Intergalactic Summit

I linked to it in my first post on the thread:

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4021508#post4021508

Offending comments and ensuing vigorous discussion are in this thread here:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=281488&find=unread

You perhaps looked at it and didn't think it worthy of all this hubub (such as it is), and to that I can only say I agree.

We deemed it necessary to declare war for the following reasons:

1.) Despite the lack of jurisdiction and competence Lord Admiral Lok’ri has accused Her Grace of heresy. While this would not concern us, since the institutions which usurp jurisdiction in the Empire do not exist in the Kingdom, we consider it to be an unprovoked attack by a supposedly allied (albeit schismatic) entity.

(The opinions expressed by Her Grace are not only always standing within the legitimate spectrum of the Khanid Orthodox Church, which remains independent from the churches of Amarr and is the true and complete continuation and preservation of that very church that Dano Gheinok founded, but are a shining example of clarity of thought and theological insight.)

2.) The lack of fulfilling the requirements to address Her Grace according to protocol and custom as established by the Book of Records under the entry of “Odelya of House d’Hanguest, Duchess of Palas” (and with the addition of “Hyperprotopansebastokratorissa” and “Porphyrogenita.”)

3.) A certain feeling of general disgust towards sycophancy, biased sophistry, arrogance, incompetence, the tendency to corrupt the innocent, shameless hypocrisy, and double-standards.

4.) Attempts of peaceful arbitration were made, but failed due to the unwillingness of PIE to open discussion: Not only is this war a war of self-defence against a guilty enemy, but all other means of putting an end to it have shown to be impractical.

Yours sincerely,
Morijah d’Hanguest
Ducal Chancellor

Point 1) is legitimate. All the others sound highly volatile.

Didn't these sorts of things used to be settled when a noble would throw a glove down on a table and we would have a trial by combat? Suddenly, after years of wondering about the barbarism of that system, suddenly I see why it was so necessary. Now, instead of two people fighting hopefully not to the death, Amarrian crewmen are dying to a mercenary force.

Why don't you both just take a battleship apiece and a form master to a spot of space and fight until one of you has taken the hull integrity of the other down to 50%? Crew losses would be minimal, it would only take one member of PIE out of the fight for the duration, nobody would have to pay any mercenaries.

It seems rather simple.

Dear Colonel,

Porphyrogenita, i.e. born into the purple—without the final “l”, Colonel.

Hyperprotopansebastekratorissa is not translatable into a single word, but you will easily understand its meaning: hyper, i.e. above; proto, i.e. first; pan, i.e. all; sebaste, i.e. venerable; kratorissa, i.e. ruler. Hyperprotopansebastekratorissa. Effortless.

Yours sincerely,
Morijah d’Hanguest
Ducal Chancellor

This has become less interesting.

While I'm always for a little embarrassment at the expense of my True Amarr Brothers and Sisters in the Praetorians, this is starting to have the distinctive oder of the ridiculous.

I realize this might be hard to distinguish from Odeyla's typical funk, however.

As the old saying goes, it's the quiet ones you need to worry about.

I would suggest we make a distinction from the Stormcrows going about their business rather professionally, and the ridiculousness I was referring to.

But on the other hand I applaud those involved for resorting to actual violence to settle a dispute, which can be a rarity among some IGSers.

Since you're keen to check the numbers, perhaps you could provide some context by comparing our losses to Stormcrows with the far greater value of both our victories against and losses to our primary focus: the Shakorites.

Also, how does the value of our losses compare to the expense of bankrolling this futile war against us?

That is what I already said above, but even those days, people go through proper authorities - meaning, the Civil Court - to settle issues of that sort instead of resorting to trial by combat, which is why it is considered rather old fashioned and barbaric these days...

But in the case of freelance capsuleers, I guess this is the only decent option at hand.



Are PIE still living in caves or something ? At times it is no wonder that so many foreigner call the Amarr backward when reading such obscurantist tripe.