Intergalactic Summit

Exactly what I thought.

So if Amarr wanted help, they have the mechanisms in place to approach the State with such a request - far more easily than approaching the Federation, and an order of magnitude easier than having to scrape to the Republic.

They don't appear to want help. Yet.

Peace existed nine hundred and ninety eight years ago when a peace loving people brutally enslaved and worked to destroy another people who offended their idea that they alone were of god.

Says the abuser to who they abuse:
"You make me do this to you."

Slavers raiding Republic space might not be officially working for the Empire, but we all know that it isn't the Angels who have the largest slave markets. And that doesn't address raids into the Thukker territories in Great Wildlands.

So really, humanitarian awards for peace between the empires... they're wonderful and high-minded and we're all very sure they impress the mega-wealthy... but the oppressed would just as likely tell you where you can shove them.

And yet, it is. And to this day it happens. Just because someone received an accolade doesn't mean that they deserve it.

Though I have but passing knowledge of the subject, I was made aware of the possible connection between the Drifters and the Sleepers, and that the Drifters have struck against the Empress and the Empire due to the perceived ransacking of Sleeper installations by Imperial agents. However, such was performed by Federal, State, Republic and independent parties as well - in time leading to the Tech 3 series of cruisers.

Under the assumption that there is indeed a direct relation between the Drifters and Sleepers, and that the Drifter aggression is a determined act of aggressive defense - or retribution - against further salvaging of Sleeper components, it is highly likely the Drifters ultimately intend to strike at Empire, Kingdom, Mandate, Federation, State and Republic alike.

As such, one must consider that it lies within the Drifters' strategy to isolate and eliminate major opposition one by one, by exploiting inherent vulnerabilities within and between each individual faction. The Empress was a figure of leadership that Greater Amarr ralied around, and her death now hampers overall defense why the succession is being conducted. Likewise, if acting upon the intended strategy of divide-and-conquer, the drifters shall indeed avoid profiling themselves as a threat to the Republic to further deter its involvement - and likely seek to exploit tribal divisions to their own advantage. Apply these methods to the Federation (whose President provides a public leader to the Gallente as the Empress did Greater Amarr) and the Caldari (whose megacorporations are by nature as competitive for limited resources as the Minmatar tribes).

A unified New Eden would present the Drifters with a force that is flexible and adaptive, bringing strengths and combat doctrines to the field that can compensate for the weaknesses of others. Yet isolated, the drifters are able to adapt and eliminate each faction piecemeal. Unlike us, the Drifters are unlikely to be internally divided.

Thus one must now weigh the cost of building and fighting within a Great Alliance at the risk the threat was only ever to Amarr, or the cost of passively observing at the risk the Drifters are indeed set on establishing dominance across the entire cluster - and to be eliminated one by one.

Condescension thy name is Jenneth.

Since apparently foreseeing the future is among your varied skillset how about telling us all who the next emperor/empress will be? I have some spare isk laying around and I'd love to bet on a sure thing.

You and the others spouting this rhetoric have no damned hard evidence that the Drifters have anything else in mind beyond revenge on the imperials for some unstated grievance. None. Produce some credible evidence that these beings aren't specifically targeting the slavers and plan to attack the rest of us and I'll listen. Until then you're simply opining and attempting to scare people into aiding your ally.

No pilot, this is an Amarrian problem that should be left to the Amarr to sort out on their own.

Perhaps it is a dream but it is one worth pursuing if it means the preserving the lives of the people who inhabit the Holy Amarr Empire , both slave and citizen, and those beyond should these incursions develop into something larger than 'an Amarrian concern'.

This is bigger than just the Amarr...This is for Humanity...

Where have I called anyone 'subhuman'?

We can all agree that the Drifters are a threat to humanity (not humanity as defined by the Amarr solely) but unfortunately humanity seems astonishingly apathetic.

Although, yes, the most like course of events is either impassive staring, popcorn, or interested observation as the Amarr fight their war with the Drifters. Anyone care to place bets on the outcome?