Intergalactic Summit

As one whose humanity has been frequently called into question after my "transformation", I find your own lack of human empathy telling. Perhaps the other Idamas had the inkling of a valid point after all. Certainly the Sisters could offer you a list of hundreds of thousands of incidents in which capsuleers murdered countless incidents for money- or simply out of boredom.

These soldiers were born human, they had a childhood, some even married and had children themselves before enlisting as volunteers in their faction's experimental programs. Some were cripples, wounded warriors offered a second chance at a life that they loved and had lost. I am told that the Minmatar "Balac" was such a soldier, though I have never spoken with him to confirm.

Their suffering is constant, dear reader. Even those whose gender identity was not taken from them often find themselves staring at stranger's face in the mirror. I am told that many wear their armor almost incessantly to avoid looking at their cloned bodies. One of my descendants has been pushing for them to be offered cosmetic clones in their home stations so that they can enjoy a modicum of normal social interaction. Unfortunately, the attitude that you express here is part of the reason why hers is an uphill battle.



Again, the same has been said of us, gentle reader, since the days of the Gallente-Caldari War. Once cloning became the norm for pod pilots, this moral quandary has bedeviled philosophers and politicians incessantly. In the eyes of many, we are no more human than the drones in your bay.

It's become obvious, now, that while the "beloved Federation" of the Gallente posting here is hunting the clones down, the infinite mercy of the Empress has turned to providing them with shelter.

It would seem to me that the Sleepers are speaking. They are speaking the same language countless capsuleers in Anoikis speak. Wanton destruction. It would seem to me that if one wished to help these soldiers, if they are indeed being co-opted by a Sleeper consciousness, the first step would be to stop "salvaging" materials and components from Sleeper installations.

All the more reason for us to walk the difficult high road, morally speaking. Just as capsuleers were created for war, cloned infantry were made to fight wars that had become unmanageably expensive in human life.

As you point out, as pod pilots began to exist outside of formal military organizations we saw their ability to contribute to fields such as industry, scientific research, and trade. The cloned troopers have never had such an opportunity.

I for one, simply ruminating here in my study, can think of numerous applications to which moment-of-death cloning could be useful. When I was searching for a way to miniaturize neural burning scanners, I thought that such technology could be useful to truck drivers and other industrial equipment operators- men (usually) who suffer disproportionate rates of serious work-related injury and death.

Such technology could easily be applied to other professions as well- all sorts of emergency services, for instance. Researchers in dangerous fields such as high-energy physics could better push the bounds of their experiments without fear of maiming or death. In medicine, a great many lives could be saved through the use of this technology, both in terms of accidental fatalities and serious illness.

Yet, none of this is possible if we stigmatize those who volunteered in the pioneering of this technology. We must offer them a safe haven, here in the Federation, where we can help them know peace once more and demonstrate the positive, peaceful possibilities that they offer us.

I can see your point, though do to my admittedly limited understanding on the subject I can't say much more for it or against it. My original point still stands. If you can find a way to rehabilitate these...people...I suppose that there is unlimited potential for what good can be done in this galaxy of ours. However, until the forsaken are returned to the warm embrace of true humanity, I will remain rather weary of them.

As I was retracing my steps in search of my research on miniaturized neural scanners, I happened upon this old exchange:

http://community.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1248017&page=1#1

I find it relevant in light of the recent assertions of inhuman monstrosity to point out how many capsuleers are viewed by the mortals who die by their whim.

These heroes need to be given propper treatment and care and be reintroduced as capable and stable members of Gallente society.

It will take time and investment of course and we may not always be successful but the Federation shouldn't abandon its own.

It's worth a try.