A suitable metaphor is fresh blood in a sea tank full of sharks.
Question and food for thought for you.
The question is, how familiar would you rate yourself with EVE's Prime Fiction? New player, vaguely aware, etc. Knowing where you stand precisely may help.
The food for thought is stereotypes and the Caldari way. A bad stereotype, I think for a Caldari, would be designing her to make her overtly unique. The Caldari share a lot with traditional eastern Asian societies in the sense of cultural uniformity. The better one fit's into the public machine, the better a citizen one is. This is not necessarily make the person bland though - Gallenteans are flamboyant and public, Caldari are stoic and private.
I've read most of the official chrons, and some of the short stories. I haven't read the novels. I've done a bit of digging into Caldari culture, and still look for more.
That's kinda what I was getting at though, for what you said. I want to avoid stereotypes, while not going too far and making it scream "HEY LOOK IM TOTALLY NOT YOUR TYPICAL CALDARI, LOOK AT ME IM SO SPECIAL AND UNIQUE LOL". I'm just trying to strike a balance.
You'll have better luck speaking with the more involved Caldari people (John Revenent [Ishukone], Dex Nederland [Lai Dai], others whom I am missing), for specific branches of Caldari culture and the divides each Megacorp makes. I'm not wholly up to speed on what they've made, outside of some public things like the unique Caldari language, etc. I live in Sansha land.
But, to offer more for you. It is entirely probable that your Caldari character, upon achieving a full Capsuleer license, would be eagerly exploiting her newfound freedom. Much as I hate to acknowledge it, when a person becomes a Capsuleer there is virtually less than a handful of laws that can restrict them - and even these can be outright ignored with impunity. It might be something of a
wall banger for a traditional(?) Caldari to suddenly go AWOL for her personal desires - but that option is entirely there. A bird leaving the nest to see the forest before coming home - an approach one could take.
Worth considering is the nature of her contract/schooling purpose for her parent corporation. She may, for instance, be involved in Capsuleer-specific contractual work for security or mining. This can be represented in space through Agent missioning for the parent corporation (provided it is an in-game entity). So long as the contracts are fulfilled, what other business she has the parent corporation cannot truly interfere with.
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Topic: Avoiding a Mary Sue? [Caldari] (Read 6172 times)