09-01-YC122

Curious.  Minmatar camera drone footage of one the last assaults on us in East Hav, perhaps the very last assault has been released, by no less that the same group that released the information on Melisma.  I have no idea how they obtained it, nor why they posted it to the IGS.  Is it perhaps connected with our mission there to obtain Intelligence on their relay station?  This will require further investigation, for they obviously have some connections or influence, which may have serious consequences.  I have spoken briefly to Papa about it, and he has put our Intel Operatives onto the matter.

Predictably, the usual Tribal ringleaders all came out to bark at the latest thing irritating them.  Worthless and aimless shots, and not a single one of them dared to address the real facts of the entire matter, the subjects that is the actual cause of their indignation.

They simply adore painting every Amarrian as an evil, twisted, voracious slaver with an insatiable lust for human trade, a two-dimensional caricature with which to scare children and indoctrinate the credulous.  Yet, it was I, and I alone who even thought to seek the safety of their people.  Indeed, some of them would have even denied those innocents safe refuge and subjected them to the horrors of indiscriminate weapons.  Not only that, but, aside from Oona Aldeland and Maira Blackfire - both of whom I now have much more respect for - not one Tribal did anything practical to effect that evacuation.  That took yet another Amarrian, my very own Lilya.  Her Humanity and Kindness are boundless, risking great danger to herself to get those men, women and children off Floseswin IV and to a place of safety.  Darling, dearest Lilya - she even went so far as to ensure those people were able to go wherever they wished to, without hindrance, and with the financial ability to do so.  Truly she is a Blessing in this dark, dangerous life.

It is also I who have honoured the memory of the Minmatar fallen, as well as our own.  The Tribals, so protest so loudly that they are Liberators, Protectors, and Saviours of their people would have let their own dead rot on the battlefield.  Thankfully, I was able to negotiate with the Commander of the Amarrian relief force that arrived for the removal and burial of all the fallen.  Those locals who stayed in the administrative building agreed, with some delicate persuasion, to arrange for one of their holy men to see to the final rites.

It is a Blessing from God that we even lived.  To emerge from the darkness to find that the Minmatar Forces had gone!  One more assault and we would have been finished.  I would dearly love for us to take credit for the victory, but though the Company showed great bravery and Faith, it was not us.  It was God, and the watchful protection of The Eternal Empress.  Indeed, perhaps even a Miracle from the Martyr Alizabeth, to whom I offered a silent prayer many times, asking her to give to me but a fraction of her Devotion and Noblility in the face of such danger and threat.  I believe she did just that, and I shall be giving much thanks for it.  She should be made a Saint!

Another Miracle is that Sasha and his team are returned to us, and are recovering from their own ordeal.  Ishta is keeping a constant vigil over him.  Such a sweet creature, she is, though few see it.  Yet how few know her true nature, her true Calling, as we do.

I wish to spend also as much time with Lilya as I may before having to return to my duties, again to the warzone.  I made promises to Lilya - promises I intend to keep.  We have much to talk about.