Intergalactic Summit

Gallente-Caldari Relations have always been tense, but recently it would seem that the hostility between the Gallente and the Caldari has been easing up. Is this a sign of things to come in the future? Perhaps one day the people of the Federation and the people of the State will no longer view the other as enemies, but rather as technological and economic rivals, both racing towards the future to the benefit of all humanity. It's an optimistic view, but I for one would like to see the animosity between the Caldari and the Gallente dissipate.

What are your thoughts on Gallente-Caldari relations? Do you think they will improve, and do you want to see them improve? If not, for what reasons? Here's to a completely civil discussion. Cheers!

While it is true that it's too early to say definitively (it almost always is), speculating on the matter won't hurt.

I'm sure Ishukone will do their utmost to improve their own relationship with the Federation.

It's all a matter of time. People are drawn inexorably together into larger and larger groups, so over hundreds or thousands of years, the cluster will grow politically smaller and more interconnected. The conflicts of today will be distant memories. Eventually we'll move towards some form of peace.

I'm always optimistic, but it's not easy to say we'll see it within our lifetimes. As Claudia pointed out, there are a great many people who have a vested interest in ongoing limited conflicts. It gives them a ready-made threat to point at when internal matters start becoming harder to ignore.

I fail to see how you cannot be encouraged by the prospect of a potential Ishukone-Federal relationship in the future?

I have no idea where you could have possibly come up with such a notion.

I'm appalled, really, I truly am.

*Can be seen eating a rather luxurious meal at a diner overlooking a scenic spot in some magnificent Gallente city. Beautiful, energetic Gallente women serve and cater to the needs of the customers while popular Gallente music provides some atmosphere for the place.*


I'm sorry, what about Ishukone and the Federation?

She'd explain, but we're up to our necks in blood and muck here at the front. kirjuun

Oh, Maker! That's rich. Baha. Thank you, Gesakaarin! I was wondering how I'd find some light dinner entertainment. You do deliver, as they say.

But as you seem to not know, given your tirade about prostitutes and pride and all that, Kaalakiota-Okusaika-does-maintain-Federation-facilities. Indeed, these facilities are in secure Federation territory, meaning that in all likelihood Kaalakiota likely pays taxes and thus funds the Federation military. Rich, isn't it? And these aren't necessarily facilities in lockdown, with skeleton crews. No, as you'd expect, it's business-as-normal for Kaalakiota. I could carry on.

In any case, please continue with your fanciful efforts to goad us and paint Ishukone Okusaika as the traitorous outsiders. It's hilarious. Honestly. Have you ever tried comedy?

(edit; apologies for formatting. This Galnet software evidently has difficulty parsing links in succession, and standard Galnet software tags for inserted spaces aren't working.)

Relax, Tuulinen-haan. I was simply...how does one say, poking fun at a sarcastic, misguided response with another sarcastic, misguided response.

Rest assured that the men and women under my command pay just as much blood as yours or any other organization involved in that awful mess of a proxy-war. They pay their blood, however, to fight a different kind of enemy, rather than a mere mirror of themselves.

As for the topic at hand, I would certainly like to think that Caldari-Gallente relations are improving. As some of the comments above are quite good evidence for, there still is a long road that needs to be traversed by Caldari (and Gallente) until the day comes that this proxy-war ceases to exist, and the two of our peoples can co-exist in relative harmony. I look forward for that day.