05-30-2019, 07:16 PM
I believe the concern about TWP being unreliable are a matter of trust. Indeed, TWP's view of delegate supremacy is concerning, but they also say that it is completely the right of natives to fight that delegate. As for the current administration, Halo is absolutely trustworthy and will stick to his word. I also believe he will choose the right successor.
Should we bend to the whims of foreign regions? Why should we shy away from allying ourselves with potential allies because they lean raider? We do not lean raider, and have made that clear. The fact that raider leaning regions currently are our allies does by no means entail we ourselves are raider leaning. We are a sovereign region, Cormac, if you hadn't guessed, and our current allies being raider, again, does not mean we raid. We stand up for our sovereignty, and don't choose a side in the R/D conflict. Are you demanding we treaty ourselves with a defender-leaning region just so we don't appear to be raider-leaning? Everyone who holds Lazarus' sovereignty in regard knows that we do not take a side. I don't think, at all, that we are obligated to ally ourselves with either side just to appear not to be taking the opposite side. We are, once again, a neutral region, and we stand for that. We are not, however, GP's plaything to call us raider/defender/whatever they feel like.
Quote:Moreover, I have serious concerns about us adopting another treaty with another raider-leaning region. Lazarus is supposed to be neutral, but our treaty choices are definitely imbalancing us toward the raider sphere. With Osiris, a treaty made sense. We had a preexisting and pretty well rooted relationship. I don't think this treaty makes much sense for us, for the above reasons, and I don't like the network of regions this particular treaty would start to shift us toward. The West Pacific has treaties with, among others, The East Pacific, Balder, and The Land of Kings and Emperors. These are not regions that have historically been friendly to Lazarus, except occasionally TEP in an on again, off again way, but TEP has been downright bizarre with Fedele in office there. I don't think being tangled in a web with those regions is desirable for Lazarus, and getting into a treaty with TWP is going to mean a more complicated situation in regard to our stance toward TWP's allies. I would rather we didn't. And I would rather see more balance in our treaty pursuits going forward. Raider-leaning regions shouldn't be the only regions we're looking toward for alliances. I'm sure that hasn't been intentional, don't get me wrong. But I do think it's something we need to be more mindful of going forward. It's important that Lazarus maintain its neutrality.I'm going to sound harsh here, probably, but it has to be said.
Should we bend to the whims of foreign regions? Why should we shy away from allying ourselves with potential allies because they lean raider? We do not lean raider, and have made that clear. The fact that raider leaning regions currently are our allies does by no means entail we ourselves are raider leaning. We are a sovereign region, Cormac, if you hadn't guessed, and our current allies being raider, again, does not mean we raid. We stand up for our sovereignty, and don't choose a side in the R/D conflict. Are you demanding we treaty ourselves with a defender-leaning region just so we don't appear to be raider-leaning? Everyone who holds Lazarus' sovereignty in regard knows that we do not take a side. I don't think, at all, that we are obligated to ally ourselves with either side just to appear not to be taking the opposite side. We are, once again, a neutral region, and we stand for that. We are not, however, GP's plaything to call us raider/defender/whatever they feel like.