Intergalactic Summit

Which, if you were to consider it, technically makes the State more of a Confederation than anything else. Or perhaps a Commonwealth? Maybe even a little of both, hmm?



Interesting, but there is a problem: You are not us.

Even the great Amarr Empire has it's limits. There is a reason that Khanid Kingdom and the Ammatar Mandate continue to exist as allies of the Empire rather than being absorbed directly into it, for even a monarch as powerful & wise at The Empress can only rule over so many star systems before it becomes too much of a confusing boondoggle to deal with. This is where vassals and alliances come into play, because only by delegating authority - even to the point to technical autonomy - can the Empire truly hope to expand.

This is also why my family has always endorsed the idea that the Reclaiming should be done peacefully through missionary work rather than through direct conquest. And as much as I would naturally like to see all of those souls residing within the Caldari State to someday join us in our Faith, I most certainly would never wish to see them relinquish one iota of their autonomy or the rest of their way of life in any way (and I am not alone in this belief). It is within our differences that we learn from each other, and the structure of the CEP intrigues me greatly; for I see it as a model for what the Empire may become, or at least how it will operate, some day in the future... if on a smaller scale.

I envision a future New Eden with just as many governments as we see today, and perhaps more. Naturally I see them as Reclaimed brothers & sisters of the Faith and allied appropriately. Yet I still see them as still operating independently of each other, for again there is only so much territory any one nation can hope to encompass before simply collapsing under the weight of it's own bureaucracy.

All this being said, I, for one, certainly do not enjoy the idea of an autocratic leader ruling arbitrarily over the entirely of the Caldari State. Their diffuse government of multiple corporations linked together by common interests (and economics) is the very model that I believe will prove itself most successful in the long run for New Eden, as well as the one that we, ourselves, may someday adapt in a slightly different manner (replace "common financial goals" with "singular Faith in God" and you will see what I mean).

The first of these, as you would envision, "Megacorps" being the Amarr Empire, and then including the Khanid Kingdom, the Ammatar Mandate, and then anyone else who wishes to join us in God's Good Grace.

In light of all this, I have no choice but to perceive Mr.Heth as an obstacle in the continued evolution of both of our great nations. I can only see his actions as a step backward, not forward. Now to his credit he did do many good things on rise to power, and the elimination of corruption is always a noble goal that we should all aspire to. However, his actions after coming to power can be proven to have caused nothing but a great deal of needless deaths, the waste of vast resources and the effective burning of untold amounts of ISK for what has proven to be zero gain.

Was it really worth losing so much just to say that you held your own Leviathan over Caldari Prime for a little while? Could there have been another way? Could you not have simply brokered a deal to try to buy back the planet from the Federation? Could not the citizens there simply used the Federation's own laws to vote themselves back into the State (Yes, I know my history, and perhaps the Federation would have indeed shown hypocrisy in refusing to acknowledge such a vote, but then you would have demoralized the faith of many Federation citizens in their own system of government - which would have been quite a victory in itself, had it played out that way). Could diplomacy not wait any longer?

Mr.Heth has shown a great deal of impatience, and I believe that has been and will continue to be the source of his downfall. Those who act without thinking cause situations such as the Colelie Incident, and to be perfectly honest I am only grateful that Mr.Heth has not caused such a similar incident himself so far.

Politically speaking, of course, the State would be far better adopting a purely defensive stance when dealing with the Federation. As I had said previously, with their pretense of "cultural enlightenment" and liberalism it automatically becomes a serious loss of face for any Federation politician that goes on the offensive without due cause. While I am certain that a certain Mr.Blaque is perfectly capable of fabricating "due cause" at will, men like him fall in same category as Mr.Heth - and likewise, I believe his time is short as well. The point being, however, is that if you seek to truly defeat the Federation then you must expose the hollowness of their ideology to their own people and then simply sit back and let them do the work for you. It is the fatal weakness of democracy, after all - being at the complete mercy of the masses and all that. To that end, again, a more peaceful, defensive posture would ultimate serve the State far better than any sort of war of aggression.

And leave being a monarchy to those with more experience, my dear.

Such a shame that the most powerful man in the State is now hiding in a closet on just your average every day station.

Tibus Heth, stop drawing this out, it's over. Come out of the closet.

I'm a purveyor and consumer of fine holoreels. I was thinking of writing scripts and commissioning two new ones:

The first: 'Yolana Does Luminaire'
The sequel: 'Hollerin Heth in Haatomo'

Currently accepting auditions.

I didn't know they made jackboots in child-sized.

So what you've essentially given Heth is an excuse to stay in power forever, because it would be literally impossible for Heth to "get rid" of the Federation even if he had the unquestioning loyalty of every State citizen. Given that he's lost the loyalty of everyone but the Provists and the Templis Dragonaurs, what madness possesses you to believe that he's capable of it now?

Unless, of course, you're a bitter troll who knows that what you're saying is horseshit, and you're just promoting the murder of trillions to upset people?

Wow.

Even I didn't think you'd sink this low.

No, of course not. Slavery is prohibited by law now. I was talking about development through history.
Besides, who would want such weak and useless slaves as gallente? Blood raiders maybe for their rituals?

Would that be the same Gallente who achieved manned spaceflight before the Caldari were out of the industrial age and your (or my, for that matter) people had abandoned medieval feudalism, co-developed the warp drive, invented interstellar communication and engineered a gigantic Federation spanning thousands of worlds across six regions of space? Would that be the Gallente that developed a military capable of seriously intimidating the Amarr Empire, despite not having their religious fervor or the ingrained militaristic culture of the Caldari? Would that be the Gallente you've tried every day of your life as a capsuleer to eradicate but never even managed to scratch, let alone present a serious threat to?

Ask any tactician, Caldari or otherwise, and they'll tell you - underestimating your enemy is the fastest possible path to defeat.

Don't spew bullshit on the IGS if you aren't willing to be called out on it.

Obviously - no matter what the situation - these are in historic context exactly the wrong words you could throw at any Caldari.
I don't even have to support Tibus Heth to feel my blood boil at such words. I don't support his current course of action at all.

But: If we hadn't 'run' initially, we would now be second class citizens in the Federation, our believes crushed, our children going to Gallente schools to learn how to press a vote button every other year or so and how to wear transparent clothes so they can feel 'free'! You spit on such great names as Admiral Tovil-Toba with your wording!

*takes a deep breath*

You should truly take a course or two in diplomacy. My stand on the whole topic should be well known by now.

But do never doubt that all Caldari stand united if some outsider tries to crush us, that we will fall, just to stand up again and we'll never kneel!