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Racial/Background story question
I have a wierd question. A friend has been trying to get me to give the game a shot, I only tried it near launch and didn't stick with it, and I've been thinking about it but I like to roleplay. Do any of the races in the game have known direct ancestors from racial groups on Earth? I know the Gallente had some French settlers in their origins, and some of the races they've added since I played have an Asian theme. Are there any others or is the idea more a matter of a melting pot of cultures and peoples that produced their own unique races over thousands of years that bear almost no resemblence to the original colonists?
I know, it's a wierd question.
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I don't recall it being linked to a race as each faction has a mix race. For example, all four faction has asian races. But their behaviour is different (or culture). Amarr still have slaves and are like zealots in their faith. Gallente reminds me more of the democratic countries in RL. Caldari are all about mega-corporations (all business, but the rich opress the poor). Kinda like tyranny but in a business. The minmatar are tribal cultures who are nomadic (like mongolians...). That's how it seems to me.
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I asked around, and got mostly guesses. I think current eve cultures would be more of a mixing pot. This is way into the future.
However, there are plenty of Eve novels and also a million Eve short stories. I'd hit some of those up, and maybe you can find a better answer in there (or maybe a player who has read some can help you).
On another note, I don't think many people RP. I've rarely come across someone who does. And when I do, their RP isn't based on old culture like that.
EDIT: Oh, on the forum there is the perfect place to ask this. I'll link it in a second.
EDIT 2: Ask here:
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=channel&channelID=3524
I think you need an eve account to post there
so if OP doesn't have one yet, can't post.
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If you want to read all the backstory in one place (or offline) I recommend fetching this: The Book of EVE.
In general all of the original colonists arrived in New Eden by their affiliation, not by any racial or social diaspora. Each colony was a melting pot to begin with even before their ships past through the EVE Gate.
I play a Minmatar, and all the Minmatars in.game assume that we are the rest of a Scandinavian core people who escaped and stablished a civilization togheter with the Brutors and some Asians, but the Diaspora had the effect of making this Scandinavian culture go back to their roots, so far the vikings and mercenaries appeared again in the bloodline. These Post-Scandinavian culture is reflexed in the name of pilots and ships; the Minmatar were enslaved by the Amarrians, but they fought back and escaped to establish a Democracy in the old viking way. -- This is mostly the view of players.
It is a question of fangs.
The races aren't so much about the physical manifestation (ie color/features) as they are cultural idealogical.
The Gallante are a progressive democracy (think American Liberals)
The Caldari are militaristic corporate capitalists (think American Conservatives)
The Amaar are a theocracy, or a theo-monarchy (think Saudi Arabia)
The Minmatar are tribal (pretty much a mixed bag of ideologies)
Yes, they are not genetically/racial different but cultural or perhaps, ideologically different. I mean, Gallante and Caldari shared the same planets/space for some time. I have always felt that they were the same race. I mean they use the same guns, but they are seperated by what type of government they want and how certain freedoms are implemented.
Amarr and Minmatar are not the same race, but probably have some interbreeding due to the amount of time the Matari was enslaved by the Amarrians. In all honesty, the lore is fascinating and the amount of stories/fiction that has arisen is amazing. You can still train to fly all of the races ships and use all races weapons. Train all of their electronic warfare, drones, all of it.
RP corps are fun, but I've only seen one of them worth a damn in PvP. I do love the fact that there are a ton of pirate factions, non combat NPC factions in each racial umbrella and even non affiliated factions.
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Thanks, everyone. I appreciate the links, especially. The game's backstory is a very interesting read.
Catholic Christian actually. Christian fanatism is the primary influence of the Amarr. Look at the names of their ships and the artistic style. Aeon, Harbinger, Zealot, Curse, Pilgrim, Guardian, Heretic..
Catholic countries don't have a true monarchy anymore, so using them as a real world reference didn't fit. And Christian fanatism doesn't really hold the sway of the countries the way it used to either, Muslim countries are far more of a slave to their religious principles than Catholic nations in this day and age... which is a better representation of Amaar society.
Word's are words, religion is the overarching principal... not a specific denomination.