Intergalactic Summit

I understand your feelings on this. Mizhara, Utari, Aria...

That a Matari, an Amarr, two wayward Angels and a score of other various Capsuleers can agree on anything is significant.

We all agree that we would like to see an end to his activities. We understand the importance of not feeding his ego; not giving him the validation he craves.

But no one wants to take the steps needed to end it. It's too big. The methods would be too unethical, too illegal. It would take too many pilots, drain too many resources. How can we possibly use so many locator agents to find him at will? How can we have a pilot waiting outside of a station at all times to shoot him down the moment he undocks? How do we get around CONCORD to do this? How do we cut him off from his resources so he can't buy slaves? How do we effect a capture and fit him with a TCMC when some of us value personal liberty? Will this even work on a Capsuleer for the long-term? How do we stop him without making him a martyr to other Sanists? Don't we have so many bigger threats to deal with?

I know a million dead Matari who don't care anymore about finding a solution. To them, the point is moot.

You know who cares? The million Matari who have less than a year to live before Nauplius scoops them up.

There are solutions to the problem. There just aren't very many willing to damn themselves to achieve it.

I guess we are. It seems to be easier than talking about the other thing I brought up.



Wait. A Matari, an Amarr, two wayward....

. . . .

So-- Mr. Mokk? I can see your logic, and, also, a little more clearly why you thought I'd be a logical choice for your earlier plans.

At the same time, it's a little chilling that you still think of me as such a person. The Angel was my prior self. Even she wasn't really one, though, and it's probably her I'm supposed to be a weapon against.

It's true that I'm probably a tool of the Cartel. It's not like I volunteered for the job, though.

If someone only gets to exist because of a plot, is that plot, then, her nationality?



Maybe if I thought it was more clearly my responsibility to do such a thing.

Even if I thought of myself that way, though ... Miz isn't wrong. Nauplius isn't exactly a civilization-endangering theat.

He is kind of hard to ignore, though.

Aren't there always, though? I mean, maybe out there there's a Drifter Titan pilot and autocrat with the words, "BIGGEST FISH" drawn on its scalp in Achur calligraphy.

... That would be kind of neat, actually. I feel like I might have just described the next story arc villain for some NOH drama or other.

I prefer to set myself achievable goals and then track my performance in achieving them. It seems more... sane... somehow.

I've done my share of shooting at Nauplius and it's futile. The Amarrians seem to have shouldered the burden of thwarting his plans insofar as they can be thwarted and I'm fairly sure that's the best solution. A million people is a tragedy, but it's clearly a legal charity - perhaps that's the thing that could be worked on?

Well, if he didn't have such precautions in place, he does now...


Capsuleers can be captured or killed. It's difficult, but possible. Curbing his activities by attacking him whenever he undocks is another option. CONCORD won't like it, but then what have they ever done to curtail his hobbies? Oh but that's such a drain of pilots and resources...

To Aria: Well...I did say wayward. Your status is rather loosely defined. But you do have a piece of Heaven still in you. It's within that modality that you'd find a solution. The Wanderer, the Amarrian; these aspects don't have what it takes to defeat someone like Nauplius.

Wait. You have threatened to skin members of my staff alive. What emotion, if not hatred, motivates such threats?


This is an interesting revelation. Please elaborate on this matter in future Sojurn posts.

I've killed for faith, killed for duty and honor, killed for hate...oh yeah, I've done that in spades. Now I kill for money. Or I don't, but the decision to kill is now mine. So I respect your view totally. Love? I suppose that could play out much the same. Duty, passion, money...but at the end of the day, you can't really control either. Things happen.

Nauplius, I care little for what you think. Nor am I going to provide you free intel as to the whereabouts of your victims for you to attempt torment them again.

A brief summary, however, and a warmest set of thanks for those capsuleers who offered and provided assistance, both in and outside the Empire (and there were many from across the different empires and private corporations, who transcended political issues to help those in need).

Because obviously once rescued from the Towers, Nauplius's victims could not magically be transported immediately to new arrangements, initial triage and care was through the auspices of the Society and friends.

Given that the victims were obtained from the SCC markets in the Empire and/or the Kingdom and no centralized registry of prior ownership was available, once stabilized, those victims who were able to regain a sufficient level of functioning, were repatriated to responsible Holders with a record of providing humane oversight to their charges and with the facilities and resources to handle persons with physical and mental impairments. Any future disposition is in the charge of those Holders. This was a slow process given that even those in the best condition had severe Vitoxin dependencies and PTSD. Some Holders approached were unwilling to take on "damaged goods". Those Holders who did take them on, largely did so on humanitarian grounds.

A large percentage of victims (nearly 60 percent) suffered such mental trauma that they have been placed in long-term mental care facilities, probably for the balance of their natural lives.

At this point, all are outside of Society hands and control and have been now for almost six weeks.

I am sure there will be those that criticize as well, given this is the IGS. But we are an Empire loyal corporation and we try to adhere to the Empire's laws. Perhaps next time, if there is one which i pray there is not, those who feel they can do better will take down a tower themselves.

I know on the large scale of things in New Eden, 1 million people, and certainly, 24,800 is a drop in the bucket.
Many capsuleers feel they have bigger fish to fry.

As for me, as my late mother told me, I figure it is is better to light a single candle, then to stand cursing the darkness.

Frying lots of small fish makes a decent dish.
I am the biggest fan of fish fitting small pan.

Rather than chasing white whale, dumbly;
I choose to make my living, humbly.

Unless you cut it down to plan: whale doesn't fit the biggest pan.
And as much as some might wish: neither is a whale - a fish.

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