Intergalactic Summit

To your first question there would obviously be no way of knowing if it is a biological match to the blood of a clone.

To your second question the answer is a spiritual one, using blood that has never been within a living clone body, or a normal human for that matter, is worthless to us as a symbol of power and strength, to truly taste power, feel it and make use of it in ritual meditation along the path of enlightenment the blood must come from a living being.

To myself and my crew blood is life, it represents immortality and power and any substitute is unacceptable.

The important thing to recall is that, although it is a universally acknowledged symbol among Sabik cults across the cluster, blood is still a symbol. A synthetic, manufactured product is meaningless, because it has never been alive, and thus has no symbolism of relevance.

Whilst this is a possiblity for the 'milder' cults of Sani Sabik that are embedded within Gallente society, who would no doubt need to move with the laws in place and limit what blood they can use depending on how 'underground' they are, it would not hold with the completely independant Sani Sabik such as The Covenant (the reasons are included in my previous comment)

Clone and lesser blood is available to us in huge amounts, literally 'on tap' thanks to Covenant scientists, Hunt-and-Grab raids and our vast blood farms built to serve the vast demand for the life force needed in our many rituals and the consecration of Raider vessels.

The said 'fake' blood could be considered acceptable if it were filtered through a live host of worthy power.

So the beliefs of the blooder/sabik are whatever the individual wants them to be (aka "their own beliefs"), there are no set tenets that followers must adhere to. Why are we having this discussion at all then?

Because as stated before the majority of Sabik Sects follow a core belief system, many based around similar principles.

This discussion is intended to educate those ignorant of Sani Sabik in any form.

I've read this entire thread and there is yet no explanation as to what, precisely, that core belief system is. I don't think you guys even know either, seeing as your OP is asking what it means to us, then switching to educate us on what the "core beliefs" are and failing to deliver. Seems like a veiled way of asking us to teach you what it is.

That may be because for many capsuleer Sanik Sabik adherents, the "core beliefs" seem to vary from day to day according to what they find expedient.

Nutters!



Do you really want them? Damaged goods and all that.

Heresy is heresy regardless.

Amusing, but you miss the point.

Blood is a symbol of life and the life-force of its donor. A synthetic, lifeless substitute cannot represent life, because it has no donor to provide this life-force.

If blood rites were based upon blood itself with nothing else involved, what would its relevance be?

From my understanding, research and personal beliefs, there are three primary types of blood ritual. The bonding of believers (popularised by the Federation 'sabik-lite', to borrow the term, but not unique to that); in which case, the use of a substitute would be lacking in meaning, for what would really be exchanged?

The second - the draining of an enemy to strengthen oneself. In which case, why would you wish for a substitute? That question aside, a substitute would have no connection to this enemy, and therefore you could derive no strength from them.

The third - the blooding conducted by Blood Raiders, most notably. The details I cannot speak of, as it is not a practice I undertake or comprehend; but once again, a substitute has no connection, no personality, no energy, no life - and no point.