Intergalactic Summit

Never really was any good at things like this but here goes...

Throughout my time as a capsuleer, I have been a long-standing supporter of the Caldari people and the ideal of the Caldari State. I have served primarily in military service as both a leader and a follower.

My tenure of service has been marked by successes and failures, upsets and pleasant surprises. The most recent of which was an unexplained, several month absence during which time the corporation I had laid the foundation for crumbled in on itself and my name became a shadow of what it once was.

When I returned, I returned to a very different climate in the State and in the cluster. I found new haanen and haaniin to call suuolo, new enemies and a new landscape. Most importantly, I found more solid, capable and merited Caldari serving in the capsule, ready and willing to stand for the principles that make our people great.

At some point, every leader must recognize when it is time to take a step back and let new leaders and new followers take a hold of the future. For me, that time is now.

Effective immediately, I have resigned my commission in the State Protectorate and retired from active military service. It is expected of me to remain on reserve should the State once again require my services, and I will do this with a mixture of pride and humility.

It has been my deepest honor to serve alongside the honorable and merited members of Pyre Falcon Defense Combine, Ishukone Raata Enforcement Directive, Fourth District and many others whom I am failing by not naming. The capable leadership of the soldiers I have served beside and under stands as a beacon to all Caldari and it is with this hope and reassurance that I have decided to step back and let those more capable than myself take charge.

I will be serving in an industrial capacity alongside my wife for the foreseeable future and hopefully I will remain welcome among my kirjuunen in arms.

Bright stars and clear horizons, may the future shine for each of us.

Rikaato

Clear horizons and favourable winds.

Spirits guide you, Mr. Khross.

You and your level-headed approach to life and its challenges will be missed.

I'm sure your weapons will be missed much in the frontlines, but I understand all too well the need to take distance from armed conflict from time to time. It eats you up, slowly, like a growing cancer.

I'll keep listening to your wise words here, and wish you the best of luck in your new industrial endeavours with your wife. May that family life bring you all the rest and healing that such a long time in the frontlines requires.

The path of peace is always more fruitful than the one of war. If only I could do the same.

Saints watch over you Malcolm.

Good choice.

If you ever need any support in your new endeavors, please do not hesitate to ask.

Best regards.

May each day of your new career be interesting, challenging, and productive. May you find joy in using new tools and skills to serve others as you have in the past. We bid you peace in this next direction of your life and service.

Ston and Tahrmal

Khross-haan;

You need not hope that you will be welcome; know that you will be. It is my admittedly selfish hope that you'll continue to share your wisdom and level-headedness, traits that we can all benefit from even if you aren't on the front.

May your new ventures bring you fortune.