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Matar Ronin
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Posted - 2015.09.01 05:07:45 -
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The road from Kameira to Capsuleer was long and blood soaked. As a Kameira I dutifully killed everything I was ordered to with vigorous precision. As the assignments given became increasingly dangerous I witnessed the relentless attrition that is the brief combat lifespan of Kameira shock troops. Stubbornly I refused to die.
While being pieced back together after my next to last mission I over heard my holder rebuke my Commanding Officer for not accepting contracts that exceeded the capacity of his troops to possibly survive. "Kameira were ammo that should be expended to the last round." Those words of his etched themselves into my soul and I realized my life had not been in service to God, I was viewed as a mere tool of warfare, nothing more.
When fully recovered and deemed fit for combat again I was returned to my unit and I told everyone in my company what our holder really thought our purpose was, some agreed, others like me were angered. In the end we all agreed if we were going to be spent as ammo it would be in the cause of obtaining our own freedom.
The night before our next mission I slipped out of our closely guarded barracks and made my way to the mansion of our holder where upon entry I killed him and every adult member of his household that were present. We shipped out the same morning before the grisly deed was discovered. When we arrived in Republic Space to support an amarr raid my entire company walked away from combat and sought asylum in the Minmatar Republic.
After a long adjustment period under the watchful eyes of Republic Security forces I enlisted in the Republic Navy where I tested and trained to be a combat pilot. I served many years as a baseline Republic Fleet Navy pilot and advanced to the rank of Republic Fleet Rear Admiral. At the age of 45 I retired and took up full time status as a student at Republic University earning a Doctorate in Applied Physics and a Masters in Experimental Quantum Electrodynamics.
However the ashes of my fallen brethren that had been long ago merged with my own flesh called to me for justice and the flame of passion for combat returned. I tested and was found compatible for capsuleer training and conversion. My Republic Fleet Navy veterans benefits made the training affordable so to extend the time I could be an effective combat pilot I became a capsuleer.
GÇÿVain flame burns fast/and its lick is light/Modest flame lasts long/and burns to the bone.GÇÖ
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Praezius Vheruk
Gozantii Industries
117
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Posted - 2015.09.01 07:57:27 -
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Fer me? It was nae a choosin', as't were a mand'try t'in' we's gots tae dae. It were 'da, 're we was nae goin' tae live 'notter day.
See's, it's like 'dis; me an' me brudda... me brudda an' me, high-edder ye wants it pu'... we was born'n rais't on 'de Red T'orn carrier, man' a year ba'. Ma were 'de eng'neerin' Guzzle, 'dere; we ain' sure wot nug Da were, n'coul'nt a tol't ye whedder he'd bee' tossed w'en we come along're nae...
Rais't'n space, is onl' a matter o'time b'fore ye end a spatter off 'de butt o'a ship, sae... 'dat were a factor innit. 'Notter factor bee'd I's coul' raise a runnin' motor fro'de scraps'n 'angar, an' me brudda'd blowed a dozen ships b'fore 'e were twenny.
It were... we dae, 're we die.
'S 'dat simple. |
Erasmus Grant
Splinter Cell Operations Gentlemen's.Club
23
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Posted - 2015.09.04 09:42:43 -
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Why settle for an Achurian Monastery when you can have power, glory, and immorality. |
Enso Nibbana
Brahman
5
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Posted - 2015.09.06 01:40:09 -
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To see how it is to open ones eyes for the first time. |
Aria Jenneth
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security Multicultural F1 Brigade
1542
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Posted - 2015.09.06 15:02:45 -
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Erasmus Grant wrote:Why settle for an Achurian Monastery when you can have power, glory, and immorality.
... and apparently the monastery's lessons weren't sinking in anyway.
Poor fellow. |
Cydonia Meridian
House Singularity Sixth Empire
39
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Posted - 2015.09.07 13:53:55 -
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They promised it would be difficult. |
Siddhar Gangari
Masuat'aa Matari Ushra'Khan
46
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Posted - 2015.09.07 14:41:39 -
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By the time I realized teaching was not enough for me, I had become an old man. Well, too old to enter military service - at least according to existing regulations. Becoming a capsuleer was the only way I could follow in my father's footsteps and continue the struggle that is very apparently not over: the struggle for Matari freedom.
He, my father, was hesitant when I approached him for his counsel - no Vherokior raised in the old ways would make such a decision without input from their parents, no matter how old they are. He said that the Matari need to focus on rebuilding what was lost to the Amarr invaders (our culture, identity, dignity and discipline), not fan the flames of war. After a long and ponderous discussion that lasted an entire night, he gave me leave the RMS's capsule program. I completed my training, and on the condition I serve in the TLF for a period of at least one year, I was granted the ships, funds and contacts necessary to protect my people's interests.
I have two or so months left in that agreement, and I expect I will have many difficult choices to make during that time; not least among them being whether to continue to fan the flames of war between empires. |
Erasmus Grant
Splinter Cell Operations Gentlemen's.Club
25
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Posted - 2015.09.07 15:49:06 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Erasmus Grant wrote:Why settle for an Achurian Monastery when you can have power, glory, and immorality. ... and apparently the monastery's lessons weren't sinking in anyway. Poor fellow.
