Intergalactic Summit

Still, watching Caldari holochannels is like watching the paint on a ship's hull peel, all one big infomercial, product placement, and State programming.

Of course, Amarr programming is no better, unless you're really into this God thing, otherwise it will put you to sleep.

About the only holos worth watching are probably Minmatar.

Quiet. We resolve our issues in our way. Your supposed Deteis blood does not make you Caldari, as remarks like this one indicate; mind your own business. We do not burn traitors alive for the perverse enjoyment of the mob in the State. We deal with them as a surgeon deals with an infected limb; removed, disposed of, and replaced with a suitably healthy substitute. There is no fanfare, no violence necessary.

Kindly butt out. Again...this is the lesson the Caldari and others have been trying to teach the Gallente for hundreds of years. It is unfortunate that you are extremely slow learners.

Caldari Nationalism: "Leave us alone and mind your own business. Just keep in mind that we will have our leaders loudly comment on your affairs as much as possible while condemning you in some fashion."

Breaking News!: Heth and several megacorps express outrage over handbags in the Federation! Declares them to be covert! weapons designed to kill Caldari puppies! In other news, President Roden has revealed himself to be a giant soul eating serpent!

Everyone is a bit of a hypocrite as of late, some more than others of course.



Ignorance is bliss, how I wish to have your innocence.

Do you really think that Heth can simply be removed and tossed aside somewhere? You've seen the ways he tries to maintain his power, by butchering the defenseless.

Feel free to politely ask him and his thugs to step down of course. Do see how that works out.

Your country has no precedent or guidelines for a peaceful change of power on this scale and you certainly aren't going to come up with an effective one before **** hits the fan. Bracing for impact is about the best you can do at this point.



Slow but steady wins the race ;)

Plus, I'm pretty sure everyone is having trouble learning lately. Has CONCORD ever explained why all of our learning skills suddenly disappeared from the training logs several years ago?

Your all reading far to much into this. Heth simply has the cold and couldn't make it into work, he has been working to hard lately so I formally invite him round to my quarters for a nice cup of tea.

Only because a certain Mega had to sell off their Media assets to pay their debts and can no longer fund their own.

And the generous financial intervention of a mysterious benefactor whose identity to this day remains entirely unknown, through which he was able to secure ownership of Caldari Constructions and the Kaalakiota Corporation. That benefactor, I would wager, is still out there, and most likely doesn't want his investment washed down the drain.

A person or organisation powerful enough to buy Kaalakiota out from under Hatakaan Oritsu's nose strikes me as overwhelmingly dangerous, especially if they've got something to lose.

One should also consider that the Templis Dragonaurs terrorist group, membership of whom is grossly illegal in all CONCORD signatory nations, have been spotted openly running errands for Heth. Whether or not they remain his allies after learning what he attempted to do to Caldari Prime, their presence is an extreme danger that shouldn't be underestimated.

it is, however, one of the more important ones when it comes to influencing interstellar events and people's lives by the million.

You will note that I have never supported the CPD and its ridiculous warmongering, and aside from Tibus Heth, few of the State's leaders have expressed opinions on the internal affairs of the Federation. It is only when your meddling government tries to extend its reach into our borders -- or others' -- that we become incensed. Do not project your own faults upon us. I will grant you that Tibus Heth is doing as you suggest, but then that is the root of the enmity many of us in the Caldari capsuleer community have with him.


Perhaps you have never heard of the Morning of Reasoning. This is hardly unprecedented in the Caldari State. And if you think Heth cannot simply be removed and tossed away...there are eight other military forces in the State with strength equal to the Home Guard, and the CPD is a bunch of ill-mannered thugs, not a professional military force. Anyone who doubts that only needs to see their pathetic performance on Caldari Prime. The economic strength of Kaalakiota has been shot.

There are men and women at the top of the Kaalakiota hierarchy who know what will happen if they resist the judgement of the CEP. We do not forget the lessons of the past. I doubt the board of Kaalakiota will risk extreme sanction for to save face for a man who has destroyed their corporation, and risks destroying the State with his madness.

This is the difference between the Federation in the State. You think the mob should dictate the direction of the state. We believe that those who have proven themselves most able should dictate the will of the state. This is the reason why Tibus Heth has never been good for the Caldari -- we are not Gallente. We will never be. And now we must ensure that those within the State who want to see us be are destroyed.

I have never told the Federation how to conduct its internal affairs -- few of us, aside from the Provists, care what the Federation does within its borders. You are perfectly within your rights to continue indulging in your worst excesses, keeping millions of people on the public dole, and whatever other wrongheaded policies you so choose. When you tell those of us in the State -- or the Empire, or the Republic for that matter, how to conduct our internal affairs, then you overstep your bounds. If you think I am projecting "my faults" onto the Provists, you are not listening...which is not particularly unprecedented for the Gallente.


The Meetings of Reasoning are a long tradition in Caldari culture; they were not a one-time event. You clearly know nothing of our history, you make no sense -- do you think Heth has power only because his force of personality? No one is afraid of one man, and one man is nothing to the Caldari.


If you think Kaalakiota can come out ahead in this matter by supporting Heth and his bootlickers, you are more delusional than Heth is. They are drowning in debt and outnumbered seven to one, and Heth's strange sway over the Navy seems to be at an end. If Kaalakiota goes against the will of the CEP, it will be the end of them -- they will be destroyed like the unionists were after the Morning of Reasoning or like Seaguard Financial when it threatened Caldari Funds Unlimited. If you do not understand how competition can lead to a greater whole, perhaps you can get someone with a basic degree in biology to teach you about the survival of the fittest.


The cowardice of the CEP in letting the mob dictate the ascent of Heth is what brought us to this point. Their cowardice now in not taking action sooner is what continues our troubles. It must be ended immediately if we are to return to our place of strength.

As far as your claims that "our roots are nearly identical," this is Gallente arrogance at its finest. Our roots are nothing like yours. We were born on a world that by its very nature tried to destroy us. We survived. Your people tried to destroy our culture and make us into pale imitations of your decadence -- we made a terrible sacrifice to ensure that we would survive as a people, not under the heel of Gallente imperialism. When you ask why we have such enmity for your Federation, this is why -- you think nothing of the accomplishments of others and only compare them to what you consider "progress." Toleration for the choices of others is unthinkable for the Gallente.

If you think the megacorporation in its current form comes from the Gallente...you are also mistaken. Perkone, among others, dates from before the Gallente came to Caldari Prime. We are not some sort of backwater primitives, like you have convinced yourselves we and the Intaki were before you "found" us.



However...at least on this point, we can agree. It is time for us to cauterize this wound and discard the infected flesh, and return to the ways that made the Caldari State what it once was.