Intergalactic Summit

I stand corrected, then. Well, technically. What I'm reading here is that they were aiming at military targets and not civilian ones, tho, right? Which is not exactly the same picture that the Republic version of history paints.




First: It's not my company. I just work here. Our CEO doesn't share my level of animosity towards our barbarian ancestors back in the Republic. Just me.

Second: Shooting at unarmed civilian mining ships sure is a great way to show everyone what a mighty warrior you really are, yeup. Stay classy.

But in case you were wondering, we decided that as long as we were going to be the target of cowardly terrorists (that's you) who only prey on industry corps (that's us) that we might as well spend some time doing some basic combat training with people who've had lots of experience with that sort of thing. So we did, and now we're back to where we were before.

Third: Tribal Liberation Front is thataway, if you've got the balls for it. I'm sure PIE and the rest of the 24th would be more than happy to see you go waving your dong around in an actual warzone. Let me know how that works out for you.

Or are you too scared?

If I was sexually frustrated I'd find myself a proper Amarrian husband.

With a job.

I wouldn't be so sure about the new chief of the Sebiestor. While the Brutor do seem to rule the roost, Acassa Midular has a lot of support, particularly because, outside the military, the Sebiestor are much more representative of the scientific end of the Republic. So while the Brutor may protect you in far off lands, it's the Sebiestor that made sure you have water on your dry planet or that you've grown specialized bacteria that eat methane and defecate clean air.

More importantly, the new Midular may be considered by some to be underexperienced, but that last name means something. Not just to the Matari, either, but also to the rest of the cluster. While Shakor may be something of a Brutor's Brutor, his reputation is rather poor outside of the Republic. Midular's name carries respect not just through her tribe, but straight into the heart of even the Amarr Empire. While Acassa may not have earned that herself yet, that respect seems to have been passed on as an inheritance. Even I have a bit more faith in her for reasonable negotiation than I ought to, simply because of her mother's legacy of wise insight.

Of course, I'm late to the capsuleer game. I wonder if Amarrian capsuleers appreciated her while she was alive and before we had to deal with the Shakor administration. Regardless, even as a baseliner I had certainly heard of her and she was not spoken of without due respect in my house. And this is from a family whose closest Matari family servants are Brutor.

Regardless, while many things might require a tribal vote, the idea of the tribal structure is that the tribes manage their own affairs. That means we can actually make peace with those tribes that wish to carry on the Pax Amarria. I know my life has already gotten easier in Republic space. Three cheers for having my charges of aiding and abetting a felon dropped in a Sebiestor court! Apparently, the judge thought the charges were "largely fictionalized, obviously political, and had no standing in a court of law."

I think you're taking her a bit out of context. We Amarrians have a pretty well-researched belief that the odds of internal conflict rise proportionally to how many people wield ultimate power, reduced by how many enemies you have to unite against. I think the prevailing belief among Amarrians regarding the current political crisis is that there will eventually be a conflict and that conflict will inevitably become our problem since, when you have internal dissent, every leader looks outward to point out an enemy.

Amarrian life is just waiting for that other shoe to drop. I'm hopeful we can sign peace treaties of some nature that will avert the damage when it happens, but it doesn't seem to be a question of "if" it will happen, but "when" and "how bad will it be for all of us." At best, you get the Gallente style of governance where so many people dislike each others' politics that the whole thing holds together in a state of mutual tension. At worst, a major schism develops, a civil war erupts, and a few tribes try to unify their people by completely obliterating the Pax Amarria on their side. Then we get total war.

I think the slightly prevailing sentiment is that it's better to have a stable Minmatar Republic that we can try to teach the Word to in a more benign and perhaps gradual way than to have warfare of any kind, no matter who wins. That doesn't just save Amarrian lives, but also Matari (and, depending on how bad it gets, Gallente and Caldari lives). That's why it suits all of us to make peace with as many tribes as possible, so that when inevitable conflict does kick off, it's easier for the Republic to handle internally and thus we might avoid feeling you thrash around on our side of the bed.

You must have thought about this at some point, what would happen if a civil war breaks out here between the Heir Families or something of that nature. We like to say that it doesn't happen often, that things here are stable and we never disagree. But, in the nigh-infinite timescale of human history, even we'd be fools to say "never". Always be prepared for the worst.

