Intergalactic Summit

As some of you know I grew up on a small backwater colony. I was captain of a fishing vessel there, and yes there are still places in New Eden where humanity still eats actual food instead of the various flavored protein packs most people now-a-days believe to be the height of humane ingestion. I have found over the past few weeks that I miss the simplicity of such a life.

Most if not all of you would agree that in New Eden, politics is power and information is the true currency that keeps the universe intact. I don't like that. I came from much simpler beginnings, waking up before dawn and working until dusk so that myself and others of my Clan could eat and have some ISK stored away for a rainy day.

I just don't understand why in this great big galaxy when meeting someone new you must assume that their are a spy or a sociopath or both, the fact that this is normal bothers me greatly. Where I grew up the only thing needed in order to secure trust was a handshake and a promise, and now it seems like without spies, counter-spies, volumes of contracts and documentation, as well as legal garbage nothing can get started with a modicum of surety that it will be completed.

I was wondering what you of the IGS thought of our "modern" society of mistrust and backstabbing. To be honest I can't tell if I am truly upset or simply have mental issues from imbibing homemade liquor and staring that this sun I've been orbiting for the last few hours. And so I leave it to you IGS to decide.

He said he misses simplicity, not simpletons.

Well I imagine that's why he doesn't pine for your company.

In that I'm naturally flexible and useful in a vast variety of situations, whereas you are infused with a vast variety of unhealthy chemicals and people generally have to wash their hands after they touch you?

I missed simplicity but that was just because I wasn't aiming through the sight properly.

It is not as simple as simply giving up my implants, though I have thought about it, I signed a contract with Ishukone for them. They gave me experimental implants for free and a cheap ship, I test out their implants and deal with the side effects. There are days where I would like nothing more than to return to my old vessel, The Girl, but I came to the stars to collect stories to bring back to the young ones of the Clan. Knowledge of the stars to the Elders. Make no mistake I enjoy the family I have found among the stars, it just bothers me that beings such as we with such power sometimes seem to not have the responsibility needed in order to govern ourselves.

Yes, unfortunately, such is the case way too often.

I can appreciate the honesty and direct nature of a simpler life. But can simplicity and the immortal life of a capsuleer not come hand in hand? Consider this. I serve the Caldari State, I do as I am ordered and I execute the State's orders no matter what. I don't trouble myself with the paperwork, or the intrigue, or the political ramifications. If my Militia tells me to shoot something, I shoot it. My life is dedicated to the rush of combat, the blast of missile and laser fire as either me, or my enemy, is left victorious.

As a fisherman, your life came down to the fishing. Your life was dedicated to the rush of the catch, as either you or the fish got what you wanted. If you direct yourself, if you strip away the distractions this galaxy has to offer, simplicity can be yours again.