Gotta correct you. A capsuleer who started right at the beginning could conceivably have teenage kids by now. Admittedly, teenagers are completely bloody useless.

I certainly don't mind correcting things that are wrong, the Caldari got capsule technology from the Joves in AD23224 that was 125 years ago using today's date of YC113. Of course capsule technology took some time to catch on and it was decades before they matched capsuleers with cloned bodies but the EVE universe has had body part replacement dating back prior to clones so clearly an early adopter of a capsuleer's lifestyle could realistcly be well over 150 years old today. Although the early adopters might nor have planned on having immortality as part of the deal I am sure they are nonetheless glad it's available to them.

Power To The Players!

I would like to throw some stuff into this thread about ship crews. One of my characters has acceptance issues and uses her position of great wealth and power to get in romantic relationships with her crew members. Multiple relationships at a time as the more she gets men to make her feel loved it helps her fill that void. I figure capsuleers are going to have mental issues just like everyone else so why not use that for plot devices?

If you consider a Battle Cruiser is described as having a crew of a bit less than a thousand, think about how many Bcs a mission runner destroys in one mission. Multiply this by years of mission running, and you're left with a number of deaths that amounts into the millions.

I get that the fiction is clear on it, but it makes zero physiological sense. Even future space goo and nanobots and future spacetech don't completely erase all the problems that would come from being stuck in a fetal position for months or (in the case of supercap pilots) years. The human body and mind just do not work that way. Your muscles would go away, your bones would brittle and collapse, your joints would fuse together, your organs would fail, and you would go insane.

sorry, if this question has been asked but I did not have the patiance to read all the posts in this thread.

what does the crew do when the capsuleer is in another ship, for example, you need 1 type of crewman for a mining ship and another for a combat ship what does the crew do when not in use?

sorry, if this question has been asked but I did not have the patiance to read all the posts in this thread.

what does the crew do when the capsuleer is in another ship, for example, you need 1 type of crewman for a mining ship and another for a combat ship what does the crew do when not in use?

sorry, if this question has been asked but I did not have the patiance to read all the posts in this thread.

what does the crew do when the capsuleer is in another ship, for example, you need 1 type of crewman for a mining ship and another for a combat ship what does the crew do when not in use?

Another topic of discussion, related to capsuleers and their crews:

How many of you would not consider crew members from one of the other three races / factions?

As for my character, he would likely not trust anyone but Minmatar to serve on his ship(s). He certainly would not have an Amarr on his ship.

Thoughts......

Capsuleers seem to have, more often than not, transcended both their humanity and any really strong affiliation with their empire. I would suspect only a minority would bother with racism at that point. To the average demigod I suspect that all crew members are equally expendable pieces of equipment.

I'm still new to the world of Eden and only recently discovered the old opening movie to learn the full backstory. But I like to think of my ships (at least the ones I've flown as a beginner) being highly automated. Computers and controls all being at the captains seat in front. The pod being right close by. But the area being large enough to move about as in a 10x10 room. In my stories on my blog (Eve Random Thoughts) I have wired up my mining rig with a refrigerator and music player and spend all of my time in space alone.

After all we are not only demi-gods but we have absorbed quite a bit of ancient technology into our own giving us great power and control in our ships. No crew needed here.

This view ignores that fact that the factions are currently in a state of war, and an expanding one as Dust 514 approaches. EVE is also a very political, and cut throat, environment. It is not about racism, its about trust. Could a Minmatar capsuleer really trust Amarr crew members? Or a Caldari trust a Gallente?

This is not to say that all people are politically motivated, but the faction / empire structure definately makes it difficult for "enemy factions" to cooperate.

Though as a Minmatar I personally have little trust for the Amarr in general, I would and do take on crewmen of any race. Firstly (and sadly), I've lost more crews through ship destruction than I can even remember. Crew members have now become to me anonymous, interchangeable components that are simply required for ship operation. The days of hand-picking a crew for my first shiny new frigates are long gone.

Secondly, I use a crew staffing agency that seems to have a reliable system for vetting crewman. I trust them to have screened out any candidates who might pose a security risk. Why do I trust their screening system? Actually I don't, not 100%. But the other option is to personally screen 300 or so candidates each time I need a new crew.

And, herein lies one of the problems writers of EVE Fan fiction face.

Capsuleers are hard to write because in the face of adversity, they can buy a planet and have exotic dancers feed them for the rest of their days.

It's kinda hard for anyone to relate to someone who access to that level of living, and to be sympathetic towards them.

Would you be prepared to sit down in a bar and listen to the whimsical mumerings of a millionaire in real life? Especially if they began to complain and moan about how bad their life is...you might even take a few moments to reach for the nearest door...and slam their face into it.

No different than 'interview with a vampire', where the lead (Pitt) is whining throughout the entire film and the audience is just thinking 'man, if I was that unhappy, I'd just wait for the sun to come up'.

AK

No Empire would willingly educate, train, spend millions producing, and then simply give away that many powerful individuals.


You better believe the Amarr Empire or the Caldari State wouldn't be spending billions on r&d and military education of the most deadly technology in the known universe only to say 'here you go! go have fun!' after graduation.

When modern military spends millions training say, fighter pilots or special ops troops, they don't give you the damn plane and say 'go have fun' after you finish flight school.

Yes a capsuleer could bankroll an entire planetary invasion with his capital ship replacement slush fund, that is why the mortals fear us so! They know at any given moment or change in mood we can go from an essential element in their interplanetary commerce to their worst nightmare. So their pitiful pleas for better ecological and safety standards at our corp owned mining interests on their worlds get only so aggressive, not smart to **** off someone who can bombard you from orbit, embargo your jump gate, and transport in an army of immortal killers to hunt you down in your home.

Soon not even the Empires will be able to stand against determined capsuleers, the age of Mortal Racial & Political Empires are coming to end, hoist the corp banner of an Immortal Capsuleer Corp then fall to your kness and pray I am in a mood to allow your planet to continue it's existence.

It is in that era I write my first EVE short story "Empires Dusk, Capsuleers Dawn".

Power To The Players!