QUATRONIA Diplomatic Messages

[Trystero]

This thread is only for documenting diplomatic correspondences with Team Quatronia. Please see the QUATRONIA Diplomacy Discussion thread for discussion of these messages.

From us to QUATRONIA
Sent: Sunday, July 4th, 08:01 (GMT)

Hail and well met!

The Sirian people extend warmest greetings to the peoples of Quatronia. Our exploration vessel Voyager spotted a vessel of the Quatronian empire, the Rio Grande, in the eastern reaches of the known world, and hurried the news to our high council. The entire Sirian nation celebrated the news of our meeting. Truly the stars shine brightly upon us!

We hope our greeting finds the Quatronian empire doing well. Our friends the AMAZON, who reside to the north of Rio Grande’s current location, have impressed us with stories of the wonders of Quatronia and the just and fair Quatronian people. We therefore offer any Quatronian vessels safe harbor within our open Sirian borders, and their crews the hospitality of the Sirian people.

We are currently organizing our high council to send a more formal greeting, for we feel we have much to discuss, and we hope to bring our two great nations closer together. Please feel free to send all diplomatic correspondence to sirius.mtdg@gmail.com. I will be serving, at least temporarily, as the diplomatic liaison between our great empires. We look forward to hearing from you.

Respectfully yours,

Trystero

 

[Trystero]

From QUATRONIA to us:
Received: Tuesday, July 6th, 20:21 (GMT)

Dear Trystero:

Our people are very glad to have finally met yours. We can finally communicate directly with our allies in the ETTT. The Amazon have also told us of the exploits of the Sirian people, particularly how you researched alphabet before we even started on it. Sirius is truly the brightest nation of all.

Our nation meeting yours has been a milestone in our exploratory journeys; we have now made contact with all civilizations. We have explored extensively and are happy to answer any questions you might have about other teams.

Our island possesses silver, wheat and spices in abundance, we are curious as to the resources you possess that we might be able to trade in the future.

In regards to the development of the ETTT, we have just finished researching archery and would like to trade it to you for mathematics as per the ETTT so we can start on calendar. As you may or may not know, we have offered CDZ, who lie south of Merlot and east of us, membership into the treaty. We are glad to report that they have accepted. They will bring iron working with them.

We are happy to accept your offer of open borders and to reciprocate the offer. We have another workboat, the Ganges, whose explorers were disappointed they did not get to be the first to meet your nation, as they are within sight of your borders.

On a completely different topic, as an amateur astronomer, I am looking forward to seeing what you decide to name your cities.

Cordially yours,
CharlemagneXLII

 

[Trystero]

From us to QUATRONIA:
Sent: Wednesday, 7th July, 16:13 (GMT)

Dear CharlemagneXLII ,

Thank you for your response to our initial greeting. We learned from The Amazon, shortly after we dispatched our messenger, that you had agreed to the terms of the ETTT. We are most pleased that our great nations will be brought closer together through trade, and will be able to advance more rapidly through a more guided use of our research efforts.

We also thank you for your offer to share the knowledge you have gained through exploration, and that of your resources. We have surmised that each nation on our world was founded on an island between the arms of a great star-shaped continent. Furthermore, we have guessed that the creator bestowed upon each great nation resources unique to its homeland. No doubt this was with the hope that all of the creator’s peoples would work together to become great. Our island contains gold, silk, and fish. We’ve noted that other resources, such as clams, appeared to be distributed symmetrically around the star. This is yet another example of the creator’s grand design.

We have also discovered that although we may venture off our home island, and we may exchange knowledge with you, we are unable to trade resources until we master the use of the stars to navigate.

With regards to the ETTT itself: We will gladly and freely provide you with the technology you request, and have already offered you Mathematics in-game. We feel it best that these exchanges be made as gifts rather than requests or trades, so that the identity of the trading partners will not be completely obvious to those outside our alliance. We realize this is somewhat complicated and of dubious effectiveness, but would rather rely on discretion in these matters. Regardless, we are extremely grateful for your offer of Archery, and look forward to receiving this knowledge from you. We feel that we should shortly convene a council of the ETTT members so that we can best organize our research efforts. Nevertheless, we agree that for the present researching Calendar is a worthwhile endeavor. Our efforts our currently focused on establishing a Currency.

We were also extremely pleased to hear that you have managed to bring CDZ into our alliance. We have just encountered one of their vessels, and have dispatched an envoy to greet them. Once we have established diplomatic ties with them, we will begin a technology exchange program.

Finally, I am happy to announce that our high council has formally installed me as our diplomatic envoy to the Quatronian people. I look forward to long, fruitful alliance between our great nations. We were also glad to hear of your interest in the stars and hope in the future we may invite you to our Sirian observatories to gaze upon our namesake.

