Intergalactic Summit

It's a fair standpoint, to be honest. No matter my loyalties or personal standpoints, I have waived the right to be taken seriously should I speak them given my current employer and it's not an unreasonable standard either. Of course, it's not like anyone of note will actually hold it against you Pieter, since it's pretty much the way of things these days to disregard any uncomfortable association for convenience's sake.

It's just so gosh darn unreasonable to take flags wrapped tightly around someone as some sort of affiliation, adherence or approval, isn't it?

I already stamped "you're either with us or against us" on my bingo card, guys. Give me something new, please.

The hillarious thing is that I joined Tyrathlion out of a desire NOT to stand directly with either SERAPH or ARC but instead to maintain my independence between them. I suppose that I should have thought harder about the fact that Tyrathlion is nominally a part of the Rote Kapelle alliance.

To vacuum with it. If you can get Oritsuu to publicly disavow me then, maybe, you can say I'm no longer a citizen. I know some of you have just been aching to do that since FOREVER because, apparently, you're far more interested in other people's lives than your own.

Before you have me hung drawn and quartered maybe you should give me the benefit of the doubt. If you catch me actually flying with a Rote fleet, if you see any kill of mine that is of a State or Empire flagged ship, then people might pay more attention to your claims.

With due respect, Tuulinen-haan, I think you give more credence to Kim than very nearly anyone else does. She will speak ill of you, of anyone, despite their records, their intent, their action, if their views do not perfectly align with hers. Consider how she ranted when you spoke ill of Heth-guri, consider how easily she dismisses the loss of stations and supercapital assets to recent Drifter strikes.

I understand that you consider her loyalty and combat record laudable; they are, after all. However, she is easily the most virulently bigoted and delusional of the pilots on the IGS, and I'd contend that you, too, should put her out of mind.

You made your personal life public when you started to make frequent announcements on IGS about it. Don't get surprised or upset now that certain people view your life as a part of their everyday routine and show interest in it.

I think Pieter, as a former officer of the law, recognizes that the crime of treason is a function of the law and until charges are laid by the Corporate Attorney of Kaalakiota and warrant filed by a judge then any allegation of treason remains just that: an allegation. Completely devoid of any authority or remit of substance.

As for the matter at hand, may you find good fortune, fair winds, and open skies in your new endeavour Pieter.

The Amarr Empire is at war with an enemy a thousand times worse than the Gallente Federation or Minmatar Tribes. Empress Catiz socialized with both President Roden and Sanmatar Shakor at her coronation. I do not fear a war with states ruled by people our Empress drinks with. Whatever the disagreements there might be between the Empire and the Federation and the Tribes, they are not an existential threat. Sanmatar Shakor didn't assassinate Empress Catiz in a suicidal attack.

The Drifters murdered Empress Jamyl.

They invaded the Empire, not just low security systems that were barely populated, but core systems, heavily inhabited. They killed millions. Millions. They operate with impunity to interdiction. If the Empire has to, we can blow the gates between the Tribes and the Federation and ourselves. It would be a horrible step, but we can do it. The Drifters can make wormholes at will and appear at will.

The Drifters Murdered Empress Jamyl.

The Holy Amarr Empire has declared a total war against the Drifters. There is no artificial framework for this. There is no CONCORD oversight. There is only the clash of metal and energy. So far, I estimate that I have killed over a thousand Drifters battleships myself since this war started. Still, they were able to mount another attack. This last attack was complicated, synchronized across the cluster. If any other navy had performed this sort of operation, with massive simultaneous attacks across multiple regions, we would be aghast, stop what we were doing and go fight. I used to be a member of the Imperium's Skyteam. If I had even proposed such an operation, I would have been yelled at. The Drifters savaged a supercapital taskforce from each empire. Number of Leviathan-class titans killed: Gallente: 1 ; Drifters 1. (This is for Strike Commander Kim's consideration specifically.)

The Drifters. Murdered. Empress Jamyl.

As far as I am concerned, Tuulinen-haan is on liaison duty with the Amarr Empire, which is the Caldari State's ally, as has been said. He is assisting in a bitter war that we might not win. There are dark days ahead. We will need hope and strength to get through. We will need pilots of skill and resolve. We will need pilots like Pieter in fleets.

The Drifters. MURDERED. Empress Jamyl.

I'm happy to have Pieter in my fleets. I'm happy to know that he's flying with ARC; they need all the good pilots they can get. It also means more Drifters dead. Let me tell you, anything that results in more dead Drifters--I'm a huge fan. The sooner we exterminate them the better. Until then, there's no use in arguing about the shade of the kitchen curtains when the house is on fire.

Mr Tuulinen is a very capable pilot, I am happy to hear he is directing his abilities towards the Drifter threat.

That said, I would have liked to see him associate himself with a group less tainted than Tyrathlion Interstellar. While his statements of intent are noted, they can only go so far. I will not agree with Peregrinans Jenneth's assessment of "Pfft" regarding the assassination attempt of Empress Catiz I. Some in the Empire may feel so flippantly, but there are those of us that take attacks against our sovereign quite seriously by a group who professes that Empress Catiz I and the Empire represent the antithesis to their beliefs and ideals.

Strike Commander Kim, I can sympathize with you about the state of the war zone and your desire to have as many pilots as possible. There is a limit to the damage that can be done there, however. It is not a pleasant thing to acknowledge, but that is the matter of things. Mr Tuulinen may very well be preventing the deaths of State leadership by leaving the war zone and focusing on the Drifter threat. I do not know how Caldari feel about their leaders, but I am confident that a majority of Amarr would have gladly given their lives to prevent to death of Empress Jamyl. Even now, if it took the collective deaths of a quarter of the Empire to save Empress Catiz I I feel we would do so if it was within our power. I cannot say if it is virtuous in the State, but speaking as Amarr, I can say that is how we would see it. You are clearly called to remain to protect your citizens, Mr Tuulinen appears to have been called elsewhere.

Very enlightening. Thank you, Strike Commander.

But at the same time the Imperial Navy dormant in relation to the Drifters in Ashab system. Notice the in one jump from the Amarr Prime. No Deployment forward base. No monitoring stations. Nothing.
But in the Amarr Prime Coronation Fleet have that month. Yes !! There he is very necessary.

But let's see what we have:
Yes ! Drifters MURDERED Jamyl Sarum.
BUT: What did you get from her death?
1) Succession - The chance to write themselves into history.
2) desire for revenge - the meaning of your existence.
3) Correctly Empress - you want it, you got.
4) You have received consolation - as the Apostle.



And nothing will be left, only emptiness