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What are your fraternization policies for your crews?
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Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#81 - 2015-10-22 15:29:45 UTC
Elmund Egivand wrote:
Quite frankly, I couldn't give a furrier's buttocks about the well-being of anyone who happened to be on the wrong end of my weapons. The only people I am responsible for are the thrill-seekers, adventurers and money- and blood-starved mercenaries who came to my ship for work. The lives of whoever's on the other ship is the responsibility of whoever's commandeering their ship. If they made the decision to stand between me and my crew and what we want, then we are going to be lobbing munitions at one another until one of us dies.

Yes, my crew are aware that my quarries are other capsuleers. Yes, they know I have a propensity for battlelust and that is just as much a motivating factor as ISK for engaging in starship violence. Yes, I told them, very plainly, right in the eye, that their chance of survival is low, and the steps I'm taking and the steps they are taking will only slightly improve their chances.

If I don't inform them of what they are getting into and offer them the opportunity to seek a living elsewhere then I am not fulfilling my responsibilities as a combat pilot and the brain of the warship.


A slight misunderstanding, Mr. Egivand: it's not exactly about caring. People will die. I accept that. These will be people I don't know, on either side. I don't quite not-care, but I don't care so very much.

I do make sure that my crews know what they're getting into, but I don't do that personally. That's part of why I avoid them-- they know exactly what my arrival means and what my role will be. I don't fraternize at all.

I don't avoid fighting conventional ships because I really care about what happens to the people on board. It is partly about compassion, maybe, but that's not the only or even the main reason I avoid it.

I'm seeking to perfect my soul on the modern day path of the sword, Mr. Egivand. Murdering helpless people will only blunt and stain me. I avoid it because it will dull my edge.

Of the purposes for my work, this is maybe the most personal.
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#82 - 2015-10-22 15:57:00 UTC
Aria Jenneth wrote:
Elmund Egivand wrote:
Quite frankly, I couldn't give a furrier's buttocks about the well-being of anyone who happened to be on the wrong end of my weapons. The only people I am responsible for are the thrill-seekers, adventurers and money- and blood-starved mercenaries who came to my ship for work. The lives of whoever's on the other ship is the responsibility of whoever's commandeering their ship. If they made the decision to stand between me and my crew and what we want, then we are going to be lobbing munitions at one another until one of us dies.

Yes, my crew are aware that my quarries are other capsuleers. Yes, they know I have a propensity for battlelust and that is just as much a motivating factor as ISK for engaging in starship violence. Yes, I told them, very plainly, right in the eye, that their chance of survival is low, and the steps I'm taking and the steps they are taking will only slightly improve their chances.

If I don't inform them of what they are getting into and offer them the opportunity to seek a living elsewhere then I am not fulfilling my responsibilities as a combat pilot and the brain of the warship.


A slight misunderstanding, Mr. Egivand: it's not exactly about caring. People will die. I accept that. These will be people I don't know, on either side. I don't quite not-care, but I don't care so very much.

I do make sure that my crews know what they're getting into, but I don't do that personally. That's part of why I avoid them-- they know exactly what my arrival means and what my role will be. I don't fraternize at all.

I don't avoid fighting conventional ships because I really care about what happens to the people on board. It is partly about compassion, maybe, but that's not the only or even the main reason I avoid it.

I'm seeking to perfect my soul on the modern day path of the sword, Mr. Egivand. Murdering helpless people will only blunt and stain me. I avoid it because it will dull my edge.

Of the purposes for my work, this is maybe the most personal.


It seems that we have many similarities in our thoughts on combat. I too dislike having to waste ammunition on targets that can't put up a proper fight. There is nothing to learn, no flaws to be determined and fixed. For the machine to be improved upon, the machine must be put in the most rigorous of trials, and only then will the flaw be exposed, the shortcoming determined and the improvements and optimisations tested. A prey too easy won't provide a rigorous enough trial to help us find the flaw in the machine and provide a direction towards improvements.

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Sirlan Takahi
Itsukame-Zainou Hyperspatial Inquiries Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#83 - 2015-10-22 16:18:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Sirlan Takahi
Diana Kim wrote:
I would like to note that it isn't just 'social' construct, it is also biological and natural construct. Maker has made us in two genders for a reason. Besides, otherwise we couldn't procreate, and such sort of activity would be only a perversion. Since procreation itself is rather filthy, dirty, disgusting and painful process, participating in related activity without actual procreation is the perversion even if done with proper gender coupling.


