The ETTT

To all the members of the ETTT:

Just to start, a tech update: Quatronia has completed research on compass and we have starting on optics. We are not entirely sure what the rest of the alliance is up to techwise, so if you could give us an update that would be great.

We have been exploring the mainland quite a bit and have discovered several strategic resources. We suspect that the peninsulas are quite similar, if not exact copies of each other. On the peninsula with plains at the tip we have discovered stone, bananas, incense and copper (both us and CDZ have settled here). On the desert peninsula, between us and the Mavericks, we have discovered ivory so far. We would be interested to hear of any of your discoveries on the mainland.

We have just spotted the Maverick work boat heading back the way it came after being turned back by CDZ, so good work there guys, denying contact between Merlot and Mavericks will maintain a bigger advantage for the alliance. Have Sirius and Amazon seen any exploring boats from those two?

If Amazon is ready, Quatronia would like to enter a peace agreement with Merlot, seeing as we are not going to do anything to each other, and the double move rule has become a bit of a hassle.

Now to bring out an important issue that has that has gone largely unspoken in the alliance so far- Quatronia believes that this kind of tech-trading pact might as well be a military alliance, with the large advantages gained by all members. We had this idea when we first agreed to become part of the ETTT: Sirius and Quatronia take out Mavericks and Amazon and CDZ take out Merlot. We think that the tech trading pact will inevitably become a military one, and most teams probably agree, we just want to make it official, and possibly begin coordinating.

Both Mavericks and Merlot have probably figured out a lot of this by now; Mavericks have adopted a police state and have stopped pestering us for a trade (which is nice), and have now been turned back by CDZ. Merlot is, well, at war with two of us. If any of these two teams have sent any interesting messages recently, it might be helpful to share it so we can figure out their level of awareness of our alliance, especially any from the Mavericks, as they have a bizzare way of conducting diplomacy.

Quatronia was disappointed by the recent spat of arguments on the main forum between allied members, and we hope this has not damaged any inter-team relationships. We would also like to say that we have full confidence in the honesty of all teams.

Cheers, from sunny Quatronia.

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To all the members of the ETTT:

Just to start, a tech update: Quatronia has completed research on compass and we will start on optics, once we have the required machinery. When can we expect this? We are not entirely sure what the rest of the alliance is up to techwise, so if you could give us an update that would be great.

We have been exploring the mainland quite a bit and have discovered several strategic resources. We suspect that the peninsulas are quite similar, if not exact copies of each other. On the peninsula with plains at the tip we have discovered stone, bananas, incense and copper (both us and CDZ have settled here). On the desert peninsula, between us and the Mavericks, we suspect ivory and marble. We would be interested to hear of any of your discoveries on the mainland.

We have just spotted the Maverick work boat heading back the way it came after being turned back by CDZ, so good work there guys, denying contact between Merlot and Mavericks will maintain a bigger advantage for the alliance. Have Sirius and Amazon seen any exploring boats from those two?

If Amazon is ready, Quatronia would like to enter a peace agreement with Merlot, seeing as we are not going to do anything to each other, and the double move rule has become a bit of a hassle.

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Just a quick note telling you to check your team email for an update.

-Quatronia

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Fellow ETTA members,

Tech update: This seems like a good time to coordinate our activities. We anticipate completing Civil Service next turn. We have not decided what technology it would be best to pursue next. Given some of the military entanglements, we were considering Feudalism, but Paper is also an option once Theology is complete.

Mavericks situation: We were contacted by Mavericks ~10 turns ago, when their work boat entered our territory. At the time, they stated it would soon be followed by a trireme. Since we had no vessel that could contend with a trireme and our borders had not expanded enough to prevent the work boat’s passage, we let it pass. However, we have since seen no sign of this other vessel. It’s possible it turned around when we let their work boat through, or that they were bluffing about its presence. Regardless, their work boat took a detour into the channel leading to the mainland’s center. It re-emerged a few turns ago, and is just now leaving our territory. We will alert you if we see a Mavericks trireme, but it looks like Amazon could halt the work boats progress by refusing to open borders.

Resources: We are currently exploring and settling the mainland arm between ourselves and Mavericks. This arm has a plains tip with stone, pigs, copper, and incense resources. Mavericks may have settled a city here as well, as they claim to have settled near copper, but we haven't seen their cultural borders. We'd expect to be able to see them but we haven't fully explored the continent yet. The arm between Amazon and us appears to have a desert tip with marble, bananas, horses, and ivory resources.

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Greetings fellow ETTA members,

Team CDZ will we finishing Machinary in a couple of turns. We were planning to do Feudalism but if Sirus wishes to take this task on then we will need some feedback so we don't end up doubling up on a tech.

Regards
Robi, Team CDZ

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To all of our Friends in the Mighty ETTT Alliance:

We Zenobians hope that our allies are prospering, and we wish to share some important news.

First, our spies have confirmed, that Merlot has indeed made contact with Mavericks. We are not sure when this unfortunate event occurred, but we discovered it at the beginning of this very Year of Our Lady 800.

With this unhappy, albeit inevitable turn of events, a new M&M alliance is no-doubt soon to form. Although we were enjoying the advantage that our enlightened ETTT had been providing, we also relish the opportunity to feast upon the sweet candy-coated hides of our enemies, like so many delightful chocolate confections.

Towards this end, we would like to respond specifically to our friends in the Continuum regarding the recent hostilities with Merlot. While we would prefer that all of our friends remain united in open opposition to the evil Merlot, we can certainly appreciate the logistical difficulties with a restricted turn timer. Therefore, if you wish to press the King of Merlot for peace with his Kingdom, we would bear no grudge against you for that. As is said in our land, “I ain’t mad at cha.” Although, we are curious whether Merlot has actually offered peace, because we were suspecting that this war with Merlot would be a permanent state of affairs, having serious doubts tat the proud Merlot King would ever seek peace with the ETTT.

Additionally, our scout Marian has located Merlot’s copper source, on Marthaton, which they are currently attempting to mine, as well as the city nearby, called “The circus.” At this very moment, we have Pyrgomache, armed with large, broadly bladed weapons en-route to this city. Finally, since the evil, drunken Merlot warriors were the aggressors, we anticipate that their people will become weary with the war, while the Zenobians remain resolute in their righteous quest to avenge the murder of our beloved scout Dora the Explorer… May she rest in peace. Consequently, we will not be seeking any cease fire, or peace treaty with Merlot at this time.

We can confirm that the peninsulas are quite similar, if not identical. On the peninsula with plains at the tip we have discovered copper, incense and cow. On the desert peninsula, between us and the Sirius, we have found ivory, horse, bananas and marble. We have not located any stone yet.

We still have not seen any Maverick or Merlot boats near our waters, but with recent developments, they may prefer to just turn around rather than risk being sunk.

Last, we can confirm that we are pursuing Construction, however, we are in the midst of political and religious upheaval as we have thrown out the Barbarous, Pagan government and replaced them with a strong Bureaucratic government that will keep our Religion Organized. As Christianity was recently discovered in our lands, we have also declared Christianity to be our official State Religion. However, we still believe in a degree of religious freedom, and welcome your Missionaries to our lands. We hope that you will welcome ours as well. News of the Continuum’s mysterious Stonehenge has already resulted in some of our people adopting the Buddhist faith, and we hope this trend of religious diversity continues in the lands of The AMAZON.

Be Well,
Sommerswerd, Zenobian Captain

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