Intergalactic Summit

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On Borkstar, I still contest the validity of his claims to be Jovian. While some genetic markers may be there, the cadavers we've recovered were very heavily engineered. Merely generating a clone from a genetic profile isn't enough; there's an extensive infrastructure of engineered organs and cybernetics that would need to be replicated, and introduced and moderated according to as-yet-unknown Jovian protocols. While it's theoretically possible to replicate these protocols, we lack complete knowledge of the process. I doubt even Genolution or the Society have a complete image of how this process is achieved-- or if they do, they aren't releasing it to prevent widespread replication of the Jovian Disease.

Borkstar's current state is a sad one, and a testament to the self-destructiveness of a desire to be other than we are.

As for happy childhood memories-- well, it's a bit silly, but I still think fondly to when my father would swing by home after shift, and bring me along to watch a Splinterz match or five with his kirjuun, and allow me watered-down beer that he'd later get in rather a lot of trouble for.

What's the most illegal or illegitimate act you've perpetrated?

I believe it is when your dakka is primarily causing damage to other dakka. Thankfully, with modern guidance and aiming solutions for multiple hardpoints, the "too much dakka" limit is a thing of the past.

Do/did you know your grandparents? What are/were they like?

Today, I learned about Flay Traps.

"A 'flay trap' was the nickname given to an antipersonnel mine of Amarr design. Instead of using explosive power to inflict damage, this weapon used a magnetic coil to accelerate four monofilament wires. Each wire had a single ceramic or lead counterweight on one end; the other was tethered to a base cylinder that could spin freely in a frictionless hub. Once detonated - usually remotely using hidden motion detectors - the cylinder was accelerated to several hundred revolutions per second. At maximum speed, the outer shell was lowered, releasing the steel counterweights in a tight spin whose diameter expanded up to ten meters as the monofilament unraveled. At the fully extended position, the shell "bounced" back toward the starting closed position, angling the weights upward as they spun, repeating until the spin energy dissipated. The microfilaments, also known as monomolecular wire, consisted of tightly bonded metal-composite molecules, making it an especially sharp cutting edge. They passed through flesh, bone, and light metals effortlessly.

Anything within the hemispherical killzone of the cylinder was literally flayed to bits. The only sound it made - besides falling chunks of flesh - was of the lead counterweights zipping through the air at the speed of sound."

HOLY ******* ****.

On that note.. what is an invention that, in your opinion, stretches the limits of human decency? Let's get creative.

Edit: I ****** it up. Oh well, I'm too lazy to write something else. That was quite the exercise transcribing all that.

Immortality is something I have dreamed about since my adolescence and biological immortality or the preservation of the mind have been my goals.... the close second succeeded with clones so here I am a capsuleer. This is the most uplifting technology in recent years, with Alpha clones we see the obvious practical benefit with costs dropping for the cloning procedure, given more time we may well see this as a mundane technology for eternal life among most citizens.

As for my question, why do we kill that which can not truly die?

Human nature. Deep down, we don't care about the technicalities.

Since we're on the subject of technology and morality, I ask; Which is worse? To die once because of an immortal, or to be killed repeatedly and lose pieces of yourself as you go?

The latter, probably.

Exactly what did we lose from all these deaths anyway?

My best friend, eh? That would be the MTAC I used to pilot as a member of the Enclave militia. Looks like she's always this one step away from falling apart but has taken, I don't know, three or so anti-armour rockets right in the front and a couple anti-material shots in the back or side so far and still functional after some patch-up work.

She's still sitting dormant back home.

What was your crowning achievement before becoming an Empyrean?

Pieter. More than once, and in ways that I care not to share, save for saying that he's become the family I never had.

Who has been your biggest influence on the course of your pod based career?

Same answer to both really.

Father Azdan Amith. His writings inspired me to try to aspire to more than just mining in my capsuleer career and his influence can be seen in a lot of what i've tried to do.

Where is your favorite place for a vacation - space or planetside?