Intergalactic Summit

There are none. It probably doesn't qualify as a 'beach' by common parlance, but it's a cove in the far north of Matar, at the edge of Gripdjur land. There's two actually, but one is always clear of ice and used as a port for seafaring vessels, while this one is clear of habitation and the visible touch of man. It is... beautiful.

In the summer, the peaks surrounding it are still covered in snow while the valley leading to it is green as you can not believe, until you get to the rocky bare lands leading to the ever frozen wastes and peaks. At sea level, there's no sand. Just stone. Weathered and etched dark stone shining wet from the relentless assault by the cold and dark waters of the northern seas. Even in the depths of summer the water is cold and home largely to blubbery prey and quick predators. Sometimes they are both.

In the winter, the cove itself freezes, for kilometers. Past the horizon, if you're at sea level.

It's one of the harshest and most beautiful places in New Eden to me, and it is where the Shaman, Volur and even sometimes the Elders of the Gripdjur go when they need to regain their connection to all parts of our land. To the spirits of the land, the mountains, the skies and the waters. To the dark and the light, the cold and the warm. It is a place where there is only you and everything that makes up the Gripdjur world.

I once spent a month in that cove, living off what I could kill, connecting with the world of my clan and every spirit therein that was not that of man. It's of course a lot less dramatic than it sounds. I was well equipped and none of this is difficult as long as you have patience and basic training.

It is stark, savage, unyielding and uncompromising beauty in a way that will stay with me for the rest of my days. One day I hope I can show someone else that place. Someone who has earned it.

This is a question for the non-Matari out there. Those without our beliefs and ways. Have any of you ever connected with the spirit of a place? Be it dirtside or up here in the void?

Sanity. To be always felicitous every time all the time no matter what one will have to have lost all semblance of sanity and awareness. After all, the universe around us will forever be like that of an ocean, full of currents, tides, calamitous storms, rogue waves, utter calmness and etc. To be able to be happy every time all the time no matter how smooth the sailing or how perilous the waves, one has to be completely insane.

Do you know anyone who is like this?

You forgot to ask a question.

For the most part the best in capsuleer life is the same as the best in baseliner life. Good food, good sex, meaningful social connections, a pleasant physical environment.

As capsuleers we have access to other forms of sensuality however that are unimaginable to others. The release as a volley of light missiles launches, the gentle pulse of a shield emitter's regeneration cycle, the sinking sensation as one is pulled through a wormhole, and let's not forget the glory of emerging victorious from (im)mortal combat with our fellow empyreans.

What is your preferred form of interstellar travel? Stargate, jump drive or wormhole?

I do not favour one over the other. The experiences of being inside or outside the capsule are quite distinctively different.

Ablative or reactive armour?

Dock it up and decide who to let research it.

Favorite way to eat noodles?

Favorite way to eat noodles? With my mouth. Or if you're asking what sort of noodles, pan-fried noodles, ideally those that are greasy and were done at high heat for a little bit of char.

Related to ARC operations? Nooo. Nooooooo. We've never come close to retrieving an intact Drifter battleship. Subsystems? Sure, a few, and they're subject of extensive research. But there's far too little information to render them the least bit useable.

If you were compelled to retire to a life of luxury and relaxation, what would you do with your time?

Yes. It won't always be important to have it active.

If you had to handcraft trinkets to sell to tourists for a living, what would you make?

I like digital signals better than analog signals, I guess? Not sure the question translated right.

What's your ideal morning?

Depends on the use.

Is there really a good point in answering every single question that is not your own with low effort responses and even more low effort questions?