Intergalactic Summit

I hereby denounce the actions of the insidious Minmatar paramilitary group known as Valkyr Industries, who have been preying on innocent members of the Federal Consensus Outreach during our Intaki operations.

Apparently, these 'Freedom Fighters' have been tooling around Intaki looking for targets of opportunity rather than defending their Republic against the forces of the Amarr.

While the FCO recognises that the failure of the Amarrians to put up a decent fight in the Empyrean Warzone is now entirely complete, it would be wonderful if our Allied Militia were not attacking us while we go about our business.

Not only this, but this group is also attacking members of the local Intaki Prosperity Initiative. I will say nothing of the irony of self-named Freedom Fighters attacking other self-named Freedom Fighters and simply point you in the direction of Amamake. where people like you belong.

Valkyr Industries, move along. You have no business pirating in Federal Space.

If Freedom Fighters have long been deemed outlaws by CONCORD, it is a for a reason. The only legal place where they are not is in the TLF. It would be highly hazardous to count on their neutrality even if you are not a slaver.

Of course, it is also possible that as said above, they are not really freedom fighter, considering their target choices.

Reclamation Technologies totally disapproved the recent attacks leaded by Valkyr Industries against innocent and honest citizens in Intaki.
We want to demonstrate our support against piracy in this system and hope that these aggressors will be wipe out rapidly.

It might be wise to remember that within recent memory certain entities within the Gallente Militia took arms beside the Amarrian 24th Crusade to maintain the power of slavery over Kamela system in the Bleak Lands during a critical night of battles and desperate skirmishing to set the shape of that conflict. This did a great deal of harm to notions of fellow-feeling and cooperative camaraderie between Matari and Gallente fighters and its not beyond the realms of possibility that some TLF pilots are angered by what they perceive as foul betrayal and disgusting collaboration with imperialist tyranny.

I do not say this to justify or apologize for acts of "piracy" - I simply mention our collective history so ignorance of certain facts might be appropriately countered.

As a regular member of the ILF, we're just taking it one game at a time when it comes to the opposition. At the end of the day, somebody is going to have to step up and make a play. I know I'll be giving 110 percent out there and I expect all of my teammates to do the same.

Irony.

I believe I said in my earlier response that we would likely see claim and counter claim during this discussion and Mr Kaahar has been kind enough to oblige.

Mr Kaahar I believe you need to re-read the ILF's policy. The quoted text refers to the sharing of intelligence or flying as part of a militia fleet in direct action against an opposing militia fleet. It focuses on the matter of acting in the interests of one of the militias instead of Intaki's own.

To clarify for those interested, in the past there were additional clauses in the ILF RoE that focussed specifically on militia interaction, but as has already been highlighted in this discussion, it is not uncommon for pirates to hide behind a militia badge to disguise their true intentions. Valkyr Industries is a good example of this.

The ILF leadership removed these clauses in recent months, as they severely restricted the ability of ILF pilots to challenge piracy in some cases. Our current policy actually means that we are more neutral than before. Rather than treat the militias as a special case, dealing with them on an entirely different basis to all other pilots, we now apply standings and interact with them on their own merits, regardless of their own affiliations.

The ILF is now able to enjoy positive standings with corporations and pilots from all four militias. The ILF is also neutral to a great many corporations and pilots from all four militias. And, the ILF has applied negative standings to some corporations and pilots from all four militias.

The ILF leadership believe this to be the most balanced and neutral approach possible.

None of this, however, prevents I, or any other ILF pilot, from defending our interests against miltia pilots who aggress us, Valkyr Industries included.


Mr Kaahar if there was a single unfortunate event then perhaps you could explain it away as an accident. As something you regretted. But the events of 20th July between VKYR and FCO, in one of the asteroid belts in Intaki, were not a one off:

Was the destruction of an FDU pilot's Atron and capsule in Agoze on 17th July an unfortunate accident?

Was the destruction of an FDU pilot's Thorax in Ostingele on 11th July an unfortunate accident?

Was the destruction of an entire FDU fleet of Myrmidon, Falcon and Atron who were on active duty in Pynekastoh, Black Rise on 6th July an unfortunate accident?

