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Title: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 10 Jul 2010, 01:05
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CONCORD DED Public Capsuleer Datasheet
Name: Aria Sujui Jenneth
DED Callsign: Aria Jenneth
Unofficial Callsign: "Vesper"
Blood Type: O+
Age: chronologically, 34 standard years; physically, 26 standard years
Height: 1.48 meters (4'10")
Weight: 36.7 kg. (81 lbs.)
Hair Colour: black
Eye Colour: black
Political Alignment: Unaligned (with history of Caldari Patriot support)
Date of Birth:  11.6.82
Place of Birth: Sukuuvestaa Launch Complex 351, Achura
Employment History: Wiyrkomi Honor Guard; Kumiho's Smile; Synenose Accord; Ghost Festival; Omerta Syndicate; APEX Unlimited

Status: under investigation
DED Charges: clonejacking / unauthorized activation (not filed)
>  possible unauthorized, damaged clone or botched clonejack with apparent extensive loss of memory and identity.

DED Threat Assessment: low
Notes: Though potentially extremely dangerous if she returns to old habits, Aria Jenneth presently exhibits no significant piratical tendencies and has apparently embarked on a career as a journalist and travel writer.

Personality Assessment: humble, especially compared to her past self, compassionate, and intensely inquisitive. This is either a complete reset of the original's personal experiences or the nicest clonejacker ever. Nevertheless, she is potentially deadly due to extensive capsuleer combat capabilities, deeply-ingrained moral relativism, and a demonstrated willingness to take life. She has no firm loyalties, but is subject to the influence of those around her. If her "writing career" lands her in pirate company, Threat level should be raised appropriately.

Physical Assessment: the recent Aria Jenneth has discontinued high-level maintenance of her clones. She maintains an exercise regimen consisting solely of long, meandering walks, and has not continued her practice of martial arts or gymnastics. Consequently, she has lost muscle mass. Unless armed with a firearm or piloting a warship, she should not be considered physically dangerous.
*varies according to clone

[The following information would be easily uncovered by anyone caring enough to go looking, found either in public records or relatively unsecured databases]

Aria Jenneth was born on Saisio III towards the end of Year 82 to an Achur homemaker named Yumiko Sujui and a Civire immigrant and Sukuuvestaa spaceport hand, Sarth Jenneth. Yumiko's record indicates two name changes: the excision of her family name about the time of her marriage to Sarth in Year 81 and its restoration in Year 91. Yumiko officially lost the "Jenneth" family name at that time, though Aria's surname was never changed. The address records indicate a block of poor tenements that no longer exist.

Most of Sarth Jenneth's employment records have been redacted, though the date of termination from his job, the 21st of March, Year 90, coincides with Yumiko's death that same evening. Official records list "domestic violence" as the cause.

It appears that Aria's grandfather, Latro Sujui, took custody of her April 23, Year 91; her status up to that point is listed as "corporate ward." The Sujui clan apparently runs a large and well-funded temple complex dedicated to the Shuijing sect of the Achura faith, a monkish sect whose core tenets are the illusory nature of the universe and the wholehearted search for and embrace of truth over illusion. Aria does not appear to have remained there for more than a few months at a time, having instead attended a succession of expensive girls' boarding schools. She does not appear to have attended any of those for longer than a few months, either. The reason for this is obscure; her academic marks and ranking in a monk's physical training are both in the top 2%.

Sarth Jenneth was executed under Sukuuvestaa-Saisio corporate law on the 8th of July, Year 101. His daughter entered the State War Academy in August of that same year, still bearing his name.

As a pilot, Aria's most notable accomplishment to date has had nothing to do with piloting. Her philosophical bent and literally religious dedication to "truth" as she sees it led her to inquire deeply into the nature of the capsuleer. She has published her musings on the IGS as the "Children of Naught" (http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1184640) collection of writings.

The reasons for Aria's past service to the Angel Cartel are somewhat unclear. She and her friend (one of perhaps three people she addresses as "suuolo") Kyoko Sakoda left Omerta Syndicate to found Ghost Festival as an "experimental" corporation in the Cartel's service, but, aside from Omerta Syndicate's brief association with the Cartel just prior to their departure, Aria seems to have had little or no obvious contact with the Cartel prior to this time. She has described the Cartel as "appropriate to" her nature, hinting at a sympathy for the Cartel's efficient ruthlessness, but again, it's not clear what sort of loyalty this sympathy gave rise to.

Likewise unclear are her reasons for murdering her grandfather and benefactor, Latro Sujui, whom she apparently killed on the 28th of October, Year 110, during a visit home at the end of a brief service with the State Protectorate. The circumstances of the old monk's death in a sparring match seem to lend themselves to interpretation as an accident, yet Aria always insisted that it was murder. The existence of an outstanding (and probably unenforceable against a capsuleer) arrest warrant on Saisio III suggests that the Peace and Order Unit agrees with her interpretation.

[Further information to be added later, though certain requirements will be necessary for it to be useable as IC knowledge. This will be listed ahead of the spoiler bar, so that those who do not wish to know what their character would not will have fair warning.]



School record excerpts.
[spoiler=motivation to pry and Sukuuvestaa 3.0, Caldari State 9.0, or Hacking 3]Jenneth, Aria: Predictable trouble fitting in, emotional problems. Academically solid. Kind, but careless of others' feelings. Highly competitive, but seems unsatisfied with just winning. Strong need to demonstrate ability.

*

Frankly, I think she hates it here and is trying to get herself expelled.

