Intergalactic Summit

Some can and will argue (rightly) that ships piloted by Capsuleers require far less crew, and therefore we are "saving lives".

Some can and will argue (rightly) that many baseliner crew are paid, and chose freely to do the work they do; that they have taken these jobs willingly, with full knowlege of the risks. Perhaps even the same for the occasional Exotic Dancer.

Some will argue (rightly) that many causes are not simply 'our wars' as private Capsuleer corporations go. We do not exist and function in a vaccuum, nor were we generated spontaneously with purpose derived later. We were and are an answer, a first step, in wars that have been raging for centuries. We were born of the baseliners - we *were them*, once, and are a product of their decisions to use a capsuleer program and our own decision to participate.

But yes. The crew die anyway. In droves. Even in a sense, 'by accident'. Nearly every Capsuleer would rather dock home in their ship than a pod, and will comfort themelves if they do dock up in a pod or wake in a tank that the numbers of baseliners required to operate their ship-now-wreck was far lower with an Infomorph Piloting the starship. They will comfort themelves with the percentage of lifepods that found their way to stations. They comfort themseves with the 'lives saved'.

Fourteen trillion (estimated) crew of capsuleer vessels alone have died over the last decade. The number of 'brilliant lives' lost in Baseliner operated ships of all factions, 'legal' and 'illegal' by CONCORD rating has not even been measured.

These numbers are the populations of entire star systems. Countless lives, stories are now silent, known only to God.

The scale of these numbers have reduced the dead to numbers, and nothing else because they are too large to encompass, even with an Infomorph brain capacity. We simply can not encapsulate the scope of the loss, truly, in our minds. We are incapable. One may as well try and comprehend the mind of God before trying to fully comprehend what we have done.
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When Gradient, In Exile and PIE cooperate to frustrate your agenda - I think you can safely be called an enemy of humanity.

The difficulty with all of this is the publicity. Surely everyone is aware that Naupilus orchestrates his actions based upon the reaction they will get and the amount of people that will notice him. This is not unique to the Intergalactic Summit by any means, but why should it be encouraged?

If pilots and organizations feel the need to seek him out, by all means continue to do so - but why encourage the public posturing by continual responses to his rantings and ravings? It would be far more effective to let him be destroyed in relative silence by not supporting his advertising campaigns. Unless, of course, his publicity also serves the narcissism of others.

The fact In Exile (And by extension, PYRE) and Stormcrows also are in agreement proves that, yes, Nauplius sucks just THAT much.

The fleet even began hunting my poor, innocent Industrial pilot and brother, Clytoneus — who was only following orders — gatecamping him and trying to shoot his pod.

The worst was yet to come. A representative from Gradient corporation, enemies of the Empire, arrived in system and took possession of the surviving slaves. Yes, that is right — PIE and In Exile were working together to shoot lawful members of the 24th Imperial Crusade and turn any surviving slaves over to — of all people — Gradient. This is treason.

You're just bitter because you didn't get the skiing holiday, right?

Veikitamo Gesakaarin, Ladies and Gentlemen. Available for work functions, wedding functions and children's parties.

Well, okay, not wedding functions.

I am not Ava Starfire.

More i hear of Nauplius' foolishness more im tempted join the hunt if not only briefly, unfortunately my duties seem to work against me being able to venture into known space for extended periods of time.