I&D - Faction Analysis - Angels

[jtsisyoda]

Edit: Sorry, db error caused double post.

[Mead]

Originally posted by Impaler[WrG]
The loss of Enigma significantly weakens the Angels in my opinion (besides the fact that their wont be any cheating).

Better to play as well as you can and lose honestly, than to cheat and win. You feel better and it is more fun. Plus you learn a lot more.

If we can resist their atempt to Infiltrate us by Probe team then I think we might be able to get into some good tec trading or even getting them to Pay US for a Pact to give them their Tec Share going.

Maybe, we could help the Data Angels once we meet them. We should be nice to them, because they are a less experienced team (until, of course, we kill them because cooperative victory is not allowed). If there were only two factions left standing to battle it out for the victory I would prefer it to be us and the DA rather than us and the Gaians or Spartans.

Do all we can to make the DA survive (unless we profit well from their death) until the others die.

I don't intend to sound so harsh, but this is, of course, just good business, nothing personal.

Mead

[arginine]

A partnership between the morganites and the Data Angels could take advantage of the fact: Morganites have money. Probe team actions can be expensive, and Data Angels get a discount when conducting probe team operations. Simply put, it would be ideal to outsource most of our covert ops to the Data Angels.

[jtsisyoda]

Brilliant, arginine! A win-win situation. Along the same lines, perhaps we could hire/bribe the Spartans to attack the Gaians or something? They'll want to attack someone anyway... might as well get paid for it, right?

And Mead, you are one greedy, conniving SOB. Good to have you with us.

[Archaic]

I'd prefer to bribe the Gaians to attack the Spartans. The Gaians are the worse team, in military terms. If they are attacked, they will have no hope of defending. If they can attack however, well, they might not be able to accomplish much, but I imagine we might make quite a bit playing both sides against each other while they fight each other to a standstill.

But yes, we should make all efforts to make the Angels our pactmates. The sooner we manipulate these hackers to our benifit, the better. I'd avoid a hostile takeover however. We need the commerce. Better to set them up as a dummy company that can be liquidated at an appropriate moment.