Trespassing settlers will be prosecuted !

Have u ever had the dilemma of ai settlers trespassing on your turf ?
After all they're only in search of their promised land, right ? Wrong !

Here are some of their responses to "get out or else" ...
Ottoman - "Bearing gifts; don't mind us" (it's 0 BC, looking for baby jesus)
Maya - "Leaving straight away" (lying bas*****)
Zulu - "We're not afraid of war" (some honesty at last)

Problem is by the time niceties are exchanged, they're one step ahead of your border guards .
So how do you avoid a merry chase in your backyard ?

Here is a theory of angle of incidence ...

If the path of the offending settler is at a tangent to your boundary line, it is likely that it will continue out of your territory .
If, on the other hand, it is head on, it is likely that it will penetrate and continue into your territory .
In the second case, despatch with niceties and engage preemptively .
The 2 workers will serve as a pleasant addition to your workforce .

Screw the tangent stuff, if they get in my territory and don't get out after one warning shot, massacre 'em.

In sid lv, the option of massacre them is very effective, but for one turn only...

well, my fav thing to do is send troops to basicly surround him so he cant move when u go to war u have a hostage its fun.

sorky said:

In sid lv, the option of massacre them is very effective, but for one turn only...

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Yeah, the higher the level you're playing, the less attractive the "massacre option" becomes.

Only prosecuted? I attack them and proceed to capture at least 5 enemy cities and burn that many too