Goldfinch
House Rkard
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Posted - 2015.06.29 15:54:30 -
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Kahar Dex wrote:I have similar reservations against CONCORD, and I am dismayed that we have forced Raholan's hands.
It would have been more suitable to hand over the corpse directly to the Empire, and let them make the final decision.
At the Drifter invasion, CONCORD was nowhere to be seen, and nothing was done to the vile pirates who took advantage of the situation by attacking Amarrian warships after their bruised and bloodied fight to protect the Empire and system innocents.
Abhorrent.
Cardinal Dex,
Before we write any further, it is our sincere hope we do not offend or anger you with any of our assertions. That said, we have noticed a fair bit of confusion regarding the aggressive attacks by Drifters striking our home systems and the apparent unsympathetic lack of reaction from CONCORD.
As a registered Solicitor, we can tell you that it is difficult even for licensed capsuleer law practitioners to acquire the full text of the fourteen Articles of Yulai Convention (the original from Yioul in YC0 or any amendments thereafter), and we must rely on recorded DED and SCC legal actions and any legal precedents set in official tribunals. However, it is clear that CONCORD and its enforcement arm DED were established for the varied purposes of:
- Enforce a perpetual climate of non-agression between the four recognized Empire states, with the exception of limited proxy conflict between state-registered Militias, as per the Emergency Militia War Powers Act (Rev 2)
- Pursue punishment (but not proactive prevention) of criminal acts within Empire space between capsuleers in order to unburden Empire navies from such resource-intensive enforcement activity.
- In an assistive capacity for acts of smuggling or other minor criminal enterprise.
- Monitoring and enforcing fair practices in trade agreements and trade transactions through the CAD and SCC.
You will note that CONCORD's charter does not involve defending Empire states from a foreign or alien attacking force. Would the role of CONCORD change if the situation becomes so dynamic as it was with the Amarr-Jove War? Perhaps this question is even more complicated since the Jove eventually bring themselves to be assembly contributors, unlike Drifters who provide no dialogue or conference with Empires or capsuleers.
If we wanted CONCORD to intervene with Drifters then the proper way to do it would be to influence the Empire delegates who can present a case to CONCORD's Inner Circle on their debating floor. If successful, this may trigger an amendment to CONCORD's Articles to allow offensive intervention. This may also have a very adverse effect on our day-to-day taxes, as I imagine this sort of CONCORD contribution does not come free of charge.
We know that DED is considering the Drifter threat from a technical point of view, no doubt upgrading their Marshal and Enforcer fleets with technology capable of combating Drifters. But no one has laid the political groundwork for a change in CONCORD charter. This would be the proper means to introduce a change, not withholding biomass or scathing complaints against DED on IGS.
That is our humble opinion. Again, we hope we have not spoken out of line, or offended the esteemed Cardinal.
veiled and bound
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