Intergalactic Summit

First off our Chief is a woman, just for clarification.

Her life is just as valuable as the others. However, this is a major political figure. If a Minmatar gunman shot Mentas Blaque, Souro Foritan, or even President Roden himself, I am quite confident that the Gallente would want to handle the trial.

Perhaps but maybe wait more than 8 hours before demanding with ships?
Maybe a joint investigation since your people know your planets more, make sure it wasn't something by a fanatical cell; ect. We at least know to wait at least 24 hours before demanding anything.

I do agree with you that my government is being a bit impatient, though Shakor is a man who's success has come from patience and planning very far ahead of time. This means there has to be more at work here that the Federation and/or Republic are aware of while the public is in the dark.

A dead (wounded? dead?) Sebiestor alpha... witch. Tragic. Or perhaps others are finally catching on to the threat posed by those pernicious little rust elves. In any event, I'm sure in a few hours time, the fact that this is all a Sinister Amarrian Plot will be well documented.

Fate seems to have had her way with the Gallente, the Caldari, and now the Horde. Clearly, she's saving the best for last.

Here's to us: Go Team Gold!

What is so hard to understand, the crime occurred in the Federation. Midular while a tribal leader and member of the government is no longer a "Head of State". As I recall she was so respected and revered in the "Republic" that she was voted out.

That's fine. I don't think anyone is truly claiming that the criminal should go without the harshest of punishments, more along the lines of who should be the one to do it. As it stands, that's the Federation.

A lot of trouble to go through for a failed assassination attempt of a diplomat, although I'm unsure as to why Shakor would want to have her...

"She was known for her (at least outwardly) peaceful politics towards the Amarr Empire"

... ah, well, nevermind then.

Still, it will be interesting to see if Roden turns him over to Blaque, because if there is one thing you know that bastard can do is yank the truth out of someone. If he gets extradited back to the Republic, though, well that's just one more valklear for their ranks, I guess.

Unfortunately, the Federation is quite capable of inflicting suffering of a gruesome nature; consider Anvent Eturrer.

To their shame, most governments abandon nobility in the effort to retain as global a state of acceptance as they can. When information extracted under torture is largely believed to be inadmissible due to the fact that most people will say anything to get out of the situation they are placed in, all that remains is spectacle.

The fallacy of 'a fate worse than death' is often raised in this situation to justify a punishment that 'mere' termination of one's existence is not deemed potent enough to absolve. People feel vulnerable when their icons are attacked, they feel humiliated when they are laid out on the gurney or slab. They want the perpetrator of that crime to be humiliated and made vulnerable for all to see - and I have no doubt that the Republic government would provide this placebo if they got the chance.

Then again, as this attack is inexcusable, and the possibility of torture for information or the above reasons is likely and equally inexcusable on the part of those calling for it, we could likely fill new volumes of philosophy and ethics just circling around 'the lesser evil' and if eye for an eye logic is functional, if not civilised.

A bigger question is - with the Federation's recent history in gruesome murder as a form of punishment to satiate the baying masses, what makes the Republic think that they are going to miss out on this criminal being taken apart piece by piece? As much as I deride conspiracy theories, chicanery such as this 'due process' nonsense hardly does anything to dismiss it. Invite RSS to conduct their own interrogations under Federation conditions and hell, if they decide to go with the carcinogenic immolation for old times sake, let a Sebiestor administer the dose. You've both already shaken one another's blood covered hands. What's another lick of the red stuff between friends?

I'm curious as to how you managed to get such accurate intel on Blaque's favorite "Area 101" interrogation method.




The term you're looking for is "patsy." They take the fall while the real professional escapes in the confusion. Start shooting fifty people at random and no one notices the other guy in the rafters lining up a headshot on the real target.

Other methods are to use drugs and/or hypnosis to indoctrinate a normal person into a kamikaze assassin. The fact that they surrendered afterward point in this direction, as they basically gave up as soon as Midular went down. Mission accomplished, program ends, and the agent is now standing there with a stupid look on their face wondering why they're holding an empty assault rifle.

When you've been on the receiving end of the Bloody Hands for enough generations you learn a lot about the methods used by terrorists & political assassins.