Intergalactic Summit

The last 5 years have been both the hardest, saddest and yet enriching years of my life. As much as I'm sure there is more to come I feel its important that a little retrospect is in order.

I'm not going to rehash the last 5 years for you, you were there after all with me or against me or witnessing from around me or far away. What I am going to lay out is the truth of my actions and yours.

I'm the son of a holder, I'm 36 years old. I have known love and loss. I have watched my lover die giving birth to my son and faced the sin of my crime in her passing. I become a pilot to free myself of my family but as a result wasn't there to defend my father from his own past so I had to become the Lord.

I believe in the scripture but I am a man of science and I have watched us tear each other apart over the slightest err in judgement.

I watched a friend of mine leave her republic to die alone a slow spiritual death in null sec where her own people sought to banish her then reform her. I watched a dear Amarrian friend parish in a accident that too him and his wife from us when the clustered needed true hearts. I watched another man I consider a friend embraces the darkness in hopes of making a lighter future. I watched my first student rise to be named by some as child of the stars for her wisdom at such a young age. I watched enemies I respected go so far as to attack their own allies in the name of justice...

In the end we all do what we can with what little truth we have before us. I am not here to judge you but to ask you to have patience because not they deserve it but because dark days are always coming and ever encroaching.

We stand on a cross road now where at the slightest misstep the entire cluster will plunge into complete war. So before you risk that final tipping action, before you undock or deploy... pray. If you don't believe in something call on the memory of those you love who passed. Ask if what your about to do is just, is it God's will is it something you will shed a tear for in you final hours.

Even the Amarr are not so innocent, we Khanid learned that change is required but even God demanded we return to the empire to be made accountable by assisting in these times.

I'm afraid honestly, those I love, my wife, my son, Maria... those I fly with, work with, respect it could all end tomorrow even for us and we are far from heaven bound. Pray, meditate, reflect but remember we are all sinners and little forgiveness could go a long way in restoring peace.

That question comes down to the individual.

A religious person will answer "Nonsense! How else am I going to have a happy afterlife?"

Some secular people will state "Of course! All that matters is what I do now!"

Other secular people will say "Nope! It may not matter later but I just want to better myself!"

Personally I believe that our virtual immortality makes it very important that we better ourselves. We don't have to rush, we're going to be around for a while, but all the more reason we should. Think about it, time is completely irrelevant to us. If we wanted, we could hatch a plan that would carry over to the next 300 years. Eventually, with this endless amount of time, we are bound to wind up impacting the world significantly, either as part of a group or just us on our own. And if we have bettered ourselves, then we could better the whole universe.

Or we could shout and shoot at each other endlessly, which seems to be the trend we are currently on.

I do not believe in the illusion of immortality. I realize, that every of my clones has its own consciousness, or, if you wish, a soul. It is only memory that we share. I am a combat pilot, and death is inevitable for me. When my current clone will die, I will die. It will be end for me, I will meet my ancestors, and my next clones will continue my job in this world.

I don't have time to pray before each operation, but I pray each morning when I get up. And I don't ask for forgiveness, for pity, for power, for wealth, for health, for immortality or for guidance. The only thing I pray for is, should this day be the last day of my life, to meet my death with honor.

You know, when you're not being a racist nut or spewing acidic hate, you're a very stable, honorable, and upstanding person. I like your outlook on life as posted. Let me know when (if) you get over your anger issues. When you do, let's have a beer.

Could be arranged.

Telling her to delete the comment while quoting it yourself.

Seems legit.

I would be pleased to chaperone this. It would consist of me beating your heads against the railgun's frame till whatever it is that is wrong with them are leaking out. Am I understood? Good.



I am not a young woman - that much I should hope would be apparent. Yes, that is my natural gray, thank you.

You are clearly going through a crisis of faith. I am no Priest, but it is something I understand better than most. I have had more than my fair share of them.

The greatest sin is to wrong, when you know what is right. Of this there can be no question. But what are we to do when the answer is not so clear, or not present at all? Are we to turn a blind eye to matters, and pretend they do not exist? Do we label them sin, and pray to be freed from them?

Or do we confront them with a righteous purpose, to try and determine what is wrong and what is right?

With much pain....


The question I know the answer for by heart: you know you are going to have a happy afterlife only if you do what you know to be right. That is all it requires. If you do wrong in the attempt to do right, then you must correct that wrong. But no man nor woman with a righteous heart needs suffer.



On this matter, I am almost embarrassed to admit, I agree wholeheartedly.

Shouting and shooting at each other gets us nowhere. There is a time and place for war - but this is not war. It is just madness shooting at shadows. We have the time to consider these matters - the time some of us had before the advent of the capsule. But the young children who can fly among the stars take over, and insist we listen to them and no others, for they know these things best.

I spit on these claims.

Those who know best are the ones who have held empires together for thousands of years. Whether or not you disagree with their methods and machinations, they have succeeded where others will fail. These are the people we should turn to, and seek wisdom from. Our potential is, as the saying goes, limitless. Save for our own foolishness.

Truth?

I refute that.

The powers that be can and must be challenged. If they have held together empires for thousands of years, forge your own to stand for tens of thousands of years. This is our imperative not as Capsuleers but as human beings.

You let that go completely over your head.

No, our imperative is iteration.

We strive for refinement. We work for varying degrees of imperfection.