Intergalactic Summit

I am a self-admitted paranoid.

Having said that, being no stranger to the proclivities of power politics and the duplicities that hide therein.

I would encourage my Imperial Brethren to be attentive to perceived friends.

Here also are the heralds of his praise...

CONCORD's already begged out of this war. The Drifters hit them, and it was CONCORD that folded - that autopsy, remember?

They're the ones saying they don't need help. So don't help them.

What it also provides is an utter incapability of capsuleers to counter a surprise assault of such magnitude. The demi-gods of our time were defeated and could not do a single thing about it.
If not even the most powerful and largest Empire of the Big 4 can repel such an attack, what will the fragile and in comparison unorganized capsuleer empires in the outer regions with their thin spread be able to do? They should start praying that they are not their next target, now that their alleged primary attention focus has supposedly ceased to exist.

Jamyl's death is certainly a shock, but it is nothing the Amarr Empirer cannot overcome. It has happened before several times, and every time the Amarr Empire emerged stronger, more focused and more powerful. In contrast to other figureheads, Jamyl returned to the public and remained a publicly visible and approachable person (very literally as she roamed around more often then ever before in recent times) despite the threat these hostile aliens posed to her empire. It remains to be seen whether other leaders will demonstrate the same boldness in the face of this kind of threat should it turn its gaze upon them.

Nonsense. The gathered capsuleers were not defeated. They, like the Amarr Navy escorts, were ignored. This was a surgical strike, and the Drifters immediately retreated before anyone could close the distance to get points and engage.

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The Empire is everlasting. Our enemies should live in fear of our Divine retribution.

She died... even if she comes back she is no longer Empress... Sacred Flesh and all ?

They were defeated in a way that they expected Driters to show up but could not do anything once they did. Previously, they could engage. Capsuleers expected the same behavior to take place this time, but their foolish expectation was betrayed by the enemy employing radically different tactics. Capsuleers are deemed by the general populace and military forces to be superior beings, capable of realizing marvelous things. Yet they were fooled just like normal human beings. I call this a defeat. How will you react if they show up in your capital and employ these unpredictable surgical strikes that you cannot counter. These numbers could have turned a fleet of nearly one thousand capsuleers to rubble and they could not have done a single thing about it. If this is not defeat, what is, I ask you?

This is a time for reflection, and deliberate action on the part of those who feel the need. The propagandizing and bravado on both sides here do no one any favors.