Intergalactic Summit

Aww. This for many sweet.

She is not a horrible reporter. Among other things, she reported the Khanid Bottomless Pit, a discovery that vindicated my theology on several points. Please don't slander her.

I can think of no stronger foundation for knowledge than the work of Shirley Serious. Please do not slander her.

Nobody's slandering anyone.

It's text. It's libel.

Speaking on the Bottomless Pit and tossing sinners into it, there's an amusing bit of old planetside news I still remember from my childhood.

There was a certain Lord Kargash of Bomana who owned a network of mines in the system. Manned with slaves, of course. The numbers of those slaves obviously were higher than he was supposed to own as a Holder of his rank, but old Kargash was buddy-buddy with all the right people, including the Count of Bomana and the late Duke of Arniri, so nobody paid attention where all the extra slaves come from.

Then, one day, servants went to the Lord's sleeping chambers and found out that these are no more! There was a Bottomless Pit instead.

Turns out, the mansion was built over a karst formation. Over the centuries, a cavity was eroded in the karst. This cavity slowly grew bigger and closer to the surface, until one day the entire northern wing of the building collapsed into it, creating a sinkhole some 100 feet in diameter and over 600 feet deep. Lord Kargash's body was never found.

And then, a notice came from the Republic that RSS intercepted and destroyed one of Kargash's Bestowers at an Angel deadspace facility. So that's where he was getting his workforce.

Beware of the Bottomless Pit!

Know your enemy, pilot - what does he fly, how does he like to fit them?

Plan from there.

Upship him. Cruors work very well against kiters and active tank frigs. Also, you can call me for back up, I can just bring a svipul or something similar. I would like to take Nauplius's blood to the covenant just so we have some.

The only adapting you need to do is your choice of God. Turn to the Red God and be victorious.

How about... no?

Thank you for the advice, Deitra, but I'm not going to fly filthy Blood Raider hulls, never ever, regardless of whatever advantage they provide. I've heard that the Raiders sacrifice prisoners and slaves to "sanctify", or, rather, further desecrate their war machines, so that blood paint is there for a good reason... No. :(

I'd like to face him on equal terms in honourable combat, of course. But because our skills are obviously not so equal - a magister's degree in history of the Second Ardishapur Period and colony management versus decades of service in the Khanid Navy - I might as well ultimately resort to something along those lines.

But first, I'd like to make sure that continuing fighting him 1v1 on his terms is absolutely futile.

Also, who knows, maybe he'll repent and see the horror of his murderous and heretical ways?

Not that it'll help all the people he slaughtered, anyway.

A tool isn't what defines intent, the person behind it does. What do I mean by that? If I'm flying in an armor based cruiser or battleahip fleet for the Matari Militia, I would be a fool to not use guardian logistics because they're " slaver ships."


You aren't that naive to think he's returning the same sentiment are you? Don't be silly. He more than likely has links, a head full of inplants and boosters as his "honor."