Intergalactic Summit

The Republic handed the Federation the right to shirk off any blame for the latter's arrogance when the former behaved violently and killed several thousand allied crewpeople. Inflicting death against your own ally so openly kicks you off the high ground.

Not saying the Federation won't look at its own behaviour for what occured, just that it no longer has to because of the Colelie incident. Inversely, the Republic's violent behaviour warrants an expectation for them to evaluate their actions. Not that they will necessarily, but they should.

Speaking as a former employee of The Scope, this doesn't really make sense. Extradition legally speaking normally refers to when a crime is committed in one territory, then the perp flees to another territory and is caught and returned back to where the crime was done to be tried. Like with the Eturrer incident.

This is more like an extraordinary rendition. Which is legally questionable in my opinion. While it is tragic what was done, this is a violation of Broteau's rights as a Federation citizen and by extension a threat to everyone's rights.

I feel that reparations to the families of the brave Gallenteans who gave their lives at Colelie would be a good token of apology if done correctly.

I wouldnt be surprised if the Republic extradition fleet is attacked and Gerne Broteau escapes. He has had the publicity he was looking for from his crimes and trial. No reason not to try and escape now.

I must honestly say I am very pleased with this turn of events.

First, the Federation made sure the law was followed.

Second, they made a symbolic gesture of peaceful intentions and de-escalation of hostilities.

Third, they clearly it showed the Republic their place at the table. Wait until the master is finished before you are allowed to beg for scraps. Bare your teeth to your master, and we will send you back into your corner with your tail between your legs. If you are a good dog: then you get your share of the leftovers.

The lesson about men's position in this universe is something that most Matari find hard to learn. I can only hope they're not false and intend to bite when their master isn't looking.

Actually, it humiliates the Federation since if the Federation had been smart enough to say from the beginning that they would extradite after trial (rather than absolutely refuse extradition and insult our courts/judicial system), they'd have prevented any risk of an event like Colelie ever happening. Not that I expect the Federation to recognize this.

It doesn't humiliate us because there was no "You might get him after we conduct our trial" or any such indication, but merely a flat refusal of any extradition accompanied by blatant insults towards the quality of our court system.





So, as it turns out, the Federation insulted and provoked their ally for literally nothing.



No, actually, we didn't. As I have often told my daughter while she was growing up, "Two wrongs don't make a right." Whether the Republic's actions at Colelie were wrong or not, it in no way justifies the asinine behavior of the Federation prior to those events. The Federation deliberately chose to provoke the Republic. Should we avoid rising to the bait when this happens? Yes, we should. Doesn't mean it's okay for the Federation to deliberately provoke their ally.





As for people calling for reparations or apologies for Colelie, that is something that can't be determined until we finally hear the Tribal Council's reasons for that attack. I am not convinced that this was just an emotional outburst. It does not make sense that the Tribal Council would call for such an attack without damn good reason. I still maintain my position of considering Colelie to be unjustifiable with the current information, but I can't help but feel there's more information that we currently lack, but the Tribal Council has and had at the time the decision was made.

You misunderstand. This is *especially* why the Republic was humiliated.

You see your dog is hungry, but you ignore him when he begs for the scraps left on your plate and you whip him when he growls, even though you fully intend him to have the scraps and finally feed them to him when he lies whimpering in the corner.

Why?

I thought Shakor and Roden were keeping in direct contact with each other over this whole affair, no ?

Thank you.

Given that we know that Broteau isn't alone in his beliefs, as evidenced by the forums that he frequented, making a martyr out of him is only going to end badly.

Of course I don't expect the Minmatar to even consider that for a second before they start hacking him to pieces or something equally gruesome.