Ryven was still in recovery. Rather than weeping in dark corner somewhere, he had made the conscious decision to hurl himself into his Alliance duties. Dark Ry had actually managed to somehow perform those duties diligently enough, but new issues had arisen in the past few days that required Ryven's attention. It was perhaps not widely known that Ryven's actual position in Imperial Outlaws was only one step below Shalee herself. Ostensibly, he was the alliance's diplomat, but he was involved in any number of other decisions beyond what his title implied. He did not hold quite the clout of Almity, I.LAW's master warmonger and arguable tactical genius. Yet, his opinions weren't disregarded wholesale either. The fact that a former Caldari mercenary was one of the top policy-makers in a top tier Amarrian militia corporation was a constant amusement to Ryven.
He smiled to himself, having just managed to prevent open conflict between I.LAW and P.I.E. I.LAW had recently recruited one of P.I.E.'s former members, one Daemun Khanid, who housed views that P.I.E. viewed as heretical. Ryven hadn't been particularly troubled by Daemun's views, holding several of them himself. After all, I.LAW had never quite fallen in line with the more traditional and conservative Amarrian mindset. In Exile, for instance, was radically anti-slavery, a fact that had not endeared it to other hardliners. However, In Exile got results, and was largely allowed to continue unmolested. Joining I.LAW was actually a fairly smart choice for Daemun to make. However, Daemun had managed to poke P.I.E. in the eye with his attempts to recruit new members for his fledgling corporation in their stationing system of Mehatoor. He set up mobile depots bearing messages that indicated his reformist views. Captain Laerise, not exactly known for her calm bearing, destroyed one of the depots in a moment of pious rage. This came to Ryven's attention, and he quickly took over the matter from Daemun. What followed was a series of communications with Laerise and Admiral Lok'ri. Laerise felt it was her job to stamp out heresy where she saw it. Gaven thought it was a personal feud between Laerise and Daemun. Ryven found both of those arguments uncompelling, since both ignored the fact that Laerise had attacked the property of Imperial Outlaws. Ryven was convincing in explaining that whatever the origins of the dispute, it had culminated in the violent destruction of I.LAW assets in violation of I.LAW's sovereignty. This, more than Daemun's message, Ryven argued, was disrespectful and intolerable, and would not be allowed to continue without repercussions. Cooler heads prevailed. Ryven accepted P.I.E.'s apology, the denouncement of Laerise's actions, and the affirmation that I.LAW's property was indeed outside of P.I.E.'s authority and influence. Gaven promised to instead make future complaints to Ryven and Shalee.
One such complaint had already been made, which had resulted in more than a little annoyance to Ryven. Apparently Daemun's new message was barely more tolerable than his first. Preferring to avoid war with I.LAW's ostensible allies, Ryven convinced Daemun to relocate his operations a few jumps away, hoping that perhaps out-of-sight really did mean out-of-mind. Apparently, tensions were still high, and may continue to be in the foreseeable future. Hopefully, Laerise would be able to control herself. Otherwise, a war with P.I.E. may be a very real outcome. Though, Ryven wasn't particularly worried about that. His main reason for attempting to avert war was that it distracted from I.LAW's real conflict with the Minmatar. This seemed to always happen though. Whenever the Amarr began to push ahead in the war, internecine conflict seemed to erupt. He just prayed the Amarr could keep from killing each other long enough to really solidify their control of the warzone and possibly take even more systems.
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