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We do not exploit.

We do not condone combat logging and vehemently discourage our members to do so.

We are open and honest with other players.

We keep our word, and respect our treaties

We welcome opposition and enjoy a good conflict, be it in game or on the forums

We respect people based on merit, not based on pure existence. We judge people by what they do, not by who they are.

We strive to make Elite Dangerous an enjoyable experience for all our members and friends and we know this is just a game we play.

We know what we don't know. And we strive to find out and test our theories against reality.

We do respect our opponents and their communication channels. We use public sources in game and out of game for intelligence, which was enough to be very successful in our conflicts so far.

They have combat logged, in public. Without apologies or contrition.

Lied about almost every aspect relevant in this conflict, in public, both to us and to you. They have lied about who they are, what their motivations are and who we are.

Multiple parties of the opposition have broken treaties with us, or misrepresented whether we had a treaty with them.

Slandered the AEDC because of our history of multiple conflicts with other PMFs.

Acted out of a sense of entitlement. Assuming that the placement of their PMF entitles them to rule the system. And behaved like any move against them should not be allowed because of this, often considering their playstyle should go unopposed.

Additionally, they slandered the AEDC in multiple insidious ways, comparing us to the Third Reich and using medical conditions as swear words for our commanders.

Posted on our recruitment thread with the intent to cause drama, which resulted in the thread being heavily moderated.

Infiltrated our Discord server under false names, spied on our members and systems and re-posted our communications on their Discord in public. Thus bringing the conflict outside of the game and consciously and purposefully violating the privacy of our members and making their communications known to others.

Purposefully hindered diplomatic relations by sharing the contents of what was considered a safe channel for treaty discussions and diplomacy with all involved opposition parties external to the LRN.

TL;DR - OP doesn't want EVE shenanigans in Elite DangerousThe Alliance Elite Diplomatic Corps (AEDC) has been playing Elite Dangerous together as a group since Beta. We care about the BGS, want to find out all about it and play it as well and as competitively as we can.Over the course of the years, we have been in quite a few conflicts against other players. These were ranging from Community Goals and the Dangerous Games to various group vs group conflicts. Sometimes we were targets, other times we sought the conflict.We have always made sure that we have fun and have always attempted not to purposefully spoil the fun of our adversaries.As a group we follow a number of guidelinesBeing nice is not part of our guidelines. If someone behaves like a fool, we will usually tell them.If someone lies to us, slanders AEDC’s name or the names of it’s members, breaks treaties, we will notice and remember it. Additionally, we may act upon it, when and if we choose to do so. We will do so in a civilized manner whenever possible.If we have conflicts, we fight as well as we can, and expect the same from our opponents.We do respect our opponents.So far, we have never infiltrated other groups communication channels.Of course we were not treated with the same courtesy.The current conflict has overall been a challenging and interesting exercise for our team.The opposition has been able to reflect several positive aspects1. Engage us in PvP combat during the conflict, which provided some good entertainment.2. Provide an adequate challenge in the BGS and create with us an interesting emergent dramatic scene in Lave3. Do so without exploitingHowever, there have been several aspects of our opposition which we must consider extremely damaging.Some of this behavior led to a member of the opposition's discord leaking their communications to us. That showed us who our opposition is and more importantly, how they behave.We have, however, used the information presented to us to compile a document showing how multiple EEE groups fight against us, verbally attack us, lie to us and the community. Additionally they used the privileges bestowed upon them by FD to misrepresent us in public and towards the community. Plus they have attempted to abuse their alleged good relations with FD as a bargaining chip in their negotiations with us, by claiming they could use their influence to grant us benefits.We believe that this type of behaviour is not appropriate. When certain EEE groups - considered pillars of the community who should set standards and examples for others to follow - behave in this manner they threaten to create a dangerous precedent for the community.We believe this style of vitriol is damaging to the community, particularly if shown to be a viable way to wage a large scale conflict. We do not believe this is a positive direction for the Elite Dangerous community to take.We, of course, welcome anyone who may wish to play the game against us and compete with us fairly in Elite Dangerous. We understand it, appreciate it and even enjoy it.If you don't, understand that your actions have consequences, be it to others, the community or to yourselves... Be prepared to be called out.