After I wrote the post about how people treat reds, my friend Arkady Sadik commented he thought most capsuleers perceive themselves as not shooting people in space, but instead shooting ships or at most the capsuleer pilot of the ship. He thought it was a psychic self-defense mechanism, to help people live with their image of themselves.
I am inclined to agree, based on my own perceptions.
However, this does beg a rather interesting question in regard to morality.
Which pilot is less evil - the one who deceives himself in order to continue killing people, or the one who is concious of his deeds and does them regardless? And which one is the more dangerous?
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Combat escorts to miners
I've noticed fresh combat pilots often are very eager to play combat escort to miners in high sec.
Almost always the best escort ship the miners can ask such a pilot to come in is a hauler. (Orcas are usually out of reach of any such pilot, and logistics ships are useful only if suicide attacks against Hulks is the current rage around the mining fields - and noticeable portion of the miners have Hulks.)
A combat escort ship around miners signals to can flippers: "Come here, there is an interesting fight to be got if you poke us right! Just fit your ships against the escort and come flip the can!"
A hauler, on the other hand, keeps the can empty. The signal is "Go away, nothing but boredom and mining laser show to be had here. No can to flip."
Victory is defined by you getting what you want (ore) and the opposition not getting what they want (fights). They might smack on local. No worries. Everybody whose opinion you care about knows that is what losers do.
Almost always the best escort ship the miners can ask such a pilot to come in is a hauler. (Orcas are usually out of reach of any such pilot, and logistics ships are useful only if suicide attacks against Hulks is the current rage around the mining fields - and noticeable portion of the miners have Hulks.)
A combat escort ship around miners signals to can flippers: "Come here, there is an interesting fight to be got if you poke us right! Just fit your ships against the escort and come flip the can!"
A hauler, on the other hand, keeps the can empty. The signal is "Go away, nothing but boredom and mining laser show to be had here. No can to flip."
Victory is defined by you getting what you want (ore) and the opposition not getting what they want (fights). They might smack on local. No worries. Everybody whose opinion you care about knows that is what losers do.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Reds inside and outside the pod
Some capsuleers seem to have a curious dichotomy about how to treat reds inside and outside the pod.
They are happy to shoot reds in space; pirates, angels, sanshas. Even tell you they think it's fun. Curiously, the same people will consider you a closed-minded stuffy prig for showing a cold shoulder to a pirate or sansha capsuleer met at a bar.
I wonder why is that? Do they think capsuleers are so special? Is it the difference of just knowing it is a person inside the red ship blip and being actually able to see the person?
They are happy to shoot reds in space; pirates, angels, sanshas. Even tell you they think it's fun. Curiously, the same people will consider you a closed-minded stuffy prig for showing a cold shoulder to a pirate or sansha capsuleer met at a bar.
I wonder why is that? Do they think capsuleers are so special? Is it the difference of just knowing it is a person inside the red ship blip and being actually able to see the person?
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