Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
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Posted - 2013.06.25 04:17:00 -
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Narcisa De Fontaine wrote:What of the legal status of Matari immigrants that are now Federal citizens? If there is one thing that can be inferred from the Shakor regime's conduct, is that it does not consider or respect Federal citizenship even when it's own former citizens have chosen it over the Republic.
As one of the far too many Faithful who were kidnapped against their will during the Republic's attack on Jarizza many years ago, I second this statement. Their entire... system... is based on primitive notions of "bloodlines" and acknowledges no other authority, whether it be that of any sovereign government, CONCORD itself, or - and this is the important part - the individuals themselves. If they ever found themselves short on troops or workers they wouldn't hesitate a second to send ships into the Federation to conscript all of the Matari expats back into their war machine, no matter their loyalties or how many generations removed they were from the Republic.
In their minds, if you have a drop of tribal blood in you then you are the property of that tribe and they have the right to rip you from whatever place you call home and conscript you into whatever service the Republic so desires. Remember that whenever they start their daily ranting about "Amarr slavers" and try real hard not to laugh at their hypocrisy.
Bryen Verrisai wrote:What we should absolutely do above all else is demand reparations and the punishment of all people involved in the decision-making leading up to the incident.
I seriously doubt that Shakor is just going to hand himself over to powers Federation justice, if for no other reason than he doesn't believe it exists, or that if it does exist then it has no power or authority over him. Your treaties? Your alliance? Meaningless. "Might makes right" is the Republic way. If you want those responsible you'll have to take them by sheer force of arms, because that is the only thing they understand.
The evidence is in the wreckage at Colelie.
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