Intergalactic Summit

Take it however you want I suppose.

Personally...I'm taking it as an idiot that can't see the bigger picture.
Sure most Matari have a reason to be a little happy and I don't even really blame them, but the Drifters are still a threat to everyone.
They've just been focusing on the Amarr more than others it seems.

Do you blame them? The Amarr Empire is, to many Matari, a faceless oppressor, a boot on our necks for a thousand years. Can you even comprehend what that does to the soul of a people? Many of our people would rejoice at any setback for the Empire, capsuleer or not.

For some of us, however, the impact of these events is measured not in a dead Empress and a shattered Avatar, in broken symbols of the Empire's power... but in the pain and horror visited upon our friends and crewmembers who have attachments to the Empire.

Krusual are tryhard edgemasters. Jealous of Sebiestor ingenuity, they try to be relevant by making controversial statements whenever there's a platform to do so. Chief Dykon'd turn up for the opening of an envelope, if there was a chance someone'd film it and put it on galnet.

Not that I necessarily think you're wrong but: on what basis? Just because they're bigger than you and can beat you up?

And what if the neighbour down the street had been hitting the previously placid dog with a pointy stick. Who then is to blame and how do you know the dog won't go back to it's usual self after defending itself?

The Drifters executed a series of attacks that drew the Empress out into the open, at which point they launched a well organized blitz attack with the aim of killing her. In doing so, they have thrown the Amarr Empire into a relative state of chaos while they struggle to fill the position of Emperor well before expected. Now the five heirs will struggle to really support from the rest of the nation in order to legitimize their claim to the throne. In the mean time, Drifters can operation more freely knowing that the Empire is otherwise distracted. These attacks by the Drifters against the Amarr Empire denotes a well developed strategy and a greater understanding of our social structure then previously believe they possessed.

It is well known that the Amarr Empire is one the most powerful nations in the cluster. When facing a large powerful enemy it is generally ill advised to confront them head on. Such actions are generally costly and only serve to slow down moment meant for later operations. I suspect the Drifters are attempting disrupt organization with in the Empire, thus making them easier to conquer and conserve strength for their next target. If this is true then we are all in danger.

No, the Drifters executed a series of attacks that struck at things that may have been directly Drifter-related.

The previous attacks as Safizon were, after all, undertaken after the intercepted transmissions of the SoCT scans were sent to Safizon for analysis. The Drifters may have, in fact, been after that analysis - either for their own purposes, or to keep it from the Amarr Navy. This is not 'drawing the Empress out into the open'.

Nor can the Drifters be said to have been what 'drew' her to an event she controlled - the commissioning of the TES Auctoritas. Her new flagship. Her intention. All she had to do was arrive in a baseliner-piloted ship without broadcasting her own ident code, dock, and undock in the Auctoritas. If the ship possesses entosis shielding the way many suspect, it's likely the Drifters' Lux barrage would have been fruitless.



Because the Amarr Navy was doing such a fine job of interfering with Drifter operations before, yes?



Which the Drifters have consistently done. And obliterated the baseliner Navy ships.



Headshots are never a successful strategy for conquest. You galvanize the populace and rally your enemy's allies to their cause - often inspiring new allies to lend aid as well. Degrading confidence and nationalism through targeted low-grade strikes, combined with propaganda campaigns highlighting the inability of Authority to protect the people demoralizes the populace, reduces combat performance among the military, and provides the greatest operational opportunities for successful conquest. As conditions deteriorate, central authority will feel pressured to take more and more extreme actions in order to stem the flow of blood. Inevitably, this will include curtailing the rights and privileges of the citizenry in order to reduce the chances of another successful asymmetric strike.

Do it long enough, and well enough, and the populace will help you free them from what they have come to view as ineffective and oppressive leadership.

One wonders, how many of the millions she emancipated, rejoice?

I heard a Ni Kunni once remark that, “it is impolite to curse the man who dug the well from which you drink.”

The more difficult lesson may be that the man holding the lash may even be a thoughtful and compassionate person.

I don't like the system very much (and not just the slavery, though that's a big part of it).

The people within it, though....

I remember the person of Jamyl Sarum with great respect, even if hundreds of thousands of my nation met their end by her personal hand. However, my sentiments echo Chief Dykon's in regard to the death of one who held the position of Ammarian Empress. Ding dong, the witch is dead!

The late Empress obviously had no heart to end the institution of slavery. It's no wonder that Matari do not mourn her as a great abolitionist and ally to their cause--frankly, she wasn't, and she made no effort to appear as one. Her methods and our objectives just happened to align. However, no matter what her motivation was for doing so, she freed millions and I, personally, hold her memory in a debt of endless gratitude for doing so.