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Sakura Nihil
Tabula Rasa Systems
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2007.05.18 08:30:00 -
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I know what I aim to build - a cluster where people do not need to rely on others to protect them, where they may go where they desire, and do what they want without needing to say "may I?" to the one that holds sway over them.
Regardless, I look forward to getting to blow a lot of you up. Maybe all you need are a few reincarnations to get those neurons firing again to think about what role you're playing in this conflict, anti-pirate or meatshield.
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Sakura Nihil
Tabula Rasa Systems
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2007.05.18 15:17:00 -
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Jasmine, you always have this entourage of hecklers following you... 
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Sakura Nihil
Tabula Rasa Systems
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2007.05.18 23:51:00 -
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 Originally by: Cipher7
Originally by: Sakura Nihil
I know what I aim to build - a cluster where people do not need to rely on others to protect them, where they may go where they desire, and do what they want without needing to say "may I?" to the one that holds sway over them.
How will you avoid hostile bubblecamp without asking "May I?"
You will bring friends to clear out the bubblecamp.
That's what a 0.0 alliance is. Friends to clear out hostile bubblecamps and provide for mutual security.
0.0 is never going to be totally safe, but free trade cannot occur under blockade.
Free trade is the cornerstone of independence, the ability of the individual to harvest ore, build a product, move that product to market and sell it on the open market.
I agree on the whole, but realize there is one crucial disconnect between us.
It is one thing to say "Damn, a bubble and camp is blocking my way!" and to take arms up against it with others, that kind of self-empowerment is what the Fraction strives to inspire amongst young or inexperienced capsuleers. Compare that to the other scenario, where a person says "Someone's blocking my way! I can't go through until someone clears it...", this is dependence of the kind that will arise from a strong anti-pirate presence.
Anyone who is curious about this can go to Kheram and see a case study unfolding at this very moment. In the Mista system next door, several times a day pilots report to the local populace that the connecting gate is infested by pirates - for minutes on end, normal drivers just sit there, waiting for someone to clear it for them, like cattle with glazed-over eyes. Unless someone does the job, they wait in station, refusing to do any work for themselves - ask yourself, is that what we want the whole of humanity to become? Mindless souls traveling the cluster, their fates subject to the whims of others?
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Sakura Nihil
Tabula Rasa Systems
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2007.05.22 05:05:00 -
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Originally by: Jasmine Constantine
Originally by: Gaius Kador
Some strange sort of subhuman congregation dedicated to lamenting their fate repeatedly on Galnet, over and over again.
You describe PIE perfectly.
+1 Zing, Fraction.
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Sakura Nihil
Tabula Rasa Systems
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2007.05.23 13:39:00 -
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How Jasmine puts up with all this and still manage to keep the reasoning fairly fresh is beyond me. I suppose this just goes to show what one enlightened young posthumanist will do to a gaggle of old, senile, and bitter men.
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