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About the Intaki
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Intaki Canonical Resources
An attempt to summarize what is known about the Intaki race, culture and ideology from CCP authored literature. Also my attempt to highlight salient points and draw other conclusions from inferences made in the source material (in italics).
From the Gallente racial description on the EVE site:
In addition to [the Gallenteans and immigrants from the other established empires] there are two human races, the Intakis and the Mannars, both of whom the Gallenteans found while exploring and expanding their empire. Both were at a very primitive level when the Gallenteans found them, but since coming under the protection and guidance of the Gallenteans, both races have flourished and are today a full-fledged members of the Federation.
Plural of Intaki is apparently Intakis (much as I would have preferred Intaki to cover the plural as well!) Likelihood that the Intakis were not a space faring race at the point of first contact with the Gallente.
From the Gallente Government page:
The Gallente Federation was founded a little over 300 years ago. At that time the Federation consisted of 17 sectors or districts and four races. A district is a group of solar systems (of various sizes). The number of districts has steadily increased through the ages and now stands at 62. The four races at the Federation’s creation were the Gallenteans (by far the largest of the four), the Caldari, the Intakis and the Mannars.
Intakis were founder-members of the Federation. Although smaller numerically than the Gallente and Caldari, presumably a larger population than the Mannar.
From the Gallente Timeline page:
22794 AD - The Gallenteans meet the Intakis 23121 AD - The Gallente Federation is Founded 23341 AD - Current date
The 327 years between first contact and integration is enough time for substantial cultural and technological change within Intaki society at all levels, not only amongst the elite. A total of 547 years of Gallente involvement in Intaki affairs.
From the character generation process:
Intaki base racial attributes and skills: INT 8, CHA 6, PER 3, MEM 7, WIL 6 Electronics, Gallente Frigate, Small Hybrid Turret
Artist ancestry:
It is widely believed that the introvert Intakis create the most stunning and thought provoking art around. They've revolutionized many art-forms and created new, such as metapaints and touch sculpture. Intaki artists seem to have a unique ability to create and convey unparalleled beauty that is universal for all human races.
Diplomats ancestry:
Since their inauguration into the Federation the Intakis have slowly established a reputation as superb diplomats, negotiators and bureaucrats. In the tense and often violent world of EVE these qualities can be of vital importance.
Reborn ancestry:
Although persons in risky positions (such as space ship captains) use clones, the general Intaki public refrains from using them. Instead they have a unique method for transferring the personality of a dying person into a newborn baby. Steeped in tradition and perfected with technology the Reborn process is the ideal Intaki vision of 'afterlife'.
The stereotypical Intaki is likely to be viewed positively by the Gallentean as intelligent, insightful and determined (high INT/MEM/WIL). On the negative side they are likely to be seen as unsociable, hostile and inwardly focused (low CHA/PER). It seems clear that the Intakis in prominent positions might tend to be best represented in bureaucratic, scientific and artistic endeavours within the Federation. We see them heavily represented in all Gallente organizations at an agent level in the game.
Note that the Reborn process indicates that this is potentially a ritualistic and ancient process, since cloning or other scientific techniques are said to have 'perfected' the procedure. This may well create additional fear or hostility from non-Intaki - it may be viewed as witchcraft or a heathen practice.
From the Mordu's Legion literature from the EVE Chronicles section:
[One Caldari ideological conflict] was the Waschi Uprising, which took place a few decades ago in the Kamokor system. Then, a few radical Caldari attacked settlements of Intakis in the system and proclaimed that the Caldari State was solely for people of Caldari origin. The Caldari authority, as ever fearful that their finely woven social tapestry of corporatism would be torn asunder, sent in their best military units to quell the uprising before it could spread any further.
The Intakis are truly a diaspora race, with settlements relatively deep within Caldari space. Note that although innocents were killed, the Caldari authorities and military did pledge substantial support for the Intaki people.
When the Caldari broke from the Gallente Federation many Intakis that sympathized with their cause were exiled from the Federation. The most militant of those went over to the Caldari and asked to join them in their fight against the Federation. These were all experienced military personnel and thus very valuable in the early stages of the war when veterans were few and far between. The Intakis were all put into a separate squadron, with a Caldari officer. His name was Muryia Mordu. Mordu was a brilliant young officer and one of the more open-minded Caldari, who generally are extremely xenophobic. He immediately took to the Intakis and they to him and together they formed one of the more revered fighting units in the Caldari Navy during the war with the Federation.
After the war ended the Intakis were offered cheap land and accommodations in Waschi City on the planet of Kamokor IV. For awhile the Intakis lived peacefully, slowly becoming part of the Waschi community. Yet the presence of the Intakis caused tension in the city and slowly radicals, feeding on the xenophobic tendencies of the Caldari, gained strength. In the end the radicals gained majority in the city and began seriously harassing the Intakis. When Caldari authorities tried to put an end to this the uprising started in earnest, with the radicals and their supporters demanding the exportation of all foreigners and the closure of the borders. The Intakis were driven out and, in desperation, they called on their old commander Mordu to help them defend themselves and get back what was rightfully theirs. Mordu, now retired, agreed to assist. The catch was that Mordu and the Intakis were no longer part of the Caldari Navy. Not deterred by this small fact, the group formed an independent mercenary corps to fight the radicals. This was the inception of Mordu’s Legion.
Likelihood of a mixture of public support and condemnation for the Caldari people and state. Many may cite the previously successful fight by the Caldari against the Federation as a sufficient justification for a call to arms for Intakis against the Gallente. Probable expectation by many that Caldari military partisans (especially Mordu's Legion) should be willing to lend support either overtly or tacitly to attempts to secure Intaki autonomy. Possibility that there are Intaki militants who seek a messianic return of Mordu to deliver the Intaki people from their fate. Still others will view the Caldari with contempt based on the actions of these radicals, viewing Intakis as truly alone in their struggle.
A word from the author
My intention here is to collate reference material pertaining to the Intaki nation as a means of generating more interest in the notion of Intaki identity as well as role-playing avenues for Intaki nationhood, self-determination and "liberation".
As I see it there are a number of unresolved questions. I submit the following by way of example.
Where do the Intakis hail from and which systems can be regarded as the Intaki homeland? One can assume that the original homeworld is Intaki, a 0.1 system in the Viriette constellation of the Placid region. If this is so, how much of Placid is predominantly populated by Intakis? How much of the Intaki populace is contained within these core systems as opposed to distributed as exiles within The Syndicate or as minority groups within other regions inside the Gallente Federation and indeed the other empires? I disagreeumption is that Intaki presence in The Syndicate is largely space-faring or station-bound rather than planetside. Hence the majority may reside within Placid or other regions. Given the poor security status afforded to systems within Placid and The Syndicate should we assume that the Gallente Federation places little regard on policing the Intaki regions? Does this indicate complicity on the part of the Gallente government and military with Syndicate drug lords and other criminal elements to maintain a thriving black market for illegal goods to feed the desires of the supposedly decadent Gallente elite?
How much support is there for the Intaki cause within the Caldari state and conversely how much support for the Caldari is there amongst the Intakis?
What is the broad Intaki position towards the struggle for freedom of the Minmatar? Are their ideals somewhat aligned and if so is there or should there be diplomatic ties between the two? Would Intakis be generally anti-slavery and perhaps tainted towards the Amarr? Does The Syndicate routinely indulge in the slave trade?
Please feel free to add your thoughts or additional source material to this summary. Thanks for taking the time to peruse this!
Sources
Written by Jalia Kovac
Thread on the EvE-Online forums
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