MSN - Diplomatic relations

[Kody]

Kody says:
we met the university
Voltaire says:
Yes, and the Drones have met the CyCon.
Voltaire says:
And the turn is up.
Voltaire says:
Everyone knows everyone else, at least with the Human Factions.
Kody says:
huh?
Kody says:
we only met the university this turn
Kody says:
and how did you know the drones met the cycon?
Voltaire says:
I was informed by Corellion
Kody says:
oh
Kody says:
well me just met the university
Kody says:
we just met the university
Kody says:
they're sitting on our land
Voltaire says:
Hopefuly not with colony pods
Kody says:
nope
Kody says:
just a scout
Kody says:
what should we do?
Voltaire says:
It's only a scout, we will of course ask for its withdrawl, we cannot have them finding out too much about us
Voltaire says:
as for diplomatic moves
Voltaire says:
establish relations, offer a treaty
Voltaire says:
we want to seem friendly
Voltaire says:
offer them no sign of hostility
Voltaire says:
and of course we will want to inquite if they are interested at all in tech trade
Kody says:
heh
Kody says:
I found out something
Kody says:
the cycon have broken pact relations with the pirates
Voltaire says:
That's an interesting development
Voltaire says:
why would they do that?
Voltaire says:
we knew their relations were sour
Voltaire says:
but breaking a pact must make the pirates suspect something is up with the cycon
Voltaire says:
diplomatically speaking it's a bad move
Voltaire says:
unless you're planning to attack
Voltaire says:
which i don't think the cycon are prepared to do
Voltaire says:
or have the capabilities of doing
Voltaire says:
quick sidenote question
Voltaire says:
when will the turnchat take place?
Kody says:
hrmm after we have established relations
Kody says:
I still need some time to do the preturn
Kody says:
I've got the basic moves
Kody says:
but haven't fine tuned it yet
Voltaire says:
alright
Voltaire says:
the marshal is back as you may have noticed
Kody says:
only played with current turn in the simulator
Voltaire says:
thankfuly
Kody says:
yeah
Kody says:
I was talking to him
Kody says:
and guess what
Kody says:
HE PUT THE PIRATES MAP TOGETHER!!!!
Kody says:

Voltaire says:
wow
Kody says:
well far more than I could have done
Kody says:
I tried, but failed
Voltaire says:
the marshal is dying for the oppertunity for the hive to go to war
Kody says:
do you want to try and set a time for the turnchat?
Voltaire says:
he seems most enthusiastic about it
Voltaire says:
indeed
Kody says:
hehehe
Kody says:
he always has been
Voltaire says:
setting a time would work best
Kody says:
so the question is who are we targetting
Kody says:
by the way I've been arranging to have 2 probes in a transport ship follow the foil probe to the university
Voltaire says:
good idea, let us find out where they are
Voltaire says:
afterall they are potantial targets
Kody says:
yeah
Voltaire says:
as we discussed earlier
Voltaire says:
if we're going to go after anyone
Voltaire says:
it will be someone close
Kody says:
it looks like we might be able to call a global council soon
Kody says:
do you think we should bring the subject up in the public forums?
Voltaire says:
Not yet
Kody says:
or are we going to milk techs etc first
Voltaire says:
it will get the others thinking about who will be governor
Voltaire says:
we may want to do some back door diplomacy first
Voltaire says:
assure votes
Kody says:
heh
Kody says:
ahh okay
Voltaire says:
I cannot seem to download the pirate map the marhsal posted
Kody says:
neither can I
Kody says:
we need to ask him to link it
Voltaire says:
yes
Voltaire says:
what do our chances look like for the planetary governor position?
Voltaire says:
the cycon and peace each have 19 votes
Voltaire says:
we should try to guarantee one of them
Voltaire says:
i'm getting ahead of myself
Voltaire says:
it's not even certain we'll be standing for the position yet
Kody says:
they look pretty good
Kody says:
we get 44 votes at the end of this turn
Voltaire says:
ourselves alone, or with the Drones?
Kody says:
just ourselves
Voltaire says:
wow
Kody says:
I've been very busy building our cities up
Voltaire says:
i've noticed, i just hadn't bothered to take a look at overall population
Kody says:
also I came up with a new strategy that can actually keep us up with the build race
Kody says:
as long as we keep this strategy to ourselves
Kody says:
I call it resource pulsing
Voltaire says:
do tell
Kody says:
okay well basically once a city is about size 5
Kody says:
we get a choice between minerals, food, or specialist labs/credits
Kody says:
now when we're about to stockpile go for minerals,
Kody says:
at other times specialists
Kody says:
food only needs to be taken care of every 2nd turn
Kody says:
it means that all our cities are borderline stravation, and every turn you have to adjust the food
Kody says:
however, it means we're getting free food
Kody says:
because you can't get negative food in the food box
Kody says:
so one turn you give enough food to give +1 food
Voltaire says:
Comrade Kody, I must say once this game is over you must share these strategies with the community, for they're revolutionary
Kody says:
the next turn you switch everyone to specialists
Kody says:
and starve the city for one turn without losing population
Kody says:
while that city is starving you can send that food to another city
Kody says:
heh
Kody says:
well anyone with infiltration is going to be able to see our strategies
Voltaire says:
hmm true
Voltaire says:
if they're paying attention
Kody says:
they're dumb not to pay attention
Voltaire says:
true, but let us assume they are, and hope they're not
Kody says:
okay
Kody says:
well who takes over university relations
Voltaire says:
I'll take it one for now
Voltaire says:
Do I PM Archaic or GT?
Kody says:
both probably
Voltaire says:
Alright
I'll formulate some introductory greetings
Voltaire says:
tell them we want a treaty
Kody says:
are you sure?
Voltaire says:
treaty with the Uni?
Kody says:
because we're going to break it pretty soon
Kody says:
in about 2149
Kody says:
in about 2149 we're probing them
Kody says:
and one of the things I might do is try and steal tech
Kody says:
because I'm setting up two probes
Kody says:
and it really needs to be decided now
Kody says:
because now is when we pay 22 ECs to get the transport faster
Kody says:
otherwise we'll sink it into a recycling tank or something
Voltaire says:
Well the treaty would simply be a formality to keep the University at east
Voltaire says:
*ease
Voltaire says:
they'd suspect something was up
Voltaire says:
since we've pacted with the Drones and Pirates
Voltaire says:
and not them
Kody says:
we need to decide diplomatic policy
Kody says:
between ALL factions
Kody says:
I'm inclined to keep our pact treaty
Kody says:
with the pirates for 35 years
Kody says:
or however long we originally decided
Voltaire says:
I will write up a report on my stance on diplomatic relations
Kody says:
because otherwise we lose our honor
Voltaire says:
others can comment
Voltaire says:
and we can derive a unified policy that way
Kody says:
however cycon definiately
Kody says:
yeah
Voltaire says:
i agree about the pirate pact
Kody says:
I'm going to comment that we're sorting out diplomatic relations
Voltaire says:
brb gtg eat
Kody says:
publically
Kody says:
I mean everyone knows now
Kody says:
cya then
Kody says:
you also need to tell them to carbon copy diplomatic messages to me too

[Kody]

HongHu since you are designated CyCon ambassador can you figure out the drone's stance of having the cycon as a non-permipacted, but pacted part of the alliance.