Intergalactic Summit

The Director of Education along with the Rector of the University of Elusenia have jointly announced a student exchange programme to take place between the Cooperative Republic of Elusenia on Vale IV and the Duchy of Palas on Palas VIII. Twenty students, ten from each state, will spend the equivalent of two semesters in the respective foreign institutions, either the University of Elusenia in central Eluseny or the Ducal Seminary for the Propagation of Faith 'Armani I' in the White City (officially known as Armaniyye). Applications are already open for Elusenian students, and competition appears fierce amongst the candidates. Unconfirmed reports are abound that Duchess Odelya d'Hanguest, head of state of Armaniyye, facilitated the deal personally.

The Palasian students will be immersed in religious studies from the Gallente perspective, analyzing various belief systems as well as the Amarr faith itself in a secular and sociological light. In contrast, the Elusenian students will share classes with priests in training, instructed by clerics of the Duchy. While the ten Elusenian students will be housed in an endowed property in the White City, their Palasian counterparts will abode with the rest of the student body in campus dormitories. A Palasian priest will also reside in private accommodation on campus to provide to the exchange students' religious requirements. He is rumoured to be close to the Order of Tetrimon, though this is unlikely to be made an official consideration.

Seo Nam-Soo, Rector of UoE, hailed the exchange programme as a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for ten ambitious students to intellectually immerse themselves in a foreign culture and develop a greater understanding of human civilization". She continued to assert that the Palasians will receive "the warmest welcome from our students and their full hospitality". The scheme is said to be a wider ambition of the Elusenian government to diplomatically penetrate the Amarr Empire by first gaining a foothold in the relatively more open and commerce-minded Khanid Kingdom.

The final selection of the ten exchange students will be announced in the coming weeks, as will the formal commencement of the program.

Kingdom pragmatism and a reputation for self-reliance has worked quite well alongside Caldari partners for generations.

There is a reason this relationship has not happened with the Gallente.

Yes. We have all seen the good the Gallente do when they establish a 'foot hold' in a 'commerce minded state'.

As someone truly interested in learning more about my chosen faith through my chosen teachers (Dark Amarr).

I must decline an invitation to be taught my faith 'from the perspective of the gallente'.

If anything I would seek to see it as the Khanid see it.

How strange.

I'd say more, but really. Is there more to be said?

That particular trophy has never sung better since her enslavement.

They'd better not get themselves into a flap then.
That being said, I'm sure the MIO or its Khanate equivalent will be doubtless taking a direct interest as well.

So? Your Emperor Heideran signed several treaties with the Gallente (CONCORD, Interbus, the Gallente-Amarr Free Trade Agreement, the treaty of Girani-Fa—to name a few). Your Empress Jamyl Sarum didn’t even react when the Gallente invaded Kor-Azor, slaughtering her subjects. Treason? Abuse of title? Why remain silent on this matters? If an academic exchange infuriates you, you should be on your way to Dam-Torsad now and demand an end to those imperial perversions! But on the other hand it is no real secret that the unofficial battle cry of PIE is “double-standard and paranoia”. You should be ashamed of the corrupted lies your lips form!

However tell me, Lok’ri, how do I abuse my title by fostering intellectual exchange? The oncologist doesn’t have to love the cancer to study it.


It is the paranoid style of most imperial capsuleers, one shouldn’t expect better of them. They only difference they allow between themselves is that of “Yes!” and “Yes, Sir!”

But by their standards it is a soft reaction. Usually they label everything they don’t understand heresy. I invite all interested imperial capsuleers to study theology at the Ducal Seminary for the Propagation of Faith 'Armani I' —for sure it will open many pathways of understanding to you.

With kind regards,
Odelya Negin Intourtsetseg of House d’Hanguest

I am sure the Khanid Zealot population of Palas will be Overjoyed at the prospect of heathen Gallente appearing.

That is amusing as many Kingdom conservatives would think this program insults the cultural integrity of the Kingdom.

It's a good thing their finances are covered.



Not sure what you mean by this. UoC sits at the top of the higher education ladder.