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Jev North
Doomheim
#261 - 2016-12-31 11:44:52 UTC
Aria Jenneth wrote:
Using the spare high on an extreme-range Jackdaw for a cloaking device.

Actually I still don't understand why everyone in PY-RE hated the idea. It takes way more time to get into a complex from outside to execute an ambush than it does to just decloak and recalibrate the sensors. Cloaking devices on warships not specialized for it just ... isn't done, I guess? I got one semi-approving, "That's not nice!" and a whole lot of, "Just no."

I still don't get it.

Don't think I was around to add to the chorus at the time. I don't hate the idea outright -- it just seems a combination of factors that make the ship very limited in application. Essentially all it can do effectively is sit around in a baited trap, then throw some fire down on a ship someone else has pinned down. It didn't fit the PYRE model of either focused fleets, or distributed actors with the option of coalescing rapidly around an escalation.

Aria Jenneth wrote:
What do you have for breakfast on a typical day?

Coffee. Maybe a slice of toast, or a small pastry. I basically can't keep solids down until my stomach has fully woken up as well.

Let's get meta -- did someone ever ask you something that made you do a double- or spit take? What was it?

Even though our love is cruel; even though our stars are crossed.
Aria Jenneth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#262 - 2016-12-31 20:02:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Aria Jenneth
Jev North wrote:
It didn't fit the PYRE model of either focused fleets, or distributed actors with the option of coalescing rapidly around an escalation.

I suppose ... it's not as though we never used prepared traps, but I guess a RLML Rook did the job at least as well and was maybe more flexible if we had to improvise.

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Let's get meta -- did someone ever ask you something that made you do a double- or spit take? What was it?

I'm sure this must have happened at least once.

Let me think ...

There was a colonial peace officer in the Federation who asked, in what I think was bad Jin-Mei, whether I spoke Gallentean. He'd asked once already, slowly, in Gallentean; I guess he didn't notice my mouth was full.

I don't speak more than a few words of either; like most capsuleers, I use a translator for everything but Napaani, a regional dialect of Achuran, and (recently) Amarrian. Usually the translator's enough.

Anyway, I'm guessing the officer didn't speak Jin-Mei either because the translation came through as, "Do you equatorial marmot tongue?" I must have looked at him oddly because he got a frustrated look and started pulling out a data pad before I could finish chewing, swallow, and respond (through my translator) that I did not but that I had a translator.

I think that one was a little embarrassing for both of us, really-- all the more since he asked for my ID, and I was with PY-RE at that time, and PY-RE was in the State Protectorate. I'm guessing he thought I might be either a university exchange student or some supicious person trying to pass as one, but I don't think he was expecting a Caldari mercenary on leave on a Federal colony world.

I also think he thought that if he did find such a person he should obviously be allowed to do something about it.

(He wasn't. I didn't know a person could turn that color. He eventually left after telling me to stay out of trouble. I did.)

The laws regulating capsuleers, and spacers in general, probably seem even more bizarre to planetside law enforcement than they do to us.

On that note:

As a capsuleer, have you ever actually arrested, or else had someone really really want to arrest you but not be allowed to, and if so for what?

(Or, if Triss answers, who's the most frustrating person you've ever not been allowed to arrest?)
Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour
#263 - 2017-01-01 01:44:58 UTC
Aria Jenneth wrote:
As a capsuleer, have you ever actually arrested, or else had someone really really want to arrest you but not be allowed to, and if so for what?


Well, there was that one time when some Theology Council agents wanted to arrest me, to question me about the location of a certain artefact. They said to me, so they did, "Doctor Valate. Hand over the artefact", to which I quite naturally replied "It belongs in a museum !", which of course it does.


So. Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror, thought about all the things you've done as a capsuleer, and had a moment of clarity and thought you were a monster ? If so, what did you do about it ?

Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate
#264 - 2017-01-01 03:22:33 UTC
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So. Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror, thought about all the things you've done as a capsuleer, and had a moment of clarity and thought you were a monster ? If so, what did you do about it ?


Nope. And anybody who is in the possession of such little mental rigor obviously never should have been found qualified for such a responsibility as immortality. Go find a mental health officer and begin clinical remediation, or at least ground yourself voluntarily. Doubt has no place behind the trigger for the death of thousands.

Any personal aims for 119?

~ Gariushi YC110 // Midular YC115 // Yanala YC115 ~

"Orte Jaitovalte sitasuyti ne obuetsa useuut ishu. Ketsiak ishiulyn." -Yakiya Tovil-Toba-taisoka
Kolodi Ramal
Sanxing Yi
#265 - 2017-01-01 04:01:35 UTC
Neph wrote:
Any personal aims for 119?

I should probably figure out a name for this pet chicken other than Chicken.

