So there I am, doing the job I enlisted for, when I get a distress call in militia “xxx Arzad Vaga, Male, 2 Puni”. Of course, I respond to the call immediately. While enroute, I start sending out a broadcast to the militia channel, to garner more response for our pilot in distress. Not a single response. That’s odd. I check the militia channel active pilot readout. 279 pilots currently active. Hmmmm. I must be having an equipment malfunction. I urge my ship to run a self diagnostic. It returns that all systems nominal.

Then it occurs to me. Our pilots don’t care.

Some of you may have heard this rant in person. Either way, it’s good to hear again.

We are part of the Tribal Liberation Force. We signed on to the militia for the glory of the Republic. What does that mean?

1. We take care of our own
We are not here to play station games. We are not here to roam around aimlessly, trying to pick off enemy war targets. We are here, quite simply, to win a war. To do that, we have to know we can rely on each other.

2. We listen to our Tribal Fleet Commanders
There are some very smart, motivated pilots out there who have been working together to try to unify the militia effort. I am privileged to be part of that group of people. There is no room in this fleet for lone wolves, those who selfishly think the universe revolves around them and only them. If you want to be that solo, self centered blowhard, resign from the militia.

3. We plex
Awww, plexing is boring, I would rather search around for hours trying to find a WT that me and my 40 buddies can kill! YOU, my friend, do not belong in the Tribal fleet, and I am not sure how you haven’t been dishonourably discharged. I have experienced more PVP action AND aided the war effort by plexing. These have also been some of the most enjoyable encounters I have had in my career as a capsuleer. So we plex. Let me make it really easy for you:

SERVER UP – defensive plexing to secure our systems
DEFENCE SECURED – offensive plexing/roaming PVP to expand our territories and stick it to the Amarr

But Roc, system sovereignty doesn’t mean anything in the Empyrean Age. That’s why it sucks so bad and nobody is interested!!!

See the links on the right of this screen? Click on the one that says Empyrean Age Statistics. Seems more than nobody is interested. You indulge in the whines on the EVE forums too much methinks. But you do have a point. There is no tangible result to our efforts, so why bother? Well, let me tell you …

We are out there, trying to free our enslaved brethren. The Amarr laugh at us. They have our kind so hopped up on drugs that they don’t know friend from foe. Doesn’t that sicken you? Then we have our own pilots, brave men and women who signed up for the Tribal Liberation Force … read that again, LIBERATION FORCE, and yet these same pilots really do nothing in a concerted effort for the cause.

NOW is the time to stand. Now is the time to take pride in our mighty heritage. Now is the time to show the Amarr pigs that we will not rest until every single one of our kind is back among us. And we can’t do that without you participating positively.

Follow orders. Think of more than yourself. Do your job, pilot.