Not that I want to defend the Empire here, but this is a factual error. They were only closely affiliated with the Empire in as much as they shared a planet prior to any of them having space travel. They are closely affiliated now because slavery adapted their culture's to fit the Empire after the fact.

Erm... not really touching this arguement with a long pole, but just a point - the Ni-Kunni never shared a planet with the original Empire. They're from Mishi IV, in the Aridia region. The Empire only got there about a millenia ago, some time after we started to expand out to the stars.

I stand corrected. Still my point was that the Ni-Kunni are de facto members of the Empire anyway, so claiming 'freedom and respect' along those lines is hardly unbiased.

Thanks for offering, but no.

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So you don't want freedom and respect?

Fair enough.

That being, the Golden Fleet no longer has the power to run around enslaving everyone they come across, and if you really feel like spreading your religion you had better find another way.

the Golden Fleet no longer has the power to run around enslaving everyone they come across, and if you really feel like spreading your religion you had better find another way.

I suspect that those who saw the Elder Fleet decimated would disagree with you.

But unlike the barbaric Minmatar, we Amarrians are a peace-loving people and that is why we prefer diplomacy or limited war to full-scale conflict.

On another note: 161 men and women were transported to freedom last night thanks to the assistance of the Teraa Matar. Thank you, Captains Jaiga and Zandraki for your help and patience and encouragement. Thanks Ms. Underking for challenging me to think, not by threatening me or insulting me, but just by talking to me. Thanks also to many other pilots who have challenged my thinking and encouraged me in the pursuit of truth and mercy.

And who said infiltration would be hard.

Thank you Ms. Vitalia for a reminder of something that completely slipped my mind. There is yet another group of people to whom I owe an apology.

I once referred to The Disciples of Ston as the "Criminals of Ston." Let this be a public apology. While Manwe and I look nothing like brothers, if he and his group forgive me, I'd be proud to be called their brother. And...perhaps I will get in touch with them.

Those who remember your loss against the Jove, and who have a working knowledge of interstellar relations, would disagree with you.

By default, I'll be paying my taxes to Viziam, but I know nothing really of that Corporation or their values. If they have anything to do with slavery, I cannot stay with them or pay one dime of tax to them. I am open to suggestions.

Oh, be quiet.

Even though Vak'Atioth saw the defeat of a single Amarrian fleet, it was enough to dissuade the Jove from overt interference in Amarrian affairs.

Instead, you could just run missions for yourself and give whatever percentage you wanted to the anti-slavery group of your choice. Why, you could even go to 25% or 50%!

Yes you could, but you can do that with NUVOS too without having that 11% tax going to who knows what. He could stay with Viziam and give a portion of his income away, but he would still have to pay 11% to Viziam. That is the difference.

I could start my own corporation, set my tax rate at 99%, and be just as vulnerable to war declarations as your group is.
You really have nothing to offer here, Mr. Numenor, as I tried to tell you when you started your corporation.

I've seen some flimsy arguments in my time, but this one's about as thin as a graphene ribbon.

The Jove have never seemed at all inclined to interfere overtly in anybody's affairs. About the most they have ever done in terms of interacting with the rest of New Eden was when they gave us the capsule. We hardly ever hear from them, when we do they're doing something utterly perplexing like exploding on live holo, they never take their seat at the CONCORD assembly, and their borders are shut tight.

They are at best inscrutable, at worst downright capricious, and you claim that your Empire's invasion fleet at Vak'Atioth, which was reportedly annihilated by a single ship, served as a deterrent? Delusion.

Insofar as it's possible to attribute them a motive, I'm going to stick my neck out and suggest that they're not dissuaded, oh no. They're just not interested.

Segardless of the battle result, the True Amarr remain, and the Jove are a footnote. Dead, irrelevant, and soon to be forgotten.

You speak of them in the present tense. Do let me know when you next see one, I feel you'll be waiting for a while.

Your arguments are only statements with no weight, Mr. Tibs.