"Under state control"

With Ishukone vessels moving above Intaki Prime, I am deeply disturbed by events in the Essence and Verge Vendor regions. It appears that facilities owned and operated by Sukuuvestaa Corporation were attacked by unknown saboteurs.

Commander Aakonoshin Piertalen, head of Sukuuvestaa's Internal Security division, said the attacks were carried out by "a highly organized group of Gallente terrorists seeking to deny the establishment of State rule in our new territories."

While these occurances do not directly affect the people of Intaki, the statements of Commander Piertalen are of some concern to those of us who are currently involved in the creation of a sovereign nation of Intaki-populated systems.

In the "auction" that was held earlier this year, it was announced that Ishukone had won the development rights to the Intaki system. CBD Corporation was the "winner" of Harroule and Ostingele; Hyasyoda Corporation was the "winner" of Agoze, Annancale, Brarel and Vey and Wiyrkomi Corporation was the "winner" of Eugales and Fraire.

These systems were among the earliest to be colonized by space-faring Intaki and have large settlements of ethnic Intaki residents. As part of the disenfranchised Placid Region, representatives of the planetary governments of these systems have been invited to consider participation in the creation of the Intaki Sovereignty.

The ILF is currently neutral in its position toward the Caldari State and hopes that the State could become a principal trade partner with the Intaki Sovereignty. The statements of Commander Piertalen cast a shadow on this however, and if other Caldari corporations follow Sukuuvestaa's example, the ILF may have little choice but to join the anti-Caldari resistance.