Intergalactic Summit

This is a public announcement of standings changes.

As of 00:00 on March 5th YC116, standings towards Shaktipat Revelators will be reset to neutral. While we maintain positive associations with their members, it has been decided that it is not conducive to the continuing operation and evolution of our colonies to maintain the current +5 standings, and as members of two effectively immortal organisations operating in vastly different theatres, there is no reason to maintain those standings. As our corporation maintains an NBSI standings policy for the purpose of system defense, this means members of Alexylva Paradox will be cleared to engage members of Shaktipat Revelators. It is advised that Shaktipat Revelators reciprocates on this standings reset.

Q: Does this mean Alexylva Paradox is joining the war against Nation?

A: We have a colony of our own to protect, and total confidence in the combat abilities of Known Space pilots to defend the citizens of New Eden. Origin has its own problems, to which our attention will remain devoted for the foreseeable future.

Q: Does this mean that Alexylva Paradox is no longer an ally of Nation?

A: Alexylva Paradox was never an ally of Nation, as has been stated. We do not condone the forced uplifting of baseliners, and we do not support their actions. We simply do not seek conflict with Nation. If Nation chooses to seek conflict with us, we will respond as we do to any act of aggression.

Q: Does Alexylva Paradox wish for Nation to be destroyed.

A: We do not support acts of genocide.

Q: What is Alexylva Paradox's optimal outcome for the situation with Nation?

A: Peace, an end to the Incursions, forced upliftings, and Nation adopting a policy of voluntary membership to their Unity.

It is a pity your form of transhumanism removed your backbone.

Fly safe, though alone, Orange.

It costs nothing to maintain standings nor is there any indication that they could effect you in any way besides your reputation.

What then prompted this really?

Morover, what prompted doing this in public? When ten thousand man coalitions change standings it is done so with less formality and palpable backpedaling.

A positive development to be sure.

I'm sure you were the catalyst for this all, Valarie darling.

In fact, yes. As far as I am aware, I remain an employee of Alexylva Paradox and a citizen of Origin in good standing.

Why do you ask?


I would hardly go that far... As long as there is a colony to protect, we will always have a backbone.

Never safe, never alone. Rather, I wish you and yours "fly well."


I haven't heard the boss say anything about actively targeting Shaktipat Revelators, Nation or any of Nation's other supporters. While it's been stated that [ALXVP] never officially supported Nation's actions, it's also been stated that we do not support genocide. I can't see why there should be enmity between us now.

Our paths run through different woods, that's all.

Since you have decided this is a public matter rather than a private one..

You have chosen weakness over strength. You have chosen to allow petty politics to drive you over your ideals. You have shown yourself to be a betrayer of friendships and of contracts. You have chosen to think small over thinking large.

You have chosen cowardice over power, and this has traditionally been a poor choice to make.

You asked me in our conversation "Who could tell the future". I told you that models and statistics could do so. So I have, as a final act as a friend, run some numbers for you.

You'll be praised, initially. "Good working on not being pals with those Sansha Scum!"

But you'll run into people who remember that you WERE blue, and who will hold prejudice against you because of this. Eventually your new friends will betray you, and decide that you and your ways are simply too much of a threat to be kept around, because they do not fear warships or ground troopers, but ideas. And your ideas, like our ideas, are strange and alien to them, and threaten their very way of life.

And when that happens, you will destroyed, because you have focused your hopes on one planet, in one system, which is divided off from all others. You will survive for a while in a state of war simply because the logistics of invading a system reachable only by temporary wormhole make it difficult. However, it is simply a matter of time until the people you have buddied up with destroy Origin and talk gleefully about how they loved glassing your planet.

How do I know this? Simple: I've seen this before.

Or worse: You will simply be ignored. Pat on the head every once in a while and fed a biscuit, while they look at your project as a little aberation. You will be kept in your wormhole, like in a cage. You will be politely discouraged from attempting to spread your ideas outside of it.

In short, Saede, Streya, I believe you have chosen poorly.

And when even the ideologically similar will turn their backs on us, this makes me question whether my harmonism stance has been misplaced. I have some thinking to do and models to run of my own.

Life is ever flowing, ever evolving. And though we are no longer composed of the same decaying organic matter like most this does not mean our evolution should stop. Where as a capsuleer our mind is our most valuable asset. During the discussion we had on this subject that once again became clear, and now, when mulling it over further there are things I wish to say.

What are standings?
Standings are naught but a crude tool to divide the universe up in five possibilities in a range from +10 to -10 in increments of 5. And while being no mathematician or scientist I am pretty sure that Tiberious' models have to take more than base five into account when calculating what it means to be friends, what it means to be friendly, what it means to be neutral, what defines an enemy. The subjects are simply to complicated.

But why?
I understand the question, and the sentiments attached to it. Why do A when according to others B is the better option. Why do B while there is evidence that suggests C might also be an option. In short, we have always gone our own way, made our own calculated decisions based on what we think at the time is the best option.

There is a colony, there is Origin. There is a vision, there is a view and there is a course.

And this idea of a better world, a better place and ultimately a better universe is what brought me to ALXVP in the first place.

Had I wanted political power I could have followed in my father's footsteps, work my way up. Perhaps be a senator some day, run for presidency. There's a scary thought if anything

Had I wanted to grow into an economic powerhouse I should have stayed with Re-Aw and focussed on my market studies.

I found alignment in my ideals with ALXVP, and a good friend once told me to always stay aligned.

Personally, I have shared a drink with several diametrically opposed people who have replied here in this thread. And I hope this will also be possible in the future regardless of what little CONCORD sanctioned box people put each other in.

Because Saede's announcement here indicates that Alexyva has issues with Nation's methods. Good.

The fact she still keeps you indicates she is quite ok with yours.

I'm not clear on how "we are now treating TS-F the same way we treat the rest of the universe" constitutes a catastrophic undermining of our political credibility.

In fact you should notice no actual change. You've gone from not entering Origin and not getting shot at, to not entering Origin and not getting shot at.

Clearly this outrageous change in our stance is a calamity which will forever scar the reputation of ALXVP.