We may have to agree to disagree on the centralized structure, as I've found them to be much more beneficial in promoting the rule of law and order. But I do agree that it's far easier to deal with the council rather than the former Republic. They had a Gallente system of democracy, their tribal structure, and still invested considerable power in the hands of their Sanmatar before the reshuffle. While somewhat dangerous, it does provide opportunities so that, when that unrest does break out, if you've signed peace treaties respected by, say, five or six tribes, you can handle the repercussions that echo outside the Republic.

Your persistent lies about leaving stations and the safety of the captain's quarters is at best laughable. You are an amarrian with a bounty on your head and you spin the fantasy that you walk among the Minmatar Republic spreading your faith and experiencing victories in our legal system of justice.

When you were charged were you arrested and placed in custody? Why is it that no one collected your bounty while you were in custody? A cellmate not amazed by your religious ranting perhaps? What chance would you give a Minmatar Republic citizen charged with the same offense in the amarr empire?

Please find a better fantasy to share here on IGS no one believes you are converting Matari to your faith while walking outside your capsule in the Minmatar Republic, or anywhere else to be honest.

I write this while sitting in the station in Sarum Prime, true we capsuleers without militia or criminal flags can go most anywhere but your fantasy of walking around with your bounty outside of a station is just too imaginative to stomach. Get a new gimmick.

These type of persistent lies are exactly what diminishes the chance for peace between our peoples, you amarrians are locked into self satisfying fantasies divorced from common sense and reason.

By what method did you get to the surface?

Actually, the bounty on my head is from Slaver Filth. The reason I wasn't remanded to custody is because I have a good lawyer and grasp of legal concepts. The reason I'm not always in trouble for being an Amarrian preacher that operates primarily out of Matari space is because I'm allowed in the Republic. The Matari people sometimes take a dim view of their own people, or they simply underestimate how many of their own people still believe in God. Matari space isn't a shooting gallery, despite the claims to the contrary among my own people.

Why do you think they're going to flay my skin off and bend my ribs outwards in the Republic? It might not be the gilded halls of Amarr Prime, but it isn't the dark ages. It probably also helps, as I've previously mentioned, my grandmother is a freedwoman of Brutor descent and a cardinal in the Amarr Empire. It also helps to not walk around the Republic thinking they're barbarians whose rights extend as far as their rifle range.

The particulars of the case are fairly straightforward. I was charged with helping someone get to the Ammatar Mandate, whose former master had legally freed left him and left him their holdings. That was fine for most people, but the local government decided that the second he had accepted the holdings legally, he'd become a felon and a fugitive, and thus arranging his transportation to better circumstances meant that I was aiding in his "escape". The local sheriff was a bit miffed that one of his less fortunate miscreants was about to inherit a parcel of land and a small business. Since the direct target of his ire was gone, he decided to issue a warrant for my arrest.

I'm not sure if he thought I wouldn't appear in a Republican court, but I have always held myself to the standard of the Matari legal system. There is nothing illegal about preaching in most jurisdictions (so it's good to know the few you can't walk into). Luckily, my judge took one look at the warrant, gave me bail, and told me to come back a few weeks after she had gathered the relevant evidence. The trial took less than a day and it was found that the man leaving Matari space had no outstanding warrants at the time and that I was not aiding in the flight of a criminal from justice.

Have a little faith in your own legal system. They're not designed to lock up everyone.

In the case of a Republican citizen in Amarr space helping an Ammarian get to his inheritance in Republican space? It's not illegal, though I'd be hard-pressed to see why that would happen. There aren't many Amarrians working the land out there for Matari masters to feel they deserve to have it.

I used to work in Orbital Security and I was somewhat dismayed to discover how easy all our clever little protocols are to sidestep. I suppose that's what you get for flying in the face of a thousand years worth of private enterprise.

Not terribly surprising to find an Amarrian extolling the virtues of centralised government, Father! In fact I'd be shocked to find you taking any other position on the matter.

That said, the Caldari State is perhaps the most famous of the four empire states for it's rigorous application of law and order and the only time that was seriously threatened was during our recent flirtation with centralised control.

May it never be repeated.