Side note, I need sleep, but I will check this thread when I am around again later.
Cormac;4640 said:
And what will be done about Senator Svezjacael, who signed this apology? One of Lazarus' terms was his removal from the Senate.
Imaginary;4643 said:
Greetings Lord of Darkness,
Thank you for delivering this apology.
We also ask that you permanently remove Svezjacael from office in your government. Svezjacael was directly involved in Task Force Lazarus, whose operations you denouce. Our trust in the New Pacific Order has been broken too many times and, for our security, we no longer give members of the NPO second chances when it concerns violations of our sovereignty - or tolerate an NPO that does.
Would you instead have preferred that he not sign it and avoid taking some responsibility for his actions? He has also expressed interest in coming forth to issue a more personal apology for his involvement with the "Lazarus Task Force". (OOC: How exactly this will work remains to be seen; he has been occupied over the past few months due to the passing of a close mentor and other personal issues.)
This statement also is just that: an apology. It is not a response to all demands that have been made, only a starting point delivered in respect to the two regions whom our past actions have wronged the most.
Arlo;4641 said:
I'm curious as to what the word "chastised" means to you? To me it is not a very serious word at all, and I generally see it used to refer to flippant/fleeting punishment.
I think you will like what I have planned in this regard. It should hopefully be announced at some point within the next day or two - keep in mind we have had to deal with government changes, start deciding how we want to move forward, write statements, respond to messages (I think I'm up to about 70 unique people responded to so far in the past couple days), all on top of our lives outside of the game. Naturally rectifying the current situation will not occur overnight. It will be a long process which takes many months and perhaps years to rebuild trust.
Since you're interested in this matter I will share a spoiler with you. I am and have always been against acts of espionage. We will be outlawing all forms of government sanctioned espionage and future offenders will be expelled regardless of their standing within NPO. It has never brought us any good and the cycle of something like this or the NLO happen every few years needs to end.
Furthermore, to explain advance of any comments on this matter, despite my root admin access I have never sought to utilize my role to be involved in making decisions related to the governance of NPO in NS. I consider impartiality and autonomy be important virtues of such a position. Nor did I have any role in organizing the "Lazarus Task Force", which I was only added to a few days ago. I will say that I have not agreed with every policy enacted or promotion made under the leadership prior to me (or, for that matter, those further in the past), but it was not my place to intervene.
Cormac;4642 said:
One does wonder as well how serious the NPO actually is about its apologies (they posted one in Osiris too) when a Senator newly appointed
by this Emperor is running around making comments like
this:
Consular wrote:
What are you guys trying to accomplish?
Make us like the NPO even less?
You seem fine as is with no help from ebil me.
NPO dewenda est ;;w;;
Our members, including government, are entitled to have their own opinions on matters besides our official stance. Some are less interested in settling our differences than others. It is important that a government is not an echo chamber of people who will sing the same chorus, for such an institution is incapable of effectively weighing different viewpoints, ideas, and approaches to problems.
Out of courtesy and to alleviate your concerns he has been asked to tone back on the bantering.