Intergalactic Summit

But it's fun while it lasts.

Achura are ok, but on the department of practical application they are a bit... well. Let's not go there, bicker thread or not.

Nothing wrong with being highly spiritual, as long as you don't let it mess with realities.

There are corporate authorities that provide matchmaking services and arrange marriage contracts directly. or authorize requests for the same. It's usually not out of love, but duty, a contractual obligation to provide the benefits of financial and job security as parents and married couples are afforded greater perks and privileges than those who remain single.

And yes, marriage between a Deteis and anyone else not Deteis would be considered an illegal and interracial marriage as most would define it in the State. And yes, most Megacorporations operate under Fascist principles at least under the ideals of political corporatism where the goal is to integrate the individual with society under a singular authority and control -- personal, familial, private, public, and at work. The individual is considered as a subsidiary element of the central body corporate.

There is a reason why the State produces so many independent military contractors -- it's about the only occupation in which you are afforded a degree of personal freedom outside the strictures of regular corporate life. Where you're expected to cultivate a degree of personal disrepute by contravening societal norms, and by breaking them, your own dubious reputation saves face for those you are bound to serve. It's tradition in a sense I suppose, those who once could not live under the protocols of Oriyoni, Fukuyima, or Raata would often serve a Warlord during times of peace by playing the bandits, rogues, and pirates against another House.

Why would you want to marry outside of tribe anyway? I get casual relationships, but marriages are about family and wealth.

A bit of Mindflood and you don't need a matchmaking service.

Just sayin.

When I wanted to get married I had to seek out the permission of my company (Pyre Falcon) CEO and the pair of us had to travel to the Hall of Records and submit to genetic compatibility testing. There was also a practical assessment of marital skills in the form of an extended courtship and Mrs Tuulinen was the one who graded me on that.*

Having secured company permission and achieved a passing grade genetically and practically, the match was allowed to continue.

The precise value of family in the State is an interesting question. It is perfectly possible to prosper without the backing of a family unit and some even argue that it steals loyalty from the wider corporate consideration, on the other hand we're encouraged to do our ancestors proud and families boast of lineages of service to their communities and corporations.

(* - I'll allow you to privately speculate on the manner of that assessment. As well as the obvious it involved hand-to-hand combat training, mountain climbing and some other criteria)

I love you.

You bring dishonor upon your family, corporation and race Kim-baka. Please stop talking. Stop breathing for that matter.

Someone please close this thread because it may inspire people to actually bicker in it!

You should engage me!