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Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.01.25 23:36:00 - [1] Originally by: Revan Neferis Best wishes to your new campaign Love. I have a feeling we will be closer at space soon enough. Revan Neferis Thrice-Illustrious Sovereign Sani Sabik Thank you beautiful one. Space as vast as it can be is never capable of keeping us too far apart. True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.01.25 23:41:00 - [2] Originally by: Dani Leone Originally by: Louella Dougans does the name "Black Lustrum" have a particular symbolic meaning? I wondered the same so I did a little searching, apparently it is an ancient term for a cleansing or purging for the purpose of atonement. I'd imagine prefixing it with black kind of indicates that there's no atonement intended in this particular Lustrum. In any case, good luck to the Free Captains, may your autocannons strike true. Fair greetings to you ms Leone. Your are partially right with your interpretation. The word Lustrum also came to mean a period of five years and is particularly appropriate with this being our fifth anniversary as an Alliance. A Black Flag is often see as showing the traditional colour of the anarchist movement. I'm sorry but sometimes it really is as prosaic as that! True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.01.25 23:45:00 - [3] Edited by: Jade Constantine on 25/01/2010 23:45:50 bah True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.01.26 17:13:00 - [4] Originally by: Jakiin I disagree. Focusing on what you have not done seems to me to make perfect sense. Generally speaking if you continue to fail to do something for several years then chances are you are not prone to succeeding in it in the future. When compared to CVA, who have succesfully done exactly what they wanted to do for the past five years, it becomes hard to believe that I should instead be thinking of all the things the Fractioneers might possibly do in the future. Well its an interesting comparison. Star Fraction have by and large achieved on our own merit the list of accomplishments, campaigns and achievements in the name of revolutionary struggle summarised neatly in our five year anniversary post. A small alliance of bright-eyed dreamers and idealists have stood against the greatest powers of the star cluster and generally created possibility from status quo and continue the fight that so many have abandoned in time before. Whereas CVA have abandoned notion of amarrian racial supremacy (it was too inconvenient) they no longer stand alone (or are capable of standing alone) they have lost more empire wars with us than they have won. And today they hold Providence only off the backs of an interwoven system of "holder" alliances and pets who care for nothing but their own safety and allow the CVA to play at being slavers so long as economic advantage continues. Any direct comparison between SF and the CVA is bad for the CVA because they are incapable of acting alone. Once they were. We lost a war to them five years ago, SF vs CVA with little outside interference. But now they are incapable of standing without the pets and holders of Providence and have lost any notion of whatever dark mythology they once claimed. They are simply another mongrel bandit kingdom in 0.0 extorting protection money from fools and awarding themselves plaudits for forcing 200 ill-prepared beaten auxillaries into a battle line every week. True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.01.26 23:39:00 - [5] Edited by: Jade Constantine on 26/01/2010 23:40:49 Originally by: Jakiin Let's wade right into the mud you think of as arguments, shall we? Lets not. I'm very happy to use you as a convenient device to frame general responses to the thread in question but I have precisely no interest in chopping and paste wars over meaningless nonsense with you. I responded already as I wished to. That will stand. True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.01.29 18:40:00 - [6] Edited by: Jade Constantine on 29/01/2010 18:41:11 Originally by: Vaarun It strikes me that if the Star Fraction spent their time actually pursuing their goals rather than writing about them and congratulating themselves for their nominal successes, they might actually accomplish something besides being a laughingstock of the IGS. I encourage you to remind yourself of our accomplishments over five years of formal alliance status. It may well be you have been consistently lied-to and misinformed by your leaders and their widely-deluded view of events. Indeed, I notice that you served in PIE Inc. after the period of "Daisy-Cutter" where the Free Captains of the time emasculated your ability to form significant fleets in space and perhaps this is the root of your anger. In any case. Operation Black Lustrum has declared its metrics and measurements of success in the first stage. You are welcome to review the Industrial Indexes of various Sev3rance economic systems to view the progress of the campaign. Say what you will Amarrian but you cannot deny independently published and audited figures in this regard. For you to claim otherwise is simply windy-denial which though it falls short of meaningful debate at least wafts the thread back to the eyes of those with the wit to read the messages within! True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.02.03 19:11:00 - [7] Edited by: Jade Constantine on 03/02/2010 19:12:50 