Intergalactic Summit

What do you mean, I'm in a cloned body? I can't seem to recall...

The only two people I would have liked to nominate are ones dead and the other has fallen in heresy. Which goes to show you how well you think you know a man. This year is hard on me to nominate someone I shall have to think long and hard praying on the subject.

This one nominates Tiberious Thessalonia for Amarrian Capsuleer of the Year. And before you scoff, I remind you:



The Imperial Crusade, the CVA, and affiliated parties have continued to play at the same games over the past year (just as have their oppositional counterparts). The tides have washed in and out again, just as they would have without being ridden by so many angry oarsman splashing around in their rowboats. Individuals have done great deeds, but nothing has come out of these arena that changes the cluster in any significant way.

The other various unconventional Amarrian sects have also stayed the same course as before...stagnating, succumbing to entropy, and accomplishing little of note.

The only thing the Amarrian bloc has really had going for it in the past year is Tiberious, who has been a tsunami in and of himself of cultural and ministerial outreach. While Graelyn and Garreck have been fighting the same battles (both physical and spiritual) as before, while Eran has turned into one of them, and while Vaari has prowled Providence in his goldy, Thessalonia has been moving among the people--believers and non-believers alike--offering solace, comfort, and encouragement the likes of which is truly divine. He had the hard discussions, answered the difficult questions, stood up for the faith, and disseminated it in a way that the rest of the cluster could comprehend and digest. He was the olive branch that reached many hearts and minds who were widely considered to be too hardened to ever hear anything Athra had to say again.

New Eden mourns the rapid demise of the Majesta Institute, and weeps for his defection to the Sansha. Tell me, when was the last time the cluster united in grief over an Amarrian's fall from grace? He has stumbled, yes. But for carrying the torch of Heideran alone for so long, and for everything he has accomplished in the past twelve months, he deserves our respect and our praise. You can choose to recognize him for a lifetime of service or revile him for...the last two days. You can offer him a beacon of hope as he has done for so many others in his life...or shut him out in the dark. To all of us who look at Athra from outside its Empire, Tiberious is already the Amarrian Capsuleer of the Year. It is up to you to deny this or formalize it.

Damn, Caellach beat me to it. Kazzzi.

Emperor Heideran VII is now a relic of the past, along with his failed policies.



None can expect a heathen such as you to comprehend the gravity of his sin.

The very fact that you think me a heathen incapable of understanding just how far the man has fallen proves that your opinion is questionable.

But that is irrelevant, since the fact that you lash out in such a way at someone contributing nominations to an event at your organization's invitation proves that your rational faculties are a little sparse to begin with. I suggest you stick to baser tasks in God's service...leave the conversation to more capable minds, yes?

I was under the impression that speaking of an Emperor like that, even a deceased Emperor, is heresy and a grave sin. The Emperor's words are law and divine, I thought... and speaking out against them - whether or not they are failed policies - is an unthinkable act.

Am I misunderstanding?

Apologies for off topic, but worth responding:




Amarrian subjects speaking out against a -current- Emperor (or Empress) often end up missing a head.

Amarrian capsuleers have a degree of freedom of speech that non-capsuleers and commoners do not.

Although previous rulers are often treated reverentially, harsh words are sometimes necessary.

Well, he made no real effort to make peace with the Minmatar. Yes, he was a failure, but for the opposite of the reasons you believe - like all Amarrians, he was long on words, short on actions and did not possess the courage, honour or self-knowledge to do the right thing.

My apologies to Admiral Blake for disrupting the awards nominations.