Intergalactic Summit

Most unfortunate for the betterment of mankind.


I applaud those few in the Amarr community and the Federation community looking to build bridges instead of burning them. It is absolutely pathetic that so many on the Amarr side are attempting to burn this bridge because of what is ultimately a meaningless gesture to the Empire, as only a handful here have even been formally recognized by that entity in the first place, yet purport to represent its interests.

It's very bad. Talks of fashion has triggered riots before.

Depends on how you define 'little' and to whom. To the Empires, they don't give two ***** about what we do, so what's it really matter?

Easily. Individuals on the Amarr side willing to look past the one-sided request of the Federation boys and girls to their own government, and extend a hand, despite the Accord's attempt at unilaterally inviting themselves.

But those individuals on the Amarr side aren't in the resolution she asked you about. They're in the reaction to the resolution that you're excoriating. How can an entity like the Federation, or any of its representatives, or anyone hoping to be its representatives, espouse a position of 'shut up and let only one group answer'? Wouldn't the very principles of the Federation demand that the negative responses be heard as well? That all of those among the Amarr who choose to stand up and be counted on this issue be respected for that, and praised for it, even if others disagree with the things they say?

So, to put the question to you again: How did you come to the conclusion that the resolution, not the responses to it, are helping to build Amarr-Gallente relations?



Because you should always use a spoon. It's dull. It hurts more.

Capsuleers tend to be people of record. Often, despite our best efforts, we become celebrities of a sort. Our opinions help shape public opinion among the baseliners. Especially in a place like the Federation, that can have significant impact, indeed.

Those 'frothing' and 'split-second' responses you denigrate have one very powerful virtue in their favor: honesty. They are sincere responses. They are honest, guileless, unfiltered snapshots of reaction - and that reaction will have its mirror among the non-capsuleer populace, as well, including the bureaucrats, politicians, and high-ranking diplomatic and administrative functionaries of the Amarr Empire.

People who take their time to respond will be more measured, more polite, more politic in their replies... but those who do not will always be more honest. If they say it, others are thinking it. It's better to have it said, in the open, where people can understand the concerns and take steps to address them, than it is to leave those things unsaid, and leave yourself open to walking into a room of smiling enemies, each with a hidden grievance... and a hidden knife.

Ok, that makes wayyy more sense than the alternative. I had misgivings.

So I should definitely aim for a more minimalist style?

The solution has become clear to me. We need to construct a second assembly. The Villore Assembly General Investigation for Notoriety Assembly for analyzing their things. That way we can make sure they are within certain guidelines to keep the cluster happy.

I volunteer to do all the administrative overhead.

Well, the Federation and Empire aren't exactly natural allies, despite certain similarities, Pieter. The Empire's not going to take the Federation's side against the State. They're both fundamentally imperialist powers. That makes them natural enemies-- rivals at the very least. The Empire siding with the Federation is even less likely than the State joining forces with the Minmatar Republic.

That's not what's at stake.

What if we could go back to the way things were, before Caldari Prime, before the Elder Fleet? The "Pendulum War" serves as a pressure valve, but, do you really want to stop us getting the pressure back down? Do you want this war to go on forever? Is the only acceptable ending, to you, total victory?

It's never going to happen. And if the Empires did enter a state of total war, there's no guarantee the Caldari would even survive.

Capsuleers being diplomatic, reaching across national lines ... we're not real diplomats. But so what?

I know how important the State is to you, but, I don't have a country anymore, Pieter. I know so much about Achura, but, I can't even remember what it looks like.

And with the Drifters, here, now--

I'd rather this whole war ended.

Nevermind!