Originally by: The Cosmopolite XV7L-S Developmental Indices Update Figure: Sev3rance XV7L-S Constellation Development Indices (112.01.29) Of note for Phase One of Operation Black Lustrum is the Industry Index change seen in E-YCML, dropping from level 3 to level 2, since 112.01.25 and that seen in TU-O0T, dropping from level 3 to level 1 in the same period. The Star Fraction notes that it has successfully continued suppression of mining activity by Sev3rance and those of its allies hostile to the Star Fraction. Enemy miners are not moving to other systems within the XV7L-S system in significant numbers and indeed the shift to TU-O0T observed earlier has been countered such that the index had fallen two levels in four days. Further updates will be made. This is an interim update in the early days of the campaign. We make no claims to victory at this time. The Cosmopolite Would just like to ensure that interested visitors to this thread are not confused as to the point and key metric of achievement we are focused on in Black Lustrum right now. All ancillary talk of killboards and associated froth is irrelevant to us. The question is whether Sev3rance alliance can preserve their industrial index in the face of sustained suppression and direct action from Fraction patrols and black ops capability. Sev3rance pilots wishing to debate this measure are invited to bring their vessels to space and escort their mining brethen if they wish to make pertinent points. If on the other hand -7- personnel wish to speak of their preferred K/D metric in the context of the campaign they declared themselves (albeit backdated to included any number of previous unrelated engagements throughout the rest of known space) then I'd invite them to make their own thread better suited to that purpose. Lets stick to the primary measure of campaign achievement the Star Fraction promotes here. Can Sev3rance alliance maintain a viable industrial presence in the space it claims on behalf of its Amarrian slaver masters at this time? True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.02.05 16:01:00 - [8] Originally by: Xina Tutor Jade will always win here, in words. I think we already know that well. What really happens is no consequence. You will always be defeated in words or in space Xina Tutor because you are a slave. You have willingly given up your right to self-determination to your masters in the CVA central directorate. You were defeated the moment you decided to bend your knee to Aralis and Hardin and gave up your right to decide your own future and promised to be servile and loyal to the CVA "slave pact" that your leaders signed as "holders". (holders of only their own bonds). Quote: Jade will simply manufacture whatever she wishes to achieve that victory. And in this case -a- is fighting the battle for her. Mining is not a current concern, pilots busy elswhere, and mining indices are of little importance. They will drop. Your pilots are not fighting -A- they are fleeing to empire as fast as their freighters and industrials can carry them. We have counted 35 in the last 24 hours. Your industrial indices were already close to flat-lined from a mere week of our formal attentions with your leaders and fellow pilots throwing up their hands in the air at the appalling reality they might have to "escort" their industrial brethen against an enemy force in system. Quote: As for freedom. Anyone can claim they fight in the name of freedom. Anyone can claim they are NRDS. As you prove yourself. Anyone can claim it - Sev3rance do. But all you can really achieve is lies and false claims and docking and leaving your miners and industrialists to die then fleeing to empire at the first significant threat. Quote: I challenge Jade to show us real freedom, since what we now have in providence is apparently not. Take a slice of providence and make it truly free. Now is the time to act it would seem. Put some real action in the place of your bountiful words. Others claim NRDS. But where else in the wilds of null are even remotely free? Tell us where other than empire and providence can a new pilot even hope to fly without being engaged by the sovreignty holders. Freedom is the freedom to set your own standings little slave. Freedom is the freedom to bare responsibility for your own actions. To treat with others as your own conscience and experience dictates not as the central CVA standings list mandates without leave or exception. Providence is not and never has been freespace. Our vision of freespace starts at the boundaries of the hulls of our starships and begins with out freedom to treat others as we see fit according to diplomacy, trade and productive interaction. Star Fraction and Sev3rance were destined to be enemies because the CVA told you we were enemies. Ultimately this is what will kill you. Not our guns and patrols, not the Ushra'khan and their enduring pressure, not -A- and its awsome supercapital firepower. None of these things are the root cause of your death. No, that honour goes to the moment your leaders chose to kneel and kiss Aralis at the feet and promise to inherit his enemies and fight his battles and surrender your own independence and tie your fate to a corrupt and evil cartel of nullsec slavers careless of anything beyond the acquisition of power and domination of all weaker men. True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.02.05 16:25:00 - [9] Originally by: Xina Tutor Which is as I suspect. The