Intergalactic Summit

And they continue to survive, despite your gloating and words.

These wounds exist only in your mind; I have died at least a dozen times, and there is no appreciable difference. Death is simply not a "big deal" to we who travel the space between stars. But you keep going on and thinking that you leave an indelible mark.

I dare assert that those who are defeated by death in fact do not remember it, by virtue of their being dead.

I have attempted to be subtle, but you seem daft so I shall speak plainly: your words ring hollow with self-importance and the desire to rile up a negative response to feed your ego. I would suggest that instead of words you direct your efforts to action, such as those you claim to enjoy. You shall accomplish no greater injustice nor create no greater following for yourself than by simply having the courage to just be—without the need for approval, or hatred, from others. Display proudly that you possesses the courage to match your convictions, and allow your deeds to speak volumes that need not be stated. It is then, when by not speaking you can give rise to a clamor, that you will have truly accomplished the grandeur that you are seeking here to imitate through a short-lived rise in the peanut gallery.

It has been said to me in private correspondence by a third party whom I shall not name that you are, in fact, not a homo sapiens capsuleer pilot; indeed, this third party alleges to me that you are actually a gelatin-based condiment or dessert topping. Is this so?

I really can't say what is more creepy, someone who keeps the corpses of his victims. Or someone who willingly takes back their dead remains that someone else picked up. I've seen some strange things in my time abroad, but that is pretty top of the heap crazy.

Throughout human history there has been many forms of barbarism. However, even in the most base of times, most human communities have sought to provide a form of final disposition for the bodies of those who die. Whether it be burial, even mass burial, or cremation, or burial at sea, human communities have practiced these rites.

It is strange how the capsuleer community has tipped the human value on its end. Keeping bodies as trophies? Letting bodies float about near exit hangars in stations or at jump gates, where ships bounce them about? Is that normal?

The Disciples have been criticized for our efforts to provide proper rites for the dead. For the capsuleer who discards bodies like candy wrappers, it seems strange, but not to the human community at large. We are not being unconventional in this repsect, rather we are upholding convention of human dignity as old as recorded history.

The Disciples of Ston bid you dignity

I have around 63 different corpses.... They're not trophies, I just kept them from our cleaning Heimatar project

The Disciples of Ston would be glad to take these bodies, return them to their owners, or provide suitable rites and final disposition.

This thread reeks of hubris.