*

Intendant, I apologize for disturbing you with this again, but I want to stress my concerns about Ms. Jenneth. Today I once again failed to catch her harming Ms. Onida, much like last week, and the week before that. It has gotten to the point where if I hear one of my girls scream, I know two things: first, that Ms. Jenneth has done something, and second, that I will never learn what.

*

... has come a long way in proving herself to her peers, and it's been weeks since I've heard anyone hiss the word "halfbreed," but she doesn't seem to do well at making friends. I can see her trying to open up, but it's like she can't string twenty words together without a barb. There's a perversity to her that she can't seem to suppress even when it makes her miserable.[/spoiler]



State War Academy evaluation excerpts
[spoiler=motivation + SWA 5.0, Caldari State 9.0, or Hacking 4]Jenneth-haani continues to integrate well with the capsule rig. She's demonstrated excellent perceptive ability and the sort of will we generally find only in the particularly driven "type A's," as well as strong mnemonic and analytical skills. She's a loner, however, even for an Achur, and keeps her teammates at a professional distance. Our main concern is a near-pathological obsession with intellectual and tactical superiority; Jenneth is rarely satisfied with tactical circumstances merely working in her favor, aiming instead for overwhelming advantage. As a result, her tactics are over-cautious and inflexible. She generally seeks to render herself "untouchable," sacrificing the "good" in search of the "perfect." This may be a problem if the need arises to pit the trainee against other capsuleers.

Jenneth personally comes across as harsh and cold-blooded. She seems to compartmentalize to a high degree, and will express sympathy to a comrade we are washing out while declaring that same individual "unfit" a few minutes earlier or later. She does not appear to have any very strong sense of honor. This may make it difficult for her to establish lasting bonds with her fellows.

Another concern: we do not believe that Jenneth-haani has recovered psychologically from her father's death, and have gone on-record saying that inducting her into the Academy at that time was unwise. What effect this is having we cannot be sure of, but it is likely fueling her more aberrant behaviors.

*

I've read the psychologists' reports, yes. Actually, based on those, what more do you want from a good covert ops pilot?[/spoiler]



The Shuijing Sect
[spoiler=Achura (automatic knowledge) or motive to research]The Shuijing, or "Crystal," sect is one of the largest of the Achura faith's seemingly endless supply. It may also be one of the oldest; its leaders claim a history reaching back into the misty depths of time. The accuracy of these claims is difficult to gauge, partly because one of the sect's core precepts (a common one among Achur sects, confusing the problem of effectively tracing sect history still further) is the active pursuit and embrace of new information. As a result, sect teachings conceptually incorporate everything from semiotic theory to neurochemistry to quantum entanglement.

The sect's core teachings focus on the fundamental unreality of the self and the ultimate unity of the universal totality. According to these teachings, the universe is, in truth, a single, seamless whole in which all things are inherently connected to the point where individual "things," including the practitioners themselves, are illusions of the mind. The Shuijing are therefore also one of the least spiritualistic of the Achur sects, treating stories of spirits, gods, and ancestors as metaphor-laden teaching tools, rather than any kind of literal truth. It is a common observation among practitioners that, even if the Creator or various other gods and demons did exist, they would merely be other parts of the Totality.

The sect thereby seems to split the difference between pantheism and atheism, treating the universe itself as its one model for divinity-- a divinity, however, that is less a divine judge and guide than a sort of spiritual landscape which it is the practitioner's duty to attempt to perceive and conform to the contours of.

It is from this latter concept that the sect derives its concept of morality: to act properly, a practitioner should attempt to obtain a feel for the flow of the universe by observing events in the context of her own social duties. That context can shift sharply, depending on the practitioner's social position and personal capabilities. Going beyond one's own position to attempt to modify the social order (at least without a sheaf of scientific evidence to show conformity to the universe's flow) is seen as deeply arrogant and offensive due to the disruption that such revolts cause. As a result, the sect's outlook is socially very conservative.

Shuijing monks are not required to be celibate (sex, in fact, is sometimes put forth as a method of meditation), and many temple compounds are run by family dynasties of monks. Despite their doctrinal disinterest in the material world, religion is a profitable line of work on Saisio, and many such families, especially the ones attached to famous and historically significant temples, have become quite wealthy. The wealth is rarely openly visible, but can be seen in the quality of education, hand-crafted possessions (limited in number but high in quality) and other services such families can afford. It is worth noting that monkish households in this and other Achur sects have produced a sizeable proportion of Achur capsuleers.

As with all Achur sects, the Shuijing monks train heavily in the martial arts. The sect characterizes the "soul" as being the totality of all that makes up a "person," including flesh, spirit (if such exists; present thought within the sect leadership is skeptical), interpersonal relationships, and even ecological impact. The punchline, of course, is that a person's "soul" is indistinguishable from that of the Totality itself, but that's a hard line on which to start a practitioner's studies, so the concept of a "soul" survives, if only as a teaching tool. The goal of physical training within the sect is therefore to break down the barrier between mind and body, to perfectly unite will to physical movement and thereby pierce the illusion that divides them-- and, ultimately, to extinguish the will itself, leaving only the pulse of the universe.

Naturally, this is a goal reached by very few. Whether the Shuijing masters (there are twenty-three, at present) are wise teachers (a true rarity, considering the sect's standards for wisdom) or frauds playing at enlightenment is apt to depend on whom you ask, but their influence within the sect, and perhaps the wider society, is undeniable.[/spoiler]



Zainou Biotech customer notes
[spoiler=motivation and Zainou Biotech 7.0 or Hacking 5]General specifications for care: High-fitness nutrient mix. Muscle toning to be maintained through nerve-twitch stimulation. Hair length to be maintained at 50 cm from nape of neck, forelock at 17 cm from peak of forehead. Clones to be maintained in identical condition insofar as is possible; scar and fault removal during inactivity okay.