idea of freedom here is no rules at all... It's completely lawless space where everyone does as they wish and the only pilots who are 'free' are the one's with the best ship at the time or the biggest gang. Freedom for a moment. In this situation, only some god of myth would be truly free. I encourage you read the article linked in my signature. It will help you understand what you are talking about. Quote: We have plenty of words writen against us, yet few who dare to show us a better path with action. Just words. We have only these would-be armchair godlings who can only suggest giving New Eden more lawless space just as all the rest. Rules and laws are corrupt Xina Tutor. The moment you accepted domination from CVA and submitted to their standings list you actively aided their coruption. The only true freedom comes from sovereign individuals making arrangements of mutual self interest. The moment you presume to protect another's "freedoms" with main force and laws you are making them your slave - since they become follow dependent on your mercy. We have seen this happen time and time again under the CVA's dominion of Providence. It is the very reason that Star Fraction is fighting Sev3rance now. You were forced into attacking our shipping by the CVA. You didn't make a conscious decision to do it - you didn't negotiate or assess the risk. You shot us because they told you to shoot us. You acted like a slave and did what you were told. Now you are dying like slaves because you didn't have the courage to stand up on your two legs and tell Aralis "no more!" Quote: You should at least understand that real freedom for the majority will have limits set upon the individual. I condemn this concept as worthless and evil. Quote: And. As a final thought. We have already won. Yes, that is correct. Even if we should vanish from New Eden tomorrow, we shall know that we have indeed achieved that dream. We set out with a mission, and we have given New Eden our vision. This is something that can never be taken away. What I will remember of Sev3rance is simply this: One day in lowsec a Star Fraction frigate was attacked by a previously neutral alliance. No reason was given, no words were exchanged - still aggression log was posted and diplomatic adjustment was made. After all, there are many pirates in New Eden and this is a risk of travel beyond the core. Some months later we discovered that the reason the attack was made was that the CVA diplomat in the Citadel intel channel returned that Star Fraction were themselves "pirates" and any resident or friend of providence should shoot us on sight. Sev3rance as "good friends" of Providence did the bidding of the man from the CVA. This simple act was the beginning of a butterfly effect that led to a war of great ferocity and destruction and ended years later with a flight from nullsec and destruction of all the flimsy dreams that slaves can have while obeying the will of a stronger master. If only will be your memorial phrase Xina Tutor If only you had made your own decisions If only you had not listened to the CVA lies If only you had cared to find out that the Fraction were not "pirates", that we were set red by the CVA because we oppose their slavery and corruption If only you truly had the courage to dream of a better future If only you had the courage to think of freespace beyond the false simplicity of rules and proceedures that promise much but only bind you enduringly to the control of another evil power. True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.02.05 18:38:00 - [10] Originally by: Xina Tutor Oh dear. Sorry. You don't honestly think pilots read more than a fraction of your posts and little to none of your writing in general. Mindless slaves and stupid people certainly don't. This much remains constant throughout the years. The words there are too painful for those subordinate to anothers authority for their very breath and sustenance to read. But if you are unprepared to actually understand anothers debating position then why are you here posting words on the IGS when you should be fighting for your failing "dream", really what purpose does it serve? Quote: And thank you. You have defined your position well, and as expected. Your freedom is simply lawlessness. It is the freedom of the gun, a freedom which will see that the weak are always the first to die. This is a concept that your masters believe in as well. Capsule pilots are only weak when they choose to be. Some wallow in their weakness and use it as an excuse to submit to stronger men, some use it as an excuse for their own crimes. You, for example, are not strong enough to take responsibility for setting your own standings so it is never "your fault" when you shoot an ideological enemy of the CVA who has never once commited an act of aggression against the neutrals of Providence. So you see how what you believe to be "lawful and just" is simply corrupt and cowardly when placed under the microscope of real political interaction in the star cluster. Quote: And yes, by declaring your war at this time, alongside UK as -a- chooses to attack, you have indeed become an -a- pet. We declared war on you simply to make the business of your evactuation a little more painful. That is all it is. Our campaign continues to use your mining indices as primary measure of our success or failure. They will determine if we declare victory or defeat in operation Black Lustrum in time to come.
