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Oh God....
 
 
Had to wake up today at 6am to get my dog to the vet and drop off some books at the library on my side of town for my wife.  As some of you may know, I'm not a gem at noon, much less waking up an hour earlier than normal.  The fact that they crack down on drunk driving yet think it's totally fine to let me drive across town in the state I'm in makes no sense.  Made it to work a half hour early and grabbed some Starbucks, which I usually don't do because I usually don't like coffee.  Let's hope this chai tea latte perks me up.
 
One of the reasons this is such a hard day to wake up is because we partied all weekend on Wildstar!  Thanks one more time to Nephele for letting myself and the other Saddles help out and participate.  I've got a few pictures up in other threads and had a lot of fun.  Got some great ideas for the next events, whenever they come down the causeway.  I got some RP in over the weekend and had a lot of fun creeping out the local Aurin population.
 
Last night I decided to raise the profile of the guild by going merc, something I might be doing more often (hopefully with the other guild members).  I dropped into Celestion and tried to help out some of the new players with their group quests while I did soldier path missions.  I ended up doing a pair of Stormtalon Lair runs for people in Galeras as well.  I made a little silver (I wasn't charging much, but ICly I am a mercenary), but the best part was getting in touch with people looking for a guild.  I might have a few new members over the coming days.  If anything, at least there was a friendly face in /z.
 
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ANY <BLAZING SADDLES> MEMBERS OUT THERE I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO YET!  I'm trying to corral everyone onto the forums to get some feedback.  Head here on our current official forums and weigh in.  Now that Kytar and Vanica are in the guild and helping out as officers (which I can't thank them enough for, they've been a ton of help already), we're going to be kicking off a lot more content.  We need feedback on what, when, and how often we'd like to do things, as well as how we'd like to organize for them.  I've got the MOTD showing it and I'm contacting everyone I can, but I know a lot of you out there might see this first.  So make sure you drop by and weigh in!
 
I ended the day by putting the floors in for the cabin on the Shadowcaster.  If nothing else, we'll have a bar and place to hang out in there before drop 3.  At drop 3, the bar will probably move out and into the lower hold, but that will remain a cabin where people can hang out.  I can't wait for drop 3 so I can finish out the project.  There's so much more that still needs to be added.  If any of the guild wants me to build something into the Shadowcaster, let me know what and where.  I've already got plans to put together a hot-drop pod bay, main coilgun cannon, barracks, and bar.
 
Okay, it's 8 now.  Time to get to work.  Hopefully, I wake up before the end of the day.  See you all on Nexus.
 	
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Chua like to join red-eye club....
Chua played another LARP in Regensburg, and only slept 4h in entire weekend. Chua so happy have coffee at work, is keeping Chua awake at moment. Chua also went out with friends yesterday evening to Greek Restaurant...
Chua almost collapsed from exhaustion when back home....
 
For Breakfast Chua went with classic breakfast:
Yoghurt with Kiwi and Banana.
 
 
Now Chua often switch between Bacon & Eggs and Yoghurt.
 
In WildStar, Chua starting to make nice income using Auction House. Materials selling nicely and platinum coming in slowly.
Is not insane, but Chua happy to see money go up on steady pace.
Tonight Chua raiding again. If Chua remember correctly, Kuralak up for killing. Maybe get kill, Maybe get no kill.	
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Eyes also red. Much coughing kept me awake last night, and now voice gone on strike!
Had honey smoothie with breakfast. Cold not enough to stop this chua!
 
 
Again, not much to recap on yesterday other than dailies & crafting. Hoping this week not be as busy as last one. Can't wait for mid-term break in few weeks!	
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Good morning, coffee people! How's the science?I am always up at around 6am so no red eyes for me. I am on vacation until next Saturday so I am going all-out hermit. Nothing has happened, nothing will happen either. I had a mango smoothie from Tim Horton's for breakfast. That drink is exquisite.
 
Not the BEES!
 