Emergency clone: sigma grade. AA-certified cadavers or osteoplastic required for all aspects. Infertile.

Special notes: maintain with emergency clone 10 grams "Silla green" tea and Silla red stoneware pot and cup (traditional design; see attachment for image). Contact Sukuuvestaa subsidiaries for import and bill client as necessary. Prepare and leave with paperwork upon emergency clone activation.  Do not approach or speak with client post-cloning.

Addendum: client has placed one "special request," which was granted, and has been responsible directly or indirectly for two medical incidents requiring surgery.

Indulge as convenient or profitable.[/spoiler]



Caldari Navy internal report
[spoiler=motivation and Caldari Navy 9.0]
Investigator Omada Hagai
Office of Internal Security
Motsu VII-6 CNLS

Security Chief Urman Dovane
Office of Internal Security
Motsu VII-6 CNLS

Sir,

You asked me to look into the unusual security forces gathered by Pod Captain Aria Jenneth and to determine whether they pose a threat to station security. I can report that they do not presently pose such a threat without extensive additional support.

Captain Jenneth's security personnel are organized in two closely-associated groups: physical body guards and a technical support team. The bodyguards are actually the smaller group, selected from among the ranks of former corporate military special forces. Pay is quintuple average for similarly-experienced capsuleer security, and hiring is conducted personally by Jenneth's personal assistant, a Deteis, Reina Davasi. Those hired are invariably experienced Caldari veterans with one or more specific citations in their records for patience, professionalism, and ruthlessness. Either Jenneth or Davasi appears to consider these qualifications mandatory. Their typical deployment is loose: zero to two obvious bodyguards, plus a further six to twelve scattered within twenty to fifty meters.

The technical team has a similarly elite background, mostly intelligence community techs and system analysts, all of them with combat support experience. Their equipment includes a broad array of scanners and surveillance devices, mostly home-grown Caldari work but a few I believe are Angel Cartel technology. Their focus is early detection and local environmental control, and they've erected a techie's playground of security devices in her holdings on-station. Elsewhere, they've penetrated our security grid, apparently with C&C's tacit approval, sufficiently to raise alarms, close blast doors, and trigger automated defenses.

All in all, Jenneth's security has the profile of a black ops team defensively deployed. This sort of force could pose a threat to station security if we did not know about them. The capsuleer's been very open with us about her security arrangements, and permits us to monitor them, although she can also monitor our activities in her immediate vicinity and around her holdings. Whoever it is she's afraid of, it's probably not the Caldari Navy.

About that: an initial inventory of Jenneth's activities and behavior suggested a paranoid recluse, but her preparations are too focused and her apparent contact with others is too frequent for her to fit that profile. She doesn't shun social contact with everyone, just with non-capsuleers. Her security arrangements, focused on scanning and situational control, also seem to suggest fear of determined individuals rather than an institutional enemy. Based on the public statements we have on file, it looks like Jenneth is uncomfortable with public perception of pod captains.

The bottom line, sir, is that it looks like her security arrangements are meant to detect and prevent attack by a determined member of the public. She could repurpose the teams here for assassination or sabotage, but not with us watching them; if there's trouble with her people, it'll probably be someone she's got on staff at another station, transferring in. It might be worth keeping an eye on the employment records of arriving passengers, but really I don't expect a problem. For a pirate, this one doesn't seem to have much problem with authority, and ours is the authority protecting her.

Omada Hagai
Investigator
Caldari Navy Internal Security[/spoiler]



Zainou Biotech cloning log
[spoiler=personal receipt of copy, or motivation + Zainou Biotech 9.0 or State Protectorate 9.0]Eha II
State Protectorate Logistic Support
Medical Subdivision 2
Cloning bay 11

Start log
Time / date: 00:00:00 2/10/117
***initiating timed revival***
00:00:21 Retrieving archive – done
00:00:28 Verifying clone viability – done
00:00:42 Verifying neural viability – done
00:00:45 Verifying neural download connection – done
00:00:46 Verifying burner integrity – done
00:00:52 Accelerating clone metabolism - done
00:10:14 Downloading archive – 37%
00:10:14 ERROR – ARCHIVE CORRUPT
00:10:15 Terminating download – FAILED
00:10:16 Terminating clone – FAILED
00:10:23 Legal division alerted.

