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Desiderya
Blue Canary
Watch This
#1 - 2012-12-30 14:40:05 UTC
Nonni Solar System
Kaalakiota Corporation Orbital -- Nonni III/M I

0545 Hours 30 December YC 114

This is public notification that the Wiyrkomi Honor Guard will be entering a period of internal personnel auditing and restructuring at the request of corporate stakeholders made during the course of a closed session of the Board on 27 December YC 114.

Effective immediately, current Kaalakiota Liason Officer Veikitamo Gesakaarin has been appointed by corporate stakeholders as Commissar for Internal Affairs during the period under which the personnel audit of the Wiyrkomi Honor Guard is being undertaken in order to ensure effective compliance with the directives of the State Loyalty Tribunal and Caldari Providence Directorate.

Desiderya Kyiokkinen
Eskeitan Reijokkan
Wiyrkomi Honor Guard

Ruthlessness is the kindness of the wise.
Pieter Tuulinen
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#2 - 2012-12-31 00:32:54 UTC
Commander, my usual contacts within Human Resources and Corporate are suddenly not returning my calls and my crew-chief has apparently been reassigned.

Please contact me privately?

For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
Veikitamo Gesakaarin
Doomheim
#3 - 2013-01-03 12:09:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Veikitamo Gesakaarin
Nonni Solar System
Kaalakiota Corporation Orbital -- Nonni III/M I
0500 Hours 3 January YC 115
Memorandum: Re: Wiyrkomi Honor Guard Personnel Audit
Clearance: Public Dissemination

Message As Follows:

On 30 November YC 114 an attempt was made on the life of State Executor Tibus Heth. The cowardice of this act has served to illustrate that while great strides have been made in rebuilding the strength and pride of the Caldari State by the Caldari Providence Directorate there still exist those elements who strive solely to bring ruin and destruction upon our people through acts of disunity and treason.

It is only as One People, with One Vision, spoken with One Voice through the State Executor do we ensure the realization of the New Meritocracy and the dreams of our forefathers. Today, just as in the past, in order to defend that sacred dream we must be willing to spill the blood of our enemies upon the graves of our ancestors -- whether they threaten from without or weaken from within.

Those with nothing to hide, shall having nothing to fear, but for those that breed dissent and sedition in attempts to rise against the Lawful Authority of the Caldari Providence Directorate they then must be shown that the prosecution of Caldari Justice knows neither mercy nor compassion.

Having been appointed by the stakeholders as Commissar For Internal Affairs of the Wiyrkomi Honor Guard it is my duty and my task to enforce the compliance of the corporation to the mandates of the State Loyalty Tribunal and Caldari Providence Directorate as an Independent Auditor and to provide the necessary recommendations to ensure expected guidelines are maintained.

It is with that purpose in mind that the following directives have been issued:

1. A transfer of non-essential front-line, administrative and supply personnel from current duty posts to rest and recuperation facilities located within enclave territory of Kaalakiota Corporation for the duration of current personnel auditing of the Wiyrkomi Honor Guard. All such personnel are granted leave with pay to make available to themselves the leisure activities offered by Kaalakiota Corporation in facilities they are assigned to.

2. Private defence contractors under Home Guard oversight have been tasked with ensuring the personal protection of all Wiyrkomi Honor Guard personnel assigned to rest and recuperation facilities within Kaalakiota corporate enclaves. Due to the very real threat of attack by terrorists and violent dissidents, Wiyrkomi Honor Guard personnel will not be granted leave outside assigned facilities for the duration of the personnel audit in order to ensure their safety.

3. Non-disclosure clauses within employee contracts of the Wiyrkomi Honor Guard have become enacted and all personnel within rest and recuperation facilities will be held incommunicado for the duration of the personnel audit of the organization in order to ensure adherence to routine protocols regarding the public dissemination of information without prior corporate administrative authority.

CONCORD Level Operations will remain unaffected.

Veikitamo Gesakaarin
Commissar For Internal Affairs (Temp.)
Wiyrkomi Honor Guard

Kurilaivonen|Concern
Silas Vitalia
Doomheim
#4 - 2013-01-03 14:57:10 UTC
I know a good inquisition when I see one. I wish you the very best in this endeavor.


