At this point, going through diplomacy threads we see that currently there is 4 teams on one side and us and Pacal on the other (and we haven't even met Pacal) so it's 4v1v1 situation.
In order to go through this game, we need partners, and we need them bad, but so far no luck. When we were in position to offer trades, we did, but got stonewalled by almost everyone. We asked a lot of teams what do they want and made no specific demands nor threats. I think now is the time for one. I think that a message should be written and sent to all teams (maybe even in one email to make greater effect, but this is to be discussed). In this message demands should be made so clear, that it will give us an idea of how should we conduct our business. I also think that we should start making clear cut plans for who we will be attacking. I know that I advocated going after Q first, but I think we should maybe go for less obvious target, like Amazon or Sirius. I think that NO ONE in this game expect our attack, and if we can't win, let's make sure that one the favorites goes down with us. Our time-frame is limited and should be used as soon as possible since the game is still not in full swing. The email (I think) should go like this:
Dear (put team name in here),
Without wiggly words and beating around the bush, please hear what Mavericks has to say! In our attempt to make diplomatic relations with your nation we tried our best to offer a welcoming hand and give a lot of things which were in our hands at the time. But instead almost all of our offers fell into deaf ears. We got stonewalled from some of your (I think it is safe for us to assume at this point) allies and we do not appreciate this isolation set upon us with no particular reason. If some of our players made false remarks about some in-game events, have no mistake that those remarks were made only to provoke response from a team which did not answer us for days.
We understand that at the present moment we don't have anything to offer to you, but we would like to extend our offer to the future and make solid foundations to our plans, so we can coordinate future expansions and research so we don't step on each other toes.
The first offer would be signing NAP agreement effective immediately for next (30-50) turns. We will wait for your response 48 hours from the moment this email is sent. Should you don't respond to this email we will assume that your nation has hostile intentions towards us and we will choose how to act upon that.
We extend this offer to all teams that we currently know of, there is no back play to this offer.
Looking forward to your response.