In WildStar news, we ran Sanctuary of the Swordmaiden last night, on regular. It was my first time in there and it was a blast!...except for the first boss. She's mean. REALLY mean. Everyone was awesome though and she died in the end! I just hope my first impression was good! I did not expect SSM to have bees in it either. Lots of bees and spiders and Pells (one of them dropped a ground mount rear flair: Pell) and things. It's a fun dungeon nonetheless even though the hardest boss in there is probably the frogger bosss. So much jumping across chasm. Aaaanyway, outside of awesome dungeoneering, I actually scored a couple more dyes. That is always nice. I am also thinking about getting back into housing so I will have to hire an architect to build me a bunch of Shiphand Defensive Cannons. Pew pew! Oh yeah, dailies too. The routine :)More to do! More to do! Also, more to do!	
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All alts Dominion in SK, All alts Exile in BS.  Quite happy with that.  Thank you to Typrop/Vick and Vic for helping me find homes for all of my army of alts (both sides of the war). :)
 
I finished getting my 18 lvl 90 alts in WoW through the Pre-event to WoD.  While I was doing that a friend of mine roped me into putting some PvP toons on his server. I am a hopeless altoholic. 0_o	
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Ahhh Rocio, Rocio...
 
Here I thought being a wanted man would change you... but all I had to do was take you to the house of a lady and within 15 minutes or so you're back to your old self. But let's face it, he needed time with a lady-love. It was the first night in a loong time where I actually stayed awake with Rocio instead of going off to the other character...
 
That character has serious inventory problems.	
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Good morning everyone.  Is it Monday already? :)
 
Heck of a weekend in Wildstar.  So much stuff, so much fun.  ThaydFest, adventures, dungeons, people, crafting, oof.
 
Gonna go nab coffee now.  Will be back later to say something meaningful.	
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Good morning, everyone!
 
This weekend was even more of a blur than usual. I didn't get to play at all on Friday or Saturday, so I completely missed Saturday's festivities. :(
 
I did get to play for a few hours yesterday, and I ended up working on the Observatory (that's the name I've settled on for Scaarinen's house). It's moving toward an eclectic mix of research center & outbreak containment facility, with a bit of a power plant thrown in to keep it all running (and because the electricity-related decor items have some of the coolest animations).
 
The Skullkickers were able to welcome all of Kytar's Dominion alts, three of which got hit by the guild roster bug. Luckily, we'd figured out a few days before that if the character leaves the guild and rejoins, it usually fixes the issue.
 
I also managed to find two new active Survivalist circles, so I have a full roster of gathering neighbors again, which is really nice...although one of them had randomly replaced his t4 thicket with a relic excavation site...which makes perfect sense for a survivalist circle. :rolleyes:
 
One of the players in the housing zone was advertising a jumping puzzle he'd made in his plot, so I went to give that a shot. I got a few jumps in and realized that the creator was a sadist. :P I guess I'm also still not very good with jumping puzzles in this game.
 
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 ...except for the first boss. She's mean. REALLY mean. Everyone was awesome though and she died in the end!
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Aaaaaand back.  (Oh lord... what have I done? :o)
 
Breakfast: My usual cereal and OJ.  I drink buckets of coffee at work so none at home.
 
I'll be honest, I was intrigued with the idea of Thaydfest so I popped one of my three remaining CREDD.  I also wanted to see how the economy shook out now that most of us are together.  And I'm a little frustrated with the changes from WOW's 6.0.2 grand mobility nerf patch.
 
Seems like the cutthroat refined core market from Stormtalon is making itself known on Entity and with the CREDD market hovering around 9.5-10p I'll probably have to be a bit more proactive about finding some harvesting circles.
 
So Thaydfest... I spent Saturday morning running my Aurin through the first few areas of Whitevale and popped back to Thayd (reasons!) and noticed the announcements that things were going to start in about an hour, "cool".  I jumped over to WOW to take care of some errands over there and promptly got sucked into helping some guildies with things until I went out to dinner and did RL errands.  I totally missed everything... I was gutted. 
 
Saturday was a bit of a bust WOW side so I spent some time with her listening to peeps at the Black Hoods bar mostly to get a feel for RP conventions (TIL: use the emote channel, spoken comments in double quotes.)  Tried using the {*} tag and quickly determined that nobody uses that :lol:.  During another session at the BHB a draken showed up so I finally got the motivation to install Killroy (holy heck, what a difference that makes :wub:).  Sadly after everybody broke for dinner nobody came back (there was talk of the Malgrave beach party).  Heh... from what I remember getting there it was something of a pain at level... my poor lvl24 would have been a fine red mist.  I eventually wandered back to WOW, started an AV/IoC group with some guildies and had some laughs with the zerg-rush while getting our G.N.E.R.D. Rage achieve.
 