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.02.08 03:26:00 - [11] Brief update here. Yesterday afternoon while 9UY was burning under combined Ushra'khan, -A- pressure Sev3rance alliance backed by a number of CVA logistics ships completed a successful assault on a Star Fraction medium black ops staging Tower in Dital System. Their initial force of 50+ Battleships was too powerful for the rapidly scrambled SF group of 25 Ship of the Line class combatants to over (even with the brief resistance of the tower guns adding fire on the Slavers). Star Fraction lost four battleships and the tower in this attack. In return we killed an Providence Battleship and a pair of logistics ships. While the CVA executor Aralis gloried in the "great victory" over a hisec tower the Star Fraction downshiped to Annihilate class Cruisers and scourged Providence for a time taking a toll from the undefended systems north of 9UY. After the Sev3rance force completed the destruction of the first SF Tower the Fraction decided to take a tactical risk and anchor a second large tower immediately while increasing the size of our Battleship group and calling for allied support from the Ushra'khan and Crimson Federation. This was something of a risk. About ten minutes into the anchoring process the Sev3rance/CVA/Cold Steel/Random Providence "neutral" remote rep team entered Dital and moved to range zero of our anchoring Tower and began to fire with everything they had. Then followed some frantic preparations. Our allies came many jumps to bolster the 31 strong SF battlegroup and unified communications and battle orders shortly before the Providence group managed to reduce the tower to 10% shields. The numbers were remarkably even with rough parity in battleship hulls and the offline tower providing zero in the way of fire support to the free-captains and their allies. Still time was getting short and we led a glorious assault on the enemy battleship group with our allies in warp beside us and striking beams and autocannons against the Providence rabble gathered to receive our charge. Suffice to say it was an utter slaughter. Almost the entirety of the Providence battleship was was broken to bits in a short violent encounter that saw the fragility of Slaver group exposed and punished by the high damage volley power of the Fraction and our allies. This was a true test of fleet power on fleet power and the Providence slaves were found wanting. We destroyed 30 enemy battleships in the initial fighting (more in the Providence retreat and others that were chased into the waiting jaws of the TLF in KBP). We not only saved the large tower and completed the deployment but we captured the batttlefield including around 2.5billion isk worth of salvage and modules for the scattered enemy group. To put matters into perspective. In this one battle we took more material and equipment from the wrecks of our enemies than we have lost in the three different towers downed by Sev3rance in their campaign against our deployed system assets. The scale of this victory was nothing short of crushing. Yet to their credit Sev3rance returned again later in the evening after our combatants had stood down the main fleet, and incapacitated the weaponry on the new tower with another 80 man Providence group to set the scene for another epic battle in Dital when the reinforcement timer is over. Still the enduring symbols of today: The lonely and somewhat tragic image of CVA Executor Aralis driven from his capital system in 9UY and conducting an unsuccessful siege against an alliance less than a 1/10 of the size of his own forces and needing to flee like a whipped-dog from the field of battle. Compared with with the heroics of the Ushra'khan, who straight from victory in 9UY were prepared to bring light and skirmish forces to Dital to support their allies and help us to a brilliant combined arms victory. The cowardice and static folly of the CVA against the bright courage and vigor of the Ushra'khan. Was a new wind blowing in providence True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.02.08 18:08:00 - [12] Originally by: Merdaneth The lonely and somewhat tragic image of Jade Constantine losing one SF Tower and relying on outside support to defend the second while posting a heroic tale on IGS about it to enhance her own image. Are you actually aware of what happened yesterday? Losing a medium tower and 30m isk worth of modules while destroying the best part of 40 Providence battleships while the CVA was hiding from their enemies is not really anything you can spin-positively for your slaver-allies. Where was PIE in the battle of 9UY? True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.02.09 00:18:00 - [13] Originally by: D melanogaster Originally