It's almost like you forgot that we are masters of genetics and technologically assisted reproduction. Or do you assume all the biotechnology used for making capsuleer clones can't be used for other purposes?
Conversion of reproductive cells into their opposite counterpart is trivial. Many same-sex couples have biological children. Maker gave us brains as well. Use yours.
Diana Kim
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#84 - 2015-10-23 07:42:03 UTC
Sirlan Takahi wrote:
Diana Kim wrote:
I would like to note that it isn't just 'social' construct, it is also biological and natural construct. Maker has made us in two genders for a reason. Besides, otherwise we couldn't procreate, and such sort of activity would be only a perversion. Since procreation itself is rather filthy, dirty, disgusting and painful process, participating in related activity without actual procreation is the perversion even if done with proper gender coupling.


It's almost like you forgot that we are masters of genetics and technologically assisted reproduction. Or do you assume all the biotechnology used for making capsuleer clones can't be used for other purposes?
Conversion of reproductive cells into their opposite counterpart is trivial. Many same-sex couples have biological children. Maker gave us brains as well. Use yours.

Then use yours as well.
If you can make artificial reproduction, you don't need to "fraternize".
The equation is simple: natural reproduction is 1 unit of male plus 1 unit of female; artificial reproduction is 2 genomes and a vat. Because still same-sex marriage is a perversion, that is neither legal nor accepted on whole State territory.

Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.

In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#85 - 2015-10-23 07:56:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Elmund Egivand
Diana Kim wrote:
Sirlan Takahi wrote:
Diana Kim wrote:
I would like to note that it isn't just 'social' construct, it is also biological and natural construct. Maker has made us in two genders for a reason. Besides, otherwise we couldn't procreate, and such sort of activity would be only a perversion. Since procreation itself is rather filthy, dirty, disgusting and painful process, participating in related activity without actual procreation is the perversion even if done with proper gender coupling.


It's almost like you forgot that we are masters of genetics and technologically assisted reproduction. Or do you assume all the biotechnology used for making capsuleer clones can't be used for other purposes?
Conversion of reproductive cells into their opposite counterpart is trivial. Many same-sex couples have biological children. Maker gave us brains as well. Use yours.

Then use yours as well.
If you can make artificial reproduction, you don't need to "fraternize".
The equation is simple: natural reproduction is 1 unit of male plus 1 unit of female; artificial reproduction is 2 genomes and a vat. Because still same-sex marriage is a perversion, that is neither legal nor accepted on whole State territory.


Tube children don't even need their parents to be of the opposite sex. You just take the genetic materials from the gametes of your choice and put them together into a third party ovum. With chemical treatments and gene therapy you can even fix the issue of the unnatural double-Y chromosome.

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Tony-Vagabond Carter
Chrysos Aigis
#86 - 2015-10-23 21:57:32 UTC
Diana Kim wrote:


Then use yours as well.
If you can make artificial reproduction, you don't need to "fraternize".
The equation is simple: natural reproduction is 1 unit of male plus 1 unit of female; artificial reproduction is 2 genomes and a vat. Because still same-sex marriage is a perversion, that is neither legal nor accepted on whole State territory.



Commander,
with all due respect. Where are you getting that information from? While Same sex parring may not be the most efficient means to reproduction technology has made that moot, and there is a HUGE market to accommodate this segment of the population.

If I refuse to sell you a pie, for the sake of my beliefs or yours.. who really loses out here? Me. I will have lost a sale and possibly future sales, and you will just go to another pie-maker!
Sato Page
Auctor Illuminatas Infinitum
#87 - 2015-10-24 02:08:31 UTC
Well it's simple, I have all my crew chemically castrated.

Dinsdale Pirannha for [u]CEO [/u]of [u]CCP[/u]
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#88 - 2015-10-24 03:53:26 UTC
Sato Page wrote:
Well it's simple, I have all my crew chemically castrated.


Of course, I might be doing my crew a great favor by not establishing a long-term relationship....