***Automated shutdown unresponsive. Advise immediate manual termination***

00:10:35 Don’t touch that switch, lad. Not if you fancy your pretty brain-meats.
00:10:41 That’s right, just ease away.
00:10:58 Now: welcome the capsuleer back into the world, nice and simple. Just another client. Look at the revival notes, just like always. See? She likes tea. Order her some tea.
00:11:12 She’ll be disoriented. Help her out of the tube.
00:11:15 Don’t talk—just do it.
00:11:23 You don’t want this kind of trouble, and neither does your girly down in engineering, cephalon echo section.
00:11:41 Good man. Get her to the shower.
00:11:52 Just another confused egger. Follow the protocol.
00:11:58 Huh-uh. Do not say a fucking thing.
00:12:17 Good. When she’s settled, you can go ahead and send her this log. Don’t cut it short; the important bit’s yet to come. You get it ALL if you want to keep your parietal lobe next to your corpus callosum, you get me?
00:12:33 Clone activation successful. Have a nice day!
00:12:42 To: Aria Jenneth
00:12:42 From: old friends
00:12:42 Subject: Gotcha!
00:12:42 Dear Ms. Jenneth,
00:12:42 It’s so cute that you thought you could get outside our reach. Well, you might have been able to slip our net yourself, but we did manage to find those resource caches you had squirreled away. Quite a nice ISK value here.
00:12:42 Consider it all forfeit.
00:12:42 You fuck with us, we fuck with you. See you around.
End log[/spoiler]
Title: Re: [character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Havohej on 10 Jul 2010, 01:57
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School record excerpts. Prerequisites: motivation to pry and Sukuuvestaa 3.0, Caldari State 9.0, or Hacking 3
I like the way you went about this part... nice idea.  I might actually work on fleshing one of these out for Havo, now.
Title: Re: [character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Casiella on 10 Jul 2010, 09:47
That's such a cool idea.
Title: Re: [character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 10 Jul 2010, 16:30
Aw. Thanks, you two.

I'll be adding more to this as I get time. There's nothing that brings out my creative impulse quite like having something else that I really ought to be doing.
Title: Re: [character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Saede Riordan on 10 Jul 2010, 19:17
There's nothing that brings out my creative impulse quite like having something else that I really ought to be doing.

ain't that the truth.
like, right now, I should go finish cleaning my kitchen, but I want to work on Nikita's backstory topic and do the thing with the spoiler tags now.
Title: Re: [character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Morwen Lagann on 10 Jul 2010, 23:16
Definitely loving the idea for IC access control, Aria - will use this when I get around to putting up my own profile.

Also yes, you really should be studying for that exam at the end of the month. :P
Title: Re: [character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Ghost Hunter on 11 Jul 2010, 00:08
I can smell a trend coming on.

Also sheesh Aria you look so much like a Noh mask it's creepy `o`
Title: Re: [character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 11 Jul 2010, 00:12
Cramming is subject to a law of diminishing returns, Morwen. Try to keep it up for eight weeks and you'll have the all the knowledge retention of a brick within a few days. That being the case, I pace myself.

Well, actually, the program I'm in does the "pacing" for me. I've got a schedule to follow, and stick to it about as closely as I'm expected to.

The main danger for me in paying attention to Eve stuff is that I risk getting distracted, which can virtually ruin a day's work. There's something about puzzling through Angel Cartel culture that's just so much more attractive than civil procedure, IE, who in a lawsuit can try to do what in which order under what circumstances, you know?
Title: Re: [character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Ember Vykos on 13 Jul 2010, 23:26
Yeah. Going on record that the spoiler idea is pure awesome, and I`ll probably incorporate that into mine when I start updating it.
Title: Re: [character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Verone on 18 Jul 2010, 09:48
Ah, Jenneth.  :lol:

We've shared some interesting times and arguments, that's for sure.

Always have loved the concept of the character, even if we don't get along IC.  :P

Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 28 Aug 2010, 16:26
New edit: Caldari Navy internal security has a few thoughts on their sometime guest.

I'll try to add these a little more often.
Title: Re: [character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: orange on 29 Aug 2010, 18:50
I like the way you went about this part... nice idea.  I might actually work on fleshing one of these out for Havo, now.
While it is a great idea; it is not particularly difficult to gain access to these through other people/characters.

Oddly enough, a T2 research character (given the motivation) has access to all of those aside from the last one which is a CN report.  The CN report can be gotten from various sources.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Silver Night on 29 Aug 2010, 18:54
Well, were it my background stuff, couched in this way, I would consider it as successful as it is possible to be if people's characters are interacting and trading favors to use their access to find this stuff out. Right?
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: orange on 29 Aug 2010, 21:39
... ya... but then is it really good interaction if one of my characters can turn to the other and say "Go get this?"
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Silver Night on 29 Aug 2010, 21:40
I don't know that quite everyone happens to have those characters - even the research ones.
Title: Re: [character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 30 Aug 2010, 10:59
I like the way you went about this part... nice idea.  I might actually work on fleshing one of these out for Havo, now.
While it is a great idea; it is not particularly difficult to gain access to these through other people/characters.

Oddly enough, a T2 research character (given the motivation) has access to all of those aside from the last one which is a CN report.  The CN report can be gotten from various sources.

True, but this is all easy-to-middling stuff. A Dominations internal report should be a little harder to come by.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Usagi Tsukino on 31 Aug 2010, 13:54
I've always kind of thought that if you make TOO much information available in these 'reports' then no one has any reason to take the time and try and talk to you about your background.

Granted some people don't WANT to talk about about, which is fine. Personally, I think enough to let them get the gist, but not enough to be fully informed is the perfect balance.

I really like what you did, Aria. Always been impressed by your work stuff, even if most of its over my head.  8)
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 07 Sep 2010, 01:49
I've always kind of thought that if you make TOO much information available in these 'reports' then no one has any reason to take the time and try and talk to you about your background.

Granted some people don't WANT to talk about about, which is fine. Personally, I think enough to let them get the gist, but not enough to be fully informed is the perfect balance.

Hm.

Well, one way around that is to avoid making your background info too consistent or "deep." People form all sorts of different impressions about each other, and you can use their very subjective remarks to reveal certain facets of the character while concealing others.

For me, part of the fun of playing a complex character is to get a coherent "whole" going while keeping it complicated and kaleidoscopic enough that few people, if any, ever get the whole picture. No one should get much more from reading Aria's school reports than they would from reading mine.