Enough blathering from me.  I'll probably bounce between WS and WoW as long as I can afford the CREDD.	
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Doh!  How could you miss ThaydFest like that!  Darn those guildies of yours :P
 
I'm glad you had fun though!
 
Work is bleh today, so I'm here on the forums trying to get the Public Groups Initative up and running with the groups this Thursday.  We need some domside guilds on Entity to jump in and do some runs for Dominion folks too.	
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Morning all!
 
Hope you're doing well and in good spirits <3
 
Unfortunately I'm home sick today(yaaay that time of year). We had a bit of a hiccup with the housing contest, but it's been smoothed out a bit. The houses we got to visit we're amazing and so impressive to say the least...
 
Right now I'm just working on my own house and dabbling with alts here and there while i lounge around and relax trying to get better. Hoping I'll be good to go tomorrow and Wednesday as well as I have to go for a medical procedure Wednesday to , don't think they'll do it if I'm still sick.
 
<3 and much love to fellow skullkickers and friends of skullkickers, you've all been super awesome and helpful.	
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Morning all!
 
Hope you're doing well and in good spirits <3
 
Unfortunately I'm home sick today(yaaay that time of year). We had a bit of a hiccup with the housing contest, but it's been smoothed out a bit. The houses we got to visit we're amazing and so impressive to say the least...
 
Right now I'm just working on my own house and dabbling with alts here and there while i lounge around and relax trying to get better. Hoping I'll be good to go tomorrow and Wednesday as well as I have to go for a medical procedure Wednesday to , don't think they'll do it if I'm still sick.
 
<3 and much love to fellow skullkickers and friends of skullkickers, you've all been super awesome and helpful.
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Hey Typrop, I've got a member who splits factions that wants to load his Dominion into the Kickers.  Who should he contact on that side?
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Work is bleh today, so I'm here on the forums trying to get the Public Groups Initative up and running with the groups this Thursday.
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			Rec, you could also use the mentor system if you want it to seem like your character is level 20. It's certainly cheaper than a respec. :)	
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			Oh I'm not respeccing the AMPS lol. Just not gonna use all the ability points... 2x T8 + 1x T4 is way more of an advantage than the AMPs I think.	
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			Yeah, sorry, you did say AP...my brain glossed over the distinction.	
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Good morning, what's left of it! Had some delicious ham and cheese sandwiches, ready to start the day. Just before noon. To be honest I'm not good at this morning thing.
 
Yesterday was fun, I... wait. I think it was just Containment R-12 and Blighthaven dailies. Oh wait, I got to attend the Hellrose Bowl yesterday, after... jeez, it's been months now. Still didn't get any of the achievements there but I really enjoy the atmosphere of the event and would be willing to go again. Also, had fun just before it started, climbing over the walls and waiting inside while the countdown was going off, then waved to everyone rushing in from inside. Nothing like a chua to greet everyone into a flaming, explosive event. Mostly flaming. Should have gotten a screenshot...
 
Remember, everyone. YOU'RE the halftime show!
 
(Typrop, again, hope you get better soon)	
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(Typrop, again, hope you get better soon)
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			Hey, Carbine kicked off Loremaggeddon with the Mechari and Aurin.	
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Hey, Carbine kicked off Loremaggeddon with the Mechari and Aurin.
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Where at?  I'm not seeing on forums so I'm guessing it's on facebook or somewhere?
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Where at?  I'm not seeing on forums so I'm guessing it's on facebook or somewhere?
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Hey, Carbine kicked off Loremaggeddon with the Mechari and Aurin.
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I love the description about how the Aurin feel about Cassians:
 
"Aurin view Cassians as fanatical zealots—and therefore extremely dangerous."
 
So...the treehugger fanatical zealots consider the religious fanatical zealots dangerous?
 
I guess in this case opposite zealotry doesn't attract.	
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I love the description about how the Aurin feel about Cassians:
 
"Aurin view Cassians as fanatical zealots—and therefore extremely dangerous."
 
So...the treehugger fanatical zealots consider the religious fanatical zealots dangerous?
 
I guess in this case opposite zealotry doesn't attract.
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The Mechari view the Aurin as interloping vermin whose idealistic views about the preservation of nature are misguided at best and dangerous at worst. Their complete extermination seems the most logical course of action.
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I feel a lot of the Aurin lore should be "Arborian Aurin" lore since by now there's Aurin who were either too young to have been indoctrinated to Arborian Aurin tradition sand have adapted or those who have embraced this new life they're living.
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Annnnd tumblr is buzzing about Aurin reproduction now. >.>
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Get between me and my food, I'm as brutal as they come! rawr!
 
