They don't need us. We UIT are just pawns in the great game, with no value whatsoever. I guess the cargo we bring back to them is thrown away, "tainted by the UIT's greedy hands". Or they'd let us deliver it, wouldn't they?

They shot me in the back, when I was trying to help them. They took the cargo from my wreck while it was still burning. It's good luck they didn't shoot my emergency pod on my trip back to Sedina. After all, there are less Serco nowadays, so they need to kill "other" people.

Fellow UIT, let them Serco and Itani have their war, and let's go back to trading and mining. This conflict does not concern us, as both sides can't have allies. The winner will crush us eventually, so let's hope they'll shoot each other until the end of the world.

I'll continue to kill Sercos for my own devious little reasons, but I lost faith in a real solution with the CtC.

Oh Eo, you're long forgotten...

That is exactly the reason I started CTCing for the Serco. But as often as not it's more fun to sell it off. Play CTC the UIT way :)

was it an itani that shot you?

or was it shape?

there are many wolves in nation clothing that , if they had their way, would really be 'corvus'.

Hehe, well, you guys will never be neutral in the eyes of the pirates, you are the veins of the conflict, which we will constrict until you flow no more!

In which case you run out of victims and are no longer pirates but idiots sitting in a bunch of roids hoping the Itani Patrols won't blow you away for a low nation standing :P (Supply and Demand dude, Supply and Demand!)

Hehe, well, if the UIT weren't there I wouldn't be a pirate :P. And I won't run out of victims, since the greed of the trader will attach itself to the conflict.

Note that all opinions stated in this post are my own, and should not be taken as official Itani policy.

@Lonestar: I just went back through the CtC score pages to the last time you "helped" the Itani. For the record, IMO killing the Itani transport & returning it to Coranis Watch does NOT constitute "helping the Itani," and anytime you do that I will try to kill you.

@Dr Nno: Was it Shape? Shape is not exactly the best example of a "good Itani." He's a thorough pirate, and has often expressed a desire to become unaffiliated with any nation. If it wasn't Shape, it may have been an accident. There was one occasion some time ago when I mixed up the names of a couple UIT players, and fired on one who did consistently help Itani. He protested, I double checked the score page, and apologized profusely. I felt stupid...

Heh, that happens occasionally Beo, We've done that on the serco side too, In the heat of combat if someone you aren't familiar with grabs the cargo, its faster to shoot now and save the questions, (and apologies) for later.

@Dr Nno - Don't take a few brainless blue guys for the Itani nation. We do apologise for their silly deeds. The majority of us know how precious allies like you can be. Please reconsider your position.

"Oh yes, please, have mercy on us, O benevolent UIT overlords!" Hear them snivel! It is a wonder they have survived so long without a spine, is it not?

We made them flee our world because we had no place for their type of weakling in our great plans. I believe you see the truth about the Itani - that they are parasites, bloodsuckers unfit even to be called human.

Shun their kind, turn against their weak ways, and you may yet put up enough of a fight to die with honor when the Serco come for you.

It could have been me that shot him. (y'all keep forgetting about mini-shape...)

Y'all UIT should do what Lonestar does and make money for your selfs. It's not like you even get the nuet 3s if "your side" wins...

Selling the cargo would be an interesting alternative, but unfortunately, there are only two stations you can dock with it, and they are in Divinia and Pyronis. Talk about a niche market!

@Beolach: No, it wasn't Shape. I know him, and I know he's a pirate. It's someone (deeply) involved in CtC, and it wasn't a mistake, because I clearly stated I was attempting to deliver the cargo to Divinia, and he acknowledged the fact I was on "his" side. Sorry, I don't have the evidences, as my ship has been blown up and the log of my escape pod is unreadable (Damn Xang Xi recorders!).

@Sun Tzu: I don't need apologies. What has been done has been done, and cannot be undone. Thanks however.

Anyway, I will be more careful in the future, and I encourage all the UIT to follow the path of neutrality in this war. I repeat, they don't need us. The one solution I see, I'll keep it for myself...

Beolach: I started off planning on doing equal traffic to both sides. I only just recently started doing CTC (past two or three weeks), and the itani have been ramping up their efforts during this time, so all I was able to do was mainly help by being an SAF target or helping guard.

My first cargo was serco, and then I started working on an itani cargo. During this time, I was shot up by some itani (not pirates) when trying to help them with the serco cargo. I even broadcast a sector message saying I was helping. Someone must have come late and didn't ask questions and started shooting at me.

Now I play for the glory of the UIT Senate and its appointed representatives and our noble... well, you get the idea :). I sell the cargo to the highest bidder (or anyone who is willing to pay 15k/cu - I don't want to hurt Borb's trade by undercutting him) and if no one wants to buy I'll take it to whichever nation I happen to be closest to.

Lonestar, you have chosen your side and it is not the UIT Senate.

What you can write will not conceal what you do.

You are and will be treated as hostile any time you are near any transport.

Hehe, all the more reason for us to get Lonestar in BL. :D

The UIT should be able to take the cargo to a UIT station had get the guns eh??? maybe??? prolly not???

come and get me...

/maso...UIT