Yes they do. Is final exam to the adulthood also it helps to for birthcontrol.
Corsairs are being trained from youth how to handle ships. Then they reach age of 16 they are sent near to that hole shieldless to pick up some artifacts. Some of them return, some of them die, some of them return without ability to have children (radiation damage).
Similiar like spartans had their last exam and age 17 if I'm not wrong
Quote:Corsairs are being trained from youth how to handle ships. Then they reach age of 16 they are sent near to that hole shieldless to pick up some artifacts. Some of them return, some of them die, some of them return without ability to have children (radiation damage).
I think that last part might be a bit far fetched. At least as an intended side effect.
Quote:Many think our rites of initiation are barbaric, but we can't feed, clothe, and train every Corsair born. The initiation keeps our population problems in check. At the age of sixteen every Corsair must fly into the radioactive Malvadas Cloud in an unshielded ship and return with an Artifact. Some return as they left, others become sterile, and the rest die.
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' Wrote:Funny, Outcasts and Corsairs got both the same ritual. (sending people in a radioactive cloud full of aliens)
Incorrect... The Outcasts use the Omicron 90 jump hole as a burial ground, and the honour of being sent to the "spirits" after you die is reserved for the elite.