Just got these 2 PMs from Blubmuz. Sirius has announced they unilaterally withdraw from ETTT as of SciMeth. In the second message, just to us, they propose we discuss a new NAP and separate tech agreement that excludes the other teams.
At this point we can probably just focus on espy and steal from Sirius instead of teching... we just need to get Medicine first.
2nd Pm sent to AMAZON only:BLubmuz said:Dear ETTT members,
as you probably noticed we ceased to share techs after SM was researched.
As you well know we declared on Quatronia some 10 turns ago.
Those decisions were taken because our common enemies, the so-called Candy Axis, were eliminated, already (Mavericks) or soon (Merlot).
Thus, we see no reason to continue to freely share techs with the only surviving teams, since only one will win this game.
We decided to pick a target and this was, for logistic reasons, Quatronia. We admit we were duped by their tactic to keep their main Army loaded in galleons hiding in the fog. Good move! But we will recover.
Of course we're open to evaluate any fair trade any other team will propose in future and to keep good relations with both Amazon and CDZ. Maybe even with Quatronia, after the unavoidable fall of their home island.
We also like to propose a pact to ban the nuclear weapons, so this game can be won by any condition. This won't exclude the military option, but it can be a more interesting game if fought with "conventional" weapons.
Please let us know your thoughts on our proposal and on this whole message.
Blubmuz, on behalf of Team Sirius
Obviously we can not trust them with a new treaty, as they have just broken our two current treaties. Also notice they say they need to "recover" from strap Q set for them. I will check how much military they lost when I log in next. Since they have abandoned the alliance, and thus broken the SAP treaty with us, maybe now us the time to attack them while their military is weakened. At a minimum, we need to put all espy on them and steal Artillery. We also need to tell other ETTT that we are still considering them allies, and we will get Bio soon to share with them.BLubmuz said:Dear Amazonian Friends,
We apologize for declining your request for Physics in-game, but we wanted discuss with you the status of the ETTT. We fully intend to honor our treaty obligations to you, but feel recent developments in global politics make it impossible for us to allow the technology sharing as currently described in the ETTT to continue. Specifically, as you have noted, we do not want our research to benefit Quatronia. Again, we reiterate our position that it is impossible, and in fact counterproductive, for technology-sharing to occur between all the remaining teams.
We understand this position may cause you to break off all treaty agreements between our teams, but we highly value our alliance with you and would very much like to maintain a mutually beneficial arrangement. We are happy to renegotiate technology trading and NAP agreements between us outside of the ETTT. Again, we understand you might find such an arrangement impossible, but wanted to make the offer regardless.
Blubmuz, on behalf of Team Sirius
At this point we can probably just focus on espy and steal from Sirius instead of teching... we just need to get Medicine first.