Evanda Char
Minmatar
Re-Awakened Technologies Inc
Electus Matari
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Posted - 2008.02.25 13:00:00 -
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I believe you have missed a couple of thoughts in your consideration here.
Firstly, many of the Amarr who choose to reside in Republic space do so because they oppose slavery, and have cut all ties with the Amarr Empire. They work in the Minmatar Republic, for the Minmatar Republic. The issue is not one of race - an Amarr is no more born a slaver than a furrier is born to dance. It's something they're taught, something they're indoctrinated with, not a question of blood.
Secondly, killing the Amarr resident in the Republic will not free any slaves at all. Transporting slaves is illegal and severely penalised for all save those known for their loyalty and their involvement in the liberation of slaves. So it's very unlikely that the people you speak of targetting own any slaves at all, especially if they have lived here a while. While the SCC has made it possible to trade in slaves within the Republic, they have not made it legal, and any slaves found in a ship or hanger sweep are confiscated and set free.
You can point, if you wish, to rumours of secret, backdoor deals and suchlike, but in doing so, you ignore the evidence - capsuleers sent out daily to intercept and destroy slaver convoys, or groups of Amarr and Ammatar ships engaged in illegal actions. Or the Republic's ongoing research into finding a cure for the Vitoc toxin.
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For the past decades a fierce R&D battle has taken place between the Amarr Empire on one hand and the Minmatar Republic and the Gallente Federation on the other. The Amarrians are constantly upgrading and altering the toxic chemicals they use on the slaves, while the others are struggling to research and manufacture a permanent remedy. For many years this battle waxed and waned, with the Amarrians releasing a new version every few years, but the others managing to discover a remedy shortly thereafter.
But then, a little more than a decade ago, the Amarrians introduced a new and revolutionary toxic drug, which resembles a virus in many ways, and no cure has yet been found for it. This is mainly due to the erratic nature of the drug, which constantly changes its appearance and behavior on a regular basis. These changes seem to be either controlled, or at least predicted by the Amarrians, as they always seem to have the right antidote for their own use out in time before the toxin changes again. Thus, the Minmatars and the Gallenteans are constantly chasing a ghost - a toxic virus that shifts into something completely different just when they think theyÆve finally nailed it down.
This research is funded through trade, and trade requires open borders, not a police state intent on eradicating anyone of a different nation.
The Maru took the path you speak of, Gwenelle, and they achieved nothing but the butchery of our own citizens, and wound up as no more than puppets of the Angels, thinking nothing of the Matari, doing nothing for the Matari, just lost in their own blood lust.
Randomly slaughtering Amarr of neutral affiliation to the Empire will lead to nothing but provocation of a war the Republic's forces are insufficient, at present, to defend against. You forgot a group of people who are very important.
THE OTHER TWO THIRDS.
-Eva-
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