...If you need to sub-contract out any 'questioners' do let me know.

Sabik now, Sabik forever
Desiderya
Blue Canary
Watch This
#5 - 2013-01-03 15:02:39 UTC
These events are following standard procedure and have nothing in common with an inquisition.
They are indeed the aftermath of thorough investigations regarding [REDACTED - REF: Communications Policy - AUTH: V. G. 03.01.115] a former part of WHG.

Ruthlessness is the kindness of the wise.
Alava Varras
House of Records
Caldari State
#6 - 2013-01-03 15:15:41 UTC
The House of Records wishes to remind you that our public files are always available for viewing, as are our private files for a fee provided proper security clearance is authorized.

If you have further questions regarding your internal audit and the methods the House of Records may assist you, feel free to contact us at your earliest convenience.
Scherezad
Revenent Defence Corperation
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#7 - 2013-01-03 17:33:18 UTC
Lai Dai Research Spacelane Security wishes the Wiyrkomi Honour Guard a speedy and thorough internal audit.
James Syagrius
Luminaire Sovereign Solutions
#8 - 2013-01-04 06:35:24 UTC  |  Edited by: James Syagrius
It is difficult to watch this.

Is there no one in the State who will speak for these people? No one who will call this for what it is?

I understand that as the "enemy" this well be seen as an attack, it is not.

But when people are moved to an undisclosed location, perhaps against their will, not allowed to leave and not permitted to communicate to the outside. Isn't that imprisonment?

I know the concepts of guilt and innocence in the State of late are a bit... well.

I suppose nothing assures the "realization of the New Meritocracy", like shutting up the voices of moderation. After all peace is the enemy isn't it.

“Here also are the heralds of his praise."
Vikarion
Doomheim
#9 - 2013-01-04 07:36:26 UTC
James Syagrius wrote:
It is difficult to watch this.

Is there no one in the State who will speak for these people? No one who will call this for what it is?

I understand that as the "enemy" this well be seen as an attack, it is not.

But when people are moved to an undisclosed location, perhaps against their will, not allowed to leave and not permitted to communicate to the outside. Isn't that imprisonment?

I know the concepts of guilt and innocence in the State of late are a bit... well.

I suppose nothing assures the "realization of the New Meritocracy", like shutting up the voices of moderation. After all peace is the enemy isn't it.


Audits of capsuleer corporations cannot be carried out unless the capsuleer corporation requests them. Capsuleers cannot be detained by the Empires legally unless CONCORD gives them permission.

Therefore, we aren't going to try to "save" WHG from what they are going through voluntarily.
Veikitamo Gesakaarin
Doomheim
#10 - 2013-01-04 07:38:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Veikitamo Gesakaarin
Mr. Syagrius,

All actions undertaken so far have been conducted with best interests, safety, security and well-being of Wiyrkomi Honor Guard employees. Imprisonment is a misnomer in this situation for no criminal conduct has occurred nor has judgement been passed by a corporate or State tribunal. The current situation is nothing more than seeking to secure the safety of personnel against threat of attack by armed groups which may, or may not have been involved in the attempt on the life of the Executor, whilst maintaining a communications policy designed to prevent misunderstandings and miscommunication occurring in the period of auditing.

Being able to remain paid while living in a well appointed facility with a wide range of leisure and personal activities available could hardly be considered a harsh sentence, if a sentence had been passed at all.

Now, I feel the need to express the sentiment that the Caldari State is not the Gallente Federation and our laws differ. The right for a corporation to undertake necessary actions in its own interests is still both highly regarded and respected in the State, and the matter at hand is one in which the stakeholders of the Wiyrkomi Honor Guard believe ensuring compliance with the directives of the SLT and CPD to be in the best interests of their company -- a sentiment which I share.

As such, in the pursuit of corporate interests in the State, I am guided by the laws and dictates of the State in the prosecution of my tasks and so long as I continue to do so then recriminations are unlikely.

To put matters more succinctly:

I will carry out my tasks as required by the laws and protocols of the Caldari State and not by the pandering platitudes of Federal opinions.

Kurilaivonen|Concern
Desiderya
Blue Canary
Watch This
#11 - 2013-01-04 13:44:56 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Falcon
James Syagrius wrote:

Is there no one in the State who will speak for these people?


