Intergalactic Summit

Commodore,

I must strongly suggest you redact this portion of your statement.

You lump my King in a pile of failures and heretics? You do realize of course, that my King is a trusted advisor of the Empress, yes? You do realize that the Kingdom is a vital part of the Empire? You should probably consider that if the Theology Council has had no issue with his actions, that maybe you, little Matari, should respect their decision?

An apology to the loyal people of Khanid would be appropriate.

Did CVA declare war on any one, or all of the 10 alliances of The Imperium during Burn Amarr?

Your king stole half of Amarr's fleets and a quarter of its territory, and blasphemed against God and the Theology Council in the process. We have been merciful enough to forgive His Majesty and allow him to dine again at our table, I'm sure you can forgive a small acknowledgment of history.

We are at war with the CFC.
Every single one of it's member alliances is KOS.

What you call declarations of war is nothing but bribes paid to CONCORD so they'd turn a blind eye to your crimes.

CVA fleets were present during your raid and when they were not our pilots were flying with AG or others
their limited success finding it's cause in the corruption of CONCORD and your willingness to sacrifice
your crews in suicide attacks.

So in the fact that CVA did not bribe CONCORD to violate her Majesty's laws you see a sign of support to your cause?
You must be either desperate or truly insane.

It was more like a third. And a Titan.

And the Imperial Navy fought us and lost.

And the great Houses railed against us and lost.

And many have tried to assassinate my King and have lost.

And the Theology Council and the Empire welcomed us back.

Perhaps in your small acknowledgement of history you should acknowledge that God has allowed all this to transpire for a reason?

We are humbled by His Blessings in what he has allowed us to achieve.

A little humility would also serve you well.

Brother Honorius;

First, let me thank you for your response. Given my... political affiliations, it's far too common for members of other organizations to assume I've no interest in civil discourse, but only wanton slaughter, and nothing could be further from the truth.

To your first point, I can only say: point taken. I'm not trying to be dismissive of your faith when I say 'your God', but only indicative that I do not hold to the belief in such a being. There was no offense intended, and I apologize for any I have inadvertently given. In future discussions, I will simply use 'God' or 'the Lord'.

Regarding the statement that to be holy, one cannot become impure, I'm forced to ask: In the Amarr faith, who, with the possible exception of the Emperor/Empress, is not impure? Can anyone claim to never sin, to never err and falter on their path? If so, how? If not... then how can anyone know holiness except through the lens of impurity?

Regarding slavery, while I disagree with it, I can accept that the Empire's position is the Empire's position. But the concept of conversion and persuasion through punitive measures raises a somewhat more... insidious... question:

If a slave takes up the Amarr faith, behaves as you wish them to, says all the right things... in order to make the punishments and discipline stop... then have you led the slave to virtue, or to corruption? If someone behaves properly not out of a sincere belief, but rather in pursuit of some personal gain - be it actual rewards or simply relief from punishment - then is that not simply displaying a willingness to be bribed? Are they not simply behaving however the person with the most reward to offer wishes them to behave?

Again, these are sincere questions as I try to understand the Empire's culture, and I do appreciate you taking the time to answer them, regardless of what unpleasantness may be on the horizon between our organizations.

How quickly the servants of Unity turn on one another.



And in exhaling, those hisses turn to venom.

I had always wondered why the Kingdom was separate from the Empire. If you serve as an example, I can understand why the Empire would want to distance themselves from such uncivilized barbarians that consider biological race the sole measure of a person. Lt. Kernher is a righteous, God fearing citizen of the Empire who has done more to defend the Righteous and oppose heretics than your small, bigoted mind can comprehend.

And if you take offense at this, you're welcome to find your courage and balls and visit me at Reblier VIII-10 and prove how you're better. Otherwise, go back to bullying your slaves.

Indeed. Samira stays subservient - and consequently, I would remark, extremely useful - to the Amarr Empire because she honestly, sincerely believes that she should. I would strongly advise that Amarrians with more mouth than sense (and that descriptor applies to at least a small majority of Imperials on the IGS) never push her to the point where she might find it relevant to question those beliefs.

I strongly suspect you wouldn't like what happened next.