Intergalactic Summit

Auga, 0630 (Approx) 10-26 YC 113. The call comes out that a slaver's Archon is tackled by friendly forces.

Upon arriving and engaging, we discover the pilot is of the worst form of scum, one Mithru, who proudly broadcasts in her public bio of using Minmatar children as slaves, as well as the use of physical abuse and Vitoc.

This paragon of Virtue quickly abaondoned her vessel, the Archon-class Carrier, and its crew to their fate, and attempted to escape in a Paladin-class Marauder that she had ejected from her carrier's ship hangar. The Paladin was quickly destroyed, and all surving crew were rescued, the majority being Vitoc-addicted slaves, a shocking number children beneath the age of 16.

The Archon was safely taken into Minmatar control and docked. Congratulations to Autocannons Anonymous for their bravery in doing this; as I was in a Wolf-class Assault ship, I certainly played a minor role.

Teraa Matar extends an offer to any and all now-freed slaves that were formerly members of either vessel's crew for medical care, housing, therapy as required, and location into stable families for the children, and employment or placement with a Tribe of their choice for all adults. This vessel was operating outside of any Amarrian regulation as near as we can tell, and the crews "illegally" held captives, even as reckoned by Amarrian law. The level of cruelty and lack of concern for humanity found shocked even the most hardened veterans, including those of us who have had our own experiences with the institution of slavery.

So good news for once, New Eden; Several thousand slaves freed from torment, the capture of a carrier and destruction of a marauder used by outlaw slavers, and hopefully a better life ahead for many hundreds of children.

This is mot excellent news, Avlynka! A very well done job for all involved.

No propaganda at all.

Please, feel free to contact the pilot herself of any number of members of Autocannons Anonymous.

Also, feel free to check any kill-recording database for the destruction of the Paladin.

Approximately 40% of the Paladin's crew perished in the destruction of the vessel, so numbers placed at around 1700 onboard the paladin.

As the carrier was taken intact, and of course benefits from the structure of a capital vessel, less than 200 casualties were recorded on board it.

In total, the remainder of the Carrier's crew, including all of the vessel's officers and overseers, and the Paladin's, same story, were rescued, over ten THOUSAND people as of this count.

Of course, unless the Empire claims that the vessel WAS a warship in its service, the captured overseers and officers will be treated as pirates and criminals, and tried under Republic law. They are not POWs. They are slavers.

Tell me again, Blake... the vessel was in Auga. It was operating outside of Amarrian law. It was most certainly in violation of Republic law. What, exactly, did the Minmatar Militia do wrong in apprehending it? Would that be our failure to destroy it, or our rapid rescue of those aboard the Paladin wreckage?

Even you should be outraged at this, "Admiral" Blake.

You know Rodj Blake, I've come to notice you tend to defend Amarrian criminals even if only to stand against Matari, or just to further your own agenda with the Empire as a whole. Even if that means siding with criminals and monsters of human beings.

Now, I'm not one to judge people by the allegiances they pick but..

Freeing those people, of course. The Vessel, while a boon to the cash-strapped Minmatar war effort, pales into insignificance next to the rescue of thousands.

However, the capture DID make the rescue possible. In this case, hard to seperate the two.

Hm... I'm not trying to be apologetic of the said pilot, au contraire... although some naysayers will probably jump to that conclusion, but I have to ask... how did you establish these slaves were a) illegal and b) on board the carrier?

Well, the first post seems to imply that this happened in Auga, so Minmatar Republic sovereignty - all slaves are illegal in the Republic.

Not to mention that quite a few people seem to think that slaves are illegal no matter where. Especially Minmatar slaves.

But I guess arguing this would devolve into a rather pointless debate on which laws hold where, and how two nations being at war affects whose laws apply where.

Well done Ava.

Regardless of the status of the (now freed) slaves. I am quite happy to see a carrier taken away from such an obviously insane capsuleer.

I can substatiate at least one case of abuse -- mine. Every slave rescued and repatriated is one less hold the Empire has over our people.

Good work, Ava. Fly free.