Intergalactic Summit

Vitoc supply?

To be perfectly honest the first time im hearing of this cal-matar program is in its closure thread, instead of blaming unco-operative savages, maybe you could have actually contacted some Minmatar? just a suggestion.

I guess Teraa Matar/Skadi's Call dont qualify as "minmatar groups" and met you with "stern opposition".

Lying is a new low for you, John.

Both are defunct organizations at this time.

For my own part, it has been a distinct honor to work with the Minmatar both in this program and on a personal level. I take pride in my work, and greatly respect the Minmatar people for their determined adaptability. That this program has ended is quite sad to see, and I took no pleasure from signing the closure paperwork.

I salute you, people of Matar. Truly, you are worthy of our deepest respect.

Respectfully,
Shosho Katrina Oniseki (R.D.C)
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive

P.S. - Oh, and Ava? Feel free to contact me anytime for a good chat over tea and lunch. Politics need not herald the end of a good friendship.

I am proud to be counted amongst the proletariat of Lai Dai and the State. No doubt, Kim haani is as well.

I thought on this topic earlier, as I lighted some candles. I admit, it has caused me some unease. In the past, I have answered to I-RED's call for funding - specifically from interested Minmatar parties, strangely. The talks were obfuscated and my offer dismissed, before I-RED suddenly pulled out of Republican borders altogether. If I recall, the tag-line 'that space didn't want us, anyway' was thrown about.

... The smoke ran thick as I brewed it over. I noticed that the flames of the aforementioned candles that I had burning had created some damaging soot. A troubling omen, I thought.

I do find it quite interesting that I-RED made that public announcement so hurriedly before pulling their assets out of the Republic. It isn't until now that I have meditated on it, however; here we have another announcement, oh so public, encouraging even unaffiliated parties to flock.

This message is steeped in emotion. Oh, no, you do try hard to hide it, but I taste it. Not unlike another thread concerning a Caldari entity, produced by a good friend, which wasn't all that long ago... There is more here than what meets the eye.

Do not try to blame the Matari people for this decision. I see right through you. So what is actually going on, here?

ISK a factor, yes, yes. The reason? No. Certainly not the whole reason.

Was this venture going to be expensive? Of course it was. It was always going to be. It would take a long, long time to come to fruition. Even someone with as little business acumen as myself can see that.

Korsavius, my brother. Whatever your reasons, I hope that you are not crushed under the weight of the shame that you now carry. I, for one, could not bear that burden and I dare-say that I suspect my spirit is stronger than your own.

This is starting to sound awfully he-says, she-says, isn't it?

No matter. Your lack of remorse regarding the topic speaks enough to me.

I retract my earlier sentiment of kinship. You disappoint me greatly.

It is a shame to see this initiative fail, but a lack of interest makes the rewards for the effort that seems to have been put into the foundation unlikely to return on initial investment of money, resources and man-hours. It is disappointing that we must see important social initiatives in these three terms, but there are too few objective quantifiers to allow for any other way of ensuring that an initiative is worth the time spent on it.

I too have come to the State as an outsider, Korsavius. I understand that as a representative of your ethnicity and the State, your behavior, actions and judgement can be misconstrued. Understand that this is more due to the nature of those observing you, than of yourself. Many define themselves by their blood or birth, but all who earn a living in the State are Caldari, regardless of minority radical assertions to the contrary. We are a nation of action and integrity, something that can lead to upsetting conflict with others who share our legacy of ancestral parentage when viewed through the lens of blood-loyalty and other base values that place the accident of birth above the necessities of life in the present.

I do not pretend to understand the critical points of failure in the CalMatar program; no doubt they range from the extremes of Matari disinterest to a less than stellar marketing campaign from the otherwise socio-economically savvy Ishukone capsuleer community. What I do see here is a future for Cal-Matari cooperation outside of the staid purview of a single Megacorporation. Both baseline and capsuleer Matari continue to seek employment within our fine nation and people will be needed to pass on the story of their trials to become accepted as citizens in this State. CalMatar may be off the books for I-RED, and for good reason, but the wider issue of cluster-scale immigration into State border regions (driven in part by the flow of human traffic, legitimate and otherwise, facilitated by the freedom of capsuleer vessels to cross borders) remains a potential social powder-keg.

What I see here is the not merely the end of the CalMatar program. It is a rare insight into the need for individual responsibility among State capsuleers, in the interests of advising those unsuited to our way of life against pursuing a short-lived, enmity breeding life here, and easing the journey of those who would find State life to be the rewarding experience that we have found it to be.

It is my hope that the greater State capsuleer community will follow up in I-REDs footsteps, learning that a funded initiative is not the way forwards, but individual social awareness and responsibility is required to ensure that our cultural borders remain strong, representative of our way of life and continue to accept those few members of non-native bloodlines who meet the standards expected of citizenry.