I've used slaves and indentured servants as crew members. I have no had problems with poor hygiene, lack of skill, or poor work ethic.

Making sure those under my care meet the minimum requirements for a healthy life is not a 'bother.'

At this point, I would hesitate to entrust you with a goldfish, let alone other human beings.

A slave workforce is just financially and performance-wise inefficient. It leaves too much to be desired in the capacity for autonomy both under regular workplace environments and emergency situations where oversight has gotten a 1400mm breacher through it. It pretty much ensures that you'll be losing several business opportunities as many can afford to wait for a non-slaver egger to deal with instead.

A highly trained crew won't cost you more in wages, but will be far more capable of adapting to the situation and won't require an entire staff's worth of housing, feeding and security organization while shore-bound. Nor will they prevent you from having dealings with anyone from the most liberal of feddies and minnies, through the worst levels of blooder or empire officials.

If you can afford a frigate to fly, it'll take less than an hour to earn enough to pay a fleet's worth of wages.

And of course I can't fight against slavery, because it would be damaging of someone's property.

I've seen misers before, but DAMN.
A full magazine of ammo for your frigate will more than pay for the wages of the crew of a battleship, so trying to determine which type of crew is cheaper is splitting hairs.

I advise you to hire yourself an executive officer. A good XO will handle all of this for you and will make sure you get the best crew available as well as handle the management of said crew.

Remember that you can always fight against slavery by giving me ISK. That's an effective way to fight against slavery that doesn't damage any property at all, unless you count the docking bay walls I crash into with the nice new ship I buy.

I would do it, if you were State citizens and was obliged to fight against slavery only within State borders. That way I would support upholding the law.
But since you are Empire citizen (am I correct?) then supporting you would mean violation of your Empire law. And I am so not doing it.

Gosh you're really into this whole being law-abiding thing aren't you.

If you give me ISK I promise not to NOT hire slaves with it. Deal?

in my opinion

Not correct. I have violated laws myself, but for reasons of self defense or pursuing national interests.

And now you are just begging.

You sound like my Dad.

People like you boring others to tears take all the fun out of beating slaves with a stick which is supposed to be a casual enjoyable activity

Beleive me when I say if you were my duaghter, I would not wish to admit it in such a public setting.


You, my dear, are quickly beginning to sound like a sadist. While physical and corporal punishment are used, taking personal pleasure from those acts are an indication of depravity. Now please put someone on the line who has a clue about what they are talking about or clear this channel all together.

Would you like some cheese with that whine, damn.

Unless I have misread the previous message, I fail to see the whining you are referring to... perhaps you have failed to adequately train your reading skill?

Admit it though - you secretly enjoyed it that you could justify it like that and keep a moral clean slate, yeah?

Don't feed this troll. Replies will only encourage it to continue its antics.

Perhaps I need to go shopping for more stylish glasses...and since I am in a shopping mood I will place a 25mil bounty on you, and a 10mil offer for anyone who can bring me your flash frozen corpse to display in my hangar.

You insult me, I defend myself, so you tell me you're going to murder me? Way to overreact. Yep, must be IGS.

No, he's Minmatar, and yes they're all like that. The wake up, beat their wives, eat a box of hate, throw axes at things, spend five hours polishing their sunglasses, sings songs about stabbing Amarrians, get drunk, throw more axes at things, violate their sisters to "preserve the bloodline" and then go out to commit terrorist acts for laughs.