I will go and directly take exception to this, I am not native to the Gallente Federation, and though my capsuleer certification is through the Federal Navy Academy by way of some favors and strings pulled, that is about the extent of my ‘nativeness’ therein. Me and my people are not, and should not be considered members or party to the Gallente.
That out of the way, I do not dispute that the handling of much of things by one Warden Eskola-Fae is, and has been problematic. That in mind, much of this started, prior to much of what you’ve stated, with gangs and criminal elements igniting a turf war, the Accords did, initially, act within their rights to counter those criminal elements and gangs, as given to them by their settlement agreements with the Thukker Tribe. things got complicated incredibly quickly when Efrit came out backing Krullefor, after we(both UNF forces and BosAc) had been advised by REPUBLIC NATIVES(at least three local clans to the Heath, and two clans from other parts of the republic to my knowledge that I myself interacted with) not to back the Krullefor Organization or Seykal Headhunters as it would be seen worse than siding with the Cartel even.
The situation in Skarkon, and the wider heath has been a political shitstorm well before Efrit was ever laterally promoted to Khumatar with the, pretty clear implication of ‘clean up your mess,’ and he’s only doubled down on the mess he made up to, and even after final liminality. That is… not great. and he’s now had another lateral promotion with the clear implication ‘die for your people, you will serve some use at least,’ makes me think that overall it is self-correcting, even with the RJD no longer able to investigate him properly.
My greatest issue, overall, is that, from the outside looking in, the man has a hubris problem even greater than many a capsuleer. He funded criminals to disparage and damage another tribe, he funded criminals to actively fight eachother with republic civilians caught in the crossfire. HE DOUBLED DOWN on that by ‘raising’ one of the criminal elements he funded, that had been actively brutalizing and shaking down civilian centers during their turf wars with the cartel across the Heath, and even after being elevated to ‘legitimacy’ continued acting as a gang of opportunistic thugs and brigands, against ‘the people they were protecting.’ All the while Efrit decrying any evacuations not overseen by his forces as slaving? It being such a massive farce Of showmanship is why I did not pull out my own units until the very late stages of the weaving. I don’t blame the Sanmatar for giving the man war emergency powers in the system as it was already going to hell by first liminality, but UNF and Bosena Accords offered multiple cease fire attempts to fight against the triglavians, and overall attempt to de-escalate the ground situation the first two times system was invaded and both the triglavians and edencom withdrew, We had offered and begun preparations to fully pull back all units when the RJD initially announced its investigations against the Efrit, Krullefor, and Seykal, and even as first liminality was finally reach upon the third invasion we again offered to try and bring the conflict down. But Efrit continued escalating further and further, civilians taking the worst of the abuses as he got rid of anyone who didn’t fall perfectly in line or criticized him by claiming them a sympathizer, or a cartel operative, or a ‘disguised warclone to be executed’ being his most popular form of dispatch. I’ve continued, even now, evacuating civilians off of Skarkon II, even now with the orbital corridors far more dangerous, even with Seykal mercenaries still holding their tactical nuke threats up, and even now as the system is worse off than it ever was at the Most brutal height of Operation Galatine. ■■■■ I’ve even pulled out Krullefor and other UTSF elements that were cut off and wanted out. They’ve all been returned to the Republic proper, despite the Valklear General Efrit continuing to rave we’re nothing but mindless slavers, butchers, and outsiders while the system burns down around him.
As for Galm and his handling of things and his attempts to bring Svarog Clade’s focus to an area we had long since evacuated before they landed enmasse, I commend his attempts at trying to focus them somewhere. That was smart. What was not smart was him trying to tout it as being otherwise an open cease fire in other areas. Svarog Clade have shown a preference to engage in the declared ‘proving area’ in Ishuhuolvi, but they regularly make excursions to other areas, and even have full control of a fair portion of previously held land by UTSF, and as news and broadcasts have shown, though they don’t actively target civilians to be hunted down, they are just as indiscriminate as the Seykal and Krullefor were with their weaponry in the presence of civilians, and do not differentiate.
tl;dr: I am not a Fed Native. I recognize he’s your asshole. He has a god complex larger than a capsuleer’s, and I still would relish the opportunity to kick him in the balls if I ever got the opportunity. He’s already a dead man walking with his lateral promotion so issue is taking care of itself.
