Dead Diplomats

[Khan Quest]

When a capital city is conquered there should be a chance that embassy entourage is destroyed. The chance should increase the further away the new capital city. Maybe the presence of roads/rail should be factored in also. I can’t see a pampered entourage traveling through a country at war, boarding galleys and traveling half the known world to frontier city on a tiny island.

Being at war with the conquering civ should increase the chance, as well should be razing the capital.

There should be a chance diplomatic ties are severed when sneak attacked or ROP is violated. Embassies should also be at risk of being lost when the form of government changes.

 

[Hyronymus]

Since when do embassies get lost during revolutions? Usually the embassedor gets replaced but the embassy continues to exist. Maybe it is fun to add the option of calling back your embassedor as a means of political pressure?! I find your subject title a bad fit with the post, btw. Could be I get lost in translation though.

 

[Yuri2356]

Since when do embassies get lost during revolutions? Usually the embassedor gets replaced but the embassy continues to exist. Maybe it is fun to add the option of calling back your embassedor as a means of political pressure?! I find your subject title a bad fit with the post, btw. Could be I get lost in translation though.

How many times have heard on the news:

"The (Nation X) embasy in (Nation Y) was bombed by rebels today as the riots continue to rage on the streets of (Nation Y's Capital)."

Embassy can be destroyed in times of war and political unrest, so why should't we be allowed to destroy them in Civ?

 

[rhialto]

Yes, the building gets attacked often enough. But the institution it represents and teh staff and expertise almost always survives.

 

[Yuri2356]

And replacing that facility would cost you, say, 1/2 the normal embassy price?

 

[rhialto]

Not even that. At least in Tokyo, there is a large office building in which suites are loaned out to various third world countries to use as embassies. You don't need a grand palace or fortified compound for an embassy.

At a bare minimum, all you need for an embassy is some office space and staff with expertise. Office space is routinely available in any city that hasn't been thoroughly gutted. Expert staff are slightly harder to find, but assuming you have any kind of transport connection back home, easily replaceable if lost.

 

[Lockesdonkey]

Washington, too. The Yemeni embassy in DC is a few rooms in the Watergate complex.

 

[Khan Quest]

In my haste to post, I forgot two other items I wanted to say. The risk of loss significantly decreases of time to almost nil in the modern age. The cost should be less, something like 1/2 price.

Is the Iraqi ambassador to the US the same as the one before the war?

Hyronymous: The title got you to read the post. Heh heh, that was the idea.