turns of ACT004 game of Apolyton SMAC tournament

[Blunderdog]

Got the e-mail, but there was no game attached!

[Blunderdog]

OK, got it, and sent along to the Hive.

[Garth Vader]

Turn to Morgan. Although I got my turn from you way before you posted that last message.

[Garth Vader]

I just read the tournament rules again after noticing something strange in my turn. After I stole a tech from Morgan it asked me if I wanted to declare Vendetta on the Hive. I figured that Morgan got the same message so I thought I'd let him decide. Maybe he doesn't, this is my first email game. So it's up to you Morgan.

[TigToad]

Sigh..I'm sorry you felt that was necessary. Its a bug in PBEM games, the person who takes the action is the only one who gets the option, by rules of the tournament, we should be in a state of vendetta.. (effectively by not clicking vendetta it was a 'cheat' since I didn't know you stole the tech until this moment). Tho I was starting to wonder with all the tech equality coming to play how you were managing it.

Don't declare the vendetta, I'll do it when I get the turn back around. That way I'll call the small infraction even in exchange for me getting the 'extra' turn of energy from our treaty.

Once the vendetta's been declared we can decide if we are having peace or not from there. How many techs have you ripped from me anyway?
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Into CEO Tig mode...

As for whether or not there will be peace again in our time..is up to you. I need to see some reparations. The whole thing would have gone much easier on us both had you just asked what you could do to get those techs from me instead of betraying our treaty and my trust in such a henious and unscrupulous fashion.

Tig

[Blunderdog]

OK, it's back with the Hive.

[Garth Vader]

This is me from work, not a done turn message.

I didn't mean it to be a cheat, that's why I posted the message here as soon as I realized.

So you don't get any message when somebody steals tech from you?!? That's dumass. I only took two techs.

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Chairman Vader Mode

The Hive felt justified in taking this action as the Morgans were getting extra energy from our trade pact. In fact the Hive was getting NO energy from the trade pact we felt it was fair to get some of the fruit from that energy.

[Garth Vader]

Turn to Morgan.

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Hive official statement

After a search of my diplomatic options revealed no way to declare vendetta against Morgan and no way to downgrade the relationship as was required by our actions and since Morgan has not found a way to do this as I noticed we are still in treaty the Hive proposes that reparations will for now consist of continued trade which we are currently running a deficit on. Damn foriegn cars! The Hive officially asks the benevolent leader of the Morgans if he had any other repaiations in mind.

On another note despite the strong objections to probe team actions it appears that Morgan is not above using these tactics himself. A Morganic probe team was "dealt with" for being inside the Hive defense perimeter. We hope this blatently offensive action by Morgan won't jeopardize our current talks.

Warning to Peacekeepers: You have a colony pod inside one of our cities radius. We recognize that you have a legitimate claim to some of that polar continent but would ask that any city you found not infringe on our city.

[TigToad]

Turn is off to the PK.

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Memorandum to the Hive government:

You can talk of peaceful intentions all you want as you use espionage to get what you want. Then you are so afraid of counter espionage, a tactic we've already admitted we find repulsive, you destroy a scout vessel doing nothing more than exploring. If it was an issue of your waters you were concerned with surely asking it to leave was a better option than all out destruction. If you did not have the ask to leave option then it wasn't really in your waters in the first place and you had even less right to destroy it.

We are outraged.

Such is the outrage that where a trade treaty continuation may have been enough to ease the fears of our people before, now it is clear that we require recompense for the lost lives aboard the MSS Treasury. Compensation in the form of 125 energy credits payable over 5 years would be enough to ease our people's fears, assuming no further espionage occured.

As a sign of good faith on your part we require that you leave another of our scout vessles alone. It is currently in open water along the north shore of your island. I brought it down there for the sole purpose of finding out if your soldiers can refrain themselves. Keeping the men and women of the MSS Currency alive would go along way in seeing the validity of the good faith of the people of the Hive.

Sincerly, CEO TigToad

[Blunderdog]

Turn is sent to the Hive.

A U.N. colony pod has stumbled upon a Hive outpost. Advisory: The Peacekeepers are not nearly as forgiving as the Morganites, especially when it comes to unarmed citizens.

[TigToad]

(again not a turn, just diplomacy)

CEO Morgan speaks via Holo TV today...

"Had the Yang government come to us and explained how their people love the Morgan goods but were concerned with a trade imbalance that could be fixed if we were willing to help construct some of our factories on Yang soil so they could make some of their own goods, we would have considered it for the sake of our good trade relations. (IE_ had you just asked for a tech or two). This blatant use of espionage, however is most unfortunate.

If the Yang government wants to get back into a state of peace with the Morganites, reparations are still required. If not, the gigantic Morgan industrial machine will have to be shifted from peaceful industry to the making of military hardware. A state of affairs the Morgan people prefer to avoid as well as, I'm sure, the Peacekeepers.

Morgan officials also let it slip that they will be asking our planetary ruler and head of the UN what his opinion of this openly aggressive act is. (Umm..this is me asking..)

CEO TigToad

[Garth Vader]

Turn to Morgan

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I will discuss with my finance minister the affordibility of your demands. You will get your response before 2148.

The Hive has decided to allow the current offending units to live despite their intrusions on our territory out of goodwill towards our planetary neighbours. If you will excuse me I have a meeting with my minister of internal security.

[TigToad]

Turn is off to the Peacekeepers.

Tig

[Blunderdog]

Turn is on the way to the Hive.

[Garth Vader]

Turn to Morgan