With warmest regards,

Trystero, Sirian Diplomat

 

[Trystero]

From QUATRONIA to us:
Received: Sunday, 11th July, 22:25 (GMT):

Dear Trystero:

Thank you for your speedy reply, and I apologize if our replies are not quite as speedy as yours.

In regards to the lack of trade before astronomy, our team has come to the same conclusion as yours.

We will look to gift technology from now on, it is more efficient that way. We have received IW from CDZ, and gave them about 6 technologies in return. They are no doubt quite pleased to be in the alliance. Iron working will be on its way to you shortly, if it hasn't reached you by the time this message does.

We have discovered iron in the middle of our island, and have guessed that you will soon make the same discovery on your island.

Now, to some unpleasant business. Our neighbours to the northwest, the Mavericks, have been hounding us with tech trade offers. If you recall, they have been left out of the ETTT. At first they offered us monotheism for techs totaling twice the worth of monotheism, then they offered monotheism for everything we have. In a bizarre reversal, they then offered monotheism for animal husbandry, and we politely declined the offer, having received mono from Amazon. They have now offered to trade Metal Casting, but we have come to the agreement that it is not worth going outside of the ETTT to research, and will not be requesting permission to do so.

CDZ is currently researching Metal Casting, but in the meantime, we are a bit concerned about any potential Maverick aggression from triremes once they realize they are being left behind; if you get in trouble with any triremes let us know and we will do what we can to help.

We also plan to prevent Merlot, the other team left out, from making contact with Mavericks, since our cultural borders might stop their workboat. If that doesn't, our galley will. Just be aware that they have a galley north of their homeland, near Amazon.

Sincerely,
CharlemagneXLII

 

[Trystero]

From us to QUATRONIA:
Sent: Friday, 16th July, 07:37 (GMT)

Dear CharlemagneXLII,

We thank you for your offer of Iron Working, we look forward to receiving it from you, and hope we too have an accessible source of iron. We should have Currency in a few turns, and will share that with you as soon as possible.

We also thank you for the warning about the Mavericks triremes. We should have a city established that we could use to close our borders to Merlot shortly. If it arrives before then, we should have a galley in position to stop the work boat. We would have much more trouble with a Maverick trireme at this point, obviously. We are currently attempting to settle the arm of the great star closest to Mavericks so as to deny them access to strategic resources. We are unsure of how effective this will be if they also have iron on their home island. Regardless, since Mavericks lie between our empires, we agree that we should coordinate our actions against them to our mutual benefit.

We will keep you apprised of further developments.

Sincerely,

Trystero

 

[Trystero]

From QUATRONIA to us:
Received: Sunday, 18th July, 18:40 (GMT)

Dear Trystero:

Just a brief note to point out that it is a Merlot galley that could be headed your way. It is currently in Merlot waters, probably being used for transportation, but could go try to make contact after we sink their workboat. We just want to make sure you know what you're dealing with, though we hope this doesn't change anything in our plan to prevent contact between Merlot and the Mavericks.

Sincerely,
Ambassador CharlemagneXLII
Team Quatronia

 

[Irgy]

From us to AMAZON, CDZ and Quatronia:
Sent Wednesday, 21st July, 08:16(GMT)

Greetings fellow ETTT members.

Now that we have all finally met each other, it seems sensible to co-ordinate our technology plans into the future.

Our current understanding is:
Sirius: Code of Laws
Amazon: Monarchy
Quatronia: Calendar?
CDZ: Metal Casting

There are many benefits to getting Astronomy on this map, so it is our suggestion to tech towards it as quickly as possible. This means there should always be one team should be researching one of:
Metal Casting->Machinery->Optics->Astronomy. Another team can get the cheaper techs of Compass and Calendar in parallel (both fairly beneficial techs on their own). It also seems wise to pursue Civil Service soon for the bonus Beaurocracy can provide to all of our research rates.

In principle it shouldn't matter which team researches which techs, if we're all sharing them. Although it may be wise for the teams with faster research rates to look after the Astronomy beeline and the key economy techs such as Civil Service which will speed up everyone's research.

What other technologies do people think are important?


One final issue; Our understanding is that it is best to transfer techs as gifts rather than damnds or trades, to avoid making it clear who is trading based on who is logged in when the teams' scores increase. It should therefore be the researching team's responsibility to push out the techs as they discover them. Now that all members have made contact this should not be a problem in the future.

The likelihood of disguising what's going on is low, but for the moment in particular we have not even made contact with Mavericks, so it is unlikely they know all of what's going on. It is better to keep them in the dark for as long as possible.

With all that in mind, we would greatly appreciate it if the next team to log on could offer us Iron Working in game. It seems to have been lost in the shuffle with all the techs swapping back and forth.

