Intergalactic Summit

A small detail can sometimes mark progress toward a greater goal. Today, that small detail occurred. I noted that my corporate status with SOE surpassed my status with The Theology Counsel. That which I labored in that past to build through injustice was now overcome if just by a few small points. This small step represents the larger goal of gaining a positive reputation with a whole people that I have wronged in the past. Whatever time is necessary will be devoted.

For a time, I was unconvinced that Vitoxin was a widespread method of slave control within the Empire. A little research opened my eyes and recent experience confirms the issue. I was called upon to assist in stopping the genocide of a planet in the Alenia system by the Amarr fleet carrying a viral agent intended for atmospheric release. After they were stopped, I discovered 20,000,000 1ml doses of Vitoc among the wreckage of the ships. I also rescued 2 slaves who had been aboard one of the ships. They confirmed that the Vitoc was en-route to Imperial fleet HQ for use with slave crews on warships of the Empire.

If Amarr is to be blessed by God, first there must be repentance of this evil and of the evil of continued slavery. Wars pressing from the outside only harden the heart of the slaver. There must be an inner flame that begins and sheds light on the sin of slavery and kindles the grief and sorrow of conviction. May God kindle that light in the hearts of Amarrians to bring an end to the injustice and sin of slavery.

I recently purchased a different ship. I christened her the "Restitution" to remind me that my work of restitution continues and requires time and patience. I hope that I will never use "Restitution" in a way that is contrary to the values and teachings of my mentor Arzad Hamri.

I thought perhaps this post would perhaps produce a defensive response. It has, and much is revealed in your response, Mr. Blake.

First, a contradiction: "That's not much" and "your actions will result in millions of slaves being in agony." Which is it? You and I both know that the supply of Vitoc that I found is indeed not much and no slaves will be in agony as a result of my actions. The reserve supplies far and away meet the needs of the Empire. The supply of Vitoc that I found will be used to help freed slaves who need it. That is a small fraction of the total of slaves in the Empire.

Second: you admit that Vitoxin has infected millions of slaves on planets across the Empire. When you say "That's not much" you admit that Vitoxin is a wide spread, agony producing slave control method. "Many planets have far more slaves than that..." Listen to what you are saying and implying, Mr. Blake. You are implying that many planets have populations exceeding 2.8 million slaves infected with Vitoxin.

You speak of vitoxin in a very nonchalant way. It is a grave evil. God holds the nation of Amarr in guilt over this. At some point, we all will need to pay restitution for this guilt, Mr. Blake. So sooner we begn, the better.

Anyone care to comment?

Allow me to elucidate you.

The scourge is not Vitoc. The scourge is vitoxin. That is your enemy. Vitoc is the only readily available treatment for Vitoxin poisoning.

Vitoxin gets into the DNA of its victim, and condemns them to a slow, agonizing death. I would look up the exact details.

Vitoc treats Vitoxin in that it prevents the diseases symptoms from coming to bear. In addition, it also creates bliss people with Vitoxin poisoning, as well as generally lowering intelligence, and a few other traits desireable to slave holders.

By capturing that supply of Vitoc, you are preventing 2.8 million slaves from receiving their dose, which means the Vitoxin poisoning is going to start kicking in.

The road to hell, and all that.

Tiberious is quite right. By seizing a supply of vitoc you do nothing to stop the use of vitoxin and perhaps you have made things much worse for a good number of slaves. Try to remember that vitoxin is relatively fast acting, and without daily doses of vitoc someone who is infected can die within as little as two weeks. Of course those two to three weeks don't feel like a tiny amount of time for the person suffering from vitoc withdrawal and subsequent vitoxin poisoning.

20 million doses of vitoc seized in your little raid essentially amounts to a possible 480 million man hours of suffering through symptoms of withdrawal and infection. And that's assuming local supplies the vitoc was intended to replenish are sufficient to only allow for 1 missed dosage. Taking into account that a new 20 million will need to be manufactured, packaged, shipped, and distributed locally, I'd imagine the time lost could amount to multiple days for the more remote areas of the planet.

So, are you still proud of valiantly capturing 20 million doses of the half of the Vitoc Method that could be considered medicine?

Not uncomfortable at all, actually. I think you're trying too hard to be abrasive, though.

Here is the fact. 20,000,000 doses of Vitoc will be missed no matter where it comes from. You have taken it upon yourself to decide that it should go to place X rather than place Y. That's fine, but it's still going to mean that the slaves in Place Y are going to miss their dose. Uraniae's math is quite right.

The Vitoc you stole is also keyed, as I understand it, to a particular variant of Vitoxin. Unless it goes to someone infected with that specific strain of Vitoxin, it will do no good at best, and do harm at worst.

Your efforts are better put towards aiding those outside the empire in -synthesizing- Vitoc. This will allow the afflicted victims to manage their disease without the drug-like euphoric effects that Vitoc normally produces, and built to their exact strain of the disease.

You could also try to put your efforts towards acquiring Insorum, which actually cures Vitoxin, but samples of that are not exactly floating around, and it is also in itself a deadly neurotoxin if someone without Vitoxin poisoning in infected with it.

Or maybe you could stop playing with things you don't understand.

Thank you, Mr. Thessalonia. That is great suggestion not just for this instance but also for future instances. I will contact the organization Electus Matari today and ask them if they would take captured stocks.

As uncomfortable as it makes me to approve a statement from Tiberious, this is so true in so many ways.

Vitoc is not a simple matter that can be broken down so easily. The best way to combat it is to get people who generally avoid its use, like myself, to be able to work with the issue. Blowing up Empire ships isn't the best way to combat it, if anything, de-legitimizes any honest effort to limit the stuff.

Between you and Underking who decide the best way to deal with the issue is murder, I find myself in a position where simply talking about limiting its use is looked up with distrust.

The long and the short of it is, Your ignorance Mr. Cresthill, is more damning to the cause of limiting Vitoc than helpful.