Intergalactic Summit

She attacked me the other day after I said she could share a plex with me. I had no intent on harming her.

We were not making a huge deal of it, as It is potentially a diplomatic issue with her corp and alliance, who are valued allies.

We've not made Odelya a target in spite all of this. She knew that as confirmed by our conversations.

But yes the "no difference anymore between the schismatics of PIE and the Tribal Liberation Force" was her ex post facto justification for her awox. At first she left it in the hands of the mercs. But after the discussions broke off and we rejected the proposal, she apparently changed her policy.

To Whom it May Concern,

five points for clarification and elucidation:


1.) After Her Grace stated that a future declaration should be done “with reference to” her Khanid titles (while honorific titles might be omitted), Mr Elkoth apologised for questioning Her Grace’s titles in the past. He then raised the issue of affirmation by saying: “I don't believe it is my, or PIE's place to either deny or confirm a holder's title, Amarrian or Khanid.” Upon which Her Grace answered: “Indeed, it is not.” One now wonders how he could come to the interpretation that our party demanded an affirmation of Her Grace's titles.


2.) Mr Elkoth gave his assurance to keep silent on what he and Her Grace talked about. He broke this promise. Why would we not make an issue of that? He later added as a justification: “I considered holding that back, but it seemed right to get it all out there since you brought it up and Gaven had disclosed part of it.” We condemn this and hope it will serve as a warning to others. A promise is a promise regardless of the circumstances.

[One might add that Mr Elkoth is certainly not qualified for his role as a diplomat. Not only is he inept to understand the nuances of written or spoken language, he also does not seem to enjoy the full support of his admiralty and seems to be out of touch with it. He simply put the failure of the negotiations into the words: “Seems I somewhat misjudged the mood of my admiralty.” And while we believe it is a “mood” indeed, unfortunately it is also a structure. We don’t blame Mr Elkoth for being a treaty breaker for he is the product of his corrupted environment.]


3a.) As we have stated in the declaration of war it was “judged requisite by Her Grace The Duchess, [that] all commanders of the Ducal Palasian Squadron [DPS], its attached mercenary forces, and all captains of civilian vessels are authorised and instructed to subdue, seize and take any armed vessel of the Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris which shall be found within the jurisdictional limits of the Duchy of Palas, or elsewhere.” There has been no change of policy ever since.


3b.) Ms Valador is clearly lying. No such invitation has been conveyed to Her Grace and even if, it would have been completely irrelevant, because cf. 3a.). We find it however disturbing how often PIE pilots are distorting the truth (and using obscene language) in this conflict—especially after all they tend to repeat that it is completely marginal to them.


4.) In the same light PIE clearly knows that should 24FL, which has destroyed almost ten times more in hostile assets compared to PIE in this month, get involved in this conflict they would be annihilated. Even now their neurotic pilots are sitting stressed in stations. We find the strategy likely that they want to put pressure on 24FL's leadership to make Her Grace stop, because they obviously lack the skill to do so themselves.

5.) Since the financial situation of Her Grace has been raised as an issue a few times now, we can assure you that Her Grace is only spending a small amount of her private capital and no ducal revenues have been used for this conflict so far. It is the pleasure of Her Grace to entertain a private mercenary force.

Yours sincerely,
Morijah d’Hanguest
Ducal Chancellor

Odelya d'Hanguest is a heretic, and King Khanid II is a rude king.

There is considerable evidence to support both of those statements.

Bravo.

Quite the performance.

Nothing like twisting diplomatic language to suit your narrative.

I'd reply with similar hair splitting clarifications but honestly, its boring and tedious. I suspect the "to whom it may concern" is dwindling rapidly. I am not sure I even care anymore.

And you are very much not going to bait me into making any statements against our long standing allies in 24FL. I know you'd love that. Your sister has tried before to foment antipathy between these stalwart militia organizations. Our mutual service to the Empress is what is paramount.

Anyway, have fun with your little war.

Since when the Khanid area is included in that proxy war ?

Duchess d’Hanguest,
In the name of the Lord, shut up.

Since you have accused me, quite unfairly and incorrectly, of disclosing private conversations, I will conduct further affairs with you and your office openly and notoriously.

PIE’s bullheaded behaviour notwithstanding (and you may believe that I have choice words for them as well), you are acting like the child you are, rather than rising to the occasion and the title you have inherited. This is nothing more than a tantrum, magnified many times through the lens of your station and your status as a capsuleer. One can almost imagine you in an office, built through the efforts of better persons, jumping up and down shouting at all who will listen, most likely servants or sycophants, that PIE is being mean to you, that PIE is not calling you duchess, that PIE is not calling you by the style you wish, that you are the duchess, etcetera and so on.
I stated before that a holder who has to demand respect is no holder. Take note of this, Lady d’Hanguest. Every time you pitch a fit over a slight, the esteem and respect that your peers and lessers have for you is diminished. Although you may not understand it now, the latter is actually the most important.
Since there is no one to guide you in your inexperienced youth, I will offer some advice. Firstly, do not make waves. I didn’t even redecorate my manor in the first decade, despite the horrible mauve carpets that my grandmother put in the living section. You have held your title for two years. Two years. In that time you’ve had your title challenged and start an internecine war. In addition, you are still overcoming your past reputation for sexual lasciviousness and otherwise hedonistic behaviour of your teens. You should shut up, solidify your position and gain the respect of your peers and lessers.
The second bit has to do with titles, styles, honorifics, kowtowing, scraping, bowing and bootlicking. Get over yourself. I have a much older title than you, Lady d’Hanguest, with an irregular style. I have a policy to introduce myself once and then gently remind once more, if needed and then I drop it after. I do this because I am secure in my position and secure in myself. Also, quite frankly, it is beneath me to make an issue of it. Let me reiterate that, Odelya. If a commoner breaks social protocol, I do not lower myself to call them on it, even if it is a deliberate slight. Additionally, I make a point to have close friends and acquaintances drop the formality and simply call me Erin when appropriate. Part of being a holder is knowing when formality is not called for.
The last piece of advice I would give is that you need to learn to think long term. Two factors work against you in this case, your age and the Kingdom itself. You came into your title at an unheard of early age. Nominally speaking, you would have a few centuries ahead of you. With the help of capsuleer technology, that is even more true and may even be stretched longer. Yet, you are still thinking now, now, now. Most of my plans have a time table of a decade or more. Your impetuousness marks you as weak.

Kind regards,
Erin

Ah, but that is another question altogether.

The current state of politics of the Privy Council may point in that direction, but the Khanid Kingdom is still not formally involved in the war to my knowledge. We do not even know if they actually participate in any way, unless you have some privy info on the matter ?

Even the arch-separatist D'Hanguest fights in the war. You seem to be alone in holding the Khanid Kingdom as not having a dog in this fight.

And yet, the Kingdom Navy does not participate in any way in the CEWPA theater, much like the Ammatar Fleet does not either. Only direct Amarrian forces are committed at the moment.