To bad you've decided to side with murderers and thieves. The genocidal Gallente seek only to culturally assimilate all in their path. Their way of life is the only true form of government according to them.
Your Federation sought to take from us all we built with our own labor and resources. Then when we refuse to just give up what we rightfully built, the Federation blockades our home world, and allows a fascist right wing government to take the reigns after some extremist Caldari partisans, acting on their own accord, sabotaged the dome of your city that was on our home world. The Gallente blockade blocked billions of Caldari from their kin, their careers, and their pride.
Without even a period to investigate the actions of these extremist partisans by our young fledgling government, the far right fascist Federation regime begins a full scale orbital bombardment and invasion of our home world. The conflict was so terrible we had to hide our children in our ancient underground cavern systems. All because a few bad apples committed a crime. Who just rushes in and conquers a people on the actions of a few extremists? What kind of people do such a thing?
Our fledgling government was barely able to function and govern our State. Our military had to make a choice: defend our colonies or our home world. Your Federation claims to be a peace loving, assisting the down trodden people... where were those people as our citizens died in nuclear fire?
A division of our fleet had to engage yours in order to buy us enough time to evacuate the citizens the Federation was pressing wholesale slaughter and conquest against. Then, in a final attempt to buy time, one of our greatest heroes has to sacrifice his own life by flying his fighter carrier into the atmosphere of Gallente Prime. We had to answer in kind in order to evacuate our people.
After which your Federation pressed a war of aggression against us. Attempting to force us back into a Federation we seceded from. The Gallente lost power and they were scared. Scared of the Caldari, a people who finally stood up to them and said that we would not be assimilated and changed by the domineering Gallente. We will not let them rob us of our hard work. They reacted by bombarding and invading our precious home world, pressed a war of aggression against us, and most recently during a peace summit their admiral plowed their Nyx into the hull of the Ishukone Headquarters. Ishukone, a leader of Liberal practice in the Caldari State, a corporation who supports less dictatorship in the State... and your Federation Admiral plowed his Nyx into the hull of their HQ station in Malkalen.
We react by pressing our claims on the Black Rise region. To give the people of New Eden, and the oppressed members of your 'Federation' the opportunity to say: No, I will not allow the Gallente to dictate my destiny. I will not allow the Gallente to assimilate my culture and dictate what is best for everyone.
I've made my point. I'm sorry you chose to fight with murderers, thieves, and oppressors. Good luck, I'll see you on the battlefield.