Make you wonder about star trek teleporters now doesn't it?

Jovians are so evolved it be hard to call them human. Why the last time I saw one, they had translucent clammy skin.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/110542692_6294773d7c.jpg

Also I believe Jovians went above and beyond the concept of human by their own tinkering. Why reproduce when you can clone the next generation? why have one heart? lets have two! Why have emotion? they get in the way of higher thinking! The simple fact they have the technology to do this quickly, effectively and over their own life times is what caused the 'condition' in the first place where the experiments can take them no further in development and in the process not only have they lost their humanity but probably what it means to be a functional life form.

Nobody has seen a living Jovian in 8 years, all have been prerecorded smart AI personalities, message boxes, and left over tech.

what about the DEV's? i thiught they got spiffy jovian ships?

Polaris =/= Jovian

Polaris ships are cream of the crop concord ships.

Jovians are so evolved it be hard to call them human. Why the last time I saw one, they had translucent clammy skin.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/110542692_6294773d7c.jpg

Also I believe Jovians went above and beyond the concept of human by their own tinkering. Why reproduce when you can clone the next generation? why have one heart? lets have two! Why have emotion? they get in the way of higher thinking! The simple fact they have the technology to do this quickly, effectively and over their own life times is what caused the 'condition' in the first place where the experiments can take them no further in development and in the process not only have they lost their humanity but probably what it means to be a functional life form.

Nobody has seen a living Jovian in 8 years, all have been prerecorded smart AI personalities, message boxes, and left over tech.

I never got that, seems dumb considering its a genetic disease. If they have genetic expertise, they should be able to fix it. If their genes are damaged beyond repair, why don't they just find samples of their original genes, or at least before they changed so much that they got sick, and start again from there? They could also take a sample from the the 4 main empires also.
Also, we're immortal, our bodies are DISPOSABLE. If they're messed up by some terrible genetic glitch, we won't buy the clones, or we'll just suicide and return to normal human body.

EDIT: I also read the disease keeps them from being able to reproduce and grow their numbers. Easily fixed by cloning.

They were manipulating the genes for generations...there were no origninals.In the end its what happens when you dont have enough genetic diversity.Everyone gets sick and dies from the same cold instead of some beating the virus and surviving thereby passing on the antibodies.

I point to the bubonic plague as an example.

Who says they didn't try?

what's this about "souls"? never read anything about them in the EVE backstories.
further explanation and definition of the "soul" required

Forgot to mention that I use the terms "consciousness" and "soul" interchangeably - they mean the same thing, the only difference is that the former is the somewhat-scientific term, and the latter is often a spiritual term.
I prefer the latter due to it simply being easier to spell.

The "soul" is described as successfully transferred in New Eden lore, hence you are truly immortal as a clone soldier or capsuleer. An example is the instant transfer mentioned in the "Immortals" trailer.

So basically:
soul = consciousness ---- I simply picked the easier-to-type one.

P.S.
the Star Trek teleporters are an enigma - there is no classical-physics transfer of brain activity between the two locations, so the soul is suspected by many to be lost in the transfer.
However, it seems that the transporter (really a modified Replicator) may work by producing a quantum entanglement between the two bodies - in quantum physics, that means they occupy the same state and in some cases act like one body.
If the bodies are indeed entangled, then a soul could "consider" both bodies as the same, producing the same effect as a New Eden clone jump.
It's highly theoretical since both involve tech far beyond the 21st Century, but that could mean that a Star Trek transporter allows such a transfer, hence allowing you to be "yourself" when the teleport is completed.

P.P.S. To go further would delve into philosophy that has been pondered by the greatest minds since the beginning of human history, which is beyond the mental ability of many (including me).

Good point. It would be a dumb way to die, being gods of genetic manipulation, yet still fail at fixing a genetic problem..

Tragic irony - a plot device of many classics, as it's equal parts fitting to the characters and warning to the audience.
I would have to double-check the EVElopedia article, but I believe one of the final-term symptoms was a loss of the will to live - hence, you would be correct.

The closer you try to be god the closer you realize how stupidly mortal you really are.

I just remembered one disturbing detail of where Jovian are recently.

While seemingly unlikely, Its suspected Sansha's nation has invaded their space and won.

I just remembered one disturbing detail of where Jovian are recently.

While seemingly unlikely, Its suspected Sansha's nation has invaded their space and won.

Hmmm, what is a proper reaction to this news? Oh I know, PRAISE SANSHA KUVAKEI FOR HE CANNOT BE DEFEATED AGAIN.

he betrayed the Caldari.
he must suffer eternal agony

I would like to be a giant enemy crab.

I just remembered one disturbing detail of where Jovian are recently.

While seemingly unlikely, Its suspected Sansha's nation has invaded their space and won.

Got a source?

That would be bad if true...

Would be a funny prank to pull on someone.

"Okay guys, why am I a giant octopus?"

I never got that, seems dumb considering its a genetic disease. If they have genetic expertise, they should be able to fix it. If their genes are damaged beyond repair, why don't they just find samples of their original genes, or at least before they changed so much that they got sick, and start again from there? They could also take a sample from the the 4 main empires also.
Also, we're immortal, our bodies are DISPOSABLE. If they're messed up by some terrible genetic glitch, we won't buy the clones, or we'll just suicide and return to normal human body.

EDIT: I also read the disease keeps them from being able to reproduce and grow their numbers. Easily fixed by cloning.