Intergalactic Summit

With due respect, given Borkstar's history with regard to handling resources purportedly for the common good, you surely understand our concern. Did Borkstar ever, for instance, actually divvy up the salvage for that one Arek'jalaan operation he participated in? Did Viriel né Borkstar ever resolve that debt? Or did that gene therapy and amnesia wipe the slate for his various acts of malfeasance? Interestingly, we ran into similar issues on the several cases when né Borkstar participated in Consortium operations; he dawdled a bit, salvaging scrap and hanging back while the fleet engaged, cloaking while we fought the Vigilant Tyrannos, saying he'd provide half of the salvage to the Consortium, and he never did. Out of an overgrown sense of obligation, I still paid him for his participation in those operations.

In brief, I would say that the amnesiac né Borkstar may be operating under a new CONCORD ID, and may be much more mild-mannered than his prior identity, but the fruit does not fall far from the tree.

As for the project generally, I'm very curious about what sort of communication protocol is going to be used.

The inclusion of covert research tools is initially a curious one, but does make some sense in that they are associated with the non-signatory groups' research of warp-mediation technology. However, I do find it odd that you're not also gathering Antikythera Elements, nor using Ascendancy implants as a control system for capsuleer integration.

Most attempts to communicate with the drifters I am aware of have used standard neocom communication techniques. It is entirely possible that they are outside the standard network though they could obviously link if they desired given the number of wrecks captured by now, and they almost certainly do link into it given they were aware of the Amarr proclamations. But this doesn't mean that their standard ships communicate that way or that they regularly communicate that way.

So use of more.... old fashioned techniques that are not FTL systems isn't actually a silly idea.
Though I will admit to being very perplexed as to why an old fashioned RF antennae array would need rare construction elements in it's make up, and why so many of these research documents being gathered seem to be unrelated. Even after in person conversations on this it still seems like partly being a resource grab.

No one listens to me, even though I have suggested time and time again how the Drifters are to be tamed.

When domesticating an animal, an early step in that process is the feeding of that animal. Nothing earns the interest and eventual trust of an animal more than food.

We know what the Drifters eat. They eat corpses. Our goal — to provide them with an alternative, more reliable source of food. Slaves.

Instead of figuring out how to talk to the Drifters, we should be figuring out how to feed slaves to the Drifters. Forcibly, if necessary, in order to give them that first taste of slave meat and have them coming back for more. Like any number of wild beasts humans and subhumans have tamed throughout history, it will not even matter that the beasts don't speak our language — by means of food, by means of slaves the Drifters will be tamed. Amen. Amarr Victor.

Heh, I love that Kim is giving advice on the subject of good reputation. Brilliant stuff.

Tea to restore honer?
If this is true, why you so often have to challange capsuleers to dual you when you feel your honer has taken a blow?
Just chill and sip on that Kresh tea of yours!

They are abominations! They aren't humans! They aren't God creations! They must be burned, cleansed from existence! Talking with them will lead only to HERESY!

Who would know that a federal can acknowledge a good reputation of a Caldari Officer?

I was talking about your reputation among fellow Caldari. Which is atrocious, particularly among the State loyal contributors on this forum. That some of your most vocal critics are Caldari Militia pilots is surely a positive indication of sanity in the State.