DRONE diplomatic exchanges - Page 2

Drogue · October 14, 2003, 15:15

Including the Googlie PM?

DeathByTheSword · October 14, 2003, 15:20

hmz...maybe PM googlie about that first...or leave it out...

Drogue · October 14, 2003, 15:22

I'll leave it out.

Corellion · October 14, 2003, 15:29

Good. Better they hear an 'unbiased' (and editted for truth) version from us than PEACE's version on the main thread. It will also go a long way towards securing trust, as they will think we thought we owed it to them to come out with this black mark at the beginning.

DeathByTheSword · October 15, 2003, 05:05

ok we got the turn: they give the HIVE-commlink and treaty for Believers commlink and treaty....i say do it...we can start talking with the Hive soon about the techs they need to pay back the drones.

DeathByTheSword · October 15, 2003, 05:15

should we ask if they have any interest in doc: ini? with HEC and nonlmath soon we dont need to worry about cruisers from the drones i think.

doc: ini against eth calculus? does that seem fair?

btw some intelligance data...i dont believe they are on the same island as we are. I believe they got a unity foil. i am fairly certain of it btw...they have met the hive. (which isnt on our island thats for sure (googlie wont put 3 on one island) and well the hive doesnt have foils either....so the hive or the drones has to have a unity foil...i because the drones are here and the hive is not i am betting on the drones...

Drogue · October 15, 2003, 08:06

DBTS: Yes let's agree to the Drones deal, it looks good, and then I can PM Voltaire about PEACE.

As for the Doc Ini deal, I say go for it. If we don't, PEACE might. However, wait until the MCC is complete, since the Drones may have an SP base lying around that we don't know about. Build the MCC and then trade IMHO. Meanwhile, the Hive have Gene Splicing, Eth Calc and Doc: Loyalty that we don't, and they owe the Drones Doc: Flex, Biogen and Doc: Mobility. I can see a very good 3 way trade there

Someone else said that the Hive will then have all commlinks, and need votes for Planetary Council. If we offer them that, and out votes for the Planetary Council (Hive or Rose IIRC) then they may accept it, even though we get better techs. What do you think?

Maniac · October 15, 2003, 08:45

Perhaps this is too late already, but wouldn't it be better to offer the Angel commlink. If we give the believer frequency to the Drones they might buy NonlMath from them...

Impaler[WrG] · October 15, 2003, 09:17

It might be a good idea to tell the drones about the hord of mind worms that are to the south of the infantry unit. They will either do one of 2 things, keep going south and aproatch our territory and run into the worms or they will retreat north.

I dont think we want them to keep moving south, first off it reduces the value of any map exchange we conduct in the future. Secondly it give them information they could use against us some day. If the Drones are not on our land mass and got their my transport then we can not found out ware they are but they will find out ware we are.

If they deside not to head our warning and are subsecuently destroyed by worms then we look good for warning them and we dont losse anything.

If they turn around we might gain valuable insight as to how they got that scout patrol ware it is and ware their bases our.

We want to cultivate a good relationship with the Drones as we can not afford 2 wars at the same time and when the Drones see us at war with PEACE they might be tempted to attack us from the oposite direction.

Maniac · October 15, 2003, 09:29

Quote:

It might be a good idea to tell the drones about the hord of mind worms that are to the south of the infantry unit.

Great idea.

It will give a good cooperative impression of us.

DeathByTheSword · October 15, 2003, 12:09

@ drogue: i agree about all the trades (when do we get the MCC?)

@Impaler i like the idea...i will try to make a PM to send to the drones shortly

DeathByTheSword · October 15, 2003, 12:39

I am planning to send this to the drones what you think?

Quote:

Greetings Forman Buster,

let me introduce myself as the Exteral Affairs Funtion, in human tongue i am called DBTS or Delta,
we of course accept the trade you proposed in the dimplomatic box of the game. you can get conformation of this in your next turn.

we are looking forward to a long lasting relationship between the Free Drones and the people of the Cybernetic Consciousness. Our predition algorithms see a high possible for future trades between our two factions.