These people are under no threat unless the investigation reveals punishable actions. The majority of employees has been with the Wiyrkomi Honor Guard since its inception under Malcolm Khross and is supposed to be loyal to Wiyrkomi and the State. As commissar Gesakaarin has pointed out the relocation is for their own protection as well as a means to shield the investigation from exterior influences. Standard procedure, if you want.

While the rank and file of capsuleers will be investigated as well the CONCORD granted independance makes this a deliberate act and pilots may chose to comply - or not.
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Ruthlessness is the kindness of the wise.
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#12 - 2013-01-04 13:56:22 UTC
I imagine the consequences of non-compliance from Capsuleers would be severe social ostracism, and perhaps removal from the corporation.
Desiderya
Blue Canary
Watch This
#13 - 2013-01-04 14:00:24 UTC
The dutiful and innocent have nothing to fear.

Ruthlessness is the kindness of the wise.
Edaine Numenor
Numenor Benevolent Holdings
#14 - 2013-01-04 15:43:11 UTC
Desiderya wrote:
The dutiful and innocent have nothing to fear.


Each time I see the phrase "nothing to fear" I get that dull ache in the center of my chest telling me that something is amiss. Dutiful and innocent are slippery terms and those "auditors" investigating possible dissent can define these terms as they wish. Later on they can become tools to demonize those who have dissented. "I fear" that the moderation that once existed under the leadership of Malcom Khross is quickly melting away and that the culture that allows dissent as a healthy element in any organization is being squeezed out of existence. A dissenting opinion does not constitute sedition, it shows independence and intelligence.

“Those with nothing to hide, shall having nothing to fear” Does anyone else find an irony in this statement? WHG is hiding possible dissenters, isolating them, silencing them. Who has something to hide? Is this really how you want to advertise your corporation? Is this how you want to say to pilots, “Come be a part of our organization?”

"Wiyrkomi Honor Guard personnel will not be granted leave outside assigned facilities for the duration of the personnel audit in order to ensure their safety." How many times have statements such as this become euphemisms for things far darker? I pity the dissenter being "kept safe" by this action. I pity anyone who may have expressed an opinion that may become judged as less than "innocent" by the auditors.

Mr. Khross said at the beginning formation of this organization, these words, "I have decided that the Honor Guard shall maintain an open policy regarding its business and its tenets, so that it will operate with honor and in trust throughout its existence." Good words. WHG has morphed into something entirely other than what it was.

Liberating slaves wherever, whenever, and however I can.
Vikarion
Doomheim
#15 - 2013-01-04 16:16:55 UTC
Edaine Numenor wrote:
Desiderya wrote:
The dutiful and innocent have nothing to fear.


Each time I see the phrase "nothing to fear" I get that dull ache in the center of my chest telling me that something is amiss. Dutiful and innocent are slippery terms and those "auditors" investigating possible dissent can define these terms as they wish. Later on they can become tools to demonize those who have dissented. "I fear" that the moderation that once existed under the leadership of Malcom Khross is quickly melting away and that the culture that allows dissent as a healthy element in any organization is being squeezed out of existence. A dissenting opinion does not constitute sedition, it shows independence and intelligence.

“Those with nothing to hide, shall having nothing to fear” Does anyone else find an irony in this statement? WHG is hiding possible dissenters, isolating them, silencing them. Who has something to hide? Is this really how you want to advertise your corporation? Is this how you want to say to pilots, “Come be a part of our organization?”

"Wiyrkomi Honor Guard personnel will not be granted leave outside assigned facilities for the duration of the personnel audit in order to ensure their safety." How many times have statements such as this become euphemisms for things far darker? I pity the dissenter being "kept safe" by this action. I pity anyone who may have expressed an opinion that may become judged as less than "innocent" by the auditors.

Mr. Khross said at the beginning formation of this organization, these words, "I have decided that the Honor Guard shall maintain an open policy regarding its business and its tenets, so that it will operate with honor and in trust throughout its existence." Good words. WHG has morphed into something entirely other than what it was.



