Intergalactic Summit

Three thousand, two hundred, and thirty nine days.

That's how long it has been since the crucial day of June 10 YC110, a day that saw the destruction of CONCORD headquarters in Yulai, the invasion of Caldari Prime by State forces, and the swift authorization of the Emergency Militia War Powers Act. That single day has led to almost nine years of unrelenting warfare between capsuleer proxies on behalf of their patron empires, seeing countless numbers of ships, ground troops, and civilians lost on all sides with practically nothing to show for it, except bitterness, hatred, and for a few lucky people, great sums of wealth.

For those individuals in the State and Federation, that day undid almost a hundred years of stumbling, faltering attempts at establishing a lasting and satisfactory peace between the two sides. Now, instead of using diplomacy to sort out the complicated issue of sovereignty within the Luminaire system, the primary cause of friction between the two sides since first contact long ago, both sides have turned to proxy war in an attempt to assert their dominance and superiority over their adversary, in the hopes that victory afar will somehow permanently resolve the core issue at the heart of this conflict.

It will not. With this in mind, and after much internal deliberation, the principals of the Faded Light corporation have jointly endorsed this statement and the following assertions:

1. The current state of affairs on Caldari Prime, while a good step in the right direction given events of the last few years, is insufficient. The fact that the Gallente Federation de facto controls the planet, given its proximity to Federal military and civilian assets, will only lead to continuing agitation within the State to one day reclaim the planet in a replay of Heth's YC110 attack. Therefore, it is our assertion that Caldari Prime should nominally be placed under the control of the Caldari State, with local populations not wishing to be administered by the State given the option for local autonomy and governance instead.


2. At the same time, we recognize that a State presence in the Luminaire system raises the possibility of it being used as a staging base to strike out at Gallente Prime and other Federal installations and locations in the system and beyond. Therefore, we strongly support the continued de-militarization of Caldari Prime, prohibiting the placement of troops, equipment, ships, etc. within the system by the State.


3. Moreover, we call upon the Federation to de-militarize the remainder of the Luminaire system, so as to reduce valid Caldari concerns as to the possibility of another Federal invasion in the same guise of Operation Highlander.


4. Finally, we call upon the elected and appointed representatives and leaders of both the State and Federation to convene a peace conference, seeking through diplomacy to bring an end to the current proxy war, and to create the climate that could one day lead to a permanent peace treaty agreeable to both sides.

However, Faded Light understands that given the current climate of conflict and state of near-war between the two sides, the possibility for negotiations as delicate and sensitive as those above is virtually zero. Therefore, it is the stated intent of Faded Light to create the conditions for peace by bringing to a stop any attempts by either side to continue advancing this proxy war.

To this end, any capsuleer vessel found in a low-security outpost will be considered hostile, and if conditions permit, attacked on-sight. Any individuals, corporations, or alliances enrolled in either the Caldari or Gallente militias will be considered hostile throughout New Eden, as well as anyone attempting to directly or indirectly aid them. Those who seek to exploit the existing system of empire rewards to earn themselves vast fortunes by continuing this war will also be considered targets of Faded Light, to be destroyed wherever possible.

Call this "piracy", call this "violence in the pursuit of peace", hell, call this "peace through power" for all I care. But we see this war as the single greatest threat in recent memory to the races of both the Caldari State and Gallente Federation, and it must stop, before the hatred and disgust of our fellow humans is too ingrained in both sides for there ever to be peace again. It is our goal to try and stop this conflict, to grind it to a stalemate, and force the leaders on either side to reluctantly trudge back to the board room instead of the war room before it's too late.

If you feel this is a worthy goal... support us, help us, join us. We are few in number, facing a monumental task, one that may be impossible... but a task is not deemed just, or worthy, on the basis of whether it is achievable or not, but whether it is right.

Fighting in order to end a war? To stop both sides from plunging ever deeper down the abyss of hate?

I think that's a worthy goal.

I have killed a lot of milita Caldari and Gallente, it never brought peace to the warzone. It brought a more clear and less regulated war.

You are asking for goals that two nations of trillions can not reach in return for adding a pilot to the thousands in the CEWPA warzone.


Good luck, honestly.

Seen a damn sight worse reasons to fight than this. Seen better too, but hey. It's something.

Does it though? Can we get a run down on what exactly Ishukone has done recently to foster peace?

Faded Light seems like a good idea, on the whole. I am all for people willing to back their words up with actions in space. Something Ishukone and its ilk has never been good at.

I've noticed feigned ignorance is a trait commonly employed by capsuleers.

Mister Hinkelmann, I do agree that Ishukone has been on the leading edge of improving bilateral relations. For that, I assure you, they have our respect and admiration.

Consider this an initiative to push back against other megacorps, namely some Patriot bloc members, who feel that a solution to this dilemma can still be achieved in-space with violence. If anything, our efforts will seek to blunt said in-space efforts, giving Ishukone and its affiliates more credibility at the negotiating table.

The effort is welcome I'm sure. I am merely voicing caution, because if you were to approach this as if it were the creation of a new business arrangement, making unnecessary demands when your counterpart is the one holding the majority of the leverage will cause the contract in its entirety to be swept aside.

The thing is, it would work.

You're looking for instant gratification. You're looking to get what you want now.

Consider, if you would, the success of the Amarr Empire. Even when their actions seemed violent or reactionary, their overall strategy favored the long game. You want things accomplished in months or years, but if you want to create something that will last, you should be thinking in terms of decades and centuries.

You run a very significant risk of escalating things far beyond what you can control.This will, over the long game, result in the opposite effect.

But I do await the results. It should be quite interesting to see, and very good for business.

We managed to retain 54% of the planetary districts thanks to the help of the ground battles and our Dust soldiers. If it weren´t for them, both space and ground battles wold be lost.

When Ishukone acted fast on the reconstruction it also made the State to keep those districts that would have been dominated by gallente forces.

We only have a demilitarized Caldari Prime because Ishukone acted fast and we could keep the majority of what we maintained under our control.

A noble goal, but I'm afraid your method might be that of using a hammer on a screw. It by outward appearance appears to be doing the job. But in reality you are only weakening the very foundation you aim to build.