Best regards,
Irgy, on behalf of team Sirius

 

[Trystero]

From QUATRONIA to us:
Received: Thursday, 22nd July, 00:35 (GMT

Greetings Irgy of Sirius,

The Continuum is always pleased to hear from our partners from across the world.
The Q have been discussing similar things and were drafting up an email even before we received word from our neighbors.

In regards to our technology paths we also wanted to align plans for the near to long term. We are indeed researching Calendar as you so rightly acknowledge. Our scientists anticipate we will understand it secrets it 2 turns. Depending on what or treaty partners think our short term plan was to then head for Compass as it aligns with the will of our people. It may therefore be reasonable for us to also finish off that tech path by researching Optics.

Looking forward to hearing the thoughts of our other Tech partners,
Sincerely,
CharlemagneXLII

 

[Trystero]

From us to QUATRONIA:
Sent: Sunday, 25th July, 04:12 (GMT) [by PM from Trystero]

Dear CharlemagneXLII and Quatronian friends

This is just a brief note to keep you abreast of recent developments. We noticed your declaration of war against Merlot, and surmise that you sank one of their work boats. Apparently a Merlot warrior attacked the Amazons drawing them into the conflict.

We have made contact with Mavericks this turn. Their work boat encountered a galley of ours near our cultural borders. Unfortunately, our cultural borders won’t pop in time to prevent them from passing. We have a galley in position to sink the work boat, however we are concerned because they informed us that a trireme was following close behind the work boat. Even if we sank the work boat, we could not stop the trireme.

Also, they offered us Machinery in trade in 2 turns, suggesting they could have crossbows soon if they hook up iron (We don't think they have Iron Working yet). The combination of triremes and crossbows could cause problems for us. We are therefore inclined to let the work boat pass to buy us time, but we wanted to consult with you first. We have warned Amazon of its approach with the hope that they could prepare to stop it.

We would appreciate your thoughts on these developments

Thanks,

Trystero, Sirian diplomat

 

[Trystero]

From QUATRONIA to us:
Received: Sunday, 25th July, 12:44 (GMT) [via PM to Trystero]

Dear Trystero:

We have indeed sunk a Merlot workboat. Their attack on Amazon indicates that they may be aware of our alliance.

We suggest you do not worry about the Maverick boat, and leave it to Amazon if they are able to deal with it. We are actually letting a Maverick WB through to CDZ, where culture will stop it. This way members of the ETTT are not at war with their direct neighbours, and we do not violate the non-aggression pact we signed with Mavericks when we met them.

The Mavericks have also offered us machinery, hopefully CDZ can research it relatively soon to counter that. They've finished metal casting, so we'll be able to counter triremes soon at any rate.

 

[Trystero]

From QUATRONIA to ETTA:
Received: Thursday, 19th August, 15:29 (GMT)

To all the members of the ETTT:

To start, a tech update: Quatronia has completed research on compass and we will start on optics, once we have the required machinery. When can we expect this? We are not entirely sure what the rest of the alliance is up to techwise, so if you could give us an update that would be great.

We have been exploring the mainland quite a bit and have discovered several strategic resources. We suspect that the peninsulas are quite similar, if not exact copies of each other. On the peninsula with plains at the tip we have discovered stone, bananas, incense and copper (both us and CDZ have settled here). On the desert peninsula, between us and the Mavericks, we suspect ivory and marble. We would be interested to hear of any of your discoveries on the mainland.

We have just spotted the Maverick work boat heading back the way it came after being turned back by CDZ, so good work there guys, denying contact between Merlot and Mavericks will maintain a bigger advantage for the alliance. Have Sirius and Amazon seen any exploring boats from those two?

If Amazon is ready, Quatronia would like to enter a peace agreement with Merlot, seeing as we are not going to do anything to each other, and the double move rule has become a bit of a hassle.

Cheers, from sunny Quatronia.

 

[Trystero]

From us to ETTA:
Sent, Friday, 20th August, 19:15 (GMT)

Fellow ETTA members,

Tech update: This seems like a good time to coordinate our activities. We anticipate completing Civil Service next turn. We have not decided what technology it would be best to pursue next. Given some of the military entanglements, we were considering Feudalism, but Paper is also an option once Theology is complete.

Mavericks situation: We were contacted by Mavericks ~10 turns ago, when their work boat entered our territory. At the time, they stated it would soon be followed by a trireme. Since we had no vessel that could contend with a trireme and our borders had not expanded enough to prevent the work boat’s passage, we let it pass. However, we have since seen no sign of this other vessel. It’s possible it turned around when we let their work boat through, or that they were bluffing about its presence. Regardless, their work boat took a detour into the channel leading to the mainland’s center. It re-emerged a few turns ago, and is just now leaving our territory. We will alert you if we see a Mavericks trireme, but it looks like Amazon could halt the work boats progress by refusing to open borders.

