To take pride in your success being based on service to others rather than at their expense is not uniquely Caldari, and frankly warrants respect.
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As I said: IF Grath were to give that order, it would be followed. Having talked to Grath more than once, I donât expect heâd give that order, even if he did come back.
The conflict began over a year ago, because when we came north in YC 120, Sort Dragon negotiated a peace deal with us after we killed half a dozen Keepstars belonging mostly to PanFam, and basically made his space unliveable. That was also the occassion of Killahâs immortal order for NCPL pilots to dock up all their faction supercapitalsâa smart order, but not exactly an inspiring one.
Gobbins, in particular, got mad at Sort over the deal. I donât know if the problem was Sort securing a bit of breathing space for Horde while we had all of Geminate more or less shut down on ratting and mining, or if it was because we wouldnât give anyone but DeadCo the full 3-month âwe wonât attack youâ, since Sort was the only one on that side paying us off. Either way, Gobbins got butthurt, and immediately declared war on DeadCo. A little while later, NCdot declared they were stepping into the conflict in support of DeadCo⌠and then promptly shot them anyway.
Of course, as Sort will happily tell people: that sort of knife in the back is pretty much par for the course with Vince. Which is why, last year when we came north again to punish NCdot this time, Sort decided heâd had enough of Vince, and went on his own offensiveâthe war youâre talking about is the same war that started 16 months ago.
And for the record: CVA and Provibloc have been fighting to hold that space for at least twice as long as your alliance has existed. They donât need you coming around trying to tell them âI only hit you because I love youâ. And the Trigs arenât nearly as big a threat as you seem to believe. If they were⌠then you wouldnât see tiny little dread groups from the empires as their response. Youâd see titans and supercarriers, with full fax support. Youâd see the empires taking it seriously.
I mean, ok. Youâre new. You havenât seen what it really looks like when capsuleers go to war. Youâve seen⌠what? Eagles? Muninns? A battleship fleet or two? Dread bombs of two dozen ships? If the empires really took the Triglavian threat seriously⌠theyâd go to war like we go to war⌠when we really go to war.
I promise. Nothing youâve seen so far even comes close.
Even if you disregard the metaphysical - if I count the number of people who are still around from the original squad I started with, thereâs two of us (myself and LaFond). Some of the folks who have left space are still alive, of course - but many of them will not be, eventually, having opted to go back to baseline. And a lot of them are dead - suicides, clone failures, deaths on stations without soft clones, neurodegenerative diseases, and some shady â â â â strictly on the list of things we are not talking about.
Capsuleers die. They die all the time. Before the Sundsele attacks, it was true that I had, in a decade, lost more capsuleer friends than I had baseliner kin.
The âimmortalityâ is an illusion, a recruiter marketing scam.
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Neither, really. Wasnât about you at all. Or, to be honest, a fair chunk of Trigger Happy. Kendarr wanted to try his hand at running an alliance, after years of running a SIG, and he went forth with the rest of the Directorateâs blessings and well-wishes. Now that other concerns have sidelined him, and penifSMASH has moved in⌠well, thereâs been a bunch of folks coming home, from what Iâve heard.
Not all that surprising, either. After all, penif is one of the raging douches that basically destroys whatever alliance he joins, unless there are strong enough personalities to keep him in check. Grath and Elise could do that. Hedliner couldnât. Nobody in Snuff could. Much as I respect the work Mark did over the years with EG and SV, he doesnât have the charisma, and Pittsâwhom I still have a fond regard forâfor all his solid stuff with the Incursion squadâŚ
Heâs exactly the kind of guy penif likes to put out in front, then undercut. Real supportive to his face, but keep an eye out for the trickle of âimportantâ people moving into Elitist Ops. And if anyone calls him on his poisonous crap, itâs âjust a jokeâ. But he wonât be, because heâs smart, and he states behind the scenes.
The Locustfleet hit in Fountain? Classic penif move, but look at all the people clamoring to take credit. Olmecca Gold? Seriously? She doesnât have the dreads for it. Pitts, for all his crowing, wasnât anywhere near it. He just convinced the Karmafleet spy to get burned over a single drop that had us laughing as much as them[1]. But thatâs penif: likes to make sure heâs got people between himself and the bright lights. Passes rumors to Killah he knows arenât true as âa jokeâ because he knows Killahâs tenure on the CSM means heâs contractually obligated to report them back to CONCORD, and itâll cause problems for Brisc.
Wasnât about you. But thereâs snakes in your nest, now. Watch your ankles.
1. In fact, I was laughing with Pitts about it in a convo I opened up before it had even ended. Pitts is a great guy to hang around with.
I will admit I have not see penif work yet, as I mostly tend to fly under people like Outlawed. But yes things have change since Kendarr had to step away, some not for the better.
But as you said, we definitely have gained some unsavory people over the last few months
I consider selflessness to my people and my society a greater virtue than more selfish pursuits. As for masters in the State? There exists a hierarchy of power, and no, obedience to that authority is not slavish when it is volunteered willingly in the pursuit of virtues such as discipline, patriotism, and a principled work ethic.
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i sometimes look into mirror and see a humanoid reptilian what does it mean
edit: Why did I type this?
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You need to use more moisturizer.
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Or possibly drink less tea.
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Are you perhaps a Federal politician?
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Knowing who Quatrevaux is, I am absolutely not surprised.
Nauplius vs Quatrevaux: An Explainer
Nauplius:
- Hates Minmatar
- Murders innocents
- Genocidal maniac
- Disowned by Amarr loyalists
- Trademarks: âfornicating abolitionistsâ, âwicked/vileâ
Quatrevaux:
- Hates spiders
- Murders at gridball
- Maniac on the dance floor
- Disowned by his daughter for embarrassing her in public
- Trademarks: âAnd how does that make you feel?â, various dad jokes
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Well, thatâs one positive. Not sure if it makes up for the others, though.
I donât know about that, but in my experience putting cyber before something makes it a fair bit cooler at least.
ware > cyberware
knight > cyberknight
cheesecake > cybercheesecake
The list goes on.
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They could have lasers attached.
pillow > cyberpillowâŚ
A cyberpillow seems unconfortable.
Unless it was a thin membrane to keep it always cold so i don´t need to turn it around. That i would like.
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Noble Appliances 102 Light Ash Blonde.
Do you know why GalNet is called a medium?
Because it isnât rare and it isnât well done.
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