Intergalactic Summit

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Now we are at least talking. Federation court still misses the point but at least there is a contact that could lead to a mutually acceptable solution. Too bad it took the idiocy in Colelie to get this far.

Yes, because the Sebiestor Tribe wouldn't have been able to send people to observe the trial without the Republic having first invaded the Federation Right?

Perhaps my literacy skills aren't what they should be, but all I read was:

"We will be sending people to ensure we get the verdict and sentence we expect. If all should not go according to our political demands, there will be another Colelie."

Anyone else thinking the Mr Broteau might have a very unfortunate accident very soon around those two?

By their wording, the Sebiestor Tribe still treats this as a Minmatar and only Minmatar crime.

One would think you doubt the ability of the Federal Authorities to maintain Security at such a High Profile Event.

Well, this is welcome news. Hopefully the delegates keep us posted with developments.

The time for a feud is already now. Colelie made sure of that.

It is my understanding that the Federal judicial system's purpose is to first determine whether or not an accused is guilty. Innocent until proven guilty. That means Mr Broteau is not proven guilty yet. That the Federation has decided to put him on trial does not necessarily mean he is the one who committed the crime, hence the whole reason for the trial in the first place. There is still the chance, however likely or not, that this is not the mass murderer.

The wording of many of your fellow Sebiestor and Minmatar suggests that they already consider the accused guilty and seek a pound of flesh. This is likely part of why the Federation outright refused his extradition. Perhaps the Sebiestor and Republic should cease the saber rattling and cyno jumping. Open your ears, not your mouths.

I strongly suggest that the Sebiestor tribe pay close attention to this trial not just for the outcome... but for how it is undertaken. A guilty or innocent verdict means nothing if the trial itself is just smoke and mirrors. This isn't to say I believe it would be. I simply state that there is quite obviously more going on behind the scenes than we understand. I have a feeling the next few weeks will be quite interesting on this topic.

When dealing with a child, you do not give them what they want after they throw a temper tantrum about it. Such an action would only lead to more temper tantrums and the inability to deal with things not going their way when they get older.

So not only did the Republic launch a failed invasion, they are still getting part of what they wanted out of it.

The fact that we are letting Sebeistor diplomats merely observe the trial is already being very generous about this. Which only prove that the Federation is working a lot harder to keep this "alliance" going, despite the Republic needing it significantly more.

On the otherhand, maybe this will be the first step in restoring relations and trust between our nations. As long as both of us do our part to restore things I think we can go back to the way things were before this mess, of course that does mean BOTH of us have to work at it.

One hopes the Federation will take care to ensure that the Delegates are unarmed, lest they decide to start executing officers of the court for failing to pursue the case vigorously enough to satisfy 'Tribal Justice'.