Team SABER

[CommandoBob]

This message came with Turn 194 from Saber:

Here's the save. Good Luck, we're all counting on you.

 

[CommandoBob]

Sent in quick reply to Saber, before we play our Turn 194.

Dear Friends in Orange,

You wrote:

Here's the save. Good Luck, we're all counting on you.

Thank you, but what is it that you are counting on us for?

If it is to play the next turn within 24 hours, well, given our recent track record, that probably won't happen.

If you are counting on us for something else, could you give us some clues? Whatever it is may work better if there are two of us involved.

Sincerely yours,

Art Parry
aka CommandoBob

Let FREEdom ring,
Let the white dove sing...

PS - I can be reached at Art DOT Parry AT Juno DOT Com for unoffical rumors and lies about MTDG 2, if need be.

 

[CommandoBob]

Received from Saber:

Shirley, you can't be serious. Marsden

 

[Empiremaker]

With the save on 215:

Dear FREE:

Congratulations on your speedy eradication of the culture nuts. We
would like to propose a toast to your victory and have brought some of
our fine wines for the occasion. We hope you would be willing to
provide some spices for a scrumptious feast in your honor.

Team Saber

 

[Kuningas]

We don't need Wines.

 

[Kuningas]

From SABER.

Dear Co-Contestant for 2nd place in this game,

We just noticed that you've signed peace with Council and would like
to make you aware of a couple of items. At this moment Council is
researching at about a 5 turn per tech pace and has only 6 techs to go
before launch (ie 30 turns til they win). They are already 2 full
techs ahead of us, and we are currently bogged down conquering Babe's
island and estimate that will take at least another 20 turns.

Best of luck in our battle for second place!

 

[CommandoBob]

Hmm.

If they are so concerned about The Council building a Space Ship, why don't slow down their Babe efforts and attack The Council?

Can we verify anything that they said?

 

[Empiremaker]

If they stop attacking BABE now, BABE will probably launch an invasion of SABER's home island in revenge for the earlier foiled invasion. If we can't be sure of killing SABER in 20-25 turns, we may want to attack the Council, then bite a small chunk of SABER/BABE.

If they are telling the truth, this means that SABER/The Council aren't working together anymore.

 

[Elephantium]

It could also be disinformation.

 

[Empiremaker]

Dear Team Free,

We are very worried that The Council is running away with this game.
They are currently roughly 20 turns away from completing the techs
needed for the spaceship. If we don't act now, they will win this
game. Without corporation between our teams, we'll both be losers
within a couple of weeks.

So we suggest the following:
-Stop trading luxuries with the Council. If we both cut our luxury
deals with the Council and you give us spices, we'll give you wines,
and we'll both be at the same number of luxuries, while the Council
loses two.
-Military. Neither of us can take on the Council alone in such a short
timespan. However, if we could both launch a small offensive, we migth
just be able to stop them in time.

We hope you'll help us stop the Council.

Yours,

dutchfire
Team Saber

How about we ask them for Synthetic Fibers. If we get it, we should be able to quickly invade The Council, if not, they show they aren't sincere about destroying The Council. I don't want SABER on their land because then they are too close to Domination.

To slow down their space race, we don't have to kill them, just take out some core cities so they can't research very fast.

 

[Elephantium]

Good idea - ask them to put their money (techs) where their mouth is.

If we can get Synthetic Fibers from SABER, I'd be comfortable joining a joint invasion of The Council.

 

[Empiremaker]

Proposed note:

Dutchfire and other SABERites:

As you may have noticed, we lack the knowledge of Synthetic Fibers, and hence our invasion would be slaughtered. But if you could send us Synthetic Fibers, we could invade The Council within 15 turns.

Empiremaker

 

[CommandoBob]

Looks good to me.

 

[Kuningas]

As you may have noticed, we lack the knowledge of Synthetic Fibers, and hence our invasion would be slaughtered. But if you could send us Synthetic Fibers, we could invade The Council within 15 turns.

I stole SB in turn 229.

 

[CommandoBob]

Ah!

I just skimmed through the turn log. I saw the Tech Screenshot but didn't realize that it meant we had the tech. My bad.

 

[Empiremaker]

Could SABER send some transports 1/2 turns before we invade to draw the Council's naval fleet and hopefully Mechs away from our transports?

 

[remake20]

Could SABER send some transports 1/2 turns before we invade to draw the Council's naval fleet and hopefully Mechs away from our transports?

That's fair but we might need to ask them for a bigger military attack than us to try to prevent a attack. We will still give most of our military power but ask SABER to give most if not all their offense and have someway of proving it.

Edit: I might make an example treaty with SABER that I think is fair but I think it will change.

 

[Elephantium]

By this time, I think SABER is trying to tie up our military resources so that they can invade us once we've killed the Council for them.

 

[remake20]

By this time, I think SABER is trying to tie up our military resources so that they can invade us once we've killed the Council for them.

I'm confused, are we attacking the COUNCIL or are we both attacking? I thought both of us are attacking.

Edit: I have a treaty ready and will post it when my question is answered.

 

[Empiremaker]

We don't know at this point the plan.