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I am a traitor.

It is a soul rending experience to turn your back on your loved ones and the nation which you belong. My parents are steadfast patriots of the Caldari State and employees of the Kaalakiota Corporation; my father is a program manager constructing Widow class black operations battleships – my mother is a logistics chief responsible for the cargo manifests and cargo handling in the Kaalakiota station in Tash-Murkon Prime system. My brother is a weapons technician in the Caldari Navy and the last time I heard from him he was assigned to the CSS Motsu, a Raven class battleship. I too, was employed in a respectable and well-paying job within the Kaalakiota Corporation. I supervised the clone vats and associated hardware that preserves the clones of Caldari capsuleers, our empyrean warriors of the heavens.

As a Caldari citizen living within the Amarr Empire I had an opportunity to understand our ally, the Amarr Empire, on a level most Caldari citizens will never achieve. It was not uncommon to see slave traders making layover stops at our home station with their human chattel in tow – either shackled and herded by slaver hounds or walking with their slave masters willingly, afraid to be too far from their Vitoc suppliers. The Amarr Empire wages war against these people for one purpose only – to increase their wealth by stealing the fruits of the labor of their fettered Minmatar slaves.

Some may argue that the Caldari are slaves to the mega-corporation but at least a Caldari citizen can realize economic and social elevation through the competence of their chosen career. The Minmatar slaves within the borders of the Amarr Empire are the real slaves. The politics of the Amarr-Minmatar War and the Gallente-Caldari War have made strange alliances. Why is it necessary for the Caldari to call the Amarr our friends? How did we Caldari become so burdened with politics that we ignored the plight of billions of shackled humans just to prevent the friends of our enemies from realizing their natural rights? In this case every free living human in New Eden should be an ally of the Minmatar.

Even if you claim to support the Minmatar slaves within Amarr but you still work within Caldari corporations or pay your taxes are you no less guilty if you injected Vitoxin into the slave’s neck yourself? I call myself traitor – but the real traitor is Tibus Heth and his alliance with the slave traders of the Golden Empire. A true patriot of the Caldari State will not support the state’s fettering of billions of human souls. Slavery is an anathema to the Caldari mind – capitalism requires free choice and unfettered relations between employer and employee. Yet, we have allied ourselves with our own anathema. This is tragic and I fear this decision spells the doom for our civilization.

I could have easily made statements and protests about this travesty of justice but instead I took the harder road. In spite of a very lucrative job and the privilege of being entrusted with State secrets I defected to the Republic. It was a difficult decision to make. Running from Tash-Murkon Prime under a false name and often as a stowaway I risked being caught by security personnel and locked into prison for the rest of my natural life. Even after I made it “safely” to the borders of Minmatar Republic my life was no easier. I was accused of being a Caldari spy and it took a very long time to convince my new countrymen that I harbored nothing but goodwill and a desire to see everyone one of their kinsmen freed.

Eventually, I did become trusted within the Republic and I was again installed into the clone vat bays supervising the reincarnation of capsuleers – this time they were Minmatar capsuleers. Undoubtedly I have assisted capsuleers who have killed hundreds if not thousands of my Caldari countrymen. I am not bothered with the guilt you might expect – the Minmatar were killing in the name of justice. The Caldari are killing Minmatar in the name of political gains.

So here I am – openly declaring my status as a traitor of the Caldari State and my name is Kyavor Alexander. I am not dead, I am not missing despite the falsehoods the State has issued into the matter of my whereabouts. I am here – assisting the enemies of our enemy: Tibus Heth.

by Kyavor Alexander, Minmatar Republic