Oh, please. Isn't the phrase "...innocent have nothing to fear" true - or should be true - in any investigation? Good god, if we follow your instructions, we'll never investigate anyone again, because, hey, we might redefine the terms, or become too radical. If you see evidences that they are, then criticize that, not the very existence of investigations. And as for dissenting opinions, perhaps, but not in a military structure. If you tell a soldier to run, jump, or shoot, he'd better damn well do it, not stand there arguing with you. -WHG- is a military organization.

"Nothing to hide will have nothing to fear" also seems like a reasonable statement. Of course WHG is rooting out internal dissenters - that's the whole point! Those who dissent against the course WHG has determined to take may find employment elsewhere. In a military organization, as stated before, dissenters are not simply a source of alternative viewpoints, but a very real danger to the cohesion of a unit. And this isn't just true for the Caldari - try being a dissenter in any effective military.

As for being open about it, WHG has been very open about this audit. After all, they didn't have to come and blab to everyone on the IGS about it. I wouldn't have, but apparently they really mean it when they say "openness".
Silas Vitalia
Doomheim
#16 - 2013-01-04 16:36:57 UTC
Don't mind Numenor, dear Vikarion.

I'm afraid the man has an awful condition where he gets an erection every time he hears about an assumed Injustice.

He can't help himself. He begins to salivate at the thought that somewhere, somehow....someone's feelings are being hurt.

*laughs wildly*

Sabik now, Sabik forever
Veikitamo Gesakaarin
Doomheim
#17 - 2013-01-04 16:52:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Veikitamo Gesakaarin
Mr. Numenor,

Your thoughts are nothing more than idle speculation without basis in truth or fact. You have conjured dark conspiracies where none exist. You have discredited the employees of the Wiyrkomi Honor Guard as dissidents and traitors, when such allegations have not been brought forward. You cast doubt and aspersions, when I have sought to provide truth and certainty. Your ignorance of Caldari and the State is obvious. Fortunate then that your opinion in this matter is functionally irrelevant to the task at hand.

Do take solace in the fact that I am beholden only to my duty and the laws that bind me, just as any citizen, to the State. The public or popular opinion of foreigners will not sway me from prosecuting the diktats of that law to the fullest extent. To do anything less would be a failure of duty on my part and tantamount to shame and dishonor itself.

That then is the difference between myself and former Chief Executive Khross:

My honor is derived from Heiian, a creed inked in the blood of my ancestors and the dust of their bones. Not dictated to me by the worthless perceptions and opinions of jaiji like you.

Kurilaivonen|Concern
Edaine Numenor
Numenor Benevolent Holdings
#18 - 2013-01-04 18:04:20 UTC
1 and 2 and 3 defense responses as expected in the manner expected. This does help me to more accurately evaluate what is happening within WHG. Thank you.

Liberating slaves wherever, whenever, and however I can.
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#19 - 2013-01-04 19:03:00 UTC
It is at this point that I would like to remind the pilots of WHG that I long ago ignored Mr. Numenor on these forums, and it is a decision I have never once regretted.

He will now talk about how the fact that he annoys you clearly shows his moral superiority.
Aelisha
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#20 - 2013-01-04 19:57:16 UTC
Undergraduate level 'profiling' isn't going to deter my friends in WHG, though your concern and advice is noted, Thessalonia. Numenor's posturing might be worth a laugh if he improved his delivery. Alas, he's just another sad show that those that make next to no impact on their sphere of operations, let alone the wider cluster, usually resort to trying to tear down their betters to look big.

As for the audit itself, I hope that a swift resolution is achieved, maintaining the integrity and efficiency that your corporation is known for. Khross was unique in his views of honour and integrity, but it is not to one man's vision any corporation owes fealty or success. Even Executor Heth is a servant to Caldari values, which must at all times be a product of the people and their merited leaders. WHG is and always will be a loyal friend to me and mine, and has always served as a means by which I may better understand and integrate with a culture I so admire.

Ensuring the purity of one's vision is a hard responsibility. Ensuring one's vision matches the tenets and values of the State is harder still. Many are the enemies of order, justice and progress; WHG shows much wisdom in letting their opposite numbers know that they will brook no impurity in their dedication to these values.

CEO of the Achura-Waschi Exchange

Intaki Reborn

Independent Capsuleer
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