Intergalactic Summit

Thank you for all the interesting replies. I had chalked this thread up as drowned on IGS, but apparently quality on page 9 is still possible in this world.

Here's a recap on my position in short, for those confused about it:

1) The Minmatar Republic is still likely too weak to win over the Amarr Empire in a full-out war.
2) However, this is not at all certain; there might be a chance if we pushed now.
3) Every day we waste in the Militia wars is a day in our disadvantage. We are smaller than the Empire, so we lose more in proportion in the resources poured into the carnage.
4) Therefore, we should either go for a full-out war or stop this toy one.
5) Shakor usurped power on the promises of a fight. He should stand by those promises, or if he cannot, give power back to those who know how to build.

While I thank Admiral Lok'ri for the kind and no doubt completely charitable and not at all self-serving offer for aid in a civil war, I do not think civil war is the solution, either. It would be an even greater drain on resources and an open invitation for the Empire to invade.

I should probably also stress at this point that I do not speak for Electus Matari. I could not, I do not want to, and no one in EM has proposed that I do. Reasons should likely be obvious by now.

Else

PS. I know this is a lost fight, but please, if you insist on formal address, could you use "Captain Rhiannon"? "Ms" and "Miss" have connotations that are, like, really off in my culture?

(EDIT: Actually never mind. This is not a discussion that belongs to the public anymore.)

Also, I should add,

6) The policies of the current Empress are not very relevant for a long-term solution. While she might play it nice and not pose an immediate threat (which remains to be seen), as we have seen, reigns can be surprisingly short-lived. As long as Reclaiming by force is in the books as a potential canonical solution to "bringing lesser races to God", the Empire is and remains a threat. It would take a complete cultural shift and a total reform of the Faith in the Empire for this threat to pass completely.

We could probably do 15 just on Aldy's hair.

I know I am late to the party, but I think the "toy war" is useful in preventing all out war by instigated by capsuleers , and as such I do not regret my participation, nor will that stop me from returning to it, but I trust the Sanmatar and the will of the Tribes, if all out war is called for I would support it.

That being said, as a capsuleer, I am insulated from almost all of the negatives of such a war, so it is much easier for me to support a full open war than the politicians and the baseliners.

Perhaps if baseliner forces were removed from the equation and this could be a conflict purely between capsuleer militias this might be less wasteful?

Only less wasteful though. I'm sure there are more useful things the cluster's governments could be doing with their privateer forces.