Intergalactic Summit

As we have some additional time, I'll summarize ARC's handling of votes here. A more in-depth discussion will follow with the formal AAR.

Each day, before voting, the coordinators on site and any stakeholders participated in deliberations on how to exert our influence. To that end, decisions were made based on the current situation and such information as we were presented at the time. Please note that in some cases, because the acts weren't diametrically opposed, we were compelled to vote in ways that were not necessarily optimal.

Day One:

• Amarr declaration: begin immediate, mandatory treatment testing in quarantine zones on all exposed populations.
• Minmatar declaration: begin joint restitution to cover for rebuilding quarantine zones after resolution of the crisis.

During the first day, we were for much of the day uncertain on whether or how a treatment would be developed, and so viewed the Amarr resolution as at best wasteful or at worst likely to prevent deployment of an effective treatment developed later. To that end, despite being ambivalent about the Minmatar declaration, we decided to support it over the Amarr resolution. That ambivalence, however, resulted in a relatively minor use of our influence, and so the Amarr resolution passed. With events since then, we believe that the Amarr resolution should hopefully work out. We reserved much of our influence for the next day's work.

Over the course of the day, we developed an understanding of the scope of the situation: the escape of a patient, loss of equipment, and continued presence of saboteurs aboard the station.

Day Two:

• Caldari declaration: preserve non-transparency in containment in each empire's handling of quarantine zones.
• Gallente declaration: ban use of extreme sanitation measures in each quarantine zone.

During the second day, we began making progress. At times it seemed slow and halting, and so we remained uncertain of success in the face of active sabotage efforts, which included a firefight in the concourse of the levels reserved for Inquest work. To this end, despite preferring transparency, we deemed it necessary to preserve the ability to use extreme measures if necessary to clear quarantine zones. Given the nature of the crisis, preserving contaminated areas was deemed non-viable without a cure. ARC coordination and stakeholders overwhelmingly favored the Caldari measure, and given challenge by an apparently psychotic but influential independent capsuleer, we employed our full influence to push the Caldari measure decisively.

Over the course of the day, we made significant progress in securing assets related to the cure already developed by Poteque Pharmaceuticals, but were uncertain if we'd be successful in securing the remainder, or in identifying and neutralizing the saboteurs.

Day Three:

• Amarr and Caldari declaration: immediately cleanse all quarantine zones.
• Gallente and Matari declaration: share all information pertaining to research and investigation of the Kyonoke crisis.

The third day was decisive. We had full grasp of the remaining matters to resolve, familiarity with the staff and facility, and after the challenge on the day prior were motivated to leave no question of our ability to close matters. Having preserved the ability of each state to do what was necessary in their own zones, we strongly favored the Gallente and Matari resolution, to ensure transparency where it mattered: on research and intelligence. To that end, with the overwhelming support we were able to garner from staff and capsuleer alike over the third day, ARC was able to both amend the Gallente/Matari act to ensure proper audit procedures for the information sharing to try to curtail the inevitable shady business, and then to pass the act with a frankly embarrassing margin of victory.

Now, we honestly didn't have time to thoroughly vet extensive legalese behind the fairly pithy acts put before us. This is not ideal by any measure. The devil is, after all, in the details. Provided that the administration of the Inquest remains true to its objectives, and that our work has merited the political capital to reduce empire politicking to avoid being pinned down by the Inquest, the Inquest participants essentially have resolved:

1) All quarantine zones will see the immediate deployment of a treatment regime that appears to successfully cure the infected.
2) All empires have license to take measures in their quarantine zones as they see fit, without outside interference, beyond deployment of the cure.
3) All empires are now compelled to share research and intelligence data, and to allow auditing to verify the veracity and completeness of the records they share.

Honestly, I think we did pretty damned well. I believe I speak for all of those we've worked with that the results were as close to ideal as could be managed given the unforgiving circumstances and timeline.

As always, however, we'll see what happens in reality, once this all leaves the pressure cooker of the Inquest halls.

Ms. Nihil; I believe it's important to note that Rook and Vulture weren't part of the original plot. That appears to be a cell of possibly Dragonaur-related extremists. Rook and Vulture coopted Akira Kasaras, and in the resulting chaos during the early stages of the Kasaras/Pakera plot, appear to have possibly infected RP4 on their own, or at least locked it down if the infection was actually done by the extremists.

Essentially, there are two groups operating in here that have some culpability.

I can only assume, after all, that any FIO operation with proper oversight would've simply aimed to scuttle the Kasaras/Pakera plot without attempting to secure a sample of the Kyonoke pathogen.

Surely.

Of course, while Rook and Vulture appear to be operating as part of some sort of intelligence apparatus, we don't necessarily know that it's FIO. There are suggestive points of data, but by no means anything decisive.

At least the coming days and weeks should be interesting, thanks to the amendments of the Hope resolution.

I'll start making popcorn.

You have docking access at the MCSC citadel in orbit over Muttokon II.

... although that said, so far there's still no indication we're needed.

Whoops, one last thing to add - does anyone know the full name of the maintenance technician I was working alongside yesterday? His help was instrumental in discovering Patient 7 and thus securing the cure, and I promised him 50M ISK and a pair of beers for his assistance. He seemed cool helping us out even without the financial incentive, but I promised and I try to keep my word.

Please forward any relevant information on him to me through private mail, if possible. Thanks.

Hrm... interesting. We will take a look at the final report , when it comes out.

In other words, you would like to peruse their publications, documentations and technical data sheets, especially those pertaining to safety tests?

Every concern she's raised is a valid one and none of them have been really been answered by anyone, other than with a whole lot of deflection.

Public forum, public discussion, and it's not like the people weren't involved. It's almost as if this is worthy of some discussion, given that somehow these people were given the power to determine the fate of New Eden by some undetermined means and this raises questions.

It's not like anyone's got a gun to their head to respond, and it'd appear that some people apparently have access to information and events others don't. Again, for undetermined reasons.

Is it surprising that questions are raised about a charlie foxtrot of these proportions?