Intergalactic Summit

Pilot Toluijin has the right of it. This is a first step, but it is a step we have made where others have not. Although I made the effort to bring this proposal to [GMVA] leadership for approval, I've seen similar suggestions made by Gallente and Caldari pilots alike. If the various Militia entities were to agree to withdraw behind their respective borders and limit their operations to the defense of their sovereignty it would certainly have an impact.

As for retreat from Enaluri, it would be remis of me not to acknowledge that Pyre Falcon and various others have been effective in defending that system. Much as LVLUP and JUSTK effectively defended Eha from sustained offensives by Evoke. It is not unheard of for small well organized units to be able to effectively employ harassment tactics in a system's defense. The difference here is that while Pyre Falcon is holding the fort in Enaluri, there is no Caldari offensive strength to threaten Gallente systems. As you have focused your efforts in that system, elsewhere the warzone has slipped from your grasp.

Shall we trust in your own peaceful intent that were we to cease keeping pressure on Enaluri that Pyre Falcon and others would not shift to an offensive role? I think not.

Hence:


Enaluri will continue to be very much within the theater of war. GMVA forces will continue their operations against hostile Caldari forces in that system and every other.

Oh, Rinai... I should have read more carefully, shouldn't I?

So you'll still be sending your pilots to Enaluri, a Caldari system. You'll still be engaging STPRO forces in Enaluri. You'll still be attacking 'State Military Facilities' there?

In other words nothing has changed. If you'd stated that you'd stay out of Caldari systems in the warzone and only engage our forces while passing through those systems if they jumped to you, then THAT would have been a worthy statement.

As of 19:00 there are 16 vulnerable Caldari held systems, and 18 more that are contested above 95%. All but a handful of those are in Caldari territory. From what I've seen there are no State Protectorate forces currently capable of either preventing those systems from being taken, or recapturing them once they fall.

We, on the other hand, are more than organized enough to flip those systems if we choose to do so. We are choosing instead to let them remain under Caldari jurisdiction. Would you prefer that it was otherwise? I rather think your CEO would, as it fits better with her attempts to spin the Gallente Federation as agressors in this conflict.

Cant we all just get along and have fun killing each other in space :).

Let the humans count their dead we will count our kills!

No need to take your space we just want fun.

We need to take baby steps towards your freedom and we cant allow for you take everything back right away. If things go well maybe some day Black Rise can once again be Caldari.

I look forward to continuing working with Caldari to work towards the freedom they well deserve from under their overlords in the squid empire.

Freedom for all.

Spotted a small detachment including GMVA pilots attempting to destroy the Akidagi hub yesterday.

Either empty gestures or an astonishing level of control over one's own pilots.

The Akidagi system is not vulnerable at the moment. I assure you that the skirmish at the infrastructure hub was incidental and not an effort to seize the system, which has no strategic value for space forces.

It saddens me, however, that the Caldari seem so embittered in their intolerance and mistrust of Gallente, that for the past several days they have berated our representative publicly, and made no effort to assist our efforts to maintain a territorial freeze, by reciprocating our gesture.

The GMVA will continue to analyze the Caldari State response and await a positive reply from your constituent corporations to our overtures to stem the bloodshed.

I can't kill capsuleers, and those are the only people we are fighting.

The militias themselves have horribly low standards of recruitment - much like your own organization - and will not punish offenders for piracy while enrolled in their ranks.

Also, for all you know the Badger in question could have been shot down for a variety of other reasons than base piracy. On the other hand, piracy and attacking random people is what your organization and the entity it supports DO. I smell a pot/kettle argument coming soon.

Actually, any member caught shooting a neutral industrial ship would be severely punished.

We have ways of enforcing our rules, after all.

Calling your bluff, Soter. I was in the system at the time. It was vulnerable and the I-Hub was being engaged, I promise you this. I also promise you that the efforts of a few Caldari Militia pilots in securing emergency strategical points helped reinforce the hub and prevent it from being further engaged.



Here's a gesture for you to reiterate: mine. Pull all your forces back behind the YC 110 established sovereignty lines and surrender every system you've captured back to the State. Operate in an entirely defensive stance, defending Federal systems and not crossing them.

The only time I have ever crossed Federal lines is on my way to the Intaki system to provide support and supplies to them as I have a standing oath and contract of support for them.



We're still awaiting something worth responding positively to.