@The_Scarlet_Pimpernel: At first I thought you were just trying fiercely to state your opinion (which is different from the opinions of 80% of the people who have posted in this thread), but ignoring those truthful 80% and yabbing on despite what's put in front of you does not do you any good and makes you lose your reputation...or at least the rep of this forum account of yours. I doubt you're a new player, you're too...quarellsome for that:)
I recommend you start playing a Gaian, think of a background story, play with that story in mind, and play it GOOD. You'll get the grasp of it and I'm sure your views on the cultural & patriotic grasp will change.
A very good example for all the fuss about pertaining original culture: AMERICA. The colonists came from other countries, yet does the majority of today's Americans pertain the original culture of their ancestors who moved there long ago? I beg to differ.
My 2-cents summary:
* The original Gaians were largely BRETONIAN roots, (a fragment of them could have been from other houses, you know, students studying and scientists working abroad)
* The original Gaians, as all the others that followed, had their citizenships revoked because of being eco-terrorists and enemies of the Crown
* Gaians born on stations have NO ties to the Bretonian government and no grasp of Bretonian culture besize what their parents/grandparents had told them
* Gaians from a nationality point of view are MULTINATIONAL - many in their ranks are Kusarians, former Corsairs, etc etc.
So no, we are not Bretonian. We are Gaian.
*wanders off away, shaking his head and trying to ignore the K4rl0tt4 alarm going wild inside his head*