Sparta-Gaian relations

[Kassiopeia]

What the hell? it just disappeared from the forum topic listing?

[Googlie]

I moved the thread in the Embassy for the time being (to a "storage" category that admins have) till we thrash out what we say.

I wouldn't divulge which faction we're dealing with, and I don't think we should even mention EthCalc.

the wording I put above was edited several times in the posting to hint (without saying so) that the AI had offered us 100 ec's for ind Auto (hence the passing over "50ec;s from the deal"

Also, in asking them to "waive the embargo on Ind Auto", if we then arev successful in selling/trading it to the Uni, we're nor afoul of any other restrictions (I wouldn't sell it to the Hive, though)

[Kassiopeia]

Sorry, I thought it was a bug

[Kassiopeia]

For future reference, please specify exactly what you want to hint with stuff, so far I've always taken it for granted that I can modify the text as I see fit as long as the main points are communicated.

[Kassiopeia]

I can just repost this and add the time restrictions and PMing and whatnot:

"Our turnplayer currently has the turn open and has made contact with another of the AI factions (not The Hive)

They have requested a trade of Ethical Calculus in exchange for Industrial Automation, and in recognition of your ownership rights to the Ind Auto tech for five years, we are wondering if you would be willing to waive that restriction in exchange for which concession we will send you Ethical Calculus as soon as we get it.

However, Ethical Calculus will remain our intellectual property (as regards onward trading by you to 3rd parties), and such trades will be embargoed for five years as per the techtrading terms of our Treaty

Time is of the essence as Googlie is currently holding the turn open on his PC, so we would request a reply ASAP"

[Googlie]

I just think you're giving away too much information. they needn't know, for example, that we've accepted the deal and will replay the turn if they disagree - that gives them far too much power over our current turnplay
(It was sufficient to say that the turn was paused pending their reply)

I also don't thinbk they need to know that it's the PK. Suffice for them to know it's [b]not[.b] the Hive

[Googlie]

How about the best of both versions:

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"We have been contacted by an AI faction who wishes to acquire Industrial Automation (not the Hive). If you are willing to waive the trade embargo on Ind Auto we would be happy to pass over 50 ec's from the deal.

(Our Covert Operations assure me that all human factions now have Industrial Automation, so proliferation of this tech inside the human players would not be an issue)

Time is of the essence as Googlie is currently holding the turn open on his PC, so we would request a reply ASAP" (We would like a reply from you before 0700 GMT (8 hours from the moment of posting). Copies of this message will soon be sent via PM and email to Illuminatus, Chaos Theory, laurentius and smacksim to get in contact with your faction as soon as possible

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(Edited for a typo)

[Kassiopeia]

Sure, I'm fine with it. At this stage I'll just post what you tell me to, I feel like I've talked myself into a corner a few too many times now.

Can you delete the thread from the admin forum, so I'll be able to just edit that to the one I put there again?

[Googlie]

(Do you want me to delete the thread in the Embassy so that your evental version won't have the edit sig?)

crossed posts - thread deleted for virgin version

[Kassiopeia]

The edit tag's alright, I think it kind of emphasises how important it was - so urgent that I didn't have the time to write it without typos.

I'll PM it off, then. Luckily I haven't sent off anything yet, since deleting PMs after sending them isn't such a simple affair.

[Kassiopeia]

I'll also add that they should not PM me, as I'll be asleeep at that time. They should PM you Googlie or write to the ambassadorial forum instea.d

[Googlie]

Originally posted by Kassiopeia
The edit tag's alright, I think it kind of emphasises how important it was - so urgent that I didn't have the time to write it without typos.

LOL - after all that the only versions of the post are the complete messages (I guess it doesn't save the edited ones, just goes to the original post)

So there is, in fact, no thread directing their attention to urgent messages in their PM or e-mails

EDIT:

One of the messages saved is the revised (final) one, but I can't :move the start messages of a thread" it tells me

So you'll need to again go into the Embassy and repost that final one as a new thread

darn rules!!

[Kassiopeia]

Yeah, looks like it's back in the limbo again.

So should I post a new topic (for the third time? )?

[Googlie]

yes - (crosspost)

[Googlie]

(and i make no wonder that Maniac missed half the posts in the Morgan thread about the Observer on board the Hunter - we've covered almost two pages in about an hour here since the PK's commlink was opened!!)