Originally by: Aria Jenneth

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"General aegis," Mr. Kereka? There are only two bloodlines of ethnic Caldari: the Deteis and the Civire. The Achura as a people possess no historical or genetic link to Caldari Prime, and are therefore part of the State as a political entity but not as a "racial" one. Culturally, the Achura are compatible with rather than integrated into the broader Caldari culture.

Any Achur, and most Civire and Deteis, will take exception to the notion that "Caldari" are a single race. A single nation, yes, but despite a lengthy history of contact and cooperation the Civire and Deteis remain genetically, culturally, and temperamentally distinct-- and that's after millennia spent at the bottom of the self-same gravity well.

My mother's people didn't even do that.

If this line of thought needs any further coffin nails, you might consider that the same process of lumping in would define the Ni Kunnis to be under the same "general aegis" as yourself. You have the same God, the same religion, and so on, admittedly, but it seems pretty clear to me that you're not the same race, as such.

As to the Empires' collapse: you're probably correct that there isn't much danger of that, for now, but I wonder if you'd have been so cavalier if I'd said such a thing, say, a few hours before Jamyl Sarum put on her much-needed appearance.

The Empires are racial entities (to the degree that they really are racial), Mr. Kereka, because their power bases arise from worlds with ethnically distinctive populations. Your faith aside, there is no law stating that all power blocks must so arise-- and, indeed, CONCORD, the Cartel, and Sansha's Nation are already all ethnically neutral entities. Of course, CONCORD sort of has to be and the Nation more or less makes ethnicity irrelevant through modification, but the Cartel, for one, is a true multiethnic, multicultural power.

And you can read the seriousness with which CONCORD looks at us as a ringing endorsement of the approach.

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