So now the State turns to slavery to 'offset' costs of a system that was not needed.

Shocking.

I suppose it was only a matter of time.

So now the State turns to slavery to 'offset' costs of a system that was not needed.

Shocking.

I suppose it was only a matter of time.

Are work camps for prisoners of war considered slavery? Then every empire is guilty of it.

So now the State turns to slavery to 'offset' costs of a system that was not needed.

Shocking.

I suppose it was only a matter of time.

Do you think the Villore Accords give tea and cake to their prisoners of war? That they chuckle over the lives lost, slip a few ISK in the prisoner's pocket, and send them home so that the enemy force can debrief them and reassign them to new warships?

Because she has a point.

Don't like the internment system? Exchange any POWs you take in a timely matter and your men will be back with you very shortly. Drag your heels and I guess they will at least be retrained into the mining industry - skills they can put to work when they DO get home.

Given the current instabilities in the State, I would have thought not having large populations of POWs at risk to reprisals was a plus point of the plan.

Work is work. Does it really matter who it's done for? As it happens, State industries tend to be highly automated, requiring a longer skilling-up period before a prisoner is productive. This work is physical and simple and provided the prisoner is healthy, it takes him virtually no time at all to learn to do.

Is it our fault that the Khanid Kingdom currently has the largest need for physical labour? That the labour market there is deemed as the most profitable for the start-up costs?

And really, just because they are working within the territory of a political entity that employs slavery for cultural reasons, does that mean they magically become 'slaves' as a result? No. They are Prisoners of War, performing work in order to cover the costs of their care and feeding. Honestly, if they were contractors of any other sort, would you call them slaves?

It is if you define slaver as 'something in the Empire that outrages me' as opposed to any legal or factual definition of the word.

To be honest it seems that our policy of simply sending all POWS back home as expeditiously as possible was very wrong-headed since you now seem to view it not as an incredibly magnaminous act, but rather as something you are entitled to. It was a generous policy, one unmatched by any of the of the other organisations within the warzone and it is not surprising that our shareholders feel that captured prisoners of war now ought to be held until exchanged for Caldari crew.

Given the small size of Pyre Falcon and the disproportionately large number of POWs we pluck from space during the course of our legal duties, it ought not to be surprising that our share holders are unwilling to eat the costs for caring and feeding of enemy combatants.

You can call that Slavery if you want. I've been there. I've toured the camps.

And why was the initial policy of simply returning POWs to their home should they not be wanted criminals not effective in solving this? It set a good example. Oh well.

The only real choice here is to lobby the Federation for a diplomatic resolution of the POW situation involving a mutual repatriation of POWs...

Tali Ambraelle would Appear to be a Propaganda Mouthpiece for some Other Person, employed to distribute the Other Person's Views, without revealing the Identity of the Other Person.

Thus, as an IGS Puppet, their Words are of approximate value = 0.

The reason their handing a few over to the Khanid is not because they wish for them to be enslaved. if you had actually read the Report you would know that they are wanted criminals in the Kingdom and under law Pyre is required to hand them over.

Only POWs with legitimate warrants out for crimes against the Kingdom are handed over to Khanid authorities.

And the rest of the POWs?

So now the State turns to slavery to 'offset' costs of a system that was not needed.

Shocking.

I suppose it was only a matter of time.

They're held in the system I described in my report until such time as they can be exchanged for Caldari prisoners. Or until hostilities end - which would be the better solution.

While I appreciate the transparency, an agent of Pyre telling me how well Pyre treats its POWs isn't as meaningful as a non-affiliated, or even a Republic or Federation affiliated, person telling me the same.

I don't see how I could deliver the report I promised in any way other than as an agent of Pyre.