Cause you're known by the company you keep

We're at war. We declared war on an alliance that was red to us for piracy. One corp had attacked an EM moon control tower, repeatedly.

One of the other corporations in the alliance came to us to ask why. They were polite and friendly. And they appear to be NRDS anti-pirates in the Federation.

Why, we asked, were they in the same alliance as the pirates?

Ancient history. Friendships. They weren't happy about what they did, but it was difficult to do anything about it. At least, not without being rude.

We've been very civil to them, and them to us. But we still shoot them when we see them.

In other times, we would be their friends. We would support them. But because of who their friends are, we can't.

Caellach is a recent recruit in ReAwakened. His girlfriend, Shae, is a pirate. I think she was in Hellcats, and recently joined Veto, who, as long as they stay out of the republic, are not red to us. Gottii invited her to his voluval ceremony.

Eva was with Davlos when he was pirating. Matariki with Jonny when he was red to us.

It feels like we have been walking a similar line to the poor corp that we're currently shooting. Just, unofficially.

Perhaps we should have more sympathy, or perhaps we should have more integrity.