Intergalactic Summit

We shouldn't jump to such a conclusion just yet, though it is quite obvious they are less than friendly if we just went in and declared war on the Drifters it could spell ruin for all of us. I do believe we should be preparing for the inevitable, if my crew and I spot any large scale Drifter fleets we'll watch them from a good distance and report anything back.

When one undertakes an action, it must be decisive, unified, and swift. While I may not agree with the active witholding of now pertinent information, I can understand why they did so. Capsuleers have proven unpredictable, capricious, and unreliable in unification. Without any central governance and an inability to enforce structure without the threat of force, were this information released earlier we would see, much as we do right now, individual parties of capsuleers attempting to engage the Drifters immediately and calling for increased hostile aggression despite knowing little about their supposed foe. The actions of capsuleers have been causing tensions with the Drifters, which has not been welcome by the DED or any of the empires who would rather understand the nature of this so called 'enemy'.

Perhaps I'm in the very small minority, but I actually don't think this is an invasion being staged.

Just think about it for a minute - Drifters coming through wormholes in the precise systems the observatories decloaked in, and they are clearly bringing the dismantled materials back through the wormhole. This to me seems like they could have invaded long ago using whatever technology they are currently using to presumably create the wormholes they are currently using.

If the Drifters seeming "panicked" is a correct interpretation, then perhaps aggression with them is the worst idea - catastrophic loses by capsuleers can be completely avoided. Yes, they are destroying some capsuleers, which I would bet are being marked as a threat by the Drifters for one reason or another, and yes, those threats are being killed and their corpses harvested. What if they relied on some kind of institution or facility, much like we do on stargates for our immortality? They could have lost touch with said structure (Caroline star, anyone?) and are seeking to rebuild, while in the meantime collecting what they can in order to prevent degradation of their population.

You really do have to consider this is a completely foreign culture to us, and therefore we could be wholly misinterpreting their actions as being overtly hostile when they are precisely the opposite. I'd rather lose a few clones and ships than life as we know it.

It is precisely the reason to exercise restraint. If military action is to be taken, it should be deft and without division. These wanton calls for marauding against Drifters and agitation of 'invasion' and amassed war fleets are the cries of heedless children, not capsuleers.

Um ... very respectfully, and please understand that I mean no slight by this, and actually your feelings are maybe to your credit ...

... but ...

... you are definitely new at this.

If someone could get me a list of possible systems I could make the trip to investigate, I run a very quick, very quiet Stratios-class cruiser built for exploration.

Eventually we will be able to navigate them. It's only a matter of time, but the first wave of Capsuleers through those wormholes shouldn't be the vanguard of an invasion of our own.

Did you get the corporate mail, Ms. Saans? Initial planning is underway. We can only hope that the Sisters or the Society of Conscious Thought will disseminate the means to traverse these wormholes. If my theory is correct, the Sisters already can.

Have some Empathy people.

You are sleeping.
Someone comes not only to wake you up, but to kill you and to steal stuff from you.
Then you leave bed and discover your world is all messed up.
You start to gather your belongings all around the universe and they decide to shoot you.
At first you don´t shoot back.
They continue to shoot you.
You shoot back when agressed.

OHNOES INVASION.

As the DED said:

This could be from months back, the space could be their home system, the structure could be some sort of "mother" ship and you´re all going crazy over a sensacionalist broadcast that is making tons of money for it´s parent company?

The empires are ready for them or even working WITH them and capsuleers are not reliable no mater how many passionate communications is made here.

"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet."

Until we are actually attacked by them, this is mere speculations and mass hysteria.

Many see an invasion. It is more likely a migration.

As the message was from Hilen Tukoss, perhaps looking at his older message with these new points of information could put new light on the situation.

The question; what other piece of information are we missing? What is the entirety of what has been hidden from us?