> > A long time ago, the Inner Circle was accepted as a member of the Eagle
> > Alliance.
>
> This is true, yet highly misleading.
>
> If you neighbor says to you: "be one of us, or we will kill you," & if
> you then decide to be one of "us," you will find that the bonds of
> allinace, usually noble & strong, are not so strong with your newfound
> "allies."
I don't know about any of this; I'll have to take your word for it. The
Illustrated Man account of the events is probably not exactly full of
truth, I presume.
> This is precisely what happened to the IC, as I understand events.
> The Eagle Alliance will continue to pursue wrongheaded policies because
> even though Fox is gone, the reverberations of his over-aggressive
> policies continue to rock Provinia. It is not enough for the Eagle
> Alliance, or its members, or even the New Empire, to renounce Foxonian
> diplomatic positions & then neglect to address the wrongs created by
> those positions.
There are no "over-aggressive" policies in the EA. I remember the g2-list
discussions, where many members of YOUR alliance, including the infamous
Ming, claimed this was a war game. I was one that denied it.
"Renounce Foxonian diplomatic positions"? I have no idea what this means.
I have always approached all negotiations with the assumption that the
other side was acting in good faith. The Crimson Alliance is not an
aggressive alliance. We have no expansionistic plans.
Unlike PLATO (reference _Times_ 33).
> I am not saying that the Eagle Alliance is forever crippled by the
> association of one uncouth faction. Nonetheless, both the lack of IC
> loyalty, as it is said to be, & the carnage wrought on Provinia are
> Fox's legacy. When the Eagle Alliance acts on these events, they de
> facto support the Fox actions which brought them about.
Denied.
(There. ;)
> It's just as absurd for Plato or others to be attacking because of what
> Fox did. After all, he's gone.
>
> This can all be resolved if we identify the few places where Fox's
> record can be set aright quite easily. & there's no doubt that you will
> find this through reasonable negotiations between the IC, & the NE, if
> you do not insist, as the EA does, that things be set "aright as they
> were." As they were was not any way "right" precisely because of Fox's
> actions. I can't speak for all of Plato on this point, but when I heard
> of how the New Empire treated the IC, I knew that as a proper vigilante,
> as I fashion myself, I had found my target. That the EA is amazed at
> the IC position, either shows its total lack of knowledge about what Fox
> was doing (highly likely), or a blithe imperial attitude on their part
> (pretty unlikely, IMHO).
>
> Finally, as Plato was appalled at the treatment of the IC by Fox, we are
> again aghast at the treatment of the IC by the EA. & it may well be
> that harm against the IC will be answered with more than noble words
> only.
We fully expect that. We hope that PLATO will have honor, though, and not
violate the treaty and bring this war to Camaris.
We have no doubt that the Inner Circle will attempt to return the favor.
--Cendage
CIC, Operation Vulture
> best wishes,
> Captain Arrrr
>