Intergalactic Summit

Fellow Capsuleers,

This morning I woke again, vaguely dissatisfied with my life, and took an accounting of myself. I've been flying for many years now and, therefore, I have the wealth of Kings, the ability to destroy at will and an unparalleled degree of freedom. And how have I been using all these wondrous gifts?

I live in Captain's Quarters that are smaller than the room I had in my parent's house as a girl. I spend most of the rest of my time immersed in pod goo in a space smaller than the closet I had in the room I had as a girl. I either mine minerals so that others can get rich or I destroy thousands upon thousands of misguided souls who act as cannon fodder for the worst kind of scum in the Cluster and are replaced almost as quickly as I snuff them out.

Recently I spent a two-week study break on the surface of Khanid Prime. Fourteen days of eating proper food, breathing proper air and interacting with people in some method other than at the end of the ballistic trajectory of Heavy Scourge missiles. Needless to say, I enjoyed this - and with the funds I've accrued in my years of service I can easily afford to live out the rest of eternity in a similar manner.

So, I'll be buying some property dirtside and actually living my life for a change. It was a scary decision but now I'm past the fear and most of the way through letting my Ship Crews go and liquidating my assets I'm feeling a strong sense of relief.

I wish you all the best in your future endeavours!

Can I have your stuff?

Planetside holdings, and fresh air, are nice and all... but I don't know... I feel like I've outgrown them. I find the steady settings of artificial gravity decks much more comforting than subjecting myself to the natural pull of some baseliner-infested dirtball. They're all different, and that bothers me somehow. I like my gravity at a specific setting.

Silly Halete, I'll be using it to live off of.

I shall probably be disconnected from this node in the next five hours or so, so I'll not be able to reply to any other messages. Thank you for your thoughts, all of you.

Istvaan, I used to feel much the same as you, but I find I even miss sweating these days.

Well said, Bataav. As the One says:

मानव जीवन का एक लंबा सफर है, आस् था के सबसे अच् छे साथियों की यह यात्रा पर आराम का होता है, और यह सबसे ज्यादा सम्पति

Let us never forget that.

Suprab nehi.

One less Slaver scumbag trawling the space lanes, good riddance to bad rubbish.

I would dance on her grave, if it was possible.

As God leads us to the stars, so again does God lead us back to earth. Pax vobiscum.

Earth is also a synonym for "ground", I believe, sir.