Let me see if I have this right...
A bunch of old players have decided to start their own story line, which they don't think new players should be privy too, cause we're too dumb or innocent or uninterested to follow it.
nothing private about the Galactic Council. Its just got its own thread so that players can find information and post information there for discussion without it being lost and diluted in the general chat topics. Corporations who wish in on the Galactic Council are strongly encouraged to take active interest in what we hope will be a fundamental player-governed code of conduct and fair play as the game grows in size and complexity.
These old guys laid claim to the power bodies in the Sol system and divvied them up, though they are supposed to be for new players to develop in.
When we decided to have a presence within the Sol system, practically anything worth mining in the Sol system was depleted, including reserves on Saturn. As our[IMG] gameplay has always been about getting away from sol (as miners and colonists), it was not an easy decision to move back into Sol System to get involved with its local affairs, but we felt it necessary to show a presence in the system to prove our resolve in stamping out raiding and piracy, particularly wanton acts of destruction by those corps under the banner of "piracy" when in fact they were just blowing stuff up cause it was fun.
They further started a private, Trilateral Commission type dictatorial body to police themselves from each other, and intimidate lessor players and groups, controlling Sol space, and deciding how newbies will be allowed to develop.
First part of that statement, correct. We at [IMG] are against raiding and piracy particularly of the newer players and are in effect here to keep the GREATER players in check, not to intimidate lessor players and corps. Its not about controlling how newbies will be allowed to develop at all. If you wish to develop as part of a raiding regime, I refer you to JamJul's [PMI] corp for advice and tips on how to do it smartly and efficiently. If you choose to be a peaceful dirt digger or gas harvester, adventurer and explorer, feel free to pick our[IMG] brains on how we did it and started out, or even what pushed us into our way of gaming. And lets not forget [NHC] who have been until recently the top corp in game and been around longer than either of [IMG] or [PMI]. I am sure if you post a question in their direction, Goodperson or others (Morbius) will always offer free advice.
I presume that we (the lowly newbie class) will be told when we must go forth like lambs to slaughter for the enjoyment of the power class to plunder. I have read enough other snippets of stuff since getting here to know that some of these elitists think that beating up the lessor players is good "training." (Any justification for a sociopath to de-socio everything in his path, I guess...)
Not one of our members conducts raids on any pilots at any time now or in the past while under my corporation banner. If any of my members did infact consider taking a little profit, plunder or enjoyment out of attacking another pilot then they would be immediately dismissed, unless they had an extremely good reasoning for that conduct. I am one of those players that find "beating up on lessors" to be distasteful at the very least, which is what initially lead me to forming a mining and later "anti-pirating" corporation and gathered members who felt equally strong on the subject of subjugation.
To use my own personal example, I was initially beaten to a pulp by certain members of a certain corp early on in my gaming experience here. So much so that all i could do, to limp back into Sol, was to vote for several days to gain enough solars to buy emergency fuel to get there. My only intent when i did arrive at Sol and Earth was to sell all my equipment and donate it to anyone who wanted it and then to quit. Instead me and others similarly treated like this set a resolve to band together and get the heck away from Sol, as far as possible to play the game without harassment by those corporations. Oh, the reason given to me for such harsh treatment? The raiding pirates didnt like the type of resources i was mining so instead destroyed all my holdings! We will never forget our beginnings, which have ultimately come full circle to help form this Galactic Charter, (or code of conduct), so that these sorts of acts will never happen again, or will not go un-noticed and unpunished.
For example Perkele also known as PRKL will never likely be accepted by the GC. Their leader is a pirate and not a very good one. Not even sure how active he has been. He has been known to try to blow up quite a few things. He tried harassing Morbius all because IMG blew up the stuff he had on Jupiter for a while.
Yeah, payback is a pregnant dog! ;) Naturally, this particular corp[PKRL] is on our all time kill list and will never be removed because of its actions towards our founding members and disregard for pilots properties. OK tit-for-tat can be argued that is not right either, but in a galaxy where there are no intergalactic police, we must form our own form of "rough justice" at times. (Yes i have been called a "vigilante" at one time and by one of the founding council members). Its tough out there, but I hope we make it a bit easier for those who will follow in our footsteps. Not easy being the first pioneers.
I doubt this is fully accurate, as I chose to quite firmly read between the lines, but I will try to keep up with the secret story line.
Again, there is nothing secret to our Galactic Council, more just a side line for those who want to get involved in player driven politics and gaming. I will put it to "our brethren" though that we should openly post our "secret decisions" in the general area for the public to view and be made aware of, if that is not already happening.
I will use a "for example" where pilot untamed is classified to all members as an outlaw, and can (and most likely will) be engaged by members of the alliance. Of course that pilot can make a petition to that decision for review if he feels that our decision is harsh or unfair. The charter and "how to" sections sets out how to go about being removed as an outlaw. It is not something that is decided on a whimsy. We do try to resolve these things locally and personally first ;)
Thank you though for your input and observation, and interest, in what we "elitists" are up to. The history and rivalry has been quite interesting (and at times painfully dull) between factions and i hope it continues to build and grow more diverse and interesting as the game grows.