Resources: We are currently exploring and settling the mainland arm between ourselves and Mavericks. This arm has a plains tip with stone, pigs, copper, and incense resources. Mavericks may have settled a city here as well, as they claim to have settled near copper, but we haven't seen their cultural borders. We'd expect to be able to see them but we haven't fully explored the continent yet. The arm between Amazon and us appears to have a desert tip with marble, bananas, horses, and ivory resources.

Trystero, on behalf of Team Sirius

 

[Trystero]

From us to the ETTA:
Sent: Monday, 23rd August, 04:41 (GMT)

Fellow ETTA members,

Based on feedback from other teams, we will pursue Paper next to enable map trading. This is not necessarily a high priority for us, but other members seem to have the immediate tech needs covered. Our current understanding of the research plans are:

Sirius: Paper
Amazon: Theology > Construction
Quatronia: HBR (partial) > Optics
CDZ: Machinery > Feudalism

We are always open to discussions of alternatives.

Quatronia alerted us to a Holken at the eastern end of the arm between us and Mavericks. Our settlement on this arm has been under constant barb attack, so we have not been able to fully scout this arm. We are even uncertain of the location of the Mavericks city. The only unit we have nearby is a wounded archer, which is far enough away that it is doubtful it could prevent the Merlot unit from contacting Mavericks, and is likely to be ineffective. If the Holken takes an indirect route (i.e. it heads north) we could intercept it with an axeman.

Sincerely,

Trystero, Team Sirius

 

[Lord Parkin]

From Quatronia to us:
Sent: Sunday, 29th August, 05:26 (GMT)

Quatronia would like to buy your workboat for 40 gold. Is Sirius interested in selling it?

 

[Trystero]

From us to QUATRONIA:
Sent: Monday, 30th August, 02:52 (GMT)

Dear Quatronian friends:

We would be willing to sell you our work boat for 40 gold, if you are willing to trade maps once we complete researching Paper. Our primary interest is intelligence regarding Mavericks territory, which we have not scouted yet.

Sincerely,

Trystero, Sirian diplomat

 

[Trystero]

From QUATRONIA to us:
Received: Wednesday, 1st September, 13:35 (GMT)

That sounds great, we would be happy to trade maps. When do you anticipate getting paper?

We also feel you should know that Mavericks sent us an ultimatum, apparently our exploring warrior is scaring them, despite our open borders and non-aggression pact. We have no idea how this situation will be resolved, as the Mavericks are quite unpredictable. We'll keep you apprised of further details, but look for a Maverick DoW.

The money will be wired to your account shortly.

Sincerely,

CharlemagneXLII
Ambassador

 

[Trystero]

From us to QUATRONIA:
Sent: Thursday, 2nd September, 18:44 (GMT)

Dear CharlemagneXLII and friends in The Continuum,

We thank you for your cash gift, and hope you can make good use of our work boat Voyager. We anticipate completing our research of Paper in 4 turns (turn 89), and will offer you a map trade as soon as we are able.

Thanks also for the information regarding Mavericks. We have had no contact with them since we declined their trade offers. We should be encountering their culture on the land mass between our home islands shortly, however. We will likewise keep you appraised of developments on that front.

Regards,

Trystero, Sirian diplomat

 

[Trystero]

From us to ETTA:
Sent: Sunday, 12th September, 22:23 (GMT)

Fellow ETTA members,

We have completed our research of Paper, and have distributed it to the ETTA. We think it would be the best use of our research capabilities if we work on Astronomy as soon as Optics is available. We will need to accumulate some gold to do so, and are planning to put minimal beakers into Philosophy while we wait for Optics.

We would like to know if the rest of the ETTA agrees with this course of action, and what the others were planning to research.

Regards,

Trystero, Team Sirius diplomat

 

[Trystero]

From QUATRONIA to the ETTA:
Received: Thursday, 16th September, 16:17 (GMT) via PM

The AMAZON will complete Construction next turn. We will be teching Feudalism next. We agree with Sirius plan to tech Astronomy.

On the war front... We currently have several Pyrgomache destroying improvements near the coastal Merlot City, "the circus".

Peace and long life friends,

Sommerswerd, Zenobian Captain

Sommerswerd,

You guys will be teching Feudalism? I remember that CDZ said they would be teching Feudalism after Machinery. But then instead of doing that they seem to have gone Aesthetics-> Literature. Could all the teams clarify their tech plans so we are all on the same page?

Here is my understanding so far:

Quatronia: Drama (2 turns)-> Music (6 Turns)
Sirius: Astronomy
Amazons: Construction-> ?
CDZ: ?

-Cav

 

[Trystero]

From QUATRONIA to the ETTA:
Received, Thursday, 15th September, 00:44 (GMT)
(Note that this precedes the message in post #19)

To our fellow alliance members:
Quatronia agrees with Sirius' choice of researching astronomy. We will be researching drama shortly, followed by music.