PEACE Relations - To trade or not to trade?

[Drogue]

We have had this debate for a while now, and it has come to crunch time. I have been debating with Flubber a lot this evening, and I am very much for this trade now. If we trade, we have a very good chance of getting a Pact. Thus not only do we gain Soc Psy, which we need for a builder game and for SPs, we also gain an ally and a way to diminish the power of the PUT. They seem very ameanable, and they said with a pact they would probably trade Doc Flex too. I believe we will gain enormously from this. As we do not know where they are, war could be futile, and we gain in commerce too with this.

You have seen Flubber's logic, and I think they are not trying to out do us. Indeed, I have convinced Flubber to hold a snap poll to and he is trying to get us 20 Ec to offer to trade. I believe we should do this deal regardless, however I have said if he can offen a sweetener, it would help me to convince the others. I think we will get a sweetener, possibly Ec, and probably a Pact. Let us show our goodwill, and do this trade. If we get a sweetener, then great. If not, it is still much to our benefit.

It looks likely that we will get a pact from this. There the vote is 2. A straight trade (obviously I will try to get us more) as issue 1. A trade with a small amount of Ec from them as a sweetener as issue 2. Yea or Nay to both.

You have 2 days.

[Drogue]

Crap, messed upm the poll. Sorry. Will close and start afresh.

[Maniac]

They seem very ameanable, and they said with a pact they would probably trade Doc Flex too.

Where? The only vague comment I read was:

Also a factional decison was made not to offer doc flex at this time. If we reached a closer relationship, sure but not at this moment

Anyway, I'd vote NAY on both issues (if it had been multiple choice ). IMO 20 ec is too little.