Greetings Trystero and Team Sirius,
We will happily accept Open Borders and look forward to a mutually beneficial alliance.
In terms of technology trade, we feel it is important that you are fully aware of our tech situation so that we do not set expectations for you that we cannot meet.
We expect one of the three scenarios to occur:
1) If the gods do not smile upon us, we will be uncovering the secrets of Theology shortly. In that case, we would be happy to trade this tech and perhaps get a missionary to your lands so that you can benefit from this tech.
2) If the gods do smile upon us, we could be uncovering the secrets of Machinery shortly. We would be most interested in Iron Working, Writing, Alphabet and possibly Monarchy and/or Calendar, which we believe you are close to acquiring.
3) Alternatively, we may use our fortune for another project, then look to uncover the secrets of Machinery in another 20 turns. We could revisit the tech trades at that time.
Of the three, we feel that the third scenario is most likely, but our hands may be forced into the first, but it is not likely.
Also, we are just curious if you have had any communication problems with Quatronia. Despite signing open borders and a non-aggression pact with them, they do not respond to us for weeks at a time. Do you know if this is deliberate or not? How has your relationship with them been?
And lastly, resource trades could benefit both our nations greatly. We have Gems and Rice, and will have Dyes in the future. What do you have available and would you be willing to resource trade?
Regards,
TheMike
Mavericks Diplomat