Nominations for Foreign Minister.

[General_W]

I nominate Fe3333au for another term.

Fe has consistently impressed me with his diplomatic and negotiation skills. In my view, he is largely responsible for making MIA into the diplomatic powerhouse that we have been thus far.

Questions for Fe (and any others who run):
1) I know there’s some concern over what will happen between the Dnuts and the KISSers – I’d like to hear more about how you plan to thwart any KISS attempts to turn this into a 2 v 2 game with KISS/Dnuts against MIA/TNT.

2) If TNT starts to get beaten badly by Dnuts, what do you think we might do? Try to aid TNT? Abandon them and join Dnuts? Try to Recruit KISS to counter a growing Nut empire?

3) If the Foreign ministry ends up with a budget – how would you prioritize spending the money?

 

[fe3333au]

Thanks General_W ... and good questions

I must say that due to breakdowns with KISS, the need to be available for AIM chatting has really declined, therefore anyone who wants to take Foreign Ministry for a drive ... should nominate ... after all, we all tweek the correspondence and offer ideas (I do not see that changing)

The Department will be run as it has now for most of our game with slight tweeking for improvement in reporting and general proceedure.


Questions

1) I know there’s some concern over what will happen between the Dnuts and the KISSers – I’d like to hear more about how you plan to thwart any KISS attempts to turn this into a 2 v 2 game with KISS/Dnuts against MIA/TNT.

I have initiated trading deals for luxuries, the more that Nuts get used to them the less they will be inclined to lose them ... due to a quirk in Meleet's world, we are in a better position for comodity swapping than KISS as they mirror each other with the commmon luxes.

I have also suggested that knowledge trading would be available if wanted ... we can always outbid KISS and crowd them out of dealings by presenting a better deal ... TNT will be a stumbler in this last idea, however clever wording can always open up new horisons.

2) If TNT starts to get beaten badly by Dnuts, what do you think we might do? Try to aid TNT? Abandon them and join Dnuts? Try to Recruit KISS to counter a growing Nut empire?

I do not see us as assisting militarily TNT, only with the odd watcher report (however these reports could easily prove unfounded or incorrect, especially if Nut's whispers prove to be sweeter ).

The last message from TNT has caused me to think that they are not our ideal partners ... I await the responce to our latest proposal ... They are talking about disbanding a city in their 'tactical' withdrawal !!! ... and judging from the Nut intel their battle strategies are often telegraphed :shakehead I have grave concerns and if they dismiss our advice, well we can always align with an open eared team ... either way it is imperative that KISS are excluded from any real alliances with the Battle Islanders.

3) If the Foreign ministry ends up with a budget – how would you prioritize spending the money?

Oh joy what a wonderous topic ... I see that a Black Purse to be extremely usefull and dare I say essential ... instead of begging for coppers (since there will always be something better to spend on ) ... the darker side of Internation Relations can be explored (through discussion of options), untethered and come into play I see it only fair to have a Black Purse, after all many a gold piece in our treasurery carry the stamp of exotic lands.

On to spending plans ... Embassies Embassies Embassies ... at least with Nuts ... i fear them the most in double dealing and I want to see if any goods are traded between them and KISS.

Later of course ... sabotage and in the case of KISS, maybe getting cities to flip (I'd want advice from more experienced players on this) ... maybe even stealing technology ... not for us but more so to disarm KISS when they want to trade with others ... they will find their knowledge to be common throughout the land's and people's of Meleet

Ask any further questions ... and if I am not successful, I will continue to maintain Looking Glass and the Vault resource

 

[classical_hero]

I relly do not see why anyone esle but Irongold will be needed.

 

[peter grimes]

I nominate Ybbor, in the interests of keeping these elections honest

 

[classical_hero]

He cannot run since he is our Capt'n.

 

[fe3333au]

I nominate Peter Grimes

 

[General_W]

Fe - Are you looking to step aside?

I can understand you contemplating retirement... you have some amazing diplomatic accomplishments under your belt... it's hard to imagine how you'll top that in the coming turns.

However, while I'm confident Peter would do a wonderful job - I'll re-nominate you for this position.

 

[fe3333au]

Just want a vote ... that's why I nominated non-standing members

 

[peter grimes]

I nominate General_W

I'm not sure if will I accept this nomination yet. I do love running against General_W, but there are time constraints I for me for the next couple of months.

 

[peter grimes]

I unfortunately cannot run for this office. If there is no one available to fill it, and the President taps me for this, then I will step up, of course.

Thanks for the support

 

[General_W]

As I'm now running for Domestic Minister, I too have to decline this nomination.

However - Fe – if you are looking for a race, I know a certain Weneral_G that will run against you and give you a run for your money! (If a vicious campaign is what you're after, Weneral_G is the best (worst?) there is!)

 

[fe3333au]

Weneral_G ... never heard of him ... what does he stand for ??

 

[gbno1fan]

Technical Question - What do we do if Weneral_G actually wins?

Question for "candidates" - How would you handle a situation where all three other teams threatened to gang up on us due to our enormous tech lead? Which team would you try to bargain with first, and what would you offer them?

 

[fe3333au]

I would try to weedle info out of them and try also to plant seeds of distrust ... failing that ... I guess it becomes a military issue

Another possibility is to try to 'buy' a powerfull ally with the accumulated technology ... I'd probably go for Nuts before trying KISS. KISS being last resort due to bad blood between us.

TNT are the weakest of the three and I think we would gain nothing from buying their favour, after all for this scenario to be valid, TNT would have had to break our Alliance and I feel that trailors deserve only our steel and possibly lead.

As a citizen and not a diplomat ... I'd say if this dark scenario did manifest, that we would go into a frenzy of military action and raze cities and reap as much destruction as possible ... concentrating mainly on defence with the odd sortie on foreign soil.

 

[ybbor]

Term 7

nominate!

 

[fe3333au]

I will put my hand up ... unless there is someone else who would like a term ... i don't wan to monopolise the Foreign department

 

[ybbor]

Term 9.

Nominate!

 

[classical_hero]

Irongold..

 

[fe3333au]

Thanks, I accept

if sussessful, more of the same from Foreign Department.

 

[azzaman333]

Term 10 nominations begin.