December 16, 2002, 06:45
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Emperor
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Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2000
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Magnanimous, weak Morgan 'politely declines' to speak with me...
.and has done so for at least fifty years. I'd like to shower him with tech and credits (I like to do that with lagging factions, don't ask why), but I can't do that if he won't speak to me. I'm running his favored social option, and we have a treaty.
How do I re-open lines of communication without opening fire?
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December 16, 2002, 07:06
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Prince
Local Time: 12:41
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: looking for a saviour in these dirty streets
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Stop trying to talk to him for a couple of years - maybe five or so. Doesn't always work, but it's worth a try. Sometimes the AI just gets p*ssed off with you if you try to talk to it too much and goes into 'huff mode' (my words not Firaxis'). Give it a few years to calm down and he might talk to you again. Failing that, call a council (PG elections will do) and try and bribe him one way or the other. That might get him to open up.
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December 16, 2002, 10:21
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King
Local Time: 07:41
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Harrisburg,PA USA
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Landing a couple of high weapon rovers next to one of his bases usually brings him to the phone. 
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December 17, 2002, 06:51
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King
Local Time: 13:41
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: of the World
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If you look at the skies, there wouldn't be any spots are there?
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December 17, 2002, 14:06
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King
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K2, you don't get the 'politely declines' message during sunspots, you get the yellow message that 'sunspot disruption prohibits our contact'.
I think this AI behavior occurs when it 'thinks' you are going to extort tech or credits from it if it answers the comm. (If the situation were reversed and you were playing Morgan, you can bet any comm request would result in a demand.) Of course, if you try this trick of not answering the phone, the AI declares Vendetta.
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December 17, 2002, 17:56
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Emperor
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Maybe he just doesn't like your social choices..?
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December 17, 2002, 21:20
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Emperor
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No high weapon rovers were available, but an elite probe cruiser was... 
500 stolen credits and a frame up later, Morgan was contacting me for aid against his traitorous former pactmate Deidre.
Problem solved...
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