Elite roleplay: Q&A and OOC
21 Oct 2016, 9:12pm
21 Oct 2016, 9:43pm
21 Oct 2016, 10:30pm
Cartlidge1000I'm a little bit cranky about the security drone thing (since I now have to deal with it), but otherwise it has been most enjoyable to have you weigh in on this little crisis, Stryker.
Well you can't say you weren't warned =P
21 Oct 2016, 11:53pm
I've searched the lore, albeit fairly briefly and specifiucally regarding Earth and I can't find much info. In my most recent Lilith post (The Docks in case you're wondering) I simply say "Old Earth Countries" in order to reference Switzerland as a neutral area. But would these countries still exist do you think? Or would the entire planet be considered "One Country" owing to the fact that the idea of individual borders would seem incredibly trivial.
To put it simply using Earth as an example. When saying where you are from would you say "Scotland, Earth" or just "Earth" as Scotland (or indeed ANY country) would no longer exist?
22 Oct 2016, 1:40am
22 Oct 2016, 7:09am
Luke3107*Gasp* Luke3107 is asking yet ANOTHER question!!!
I've searched the lore, albeit fairly briefly and specifiucally regarding Earth and I can't find much info. In my most recent Lilith post (The Docks in case you're wondering) I simply say "Old Earth Countries" in order to reference Switzerland as a neutral area. But would these countries still exist do you think? Or would the entire planet be considered "One Country" owing to the fact that the idea of individual borders would seem incredibly trivial.
To put it simply using Earth as an example. When saying where you are from would you say "Scotland, Earth" or just "Earth" as Scotland (or indeed ANY country) would no longer exist?
Even if they don't exist as sovereign nations, they would still be geographical, cultural or administrative areas.
Just as people do today, they might identify with their locality over the larger political entity they are part of.
And I don't hold with the idea of a borderless world; it would be a bureaucratic nightmare!
22 Oct 2016, 7:37am
Luke3107*Gasp* Luke3107 is asking yet ANOTHER question!!!
I've searched the lore, albeit fairly briefly and specifiucally regarding Earth and I can't find much info. In my most recent Lilith post (The Docks in case you're wondering) I simply say "Old Earth Countries" in order to reference Switzerland as a neutral area. But would these countries still exist do you think? Or would the entire planet be considered "One Country" owing to the fact that the idea of individual borders would seem incredibly trivial.
To put it simply using Earth as an example. When saying where you are from would you say "Scotland, Earth" or just "Earth" as Scotland (or indeed ANY country) would no longer exist?
Potentially, I think that to the people of earth, having sections, countries , districts, whatever... would be rather important to them, but just to them. If you were say born in a different system on a different earth-like, it might not matter and you might not care about the different districts of earth, because it does not pertain/have an effect on you.
This is just my take on it.
22 Oct 2016, 7:52am
Marra MorganLuke3107*Gasp* Luke3107 is asking yet ANOTHER question!!!
I've searched the lore, albeit fairly briefly and specifiucally regarding Earth and I can't find much info. In my most recent Lilith post (The Docks in case you're wondering) I simply say "Old Earth Countries" in order to reference Switzerland as a neutral area. But would these countries still exist do you think? Or would the entire planet be considered "One Country" owing to the fact that the idea of individual borders would seem incredibly trivial.
To put it simply using Earth as an example. When saying where you are from would you say "Scotland, Earth" or just "Earth" as Scotland (or indeed ANY country) would no longer exist?
Even if they don't exist as sovereign nations, they would still be geographical, cultural or administrative areas.
Just as people do today, they might identify with their locality over the larger political entity they are part of.
And I don't hold with the idea of a borderless world; it would be a bureaucratic nightmare!
Considering that there was another world war in the Elite Lore which devastated vast parts of earth + the passing of 1300 it's more likely that none of these cultures exist anymore
At least not in todays form.
22 Oct 2016, 8:16am
Rebecca Hail
Considering that there was another world war in the Elite Lore which devastated vast parts of earth + the passing of 1300 it's more likely that none of these cultures exist anymore
At least not in todays form.
The form might indeed change, but history has shown us that culture is resiliant. Italy, China, Japan and Egypt still have a cultural identity that has lasted for thousands of years, despite suffering terrible devastation at some point. It's common culture than brings people together when in crisis.
You only have to look at the names of the stations and ports in-game to see that historic people and places of our cultures are still remembered.
22 Oct 2016, 9:18am
Marra Morgan
The form might indeed change, but history has shown us that culture is resiliant. Italy, China, Japan and Egypt still have a cultural identity that has lasted for thousands of years, despite suffering terrible devastation at some point. It's common culture than brings people together when in crisis.
You only have to look at the names of the stations and ports in-game to see that historic people and places of our cultures are still remembered.
Yes, indeed. And I assume that knowledge about those cultures is well preserved as we're much more advanced than the people back then.
Unfortunately the same thing goes for the devastation. According to the wiki WW3 consequences were a huge loss of life and dreadful damages to the environment, so it's well possible that entire cultures were annihilated in the process. Not forgotten, but simply not practiced or common knowledge anymore.
22 Oct 2016, 9:42am
Rebecca HailMarra Morgan
The form might indeed change, but history has shown us that culture is resiliant. Italy, China, Japan and Egypt still have a cultural identity that has lasted for thousands of years, despite suffering terrible devastation at some point. It's common culture than brings people together when in crisis.
You only have to look at the names of the stations and ports in-game to see that historic people and places of our cultures are still remembered.
Yes, indeed. And I assume that knowledge about those cultures is well preserved as we're much more advanced than the people back then.
Unfortunately the same thing goes for the devastation. According to the wiki WW3 consequences were a huge loss of life and dreadful damages to the environment, so it's well possible that entire cultures were annihilated in the process. Not forgotten, but simply not practiced or common knowledge anymore.
All I ask is that Frontier accept my/our head canon that Mexican food has survived into the 34th century. I want a future worth living in.