Mind you, I've left less of a disciplinary paper trail than Aria has....

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I really like what you did, Aria. Always been impressed by your work stuff, even if most of its over my head.  8)

Aw, thanks. :) Yeah, Aria gets wordy and abstract. That's partly a flaw in her character, but it's partly a flaw in my character, too.

In the immortal words of Danny Quayle, "Verbosity leads to unclear, incoherent things." I've struggled with it in my own writing, and gotten better, but Aria remains (as she probably should, at least for now) addicted to fancy language.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Ché Biko on 22 Sep 2014, 17:41
Figured I try to get the discussion on this char's possible return here, because I would feel a bit dirty if I derailed the "Why I come back" thread further, and might give those unfamiliar with Aria some insight to where she is now...although I think I remember you creating another thread that might be more related about the going-Dustbunny-chapter, but I'm not going to dig that one up right now.

Anyway, even if only Aria's clone returns without her mind in it, I would be somewhat happy. I can see at least a little bit of possibly interesting RP coming from this, and it could provide some kind of closure.
So, aside from possible PF conflicts, I like this idea.

And don't let Aria's skillpoints hold you back to have her clonejackled, it's not as if those skills are available to Aria exclusively.

Anyway,  :cube: from a fellow wide-brimmed hat-wearer, return or no.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 14 Feb 2015, 09:56
So, some of you may have noticed an Aria sighting (https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=404433&find=unread).

A couple of notes:

1. I am not retconning anything.

2. Aria has never been less than proficient in dealing with tech, particularly Caldari technology.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Ché Biko on 14 Feb 2015, 12:45
3. Aria's broadcasts used to have more...words.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Kyoko Sakoda on 15 Feb 2015, 03:08
Dat timestamp tho.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Arnulf Ogunkoya on 15 Feb 2015, 04:02
Got to say, I'm wondering if she'll take having a Vargur named after her well.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Kyoko Sakoda on 15 Feb 2015, 15:15
Not empty linking. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKafw3dUT4Y&t=1h6m50s)
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 15 Feb 2015, 15:55
Not empty linking. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKafw3dUT4Y&t=1h6m50s)
Complicated implications. I'll cross that fractal bridge when I reach it (or it reaches us).

Meantime, I'm not sure whether I'm messing more with my character or her associates, but I'm certainly enjoying it.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 15 Feb 2015, 17:20
BTW, might as well just toss this reality out there:

My account reactivation is not to be taken as representative of my ability to actually log in. I'm currently waiting on a new desktop rig (best computer I've had in a decade!), which should arrive early next week.

Until then, I'm confined to forum and Evemail RP, which I'm delighted to do. In fact, please bug me if you have any desire to do so.

... Or, I could log in through DUST 514, which would be weird and put the emphasis in just the wrong place.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 16 Feb 2015, 10:00
Aria Jenneth according to Aria Jenneth. (https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5494877#post5494877)

She's in kind of a low place right now.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 16 Feb 2015, 21:36
Further developments. (https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5496431#post5496431)

Denial: not just a river in Egypt.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Samira Kernher on 16 Feb 2015, 21:54
I like new Aria.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 16 Feb 2015, 22:32
I like new Aria.

Me, too.

One of my main goals with her is to get the same kind of depth with a far lower syllable count. This is practice for me: I'm way too wordy.

Aria was actually contributing to my bad habits. She wielded complicated sentence structure and vocabulary as a weapon, using them to limit the numbers of her opponents. In her view, if you couldn't keep up, you didn't deserve to participate.

This is not a good practice if your aim is clarity.

If I do it right, "new Aria's" writing should be simple, easily understood, and dense. If I do it wrong, it'll look like a bunch of simplistic nonsense that makes no sense anyway.

Should be fun.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Samira Kernher on 16 Feb 2015, 22:38
This is practice for me: I'm way too wordy.

... I know the feeling. Sorry for clogging your thread with syllables. <.<

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If I do it right, "new Aria's" writing should be simple, easily understood, and dense. If I do it wrong, it'll look like a bunch of simplistic nonsense that makes no sense anyway.

It looks fine so far to me. :)
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 16 Feb 2015, 22:46
... I know the feeling. Sorry for clogging your thread with syllables. <.<

As someone who once wrote a novel my test audience, a long-suffering fellow English major, needed a dictionary to get through, I'm really not one to throw stones.

It's worth working on if you've a mind to, though. One thing I've learned is that my character's language influences my own, and there are real limits on the usefulness of flowery speech.

(Being able to do it is great. Doing it all the time, not so much.)
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Lyn Farel on 17 Feb 2015, 06:52
I used to do walls of text before I met Jade. I stopped afterwards  :lol:

I only do it if it really is necessary. Getting to the point with a concise answer works best in terms of impact imo.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 17 Feb 2015, 07:09
I used to do walls of text before I met Jade. I stopped afterwards  :lol:

I only do it if it really is necessary. Getting to the point with a concise answer works best in terms of impact imo.

Funny. I actually developed Aria's "combat style" to meet Jade on the field of battle.

It worked well enough that Star Fraction accused me of trying to destroy them. Which was, in fairness, true, except that I did not have (as they alleged) direct backing from the Omerta Syndicate brass.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Jennifer Starfall on 17 Feb 2015, 07:18
I found it interesting that Aria wound up echoing some of the exact sentiments that Jennifer had/has.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Lyn Farel on 17 Feb 2015, 14:21
I used to do walls of text before I met Jade. I stopped afterwards  :lol:

I only do it if it really is necessary. Getting to the point with a concise answer works best in terms of impact imo.

