Intergalactic Summit

Yesterday I have received a message from Vincent Pryce, called himself a Domination Seraphim. According to the regulation, I can not publish its contents there, however I can say, that it included threats against State civilians.

As an officer of Caldari State, who swore to protect the State, I would like to remind you about our policy: we do not negotiate with pirates, and no demands will be met.

Moreover, as a consequence of Mr. Pryce's threat and another Angel representative assasination attempt, after a request to Caldari Navy and on their behalf a Punitive Expedition has been issued to cleanse Angel presence from Uchomida solar system of Black Rise region of Caldari State.

As a result of the operation, the following ships have been destroyed:

20 frigates;
6 destroyers;
5 cruiser;
26 battlecruisers;
38 Battleships, among them designated:
10 as Warlord,
7 as War General,
6 as Malakim,
5 as General,
4 as Commander,
2 as Saint,
2 as Throne,
1 as Nephilim and
1 as Seraphim.

Besides ships there were demolished:

over 20 turrets;
a scanner post;
a tactical outpost;
6 storage facilities;
3 landing pads;
3 cargo rigs;
a gas storage silo;
a radio telescope;
an asteroid mining post;
an asteroid colony;
a pulsating power generator;
an angel bunker
and even the whole Angel Battlestation.

Let it be a message to all the Angels and other space trash who will dare to mess with Caldari Officers. We won't go easy and subtle on you. The punishment for piracy is DEATH.

Glory to the State!

Grr Angels! Hat Angels.

Good thing killmails are not allowed here.

We could be talking about battles in space between pilots instead of rat kills.

So you completed an agent mission or two against the Cartel? I'm married to Vincent and he doesn't get too pissed off at me when I do that for Amarrian agents.

You're going to have to try harder to get the Cartel's notice sweetheart.They're the oldest pirate organization in the cluster, their reach is the limit of K-space. I've often wondered if the dregs the security agents send capsuleers up against are just the dead weight dragging the organization down. The failures without a retirement plan more comprehensive than "guard that illegal stargate against whatever"

It's almost adorable how Kim has such a simplistic view of the Cartel. Also, how she thinks that has anything more than a symbolic impact.

The Cartel has bigger enemies and friends than that. Sometimes, the same people belong to both groups.

For those who have foolishly assumed that I wanted to drown Angels in blood just by one operation, I now will explain the message that was delivered.

It was 95 dead ships whose destruction was caused just by a word of an Angel pirate against State officer.

This is a reply to a threat: the preemptive action. And those, who haven't realized that and made me to write this reply to explain it, shall feel shame.

And people say the Gallente are blood thirsty, eh?

It's not as if you're likely to listen to me, Kim, but Vincent Pryce is a very old acquaintance of mine. In fact, he often claims that I was the one who first taught him to fight. As one who's very familiar with him, allow me to offer a word of advice, genuine advice that I don't expect or desire that you repay me for. I wouldn't usually give advice on how to fight an old friend, especially to you, but if State civilians are in danger - and if Vincent Pryce really threatened them, then they most certainly are - I'm willing to put aside my pride for their sake.

If Vincent Pryce has threatened to do something, he absolutely intends to do it. Not only that, but he's absolutely capable of doing it. The man is excellent at gauging his own capabilities, and doesn't make threats he knows he can't deliver on. He is utterly ruthless in pursuit of his goals. He was the one who started the battle of Asakai - one of New Eden's largest and most catastrophic battles - because he so dearly wanted to be on a Titan killmail that he HIC-jammed its jumpdrive with almost no support ships on the field. When we ran together, he flew into the range of a Hyperion's guns in an untanked Blackbird just to bait it into engaging for long enough for the rest of our fleet to kill it. He's not always successful and his plans are rarely rational, but he will absolutely dedicate everything he has to see his goals accomplished.

It'll take something very serious to deter him from that course of action. With respect, your efforts are insufficient. Killing a few Angels who aren't even capsuleers won't stop him; if anything, it'll amuse him. He'll continue to provoke you in hopes of getting you to do it again. This topic you've written was probably part of his plan; I suspect he wanted to goad you into doing something like this. Financial loss will not deter him, as I happen to know he's both exceptionally rich and exceptionally unconcerned with the possibility of ceasing to be rich. He will continue until he's either achieved his goal, or the prospect of achieving it no longer provides him sufficient entertainment.

If civilian lives really are threatened and you are sufficiently dedicated to their survival, I do, however, know of a method by which the problem might be gotten rid of.

I doubt this will prove effective. The Cartel is a vast enough organization to replace all that has been destroyed.

A host.