((Eh, so I rather struggled to come to terms with this truce breaking IC because it rather spits all over my character. My reasons for staying with the org/faction are almost all OOC as IC I struggle to justify recent events, however I'm not an Rp'er first and foremost, so I will not leave my faction or my org for OOC reasons and will have to take on the task of justifying my reasons for remaining.))
Systematic Chaos stood for the truce, since it was formed. There has always been some back and forth between Machines and Zion about trucebreakers and siding with terrorists. However, I don't think any of us saw this day coming, at least so soon. We've now tried gathering as much information as possible, on the decisions that were made.
Last night, I took a stand like the DoE did. I refused to attack those Zionites at the Chelsea-Maribeau bridge. Why? In a time like this, knee jerk reactions and blind faith is what will get us stuck in a rut. We had no time for discussion, reaction, reflection after Torman informed us of the breaking of the truce and that is completely idiotic. Running into a battlefield all guns blazing, shoot first ask questions later is Inefficient and it's something we're fighting against. In a situation as tense and as difficult as this? Sense is required, patience. That being said, some of my faction mates assisted as they felt that was the thing to do. Fair game, each to their own. We were still in the process of discussing our stance amongst council members. Now we have gathered as much information as possible, we bring you our stance.
We still stand for the truce. It is our priority to achieve peace with mankind again. Peace and working together for a better future, that is what we were always working towards with Zion and this truce still intact. We are willing to meet with anyone who wants to discuss peace, to try and find a way to create said peace. That being said, those Zion factions who are not interested in rebuilding the truce, they are our enemies. I'd like to point out that, inviting E Pluribus Neo to the meeting was a big mistake, an immediate negative step in rebuilding. Some of E Pluribus Neo will attempt to manipulate you all so that there is no way back for human-machine prosperity. So, those of us who want to work to re-instate the truce? We're already at a loss here and need to make up for lost time. ((It's much easier to hold relations with Zion factions that want a truce on recursion/syntax than it is on vector ^_^))
One thing I'd like to focus on is the Zion council. For all those that are still interested in building a world where we work hand in hand for a better future, might want to consider why the Zion council made such an important decision without informing any of you. Such an important decision, without even one little mention? Without discussing it with the Machines to actually get clarity on what the reprocussions would be? It just seems rather strange. The council seem to have pulled the wool over all of your eyes in a rather manipulative move which is nothing short of what we've seen before and some EPN are doing their best to manipulate you too. As Procurater of The Glitch Society wisely said, there is no plan in place to wage all out war and send every sentinal in Zero One down to New Zion. Hostilities have not picked up in the real, the only true place you can lose your life nowadays. So, the result of the truce being called off at the moment? We no longer allow Zion to awaken the 1% and if found in any restricted areas, such as downtown Agents will begin to track them. There will be no disruption to them in Richland. So, taking up arms as if we are now in World War 4 is a little naive. Negotiation and Diplomacy is the way forward here, those who don't see it that way and take up arms against us? They will be struck down as terrorists.
I can see why the machines called off the truce, as one of our Officers explained: Why this breaks the Truce: We allowed Zion to awaken bluepills because we always had the option of destroying their entire colony of humans if we needed to. With this, "New Zion," this option is no longer available. This is a violation of the Truce. Personally, I feel this is pre-emptive and I struggle to justify, pre-emptively calling of the truce because of what could happen. However, I do see the point of view "what need is there for a new city? Aslong as they keep to the truce nothing will happen". Truthfully, we accept that the Machines somewhat forced Zion into this building a new city, sending Cypherites after them to kill and torture them was as good as breaking the truce, much like overwriting blue pills was; however, discussions needed to be had instead of building this new city. If we had discussed things? We might not be making this statement. Both sides have to take their share of the blame and come to the table and accept that. Both sides, need to make allowances.
The Cypherites? Our stance doesn't change with them. If the situation arrises, like what happend with Sarv who lied to bluepills when awakening them and killed his own first mate after lying to him when he awakend him, then perhaps our help is warranted. However, we won't go out of our way to aid them and we will not welcome them with open arms, just as we will not rule out definitively that we won't work with them in some capacity. We will NOT work with Cypherites to attack Zion directly, or those Zion who are willing to rebuild this truce.
With all that said, our enemies are those who immediately take up arms against the Machines and have no interest in the progression of mankind hand in hand with the Machines, the ones who have no interest in diplomacy and those who would rather take up arms with those in E Pluribus Neo that try to manipulate your anger, in a fit of rage rather than help get everyone back on track. The rebuilding of the truce is our priority, those who hinder us in that are our enemies.
((This statement is formed for Recursion/Syntax, it varies slightly with what was mentioned in our Vector one because of differences on instances.))
