Intergalactic Summit

An industrious and entrepreneurial idea. It would require, however, market deregulation by the SCC and other interstellar regulatory agencies before it could come to fruition. . .

Of course, fighting on behalf of the FDU, we enjoy a 50% clone discount. There are benefits to siding with Liberty, and all that. ;)

No, ma'am. It is not clear.

It is just as likely that the Gallente Federation subsidizes clone costs for their loyal Capsuleers. Likewise, my own costs are subsidized. This does not represent a markup, but instead an investment by my State in me.

The point is that given the high mortality rate of Capsuleers, for any of the militias to be able to afford offering discounts that deep, the market price of clones has to have been inflated by a large margin.

I'm not sure what I think of all of this, save that something which could be considered a mixed curse/blessing is being taken for granted, and now tht the cookie jar gets farther and farther out of reach, those who have decided to deny their mortality are starting to feel it.

On the surface of any occupied world, there is someone, I am sure, who would give everything for the chance to start over -- the option simply is not available to them. An ISK is an ISK is an ISK -- and we forget that a single ISK has a planetside value that is beyond what most people can earn in a lifetime.

The number of them required to outit a clone that has the mental capacity to remember all of your speific training is a matter of getting what you are willing to pay for and how much time you are willing to spend re-learning.

Capsuleers make the egotistical mistake of believing themselves immortal. Why not? You stop off at a cloning center, sign a few documents electronically, and that back-up you is ready to go. You have a "do-over" for you life sitting on standby. You can take risks. You can take insane, fatal risks that won't be fatal -- at least to those who believe that their immortal soul is not placed in jeapoardy (if not completely forefit) by being placed into a clone.

I have always flown with caution. This is because of my beliefs. If I am ever placed into a clone, I am, in essence, already dead, again -- my immortal soul is in danger, if not forefit. There is no need to explain that mark of Faith further here.

For those who do not share this belief, to be concerned about the ISK value of your immortality and wanting your cake to eat it also easier, I am a little confused. If you are not fighting for a faction, then you are simply fighting for whatever you feel like. You are then feeling what every baseliner everywhere has a chance to feel - one day, you won't be able to afford your medical bills, and you will die. One day, someone is going to shoot you and you will never wake up again. That scary wormy feeling in your stomach, that feeling that sends the hair on the back of your neck to rising.. that's called "mortality".

Death is normal. In fact, it is the proper way of things. Cloning is not. It is an abberation. A faction will subsidize the cost of your cloning as you are being asked to place yourself at risk for the sake of the Faction. They are paying for your risk in exchange for your loyalty to their cause.

No one is going to pay for your elevated risk for the sake of having a few fun flybys.

Unless your private Corporation decides to subsidize your cloning costs, you will pay for the consequences of your own actions. When was that ever an unfair point of life? Space is cold, cruel, and empty, and you will fight for every breath you take every moment you are in it.

If there is some need for a checking of the cloning facilities books, to see if they are siphoning more than they need, then sure. But don't expect to have something for nothing. You pay in loyalty, money, or blood.

I don't think implant costs are the issue here. It's the cost of the clones themselves.

And I agree, clone costs are too high. Why should we continue to line the pockets of the Mega-Corps every time we make a mistake or something goes wrong. That ISK could be better spent on humanitarian efforts like the Caldari Prime Relief Effort.

Your capsule is capable of warping. I suggest you use that ability for your well being.

I heard that pre-aligning and attempting to initiate warp repeatedly when your ship is going down is difficult.

Please confirm.

As a frigate pilot here, who spends a good portion of her time in nullsec... what? Do some people really get podded so often that clone costs are a problem?

I cannot remember the last time I was podded... it has been well over a year, I think?

I can't say I have seen a CRU from the inside recently, but that does not lessen my point.