I have come to realize that I am racist. Not just against the Amarr, but against stupid people. They really get on my nerves. Maybe I am just a crotchety old man. I’m ok with that.

Here’s an example:

I’ve been pushing hard in the war effort against the Amarr (while keeping an eye on the Caldari in case they get too eager), and earned myself some RNR.

I decided to spend my week off in a local pleasure station, engaging in things that don’t need to be written about here. But I made a mistake. I decided to take public transit, on a Tuesday morning, during rush hour.

This isn’t a rant about how insanely packed these public terminals are. I expected that to a degree.

This is a rant about utterly stupid these sheep can be.

There I am, waiting on the platform for the next shuttle to come in, along with everyone else in the galaxy. It’s busy, people have jobs to get to, etc, etc. I understand that.

Then I watch a woman lean her head over the platform, looking towards where the shuttle will enter the station from. Upon seeing this, a few more sheep do the same.

Now I know my chrono said the shuttle arrives at 7:25 AM. It either will, or it won’t. What really gets me is that I know full well looking to see if it’s coming yet will not actually alter the course of time. I mean seriously, do you think if you look for it, it will magically appear? Of course not. So why do it? Why look to see if the shuttle is there? Do you not think you would know? Would you not hear it? Would you not notice everyone crowding around the loading platform, angling to be first onto a fully packed shuttle?

Anyway, it just makes me smirk. I think next time I am out plexing for the war effort, and no Amarr are in sight, I might just look around. Who knows? Maybe it will make one show up…

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.

Good morning pilots!

I’ve found a whole new way to rant, and you, the lucky Tribal Fleet, get to listen. So let’s get started…

MILITIA VS MILITIA

Seriously, what is this? There is no justification for our pilots to EVER fire upon each other. Yeah, yeah, I know, sometimes the red flashy can be scary, and we’re all a little on edge. That’s NOT what I’m talking about.

I’m referring to those mercenaries who somehow got by Republic screening, signed up for the militia, and use our closed intel channel to simply monitor troop movements so they can go gank our own!

There are some that might say this is actually a brilliant and lazy tactic. There are some that might think it’s the best these pathetic Amarr loving tards can come up with, but I say it is simply NOT acceptable. If I find ANY pilot in our fleet engaging in these activities, I will put your name up on the Tribal Fleet Commanders forum and you will be ostracized by the Minmatar Militia. Period. No appeal.

On the other hand, there are five fingers…