2. The talking point about the alliance ships = grasping at straws. If they actually disappear, if it matters, if there no alternatives, there is always an option. It's not like Nameless will ever be totally booted from their native system.
3. "Colonia has never had any problem with gankers", lol... First of all that's not true, and second your most vocal pilot went on ganking innocents first in Deciat and then back in Colonia. Blaming others for these acts is grand. Again, that selfish definition of freedom showing up.
4. On why: plenty of reasons but more importantly why not? Just like you have your reasons to believe in what you do or simply participate in something, we have ours. It doesn't matter what they are ultimately. It's not like we are going to convince you otherwise (some of your folks have apparently even decided what my reasons are, so whatever fancy your boat).
Cmdr, I've been mostly living in Colonia for more than a year, and I didn't think of using solo mode until you started attacking The Nameless (Loren's Reapers). Also, I was invited to join by Loren's Reapers and I happily accepted when, again, you started to attack them.
That info about the ships' availability, it's not straws: They became available when The Nameless came to power in Carcosa, and, more than a year later, are still available
only in Carcosa. Ergo, if you remove them from power by your sheer numbers, you remove the ships too. When, as an experiment, The Nameless came to power in EEF, the Imperial Eagle became available. And when they were removed, it was gone. So please, reconsider (I'm not begging, the "please" is for your fame's benefit), don't hurt Colonia by thinking you're helping.
That 3rd point you mention: in the few times I fought SPEAR and CIDE's ships, it was never 1:1. I had to fight 3 ships every time. They say all is fair in love and war, but come on...
And yes, that vocal pilot, he really speaks his mind. I'm also happy he does. If you happened to read about all the effort made to increase the local engineers' levels, it was actually his words that inspired me. And that was more than a year ago. He also inspired me to come and help The Nameless. We may fall under your brutal attack, but so did the Spartans in Thermopylae.
For the record, I've never ganked or attacked another commander, except in self defense. And the only times I become wanted, it's by taking scan missions. Never accepted civilian assassinations, either. And I don't plan to, either.
3 months ago I wouldn't dream of considering myself an anarchist in Elite. Now I'm a proud member of The Nameless. And it was
your actions that helped make up my mind.
Thank you!