Intergalactic Summit

This has been a pointless game of oneupmanship between people who are supposedly allies.

Between rattling of swords about demands here and there, fleets meeting with fleets and pointless arguing over semantics and political appeasement, everyone has forgotten the core issue. A woman was shot, one of many victims, and her condition was extremely fragile. That has been improved to a state where she is now able to be returned to her family for further treatment.

She's more fortunate than many other victims of that day.


And in all this time there has been barely any gratitude to the medical team who made this possible, if they weren't being criticised for not allowing other Doctors to assist to tick boxes on the "political points" scorecard. People are now stating their lack of comfort in her being moved, after recently demanding the complete opposite.

What should be a situation for allies to come together and bond over has resulted in nothing more than pointless bickering, hypocrisy and no bloody gratitude to those who have worked hard to save a life that means so much to so many.

Sometimes one needs to recognize that because one can ask a question does not mean that one should. Emotions are running high among our friends because they have suffered a terrible loss, as have many families in the Federation. It may be hard for some of us to reconcile an understanding of her deep cultural importance to her tribe with the egalitarian values we tend to hold.

We have treated her as we would any Citizen of the Federation, and see this as a virtue in ourselves. For her tribal brothers and sisters, however, she is their Chief and a Ray of Matar. Her status is more than rational, logical debate and discourse can easily explain. This is why your questions are not being evaluated the way you want them to be. This is the point Ava is trying to drive home.

Theirs has been a deeply emotional reaction. We should not be trying to claim some kind of rational high ground.

This is an acceptable response, so thank you.

I'll accept that I did go too far with seeking the answer to my question and readily apologize. I won't agree that always sitting back and allowing something to be bashed simply because emotions are running high is always the best option, though. A recent incident shows exactly what happens when emotions run high and there is no attempt at discussing a solution.

Of course you should. The "deeply emotional" Sebiestor have behaved exactly like the screaming little brats they insist they are not. Contrary to the reputation of their species, they are too stupid to understand their own hypocrisy. But by bending over backwards to apologize for the thick-witted little beasts, you perpetuate their pathology.

Think of it as "tough love" if you like.

When have I demanded she be moved?

And that kind of attitude is why I consider the Sebiestor to be my brothers and sisters in arms, and not the Amarr.

Maybe they sent her back to her home where she belongs because the Federation knows we mean business.

You haven't, you aren't the only person commenting since however.

Seida Surionen, you forget yourself. Yes, racism is alive everywhere in the Empires; especially the Federation. However, that isn't to say that it is its policy. I grew up amongst the Vherokior on Matar, during the Ammarian occupation I might add, and I have nothing but respect for the whole of the Matari people. However, the Federation is my fatherland and I have come to hold it's core principles very dear to my heart.

There are many in the Federation who feel as I do, but sometimes their fervor for doing what they perceive as right comes off as callous. At best, they lend a hand whether it is wanted or not. At worst they are indifferent; blind to the whole galaxy because their faces are planted firmly within the vice of decadence. This is an attitude that, as an educator, I am working to change.

As a man who has lived, fought and instructed for over two centuries, I offer you some advice. Instead of harshly condemning your ally for doing what it believes is best, educate him; show him the error of his ways as befits somone of your station. If he does not listen, be patient. And please keep in mind that your friendship and that of your people are too valuable for the Federation to do without.

Just checking in to let you know your loony conspiracy theory is still insane, and that as a non-Sebiestor Minmatar I still do not feel oppressed by the Sebiestor. I read your posts insisting that the other Tribes should turn on the Sebiestor and simply shake my head; many other Minmatar pilots I've spoken to do the same. The only reason less and less people are calling you out is because it's a futile waste of breath since you seem so convinced...