Intergalactic Summit

If your government would bother to keep us fully informed on the details, then maybe we could accept that.

And has it occurred to you that the Gallentean idea of justice in this scenario may well not match our own.

What right does the Republic have to demand a Gallente terrorist, who killed Gallente Citizens (and most importantly) on Gallente soil be delivered to the Republic justice system?

Yes it is regrettable that some Republic citizens including a leader held in high esteem was injured, but the Republic still has no jurisdiction.

Yes it is likely this was a racially motivated action, but the Republic is not the same thing as the Minmatar people. It is disingenuous to claim they speak for ALL Minmatar.


Yes, especially when it's a terrorist attack that harmed more than just that one person.

Sovereign entities retain the right to handle business in their space

Racist... the age old accusation flung to breed aversion towards those who express troublesome and unwanted opinion. I did not mentioned a race, but a political entity formerly called the Republic.

Somehow I expected more of you my once and would be friend.


I Sir respect you and your opinion. You may rest assured that the tenor of your comment assured no offence.

As to whom right will side. I hope she chooses yours, but the universe has a way of disappointing.

Should my opinion prove, you may expect no vainglorious missive.

First off, race doesn't matter here in the Federation. You can be Brutor, Khanid, Deitis or whatever, if you are a Gallente citizen, you are Gallente. There are of course racists but they make up the vast minority of people here. For the most part, race is but a footnote over here.

Secondly, even if Republic citizens were killed, you are no more right to handle this case than we are. If this entire thing was centered around who was killed and injured then wouldn't handing him over on the grounds that Republic citizens were killed be a massive injustice to the Gallenteans that were killed?

It was an attack against both of us. If the goal was to slaughter and maim Minmatar and only Minmatar there are much more precise ways he could of gone about it. Such as targeting Minmatar communities within the Federation, only firing on Minmatar at the massacre, or even using bio-weapons with race selective properties.

The basic legal quarrel here is simple: Federation law has it that because the crime happened in Federation territory, it should be judged solely under Federation law; tribal law has it that because the crime was clearly targeted against the tribe(s), tribal law has precedence.

I say precedence, because the shooter's tribal status has not been released. "Federal citizen" does not exclude the possibility that s/he was a member. If s/he was not, then obviously this is not a completely internal matter. If s/he was, on the other hand, tribal law - as I understand it, admittedly based on much lower level courts and no formal legal training - does not recognize the Federation's authority at all. No outsider may judge on an internal issue, unless explicitly requested to do so by the clan / tribe / alliance that holds jurisdiction.

That as a sidenote. Currently the Federation holds the culprit and so they can proceed as they like. This is unfortunate, but true. "As they like", by the way, unlike Captain Noh seems to be able to grasp, includes negotiation, should they so choose.

What remains puzzling is why the Federation courts chose to add the slur about not trusting tribal courts to judge fairly in their statement. Their legal case is sound (under their law), and the insult did not at all serve their goal of getting the tribes to accept their jurisdiction. A professional (which I have to assume Federation high courts are) would have left that bit unsaid, unless they had the explicit intent to provoke the target. What gives?

It's for this precise reason that I will be revoking my status as a citizen of the Gallente Federation and returning to Republic space to mourn and hope with my Sebiestor brothers and sisters.

And considering the storm that is brewing and from whom, I would not be surprised to see an attempt on the Federation President's life. With any luck, it will go better for you than it has for us.

Authorities did not reveal information about the culprit as such, but the Federation court statement includes a hint:



So s/he was a citizen, apparently.

Did the Minmatar and tribal higher authorities state that Federal authorities denied them information ?

Or is that just the public and the masses asking for sensitive information to be released ?



Thank you for not addressing my point, as usual.

You did not find anything better than a personal attack ? I will reiterate, you all hypocrites that usually claim to care about people feelings and how terrible this situation is for the victims, you sound exactly like the politicians trying to exploit the exact same misery to advance their personal agendas.

It would be wiser to be quiet and let the justice do its work.

Dude what?