Intergalactic Summit

-- A Public Broadcast from the Office of the Cardinal --

I must speak to something weighing heavily on my mind.

I have watched, aghast, as those who once put their lives and livelihoods on the line to stop the atrocities of Sansha's Hordes have, over time, decided that it would be more fiscally beneficial to allow Sansha attacks to persist as long as possible.

These...parasites...compound the suffering of billions in an attempt to profit off of the greatest scourge of our generation.

This disgusting state of affairs has become commonplace now, the standard operating procedure for those who are paid well to safeguard the citizens of all our worlds. This plague is not borne by any single one of our Empires, it affects all Nations, all Factions. We all share the brutal consequences of this abject abuse on the part of the so-called 'saviors' of our planet-bound peoples.

In response to this, a number of capsuleers have risen up to oppose this reprehensible practice, focusing their projected fleet power directly against the head of the snake. These brave men and women have, in recent days, been cutting short these invasions by fearlessly pursuing the Sanshas officers and their Revenant-class Supercarriers as soon as they show their spiked hulls in the light.

These individuals are nothing less than heroes, and should be recognized as such. They should have the support of all who would oppose the terror of Kuvakei, and they have my personal thanks.

Some of my associates enjoy abusing the bounties that CONCORD pays out, while I personally believe this is a rampant problem that is only the tip of the iceberg of problems with CONCORD. That said, I agree more or less. I must also apologise for having started a smaller problem within the problems above. Some in my circle of associates thought to teach the entity known as 'Better than Life' how utterly flawed many of their fleets were. We underestimated their ability to think, and instead ignited their desire to be on the top ten CONCORD payout list by any means possible. This was not an ideal situation, or our initial goal.

Though, for some pilots, I guess its given them the opportunity of seperating the money from the less than wise.

Wise words indeed.

Lust for material wealth, eh?

Well, the Saint Ageroth knew all about that, what with happiness being measured by what you hold in your heart, not your hand.

Obviously, the solution is to embrace Righteousness.

Naturally, we could assist with this, explanatory leaflets are available from myself or Synthia or indeed, any CTCS pilot.

The problem with turning people into living weapons is, that they're still people.

Actually, these are clones. What do you think the first set of invasions was for? Kuvakei wasn't abducting people so he could take them on a picnic. He grew an ever-replenish able army out of them. No matter how many we kill, he can just clone more. He controls them with those damned implants. Do not be fooled. They are weapons. Not people. And they will not hesitate to kill you.

We are clones, pod pilot. Are you suggesting that capsuleers, replicas several times removed from their original, vaporized selves, are not people? Some would call that a justifiable position, but perhaps you should clarify what you mean when you dispute the personhood of clones.




Quite similarly applicable to a great many capsuleers.

The things you don't understand about Nation are deadly. There is a reason they say there is no death in Nation, captain. That is because every single True Slave or Citizen can do what you can. Indeed, what every single person who can afford to do it can do, assuming they take the time and effort to have a soft clone.

Nation offers it freely. Death is our true enemy.

I do hope you are not referring to the first war against Sansha's Nation over a century ago. Capsuleer technology has not been in play for more than a decade...



I feel this needs more clarification. I was referring to the personnel which are manufactured through Kuvakei's cloning process.
This stands Capsuleer sympathizers aside, of course.

There is little we can do versus these Incursions but either profit off them through attrition, or destroy the Revenant as soon as it appears.

To stop this war, we have to find out where Nation is coming from. Until then, the Incursions will not stop, they will not slow, and they will cause just as much damage... whether preserved and made a mockery of by Capsuleers, or sent back home at the earliest opportunity.