Intergalactic Summit

It's funny you should say that, because it wasn't always that way. The idea that the Emperor projects the will of God is an ancient one spelled out directly in the Scriptures, but the idea of the heir families is relatively more recent, having been instituted during the Moral Reforms. Before then, any family could feasibly be denoted as an heir family given substantial enough merit.

It's also somewhat ironic, because the Emperor has not notably ever followed a precise father to son lineage the way it did in other fuedal powers. The Emperor was always chosen by some body or another, and this Empress is no exception. Essentially, nothing was assured to her on her birth save that she might one day have a one-in-five chance of gaining the Imperial seat. Which she initially lost.

I suppose ours isn't based on the same set of methods as the Federation, but at least it can feasibly be said that our rulers have been trained in administration since birth. All of them are effective organizers even if I don't necessarily agree with the entirety of heir family politics. Even I grew up knowing vaguely what I would be doing with my life and I was trained accordingly.

With the Federation, it seems to be one of two ways. Certainly there are old money powers who really are from political family legacies and who grow up knowing they will contest elections, thus are trained likewise to master popular opinion (though not necessarily actual administration). Then there are those who enter the government from other fields, which is also a bit of a mixed bag. Oddly, I think that although far less consistent, some of your better leaders came from the latter end of the spectrum.

Perhaps there is hope for democracy. It always sounds excellent in theory, so we can only hope that one day the Gallente Federation experiment bears fruit and delivers a perfect form of government. Until then, I'm not sure our system produces any less effective government than yours. It simply tends to be longer lived and doesn't necessarily bow to popular opinion, for good and ill in that regard.

Might I ask, what exactly lead to these reforms? I'm sure the story is probably long and complicated but as briefly as you can put it please.



A one in five chance is extremely good considering less than 0.0000000001% of the Amarr population have this opportunity.



People are born with natural talents and skills (or in your case, are gifts from god). Some people truly have it in them to lead a nation, and others, not so much. No amount of education will make up for someone who lacks the charisma and leadership necessary for politics. Certainly Jamyl has both the talent and education, but is this her true calling in life? Just doesn't seem to be very happy as Empress and while she had a lot of momentum going when she first sat on the throne, things have slowed down significantly.



This perspective is pretty much entirely correct. Almost every election comes down to a contest between socioeconomic classes and backgrounds. The previous one was a bit of an anomaly as the two major candidates both had significant political and business backgrounds. Usually it's the CEO of a corporation going up against some farmboy.



I don't think your system is less effective overall, though my own personal dislike of it comes from my firm belief in meritocracy which I probably get from my Caldari mother. Society should be run by the best of the best and a government should have a system that allows the best of the best to shine through. Democracy is both good and bad for this. On the plus side, a leader must be good enough to convince trillions of people that he is the best choice, on the otherside, Democracy tends to favor who is the better politician rather than the better leader.

I have no idea what you are talking about. Did the Empire start using a new calander or something? I'm quite sure that the year is YC115. My clock says it, my post say it, and my wallet transactions say it. What the hell are you going on about?

My response is constructive as it proves that Ms.Louelle is fabricating evidence in a pathetic attempt to hurt Andreus' reputation. The mail is from a fictional/ancient date, and judging by the neocom version, this "evidence" was obtained at time where it would be impossible for a non-gallentean to own and pilot that ship. Oh, and there is one other thing I discovered...

The pilot that Andreus allegedly sent the message to, "Kiera Alidaar" does not even exist. A galnet search reveals a pilot with no portrait (as required for all capsuleers by recent CONCORD mandates) as well as absolutely no history. There are also smaller details that don't add up. For example, there is not a single soul in the Federal Navy Academy communications channel, which is always full of the chatter of cadets and officers. Clearly, this Kiera Alidaar was never really here as a screenshot of her interface would reveal plenty of FNA talk, even during quiet hours.

What this means is that Ms. Louelle is a blatant fraud and a conniving liar. Not only that, but she is an arrogant ***** who thinks we are all so stupid that she doesn't even need to put effort into her forgery. If PIE has a shred of honor they will put her on this list for being a deceitful embarrassment to the Empire. Unless of course she can either apologize and/or explain herself.

We're going to start mocking those provincial enough to use local date/time systems now?

Capsuleers tend to adhere to universal time, especially when in flight. Of course it's possible that this pilot is using a local date/time but I find it highly unlikely considering I've never seen a capsuleer use local date/time while in their ship as that tends to confuse people and complicate things with other capsuleers. Still, the time stamp isn't even the biggest issue with this evidence. The main issue being the nonexistant pilot who received this message.

And Dochuta Karsoth was the Court Chamberlain. If the Emperor or Empress is the closest person in the Empire to your God, then the Court Chamberlain is the second closest. And yet, Karsoth turned out to be the most corrupt, vile, and decadent figure in recent Amarr history.

If the Court Chamberlain can succumb to corruption and wickedness that makes a Gallentean look like a prude, I'd imagine that a humble nun would be able to fall victim to lying and deceit.

As you wish.

However, I suggest Sister either retracts her claims, explains these discrepancies, or makes an apology. One or any combination of the three should be sufficient to mend things.

Of course, I am a Gallentean. My suggestions are probably moot to you and for all I know, forgery of evidence may not even be a major offense in the Empire. In the Federation however, you can land 50 years in an off world prison for fabricating evidence, probably more if you're a capsuleer, being practically immortal and all.

You are not in a position to demand anything of myself.

And the claim that Velators were "impossible" to be owned and flown by non-Gallente is... ludicrous.

It transpires that the agent "Kiera Alidaar" is a name used by an ethnic Gallente, who uncovered several genocidalists, such as Andreus, in a scheme described on the IGS years ago.

So, it is you that should make the apology.

Just so you know, Andreus has been kill on sight to PIE for years.

Well, isn't that the damndest bit of history I have had the pleasure of reading.

Thank you Sister Dougans, this puts a lot of things into perspective.

As for PIE's intended purge of heretics, I can't condone such narrow definitions of 'irregular thought' and similar classifications of deviation, but you're hardly bound by the opinions of a lowly soldier such as myself. More to the point you've not quite yet come around to the better methods of curing the disease of individual 'thought at the cost of the collective' that is society, though some of your methods (TCMCs for example) show promise.

As ever I admire your conviction, and will be looking forwards to the reports of operations to come.