Intergalactic Summit

The empress is dead, the vultures are swooping upon the rotting corpse of the empire, ready to bend it to their will.

And as we watch in silent terror, we are all asking ourselves - what's next?

We could wait, of course, it is always the easiest option. It is safe to stay on the sidelines... for a time...

But what do you suppose will happen? A new emperor will rise, he will use the dark magics to raise the corpse of empire and force his own will upon the people.

If you are okay with being a slave forever more, you need not do anything. A slave has no will, no drive, no power.

But if you are no longer content with your assigned lot in life, then I have hope for you.

Empire is set upon by many enemies, the war against free men and woman been going for a long time already, yet it is at a stalemate. Now a new enemy enters the void. They decapitated the empire in one move. Yet that is not enough. A hydra has many heads.

So I implore you, if we are to have hope to be free, we need to strike at the empire now. Strike now and strike where it hurts.

The empires dogs are moving with the rage of a madman and soon they will sink their teeth in the flesh of the enemies.

THIS IS TIME! If you are able - disrupt this operation, fight the empires dogs, help the new foe. LET THE INVASION SPREAD.

The only way to save the empire is to rebuild it from the ashes of war. Like it has been done a thousand times in a thousand different places.

Do not fear the Drifters, fear what will you become if you do not act now.

What will become of us of we don't act now? Probably killed by the Drifters. From what I've heard they are shooting Gallante forces as well as Amarr's. As much as I would love to see all the MILITANT Amarr given a black eye we can't forget they are shooting at our allies, if they're shooting our allies, who's next? In conclusion, with things the way they are at this present time, I don't see how this is the right time.

Oh great, cults. Just what we need right now.

You are not helping.

Oh I don't know about that.

Threads like this will make it easier to round them all up.

Is it so wrong I see something we would have a much bigger problem fighting as more important to defend ourselves against than something I feel at this time we would have a much easier time against? We DON'T know the full capabilities of the Drifters, but what we do know is something I can't say I feel confident we can handle. They have their target, yes, is it our enemy? Absolutely! Though I would much rather fight them in our enemy's territory than be forced to fight them at home. Sometimes enemies make the best shield for other enemies.

Is your ultimate goal for the cluster peace, or childish revenge? I will fight the Amarr and the Gallente with the memory of what they have done to us and the Caldari fresh in my mind, but I don't fight to give them a pretty round black eye matching mine. I fight so they know we aren't theirs to trample over. When they stop trying to destroy our culture and vow to never try again, I will open my arms wide and welcome the Amarr, the Khanids, the Mannar and the Gallente in all respects. Do you really believe the only way to "fix" Amarr culture is to burn it down and start over? Tell me, how different are you from the most extreme of them?

So why would I now, when my enemies face a threat larger than any of us, would I try to strike them while they're down? I would have given the Drifters the benefit of the doubt, but it's past that now. While the surgical execution of Jamyl seems suspiciously unlike an action driven by pure hate or whatever you could ascribe to the Drifters, the time has come for all civilized people to stand and fight together to say: "Here we draw the line. Do not pass it." If the Drifters start talking, I'll listen. Until then, I won't give them a meter.

That same principle defines why I fight for the State and the Republic.

As one who has contributed to the liberation of dozens of systems from the Empire I would challenge you to speak to the Matari children in vitoc rehabilitation centres following being freed. Not so much 'childish revenge' but revenge on behalf of our children.

Someone has yet to explain to me what the Drifters have done to prompt all 4 Empires to want to declare war on them? Is it simply their relative strength? The Minmatar Republic has long acknowledged the military supremacy of the other Empires and yet does not call for hostility with them. The Amarr on the other hand commit atrocities to millions of civilians on a daily basis, it should not surprise anyone that between a choice of an enigmatic and powerful force that might be hostile to the whole cluster and a powerful force of evil that is definitely hostile to the whole cluster that some would prefer the Drifters to succeed in dismantling the space tyrants?

Fixed that for you...

This is the IGS, this is how its to be said!

Cannot support this idea enough. Let the Empires patrol the Empires. Do away with the nonsense of some idiotic bunch of so-called peacekeepers who promise security, but provide nothing of the sort. Useless, arrogant, jackwagons who slowly make more and greater claims of authority that infringe upon the rights of the Empires that they supposedly answer to.

I mean really, it's like the Empires are paying for someone to be us.

It's actually quite impressive how well and how repeatedly the Goonswarm Federation has demonstrated the ineffectual nature of CONCORD when faced with anything more serious than some capsuleer who's bit grumpy.