One could call this a campaign...

…But it’s more a rant.

Well, to start, Hey there, I’m Aster, my nation in TEP being Vulbania, I’m also a member of Sparkalia’s Trinity Command, an Ensign in EPSA, an Assassin in The Brotherhood of Malice, among others, well, that doesn’t exactly matter- what I mean to say is, I’m a raider, or at the very least raider aligned, you get my point, ruthless region destroyer, horrible person, blah blah blah, all that stuff, whatever.

Well anyways, to start;

Foreign Affairs ig

Well, i’ll put this simply- I do not think that our current allies, at least ones like Europeia and Balder, are suitable for us, like darn, like half out members can’t attend Europride, “oh yeah your members associate with rai-” DEAL WITH IT, our own Minister of Foreign Affairs is proscribed, our Admiral of EPSA- heck, the only person in cabinet I can think of whom wasn’t proscribed in the Merlo administration was Merlo himself, like half our members aren’t even able to attend their events, they’re our allies, and all we get out of them is… a portion of our community can interact with them? They even associate with TNP, a region that thought they could push us around and ignore us, they did not care, they did not comment, they offered no support the hell kind of allies are these? And, let’s say, XKI, like, we’d defend with them I guess? I’d trust Osiris, a region we barely have any connections to, more to help us than them, same with Balder and Europeia, when have we seen the Jomsvikings aiding us? Where has the Europeian Navy been? Actually, good question, where have they been? Ah yes, chasing us. ‘allies’, like hell. I’d barely even say there’s any worth in the relationships. They do not care about us, they don’t care about Lausanne, a bloc which we are a part of- The Sparkling Army has helped us more recently than our own Allies, it sounds ridiculous to say, even to me, but it’s true. I say we ditch them, if all they do is oppose us, not care about us, do nothing as a fellow member of the MGC ignores our clearly expressed wishes, they can screw off. I say it’s better to be with nobody but Lausanne if our supposed ‘allies’ can’t actually support us.

EPSA too

Well, this is rather short, I would like to see a larger EPSA, to see us back on the stage of NS, to be a name that exists, Morpheus helped, we can’t let that be a small spike of activity, we must have it be the start of a rise of a dormant organization. We may never be as we used to be under Xoriet and Serge, but I am sure that we can at least have some presence, to be there, to contribute something, after recent events with TNP and Warzone Trinidad we must show that we are not a region that has nothing behind it’s words. We’re a feeder goshdarnit. We can’t just be pushed around, the status of feeder won’t stave off everyone who dislikes our interests.

Well, that’s all, I think, happy to answer questions, Astie out!

Do you have any sort of platform at all for WA or RA? Or any FA policy at all except burning all of our bridges? Or any concrete plan for EPSA activity?

I’m also sure you’ll understand if I’m hesitant about your foreign policy. First of all, saying that we should trust Osiris, a region we ended relations with precisely because we didn’t work together well, over regions that “never aided us” except for, yk, the one time we needed it – the coup, is…odd to me. As is criticizing defenders for defending our raids, especially when all our treaties and informal agreements with regions include the EXPLICIT provision that opposing each other on the battlefield is okay and does not amount to actual hostilities. As is declaring your affiliation to Sparkalia and then mentioning Sparkalia as someone we should work closer with. It seems like you’d only be happy with TEP if it was a raider region. So I guess my question is: What commitment do you have, if any, to maintaining our unalignment and neutrality? How will you balance your personal ideology with the needs, wishes, and beliefs of the region?

Do you have any non-NationStates related plans for the Community of TEP?

This is less of a genuine campaign for delegate and more me using an election as a place to express my personal beliefs. I did not come into this election with any intention of being elected.

I did the same thing with my campaign, but I would still appreciate answers to my questions if you don’t mind. Obviously your choice whether or not to engage.

I’d appreciate an answer, if possible.

Not exactly, my main points of contention are to do with EPSA and FA, anything that is unmentioned it is safe to assume I am content or happy with the current organization of things.

I shall reiterate that I have no intention of putting forward a genuine effort for del, nor do I want it.