Originally by: Ben Derindar

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Originally by: Monkiboy

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Despite the antagonisms on both sides, the Supremacy guys still have the utmost respect for the fighting ability and dedication that is evidenced everyday by the JQA fighters.
We see great potential in many of the JQA corps as a fighting force to be reckoned with. We definitely do like some more than others, some of your interceptor pilots are truly top notch in 1 on 1's and you have the most dedicated force I think we've ever fought. It has been an honour to fight each and every one of you.

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Thank you Monkiboy. If there's one thing both sides can agree on, it's that JQA is trying its best against a force that definitely knows how to fight.

Originally by: Monkiboy

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We hope that in the time since then, cooler heads have prevailed and something can be worked out to avert further bloodshed. We sincerely believe that it *is* possible for both parties to reach an outcome that is a win-win for us both.

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And here is where things start to get a little more muddied.

Personally I see the main stumbling block being a simple lack of trust on the part of JQA towards SUPRM and friends. This mistrust has been fostered primarily because you have been seen to be repeatedly changing your minds on exactly why you are here, and your actions upon your arrival. So far I have heard the following:

1. xCA (as you were collectively known as at the time) felt it was time to "remove all carebears from 0.0".

2. You were paid to attack JQA by a third party, and you left after the twin VV battles in the New Year because your mission was deemed to have been accomplished, which is in conflict with point 1.

3. JQA was merely a training exercise of your own devising, before moving on to bigger things in Outer Ring and beyond, which is in conflict with point 2.

4. JQA was attacked because we initiated the hostilities, which is in conflict with points 2 and 3.

5. JQA was attacked because your sworn enemies in Xetic were fighting alongside us, despite the fact that they were not present in VV during the first battle, which rules out their involvement from being a possible reason behind your initial attack, as well as being in conflict with points 2 and 3.

6. xCA allied themselves with known pirate corporations such as Clankillers, Armoured Assassins, Warmongers and others, all of which are pre-existing enemies of JQA for obvious reasons.

7. Accusations of premeditated convo-tactics are directed at JQA, and while one unrelated case is proven to be true, it is also highlighted by one of your own how accidental convo requests can easily come about.

8. Many of you have returned to fight JQA to take over its territory because Outer Ring "sucks", which is in conflict with both points 2 and 3.

9. An offer of peace was made while continuing to fight us, because that's your style, you "war all the time", you play for BS kills and you're about to take the #1 spot on a third party killboard site. This point defeats itself.

10. One xCA member has been recently quoted as saying that you were happy with Outer Ring, while I personally have a chatlog of M2-CF1 local (which is next door to VV in lower Syndicate) taken during the first VV battle where another is very excited to have arrived in his "new home". This point not only defeats itself, but is also in conflict with points 2, 3 and 8.

11. Claims are made that JQA members are leaving the area in numbers greater than that of the actual total population of the alliance, while at the same time fighting continues.

12. Imperium is formed, but whose membership does not include the full force currently deployed against JQA. SUPRM is listed as being allied with IMP, a curious position for a corp whose members regard all alliances with disdain for their tendency to "attract dead weight".

With so many conflicting points, I can draw two conclusions. Either you have had a master plan all this time and stuck to it - in which case at least some of what has been said so far have been out-and-out lies, or you're changing your minds as you go along to suit yourselves.

Either way, how can JQA then be expected to trust any offer of peace between the two sides with a track record such as the one above having been outlined thus far? Would it not be fair for us to see any such offer as being either a total lie, or only the "current" truth, which could so easily be changed yet again?

In any case, it seems 3rd Front have made their decision, which is what this thread was all about to begin with, anyway. In a perhaps futile attempt to keep things on topic, I will reiterate my respect for having made their decision, and I wish them well, for their sake.

/Ben

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