Intergalactic Summit

I have some words of advice for my fellow Caldari, and for the State itself after yesterday's events - let Caldari Prime go.

Focusing so much on the homeworld has left you all blind to what that obsession has done to the Caldari people at large. The military and economy of the State is weakening, and what's worse nationalism and xenophobia seem to run rampant within society. Instead of the heads of the Megas competing with each other, driving innovation, progress, and diversity, you've allowed the bulk of Caldari population within the cluster to be placed under the boot of an incompetent dictator.

Let it go. It's simply not worth the effort and sacrifices that are being made on its behalf.

Even if the State was somehow able to hold onto the planet, its full of Federal citizens who do not want to be under State authority, who will rise up. With the destruction of the Shiigeru and its escorts, there's nothing in orbit to stop the Federal Navy from acting with impunity.

It's over.

Now, let go of this obsession, and accept that Caldari Prime will be returned to the fold of the Federation. Depose this pompous ass of a dictator, and get back to work repairing the damage that the State has suffered since then. Every time the Gallente and Caldari clash, it's only making others in the cluster stronger.

Specifially, a certain empire that enslaves individuals and brainwashes them into their religious ideology.

No doubt, both sides are too focused on each other to pay attention to the larger, common threats.

Regardless of my affiliation and political beliefs I believe Ms. Sakura speaks with such wisdom that makes me wish the average State loyalist possessed a fraction of the vision she displayed here.

The Amarr Empire is truly a greater threat to the Federation than the Caldari State could ever be. I believe the same applies to the Caldari state.

Both of these are true only as long as the State remains in direct competition with the Gallente.

No. The State and the Empire are close in other areas. State-Kingdom relations are very high. The State is the Empire's primary trading partner for our minerals. The Empire invested in the State, and the State in return offered schooling for those of us emancipated five years ago. There is also our joint research projects.

There is more than just military ties between us, and we are both stronger together than separate.



I know, mister Louvaki. I just find miss Nihil's words disappointing.

You do realise that this situation persists almost entirely because the Empire provides a counterbalance to the Federation, right? The State has almost nothing in common with the Empire - honestly, it has a lot more in common with the Minmatar Republic than anyone else.

Like I said - to understand the Caldari-Amarr alliance, you need to grasp the balance of power in this cluster. The alliance exists out of pragmatism, not friendship.

You first, Gallente supporter.

Just let Caldari Prime go. Remove the Gallente troops, and get the Federation Navy away from the planet.

Your words would carry more weight, Ms. Nihil, if you lived with your people, or expressed an iota of support for them. To date I have seen nothing but derision from you towards the Caldari.

How many of us must turn our backs to you before you realize this?

Pacts of non-aggression were signed with the Emperor Heideran at a time when the Caldari State had just exited from a century of conflict with the Federation. Whilst what was initially an agreement to contain a potentially hostile and adversarial Federation at the time has grown into one of mutual advantage and understanding it does not change the fact that no political arrangement made will remain as such if it does not continue to provide tangible benefits to the State. To think otherwise would be folly, just as it would be in believing that the Empire does not have its own agendas or interests it may wish to pursue inimical to that of the State's own.

A lesson perhaps learned by the Federation if at all.

Miss Nihil's logic is impeccable. It was not a sensible act to even try to take a planet in the heart of enemy space, let alone to hold it. But some things transcend logic and the pull of Home for the Caldari people is one of those things. Yesterday's defeat - let's not mince words, we were defeated - has been a body blow to the average citizen of the State.

Whilst some Empyreans choose lives apart from ordinary people, those who serve a faction, those of us known as Loyalists, do well to never forget that we are merely the tip of the spear. Our money is provided by Baseliners. Our crews are hired from amongst them. Senior Executives and leaders generate the orders we follow and our social mores are generated from below. Those of you who have walked the concourses of our Orbitals since then have no doubt polled the mood of the baseliners, the base of the State's pyramid of power.

They are shocked. They are frightened. They are grieving. But most of all they are ANGRY. That anger is currently directed to many places - to the Caldari Navy who failed to stop the Federation aggression. To the leaders who put them in such an impossible situation. To the Executor who claimed the world through a magnificent coup but then allowed a chance for a final diplomatic solution to trickle through his fingers. To the Federation whose enduring jealousy and spite has made peaceful coexistence under any terms but their own impossible.

They are also angry at US. At the magic men and women who have recieved Jove's gift and who they expect to achieve the impossible. In the coming days I expect the shock and grief to fade - but I do not expect my people to stop looking at me with an expression that demands I be part of a solution. I hope the rest of you also strive to join me.