by: Jade Constantine Losing a medium tower and 30m isk worth of modules while destroying the best part of 40 Providence battleships If I recall correctly, pilots are now able to insure their battleships! Is there such a plan for towers? Is that really the best you've got? True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.02.09 15:44:00 - [14] Well, I think we may have seen the best(worst) that Sev3rance can do in the projection of power as a single holder alliance. Perhaps they cold call upon their allies in Cold Steel or CVA to declare an empire war to improve their strength? Who knows. But while this explosive sideshow has been continuing Sev3rance mining assets in the pocket have not been terribly well protected either. I think its worth returning the main discussion in this thread to Black Lustrum's core first stage objectives on the index suppression of Sev3rance industry and the 0.0 campaign. We have the Space and Freedom II thread to discuss their misadventures against our towers. True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.02.19 17:36:00 - [15] Originally by: Namelessness The sort of creatures that talk too much, in love with their own voices, to fill the emptiness and the inevitable void from taking over their senses. What is this utter tripe? I hope you will be back at the head of the Sev3rance forces against our tower at the battle of space and freedom IV tomorrow. Less experimental drugs and more fighting. True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.02.20 02:49:00 - [16] Originally by: Xina Tutor Originally by: Jade Constantine Originally by: Namelessness The sort of creatures that talk too much, in love with their own voices, to fill the emptiness and the inevitable void from taking over their senses. What is this utter tripe? I hope you will be back at the head of the Sev3rance forces against our tower at the battle of space and freedom IV tomorrow. Less experimental drugs and more fighting. This is just so funny coming from Jade. I imagine that means we'll be seeing you tomorrow then. True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.02.21 18:16:00 - [17] Originally by: Xina Tutor Heh.. well this is in the middle of my usual sleep period, but I will see if I can make a special effort for you :) Thank you! True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.02.24 05:45:00 - [18] Originally by: D melanogaster Originally by: The Cosmopolite XV7L-S Developmental Indices Update really... no one cares.... shhhh Something tells me the miners of Sev3rance who are still dying do care that their alliance is not able to protect them in space. True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.03.03 18:21:00 - [19] Originally by: The Cosmopolite If it is the case that you don't read what Jade Constantine, and presumably other Star Fraction pilots say, then it is rather rum for you to claim with authority that the Star Fraction don't thank their allies when such thanks is due. Many of our foes doubtless have their slaves read for them and provide neat little summaries to keep up to date. The unfortunate consequence of employing such functionaries to the task is they rarely hear anything they don't wish to hear (after all) the slave wishes to avoid a beating if they cause offense. Still, we see the consequence of such self-delusion often enough. Empires fall and corruption is exposed and left to bleed out in the harsh radiation of the distant stars. True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.03.03 18:34:00 - [20] I've never really felt the need to branch out into pre-school colouring books. True Knowledge
Jade Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2010.04.21 13:36:00 - [21] Originally by: Kuan Yida Quote: I think it is rather a slur on our comrade from Huang Yinglong for you to faintly suggest that he was in some way complaining, while at the same time denigrating their actions. I have no difficulty understanding the pride of a Minmatar fighter in the actions of his comrades in the TLF and his drawing attention to them. From the Huang Yinglong charter: These are the ideals that combat pilots (xia) of the Jin Hu house of Huang Yinglong aspire to: 1. altruism 2. justice 3. individualism 4. loyalty 5. courage 6. truthfulness 7. disregard for wealth 8. desire for glory Please note (8). We are not humble; rather, we revel in our martial prowess. Hence, just a nudge note our victories achieved in Providence over the past year and a half. Pride is nothing to be ashamed of Kuan Yida. I fully acknowledge the bravery of your warriors and I hope we will see you soon playing a role in the New Providence and carving victories and beauty from battle. True Knowledge

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