Intergalactic Summit

EDIT: Problem resolved for the moment.

Mister Vikarion,

The P.P.C. Administration permitted the admission of Commander Kim as a legal entity under the State's Patriot bloc and has considered, at length, the voices and testaments of other State-loyal delegates in concern to this admission.

The P.P.C. claims no foreknowledge to the status of Commander Kim as an illegal entity under the State.

If this decision has been made in error, we encourage you and any other State-loyal delegate to express your concerns through proper channels available within the Conference.

It leads me to think that the PPC organizers are Angel sympathizers, to be honest, being that members of the Angel Cartel were invited.

Unlike our competition, the Cartel has existed for a century. We have what is best described as a political system, with checks and balances. We're not a cult of personality like the Rabbits. And while we exist and operate outside the law, our goal is not the enslavement or destruction of humanity as we see with Omir's Bloodraiders or Sansha's Nation.

Our interest in the peace process is because the above mentioned groups, in addition to emergent threats such as the Drifters or Rogue Drones, puts us as a species at risk.

I can assure you that the organizers of this event are not sympathetic to us, but they recognize that we have a unique perspective, based on a century of working with and against each government faction.

Extinction is bad for business.

Allow me to put aside diplomacy and speak plainly then, Pilot Polevhia.

When Sansha Kuvakei originally rose to prominence, he drew people to him simply by the force of his personality and his promise of a utopia. People came to him of their own volition and the Empires did not stop it.

When it was discovered that Kuvakei was engaged in gross human experimentation and cybernetic transformation, the results of which were so heinous that it prompted an immediate alliance between every major empire in the cluster, Nation was attacked and destroyed.

Two centuries later, Kuvakei returns but with a different mode of operation. Now, instead of simply inviting others to come, Nation abducts them, staging incursions into empire space to abduct planetary civilizations. Instead of seeking only to create a utopia for those who wish to come, Kuvakei has stated and acted with intent to destroy current empires and eradicate capsuleers.

Your Nation today is not the same Nation from before. Your mode of operation is different. Your stated purpose is different.

Even if it were, "what you had before" prompted an immediate purging from all the major empires in the cluster. What makes you think that "wanting it back" would be any more welcome now than it was before?

Your Master understands this, which is why he didn't come seeking peace.

Stop playing at it and be honest with yourselves.

What use is peace to the downtrodden, the destitute, the oppressed if they don't know where their next meal is coming from or where they will find rest?

Whatever everyone's bickering interests, conflicts or opinions, there is one thing that peace is not, and that's a puzzle, however people make it one by declaring it on their own terms. We know this because it doesn't mean simply the absence of conflict or opposition, specifically because it's a feeling, one that comes from the heart, one that we feel the more potently as it fades into shadows that cloud our vision from the intent to preserve human dignity first beyond politics, religion or economics.

Until compassion rules our hearts, compassion towards those with little or no hope, peace will never be possible, not in this cluster, not in this time. Peace means little to a tortured slave or prisoner or refugee with no control over their own destiny. It means nothing to the homeless or those without employment. It provides no respite to those who suffer disease and may be dead tomorrow. Talk of peace is meaningless without also extending compassion and dialogue to groups such as Sansha and Sabik, because they are blind to peace and need to be shown that dignity is universal and exceeds the need for selfish ideologies.

Peace follows from compassion, not the other way.

Respectfully,

It was never stated the they were not illegal elements of society. It was stated that they are established as "pirate" factions under CONCORD jurisdiction. Groups such as Mordu's Legion and the Sisters of Eve are also "pirate" factions under CONCORD jurisdiction because they operate outside of assembly law.

The purpose of the Conference is not to establish an all-encompassing letter-of-law, it is to build a framework for a road to military, ideological and economic peace. Doing so will invariably require the cooperation of these elements and so they have been included.

The only entities excluded, as stated above, are those whose purpose for existence cannot be reconciled with the conference's intentions at this time.

An adept attempt as sleight-of-hand, Pilot Polevhia.

Nowhere did I indicate that Nation was the only government attempting to foist its culture and laws onto others.

The difference between Nation and the Empire is simple: the Empire participates in and is bound by international law to the extent that excursions into other national territory is punishable on an international level and they are held to account for it.

Nation has literally none of the above qualities. It conducts incursions and abductions with legal impunity because rather than be a part of the international community, it seeks to circumvent it.

Nor was religion ever mentioned except by you.

Thank you for the well wishes.

They haven't... but that's part of the reason this conference is occurring.

It is with deep sorrow that I have the responsibility of making the following announcement:

The Honourable Doctor Arkon Sarain, Chief Justice of the Kor-Azor Roving Tribunal and Chair of the Pahkshi Peace Conference was found dead in his private offices this morning. A thorough investigation by the security team and external forensics and investigative teams provided no leads on the culprit; there were no signs of forced entry, no forensic evidence left behind and the security footage is missing exactly sixty seconds of information, showing the doctor at his desk beginning to work at his console and then immediately showing the aftermath of the murder.

It is the collective decision of the remaining administrators of the P.P.C., with permission from the estate, to release for public perusal the contents of the journal entry he was working on at the time of his death:



For religious reasons, Doctor Sarain did not maintain a soft clone and so it is a great tragedy that such an outstanding and remarkable life has now been drawn to a permanent end.

While there have been no leads, the security forces of the Pahkshi Peace Conference will not cease attempting to identify and locate the culprit. It should also be stated that security at the Pahkshi Peace Conference has been elevated, including the installment of several new automated security systems as well as an exponential increase in the fielded security personnel.

There will be two more announcements directly following this in relation to the Pahkshi Peace Conference.