STABLE Talks In Response to MOSCOW
Writing by Green Guy on Monday, 23 of April , 2007 at 1:33 am
SL military groups continue negotiations
by Omega Groshomme, war correspondent
treaty negotiations continue
April 19th at 20:06 SL time an organization of military groups gathered in conference to discuss a new more improved treaty in answer to the Merczateer proposed MOSCOW: Military Organization Standard for Conventional Operations and Warfare. The conference organized by the Alliance Navy was set forth to improve the SLSALT (Second Life Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) - by not only rewriting it, but by starting from scratch involving the entire military community. Groups being represented at this first of many meetings were SPARTA, Grand Federation USC, AN, SLSN, Corsairs and CDR.
Until now,the war between AN and Merczateers has merely been personal, but as the Merczateers’ attempt on an answer to the SLSALT with MOSCOW, and now the AN beginning a new involving all possible — it is clear this conflict has gone political. I had a chance to catch up with Alenzia Epsilon who is keeping record and overseeing with others on the development of STABLE. The proposed areas of debate and regulation:
Weaponry and Ammunition (allowable rate of fire, ammo types, etc.)
Leadership and Personnel Behavior (attacking base under non-group tags, avatar flight, etc.)
Vehicles and Aircraft (possibility of depleting fuel for vehicles, weapons systems by vehicle type, etc.)
Equipment Source and Content (minimizing laggy scripts, protection of intellectual property, etc.)
Land and Territory Regulations (Estate banning, setting land to safe, invalid homepoints, etc. )
Enforcement and Regulation (inter-group regulation enforcement, appropriate actions for infractions, regulatory body made up of all member groups, etc. )
To learn more, I spoke with Alenzia Epsilon - one of the participants in the STABLE talks.
Omega Groshomme: STABLE? What does this new treaty name stand for?
Alenzia Epsilon: STABLE stands for Standards Treatise on Armaments, Behavior and Limited Engagement.
Omega Groshomme: What is the goal for STABLE? And why not the recently proposed MOSCOW?
Alenzia Epsilon: The goal is to offer the combat community a chance to create their own treaty in the steps first put forth in SLSALT - it was a good start, but now we need to let the voices of all be heard.
Alenzia Epsilon: As I mentioned, MOSCOW (previously ANSUCKS) was formed on the basis of exclusion, and is being basically dictated to the group, not really using an open forum, or encouraging people to bring their ideas to the table.
bringing ideas to the table
Alenzia Epsilon: MOSCOW -is- the same treaty as ANSUCKS. That speaks volumes - a treaty first created with such an obvious agenda is not going to be neutral or unbiased. We are trying to be. That’s why we invited the Mercz to send their people, though they unfortunately declined.
Alenzia Epsilon: This is not a treaty run by the AN - this is run by the community.
Omega Groshomme: Most people see the Merczateer proposed MOSCOW is a way of isolation and is seen as communist,what is your take on this?
Alenzia Epsilon: Well, as they’ve not really included us in the creation, I’ve not been able to look over the drafts completely, though from what I have heard, it sounded like an attempt to force conformity where there could be innovation.
Alenzia Epsilon: I feel MOSCOW was an attempt to exile people the mercz didn’t like, and an attempt to defame and spread lies to the combat community - it was an obvious targeted negative PR campaign at the start - as for now, I’ve been too busy with STABLE to really keep up with the alleged changes.
Alenzia Epsilon: The Mercz aren’t bad people, I just feel they are taking a direction by dictating the terms of their treaty that many people are wary about - people are more comfortable following rules if they had a chance to see the process behind forming them.
Alenzia Epsilon: That’s our theory.
Omega Groshomme: As a participant of STABLE,what may i contribute to the creation of this treaty and would i be heard?
Alenzia Epsilon: Each combat group is allowed a maximum of 4 delegates, and they may offer their thoughts, and opinions during the debate phase. Each combat group is allowed one vote - this ensures no matter the group’s size, they are represented fairly, and come time for drafting, all groups will have an equal voice in deciding policy through a simple majority.
Alenzia Epsilon: Basically, we move topic to topic within our larger topic areas that I passed, until we’ve exhausted the debate, then will move to the next large topic.
debating topics to exhaustion
Alenzia Epsilon: Observers are allowed, but to keep things neat, all speaking is to be done through the delegates.
Omega Groshomme: You had mentioned earlier the Merczateers declined your invitation. Any certain reason?
Alenzia Epsilon: I really shouldn’t speculate, but like I’d mentioned earlier - they don’t see a reason to explore any other treaties, as they do not see a flaw with their treaty. That’s my best guess.
Omega Groshomme: Is this meeting just the base,will there be more in the future?
Alenzia Epsilon: Oh, this is only the beginning. We plan to meet again, and are very hopeful that more groups will contribute to the talks - we want to be sure that we come up with a good idea of what everyone wants before we convene to draft this. We’ve even discussed putting together a permanent review board to oversee the implementation and regulation of the treaty when it is completed.
Alenzia Epsilon: We expect the talks to span over several days, as we are keeping the actual meetings nice and short - we want to make sure people have time to enjoy SL - not eat up all their time.
Talks between these groups on this treaty will continue and all involved welcome more groups who see eye to eye. Development of this new treaty “STABLE” will give all groups involved a opportunity to help create it and bring it into effect. The AN and Corsairs STABLE might just be the one agreement the military in SL has been looking for as well an improvement over the isolated doctrine brought on by the Merczateers. These meetings will continue to be reported to let the public know of its progress in the future.
War correspondent Omega Groshomme reporting from STABLE conference room.
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