Heim, I tried to hold my tongue for a while because I kind of like you, but I'm a bitter old man with a grudge. Seems I just couldn't do that. The timers are an upsetting factor, but what gets me is that I'm positive over half of the members of AE are only defending Nyain's timers because they're blue with you. Eon defended them when they were in Eon, Prof.V defended them when they were in that. But if there ever comes a time where FA starts consistently beating AE, and we start sacking their districts, and Nyain decides you're a liability to their protostomping ways, and ditches you just like they ditched Eon and Prof.V right in the heat of combat, and joins us, I'd like to see if you're still willing to defend them.

We will be in one soon.

No not N-F but you should find out tomorrow I'll let the suspicion eat at you.

I have no Idea I suppose when the whole locking thing gets sorted out because I haven't even heard talk about it, I can't imagine it being us because as soon as you can no longer lock districts we will have all of renegade alliance against us constantly.

I still can't tell who "won"

They kicked all the non PC corps so I think it's just FA,STB, and ML.

As the CEO, I give my members the choice but reserve the right to charge a fee...even if the fee is reduced to alliance corporations.

I will continue to pay alliance members I borrow for my PC's and will continue to charge for the use of my own members.. This prevents dependency. Locks keep honest people honest, continuing to require payment for mercs....Thankfully STB and ML are quite self sufficient and do not wish to have FA win their fights for them. FA arrives with their blessing.

Many thanks to ML and STB for accepting our humble lot into their alliance.

Charging for ringers doesn't mean i won't go down with the ship.

RND are my buds, I still pay their mercs when they ring for me.
and vice verca.

I think you're missing FA's own unique bigger picture. I didn't come to PD because they are my best friends. I did have really strong ties to Roman before he left and Marston, Carlos, and a few others have really worked with us to build our ties and that precipitated our investment in PD. RND is the closest corp I have ties with in game, I'd personally go to bat for dubbs and RND because they have been consistent friends for months with me. I came here because PD invited me, promised me eve, and I saw an opportunity to grow that relationship. They told me "come and see" so here I am. With eyes wide open. But I was never raised in any alliance with the understanding you would work for free for those not in your corp unless you volunteered. Except IO. And that's a long story and also a case in point. In TP I got paid by others to ring. In CI I paid alliance members to ring. And this policy continues to PD.

The move to PD is little different than CI, CI just disappointed my expectations eve side (perhaps that was mostly my fault)...the only reason I decided to go there. OSG and GF were great friends and I have immense respect for xsilly, hellsung, juro, and the rest of those awesome guys I could not have expected more from them as alliance corps...they opened their arms to us and I for that I thank them.

*tips hats*

I hope this clarifies things...but it most likely simply raises more questions.

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