Intergalactic Summit

Are you a Holder or are you working under the auspice of one?

If not, then no, you should not have slaves as crew.

While in the Kingdom and associated areas, I've used slaves and indentured servants as crew members. I have no had problems with poor hygiene, lack of skill, or poor work ethic.

I regret to inform you, however, that slaves can be quite expensive. As you're not paying them for their work, you're obliged to provide them food, housing, clothing, medicine, educational facilities, et cetera.

Making sure those under my care meet the minimum requirements for a healthy life is not a 'bother.'

At this point, I would hesitate to entrust you with a goldfish, let alone other human beings.

A slave workforce is just financially and performance-wise inefficient. It leaves too much to be desired in the capacity for autonomy both under regular workplace environments and emergency situations where oversight has gotten a 1400mm breacher through it. It pretty much ensures that you'll be losing several business opportunities as many can afford to wait for a non-slaver egger to deal with instead.

A highly trained crew won't cost you more in wages, but will be far more capable of adapting to the situation and won't require an entire staff's worth of housing, feeding and security organization while shore-bound. Nor will they prevent you from having dealings with anyone from the most liberal of feddies and minnies, through the worst levels of blooder or empire officials.

If you can afford a frigate to fly, it'll take less than an hour to earn enough to pay a fleet's worth of wages.

Using of slaves is prohibited by State law.
This means I can't even buy or sell them. And of course I can't fight against slavery, because it would be damaging of someone's property.

As for regarding my opinion about slaves: I wouldn't trust them as well.

I've seen misers before, but DAMN.
A full magazine of ammo for your frigate will more than pay for the wages of the crew of a battleship, so trying to determine which type of crew is cheaper is splitting hairs.

I advise you to hire yourself an executive officer. A good XO will handle all of this for you and will make sure you get the best crew available as well as handle the management of said crew.

I would do it, if you were State citizens and was obliged to fight against slavery only within State borders. That way I would support upholding the law.
But since you are Empire citizen (am I correct?) then supporting you would mean violation of your Empire law. And I am so not doing it.

As a Holder and businessman, often been asked about my particular view of "slavery" within the Empire. I feel that the first thing I wish to clarify is that the term slave is not, in my opinion, truly representive of the state of affairs within an Amarrian Holders household. The term that I was raised using was infact reclaimed. We Amarrians have been charged with the Holy task of reclaiming the Sheppards flock. We are the avatars He uses to help the less enlightened peoples of New Eden return to Him and be Reclaimed.

Unfortunately many have taken this task and twisted it to their personal benefit, often ignoring the safety and well being of those with whom they have been entrusted. Holders have a responsibility to educate and teach the "slaves" under them in the ways of God. One of the best ways to purify the mind, is through physically demanding tasks and jobs that require significant amounts of mental focus. Hardening the body and focusing the mind ultimately frees the soul to hear the Truth.

I myself currently hold several tens of thousands of persons in various stages of reclamation, all of whom are clothed, fed, housed, educated and employed by me, my organisation and those whom have sworn loyalty to my house. In a few rare occasions I have gone so far as to offer the gift of immortality to patricularly enlightened individuals of non-Amarrian decent.

When I come across a forum or communique that calls for the "freedom" of "slaves" I always shake my head. That is the entire purpose of Reclaiming, to free all peoples form the sin of the world, and help them climb the steps in order to stand beside the Amarrian people as equals. Until that time, we Amarrian Holders will be there to act as sheppards for the unwashed flock. Your calls for slave freedom are tantamount to promoting eternal damnation.

Shame.

And let's not forget that that's what it is, hmmmm?

You sound like my Dad. People like you boring others to tears take all the fun out of beating slaves with a stick which is supposed to be a casual enjoyable activity Sorry any slaves reading this if that was a really offensive comment, but shouldn't you be working instead of reading IGS? How did you access this forum anyway? Don't you know it's wrong to access someone else's datapad if they leave it lying around and logged in? Back to work!

Beleive me when I say if you were my duaghter, I would not wish to admit it in such a public setting.


You, my dear, are quickly beginning to sound like a sadist. While physical and corporal punishment are used, taking personal pleasure from those acts are an indication of depravity. Now please put someone on the line who has a clue about what they are talking about or clear this channel all together.

Unless I have misread the previous message, I fail to see the whining you are referring to... perhaps you have failed to adequately train your reading skill?