Intergalactic Summit

Mister Nauplius is a mean monster. And being mean and a monster is part of his nature! Like how a Fedo is stinky or why the Federation must be destroyed! Nature, yes!

Truth be told, people were just mad because I was deliberately helping Mister Nauplius!

I consider him a friend, because even monsters need friends! And since he was so nice to ask me for help, I had no real reason not to! Sure, I didn't expect him to spread rainbows and sunshine across New Eden with my research, but by now my research has reached much more capable hands (like the Poteque doctors that assisted me) that will promptly pick off where I left and do the proper thing by testing it on animals first! And maybe someday, years from now, we will have cheap and accessible "genetic makeover" kits, but for now I'm just happy to be in the vanguard of this medical technique! Not to mention those Pyre guys managed to stop Mister Nauplius so promptly. He can be so silly at times.

Capsuleers want this procedure to become reality. Poor Miss Kim is trapped in an Achura body when she actually wants to be a Deteis! And I did what I could to make that dream a reality! Because in fact I had no reason to share my research, since I already used it on myself, but I did it anyways because I'm friendly and love to help people!

A Cybernetic Brain in a Flesh body, or a Complete Cyberised Body, would Allow such Things, Instead of this "De-Minmatarisation" Process.

Those are entirely rational concerns, I think.

That did not answer the question. Quoting a stereotypical Advanced Physics Professor, that's a 'F-'!

His mother didn't hug him enough. As for those grades, report to my office after class for your extra credit assignment.... Gallente culture studys.

I am, personally, very happy in my current racial identity. All I'm saying is that I know two capsuleers who are not.

Well, with the issue of culture and race being conflated so frequently it's not surprising.

Well, that's exactly the problem, Pieter. While in the foggy days of the past such a sentiment might have been excusable by virtue of simple ignorance, we, as enlightened people today, know scientifically that the difference between human beings of different race in terms of mental makeup is so microscopically menial that it simply can't be taken seriously as a factor worthy of having any impact in how we view ourselves or our societies.

Race is race, and culture is culture. That's not to say we shouldn't recognize the connection between the two in terms of heritage and history, as the Caldari do, but allowing those outdated beliefs to continue define us, and to validate them in the ways suggested by some in this thread, will only pass on the legacy of meaningless alienation, hate, and tragedy to our children, instead of finally putting a stop to it.



You should learn to love yourself for the way you are, miss. If you start down the path of trying to change yourself in one way or another instead of doing that first, you'll never stop.

Miss Hydreiga,

Assuming what you're saying is true - I have to confess some degree of general skeptisism with your claims - Most of what you mentioned there are problems with society, not with you. If people treated you like a savage, that is (factually, based on our understanding of genetics and how racial markers influence human behaviour) simple bigotry of either a cultural or personal nature on their part, and no fault of your heritage. As for the issues with your physicality, I doubt they were tied deeply into race, and more likely the other vast amount of variables in human genetics, considering I have met plenty of Sebiestor who are fat, tall, muscular, and so on. One might also consider that lifestyle could have been a factor, although that would be terribly rude, of course!

I would suggest you are attempting to address a social problem with a physical solution, and satisfy people who frankly do not deserve to be satisfied. To attempt to relate personally, as an Achur, I am frequently talked down to and infantalized to a disproportionate degree based on my appearance, considered in many respects the lesser to ethnic Caldari in the context of the State, and have been told on atleast two occasions that I am not acting properly because I am not conforming to the stereotype of being "quiet" and "reserved". All of these things frustrate me - Should I therefore seek to change disguise my heritage in such a way that I will no longer suffer them, despite being physically and mentally healthy?

Of course I shouldn't. The idea is absurd. I serve both myself and society better by attempting to change those perceptions, rather than simply avoiding them.

Oh I am happy with myself, Miss Ikiryo!

I just hate where I came from. Had I been born Achuran like my adopted family then I'd never had to suffer the life I did while growin' up in the Federation. My new family though, well they've given me a reason, a purpose and they gave me pride. I dress like them, do my makeup like them, dye my hair like theirs.

It's as much to honor them as it is to be as much like them as I possibly can.