Intergalactic Summit

I do indeed, but that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate Pieters sentiments.

If we all would speak with more care, we might foster that illusive trust I alluded to earlier.

Just because I don’t trust the State to keep any treaty, doesn’t mean I don’t trust some people within the State, especially when I suspect they speak wisely and truthfully.

We must always guard against the absolute certainty that we are right, when considering the opinions of honorable others.

And the point of this is what? The article itself describes his statement as a "turnaround," and in the end he rejected the aid package in favor of an invasion. My description of his actions was accurate and relevant without unpacking every nuance of context.



I'm just reminding everyone of what actually happened all that time ago, since that doesn't seem to be part of the conversation. Everyone these days thinks of the Empyrean War as it is today: the "Pendulum" that never ceases swinging. In the beginning though, it was different. The State Protectorate swept the Warzone in its initial offensive, catching the FDU completely disorganized and unprepared. They then consolidated their position and held entire constellations of Gallente Space, essentially the entire contested area under the CEWPA, for years. The Caldari were dominant at that time, until certain Gallente organizations organized themselves enough to strike back and begin a campaign of liberation.

It also bears pointing out that although the Gallente have twice swept State forces from the Warzone, we have never attempted to hold such vast swaths of Caldari territory as the Caldari did for those early years. Part of that is obviously that the nature of the war had changed and such a thing wasn't as possible, but it is also true that the Federal Militia did not care to try.

The point is this: why should the Gallente ever believe what you're saying about the State not desiring anything but Home? Its actions have spoken otherwise. What you have taken from us by war was offered to you in peace, and our wars have never contained themselves to Caldari Prime.

No James i dont agree, they already started punishing the whole before the Nouvelle Rouvenor incident with the blockade. The blockade led to all out hostilities on the planet, which led to Caldari partisans sabotage of the glass dome. You reap what you sow.

I probably should have started the sentence with a different word...

You may have two.

Want one of mine?

Admiral Visera Yanala of the Titan Shiigeru.

And yes, I agree with you, she is most definitely the biggest contemporary Caldari hero, with Mathias Sobaseki and Yakiya Tovil-Toba as largest historical Caldari heroes.

When I get them ill be sure to pass one along to you.

You silver-tongued devil, you. Also, you are completely correct in that I cannot be a hero - I'm not dead yet.

Dying and heroism need not be mutually exclusive. However heroism is a very outdated concept if we consider the fact that often someones hero is someone elses terrorist or oppressor.