Ga’len is sitting in his quarters at Unity station.  He is busy writing a presentation for a meeting of The Reformed Druids of New Eden, Amarr chapter.  Since his time in Empire space is short, he has opted for a question and answer session rather than a long drawn out lecture.  He smiles as he stops to read his remarks and consult his notes from his last question and answer presentation from his meeting at the Tash-Murkon Prime chapter:

Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you, thank you.  You are too kind.

I want to thank all you for asking me to speak before you today.  I am very grateful for this opportunity.  Now, I remember my days back in school and I must say, I hated sitting in a long, boring lecture.  I did however enjoy my philosophy class where we would have an open discussion.  We would be given a piece of truth to which we would debate for an hour.

That being said, I have a piece of truth to share with you all.  It’s a reality that simply had not been revealed to my eyes until most recently.

As many of you are aware, I have repented my ways as a pirate and made the choice to free humanity from the bonds of slavery.  Our brothers and sisters have been enslaved for far to long and now is the time to win their freedom.

Of course, with all justice, there are those that must be punished.  With punishing those who would choose to be slavers as we call them, you see more and more truth.

I have learned that there is a misconception concerning Minmatar ships.  They are in fact NOT covered in rust but rather in blood.

This the piece of truth we shall discuss here.

Ga’len continues to read his notes from the meeting.  He stops and begins the playback of the holoreel that one of the attendees sent him.  It begins with Ga’len continuing his point:

Minmatar ships, that isn’t rust on the hull. It simply can’t be rust.  It’s impossible.

With all the kills that Ushra’Khan obtains from dispensing justice and combating the scourge that corrupts the Amarr Empire, you can’t believe it’s rust.

It must be blood, it simply must be.   How can that reddish color on the ship hulls not be blood?

A member of the audience stands up and begins to speak:

It must be true! It must be blood!  When a corpse is released into the vacuum of space, it become very fragile.  When a ship hull impacts with said corpse, the simple thermal transfer would allow the blood and tissue to warm a bit as it boils away in the vacuum and deposit itself upon your ship’s hull!

Another audience member stands up and continues the debate:

It can’t be true.  I have seen many Ushra’Khan ships leaving Sylph Alliance space and they are always covered in yellow.  Blood is red, this can’t be true.

The first audience member is a smart one, a true Druid:

I see the flaw in your argument my friend, allow me to explain.  Ga’len, if I may have the floor?

Ga’len can been seen smiling widely, savoring the debate to come.  He motions for this young wonder to continue his thought:

Ushra’Khan has been fighting CVA for years now.  It seems to me that if you are an organization that is taking a lot of damage, you would find ways to mitigate that damage.  You would strenghten your defenses.  CVA has done this very well and we all must admit the genius of what they have done.  Why fight the Ushra’Khan when you can get someone else to do it.  It’s an ancient combat tactic known as ‘The Meat Shield’.

The second audience member sits down and everyone in the hall listens intently:

It’s a commonly known fact that cowards bleed yellow.  It’s something that has been known for thousands of years. Ushra’Khan ships leaving Sylph space are covered in yellow ‘blotches of cowardice’ because that is what is inside of those pitiful Sylph souls who fell in combat.  Why do you think most Amarr ships are a golden yellow?  They are covered in the cowardice of the ‘meat shields’ they use to fight their battles.

Ga’len can been seen to he holding up his hands.  He is chuckling slightly as he begins to speak:

My friend, well said.  Other than the obvious flaw in your argument, I enjoyed that.  Yes, your argument has a flaw.  In order for a Sylph to fall in combat, they have to un-dock from the station first!

Laughter fills the hall and the discussion continues on the holoreel. Ga’len turns off the holoreel projection and begins to write some more…
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