Intergalactic Summit

Respectfully, Mr. Kinnison, you may misunderstand the nature of the Inner Circle a little. (Or I do, but I don't think that's so.)

The Inner Circle isn't like some sort of administrative board in the normal sense. It's a cooperative body of international powers, but that doesn't mean they have any direct control over each other's representatives. You no more get to pick someone else's Inner Circle representative than you get to pick their ambassador to your country-- less, probably, since you can refuse to admit an ambassador.

The Inner Circle is made up of representatives from a bunch of rival powers with really different internal politics. It's pretty hard to imagine the Caldari letting the Gallente have a say in whom they send; likewise, it's hard to imagine the Minmatar letting the Amarr influence which person represents the Republic. Each member probably chooses its representatives by its own means.

The power to meddle in its own internal politics is kind of one of those things just about no sovereign power is ever going to (willingly) give to another. If the Jovian Directorate wants the SoCT, in the person of Mentor Raish, representing it on the council, I really doubt anyone else gets to say no. Probably at most, they get to complain about it: "This is most irregular," etc.

I can imagine a lot of outrage. Somehow I don't think the Directorate's very embarrassed, though-- or maybe even checking its messages.

I don't argue your reluctance on expecting Matari aid when push comes to shove (personally if it were to happen I would probably deploy for the federation, not saying it would be a long deployment or much further reaching than Annages and that part of the Essence region but it would happen more than likely). What it seems your saying however is "We should not count on a bluff because its a bluff." Obviously that is true, but its not like there aren't strategists within the Republic or the State or wherever planning for what would be inevitable. The bluff is merely the worst case scenario. Plan for the worst, expect the best as they say. Even without the treaties in place, that doomsday scenario still very much so would apply. The treaty itself is just a little more reassurance it wont happen on a whim.

This just seems like the creation of a distinction between the Jove that have a continued and vested interest in the rest of the cluster through the SOCT and companies such as Genolution, and the rest of their Empire that appear fine continuing their tradition of seclusion and relative non-involvement in the affairs of the rest of humanity.

Undeniably, Ms. Kernher?

Please, do lay out your mountains of proof.

History, my dear Ms. Priano.

As CONCORD moved away from being a meeting ground for diplomats and became a power in it's own right, was there any dissension from the Jove? Did they intervene to stop CONCORD from becoming what it is today? Did they argue when members of the Inner Circle stopped being nominated by the Empires and became a revolving door for CONCORD employees?

They are as complicit as any of the other governments in allowing CONCROD to grow unchecked over the past century.

I'll repeat Ms. Kernher's question, "Since when does the Society of Conscious Thought count as a political body and national representative?"

The Khanid Kingdom, Thukker Tribe, Intaki and Achura should have a much greater claim to a council seat. To say nothing of the non-aligned "criminal" organizations that exist in NullSec.

Giving the SoCT a seat in the Inner Circle makes about as much sense as putting Mordu's Legion in the Gallente Legislative Arm.

Indeed, we live in interesting times.