That's true, but they also teach us to pick up on that sort of thing. Damn First Gen's are more crafty that I had originally thought.

Not to mention Satja is much quicker and more sensitive to intrusions than I am, I'm surprised she never picked you up.

1st Gens are the ultimate clones. You would be surprised to know how useful having multiple minds is.

Hardly. You are unstable, dangerous, and woefully unpredictable. The perfect clone is the obedient and stable clone. 3rd Gens like myself are good, but 4th or 5th Gen are vastly superior.

Hardly. You are unstable, dangerous, and woefully unpredictable. The perfect clone is the obedient and stable clone. 3rd Gens like myself are good, but 4th or 5th Gen are vastly superior.

Unpredictable? Yes. Dangerous? Of course.
Unstable?
No.

I am simply enlightened by the grace of God.

I usually put Sebiestor tribal designs on my first to be deployed dropsuit, and then I go to the deck and draw the planet, contemplating what my fiance back home in the hospital would think of living on the planet.

As the battles went on, I became frustrated with my drawing utensils; they were always of terrible quality and ruined whatever Matari paper I had with me. This led to me always asking a random merc for a pen and seeing what kind he had. I've seen some crazy styles and inks that I never dreamed possible (seriously, how many variations of a pen can the universe make?) The one I use now, though, is a gold plated Amarrian pen with a quill tip design. I couldn't help but tinker around with it, but it is still of the same appearance. It is quite ironic when I think of it; a piece of Minmatar paper and a pen made by the Amarr has come together to help me make the most beautiful works of art.

Apologies for getting sentimental; my solace in war has been drawing, so I tend to talk a lot about it when I get the chance.

Pure Heresy....

I find hope in that comment, that our people will not forever be at odds.

Thank you, Adamance. We may not agree on the Amarrian faith, but I am always uplifted in seeing your hope for peace, even if our views of peace are different. it is my sincerest hope that our people would be able to find peace someday. How we will achieve it, I am not sure, but one day I believe the bonds of friendship will be brought to life between our nations.

That may be the greatest gift of my immortality, to have the chance to see our people come together.

Are you sure of that, Mr. Trifarn? As much as I like the Templar Crusader, he would see your people re-enslaved, and eventually mine taken or converted, as well-- to what he understands to be a good end, yes, but we, liking our own cultures and beliefs, might disagree. If he favors peace between the empires, it will be only for so long as that peace furthers that end.

The Templar Crusader's dream of peace is a conqueror's dream of humanity united in service to the Amarrian god, and no worlds left to conquer.

No we wish to have everyone under one banner living in peace. Slavery is a means to an end not the end.

Personal I think there are other options we can take. Concord being a good example. I think there is a lot we can learn from the other empires and it's people to make everyone stronger :-)

I respect your view to be honest faith can not be forced it must be grown. I have respect for the caldria state to opprese the right to practice a faith supprises me. I simply hope this can be solved diplomatically. I know little of your faith so I can't tell if your lost children of the lord or demons like the blood raiders.

I am one of few who believe the lord works under many names. Adoption is preferable to suppression. Where can I learn more?

No matter how many of that idiot there are...

Ryeon, please. Don't insult my intelligence in a sentence with obvious grammatical errors. It is in bad tastes.

:( what a lonly way to live im sure one day we can find a way live under one banner

That is largely what the Gallente wanted, and thought, and seemingly still think, templar.

We are comfortable with our own ways of life, our own ways of being, our own communities. We do not find it any more lonely than we did when we were isolated on our homeworlds and far more literally alone. Certain of us are happy to trade with outsiders; others would prefer that we retreat into seclusion almost entirely. I personally understand the former group, but sympathize more with the latter.

There are things we can learn from beyond our borders, but some lessons and beliefs, valid in their own contexts, are corrosive in ours. Gallentean individualism, which demands cultural liberalism, is a prime example. Its influence on our elites would make our nation an abusive plutocracy, and has done so before. The resulting tide of anger from the lower castes is what swept Tibus Heth into power.

If we believe in the validity and integrity of our ancestors' ways of life, in its applicability and worth in our own existences, then we should seek to preserve those ways. We seek to preserve what we have, and to fend off those who would change us.

We are a set of deeply conservative peoples.

For my own part, I view the Achur faith as a jewel of insight, which the State shelters and protects. I would see the rest of human society crumble to dust and ashes before I let that jewel come to harm.

That is who I am, templar, first and foremost: a defender of my culture and faith.

That is largely what the Gallente wanted, and thought, and seemingly still think, templar.

We are comfortable with our own ways of life, our own ways of being, our own communities. We do not find it any more lonely than we did when we were isolated on our homeworlds and far more literally alone. Certain of us are happy to trade with outsiders; others would prefer that we retreat into seclusion almost entirely. I personally understand the former group, but sympathize more with the latter.

There are things we can learn from beyond our borders, but some lessons and beliefs, valid in their own contexts, are corrosive in ours. Gallentean individualism, which demands cultural liberalism, is a prime example. Its influence on our elites would make our nation an abusive plutocracy, and has done so before. The resulting tide of anger from the lower castes is what swept Tibus Heth into power.

If we believe in the validity and integrity of our ancestors' ways of life, in its applicability and worth in our own existences, then we should seek to preserve those ways. We seek to preserve what we have, and to fend off those who would change us.

We are a set of deeply conservative peoples.

For my own part, I view the Achur faith as a jewel of insight, which the State shelters and protects. I would see the rest of human society crumble to dust and ashes before I let that jewel come to harm.

That is who I am, templar, first and foremost: a defender of my culture and faith.

I get a bite to eat:


1: Boil water, 2. Eat block of ramen, 3. Drink boiled water, 4. Snort flavored powder, 5. (Fornicate Under Consent of King)(groups of female dogs).

Are you sure of that, Mr. Trifarn? As much as I like the Templar Crusader, he would see your people re-enslaved, and eventually mine taken or converted, as well-- to what he understands to be a good end, yes, but we, liking our own cultures and beliefs, might disagree. If he favors peace between the empires, it will be only for so long as that peace furthers that end.

The Templar Crusader's dream of peace is a conqueror's dream of humanity united in service to the Amarrian god, and no worlds left to conquer.

Admirable ideals, Mr. Trifarn; may they serve you well.

Watch them closely, however. There are those in this cluster, notably Sansha's Nation, that prey on frustrated idealists. Dreams of peace can ferment into something intoxicating-- and deeply toxic.

I have watched it happen more than once. Our conflicts are persistent, and many a dreamer has found the thought, "What if we could make them peaceful?" impossible to resist. All you have to give up is all respect for human autonomy-- and, of course, you have to place absolute faith in a megalomaniac who's been known to neglect to program certain of his subjects to secure their own food supply.

Please be aware of that issue. I'd rather not have even one more idealist we'll eventually have to render irrevocably dead.

I will always be aware of that issue, with both my mind and the attention of my kin. I believe that if I sacrifice the human spirit on the altar of peace, there is no more peace to achieve. I have merely created a way for a spirit to be eradicated and the remnants forced into a safer, but ultimately more enslaving form of life. I would become someone who creates an entirely new form of existence for humans rather than a more peaceful version of our current existence

That being said, feel free to end me should I stray from that belief. May your ideals lead you to keep idealists turned bad in check, and to avoid the same pitfalls.