Intergalactic Summit

My condolences to the families of both women.
I hope that the perpetrators of this attack are found and brought to justice, whoever they may be

If you're serious about the call, here's who you should contact:

Thoun Gaterau

If you cannot trust the FIO, try the Navy

Auvier Bauvon

Wonder who was behind this, Cladari or Gallente intelligence.

Mentas Blaque, I expected so much more from you. At least -try- to be a bit interesting with your assassinations.

What, no killmail?

They never said the perpetrator was a capsuleer, and theres a chance the captain wasn't either.
Non-capsuleer combat doesn't get logged the same way.

personally I'm curious of the ship that was used in the attack similar to drake hull but with notable differences? id like to know what kind of differences since drake hull is fairly distinctive even from extreme range sensors.

Would need to be a long, flat, and either angled or curved ship. I can't think of any ships the size of a Drake that'd fit that description off the top of my head. Not even the Jove have a ship that shape.

Honestly, I'm going Occam's razor on this. This story is based on 'data' that makes too many assumptions:

1. The Caldari have the funds and need to develop a new Drake protoype during a period of internal issues. The Caldari are not the kind to mess with someone elses house while their's is in disarray. Heth being the exception. But what prevents him from killing these two you say? Point 2.


2. The Caldari would want to kill the pair of them despite seemingly sending them information on the Federal Navy. Even if they didn't, why would the Caldari want to kill them if the pair didn't really effect the State? Or ANYONE for that matter save for the Fed.


3. The pair would openly go out on a cruise right after this whole fiasco. Sure they might want to relax, but would they risk it (especially since one was military) knowing they might be targeted due to recent events as opposed to waiting the storm out?

Before anyone says anything, the above is less assumption and more inference based on my own experience. Now, let's look at the other possibility given the FIO's track record. Data manipulation utilized to mask a ship to look like a weird Drake, which is then fed to the media. Why is this more credible than above? Let's see:

1. FIO is known for its underhanded tactics, press black outs, and data manipulation. They have come under scrutiny multiple times for it (i.e. the Midular incident).


2. There would be no need for an experimental Drake. Sensor logs can be faked. It's easier.


3. Framing the Caldari in a bad light is something FIO (all very nationalist) loves to do. 'We need to kill them...blame the Caldari!'

Trying to say the Caldari did it makes too many far fetched assumptions. Saying it's an FIO op makes more credible inferences. But then there's the independent pirate/capsuleer angle:

1. No assumptions really. Someone saw the Yacht and ganked it. HOWEVER, this assumes that a capsuleer did it. Which apparently is not true. The last ship killed in Tierijev was a Myrmidion a few days ago. Since then, there's been nothing.

The possibility that the above kill was prevented from being registered or perhaps removed is possible, however. But given how eggers are prone to vice, I can't imagine someone wouldn't register the kill to show off. Even if the Hanvyners were on the ship, they wouldn't hide it. They'd probably be more proud at the outcry they'd cause.

So we have three potential situations, one of which has the more credible assumptions, one has more far out assumptions, and another even FARTHER out. I won't even talk about the possibility of a baseline pirate ship, as I doubt a mortal crew would die at CONCORD's hands just to gank a yacht in a 0.8 system with limited possibility of a big pay day. A freighter, maybe. A yacht? Eh...

This is just how I interpret the situation. But given the layout of how things are going, the whole PIRATES DID IT or THE CALDARI DID IT is too convenient and makes too many assumptions.

Recent news and action within the Federation just seems to be more and more nationalist prone. We have incidents occurring between ethnic Gallente and ethnic Minmatar within our borders, regardless of citizenship, giving rise to anti-Minmatar sentiment. Now, we have the possibility of a Caldari vessel being implicated in the death of a well loved musician and her loyal partner from the Federal Military fresh on the heels of worsening relations between ethnic Gallente and ethinc Caldari following the Caldari Prime incident. I wouldn't be surprised if the Amarr suddenly popped up on the feed as to blame for a slave raid on a Federal border world. I am not assuming anything here, I am simply stating what I have observed and making inference as such. Perhaps I'm too sensitive to the recent bouts of nationalism and racism, but the fact remains that they are there, and seemingly increasing.

Not if there were no independent capsuleers involved. We only generate them because we're constantly monitored by CONCORD. There's a lot of ships out there who don't generate any of the DED paperwork we're used to.

Entirely plausible that Black Ops groups from all Empires possess the blueprints to each others vessels, and have more advanced technology upgraded within. A Drake platform is exactly that, a Drake platform that could be operated by Gallente, Minmater or even the Sisters of Eve were they so inclined.