Intergalactic Summit

Why...?

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He was ordered several times to disengage and leave. Several. Times.

One doesn't go up to President Roden to give him a high five in the street and expect the security detail not to do something no?

So in short, it was more important for her Imperial Witchiness to prevent him from getting away with the scan data (which he obtained in accordance with the Yulai Convention) than at least pretending to comply with international laws and accords. This isn't suspicious at all and we should all stop asking questions, surely.

At least her claim that we will never dare set foot there again was quite simply disproven as we came, spoke and then delivered token gifts to the graveyard. With honor and a crooked smile as Aldrith was quick to fire upon us.

I hope the symbolism doesn't require further explanation.

Onzo, Elder Mentor Matshi Raish provided you with that himself.

To quote:
Matshi Raish > Empress Jamyl, I say in public that our presence and actions here are lawful under the terms of the ninth codicil to the Yulai Convention.

I'd say you'd have to ask Raish that question, Onzo. I'm not a legal scholar.

However, I suspect Raish was knowledgeable. What's more, I can verify that he's dedicated to obeying the dictates of the Convention. When IKAME was under threat of DED reprisal, he was the first one I contacted to seek sanctuary for our personnel. He stated both alarm and opposition, but that "we are also bound by interstellar law, and cannot be party to any activity deemed to be illegal or a risk to interstellar security."

Were it a Matari pilot with a grudge operating the link, I'd not contest the issue at all. However, Elder Mentor Raish was by no means a firebrand or a terrorist, but a scholar gathering data on something that concerned him.

I had been intending to offer her imperial majesty a gift of Drifter Hive Elements as a token of good will. Now, I'm glad the gift wasn't given, as the actions of today are questionable.

He was warned several times.

He was asked to state his intentions, for which he did not give adequate response.

For all we know, it was a security breach, or the Mentor may have had devious plans with the information acquired from his scans.

The Empress is in far greater knowledge of the affairs of the Empire than any of us. Let none presume.

Ignoring several warnings, and refusing to state intentions, his scans could have compromised sensitive military data or sensitive Imperial information pertinent to the security of Amarr. Furthermore using entosis links, which are known for their mind-controlled based technology reverse engineered from Drifters.

It was a threat. Plain and simple.

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Capsuleer ships. In close vicinity to the empress. They eagerly destroyed the fleeing science vessel as soon as they understood that there will be no repercussions from CONCORD.

Jamyl Sarum has violated the international law of CONCORD, the same law that the Amarr Empire has sworn to uphold. She issued an order that violated the ninth codicil to the Yulai Convention, which authorizes investigation of potential existential threats.

She was warned that the SOCT vessel was operating under this law by Elder Mentor Matshi Raish.



This is an outrage. This is unacceptable. You know who places themselves above everyone else? Above the laws? Criminals. Murderers. Scum that terrorizes the population of our cluster.

Sometimes laws must be neglected for the protection of others, for the cliche of "greater good". Was this such a case? Then who was right in this particular case? I call for a public investigation of this diplomatic incedent. This must not be hushed under the carpet.

That said, I offer a reward for the return of the corpse of Elder Mentor Raish. The bounty is a full set of elements retrieved from Drifter Hives: Barbican, Conflux, Redoubt, Sentinel, Vidette.

Best regards,
Jaret Victorian.

Dex, Vamai was relaying Raish's communications. Let me clip those together.

"We are investigating potential existential threats under the terms of the ninth codicil to the Yulai Convention. Our activities are lawful and essential. I repeat the ninth codicil to the Yulai Convention authorizes investigation of potential existential threats."

"Empress Jamyl, I say in public that our presence and actions here are lawful under the terms of the ninth codicil to the Yulai Convention."

Dex, Onzo, I am not Amarr. I am Caldari. The State has been a dedicated ally of the Empire for decades. However, we are not Imperial subjects. We are within our rights to wonder about the motivations and decision-making of our allies. To that end, waving off concern about the Empress Jamyl's actions with statements about how a Society elder mentor looked scary and was doing scary scanning that could mean he was a boogeyman belittles our intelligence and dismisses our concerns.

If the Empire is subject to CONCORD's laws, which it clearly is, then the Imperial fleet fired on a ship that had every right to be where it was. While I'm certainly not thrilled with DED's actions of late, my general view is that one should have a very, very good reason to violate that law. A creepy Gnosis is not a very good reason.

An unauthorised ship activating a cyberwarfare device on the ship carrying a head of state.

Hardly surprising that the Navy didn't like that.

And everyone's losing their minds.

But it was ~harmless~ is the cry.

And how do you know that it was harmless ?

Prove it was not an attempt to disable the Empress's vessel, such that it could be attacked.

So? I used to catch thieves who had finished thieving all the time. Generally speaking, we mostly punish people after they've finished doing wrong.