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Appearance of the Jovians
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Uriel Paradisi Anteovnuecci
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#1 - 2013-08-25 21:33:13 UTC
So I've been reading the old chronicles for a while, and noticed a BIG inconsistency in the appearance of the Jovians in two of the short stories: Theodicy and The Jovian Wet Grave.

"The Jovian Wet Grave" says:
"Although they were definitely human, they looked very strange: their skin was pale grayish yellow, almost transparent, with veins clearly discernible. The heads seemed abnormally big, but otherwise their bodies were thin and feeble-looking."

But "Theodicy" says:
"She turned in the direction that the hand reached out from, and as she opened her eyes, a face began to take
shape on one of the spirits standing beside her: Jet black eyes surrounded by pale white flesh, marred with dark
veins that originated from the scalp and branched all the way down to the jawbone. Viola startled, taking a
short breath."

"As he removed his hand,
she noticed that his skin did not feel like organic tissue. Glass, she thought. It looks and feels like wet glass!"

"The Jovian was slender, and stood less than 180 centimeters tall (around 5'9: my height Big smile). His
entire body, save for his head and hands, was covered in an armored suit."

"She sensed that the air was thin, and took several deep breaths to
become adjusted to the mouthpiece.
'You don’t need one of these to breathe?' she asked.
Grious was staring at the rocky cavern wall far beyond the Minmatar ship, his head tilted slightly to one side.
“Our anatomy differs from yours in more ways than just appearance,” he answered."

These seem pretty drastically different in some ways: and the "Theodicy" description is much more detailed. I like it much better and I'd love it for CCP to make the Jovians look like THIS instead of THIS.

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2013-08-25 22:15:41 UTC
This is better

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Domanique Altares
Rifterlings
#3 - 2013-08-25 22:20:08 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
This is better


lol
Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#4 - 2013-08-25 22:20:32 UTC
Different ethnic groups perhaps?

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Bagrat Skalski
Koinuun Kotei
#5 - 2013-08-25 22:21:08 UTC
The Baby-sitter
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2013-08-25 23:00:29 UTC
Oi - get out there and play the game! You've been thinking too much.... Twisted
Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2013-08-25 23:21:44 UTC
the jovians all suffer a disease caused by generations of genetic tampering, due to the levels of genetic degradation, its not too weird to assume the jocians come in a myrdiad of shapes, sizes, and colors.
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#8 - 2013-08-26 00:09:14 UTC
Frosty bold and neutral gender, you never know when it's a chick or a dude doesn't really matter they don't need that 'thing' to make any difference, by the way doesn't make any difference, they're all frosty and bold anyway.



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Xytheus Skor
Venture Corporation
#9 - 2013-08-26 00:56:11 UTC
The jovians are gengineered humans.
Cipher Deninard
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2013-08-26 01:58:22 UTC
I haven't entirely finished reading through all the lore at the moment. But the Jovians were masters of re-writing their genetics, and that because of this they were able to change their individual appearances to whatever they wished. So is it just that the second one enjoyed looking completely different from the first?
Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2013-08-26 03:55:10 UTC
Cipher Deninard wrote:
I haven't entirely finished reading through all the lore at the moment. But the Jovians were masters of re-writing their genetics, and that because of this they were able to change their individual appearances to whatever they wished. So is it just that the second one enjoyed looking completely different from the first?

yes, adn now they all pay for it with horrible DNA-cancer, and baldness
Solutio Letum
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2013-08-26 03:56:17 UTC
a bit like the bible?