Intergalactic Summit

From: TES Admiral Kominski (Abaddon class)
Location: [classified]
Commanding Officer: Adm. Rodj Blake, PIE-CEO

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When the Shokorites launched their cowardly and unprovoked attack on the Empire nearly four years ago, PIE was amongst the first to answer the call and join the 24th Imperial Crusade to defend our families and our way of life.

Since then, PIE has often punched well above its weight. We were at the forefront of the campaign to secure the remains of St Aman in the Kourmonen system. We have in the past regularly appeared in top ten lists for the highest number of kills. We were the first podder-controlled body to amass one million victory points, and to this day we have more victory points than any other Amarrian corporation.

However, those successes have come at a cost. PIE exists to promote the causes of God and Empire throughout the cluster, and our work with the militia has meant that our other duties have been neglected.

It is with this in mind that we have elected to cease our formal ties to the militia and redeploy to outside of the current theatre of war in order to work towards other objectives.

We leave a militia that has many corporations ideologically dedicated to the Empire and the Amarrian way of life - corporations that are in many ways better suited to the Empyrean War than PIE. Groups such as the Amarr 7th Fleet are capable units and we trust them to continue to take the fight to the Shakorites and provide the Crusade with victory after victory.

I'm sure that there will be some speculation regarding our next base of operations. I will not go into any specifics here for what I hope are obvious reasons.

I want to emphasise that although we are leaving the militia, we are not abandoning them. Selected militia corps will qualify for discounted T2 ships, and there will be times in the future when we will rejoin for a period of time or declare war on specific corps working for the Republic. We will also continue to maintain offices with stocked hangars in the region, and may from time-to-time patrol through the warzone.

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Good luck Admiral.

As a sidenote, any PIE pilots who wish to remain with militia have a home in Imperial Outlaws.

I'm sure the destination will no doubt have comfortable station quarters.

I would like to see some new PIE campaigns, though! The holo-films these days are dreadful and I could go for a good show.

The timing of this seems rather oddly coincidental, given the upcoming changes to docking protocols. You sure they're not related in the slightest, Rodj?

In any case, it should be interesting to see what sorts of mischief PIE gets into. I'll keep an eye and an ear out.

Though, minor nitpick... do show your opponents a little respect, given it seems it's frequently asked of them: it's "Shakorite", not "Shokorite".

Since it's a misnomer anyway, I doubt many care much if he misspells it too.

I wish you good fortune in your future endeavors.

Ava? Wishing PIE the best? Thats a little odd isn't it?

That's a lot of words to say "we picked a fight we can't win", Blake.

As always nobility personified.

Let us hope with the PIE departure the arrival of the Space Chickunz of FWeddit can bring as much class, and where that fails at least sheer numbers.

Pax Amarr Rodj Blake.

PAUX may accept non-Amarrians, but that doesn't mean that they'll accept anyone.

You didn't meet the requirements.