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[MITG] Public statement on Operation Ikaheka Freedom

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Liara Enith
SoE Roughriders
Electus Matari
#41 - 2017-02-19 02:09:33 UTC
As a former MCF1B member it does truly make me smile to see such a shining example of our continuing comradery. If a few baseliners had to perish for the point to be made, then ehh, so be it.
Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#42 - 2017-02-19 03:16:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Alizabeth Vea
Jev North wrote:
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
I will say, generally speaking, I miss the time when someone could make a post on their own thoughts and feelings without someone asking if it was the official position of the organization they happened to be a part of.

A great many people are having a great deal of thoughts and feelings over all of this. I'm only trying to sort out which ones I need to pay attention to.

Yeah, I understand that. Everyone's got an opinion.

I myself have no official position on this, either as Lady Newelle's Director of Public Affairs, or as the SERAPH Commander.

I have many unofficial opinions though!

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.

Diana Kim
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#43 - 2017-02-19 03:33:57 UTC
James Syagrius wrote:
Alex Hinkelmann wrote:
Ishukone-Raata is content to keep the matter between us and Sanxing as it should be.


I think we are well past that.

I agree since it has been posted here.

We demand details!

Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.

In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.

Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#44 - 2017-02-19 03:36:47 UTC
I-RED: "We're going to keep what happened private."
Diana Kim: "But you posted in public, so now you have to tell me."

Kim-haani. You owe me a new ******* control panel. Mine is covered in tea.

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.

Diana Kim
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#45 - 2017-02-19 04:13:38 UTC
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
I-RED: "We're going to keep what happened private."
Diana Kim: "But you posted in public, so now you have to tell me."

Kim-haani. You owe me a new ******* control panel. Mine is covered in tea.

Guilty. I admit! Even in the Academy I was punished too often for the curiosity and putting my nose where it didn't belong.

I will gladly recompense you the panel, but please help me make them spill it out!

Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.

In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.

Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#46 - 2017-02-19 04:34:34 UTC
Let me ask you for your opinioned answer to this question: does I-RED, a Caldari Alliance, need a reason to go shoot at a Gallente corp?

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.

Makoto Priano
Kirkinen-Arataka Transhuman Zenith Consulting Ltd.
Arataka Research Consortium
#47 - 2017-02-19 04:45:51 UTC
Alizabeth, you know full well the answer to that. Kim would sing Blaque's praises if it happened to besmirch those she considers traitors to her very particular variety of the Caldari way.

Actually, we may be onto something.

Satirical musical of a goose-stepping Kim?

"Springtime for Hee-eeeth and the Caldari! Winter for Gallente and Blaaaaque!"

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Diana Kim
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#48 - 2017-02-19 05:15:03 UTC
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
Let me ask you for your opinioned answer to this question: does I-RED, a Caldari Alliance, need a reason to go shoot at a Gallente corp?

They're as much Caldari as Jaqus Roden is Imperial.

There is a reason for everything. There is a reason for Caldari to attack Gallente. And I guess there were reasons for I-RED to betray the State and sign treaty with Gallente. After such episodes it really doesn't look like they would attack anything just "becasue it is Gallente". Heck, even someone as myself, whom a lot of people know as intolerant to Federation and their lapdogs, wouldn't simply attack something just because it is "Gallente".

Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.

In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.

Diana Kim
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#49 - 2017-02-19 05:15:51 UTC
Makoto Priano wrote:
Alizabeth, you know full well the answer to that. Kim would sing Blaque's praises if it happened to besmirch those she considers traitors to her very particular variety of the Caldari way.

Actually, we may be onto something.

Satirical musical of a goose-stepping Kim?

"Springtime for Hee-eeeth and the Caldari! Winter for Gallente and Blaaaaque!"

And I see that Priano hnolku tyuui again opens her lying mouth about me. Looks like she simply can't change.
To the rest of readers I'd like to remind that Makoto Priano is already known as a liar, who decided to lose her honor instead of standing for her slanderous words: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=381560

Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.

In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.

Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#50 - 2017-02-19 05:22:39 UTC
Empress Jamyl give me strength. You two. You fight more than my children do! They're twelve and ten and have an excuse.

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.