Funny. I actually developed Aria's "combat style" to meet Jade on the field of battle.

It worked well enough that Star Fraction accused me of trying to destroy them. Which was, in fairness, true, except that I did not have (as they alleged) direct backing from the Omerta Syndicate brass.

Even if I want to do a lengthy word count post at times, it's just too time consuming IRL...

The more and more synthetized/calculated versions that my character started to use pretty heavily on the IGS was actually a huge benefit on a lot of points, tactically :

- The more words you write, the more people will try to cut off your sentences and take the bits that they want to twist them into what is convenient for them. Generally, it's the best way for people to put words in your mouth, use strawmen and blanket statements, or deform the true meaning of your post. You then have to correct them on that, and it's not always successful : the harm is done.

- The less you write, the more people are unable to have a clear view of your view or opinion. Either it makes them more cautious and so, less aggressive (which the IGS has plenty of it), or when they are dumb enough they fall directly into the first trap. You just have to rip the fruit of their mistake/ignorance afterwards. Always better than having to painfully correct point by point in pyramidal quotes.

- Fits more to the character. She can be a great lecturer, but generally timidity and over social cautiousness makes her very greedy on word count.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Samira Kernher on 17 Feb 2015, 17:41
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5499455#post5499455

In regards to this post, and to avoid linking stuff OOC on IGS, it did change, Aria. PF now says that jump clones are burn scans (https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Death#Cloning) (last paragraph in that section).


And before I get trounced on by the people who hate this change, in my IC post I did specifically say 'most are burn scans' (rather than all) to account for players who prefer not to acknowledge it. I understand a lot of people are miffed by that change and I'd rather avoid more arguments on it.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Saede Riordan on 17 Feb 2015, 17:55
I do in fact hate the change. Good thing I don't use jump clones so it doesn't matter.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 17 Feb 2015, 18:50
Hm. Guess they decided to make jump cloning that little touch more GrimDark (circle-R Tee Em).

Also, they've taken a more restrictive approach to it than I remember, as the article implicitly puts the kabosh on soft-cloning.

So be it.

Edit:

Wait a sec. This is nonsense.

Why would you have to train Infomorph Psychology to V just to have, essentially, five spare sets of implants you can clone into? It taking some training to move kinda freely among five bodies is one thing; burning each body to get into the next is another-- you can do that with no training at all. It's just more expensive over time.

Also, I cannot see anybody charging a flat fee for an unlimited supply of VERY SURGERY-INTENSIVE clones.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 17 Feb 2015, 19:06
Eh. Whatever. Apparently from the capsuleer's viewpoint, it really is the same body, so it probably makes as much sense as the original version did.

It's disappointing that they opted to take the most boring approach to multiple-copy syndrome, if understandable, I suppose. It's sort of a can of worms. What's the community's feeling on this?

(Of course, there's also the fun gap that they foolishly left out: there's nothing here at all explaining whether you can have a second receiving station, or any reason why you couldn't. If you can have a second receiving station, you can create a second copy and keep it on ice, in a medically-induced coma. It doesn't even have to be viable. If the original goes missing, you just copy it back.... Poof! Soft clone! BWAHAHAHA!)
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Samira Kernher on 17 Feb 2015, 19:31
Well, Infomorph Psychology is literally just that. Psychology. It's having the mental state to be able to handle that kind of thing. And like RL, to avoid people sueing them or whatsuch, they make BS psych requirements as roadblocks. Similar to the whole 'you must euthanize yourself to graduate capsule academy' thing introduced with Source, it's a psych requirement to prove you've got the mental state to handle it. There's no physical requirement, it's an enforced roadblock to prevent people from doing things they may not be mentally equipped to handle.

I'd say our posts on the forums are a good representation of the levels of it. Sami doesn't even have Infomorph Psychology trained. Aria meanwhile is able to rationalize it to herself even in spite of not having her memories, hence rating as a 5.

As for my feeling on it? I like it. I felt the old method tended to result in some really silly loopholes and for me took away a lot of the complexities of the cloning issue (I can save my original body by jump cloning! I can keep my pregnant body in stasis while gallavanting around in combat without fear! Etc). For me, the whole 'every scan is a hardscan' keeps things neat and tidy.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 17 Feb 2015, 20:08
Neat, tidy-- and maybe a bit awkward for any female capsuleers who happen to get pregnant.

I don't suppose CCP's magic book contains any reference to artificial wombs, in the style of the ones from Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga? Otherwise, you're likely to be looking for an abortion or taking a nine-month vacation (if the idea of your clone dying with incipient baby on board bothers you, anyway).

Maybe New Eden just has really good, reliable birth control.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Samira Kernher on 17 Feb 2015, 20:17
Neat, tidy-- and maybe a bit awkward for any female capsuleers who happen to get pregnant.

I don't suppose CCP's magic book contains any reference to artificial wombs, in the style of the ones from Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga? Otherwise, you're likely to be looking for an abortion or taking a nine-month vacation (if the idea of your clone dying with incipient baby on board bothers you, anyway).

Maybe New Eden just has really good, reliable birth control.

Well, you could be like Mitara and keep piloting in spite of it and just rely on avoiding cloning (she's been successful two times, failed the third though). It is very easy to avoid cloning even as a combat pilot so long as you avoid nullsec/wormholes and be very careful about traveling in low sec to avoid smartbombers. Or you could avoid combat. Or you could surrogate. Surrogate is probably the simplest answer and I don't know why more people don't consider it.