Do not let their false humility fool you, its just a vanity of another kind. |
Aria Jenneth
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security Multicultural F1 Brigade
1546
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Posted - 2015.09.07 19:56:48 -
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Erasmus Grant wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote:Erasmus Grant wrote:Why settle for an Achurian Monastery when you can have power, glory, and immorality. ... and apparently the monastery's lessons weren't sinking in anyway. Poor fellow. Do not let their false humility fool you, its just a vanity of another kind.
You probably can find toxic pride in most monasteries, along with lots of other ways people don't always act as they think they should. It's a place where people live, after all. Even if they're trying to perfect their souls, monks are people, not celestial spirits. They'll have plenty of flaws.
The question is what else you might sometimes find there.
Power, glory, and immortality are things you probably wouldn't find much of, though, so ... I guess you're looking in the right place, if there's a right place to look for things like that. |
Gottin
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
11
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Posted - 2015.09.07 19:59:27 -
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I woke up with a hangover and implants.
At least that's what I tell men who are bothering me when I'm trying to drink a cocktail. But really it was because my real father took care of me when my mother and my stepfather were ignoring me. My father sold his estates when he joined a monastery, and he used the money to buy me a life as a capsuleer. The capsuleer's life has its horrors, too damn many of them, but I didn't know that when I was young and I suppose it's better than growing grapes on Akhragan. |
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Synthetic Cultist
Church of The Crimson Saviour Sani-Sabik
490
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Posted - 2015.09.07 20:14:33 -
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I do not Believe I had any Choice in the Matter.
I was Created as One, and given the Mission to Contemplate the Scriptures.
Synthia 1, Empress of Kaztropol.
It is Written.
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Hibou Heluene
University of Caille Gallente Federation
5
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Posted - 2015.09.08 19:35:54 -
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I pursued the study of fine art as a means to express discontent with the domestic policies of the Federation, and later as a graduate found that it was a platform for shedding light on uncomfortable truths. Our societies cultivate some ugly behaviors that many prefer to overlook, and I took it upon myself to stand as a reminder to the powers that be that we are not ignorant to their failings.
Given the opportunity to become a capsuleer was a terrifying prospect. To risk waste of this life, learning nothing, only for the possibility of becoming a monster... knowing capsuleers cause little but suffering in their vainglory. In this another uncomfortable truth made itself apparent: that I may resist this force of calamity on equal terms in order to alleviate suffering around the cluster.
That sole mote of hope is what pushed me to accept the challenge. |
Alesius Lerance
Varner Industries Shattered Vection
28
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Posted - 2015.09.09 00:17:27 -
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Simple really, I didn't fee like dying and I wanted to serve the people for as long as I could. Plus the State was paying for it so what did I have to lose?
Family, Corporation, and State, in that order. What else is there worth fighting for?
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Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
1996
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Posted - 2015.09.09 02:13:56 -
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You didn't feel like dying and submitted yourself to euthanasia for your clones to roam the space. Good job.
Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.
In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.
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Kairelle
Raven.Syndicate Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
36
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Posted - 2015.09.09 02:50:42 -
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Alesius Lerance wrote:Simple really, I didn't fee like dying and I wanted to serve the people for as long as I could. Plus the State was paying for it so what did I have to lose?
Only your humanity...possibly. Not that all of us had that much of it anyway.
Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu.
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Erasmus Grant
Splinter Cell Operations Gentlemen's.Club
25
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Posted - 2015.09.09 16:03:15 -
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Diana Kim wrote:You didn't feel like dying and submitted yourself to euthanasia for your clones to roam the space. Good job.
From the stars they came and to the stars they return, but I remain.
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Aria Jenneth
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security Multicultural F1 Brigade
1548
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Posted - 2015.09.09 16:15:33 -
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Erasmus Grant wrote:From the stars they came and to the stars they return, but I remain.
I do prefer this way of looking at it. The infomorph survives.
It doesn't quite mean we can't die, though. |
Elmund Egivand
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
686
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Posted - 2015.09.09 16:31:41 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Erasmus Grant wrote:From the stars they came and to the stars they return, but I remain. I do prefer this way of looking at it. The infomorph survives. It doesn't quite mean we can't die, though.
We all die. We just come back again. Or at least, a version of us comes back again.
We aren't immortal. We are the undead.
Evergreen ~ Evergreen ~ Evergreen ~ EVERGREEN ~ Evergreen ~ Evergreen ~Evergreen ~ Family
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Sahriah BloodStone
No.Mercy Triumvirate.
187
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Posted - 2015.09.15 05:33:21 -
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Elmund Egivand wrote:Aria Jenneth wrote:Erasmus Grant wrote:From the stars they came and to the stars they return, but I remain. I do prefer this way of looking at it. The infomorph survives. It doesn't quite mean we can't die, though. We all die. We just come back again. Or at least, a version of us comes back again. We aren't immortal. We are the undead.
No my friend. We are evolution
Sahriah Bloodstone
Praetor, No.Mercy
"Never underestimate your enemy or disrespect its abilities. If you do, you shall become the hunted "
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Diana Kim
State Protectorate Caldari State
2016
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Posted - 2015.09.15 15:49:33 -
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Aria Jenneth wrote:Erasmus Grant wrote:From the stars they came and to the stars they return, but I remain. I do prefer this way of looking at it. The infomorph survives. It doesn't quite mean we can't die, though. I am quite... dumbfounded by concept of "infomorph". While the information persists, the running process dies regardless. And information without the process is dead, it is static, like a frozen crystal.
Sahriah BloodStone wrote: No my friend. We are evolution
Evolved from normal citizens into... reusable starship control modules.
Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.
In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.
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