Intergalactic Summit

No, it's the Amarrian's turn to chuck their spear. We take turns, it's only polite.

I still believe in the Sanmatar. When he came into power I saw hope.

With that intro statement out of the way I have to admit that this topic stirs up many emotions and thoughts and I am not sure which has the most importance to address. But I'll start with the sentiments on the current affairs in the republic, move on to the state of Matari Loyalists from my point of view, and finally into where our war is at with thoughts on our Sanmatar.

So on the Republic and how it fairs at the current moment. I see opinions on here ranging from that the Republic is in extreme disrepair all the way to its economy booming for the past decade. Honestly, the reality is not as simple as any answer on that scale. Economically we are doing quite well with infrastructure continuing to rise and build. We have some of the brightest minds working in all fields. At the same time, there are still lingering instability issues as we try reorganize our space to re-include our brothers and sisters in the Thukker, Nefantar, and Starkmanir tribes. Reports of the transitions seem to be stable, but slow seeing many challenges but overall the transition seems to be going well. but again, slow and complicated. So I would not classify the Republic as either wholly suffering or unopposed booming in success but rather comparable in strength (economic, military, and otherwise) to our neighbors in Empire space.

As for the Matari Loyalists, this subject hits a sore spot for me as a past member of Ushra'Khan. I still believe that our numbers, Matari Loyalists that is, are great as is our strength. And I have a lot of pride that I flew with my brothers and sisters in Ushra'Khan before starting a modest independent exploration career. That said, I believe there are two faults to us and they are quite separate and not related to each other:

1. We are so spread out, the relative peace has lead many to pursuing non-republic related ventures. (Such as my tenure in benign exploration, I am also at fault for this).
2. The Pendulum Wars.

The second point is the primary sore spot for me, it is my belief that the pendulum wars have distracted us from truly growing. That said, I haven't participated since leaving Ushra'Khan but from the outside, it seems that pendulum seems pointless with no gains for us. I believe so many of us saw the pendulum wars as clear entry for our warriors to sink their teeth into the slaver's asses but with negligible gains in our goal of freeing our brothers and sisters, our numbers dwindled and today the once great and feared alliances are footnotes hardly spoken of.

Lastly, the point of this thread: the Sanmatar and the war. To reiterate my intro statement, I have always seen Sanmatar Shakor as hope. He is everything that the Republic needs to free our brethren in chains. Yes he is a warrior and yes he became Sanmatar on his views. But that is not what will (solely at least) free our people. What is important is that he is cunning. I believe he knows when to strike and how. I do believe that freeing the slaves remains high on his priorities but I also believe that he is playing the long game.

I don't know how he plans to do it, but I believe in him and I wait for the call and all the while do what I can to personally make a dent. So as a final statement to end this, do not give up Hope. The war is coming even if we do not know what form it takes.

I believe they all mostly already did.

You'd better pray we don't come your way little Kim sock puppet.

No matter what she did, leaving the physical realm at the hands of a bigot assassin on a distant world is no way to go. May her spirit find Andesh, regardless of what had happened to her.

Why is this tribal so obsessed about me?
Well, sure, come my way, if you dare, I'll gladly make an example out of you.


I am sort of sick of cowards, barking at me from behind NeoCom screens. If you have something against me and our State - then come here and say it to my face (or my ship), stop making a clown out of yourself for whole IGS.

Can I kindly ask this thread will not be turned into another debate whether circumstances exist in which Diana Kim should not be murdered? Because I am really, really not convinced we need another one, and I am trying to talk about the Republic (and, ok, well, a little bit about the Empire), here.

Look, a whole thread about Kim! Go there! Have fun!

This thread does not concern her or the State.

I agree, please excuse me, Ms. Rhainnon. Unfortunately it seems some people like to invoke me into conversation and discuss me instead. I don't like this policy and would like to call out Anabella Rella for this behavior.

Also, Mr. Onzo, I've given you the answer, but please ask it next time in a private mail or in a separate thread, okay?

Sorry Else but I think some stiff-necked little troll doth protest too much. I never mentioned "her" directly; I was replying to "her" sock puppet's post.

As to it's hollow threat; if it wants a fight so badly I'm easy to find.