Intergalactic Summit

Way to one-up everyone else with the Gallentean principles of honesty and transparency, 'ey?

So, when it happened for you guys, a bunch of ships just started pounding targets from orbit with little warning and no stated reason. Not our business, Caldari do what they want, etc etc, but the cluster didn't know what the heck was going on and it looked really bad.

Guess what we're doing that's different?

Nothing much. He just said it before dropping rods on ground targets, and he stated clearly and effectively exactly who those targets are. Which is important.

This is the result of a massive cultural misunderstanding.

The actions of the Caldari Navy and State are not up for debate in this discussion.

The cultural difference lies here:

• The Gallente Federation claims to operate with transparency toward its citizens and (to a lesser extent) the cluster. This mandates that politicians be more forthcoming with their plans. Given the way elections work and the fact that Gallente politicians must maintain the popular approval of their constituents, careful steps are taken to avoid damaging trust and popular sentiment by politicians. Hence, a vocal declaration of what was about to transpire before it happened.
• The Caldari State functions under no such pretense. The Caldari, as a people, do not make a habit of expecting transparency and vocalization from their leaders. Executives and Directors are held to account by their actions and should they be found lacking in quality or placing themselves in disfavor, they are given choices but removed from authority either way. This system does not require the popular support of the the Caldari people. It is the duty of every Caldari to place trust in their leaders until such trust is visibly breached, then to seek executive action against those leaders within the system of the State.

This is precisely why I stated they are not up for debate in this discussion. This discussion pertains to the Federation, not the State. If you want to debate the State, we can do so elsewhere.

Sometimes I honestly wonder how the BigFour still exist with leaders like they have now.

More craziness? Anyone know where this recent spat of crazy happened? What planet?

Your bold confession has been considered and logged, hnolku.

Is there a second generation of these soldiers that, maybe, are not so insane? I keep hearing stories about how the first set are insane, but nothing about the later ones.

Jacus Roden's comments are helpful and provide a clear picture of the situation. I founded the Synenose Accord some years ago to investigate and respond to the possibility of Sleeper technology having a negative impact on human civilization in the New Eden cluster... unfortunately, it seems that has become a reality.

The First Generation clone troopers appear to have been contaminated by the Sleeper devices implanted into them. Now, we know from the Arek'Jaalan project and other research programs the past few years, that the Sleepers are an infomorphic society much like our own, but with the ability to transmit their consciousness directly into a solid-state device of their choice.

It seems possible, and indeed likely, that the devices implanted in the clone troopers have been conatminated by these consciousnesses, either in part or full. This traumatic experience, while unfortunate, has created heavily armed and unstable juggernauts of war, able to indefinitely carry out war against everyone in the known universe.

We must resist and contain them, and hopefully treat them if possible. If they do not cooperate, then we must destroy them.

It is essential to safeguard our citizens from technology determinism of this kind.

We will be keeping an eye on these developments.

-Julianus Soter

CEO Moira.