We are looking into the possiblity of an echange of world maps so to take some of the mystery away between our faction and relieve the pressure to our intelligence agencies. we would like to hear what your opion is on this subject.

before I end this transmission I would like to give you a friendly warning about the area south-west of your damaged scout patrol we met. it is full of native life like spore launchers and mindworms. We suggest you first regenerate your scout patrol before moving to that area. we have lost some of our own troops to this threat.

with high regards EAF Delta

Phenix · October 15, 2003, 13:29

some minor spelling errors:

prediction algorithms
and
exchange of world maps

Seems good, i like that you gave them a warning about those mind worms... trading military information is always good

Impaler[WrG] · October 15, 2003, 14:43

I am also wondering about the long term potential to conduct tec for unit exchanges with the Drones. We would trade them tecnologies, they would manufacture the armies and gift them too. Each faction would thus be consentration on its strengths and having its weakness suported, kind of an oposites atract kind of thing.

At the least we could float this idea too the drones. They would see that it is in our best interest to coperate, which could help restore our reputation after the whole PEACe debacale. The other factions are probly starting to catch on the the fact we are very Mackiavelian. They will need to see that it is strongly in our own interests to coperate before they comit to some kind of trade with us.

This will make the inevitable back stab of the Drones that much better!

Phenix · October 15, 2003, 15:13

Good idea, Impaler

Another remark:
since we're on the same continent (at least if that scout wasn't dropped there by a transport, we'll know soon when we trade maps), maybe it would be wise to discuss factional territory. Some things like respecting borders, how far both of us get to found cities on the continent, moving military and probe units in the other's empire, etc...

Impaler[WrG] · October 15, 2003, 16:28

I think that when the Coloy Pod at Matrix is finished we should send it a long ways out to extend our territory. Their are a lot of mineral and nutrient bonus out in that area but we will also need an escort because of the mind worms.

If the Drones are not on our land mass then we should claim the whole thing.

Corellion · October 15, 2003, 16:49

You have some points, however we also want to keep our supply lines short. We lose a lot of turns if the Colony Pod spends a lot of time travelling (or worse yet, being destroyed). I'm coming out with a new base site poll soon, so everyone can vote then.

DeathByTheSword · October 15, 2003, 18:32

send the message

Drogue · October 15, 2003, 19:00

Corellion: I like Impalers proposal. I think send the next CP off, and then fill in the gaps with other CPs.

DBTS: I like the PM, although I'd take outthe world maps bit. I asked last time and they said no (or rather, did not agree in their reply).

Drogue · October 15, 2003, 19:08

Quote:

Originally posted by DeathByTheSword
@ drogue: i agree about all the trades (when do we get the MCC?)

2145 IIRC.

Corellion · October 15, 2003, 19:57

2144

Drogue · October 15, 2003, 21:16

Nope, 2145. You are counting this turns production as production already happened. We have 56 minerals to go. Or we can get it next turn (2143) if we use 2 crawlers.

Corellion · October 15, 2003, 23:29

Oh... sorry, my mistake.

Phenix · October 16, 2003, 11:40

No crawlers IMHO, we need those to use in urgent military productions.

Good idea about the CP, but make sure to send a decent escort... mindworms swarming the place there

Drogue · October 16, 2003, 11:52

Already been done. We have many crawlers being built, and we need the MCC ASAP, as the naval yards give our sea units better morale, combined with the extra movement for our cruiser that's out, and to stop anyone else getting it first.

I'll talk to buster about trading Doc: Ini now, since we have the MCC sown up.

Phenix · October 16, 2003, 12:10

Ah OK, I hadn't thought about the need for naval yards to be in place before we complete our combat ships.

Googlie · October 17, 2003, 02:03

I have set up another secure (password protected) forum just for Hive and CyCon discussions

It is here

The password is voltogue

(This has also been posted to the Hive forum)

G.

Corellion · October 17, 2003, 10:34

Voltogue? You have one weird sense of humour.

DeathByTheSword · October 17, 2003, 11:37

i havent got any response by the Drones yet...maybe when they get the turn

Drogue · October 17, 2003, 12:03

Can I send buster a PM asking if they have anything to trade for Doc: Ini? Another trade could be good