Intergalactic Summit

I'll hold off on my reply, not in the mood to escalate this though I certainly want to. Maybe its just my blood that makes me avoid needlessly diving into wasteful use of my resources like plunging a titan into a planet.

I simply used an example of a waste of resources. My time is a resource, much like highly trained officers and multi billion isk ships are resources. Any connections between the example and some alterior motives behind what I said are coincidence.

Stick with drugs kids, because that is your brain on religion.

Perhaps. You don't show a lot of sorrow about it, though. More like salivation.

Let me approach this from a different angle.

To face two deadly opponents, with one friend at your side, in a contest of equals, and then to turn and stab that friend when you think you see an opening before any lasting ground against the others is gained, presuming you can take the other two yourself, is kind of obvious foolishness. Even if you succeed in murdering your friend, it's most likely a deadly mistake.

And it would be murder, for the most part. If you believe you'd add the State's strength to the Empire's, and be even stronger as one than you were as two, you don't know the Caldari very well. Even leaving aside the sting of betrayal, slavery is anathema to the Caldari. They'd fight you to the death. Researchers would destroy their work. Parents would kill their children, then themselves. I'd put good odds on the paladins finding whole cities of dead, where every last soul has taken poison rather than be slaves.

And that's if you won.

Arrogance is about the closest thing to "sin" I really believe in. Whether or not it is a sin against your deity, arrogance is a sin against the world-- a refusal of reality. It's a sin your civilization is maybe a little prone to.

One interpretation of the Reclaiming is that it's a burden placed on your people, not a destiny to be treated as received right: that it's a task that you must perform, but one in which success is not guaranteed at all. It won't surprise you that I like this interpretation. It argues pragmatism.

Maybe I'm just a heathen, making a motivated argument to protect her homeworld from your dreamed-of invasion, but does that make me wrong? Presuming you'll succeed by divine providence has led to some difficulties: Vak'Atioth.

Perhaps your god sees arrogance as sinful, as well.

I know right? We held up the Gallente war machine for two centuries and Aya thinks the Golden Fleet will crush the State Navy.

Back to the worthwhile topic...

I can certainly understand focusing resources at home, if this threat were only within the State. The fact of the matter is that only a fool would turn down networking efforts on a large scale. The more data, the better a chance a combined effort can succeed. Even a Liberal like myself tends to look after the interests of the Caldari first, but it takes a special sort of blind to not see what's at work here.

Whoever did this doesn't give a damn what divides we want to see, and likely hopes we'll sit and bicker about it just like this.

Kyonoke itself gives far less than a damn who it infects, where, or why. It exists to exist and further itself. End of story.

The moment we forget that we're facing an enemy that is as pure a killer as can be imagined, we will absolutely lose this fight.

I'm not sure what assistance can be rendered. Are Feds unable to properly maintain quarantine? Of course, we could always glass some planets, but people wouldn't like that very much.

The Federation are a rich nation , with vast resources of their own to deal with the on going crisis within their borders. They dont need our help. I doubt very much if the Federation would want our help. They havent asked for it. Im sure if the question would come up during senate meeting , many members would accuses the people that we send as probably carries of pathogen, that the Caldari cannot be trusted with such serious on going situation within Federation borders . Maybe some would agree to accept resources from Ishukone.

I agree with the decision of the CEP , that Caldari resources should be used for the on going crisis within our borders. If we do have little more knowledge about the pathogen, than the other four nations, well let us share that with our allies.

All four nations seem to be dealing with the on going crisis admirably. All four areas have been quarantined , no further outbreaks have occurred. I know very little about the pathogen , i guess all those within the quarantined zone will not be aloud to leave , and will eventually die. All four nations will look to somehow contain the pathogen within these quarantine zones.

Under Jamyl and now under Kitty Caitz, you don't have to worry about the Golden Fleet as much as you have to worry about the Golden Tongue. The Amarr have learned the benefits of good PR. Now they say, "Oh slavery? I'm kind of against that. I know it's in the Scriptures, but that's not really what we're all about these days. Would you like some wine?"

Make no mistake. The Empire and those who serve it still see people on the outside as something that needs to be brought to God's service. Be it a slave collar, a fleet, or honeyed words, the Reclamation is a real and present thing. The Empire is still very much a culture built on the backs of slaves and the State, Federation, Republic and CONCORD/The SCoT are all a party to allowing it to continue in the name of intergalactic "peace."

There was a time when the Khanid Kingdom would have stood with the State against the Empire. Nowadays? Not so much. Did you see how the Kingdom was brought back into the fold? Not through force of arms, but through force of economics and promises of protection and "unity." This is how Caldari will fall to the Empire. Not with a bang, but with a transfer of ISK.

A dog leash is a slave collar for those who don't realize they're slaves.

I can't imagine how would you "buy" this idea, because for it to work you'll have to sell it to every citizen. Or at least to every important citizen who will back up your infrastructure, and I don't think it is possible.