卧槽THE REWARDS OF TOLERANCE ARE TREACHERY AND BETRAYAL: For reasons unknown to all, AOM decided to pull a fast one and reverse-merge into Ranger Regiment without informing anyone in the leadership of the Imperium; all autocrats woke today to a confusing and nasty surprise.
We have no problem with the line members and corporations within AOM specifically, and indeed had expected that as AOM imploded some of the best corporations there might find their way into the Imperium. A full merge of AOM with its intact command structure folding into Ranger Regiment, by contrast, is a complete surprise and utterly unacceptable.
I do not react well to surprises of this sort.
Earlier today, AOM transferred their staging keepstar to us in R-A; a deal was struck that blue standings will be maintained for AOM to evacuate this keepstar until 19:00 EVE tomorrow. We stick by our deals, always. What happens afterwards is up to the winds of my whims, and right now those whims are deeply unamused.
I have informed Ranger Regiment that they have seven days of blue standings (which will not apply to the R-A keepstar) to either leave the Imperium or find new homes for their corporations within the Imperium. There is no universe in which I will allow AOM to attempt to sneak their intact chain of command by sock-puppeting Ranger Regiment, and there is no universe in which I will allow Ranger Regiment to remain in the Imperium if their leadership thinks they can engage in this sort of behavior without consequences.
As always, we blame the leaders and not the line. Please keep your doors open for Ranger Regiment or AOM corps that Do Not Suck and Are Not Full Of Bots; there are some of reasonable value within these orgs. In fact, this was the original plan! Let AOM fall, let the corps go where they may.