That was a really good question and not the most interesting answer so:
Any personal aims for 119?
Saya Ishikari
Ishukone-Raata Technological Research Institute
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#266 - 2017-01-01 11:08:20 UTC
Kolodi Ramal wrote:
Neph wrote:
Any personal aims for 119?

I should probably figure out a name for this pet chicken other than Chicken.

That was a really good question and not the most interesting answer so:
Any personal aims for 119?

To either find someone currently lost to me, or find closure on the matter and try to move on.

What is your favorite holiday, and why?

"At the end of it all, we have only what we've left in our wake to be remembered by." -Kyoko Ishikari, YC 95 - YC 117
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#267 - 2017-01-01 11:58:44 UTC
Saya Ishikari wrote:
Kolodi Ramal wrote:
Neph wrote:
Any personal aims for 119?

I should probably figure out a name for this pet chicken other than Chicken.

That was a really good question and not the most interesting answer so:
Any personal aims for 119?

To either find someone currently lost to me, or find closure on the matter and try to move on.

What is your favorite holiday, and why?


Winter Solstice Festival. That's when the entire clan gets together.

What's your favourite hard liquor?

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Wren Villeneuve
Akagi Initiative
#268 - 2017-01-01 14:11:58 UTC
Elmund Egivand wrote:
Saya Ishikari wrote:
Kolodi Ramal wrote:
Neph wrote:
Any personal aims for 119?

I should probably figure out a name for this pet chicken other than Chicken.

That was a really good question and not the most interesting answer so:
Any personal aims for 119?

To either find someone currently lost to me, or find closure on the matter and try to move on.

What is your favorite holiday, and why?


Winter Solstice Festival. That's when the entire clan gets together.

What's your favourite hard liquor?


Vodka, straight.

When you get up in the morning do you brush your teeth and then shower, or do you shower and then brush your teeth?
Agiri Falken
Akagi Initiative
#269 - 2017-01-01 14:20:22 UTC
Wren Villeneuve wrote:
Elmund Egivand wrote:
Saya Ishikari wrote:
Kolodi Ramal wrote:
Neph wrote:
Any personal aims for 119?

I should probably figure out a name for this pet chicken other than Chicken.

That was a really good question and not the most interesting answer so:
Any personal aims for 119?

To either find someone currently lost to me, or find closure on the matter and try to move on.

What is your favorite holiday, and why?


Winter Solstice Festival. That's when the entire clan gets together.

What's your favourite hard liquor?


Vodka, straight.

When you get up in the morning do you brush your teeth and then shower, or do you shower and then brush your teeth?

Shower, then teeth. Just seems to work out better that way for someone who doesn't like to wake up quickly if she doesn't have to, and once had a bad experience thereof due to this fact...

Don't ask.

Live pets or drone pets?
Lunarisse Aspenstar
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#270 - 2017-01-01 14:38:44 UTC
Agiri Falken wrote:


Live pets or drone pets?


Live! I've yet to find a drone that was genuinely warm, fuzzy, loyal, adorable and cuddle-able!

So what's your Resolution(s) for this year?
Jev North
Doomheim
#271 - 2017-01-01 16:19:47 UTC
Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:
So what's your Resolution(s) for this year?

Get genuinely good, instead of coasting on grit and thoroughly average skills. Feel things.

What's the most long-shot, wild leap of faith you made that actually paid off?

Even though our love is cruel; even though our stars are crossed.
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#272 - 2017-01-01 16:44:18 UTC
Jev North wrote:
Lunarisse Aspenstar wrote:
So what's your Resolution(s) for this year?

Get genuinely good, instead of coasting on grit and thoroughly average skills. Feel things.

What's the most long-shot, wild leap of faith you made that actually paid off?


Flying Breacher, going after Thrashers. Half the time the gamble pays off. The other half my ship becomes stardust.

How much do you love your spouse, if applicable?

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Sinjin Mokk
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#273 - 2017-01-01 18:07:00 UTC
Elmund Egivand wrote:


Flying Breacher, going after Thrashers. Half the time the gamble pays off. The other half my ship becomes stardust.

How much do you love your spouse, if applicable?



Not applicable, but there are those in the Galaxy that mean more to me than the rest of the Galaxy combined. Those are the ones to hold dear.

Did you all really think I was going to sell a pile of slaves to that frothing lunatic?


"Angels live, they never die, Apart from us, behind the sky. They're fading souls who've turned to ice, So ashen white in paradise."
Tamiroth
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#274 - 2017-01-01 19:03:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Tamiroth
Sinjin Mokk wrote:
Did you all really think I was going to sell a pile of slaves to that frothing lunatic?
I neither did nor I did not; It was more like a probability state of thought, like "But, he did offer me help against Nauplius once! But, despite all their crimes, the Cartel aren't exactly known friends of the Sani Sabik in whatever form.. I guess it's 75 to 25%... I hope."