As far as birth control goes, I would expect it does have pretty reliable methods.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 17 Feb 2015, 20:23
Ah-- yes. There's also a bit of old quasi-canon: the option of acquiring a clone without eggs.

Originally figured that would be the standard. Then I bounced it off my wife, which resulted in her politely explaining to me that, while sensible, that should be an option, not the default.

Sometimes the "guy perspective" creeps in in places I don't expect it.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Samira Kernher on 17 Feb 2015, 20:34
Ah-- yes. There's also a bit of old quasi-canon: the option of acquiring a clone without eggs.

Originally figured that would be the standard. Then I bounced it off my wife, which resulted in her politely explaining to me that, while sensible, that should be an option, not the default.

Sometimes the "guy perspective" creeps in in places I don't expect it.

Clones have all the proper parts and capabilities by default. But they can choose to get them removed. (https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=925223#post925223)
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 17 Feb 2015, 20:59
Good call, Abraxas.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Lyn Farel on 18 Feb 2015, 07:30
As long as there is a possibility to keep the sent brainscan somewhere, be it on a second clone somewhere or on a computer databank, that's by its very definition, similar to soft cloning and sure brings the same results.

Also, going into capsule with a child/foetus in the womb is probably similar to 2 people going into a capsule together. Not sure if that's possible considering the hydrostatic capsule lore ?
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 18 Feb 2015, 11:38
Also, going into capsule with a child/foetus in the womb is probably similar to 2 people going into a capsule together. Not sure if that's possible considering the hydrostatic capsule lore ?

As I understand it, since the fetus' developing brain isn't directly connected to the mother's nervous system (which is wired for pod control), it shouldn't change the way the capsule works at all. It would be like going into the capsule with an extra organ-- no difference at all.

Put differently: if you swallow a live goldfish (and a lot of water), and then climb in your pod, the goldfish does NOT get to even partially control your ship.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 18 Feb 2015, 13:34
In other news: my new computer has just arrived, and the Eve client is at 16.3%. Assuming it doesn't start playing "Client Corrupted" games with me, neo-Aria should be getting her first-ever flight time in a few hours.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Louella Dougans on 18 Feb 2015, 13:36
In other news: my new computer has just arrived, and the Eve client is at 16.3%. Assuming it doesn't start playing "Client Corrupted" games with me, neo-Aria should be getting her first-ever flight time in a few hours.

yay


Also, going into capsule with a child/foetus in the womb is probably similar to 2 people going into a capsule together. Not sure if that's possible considering the hydrostatic capsule lore ?

As I understand it, since the fetus' developing brain isn't directly connected to the mother's nervous system (which is wired for pod control), it shouldn't change the way the capsule works at all. It would be like going into the capsule with an extra organ-- no difference at all.

Put differently: if you swallow a live goldfish (and a lot of water), and then climb in your pod, the goldfish does NOT get to even partially control your ship.

If a pregnant woman goes scuba diving, she technically becomes a submarine.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Lyn Farel on 18 Feb 2015, 15:01
Also, going into capsule with a child/foetus in the womb is probably similar to 2 people going into a capsule together. Not sure if that's possible considering the hydrostatic capsule lore ?

As I understand it, since the fetus' developing brain isn't directly connected to the mother's nervous system (which is wired for pod control), it shouldn't change the way the capsule works at all. It would be like going into the capsule with an extra organ-- no difference at all.

Put differently: if you swallow a live goldfish (and a lot of water), and then climb in your pod, the goldfish does NOT get to even partially control your ship.

I forgot about the plugs.  :P
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Silver Night on 21 Feb 2015, 22:31
In other news: my new computer has just arrived, and the Eve client is at 16.3%. Assuming it doesn't start playing "Client Corrupted" games with me, neo-Aria should be getting her first-ever flight time in a few hours.

yay


Also, going into capsule with a child/foetus in the womb is probably similar to 2 people going into a capsule together. Not sure if that's possible considering the hydrostatic capsule lore ?

As I understand it, since the fetus' developing brain isn't directly connected to the mother's nervous system (which is wired for pod control), it shouldn't change the way the capsule works at all. It would be like going into the capsule with an extra organ-- no difference at all.

Put differently: if you swallow a live goldfish (and a lot of water), and then climb in your pod, the goldfish does NOT get to even partially control your ship.

If a pregnant woman goes scuba diving, she technically becomes a submarine.

Does that mean in space she is technically a hydrostatic capsule?
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 01 Mar 2015, 13:55
Just to note: I've been getting a kick out of the little ways poor amnesiac Aria keeps getting ambushed by her own background.

"Wait, what? The Sleepers might have tried to speak to me??"

It's like waking up one morning to discover that you're Friedrich Nietzsche. It's that kind of mixed-blessing notoriety.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 06 Mar 2015, 07:46
Updated personal info.

Wow those character portraits are huge.

... I can maybe find another one, if needed?
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Morwen Lagann on 06 Mar 2015, 08:19
_1024, _512, _256, etc. all work.

I think you can also add a width=##px command to the [img] tag.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: kalaratiri on 06 Mar 2015, 11:58
_1024, _512, _256, etc. all work.

I think you can also add a width=##px command to the [img] tag.

I just use [img width=n]
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Lyn Farel on 06 Mar 2015, 13:03
Unless you want a specific size of portraits that is not already in the eve database, I would suggest to keep the eve portraits (256, 512, etc), since resizing through web based applications like the forum might get results of lesser quality.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 07 Mar 2015, 10:35
Well, if it's not a problem....

