Intergalactic Summit

Well err... I can not obviously speak for IKAME, but that seems to hardly apply to many corporations that I usually see there... I mean, it seems easy to me to avoid a war, or infiltrated agents with some specific criteria...

Then what label should I pin on your kind then? Pirates? Outsiders? Reavers? "Nullseccers" doesn't exactly roll on the tongue and gives no justice to the honest citizens that cross the frontier for a better living.

And we are both on the same page here. Underestimating the threats of the likes of Elise Randolph will not end on a good note.

Reavers? Reavers don't exist.

There are no Reavers.

Move along.

The same label you might apply to yourself.

Capsuleer.

Pfft. Aggressive pursuit of money without a care for anyone but themselves? To most of New Eden, Jita scammers are the very essence of 'Caldari'.

Personally, I disagree, but you can't cultivate the corporatist paradigm without suffering the PR blowback from it. The successful scammers make very sure to avoid outright fraud. Those who've been sloppy enough not to... have historically been dealt with by other means.

If you believe that any corporation in any space does anything that isn't aimed purely at benefiting the bottom line you are kidding yourself. Your corps may treat people well but that is because a loyal 'employee' costs a lot less than an equally skilled mercenary. Still...I've always had more socialist tendancies so if you benefit from the current set up then good for you.

The Sisters of EVE don't do stuff for profit! Plenty of Amarr corporations work just for spreading their faith! And there's the Sansha zombies that just want to turn people to zombies! Even the Drifters have corporations and they don't seem too concerned with ISK!

I proved you wrong! Yay for me!

With due respect, Ms. Randolph, I feel you are mischaracterizing my response. I again freely state that Victorian was overstepping his bounds, has been warned that he was out of line, and is on thin ice. Needless to say, his employment hangs by a thread, which remains only out of respect for his history of contributions to our cause. I have indeed also offered to speak with you privately about this matter to ensure a mutually-agreeable resolution; after all, even if I deliver Victorian's apology, public or private, I have no guarantee that you will rescind the war, nor that you would indeed carry through with your offer of military aid in fighting the Drifters. A brief private conversation would allay these fears. I ask that we have that conversation.

What's more, while those comments are indeed terrible (and, indeed, I agree that Victorian was over the line), you surely must remember that while you comported yourself reasonably, your associate Jeff Raider was perhaps not so reasonable.

But we belabor the point. The past is done, and now we must find a path forward, productively, as is only sensible between a servant of one of the greatest houses of the Empire and a research corporation aligned with the Empire's dedicated ally, the State.

As I'm sure your time is precious, though, perhaps it may be best to make my offer publicly.

What I ask is this. If you demonstrate your goodwill through simply withdrawing the war, I will deliver a public apology from Victorian for insults both minor and major, and will then offer such materiel and guidance IKAME can so that the Legion may strike at the Drifters at their home. The assistance I offer would take the form of infrastructure maps, doctrines used, Drifter movement patterns and targeting priorities, locations of currently-open wormholes to Drifter Hives, and such pilots as we can muster if that should be wished-- either for combat support or hacking.

This is, one way or another, the best offer I can provide, and serves both to resolve our quarrel and demonstrate the magnanimity and wisdom of the Legion under your guidance.

Clearly, Funk remains a feckless twit, a self-important would-be that manages only petty corptheft. On that, all else aside, I'm sure we can agree.

While 'surrender' is perhaps less appropriate than 'armistice,' I'll send it as the technicality representing acceptance of our discussed terms. CONCORD's regulations regarding war declarations are frankly a bit odd. I will speak with Victorian, and an appropriate post will be made within the day.

I'll also send a mail to discuss possible operations, structured in such a way as to both profit the Legion, and provide marginal recompense to IKAME and its associates, given our prior tendency to offer full SRP for operations we lead. Please note that we may need to discuss ways to preserve operational security but also include the greater research community. The exact balance is something we can work out.

Please note that the most beneficial arrangement is a series of five operations; I'll work on the arrangements for that.