Also is it jsut me or does it come off that aurin pretty much hate everyone to some degree? lol	
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Yeah, it does come off that way.
 
I expect Cassian will be similar, although Cassians will just look at everyone as being beneath them.	
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The title fits well with my day: My son was up way earlier than usual and I've been feeling like a zombie all morning.
Thankfully, I had coffee waiting for me in the cupboard. 
 
I'm not much of a lore nut, but I'm going to try to learn more about the WildStar story and read Loremaggedon (which was released just in time, I'll have plenty of reading material for my 11 hour flight back home this Wednesday)!
 
Last night, I've been leveling my Esper alt, which I love so so much. *squints* not sure if I'm better at WildStar, or Esper is a lot easier to level than Engineer. Now that we can move while casting, leveling's been a breeze and a lot of fun. I'm also trying to complete entire zones and watching the cinematics instead of blazing through and speed leveling like I did on my main. The leveling experience has definitely been a lot more enjoyable. (Also.. The fact that I'm running like 150% more addons than before - EntSpy, BetterQuestLog, MissionDistance, GuardMiniMap, to name a few.. Can't live without those)!
 
 
 
*offtopic*: Does anyone know how to make these forums work on mobile? I have an iPhone 4S, and every time I try to log in the website, it tells me I have to verify my IP. I got the e-mail and clicked the link, but half the page does not load (so the "accept" button you need to click is hidden). Every. Single. Time. And therefore, I can't log in at all. 
 
I tried in both Safari and Chrome, and on the iPad as well, but I keep getting the same issue. I think I'm gonna go post this on the bug forums. 
 
Edit: Good old search function. Looks like this has been an issue for a really long time
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/29403-cant-verify-log-in-ip-address-on-iphone/	
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The title fits well with my day: My son was up way earlier than usual and I've been feeling like a zombie all morning.
Thankfully, I had coffee waiting for me in the cupboard. 
 
I'm not much of a lore nut, but I'm going to try to learn more about the WildStar story and read Loremaggedon (which was released just in time, I'll have plenty of reading material for my 11 hour flight back home this Wednesday)!
 
Last night, I've been leveling my Esper alt, which I love so so much. *squints* not sure if I'm better at WildStar, or Esper is a lot easier to level than Engineer. Now that we can move while casting, leveling's been a breeze and a lot of fun. I'm also trying to complete entire zones and watching the cinematics instead of blazing through and speed leveling like I did on my main. The leveling experience has definitely been a lot more enjoyable. (Also.. The fact that I'm running like 150% more addons than before - EntSpy, BetterQuestLog, MissionDistance, GuardMiniMap, to name a few.. Can't live without those)!
 
 
 
*offtopic*: Does anyone know how to make these forums work on mobile? I have an iPhone 4S, and every time I try to log in the website, it tells me I have to verify my IP. I got the e-mail and clicked the link, but half the page does not load (so the "accept" button you need to click is hidden). Every. Single. Time. And therefore, I can't log in at all. 
 
I tried in both Safari and Chrome, and on the iPad as well, but I keep getting the same issue. I think I'm gonna go post this on the bug forums. 
 
Edit: Good old search function. Looks like this has been an issue for a really long time
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/29403-cant-verify-log-in-ip-address-on-iphone/
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I had to turn my phone landscape to make that work.
 
Also, about Arborian and Nexus' Weave, I actually envision the Weave on Nexus as wholly different from that of Arboria -- and that's how I've been RPing it >.>
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The Arborian Weave is definitely still a thing.  Queen Myala is consistently affected by it.  Since they talk about it specifically as being from Arboria, but there's a weave present on Nexus, that's ancillary proof that there's also a Nexian Weave.
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I hope you two are happy, you're forever confusing me.
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I hope you two are happy, you're forever confusing me.
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			Will the real Vic(k) please stand up? :)	
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Will the real Vic(k) please stand up? :)
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On the Weave - I think it works like this:
 
The actual concept of the Weave is a web of connections between all living things (which can all be said to contain at least some primal life energy).  The stronger the concentration of primal life in something, the stronger its connection to the Weave is, and the more sensitive it is to changes in the states of other things connected to the Weave.  So something with a very strong connection to the Weave can "feel" the rest of the Weave, especially other things connected to the Weave in its immediate vicinity, such as on the same continent or same planet.  Conversely, if something with a very strong connection to the Weave dies (such as the Elder Tree), everything else connected to the Weave will "feel" that event and notice the change - again, by distance.  Things closer to the connection feel it more strongly than things farther away.
 
