The Kingdom bombardment of slave ghettoes was a legitimate response to attacks upon the Faithful by those slaves.
The Federal and Republic sanctions are coercive economic policies with the intention of affecting Imperial internal politics.
As for such sanctions being an attack? I would consider them not. However, I do consider them hostile due to the coercive intent involved.
The Holders might, if considering their rights alone. Slave liberation raids are with reference to the size of the slave population not nearly so problematic as those conducting them like to think.
They are a tool to prompt behaviour from the Empire that seems unreasonable; were that reaction not granted to those who wish for it, and security improved to such a point that those engaging in such action are captured and themselves subject to enslavement it would become a less palatable hobby for the RJD (who one would have hoped had things of greater import to occupy their time).
To bawl at the Inner Circle, or to give weight to prejudices against us with futile sanctions would be more damaging and expensive than compensating the Holders affected. Upholding Imperial Law is the responsibility of the Amarr alone.
The Kingdom bombardment of slave ghettoes was an attack upon civilians who had already been attacked by Blood Raiders. The actions of those slaves who became violent under the influence of Deathglow were no more their doing than if theyâd taken place under the influence of TCMCs set to âbe a murderbotâ for twenty-four hours.
The Blood Raiders conducted that attack, using the biochemical machinery of the slavesâ bodies. And in response, Khanid attacked the victims.
None of which impacts their legality at all, nor makes it any less ridiculous, churlish, and deplorable to try to use more attacks on civilians as a bargaining chip.
In the end slaves are the property of their Holders and one does with their property what one sees fit.
So much for claiming to have been âangels of mercyâ, eh? Whatever justification you need to dip that wick, right boy?
What else has ever been a bargaining chip between nations? My understanding is that youâre a logistician, you know full well the ripples even a small interruption in supply can cause. Sanctions are an attack on civilians hidden behind a smile and veneer of respectability.
Weâve had this discussion before: There is a massive difference between a small disruption that canâif the massively huge multi-region organization wants toâbe mitigated in ways that prevent any loss of life and only discomfit those who are best able to weather such discomfiture, and attacking a single smaller group in a such a complete and comprehensive way as to be by design unable to be mitigated in the slightest.
It would be a mercy to end the life of a slave driven to madness like some rabid dog, yes.
Except for that whole âthe effects were temporary and it was well after the initial 24th periodâ thing.
Do you believe your Sanmatar if presented with the choice would choose hardship for himself to mitigate a contracting economy? Do you believe your Chief would?
A smaller impact is even more insidious, it prompts less concern. To mitigate it, one needs to be aware of the needs of those who will be impacted. Would they know much less care if a few million of the manumitted faithful died for the sake of their lifestyle? Itâs not how the corridors of power work.
Frankly, I donât believe the Sanmatar would do a damned thing that isnât nakedly in his own self-interest, all the while loudly proclaiming that anyone who could even conceive of him benefiting in any way is clearly a traitor and seditionist.
I think the Midular Clan has a history of putting the needs of the Tribe ahead of their own, and the actions of both the current Chief Midular and her predecessor show that to be the case.
Moreover, I think my Chief, Tarn Stjörnauga, has long-since shown himself willing to shoulder personal cost and personal discomfort to ensure that our Clan looks after all of its members.
That sounds to me more like the corridors of power in the Empire need fumigating. Theyâre full of rats.
Though many of us strive for better, the corridors of power have more than their share of the ambitious no matter where they reside.
Sometimes a prompt response is required.
Which is precisely why the intentions of those who occupy them can never be trusted, and why an organization that lies in the name of truth is a danger to those who serve it, more than those who do not.
A prompt response was required well after the initial 24h period, when the formerly-afflicted slaves had already been corraled into their residential ghettoes? Really.
While I am in agreement with the rest of this post, Iâm not sure that classifying Fweddit, a group generally recognized as blooders by most Amarr loyalists, as loyalists is a fair representation. The Kingdom, and by extension, the Empire for allowing it, committed horrible atrocities during the Kahah crisis. But I think trying to connect the actions from a nearly universally hated blooder group looking mostly to get a rise out of people to the other terrible actions by the Kingdom detracts from the crimes that the Empire is actually responsible for.
Who knew the real effects of Deathglow at the time. The Kingdom response was prompt given the information at hand. Slave revolts happen all the time in the Empire, and it is common practice that the longer they are allowed to exist when they begin, the longer they will fester in the long-term.
Perhaps, but considering how omnipresent the RKN, CONCORD, and other âauthoritiesâ were in the system at the time⊠they could have at least included a âand that thing Fweddit did was bad, tooâ in their statements.
All the more reason to not conduct an excessive strike that minimized the ability to study the effects of the Blood Raidersâ chemical agent.
Perhaps, but in the end the Faithful were defended and that is as it should be even if it comes at the cost of millions of slaves.