Intergalactic Summit

I am... unsure why people would be surprised to notice that the militias are full of pirates, and rather unsure either why you speak about military, when the militias actually are everything else but military... ?

Hah, at least Soter has a reputation for combat. What have you got? Aside from zero kills in the last two months.

By the way, when capsuleer combat history is public record that anyone can view you look pretty ridiculous disparaging someone as being risk averse who has flown in quadruple the engagements every month than you have this entire year.

Stick to bragging about your science projects.

In other news I honest to gods passed out at the helm of my Vexor last night in Reitsato after the iHub battle. Woke up on an outbound trajectory 8.5 AU away with my drones still idle at the Hub. No idea how I got there. Suffice to say, I've been flying hung over today.

****. I'm a horrible Capsuleer......

If you don't like getting smacktalked about your pitiful combat record maybe don't start combat related smack.

See, that's the funny part. When it comes to your usual business of science things and pondering whatever cosmic mystery you've taken a fancy to... these things are worthy of your lengthy bloviating on the IGS.

You don't see us gassing about how worthless and insignificant to the important business of killing wartargets your profession is.

On the other hand, any time GMVA makes a statement hi lighting the efforts of our pilots in our chosen business it brings out howls of indignation from a certain element of Caldari capsuleers better suited to making forum posts than flying spaceships.

Admittedly, we do derive plenty of entertainment from such ineffectual bleating.

Well, Soter, wouldn't this be relevant if your job wasn't already fighting over systems in the warzone?
Furthermore, if you declare a system in a warzone you're already fighting in a warzone again. Is it more of a warzone than before or does it counter each other out somehow?

He's declared double war on you. I believe tradition demands you declare triple dog war with no backsies in return.

So, aside from a huge breach of OPSEC, have we accomplished anything in Okkamon?

Oh. No.

Whatever will we do?

Besides the fact that, unlike with the Gallente, Black Rise is a backwater province of the State, recently discovered and little exploited, how, exactly, do you expect this to effect anything?

Given that the State is the strongest militarily and economically of the empires according to CONCORD and the SCC((OOC: taken from EvE:Source)), even after Operation Highlander, exactly what do you expect the State to do?

You claim it is "re-arming".

It isn't. The State is already armed. Taking a backwater station means nothing to the might of the Caldari Navy and the fortress-worlds of the Citadel. And we all know that both the State and the Federation will be following Amarr and Minmatar discoveries in the T3 destroyer line.

No, no, this is all too obvious. "Blockading" Okkamon means nothing...unless Soter can make it to mean something. So, the real question is, what office is Soter planning on running for?

Hopefully President. Soter is arrogant, but unlike Roden, has little interest in prolonging a settled war. Or maybe a Senator. That might be good too. Or perhaps Soter wasn't getting invited to enough parties - that would be a pity, as the man has much more insight into the new environment of wormholes and drifters than Roden seems to.

Nonetheless, what is clear is that this is solely a PR move. Good for Moira: they probably need to keep morale up. But it's nothing but that.

Soter, stop making Pilot Kim look sensible. It makes the Good Lord Weep.