On their own, Aurin and other races don't have a very strong connection to the Weave.  However, Aurin females (and possibly males) have the ability to bond with organisms that DO have a very strong connection to the Weave, such as the Mother Tree on Arboria.  This essentially allows them to piggyback on that connection, achieving a far greater sense of the Weave than they would have on their own.
 
Queen Myala Everstar formed a bond with the Mother Tree (as all Aurin Queens did before her), and through that bond, she is still feeling the ongoing Ravaging of Arboria, even though she is now on Nexus.  Presumably that means that the Mother Tree is still alive on Arboria, although probably in great pain as the forests die around it.
 
Of course that brings up some interesting questions:  What will happen to the Queen when the Mother Tree is finally destroyed?  Will she die along with it?  Alternatively, would the Queen be able to bond with a similar tree on Nexus, and if so, would it replace her bond with the Mother Tree, or would she maintain both?	
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Iirc ... and you Lorehounds can hit me on this...
 
There were several queens on Arboria, each representing their own area. When the Dominion started to ravage the planet, they all dropped their tribal affiliation and banded together under Myala Everstar to join the Exiles.
 
Sorta why I don't feel that bad about Kaelish's RP back story.
 
So to me, there are still queens out there, connected to the Weave on Arboria, but then there's also those who can feel the Weave on Nexus as well. The crown on Myala's head is what links her to Arboria -- it's been said she could sever that link by taking the crown off, and was bidden by Arwick to do so, but she felt extreme guilt at doing so and now refuses to take it off, for long if ever.
 
Edit: Or maybe it amplifies it? Idr.	
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I had to turn my phone landscape to make that work.
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Good day All,
 
I'm happy this last weekend is over. It was trying even surrounded by friends.
 
Typrop....take your vitamins and get lots of rest!
 
 
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I feel a lot of the Aurin lore should be "Arborian Aurin" lore since by now there's Aurin who were either too young to have been indoctrinated to Arborian Aurin tradition sand have adapted or those who have embraced this new life they're living.
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There are two schools of thought.
 
Aurin who were in their mid teens and upper twenties likely had a deep sense of loss leaving Arboria. It wouldn't' make sense however for anyone younger than that to have as strong a connection to Arboria, as babies and elementary school agers who haven't reached puberty couldn't have established such a bond. Think of the immigrant children who grow up speaking very little of the language of their parents even though they live in the same house. These Aurin and those born on the Exile fleet will have a -choice- as to whether or not they want to adhere to the old ways and customs of a planet they have never seen or barely remember.	
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Good day All,
 
I'm happy this last weekend is over. It was trying even surrounded by friends.
 
Typrop....take your vitamins and get lots of rest!
 
 
 
How long exactly have we been on Nexus? Because I would think a population would continue to teach their original lore for quite some time after emigrating to a new place. Considering how the Aurin were uprooted I would think that it would be even more important to remember their lore instead of inventing new lore. The only new lore that I can think of would be about what happened and those who obtained a hero status during the journey.
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There are two schools of thought.
 
Aurin who were in their mid teens and upper twenties likely had a deep sense of loss leaving Arboria. It wouldn't' make sense however for anyone younger than that to have as strong a connection to Arboria, as babies and elementary school agers who haven't reached puberty couldn't have established such a bond. Think of the immigrant children who grow up speaking very little of the language of their parents even though they live in the same house. These Aurin and those born on the Exile fleet will have a -choice- as to whether or not they want to adhere to the old ways and customs of a planet they have never seen or barely remember.
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I don't disagree.
 
Rocio views himself as a trailblazer. He recognizes the need for Aurin to adapt better to Nexus.
 
To everyone else he's a heretic/borderline traitor.  Most Aurin don't like him and probably won't. Being an Nexian Aurin would be a pretty radical and dangerous choice, even if it exists.	
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I would be playing some now, if I could think of a bloody name..... it's aggravating.
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