Diana Kim
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#51 - 2017-02-19 05:33:56 UTC
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
Empress Jamyl give me strength. You two. You fight more than my children do! They're twelve and ten and have an excuse.

I do not seek to fight with that disgusting liar Makoto Priano, as I think she already sank in a mud hole after I pointed her to that direction. But I won't stand her attempts at spreading more slanders against me or our glorious State and will step on her head each time she will pop it out it to say another stupid thing about me or our State.

Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.

In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.

Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#52 - 2017-02-19 05:42:41 UTC
Kim-hanni. Go to your room. Think about what you've done.

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.

Korsavius
Revenent Defence Corperation
#53 - 2017-02-19 07:27:37 UTC
I am deeply disappointed with how this situation has settled.

As a life-long Caldari, I find it both extremely distasteful and offensive that the sole justification for perpetrating these blatant acts of opportunistic greed and violence was the supposedly tainted "honor" of one individual. The subsequent actions taken by MTG and friends is a mockery of true honor, not the support of it. How dare you all appropriate a traditional and core value of Caldari society to justify these actions when much more appropriate alternatives could have and should have taken place first. And even if somehow the individual's honor was put into question by Sanxing, why does it matter? They are a Gallente-based corporation, and interaction with them can be ceased and no one would ever notice the loss. They may try to crawl into State territory shouting about this individual's dishonor and their shouts would fall upon rolling eyes and unreceptive ears. This is such a trivial and profoundly weak reason to try and justify reckless violence.

I have my sources, and I am deeply disturbed how quickly these declarations of war went into effect without exploring more sensible options beforehand. I am ashamed of my former employer for not following a just protocol and series of actions to investigate the claims put forth by Sanxing before escalating to a full blown war on behalf of Akagi. Ishukone is renown for being the most progressive megacorporation in terms of advancing a mutually beneficial and healthy relationship with our Federation neighbors. I-RED was founded upon the spirit and ideals set forth by the honorable Gariushi - who came closer than any other man in the history of the Caldari State to mending the wounds of old and creating a lasting peace between our two peoples. The rushed and immature decision to declare war on the prominent Sanxing without first exploring the various alternatives is a betrayal of those ideals. It is a betrayal of what I-RED stands for. It is a betrayal of Ishukone. Alex, my friend, how could you let this happen?

Utari Onzo wrote:
Nice to see an alliance I once found respectable infected by open True Sansha loyalists.

I strongly urge you to re-evaluate your understanding of the working contract that exists between I-RED and Akagi. Akagi is a completely autonomous entity operating under the legal banner of I-RED. The purpose of Akagi formally being in I-RED is to facilitate simplified logistics and handling of security contracts issued by I-RED or outside clients. Akagi, while formally operating under the banner of I-RED, is not I-RED. They have no seat on the I-RED Board of Directors, and I-RED, in turn, has no say outside the security contracts it issues in how Akagi chooses to operate or function.

Cold Wind's Blade || Follow the I-RED Newsfeed & visit the I-RED GalNet site!

Alex Hinkelmann
Ishukone-Raata Corporate Investment Bank
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#54 - 2017-02-19 07:44:56 UTC
Korsavius wrote:
I-RED was founded upon the spirit and ideals set forth by the honorable Gariushi - who came closer than any other man in the history of the Caldari State to mending the wounds of old and creating a lasting peace between our two peoples. The rushed and immature decision to declare war on the prominent Sanxing without first exploring the various alternatives is a betrayal of those ideals. It is a betrayal of what I-RED stands for. It is a betrayal of Ishukone. Alex, my friend, how could you let this happen?


Lavius-haan, while you may have been informed on the matter it is clear you're missing key information. Ishukone-Raata was given an ultimatum to complete within a remarkably short time period, diplomacy was our strategy and still is. Other actors drew blades for their own purposes, we drew ours for our own.
Jev North
Doomheim
#55 - 2017-02-19 07:48:51 UTC  |  Edited by: Jev North
Korsavius wrote:
Utari Onzo wrote:
Nice to see an alliance I once found respectable infected by open True Sansha loyalists.

