Intergalactic Summit

At 22:30 on the 29th, two pilots, including myself, of Utopian Research I.E.L. caught a 24th Imperial Crusade Tengu operating unimpeded in Todifraun. This is a system in the Metropolis region on the border with the Forge, and one of the last systems in the region officially recognized as a part of the Empyrean Wars.

After the destruction of this pilot's Tengu, I decided to patrol deeper into the warzone. I made it through 22 jumps, inspecting every system between Todifraun and Eszur before seeing a single Matari Militia pilot undocked and active. In the same period, I saw 15 Amarr militia pilots across 13 of the 22 systems. As a previously long serving member of the Tribal Liberation Force, having attained the rank of Matar Colonel, this negligence disgusts me.

To the pilots of the TLF, I ask this; Is it up to the pilots of the Cartel to protect your backyard? Where is your rearguard? I know well enough that there is one, I was part of it for several years. What sort of military force places so much emphasis on the front lines that they totally ignore their own territory?

I will be performing this same patrol, from Todifraun to Eszur, whenever I am available for the immediate future. I invite the pilots of the TLF to prove my contempt misplaced and show a little tactical acumen. For every TLF pilot I see in these systems undocked and active, I shall attempt to collect the corpse of a 24th Crusade pilot in the same region. These corpses will be presented to the group I see the most regularly once I feel the Crusader's presence to have been sufficiently lowered.

I expect to see you in space,

Archangel Kalaratiri Saskia.

I am not a military pilot, but I feel that I can answer this:

It's the kind of military force that tries to prevent entry by a hostile force, rather than chasing interlopers through dozens of systems after-the-fact.

The best way to keep someone out is to not let them enter in the first place.

Welcome to Metropolis, Archangel!

There are several Thukker stations in the region, each has a Katanga caravanserai that will welcome Cartel pilots.

Good hunting!

I'd say, that the Empire has cleaned these systems from tribal presence in space.

The Republic has never cared about its backyard. It treats it as a dark alley that they would prefer to pretend does not exist.

There is a lot of wankery in here.

Oh, Leo's here, with his short bus... that's why.

What's a bus?

You are of course correct. A minor memory failure on my part. Edited the OP.

Skarkon's still shite. I think the Republic abandoned it already. It only gets worse every time I go back for family gatherings.

Can you transport a lot of civilians then?

Or, I don't wish to sound as ignorant as Ms. Otsito of course, but if not a transport, then what did Ms. Starfire mean? Information transport maybe? And short, because the information is delivered faster (however I doubt that a minmatar would use a word for high-technology or information reference).

Besides the word "bus" is well know (disregarding peoples as Ms. Otsito), the real mystery here is the word "wankery".
Maybe it is something that was this bus delivering. But what exactly is this? Maybe Mr. Ghavera was delivering these "wankery" goods? Minmatar native good? Or was them peoples?...

Minmatars sometimes are so hard to understand!