Intergalactic Summit

Arrendis, I will not ever try and argue that what happened to Starkman Prime was not an aberration, an atrocity, and a failure of the highest order. It was wrong.

I do not know why Lord Idonis Ardishapur was not publicly punished; he was dead before I met Sister Rahma and learned about the Amarr faith.

As someone whose homeworld was ordered destroyed by a maniacal despot, I can only be thankful that Admiral Yanala had the honor to disobey such an order. I wish that someone in the fleet over Starkman Prime had done something similar. I do believe now, based on all the Amarr that I have met, were a similar order to be given (which I do not believe it would be) that it would be refused. Which is where I stand today. The Empire that I have come to know is one which has learned from its failures and defeats. Though, to call Starkman Prime a failure is to woefully understate the magnitude of such a thing.

As a commoner who presumes to hold slaves and believes that God speaks to him personally, you are probably one of the most "liberal" Amarrians posting on this forum, Nauplius.

The intent of Arzad was to discourage uprising. It was a demonstration of the cost of rebellion. Whether it succeeded or failed, that is why it happened.

And that turned out to be adding more fuel to the flames of rebellion. That incident taught our forefathers exactly how little we are worth (seriously, millions of us for the life of one Holder? Are we really worth this little?) and how lopsided Amarrian justice is (those not involved in the instigation of the uprising were also targets for extermination).

Try something else next time.

By then, the damage is already done. The rebellion is on full swing and more violence didn't quell the situation.

I wouldn't call it an aberration at all. Only the most extreme example of the same thought processes that have guided the Empire all along.

Believing yourself worth more than another, that's what allows the Amarr to attempt to force others to adhere to their beliefs. It's what led them to build a social structure based on subjugating everyone else. It's why they brought aggression, violence, abuse, and oppression to a peaceful race - and have the temerity to call their victims 'savages'.

It's what drives them still - not all of them, individually, of course, but structurally, doctrinally - a True Amarr is held to be worth more than a Ni-Kunni, who is held to be worth more than a Matari.

And the only thing that prevents another Starkman Prime is the individual forbearance of the nobility. You say you don't think that order would be obeyed today? Why not? If anything, it might not be obeyed because some officer might realize it would cause more problems. But it won't be disobeyed on moral grounds. Not in a society where obedience is the highest moral obligation.

Everyone of the four main civilizations in New Eden, without a single exception, believes they are worth more and superior to all the other ones.

Not a single one defaults that statement.

For the True Amarr, they believe themselves superior exactly because they are the ones that never strayed away from the path of the Divine.

Really? No "stupid tribal" comment or anything? Nothing more elaborate? Someone's getting lazy.

From my reading of Scripture, no. The champion of House Sarum was Ni-Kunni, but the champion of House Ardishapur was Reclaimed Minmatar.
I am prepared to be wrong in this instance, though. As I said, I am not actually an Amarr citizen. This pilgrimage is supposed to be a learning experience for me to find out more about the Amarr Empire, not just the Amarr faith.

True enough. I really only know my place in the social order, which can be summed up as 'somewhere near the bottom.'