Mr Kaahar, your corporation's combat record reveals you to be as great a threat to your own allies, as to your enemies.

I would just like to say, that I, as a self appointed representative of the Great Caldari State; fully support the efforts of the Intaki Liberation Front to fight for freedom from the scum that is the Gallente Federation.

However the Aggression shown towards a good friend of ours, the great and most beautiful Miss Sparkles is not acceptable.
The destruction of her Ship, a Drake class Battlecruiser (of wondrous Caldari design) was a step too far. Pilots of the Intaki Liberation Front attacked, and mercilessly slaughtered her without warning.

The Intaki Liberation Front was given the opportunity to resolve this most unsavoury situation Diplomatically, but ignored all of our pleas to avoid bloodshed.

Aggression like this cannot be left unchallenged, and the pilots of Valkyr Industries agreed unanimously to meet this horrible threat, a threat to our very lives; with all the courage and determination that we can muster.

Fixed that for you.

I'm pleased another of Valkyr Industries' representatives has decided to bring Miss Sparkles' involvement to the fore as I was unsure whether to myself or not.

It is correct that following a short period of bumping and targetting an ILF pilot, on the undock of the Astral Mining station in Intaki, Miss Sparkles warped to one of the asteroid belts. The pilot in question, in accordance with the ILF RoE referred to earlier, considered this action as hostile and an invitation to engage away from the sentry guns of the station. A short time later Miss Sparkles lost her Drake.


Miss Sparkles contacted the ILF via our public channel, seemingly unaware of the reasons behind the loss of her ship and requested reinbursement. Following a short investigation, negotiations were proceeding and it appeared there had been a misunderstanding. Miss Sparkles assured the ILF that she had not intended her actions at Astral Mining to be taken as aggression, and appeared to genuinely regret the circumstances that led to the loss of her ship.

Conversations between some members of the ILF leadership involved in discussions with Miss Sparkles, had remarked on her calm approach and understanding. Such was the positivity of the conversations, there had even been the discussion of potential mining in the area. The negotiations had reached the point where an amount of isk to replace the loss her ship had been offered and accepted. It appeared we were all able to move on.

Independently of these events, but during the course of the investigation and negotiations that followed, the ILF encountered and were engaged by Valkyr Industries in Intaki for the first time. This was followed shortly afterwards by an unexpected and, at the time, unexplained declaration of war. It was only as the discussions with Miss Sparkles were entering their final stages that Darc Kaahar of Valkyr Industries made contact, and we learned the war was to be fought in the interests of "justice" and "honour" and to exact revenge for the loss of the Drake.

Darc, who is neither CEO or listed as an official diplomat of his corporation, was informed that we were already negotiating with Miss Sparkles, but he was insistent that her own wishes and free will were to be totally disregarded. We were told that she was "naive", that she was "stupid". We were told that she would that she would "do as she was told".

Mr Kaahar made it clear very quickly that he was not interested in a peaceful resolution. "War will come to Intaki" he informed us.

The ILF sympathises with Miss Sparkles. As Mr Kaahar rode roughshod over the agreement that had been reached, she expressed her dismay and embarrassment at his aggressive attitude. She confirmed that despite her intention to accept the isk, which would have afforded her a new Drake, she could not convince him to change the course of violence he was so intent in following.

Such is Mr Kaahar's unfetted anger that he was even seen to lash out with verbal attacks at his own pilots as they expressed their own opinions, in the Intaki local channels, regarding a variety of topics such as the ILF's political goals, or the conflict between Federation and State.

In an attempt to avoid the back and forth of "he said, she said" arguments, I have taken the step of making all relevant communication logs available from the ILF servers. As these logs cannot be provided directly via my response here, I will provide access upon request. These logs will reveal just how close we came to a peaceful resolution for Miss Sparkles before Valkyr Industries were involved.

As diplomat for the Intaki Liberation Front, and Representative to the IPI Alliance Council I can officially put on record that it is our view that Mr Kaahar is a figure of violence and unthinking rage. His corporation is a blight upon the Intaki sytsem and a disgrace to the Republic militia.

The offer of isk to Miss Sparkles still stands and will be paid, as soon as Valkyr Industries retract their war.