Intergalactic Summit

Dear True Slave Foundations.

Thessalonia, Polevhia, Sato, all you others... I'm sure you recognise me as a definite critic of yours. Few are quicker to pounce with some dismissive remark or snipe if you show up in a topic uninvited, as you often do. I have my reasons, and I'm far from alone in my dislike of Sansha's Nation. I've never felt a moment's regret or hesitation when it came to annihilating a Sansha warship, or even unarmed industrials. It's easy to consider such actions as extermination, as putting sad remnants of humanity out of their misery. I've expressed such opinions many times.

I've lost people to Nation. I had my brain screwed with by bits of your technology, and I've seen the kind of madness and destruction that you cause every time you open a wormhole. I remember vividly hearing about the first incursions, and the total figures of people abducted.

I've had time to think recently, though. Not much else to do, for various reasons that I do not care to share. My mind has, for reasons that escape me, kept returning to a few moments where some comment or argument that you've made has actually been sensible, or at least more sensible than most of what surrounds it. My typical response has been to dismiss it on the basis of its source, or at least be as disdainful as possible in my agreement.

Enough.

I've never actually spoken in any depth with one of your kind. Whether you are actually individuals of any note any more, or just mouthpieces for old man Kuvakei, I don't particularly care. So I invite you to come forward, give me the hard sell. Tell me why Nation is justified in what it does, why this 'paradise' you describe is so grand. Tell me of Kuvakei's vision, and why I should submit to it.

I have my biases and hatreds and bile for Nation, but you have my word that for this thread, I will restrain them. I want to understand.

I'll even avoid using the 'T' word.

I, for one, would be more than happy to have a discussion with you about my interpretation of Kuvakei's vision....as soon as you can actually eschew bias.

Until that point I don't think it's worthwhile.

Change in attitude is unlikely if I am offered nothing to debate or consider, no? For the record, the 'scare quotes' were intended as actual quotes from the rhetoric that you yourselves often use, rather than for any negative connotations.

As you wish.

I am actually quite interested in an explanation of the reasons why Nation members think they are superior to the other empires. I understand you feel a bias is present (which is unavoidable), but you would do an injustice to your Nation and people if you didn't give a full example why we are misguided...perhaps many will not agree but it would help if but one did...would it not?

-Eran

On the contrary, Ms Polevhia - your response is considerably more useful than a simple echo, and I thank you for it.

I would be interested in reading about what this .. " vision" .. might be.

Simply beautiful.

I have no interest in preaching over the IGS though if you wish to hit me up privately, be my guest I suppose.

-Hikari

Quite simply, Captain, we are no longer trying to sell an idea.

We are letting our actions speak for us.