Also, I've added another "findable" bit of IC knowledge. High requirements this time: either Zainou 9.0 or State Protectorate 9.0.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Davlos on 24 Mar 2015, 05:00
Aria, y u su kyute. ._.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Ché Biko on 09 Apr 2015, 16:15
I wanted a better impression of how tiny Aria is compared to Ché, so I made this. It helped me so I share it here for others (but mostly AJ).(http://s27.postimg.org/naxcd38zn/Aria_Ch_height.png)
Hmm, there might be a thread idea in here somewhere. ;)
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Morwen Lagann on 09 Apr 2015, 16:24
That mohawk is what we call cheating.

Also, again, ♥ Aria.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 10 Apr 2015, 12:19
Scale's off just a little.

Note that those damned high heels add a couple inches, so wearing those boots she'd look about 5 feet tall.

Aria wears flats, for preference, though.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Kyoko Sakoda on 12 Apr 2015, 16:34
That mohawk is what we call cheating.

<hijack>Tell Verone that. :|</hijack>
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Ché Biko on 19 Apr 2015, 15:24
Alright, I tweeked it a little again. Now with improved scale and accuracy.
Also, heels is cheating too.  :P
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 23 Apr 2015, 08:26
True. Heels is cheating.

Pity the damned Eve Barbie system doesn't allow many options there....

Also: modified original entry to reflect new, unofficial callsign.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 26 May 2015, 11:56
So, with Aria entering a(nother) new phase, this seems like a good time to discuss character inspirations. Generally speaking, I've tried to make my characters as "real" as possible ... but with, maybe, a little mythic flavoring for color and texture. We are playing a game of metaphorical demigods, after all.


For the original Aria Jenneth, aka Yun Hee Ryeon, I drew inspiration from the kumiho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumiho) and Nine-Tails stories, which focus on sorcery, trickery, and inhuman menace, with an array of other symbolic sources (spectral/ghostly and bird imagery). Yun Hee thinks of herself as a monster, and fears her own humanity. The primary traits are a charisma and intelligence but also a mercurial and perverse nature, with a strong undertone of grinning malice. In spite of her somewhat Zen-flavored religious beliefs, Yun Hee has a massive grudge against the world that she can't seem to shake.

Aside from her compassionate streak where other immortals are concerned, her main saving grace is that (contrary to the Nine-Tails myth, but more like the kumiho) her ambitions are limited. Her motives are largely a blend of self-preservation and the satisfaction of the hunt and kill (literal, metaphorical, whatever). If she's showing this (http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=6456.msg109578#msg109578) side of her personality, she either recognizes you as a fellow monster or it no longer matters to her whether you see the danger or not.


The contemporary Aria Jenneth, aka Vesper, lacking Yun Hee's pain, is less predatory; her nature's intentionally ambiguous. She's less kumiho and more tengu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengu)-- not a shapechanger and not really malevolent, but dangerously insightful in a die-hard morally relativistic sort of way, a little alien in a bright-eyed, birdlike sort of way, and preternaturally good with a sword in a not-actually-using-a-sword sort of way. (How many characters get to start life with all battleships trained to 5?) Her primary traits are curiosity, intelligence, mild but indiscriminate compassion, and a profound dedication to her personal integrity. Though this is a slowly decreasing factor in her life, she's only loosely attached to the world, and she sees her integrity as one of the only really defining traits she's sure she has.

Vesper's dark side, if that's the word for it, comes chiefly from a lack of interest in moral judgments. She's more interested in finding her place in the world than in whether that place is on the "right" or "wrong" side, and if that place involves killing people by the (literal) boatload, she'll take to that as willingly as anything else. She does believe in doing a job properly and minimizing suffering, though, so at least she'll make it quick. If she's in this (http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=6456.msg111949#msg111949) posture (probably metaphorically, unless someone teaches her iaijutsu), she's not bluffing, and you really are in danger of getting your innards split. And she's not likely to blink when she does it, either.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Ché Biko on 29 May 2015, 17:58
I am wondering...are you consciously trying to have Aria inadvertently play ice to Ché's fire, or is that just a wonderful coincidence?
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Anyanka Funk on 29 May 2015, 23:10
I am wondering...are you consciously trying to have Aria inadvertently play ice to Ché's fire, or is that just a wonderful coincidence?

Would like to know where this fire is you speak of?
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Samira Kernher on 30 May 2015, 00:05
I like Aria. She has great perception.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Aria Jenneth on 04 Jun 2015, 11:24
Che:

Aria's not specifically anything to anyone's anything else. She's a bit of a calculated foil to her prior self; other than that, relationships and contrasts develop organically.


Samira:

Thank you! Aria's perceptive qualities are, for good or ill, limited to my own. Fortunately, she doesn't much mind making mistakes (her predecessor REALLY hated being wrong), 'cause I surely make plenty.
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Mitara Newelle on 24 Jul 2015, 11:16
I wanted a better impression of how tiny Aria is compared to Ché, so I made this. It helped me so I share it here for others (but mostly AJ).(http://s27.postimg.org/naxcd38zn/Aria_Ch_height.png)
Hmm, there might be a thread idea in here somewhere. ;)
OMG, she's tiny!!!
Title: Re: [Character] Aria Jenneth
Post by: Pieter Tuulinen on 24 Jul 2015, 11:56
The Grey/Blue background behind them is Pieter's stubble.