Intergalactic Summit

For the last eleven years Amarr has been under constant attack from Matari elements bent on bringing destruction and devastation to peaceful populations. First it was merely rogue pod pilot terrorists groups. Then, after his successful coup d'etat, Shakor launched the largest surprise attack in recent memory in violation of a century of peace between the Republic and Empire.

After many years of war and much destruction we have reached a breathing point in which Amarrian capsuleers have attained total victory in the warzone. As things stand, this will not last. The tides will change since this engagement has been tied to the fortunes of capsuleers. And then more people in installations across the region will start dying.

But in this moment of defeat for those capsuleer forces loyal to the Republican, it is worth asking whether the Republic can afford this cycle to continue?

For the Empire, this war is affordable. We are fighting in regions that have been called Devoid and the Bleak Lands for a very good reason. The Bleak Lands themselves are only a recent addition to the Empire. Together, the threatened portion of the Amarr Empire is only about 5% of the total territory of the Amarrian Empire.

By contrast, the threatened systems in Matari space include some extremely high value real estate such as Amamake with its 19 Stations. The territory under threat, and currently entirely under Amarrian Control, is something around 15% of the Republic's total territory.

When you add in the rather imbalanced population math, even if the Republic were able to consistently win this strange CONCORD treaty defined war it is not clear that they would actually be winning the war in the long term. The drain on resources is simply a higher percentage of their resources than the drain on the Empire.

And the Republic has not been able to consistently win this treaty defined war. This should be obvious from the current victory that the 24th Imperial Crusade has attained.

It is time for the Republic's leadership to realize this and end this war before they end their own existence. It is time that they accept that they have thrown away a century of peace for a failed surprise attack and a war that they cannot hope to win.

It is time that they consider seriously offering concessions to Amarr to end this war that they started. It is time that they give up on Shakor and allow him to be tried and convicted for his many crimes.

Amarr has proven repeatedly over the last century that we are willing to work for peace in our time, and even now I pray that the Matari can take this opportunity to see reason and end their path of warmongering destruction before it is too late.

Do you Think that Concessions Must be made ?

Or do you Think that a White Peace would be Acceptable ?

I see no reason that Amarr would accept a White Peace that included the survival of the Shakor regime. We can afford this war far more than we can afford giving that madman breathing space for another all or nothing surprise attack gamble.

Should the Shakorite regime be removed, then I personally might be in favor of a less punitive end to the war.

Would You accept handing Shakor over for Trial, in Return for the accelerated End of Generational Slavery ?

These sorts of demands miss the point entirely. The Republic cannot win this war. You have nothing to enforce your demands with.

We can talk in circles all day about the morality of slavery and accomplish exactly nothing. But that is not the issue here. The issue here is the simple fact that the Republic is hurt far more by this war than we are.

The road towards peace is the only road that ends in the survival of the Republic. But that road involves giving up on the idea that our culture of slave-holding somehow invalidates any treaty the Republic might sign with us.

Then there is nothing to talk about. While my people are held in slavery, I will fight. If this ends tomorrow or a hundred years from now, with the end of slavery or the end of all who fight against it doesn't really matter. If you seek peace, end slavery or end us. I suspect ending slavery will be easier than ending immortals.

Cause accessing those is simple am I right?

How quickly you ignore an inconvenient truth. It's like that one holo where the female lead gets thrown basic facts that kinda mess up the standard fairy tale. 'You can't just marry a man you just met!'

You can't just end a war, or kill soft clones, etc, etc.

Oh well.

While the exact terms will be left up to the Empress, I can safely say that peace will be an improvement. The CEMWPA needs to be rescinded, immediately; it was a huge overstep of their authority. Just that would be a mighty step to a peaceful and prosperous cluster.

It's been done more often than slavery has been ended.

-Eran