Depicted: A wing of Minmatar Hounds en route to a summit at the Battle of Colelie Memorial station
To the warriors of our people, and the great leaders of the Tribal Assembly,
I am calling on you in order to adress the pain of an old ally, and the needs of the Republic. Through blood, sweat and hard work we have evicted the Drifters from the Liberated Barbican and seized their structure for our own.
Though the governments of the Amarr, Caldari, and the Triglavians have shown a reluctance to share their findings, I want to urge our government to open up the Liberated Barbican to Federation scientists and researchers, in exchange for access to their discoveries, and their assistance in defending the wormhole and its related facilities, should the Drifter threat return.
Though their might has contributed greatly to the safety and security of New Eden, our oldest allies now find themselves without a Wormhole of their own, or Drifter technology to study, and their people sit in anxiety as their greatest rivals, the Caldari, now have access to technology they lack.
How is this our problem? It is not.
It is an opportunity.
An opportunity to rekindle a friendship that has long held back the tide of tyranny in this galaxy.
An opportunity to rekindle their commitment to the Matari cause.
And an opportunity to repay an old debt of honour, as the federation did much for the Matari people in the early days of the rebellion and long after.
This cooperation would make our own advances stronger. The Federationâs grasp of science and technology is second to none. Their insights will add to our own, no doubt. And their fleets remain formidable, and a welcome asset both within the Barbican and without.
The drifter crisis will not be the last challenge our people face. When the next crisis hits, we could use allies by our side as much as the Federation can.
Let us use this opportunity to make one.
And to those of the Federation who read this far, I urge you to support this call.
You need not yield the findings of these structures to the other Empires. You, too, can benefit from the discoveries that lay within.
Consider the relief your voters will feel when they know the Federation is not lagging behind.
And consider the massive bloc of Matari citizens in the Federation who would surely be overjoyed to see ties between our governments warm again.
We both have an opportunity here. Let us seize it.
Signed,
Isha Vuld (Ushraâkhan)
Komi Valentine (Circle of Vheroka)
Lu Yun (Circle of Vheroka)
Rie Farron (GunFam)
Khaprice Hesta (Electus Matari)