I'm glad I wasn't mistaken , Mr. Mokk. Thank you.

What's your favourite icecream flavouring?

(Just had to post that one. When in the Institute, we once visited a small moon - rather, a captured comet - that really looked like a lump of minty icecream! Our mentor had to remind several times that those surface samples are NOT to be tasted under any circumstances. Even if it was mostly just dirty water ice.)
Quincyy
Goosefleet
Gooseflock Featheration
#275 - 2017-01-01 22:58:51 UTC
Tamiroth wrote:
I neither did nor I did not; It was more like a probability state of thought, like "But, he did offer me help against Nauplius once! But, despite all their crimes, the Cartel aren't exactly known friends of the Sani Sabik in whatever form.. I guess it's 75 to 25%... I hope."

I'm glad I wasn't mistaken , Mr. Mokk. Thank you.

What's your favourite icecream flavouring?

(Just had to post that one. When in the Institute, we once visited a small moon - rather, a captured comet - that really looked like a lump of minty icecream! Our mentor had to remind several times that those surface samples are NOT to be tasted under any circumstances. Even if it was mostly just dirty water ice.)



I remember specifically the station I grew up at was very fond of giving the children ice cream with broken bits of frozen pies. This seemed very popular as almost every batch of ice cream could be experimented with. For all I know, we were part of some secret marketing test so they could sell it else where.

Who knows.

But at that point, it evolved into liking cheesecake over pie, and so ice cream with frozen bits of cheese cake will float me off my feet.


My question to you out there; What is your earliest memory?

The truth is peace. But nobody is looking for truth.
Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
Wild Geese.
#276 - 2017-01-01 23:38:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Deitra Vess
Quincyy wrote:

My question to you out there; What is your earliest memory?

First memory? Probably the last birthday I had on my home planet before my parents got their final jobs and we moved. I remember little things like snowfall and such but not vividly.

Do you have any random thing you always bring into combat as a good luck thing?
Matias Kurovassi
Doomheim
#277 - 2017-01-02 02:40:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Matias Kurovassi
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Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#278 - 2017-01-02 07:20:32 UTC
Matias Kurovassi wrote:
Valerie Valate wrote:

So. Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror, thought about all the things you've done as a capsuleer, and had a moment of clarity and thought you were a monster ? If so, what did you do about it ?


Sure.

I would say my previous work of fiction was an accurate portrayal of a monster. I do feel I played the part well of a woman who, having been convinced of the lack of value or meaning in existence lost herself in the usual nihilism of living a lifestyle granted too much power and privilege to indulge in her own dehumanization without fear of restraint... until it all became really quite banal playing the role because what's new in that regard?

Just the usual tale of individualism gone awry until all that's left is the vapid lifestyle of pointless violence; physical excess; callous disregard for human life; the pursuit of fame and popularity... overall trite pursuits enabled by the wealth and status of being a capsuleer. There was an irony in it all though.

As for myself being a monster? I think a little self-awareness does go a long way. Just as much as trying to find value, meaning and purpose in life how you can and with who you can. In a career that too often can be cynical, cruel, and unjust, it's the little moments of beauty and kindness that can remind me of life's worth.

If you could mix two genres of film to make a musical, what would you choose and what would it be about?



Noir tragicomedy. It will be about a robot private detective who is to investigate a case of a runaway fedo, who ended up falling in love with said fedo, elopes with the fedo and spends the next week trying to get through to each other due to very, very obvious reasons. And then the fedo gets squashed entirely by accident by said robot in the end.

Tea with cakes or without cakes?

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Jev North
Doomheim
#279 - 2017-01-02 09:16:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Jev North
Matias Kurovassi wrote:
I would say my previous work of fiction was an accurate portrayal of a monster.

Mm. I'd say your current work of fiction is trying a little too hard to distance itself from her, though.


Elmund Egivand wrote:
Noir tragicomedy. It will be about a robot private detective who is to investigate a case of a runaway fedo[...]

I'm impressed, you've really thought about this.


Elmund Egivand wrote:
Tea with cakes or without cakes?

With cakes, although something light and fluffy, so as not to overwhelm the taste of the tea itself. Capital-T Tea is still best served without.

Even though our love is cruel; even though our stars are crossed.
Matias Kurovassi
Doomheim
#280 - 2017-01-02 11:07:25 UTC
Jev North wrote:
Matias Kurovassi wrote:
I would say my previous work of fiction was an accurate portrayal of a monster.

Mm. I'd say your current work of fiction is trying a little too hard to distance itself from her, though.


Absolution is nothing without the acceptance of consequences. If I wanted a complete break with the past I would have done so.