Intergalactic Summit

An oath of fealty is a common occurrence in the 'greater' Amarrian society. Oaths of fealty bind the Amarrian Faithful from freeman in an unbroken line through a succession of lords to an heir and through fealty sworn by that heir to the present sovereign of the Empire itself.

There are many oaths of fealty and with the longest recorded history of all races of relevance. In time the Amarrian oaths of fealty may tie tangled webs for individual man, leading to a need for reflection and seeking guidance on which oath holds precedence in a particular case.

Most common case law and arbitration places weight on the oldest oath to the heighest recognized authority. a Family oath to a heir of a house who ruled a millennia hence will most likely supercede personal oaths mere decades old. Some of our greatest works of literature focus on these tensions and how a man will struggle to uphold oaths owed in keeping with Faith and duty.

There however stands one authority on every oath we call on, to witness the oath and to measure to us in accordance to our fidelity to that oath. In each oath we may give during our lives we affirm our fealty to God and through that fealty are all others confirmed and upheld.

That is the basis why a holder may act in direct defiance of an oath, provided the person whom fealty is owed falls short on the oldest oath Amarrian Faithful have sworn. Our unquestioning and undivided fealty, in good conscience, to God.

This is the crux for justice in our social order, all freedoms of the freemen, privilidges of the clergy and duties of our nobility rest upon. Without unquestionable devotion and undivided loaylty to God all other oaths are as ash blown in the wind, fixed on air of this mortal coil subject to whim and fancy of those in power.

In sight of this reasoning I am forced scorn the seiren call of the realpolitik and to refrain from affixing fealty of [C0URT] to any House holding a seat in the privy council at this time.

New policies of House Murder.
1. House Murder may assist any and all organizations that request assistance in safeguarding any civilian populace from slavetaking on case by case consideration. Members are encouraged to confront and repel any illegal slaving taking place.
-This does not cover the Concord designated area of the militias conflict.

On temporary basis, due to Tribal violations of Ammatar space, C0URT withholds itself from safeguarding tribal populaces. Extraordinary cases may merit consideration.

2. [C0URT] Restricts it's support of Imperial institutions to the de facto short term empyrean to corporation contracts as facilitated by CONCORD.

3. House Murder shall seek new ways to support all Faithful, regardless of race or residence.
-In sight of this [C0URT] is:
A) restarting it's program to provide Faithful in the Minmatar Republic with means and knowledge to better safeguard their liberties and freedoms within the legal framework of the Republic as recognized by Amarrian Empire.
B) Seeking contact with any churches within Minmatar Republic with the capacity to distribute food aid to refugees and freemen alike.
C) Withdrawing from militias conflict to avoid unnecessary complications due to the combat status with organizations that may seek assistance against illegal slavers.

4. In order to acquire resources to these programs C0URT will look into the possibility of contractual agreements of support in either as an entity or loans of personnel for capsuleer organizations.

Lord Crow

Where two men convene to praise God, there stands a church for God. Not an exact quote but I trust my meaning is clear.

Given COURT's history of executing freed slaves, what sort of welcome do you expect from the communities in the Republic that you will be working with?

Putting to the torch can cost lives and/or collateral damage. Now, take those nasty seething Nationalist systems Traun and Barkrik (Metropolis) -ostensibly well within Republican borders- there were churches within each system until fairly recently (excluding Joint Harvesting-owned ones in-station) that were simply bought up by Matari "extremist" capsuleers, and then, these structures being their own private property, promptly bulldozed to rubble.

Cheap at the price and no fatalities. Not everything must be consumed by violence, you see. If anyone wants to kneel in churches, I'm sure they'll find exactly what they need in the Barvigrard constellation (the nearest constellation) and beyond.

Or kneel in JH forever, for all I care.

*shrugs an ambivalent shoulder*

So long story short:

You have unilaterally taken it upon yourself to enforce your own version of Imperial Law, and have fired upon vessels of the Empire, killing quite a few people. Judge, Jury, and Executioner!

My Imperial theology might be a little rusty but this means you reject the the Empress and the Privy Council?


I imagine this sort of thing not going over well with your former loyalist compatriots. They don't really like splitting hairs on this sort of thing; you fired on Imperial vessels and that will be the end of any religious debate.

Can we get a judges ruling from PIE on this? *smile*

Well dear, there was once a time wherein an otherwise loyal Imperial renouncing his loyalty to all five Heirs and the Privy Council and destroying Imperial vessels, persons, and property would illicit some sort of response.

*shrug*

I'm sure that when PIE Inc. need to take advice from apostate scumbags, you'll be the first person they contact.