Intergalactic Summit

I have just heard the news that the Bloody Hands of Matar have attacked an Impetus Facility on Atlanins. I will admit to being surprised at the timing, although with hindsight perhaps I should not be.

The Bloody Hands are a group that I have an old familiarity with as they first appeared in the days when many Minmatar were outraged by the actions of the Midular government, a time when organisations such as the Ushra'Khan were highly prominent in the political landscape of the Republic. The founding of the 'Hands came about as a protest group for Minmatar Baseliners and their adopted image was an echo of our own. As such, I feel compelled to comment on these events.

I speak now not on behalf of the Ushra'Khan, but as CEO of the Jotunn Risi. Although I have recently rejoined the ranks of the Ushra'Khan, I was operating independently at the time of the recent 'Midular crisis'. In that time I fought at the battle of Colelie, where the Republic Fleet engaged the Gallente Navy in protest against the Federation's refusal to extradite the assassin Gerne Broteau.

I say this to explain what I mean when I say that I understand how this event has come to pass. In recent months we Minmatar have witnessed repeated, high profile demonstrations of the Gallentean lack of understanding or even willingness to grasp our culture and ways. The level of frustration and offence caused runs far deeper than they imagine.

The 'Hands seem to have reached a similar conclusion as I did over the death of Midular. Despite her failings as a leader, despite her failure to realise her potential as a Ray of Matar, she remained a Ray with all the status and significance that mark brings. She was Minmatar. Her death at the hands of outsiders was a heinous crime and the disrespectful handling of the incident an offence to all Minmatar.

As such, I can understand the anger that has resulted in this act. Let this be a warning of things to come if attitudes do not change. There are a great many Minmatar living within Federation space, it is long past time that the Gallente learned to understand them.

The Amarrian 'understanding' of Minmatar was to suppress our ways, to date the Gallente have chosen to ignore them or even legislate indifference. Neither approach is an attempt to truly understand the culture. But of course, you have little interest in that.

I'll be the first person to admit that I'm not too damn bright, but what freaking good does it do for Matari to set other Matari on fire just to show the Gallente how wrong they are about the Minmatar?

You see, I bet once the list of names of the injured and the dead comes out, there are going to be a fair number of Minmatar names on it. As has already been pointed about by untold numbers of folks, there happen to be quite a lot of Minmatar living in the Federation. Living there. Working there -- and not always in places where Gallente or Intaki or Jin-Mei want to work, either. Places like, you know, distribution centers.

I'll just leave this here and wait for someone smarter than me to explain what this was supposed to accomplish. I mean, I do have some ideas, but none of them are good, and I'm kinda hoping none of them are right, and like I've said, I'm not too damn bright.

Didn't you people try telling the Caldari that?

As a former Peace and Order peace officer and a capsuleer with previous consultancies regarding security protocols with a specific eye to multi-racial workforces, I'd like to make myself available to any capsuleer who feels vulnerable to these sorts of actions.

Obviously the territories that your facilities operate within will determine the types of measures that can be adopted but, no matter where your factories reside, steps can be taken to protect your valuable investments and the innocent within your workforces.

Please send me a mail with the title "Labour Security Consultancy" and either myself or my assistant will get back to you as soon as possible to arrange a conversation pursuant to setting up a consultancy.

A public service announcement from Electus Matari:

Ugleb is no more representative of the Minmatar people than Diana Kim is of the Caldari.

My heart and prayers to those killed in yet more senseless violence. Sad, that a group who wanted to kill Midular, now kills because someone else killed her.

Spirits guide you all

Electus Matari does not condone such acts of senseless violence. We fully intend to assist the Republic Justice Department and the Republic Security Services in any way, and our hearts and hope go out to all of the people impacted during this attack.

My people have been greatly stirred as of late. Sadly, when something is mixed about, scum tends to float to the surface.

While I think there is certainly some truth to this, I don't think a discussion of Federation-Republic relations belongs here. These people are criminals and mass murderers, acknowledged as such by both the Federation and the Republic. Treating this as anything other than a crime to be solved, or treating these people as anything other than criminals to be caught, attaches needless importance to their views.

W​ell I couldn't agree more!

I think the Federation should follow the lead and logic of our Tribal friends and honor their cultural sensitivities by ​doing exactly what they did.

Sending a flotilla of Dreadnoughts into Tribal space and making idiotic demands.

So you claim indifference to your culture on our part which somehow justifies an unprovoked attack on your oldest (and only) ally? That's some culture you have there; that cries foul over every little thing other countries do but then expects us to just make more efforts to "understand" you.