The Gathering-At-Dawn Session Notes
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written by Tae-tovna Speaker, Lecturer on Contemporary History at the Information Commons Centre of Shevet
archived at the ICC of Shevet for general release


Today has been one of the most controversial days in the recent history of the Gathering-At-Dawn. Confidence in the current Orator and the Gathering's strategy of Gradualism has been shaken due to the Helian scandal and the lack of consensus on what position to take on the Helian Emancipation Party of Comraderie.

For those out of the loop, the revelation of the nature of the Helian political economy has cast a great deal of suspicion on the competency of the current leadership to hold to the principles of the Aseioni revolution, the effectiveness of Aseio's ability to gather information on other moons, and the strategy of bringing about "Theian liberty" through gradual, trade oriented means focusing on interlunar cooperation (so called Gradualism) - the strategy proposed by the former Orator Elyan Vitkari. In addition, the revelation of the T.I.C. conspiracy, which many feel the current Gathering was slow to believe, has led some to call for a vote of no-confidence in the current Gathering and to replace the strategy of Gradualism.

These issues have deepened some divisions that we've been seeing in the Gathering since Contact - the tensions between Cohesionism and Traditionalism, the Militants and the Gradualists. And who to blame for these failures of intelligence has been a major issue in itself, one which some seem to be trying to maneouver to their benefit. Most of the attention has fallen on Peruni, succesor and former assistant to Elyan, which has led for support to idea of recalling Elyan from the Garden. Others point out, however, that Orator Peruni held close to Elyan's strategy of Gradualism and that it was Elyan's administration that led to closer relationships to what others call 'Counter-revolutionary powers' such as Helia and Agamemnon. Others feel that the blame falls more precisely on the shoulders of Otopkin Aseio and his Discovery Cooperative, and his failure to report on the Helian situation despite being one of the few Aseioni to have visited Helia.

The result has been a total lack of consensus in the Gathering-At-Dawn, and the notion of a potential vote of no-confidence. On the question of the HEP C, some have argued for a position of non-interference, calling it "an internal matter of Helia", while others, such as the Demascian League and the League of Power and Prosperity have threatened to bypass the Gathering completely in an attempt to assist the rebels. The Demascian League, centered at the city of Arawanorat, have threatened to put Labal Arawanorat as the new Orator. Labal, while being a major contributer to the early acceptance of the Gradualist strategy, has also been a vocal critic of what he has called "the mere reform and complacent liberalism - the stillborn revolution - of Elyan's Aseio".

Chifeo Tousk has opposed Labal's bid for influence and has warned that the city of Tousk and other like-minded cities would sooner secede from the Gathering than follow Labal.

The Mediator has called for a suspension of today's session, and has been working to outline a plan to reach some sort of consensus hopefully in tomorrow's session. After conferring with other observers, I suspect that the Mediator will likely call for a plan of action on the Helian problem before tackling the potentially more contentous issue of what to do with the Gathering's leadership.


Public Transmission from Aseio to Helia
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Sibling moons, this is Aseio, this is the Gathering-At-Dawn. We children of the revolution have been blinded, our vision has been turned away from light, but now we turn back. Now we see. We see machinations of the propertarian T.I.C. brought out into the light and into our vision and crushed by our siblings Olympia, Agamemnon, and Gaia. The propertarians who are of our good sibling Helia. And we see, now, the nature of our good sibling Helia. We see the shape of
their labour and life, and their adherence to a political economy of death. And we call out to the government of Helia, in the spirit of the state of friendship into which out two moons entered, a state of frienship we still respect - free your people. We believe that those of Helia that we have come to know are better than this slavery, and we of Aseio are willing to assist you in your transition.

To the Helian Emancipation Party of Comraderie, we of Aseio extend to you our exchange - all political refugees are offered free transport to Aseio through our cargo ships if they are willing to go, and to those of the underclass who are caught in this conflict, the Aseioni Embassy shall attempt to attend to you as our resources permit.

Alye Mediator, the Gathering-At-Dawn