MIA meeting scheduled for 10:30 EST (2:30 GMT)
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Crakie
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Crakie said:
Oops, I missed what's underneath the spoiler brackets in Whomp's post... everyone got so enthusiastic about that MIA-AA deal that I assumed it was on. But it's not! Yay! We're back on track for a lively AA!
Kickbooti said:
Couple of points:
- MIA shouldn't be allowed to lag behind too much... we need them in the tech race with the other continent. We need to walk a thin line in indeed not making them too strong, nor rendering them useless.
- As for trust, I did not trust them in the first place
Besides, I'd rather conquer them than fight overseas. - And as for our loyalties being on the market... I think signing a long term agreement with an overseas partner makes MUCH more sense. I am very happy with these turn of events.
Daghdha
Absent Minded
Maybe scenario 1 is back on track? Be semi-hunky dory with MIA through AA, strike a deal with one of opponents overseas to help each other clean continent the go after MIA at end of AA or in early MA. This would be most satisfying as a "thanks for having us through AA, now we don't wanna have you".
As far as whom to hook up with on other cont. I'd say we lay low for a while. If they start quarreling, one of them will come running for an alliance. If we're top dogs here they may be more willing to join us than MIA saying "let's help out in clearing our respective continent". Best we can do now is to grow, grow and then grow some, make fair enough deals around the place and build military. Again, a strong fleet could facilitate buissness.
This will be interesting times
As far as whom to hook up with on other cont. I'd say we lay low for a while. If they start quarreling, one of them will come running for an alliance. If we're top dogs here they may be more willing to join us than MIA saying "let's help out in clearing our respective continent". Best we can do now is to grow, grow and then grow some, make fair enough deals around the place and build military. Again, a strong fleet could facilitate buissness.
This will be interesting times
Kickbooti
Ecclesia Militans
I'm with Dagh: grow, grow, grow.
Grab the dyes, grab the insence, concnetrate on the core, scout the continent and readjust as geography makes desirable. I'd love to have a second settler pump up and running soon; let's outbreed the greeks.
I understand what Crakie is saying about not letting MIA get too small, but IF we control the world's only source of dyes, and IF we can grab another resource or two for trade, we may be able to exchange for techs with the other continent and not worry about tech agreements with MIA.
I know that is speculative, so I'm not banking on it.
I can't tell if MIA is overly cautious but genuine, or unreliable and duplicitous. Therefore I assume the latter.
Go along to get along, trust but verify, [insert other folksy wisdom here], and build the Great Grape Fleet for exploration.
Grab the dyes, grab the insence, concnetrate on the core, scout the continent and readjust as geography makes desirable. I'd love to have a second settler pump up and running soon; let's outbreed the greeks.
I understand what Crakie is saying about not letting MIA get too small, but IF we control the world's only source of dyes, and IF we can grab another resource or two for trade, we may be able to exchange for techs with the other continent and not worry about tech agreements with MIA.
I know that is speculative, so I'm not banking on it.
I can't tell if MIA is overly cautious but genuine, or unreliable and duplicitous. Therefore I assume the latter.
Go along to get along, trust but verify, [insert other folksy wisdom here], and build the Great Grape Fleet for exploration.
Admiral Kutzov
Idiot Emeritus
not enough time, not enough familiarity with the protocols to actually trust I wouldn't invoke the wrath of provo. 
On the other hand, Emp Napoleon and crew are marks to be taken advantage of for as long as possible.
The one thing I am dead set on is that we research philo. those fools would choose Lit.
concur
what really struck us in the conversation was Emp Nap's cluelessness on technical matters like the settler pump. Just letting him know we have one should have sent shivers up his spine, but he seemed blase. They don't realize what we've got.
I see thousand of little men with swords and red hair running around our continent, I digress
On the other hand, Emp Napoleon and crew are marks to be taken advantage of for as long as possible.
The one thing I am dead set on is that we research philo. those fools would choose Lit.
concur
what really struck us in the conversation was Emp Nap's cluelessness on technical matters like the settler pump. Just letting him know we have one should have sent shivers up his spine, but he seemed blase. They don't realize what we've got.
I see thousand of little men with swords and red hair running around our continent, I digress
Daghdha
Absent Minded
He must've been lying about that to give the impression they are n00bs. Looking at the line up, they're not.AK said:
Tubby Rower
Chronic Slacker
Ok. It looks like a buddy-buddy system with MIA is out of the question. A letter came in stating the "relative values" of all of the techs.
I'll post it in the Diplomatic Relations thread since I'm in the opinion that this thread should die out, ironically just like our relation with MIA has seemed to already.
I'll post it in the Diplomatic Relations thread since I'm in the opinion that this thread should die out, ironically just like our relation with MIA has seemed to already.
gmaharriet
Ancient Crone
I've been thinking that it might be well to include the date of a meeting next time we use it as a thread title. Every time I come into this forum, I wonder at first if it's the same meeting or if another one has been scheduled.Tubby Rower said:
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