I strongly urge you to re-evaluate your understanding of the working contract that exists between I-RED and Akagi. Akagi is a completely autonomous entity operating under the legal banner of I-RED. The purpose of Akagi formally being in I-RED is to facilitate simplified logistics and handling of security contracts issued by I-RED or outside clients. Akagi, while formally operating under the banner of I-RED, is not I-RED. They have no seat on the I-RED Board of Directors, and I-RED, in turn, has no say outside the security contracts it issues in how Akagi chooses to operate or function.


Pilot Onzo is referring to TS-F's presence in the Monyusaiya Industry Trade Group, although it is interesting that you instantly believed an incorrect interpretation of the words of an unrelated capsuleer over, say, the judgment of Akagi itself, or your peers in I-RED.

Your further errors of reading comprehension include your claim honour -- not an uniquely Caldari virtue -- was our sole reason for doing this. We weighed as much or even more heavily this pilot's right to self-determination, in this case, the ability to freely associate with Akagi on their terms, not ones dictated by a former employer parted from under poor circumstances.

Even though our love is cruel; even though our stars are crossed.

Charles Cambridge Schmidt
Nadire Security Consultants
Federation Peacekeepers
#56 - 2017-02-19 07:52:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Charles Cambridge Schmidt
Alex Hinkelmann wrote:
Other actors drew blades for their own purposes, we drew ours for our own.


Negligence is not an absolution of responsibility.

I don't care what you think, as long as it's about me.

Alex Hinkelmann
Ishukone-Raata Corporate Investment Bank
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#57 - 2017-02-19 08:04:32 UTC
Charles Cambridge Schmidt wrote:
Alex Hinkelmann wrote:
Other actors drew blades for their own purposes, we drew ours for our own.


Negligence is not an absolution of responsibility.


I seek no absolution, I've already acknowledged my failures and carry the burden they bring. As should other parties.
Wren Villeneuve
Akagi Initiative
#58 - 2017-02-19 08:50:32 UTC
Korsavius wrote:
Utari Onzo wrote:
Nice to see an alliance I once found respectable infected by open True Sansha loyalists.

I strongly urge you to re-evaluate your understanding of the working contract that exists between I-RED and Akagi. Akagi is a completely autonomous entity operating under the legal banner of I-RED. The purpose of Akagi formally being in I-RED is to facilitate simplified logistics and handling of security contracts issued by I-RED or outside clients. Akagi, while formally operating under the banner of I-RED, is not I-RED. They have no seat on the I-RED Board of Directors, and I-RED, in turn, has no say outside the security contracts it issues in how Akagi chooses to operate or function.


Unless there's been something Saya hasn't been telling me, I think you have a little bit of misunderstanding here.

For our part, as soon as a pilot is in our care, that's what matters - We will fight to the death to protect you. We were given a, frankly, unacceptable ultimatum by Sanxing and pushed for war on the basis that we knew we were not going to partially comply with the ultimatum.

Now, I'm not a Caldari, myself. I'm not even a very good Gallentean. I come from a whole other breed. I come from the breed where when someone talks down to you, you have a responsibility to take them outside and show them the errors of their ways. After the fight is done, you buy each other drinks and settle it.

I have no personal grudge against Sanxing, its leadership, and ESPECIALLY not its line members.

How Sanxing (the corporation) and Friends chooses to react to this is entirely up to them. So far I have not been impressed.
Utari Onzo
Escalated.
OnlyFleets.
#59 - 2017-02-19 10:17:19 UTC
To be fair it's mostly the "friends" who weren't involved in the operation in the slightest on either side throwing their two isk in.

I could care less the business of two corporations conducting affairs by gunboat. I care that an alliance I respected once now holds a pack of Nation loyalists and apologists, which leads to a lot more difficult questions of why. A pilot's skillset and capability is one thing, but freely ignoring their ultimate ties of loyalty as if it didn't matter in the slightest?

MITG's choices are their own, but it should expect such choices to be considered by others and have long term implications on how others might view them.

"Face the enemy as a solid wall For faith is your armor And through it, the enemy will find no breach Wrap your arms around the enemy For faith is your fire And with it, burn away his evil"

Mizhara Del'thul
Kyn'aldrnari
#60 - 2017-02-19 10:22:51 UTC
Now now Utari. Noticing those little things like loyalties to Sansha's Nation etc is just inconvenient. You're such a meanie and a bully for taking such things into account.

Or that was the prevailing attitudes the last time the locusts swarmed.