Intergalactic Summit

Cold Wind.

Damn.

If he felt that taking his life was neccessary to preserve his famiy, then... well, maybe that's what he had to do. But I wish it hadn't come to this. I wish none of it had.

What a terrible waste.

I am confused. It could be simply because I am an outsider, so please humour my ignorance, but could you give some context? I could not find the reason why he was said to be disgraced. From what I understand of the Caldari, he performed ritual suicide, thus the tea. However, that does not explain why. Or perhaps I simply missed something?

A few weeks back, he and his fellow officers of the 37th squadron were put on trial by the Caldari Navy for their actions during past Operations and their involvement in the Directorate. They were found guilty for not having the best interest of the State and it's people in mind during these operations.
I explained it in more details in this article of mine : Wing Commander Okuuda discharged dishonorably and later found dead (also includes links to the official articles)

For this, they got dishonorably discharged and several of them got sentenced to prisontime. Former wing commander Okuuda was spared the humiliation and further disgrace of his dishonorable discharge by letting him walk out as a free man, allowing him to choose his own fate.

The report Miss Priano gives in her opening post shows he has chosen to preserve his honour and that of his family by choosing his own end, rather then continue to live in shame and disgrace.
May he find the peace & rest in the winds for the outcome of the trial denied that to him in life.

As I said elsewhere - we all have to go sometime. When it comes down to it, for his last view to be the shores of a lake on the homeworld that he helped reclaim and fought to defend must not have been too bad. If I were in his place, I think I'd have found peace and dignity of mind in those last moments.

That's part of what the tea is all about. It's a balm for a bruised soul, grasping life by the reins after it got away from you.

I feel sorry for him that he came to that place. But I also feel happy for him. A poignant and beautiful end that will be spoken of respectfully and with sympathy has got to be better than to fade into obscure uselessness. After all, we can't all be heroes or else the term would have no meaning. But this way, he'll be remembered as a good Caldari.

I think answering those questions would require information that is locked up behind the legal opacity of the courts-marshal and classified Navy documents. In the absence of sufficient data to make an informed decision, the best we can do is accept the ruling of the presiding officer, and its consequences.

Not that I can presume to tell you how to be Caldari better than you yourself already know, but surely that question rests in whether you consider Heth to be a true Caldari, or whether you consider him to have strayed from that path. If you believe - as you appear to - that Heth was a greater threat to the State than the things that he fought against, then surely anyone instrumental in deposing him would be doing their duty to the State - and anyone who had the opportunity to do so and did not take it would have failed that duty.

There may or may not be only one true way to be Caldari, but there are as many interpretations of what that way is (or isn't, for that matter) as there are Caldari. Most certainly there were many among the Provists who were not motivated by such noble tenets and were solely concerned with self-advancement and personal gain, but there were vast numbers of Provists and supporters who honestly believed that they were acting in accordance with the highest, most crucial demands of Caldari duty. I respect that motivation, even if I can't respect their interpretation of what it means to be Caldari or what they felt they should do to protect that ideal. Did Sami Okuuda seek personal gain or self-aggrandisement? No. Even if the man was my enemy, he was an honest, honourable enemy, motivated by an honest passion to protect the people, the culture and the homeworld that he cared about. He gave his life for it.

There are many Intaki prayers for the deceased but I think they'd be inappropriate in this circumstance, so I will merely say that I hope the Winds carry him to the peace at the end of his journey.

A shame it had to come to this. At least it was a dignified, honorable, and peaceful death. If he truly did it out of love for his country and the honor of his friends and family, rather than mere despair, then we can safely say it is what he truly wanted. May the winds carry his spirit and let it guide future generations of Caldari to honor and merit.



Before the more patriotic folk begin attacking me, no. I am not trying to speak for Caldari beliefs and their respective culture.

I believe there comes a point where it should be clear to a loyal Caldari that the man they are serving is no longer working for the State, but for himself. Don't forget, there were many moments where Heth has clearly failed the Caldari People. Bringing Kaalakoita and Echelon Entertainment to near bankruptcy for instance. In addition, massacring peaceful protesters. Heth didn't become the badguy overnight, it was a long and noticeable process (at least for you guys, us Gallenteans never liked him).

I feel the massacres at New Caldari should have been the point of no return for any loyal citizen of the State. If you can tolerate your leader slaughtering innocent people, then who are pretty much willing to let him get away with anything.

If he overthrew Heth? Depends on the time really. A coup that takes place at a random time would certainly be seen as dishonorable. However, a total revolution say, right after the massacres would have him go down in history as the savior of the State.

Okuuda was a dedicated Caldari, but he wasn't dedicated to the Caldari. However, it seems he has absolved himself through taking his own life if the respect and admiration people are giving him are anything to go by.

When something like that happens, he washes his mistakes with his own blood.
Stop judging him already and show some respect.

Scapegoats who don't fight back become loose ends.