Intergalactic Summit

My point has always been that those setbacks are a direct result of the problems I mentioned.





I was pointing out the error of Baracca's mentality is all.

We can discuss this elsewhere, but I do consider myself a defender of the Amarr, much more than the current Imperials at least.


Anyway, back to all of our collective happy dances at EM dissolving, yes?

The easy answer is that, though she is of a heretical religious sect and is certainly viewed as a criminal and murderer, she is an Amarrian criminal and murderer. You have to own your own problems and issues; the Sani Sabik are largely made up of ours. By that same token, though, she probably doesn't recognize the authority of our "zombie queen," doesn't necessarily count herself as having been lucky at Mekhios considering we didn't end up completely razing each others' security apparatuses to the ground, and isn't defending the Amarr as a people. She's speaking towards me but she is not talking to me. She's talking to you.

It's most likely that she is attempting to elicit the precise response you just gave her. She has considerable practice at, and success with, leading people about by the nose that way.

I for one will be wary in case the cancer of EM metastises

And this sort of thing is why pulse lasers will be involved in any meeting we have.

I simply find all life to have value, I can't say that human suffering is good for any person simply because they've been raised in a different part of space and in a divorced culture. That the destruction of the Elder Fleet was necessary is not up for debate. Whether the loss of life was a good thing is. There wasn't a way to avoid it, but that doesn't mean we should be pleased that so many had to die in the name of our security. Killing is a necessary act to be done in defense of the Empire, not something to be proud of or pleased about.

If you would like to debate whether we should engage in imperial schaudenfreude, I would be perfectly willing to engage you in that debate.

I must say, that's one word I never thought would be associated with myself. Though it has got me slightly worried about which parts of my activities you've been predicting.

To be fair to us, our space covers almost half the cluster. We are bound to have more pirates. However, it is true that faith can be a frightening thing to behold when one loses the way. The Word specifically spells out our role and what we are meant to do with our time; what we live for, if you will. It is meant to be a life lived humbly, focusing on scholarship and respect. Stringing people up like cattle and draining their blood into a chalice is somewhat outside of what can reasonably be attributed to faith alone. When Matari go bad, they hence to nullsec to prey on the weak, kill the innocent, and steal their possessions. Amarrian pirates simply don't mind the possessions and try fruitlessly to somehow drink the soul through the aorta. Same thing, in a way, just that material possessions aren't a necessarily larger part of the Sani Sabik heresy than the true faith, so Amarrian pirates try to steal the ephemeral.

The mainstream of Amarr society is unfortunately quite a bit like the mainstream of Matari society. Of course, they would never randomly kill unarmed strangers in the street, but they've heard that happens all the time across the cluster. It rarely works that way, despite appearances, we'd come a long way before the setback of the Elder Fleet and even that damage wasn't too horrendous on street level. Especially considering my race and vocation, coupled with the promises of violence both Matari and Imperial citizens promise will greet me on the surface, it's sometimes surprising how little outright rudeness I run into in the Republic. Perhaps Matari people have better memories of the Scriptural teachers than the Holders and I represent something a bit less maligned in my society. Or maybe it's simply the shock of actually seeing me there that people forget they want me dead.

It's a mixed bag, sometimes you run into the ones that want you and your family eviscerated, sometimes you get invited to bless someone's house for tradition's sake, and then most of the time if you're polite people simply leave you alone. Truth be told, I can't think offhand of any Matari who specifically hate me and no one has ever directly, purposefully threatened me (though I do receive quite a few bits and pieces of mail telling me to be careful). I think Matari tend to hate the Empire and those elements it represents that they don't like. They don't usually hate every single Imperial citizen they've ever met and truly want them dead.

Or maybe anyone that does want all the Amarrians dead is out in the warzone. I'm not sure; I simply count my blessings that foreign space isn't really full of people itching to skewer the priest. It's certainly bolstered my faith in humanity.

All I can say is that, while fear of entering another culture isn't completely unfounded, it's not nearly as dangerous as you'd think as long as you mind your manners and know where the toes are so that you don't step on them. I wrote a piece about that some time ago. Part of being able to share an important part of your culture, or in my case the faith, means being willing to experience the culture of other people. Even ardent Matari revolutionaries will listen to you talk about the Word after you've played ball with them for a few hours or attended one of their local music concerts with open ears.

Or it may be that I've been extremely fortunate so far and could be shot tomorrow by some nationalist or another. It's hard to tell. It's certainly been worth the risk, though.

While I often disagreed with EMs way of doing things, it is sad to see them go. Your cause was noble and just and proved to your enemies and even your Gallente comrades that the Minmatar military groups were not bands of mauraders, but a well organized and tactical force to be reckoned with.

Best of luck to your corporations and pilots. May they keep "fighting the good fight" as I believe its said.

It is a shame to see EM disband beeing them my brothers and sisters for more then 6 years.
We had some good times wich included fights with Pirates of the Matari regions, GFGF all

I hope that every corp finds something new to do, just as i did. Hope to see u all on the battlefield ( on whatever side )

Best Wishes to Luti, Gradient, Bionesis especially.. I am very gratefull for the times we had.
Godspeed!!

~ Duch

CloqMeister 2000 of Mostly Harmful Pirate Corp.

I find these news sad for minmatar and thukker community.

I fought alongside EM in my previous life.