Intergalactic Summit

You all are missing the point somewhat ferociously. You have bought in to the story as presented and play into the Federations plan by falling upon one another and attempting to rip out eachother's throats. Consider this instead.

Agents inside the Federation wish to destabilize Federation and Republic relations. An assassination attempt against Midular is attempted but fails. The Republic crosses into Federation space but does not fire and leaves peacefully. An investigation into the assassin does not mean the Republic officials have to be kept out of the loop. But yet they are to further destabilize relations. Once the Republic loses their restraint and attacks, only then is the killer revealed. His purpose fulfilled.

Personally I could not give a **** if both of your governments collapsed. But it is the welfare of the civillians that spurrs me to action here. Stop this fighting amoung yourselves and realize what your own governments are doing you fools.

It's not a matter of casualty numbers, it's about something higher, in the Minmatar civilization we have a concept called "respect."

Our nation signed up to be an ALLY not a COLONY.

You say we should learn to handle "no." That's not the language of allies, that's the language of child-care. Grown men are not required to take "no" for an answer.

If the Gallente cannot treat with the Minmatar people as an equal partner, then we have no future as allies.

Expressing admiration for a Man and his Organisation is not the same as claiming to be a member of that organisation.

Strange that the SDII felt it was necessary for their statement to categorically deny that this man had any official connection to them or Federal Security. Then connect that to claims by Federal Officials that the identity of the shooter was being concealed due to National Security...

If the SDII intended to reassure people and reduce speculation with that statement, they failed miserably.

Perhaps if you had allowed us a say, no one had felt the need to resort to warships, hmh?

No comment on Shakor.

Elsebeth Rhiannon
Sebiestor tribe

I cannot speak for why you were not allowed a say earlier on. That involves politics (and possible conspiracy) high up in the government that I can only speculate on. I was always supportive of a joint Federation-Republic investigation and trial, never one or the other entirely. However after Colelie, it is very obvious that the Republic does not share my opinion on this.

All I know, is that an invasion was not the answer to your demands.

There is talk of holding a celebration of Chief Midular's life. While I support this, it and any other respects will be secondary. Her procession has already passed.

Warships have carried her to her resting place,
Corpses have carried her to the pyre.
Cries for justice have been her eulogies,
A needless and angry silence her hymns.
A dreadnought's guns to light the kindle
and fires of hate carry her aloft.

I did not know her, I was in a coma while she did her work, but my heart aches for this passage. Perhaps this is fitting. She fought valiantly against the fires that have now consumed her in her passing. With so bright a soul, it is no surprise that the fires would be bright and hot.

May that fire illuminate our faults, so that we may see them more clearly, and correct those deadly flaws she strove to heal.

Anybody with a whit of sense who thought about the actual shooting would realize that there's no way this could be the work of a lone shooter. Simultaneous explosions. Hundreds of people wounded, dozens killed. Perhaps a lone man could have done these sorts of things if he had attacked, say, a theater with minimal security. This was a major cultural event attended by major political figures. There is no way Midular attended without a very good security force, let alone the others.

So now we've got our lone gunman. He's a crazy one, too. Seems like the sort of man who froths away in the basement while composing screeds, not the sort who could singlehandedly pull something like this off. I'm not going to engage in idle speculation about possible accomplices, but I'd bet money that accomplices exist.

But hey, who cares, right? Now we've got a real argument going about the Federation not understanding the Republic, and the Republic invading the Federation. If I were a shady puppet master, and I wanted to orchestrate a split between two allies by orchestrating Midular's assassination, I'd be giggling like a maniac and congratulating myself for succeeding beyond my wildest expectations.

Speaking personally, though, I'm feeling pretty done with the Republic. Republicans complaining that they are misunderstood while justifying an invasion as an almost natural consequence of frustrated relations? Fine. I don't want them as allies, and I certainly hope Roden feels the same way. Let them stand alone.

I'm just hoping the Broker isn't involved in this.

That is a dangerous route, politically, as said just above. Gallente-Amarr agreements are not unheard of through History, contrary to the popular belief. They were actually a lot more numerous than between State and Republic.

The irony.

But that's how you view alliances? One side refuses to give you what you want so you run crying into the arms of the first people to sweet talk you with promises and fair words?


The level of stupidity among people these last few weeks has known no bounds, it's like you want to torch the bridges intentionally.