endless black
Wading through a crimson flood
Omir's come to drink your blood |
Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
53
|
Posted - 2011.12.02 16:14:00 -
[67] - Quote
Ava Starfire wrote:
Ah, and to the OP... come to Dal.
I have all sorts of Minmatar cultural knowledge to share with you.
Unfortunately, you can bet he won't. He doesn't seem the type that has the strength of will to those of his own power (capsuleers) who would call him out after he betrays them.
I'd chase him into high security space to turn him into an expanding cloud of vapor, but after a few past adventures of the same sort, the Empire's police doesn't take kindly to me being around and in a ship. |
Gottii
Lutinari Syndicate
Electus Matari
19
|
Posted - 2011.12.02 17:14:00 -
[68] - Quote
I sincerely doubt a Brutor slave could kill his Holder and flee into the Republic, while later returning to the Empire without repercussions. The Ammatar's attention seeking first proclamation likely earned him far more enemies in the Empire than friends.
While some Amarrian dogma teaches their God can be forgiving, their Empire is not... |
Lyn Farel
Extropian Technologies
50
|
Posted - 2011.12.02 17:42:00 -
[69] - Quote
Ava Starfire wrote:
Ah, and to the OP... come to Dal.
I have all sorts of Minmatar cultural knowledge to share with you.
Shaman Avlynka Surionen, CEO of Teraa Matar
What is it supposed to solve ?
Gottii wrote:While some Amarrian dogma teaches their God can be forgiving, their Empire is not...
What are you thinking of ? |
Istvaan Shogaatsu
Guiding Hand Social Club
37
|
Posted - 2011.12.07 06:28:00 -
[70] - Quote
Hmmm. "Spes Aeternam." Old, old Amarish. Your master gave you that name, didn't he? He must have had high expectations of you.
Your name means "Hope Eternal," directly translated. It sounds as though you betrayed that hope. Perhaps this is the source of your guilt.
There is precedent in the Amarr Empire for dealing with such crimes. While you may have annihilated your master's immediate family, a Holder's family stretches across centuries and is comprised of many, many generations. If you truly wish to make amends, I suppose it would be to them, that you must surrender.
The laws of Amarr permit those aggrieved to seek out justice in the form of flesh. The heir Aritcio Kor-Azor underwent this procedure some years ago, quite a horrific affair, at the behest of a Speaker of Truth. After all the torment was over, he was a changed man. Redeemed, like you seek to be.
Alas, while Aritcio's standing in the strata of Amarr society allowed each aggrieved party to walk away with just a sliver of his severed body, you... as a slave, and killer of Holders... face a considerably worse fate. For one, your flesh is not nearly as valuable as the flesh of a Holder.
But an interesting opportunity presents itself, since you are a capsuleer. Now, I have a fairly solid understanding of Imperial law (due to my frequent violations of said law) and may perhaps be able to advise you better than even the Amarr posters in this thread.
The reasoning behind this law of "eye for an eye" is to grant the victims the right to exact vengeance upon the flesh of the perpetrator. I imagine there are dozens, if not hundreds of family members in this Holder's line who would like to see you suffer. My suggestion: let them do exactly that.
Surrender yourself to the family of the Holder. Let them exact their vengeance by tearing you apart, ripping you to ribbons. Then wake up, and do it again. And again, and again, until they get tired of it and feel justice is done. Perhaps after a few dozen agonizing deaths, the symbolic exchange of flesh will have leveled the scales.
Best of luck in obtaining absolution. |
Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
62
|
Posted - 2011.12.07 16:29:00 -
[71] - Quote
Istvaan Shogaatsu wrote: ~longquote~
And if we Minmatar do the same thing, we're called savages.
I love hypocrisy. |
Istvaan Shogaatsu
Guiding Hand Social Club
37
|
Posted - 2011.12.07 17:53:00 -
[72] - Quote
Well, you are savages. Why can't you settle your disagreements over deadly poison tea like civilized people? |
Petrus Blackshell
Minmatar Ship Construction Services
Ushra'Khan
62
|
Posted - 2011.12.07 18:09:00 -
[73] - Quote
Istvaan Shogaatsu wrote:Well, you are savages. Why can't you settle your disagreements over deadly poison tea like civilized people?
Because autocannons are more fun and involve fewer cozies.
Edit for conjugation fail. |
Mikkel Lybecker
Gradient
Electus Matari
27
|
Posted - 2011.12.11 01:52:00 -
[74] - Quote
I'd just like to announce that I nominated Spes Aeternam for PIE's Amarr Loyal Servant Of The Year award. I just found that that he didn't make the shortlist for some reason. Can't imagine why, given his stellar history of ascribing to Amarrian moral values. Oh well, maybe it's just a clerical error, or perhaps there were just a lot of high quality entrants this year. Chin up, Spes. |
Audrial
Fly By Night Corporation
0
|
Posted - 2011.12.11 15:22:00 -
[75] - Quote
Spes Aeternam wrote:Silas Vitalia wrote:There's still the matter of the Holder and family you murdered.
That there is. I'm not sure anything I could ever do could resolve me of that particular crime. This is why I seek guidance from my betters as to what I can do. Still, my faith has gotten me very far so far and I am not going to call it quits now. As I'm sure you all know my race is known to be a bit stubborn at times.
You have humbled yourself and have admitted your sins in the presence of the multitude. If you feel that is not enough, perhaps you would seek out your Holder's family and throw yourself to their feet, begging them to have mercy on you as you accept what punishment they deem as being fit for you.
Some might say that you've been essentially born again now that you've had this startling revelation and have returned with new purpose. What good might come of revisiting the past, opening new wounds, and perhaps losing yourself in the process?
I judge not, nor do I feel you owe an explanation to anyone. Hold tight to your faith and let it guide you and show you your true self and only then can you embrace your destiny. See your past self as past away and look forward into the future for your salvation.
xxxxooooxxxxooooxxxx
Audrial
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Caellach Marellus
Nephtys Ventures inc
177
|
Posted - 2011.12.11 15:41:00 -
[76] - Quote
So I just read through all four pages, and I think I can sum up the entire content of this post in three notes.
1: Some people are just born stupid.
2: Tribal tattoos are cool.
3: Captain Lybecker has excellent taste in manners of drinking.
Did I miss anything? |
Mikkel Lybecker
Gradient
Electus Matari
27
|
Posted - 2011.12.12 00:46:00 -
[77] - Quote
That's pretty much it.
My father always said "if you're going to do something, do it properly, or don't do it at all". That's why my spirits are always at least triple-distilled and 40% alcohol or higher. |
Astrid Stjerna
Teraa Matar
134
|
Posted - 2011.12.12 16:22:00 -
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Mikkel Lybecker wrote:That's pretty much it.
My father always said "if you're going to do something, do it properly, or don't do it at all". That's why my spirits are always at least triple-distilled and 40% alcohol or higher.
Only 40%?
Captain, I have a wonderful new experience to share with you.
It's called 'Jetcan'. |
Mikkel Lybecker
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Jetcan is for jets. |
Astrid Stjerna
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Posted - 2011.12.13 16:12:00 -
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Mikkel Lybecker wrote:Jetcan is for jets.
I meant that I brew a drink called 'Jetcan' that's strong enough to spin your head around.
Send you a bottle? |
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