Intergalactic Summit

Indeed, there's no need to.

The answer's always the same as the old joke:

Where did the Furrier go after it crossed the road?

"The other side"

In my defence, Makoto, he started it.

Geddit?

He started it?

I'll get my jacket.

Tuulinen, your instincts are good! Now go stand out in the cold while I get this awful taste out of my mouth...

Oh, Maker, did I open myself up for that...

(and stop, now. no more.)

You're making it worse!

(And I will stop. For the shreds of dignity remaining to us.)

Now, now, Jinari. No means no.

For the Children, indeed.

And what lengths are people prepared to go to, to protect those that matter to them?

The people of Intaki matter to me.

It's why when Mr Thiesant and his Institute recently added their voices to others in Placid, calling for the Senate to reinstate the right to vote, I saw potential there, despite the difference in our politics.

The Intaki Prosperity Initiative understands that there is validity to a range of political views, and we have never shied away from building bridges and forging partnerships across ideological divides. It is this approach that explains the success behand the long-standing relationship with I-RED. Unfortunately there had been no contact between ISODE and the IPI.

However, while ideology may drive us, we are pragmatic in our methods.

Our founder, Saxon Hawke, had a reputation for seeking the peaceful solution and eschewed violence and yet the ILF has always included combat pilots. This is because we understand that to protect those that matter - the metaphorical children Mr Thiesant refers to - we must sometimes do things that others will not.


Ah, but we do. But perhaps you don't quite understand us as well as you think.

ISODE has clearly done its research, but the conclusions are incomplete. They acknowledge that the IPI has been calling for market development in Placid for years, but fails to acknowledge, or wilfully ignores, other important policies at the very core of what we try to achieve.

Policies such as our strict opposition to the manufacturing and trading of narcotics.


You may soon come to appreciate the irony of this statement, as I did.


Indeed there is.

And it was with great interest that we discovered the ISODE installation should include chemical processing facilities, and an active drug lab.

Mr Thiesant, my conscience is clear. There is no moral inconsistency in interfering with an installation that seeks to increase the supply of narcotics in Intaki.

The moral high ground from which ISODE seeks to present itself as the innocent victim here, is little more than a false platform.


Quite.

It was me. I started it. For my own amusement.


It's fun to watch people fight while grasping at straws, trying to justify a pointless conflict.

Tell it to Mordu.
Tell it to IPI.
Tell it to Syndicate.
Can you?... then maybe don't say it at all.

I read further

whoever wants this pos dead mail me about it and SniggWaffe would be happy to blow it up for you. or protect it, whoever pays more.

edit: we can evac civilians quite easily before we demolish the pos. or, we will not get in the way of the normal day to day operation of the starbase should protection be required.