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Yun Hee Ryeon
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Posted - 2013.07.17 16:49:00 -
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To aid our patrons is an honorable path, whether you walk the way of the Achura or of the Caldari. It appears that you have chosen the latter. Should you choose one day to return to the paths set out by the Elder Visionaries, there will be a place for you still.
For now, in the spirit of the path you walk, Cold Wind give you counsel. |
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Posted - 2013.07.18 03:50:00 -
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Orin Issa wrote:I choose the follow the path of the Achur, but that doesn't mean I can't embrace the State. Their ways mostly line up with ours despite having different end goals. Also they are our best means of protection, unless we want to get assimilated by the Fenderation or indoctrinated by the Empire.
The State is the only means in which various cultures can live in peace and prosperity.
You are correct, of course, Mr. Issa. I did not mean to say differently; if I have given that impression, I apologize.
Of course, in order to become a full State citizen, one must adopt, fully, the Caldari way. To note that Mr. Arck has done so is no criticism, merely a respectful observation. |
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Posted - 2013.07.20 05:16:00 -
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Luna Angelo wrote:Honor in war? The concept is laughable. War is a gritty and very bloody business. If we were more personal, if our deaths had more meaning, I would see this as an honorable profession. As it is, we are immortal. So, hunt me down. Kill my clones. See if I care.
Respectfully, soldier, I can half agree, but only half. War is not a clean or a tidy thing, but it can be ... purer, or less pure.
As a scout, much of my work flies in the face of conventional honor. I am fast, and quiet, but fragile; if I fight straight, I most often lose. Therefore, I do not fight straight. My explosives detonating your squad mate at a crucial point, then my nova knife in your spine when you try to succeed where he failed, is the essence of my work.
Honor, there, consists in faithfully doing what I must to fulfill my contract.
The difference in "purity" is exemplified by two current, basic options in SMG construction rights: the 'Syndicate' SMG and the 'Toxin.'
Either of the two is equally priced, equally effective, and requires equivalent dropsuit resources for support. The differences are: paint job (Syndicate in red, Toxin in green), history, and special payload.
The Syndicate is historically a criminal's weapon, yet I would describe it as far the more "pure." The Toxin, you see, fires slugs doped to turn your blood-borne nanites against you. This may be intended to disable clone soldiers more effectively, but since the burst that pierces dropsuit armor ordinarily produces a mortal wound anyway, the net effect is mere suffering.
Have you ever found yourself thrashing in agony after an SMG burst pierces your armor, horribly aware of your slowly liquefying organs? That is the Toxin at work.
I have neither room nor patience for the sort of honor that will stand in the way of me doing my job, but, if I kill you, soldier, it will be as cleanly as my methods have room for. It's nothing personal; you are simply in my way. I have no special reason to make you suffer for that-- only to remove you as an obstacle.
That is my sense, at least, of where honor lies in our line of work. |
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Posted - 2013.07.20 15:42:00 -
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Respectfully, Mr. Arck, the kind of honor you appear to speak of may once have been the way of certain Achur soldiers, but it was never the honor practiced by the Caldari. When I commended you to Cold Wind's guidance, the guidance I had in mind was that given to K'vire:
"Cold Wind" wrote:KGÇÖvire was fast and strong. Cold Wind taught him the words that make the bow stronger and make the arrow fly true. He taught him to move without sound or track, and to perceive the paths that are hidden.
Deteaas was calm and deep. Cold Wind taught him the words that sing the deeds of heroes fallen in battle and instill fire in the heart of men. He taught him when to run and when to walk, when to wait and when to strike.
The pikes of the men from the West could only find shadows that vanished before they could land a blow. Arrows coming from nowhere took first this one, then another, and another. Their sky was always covered with dark clouds; they could see the sun and stars no more. The orders their captains yelled were lost in the Wind that day and night kept screaming in their ears.
It is said that cunning is the natural enemy of strength, and this is broadly true, but the two are greatest when wielded together. The Way of the Winds is a way of harsh tests, and the will, strength, and cunning to survive them.
Caldari combat protocol is based on careful strategy and ruthless use of advantage, including cloaking and electronic counter measures. To your superiors, you owe obedience; to comrades fighting beside you, you owe discipline and coordination-- your contribution to a community effort. In this, there is honor.
To those enemies who stand in your way, you owe only swift death (in our case, regularly repeated). Their understanding that they are about to die is optional, and only really desirable if such knowledge speeds that end. |
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Posted - 2013.07.20 18:08:00 -
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Harkon Vysarii wrote:You all shall have to instruct me in these Ways.... they sound intriguing
Well ... ideally, you would learn from someone who actually follows the Way, Mr. Vysarii, but, in brief....
The Way of the Winds is a philosophy of life, understanding existence as a series of trials and tests. All life struggles to survive, and the follower of the Way understands that humanity is no exception. If life is difficult, it is because you are being tested; you must possess the strength and endurance to persist and succeed. Strength, of course, is as broadly defined as possible. One form of strength, for example, is the leadership necessary to use others' strengths effectively.
In the pursuit of the Way, the Caldari are guided by nature spirits known as the Winds, who teach the Caldari the arts of survival. There's a lot more to it-- the Way's spirituality is animistic with a sizable bit of ancestor worship-- but really the spirituality is secondary to the survival-oriented worldview.
During times of peace and plenty, the Way tends to come across harsh. When times are hard, however, the Caldari are well-prepared in body and soul.
As an aside, you can see how this line of thought meshes poorly with Gallentean individualism. The individualist on Caldari Prime was the one who hoarded food stores for personal use, leaving the community to starve in the deep winter, and then got murdered by bandits because he didn't have anybody left watch his back. |
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Posted - 2013.07.21 06:17:00 -
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Michael Arck wrote:That's what keeps me linked to my origins, my honor. It twas the way of my parents. I do that in honor of them and my origin.
Hm. Such a code of honor probably would have originated with your parents' religious sect (please forgive me if I presume too much--there's just not much of a martial tradition independent of both the monasteries and the Caldari left on Achura).
If so, I can only hope that the spirits guide your path. |
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Posted - 2013.07.22 20:21:00 -
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Michael Arck wrote:Luna Angelo wrote:I was merely stating that your sense of self-righteousness makes you SEEM to imply it, not that you DID imply it, my friend. YOur tone was... confusing, and therefore, while I do not apologize for my words, I will apologize for the accusation. Self righteousness has nothing to do with me expressing my beliefs and showing pride in the State I represent. In fact, its self righteous of you to come into this thread that salutes the fellow comrade of the State and spew your negativity by expressing disdain for what I follow. And when its not acknowledged, when the Caldari doesn't submit to you, it is called "self righteous". Of course my tone is confusing to those who don't live in the way I do. But my fellow kirjuun understands...
Quiet your soul, soldier.
This mercenary does not think or feel as you do, but she does think and feel. Your honor is not her honor, but does this make her honorless?
The way of the Caldari is strength; true strength demands precision, which demands understanding. The way of the Achura is the search for insight. Which you follow does not matter: these two paths are one; both peoples know this.
There is an opportunity for insight here, if you've the strength to silence your anger. |
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