DIPLO: Lux Invicta contact LOG

[Dominae]

This is the thread to record all pertinent communications between us and Lux Invicta.

*** As usual, please do not post in this thread ***

Nothing much here right now, as Admiral PJ and the rest of the Invictans have been pretty quiet after our failed alliance. Meshelic, could you post a log of that when you get the time (I wasn't directly involved myself)?


Dominae

[Dominae]

Dominae wrote:


Members of Lux Invicta,

Greetings and salutions! I trust your preparations for the fateful first day of the DemoGame are well under way and going well. As part of our own preparations, the diplomats of Gathering Storm have been sent out to officially contact each other team. Thus, I introduce myself:

Dominae of Gathering Storm, Ambassador to Lux Invicta.

My roles as ambassador is simple: I am to represent Gathering Storm in diplomatic relations between our teams. Rest assured that I will be honest and faithful messenger. Although my allegiance is to the great Gathering Storm, I promise to hold the opinion and will of your people in high regard.

Feel free to contact me anytime, about anything, via any channel, but know that I am sworn to report any and all communications with your team to my supervisor, the illustrious Meshelic.


May our relationship be fruitful!

Dominae of Gathering Storm
Ambassador to Lux Invicta


P.S: Please respond to this greeting before the game commences on or around December 1st.

[Dominae]

Calc II wrote:

Greetings and salutations back to you Dominae! It should be the case that an ambassador should be replying with a warm welcoming, but I am sorry to tell you that with our minister of foreign relations just recently nominated, he didn't have enough time to appoint the diplomats appropriate for the GoS. I apologize that an official diplomat has not come to you in place of me, but I assure you that we are taking careful consideration of who is best to represent us, so that we may have good standing relationship instead of someone without any diplomatic skills that may cause misunderstanding between us. Please wait patiently until sort this out. The official diplomat, once appointe, will reply to you ASAP.

[Dominae]

Dominae wrote on January 8:


Hail friend Admiral PJ!

I am embarrassed not to have had the pleasure of speaking to you in person before now. I bring tidings from Gathering Storm. We are both certainly busy people, but I hope to communicate with you more often in the future. The benefits to our teams is beyond doubt.

On to the matter at hand:

By now, you've certainly had time enough to orient yourself in this strange and virgin world. I think you'll agree that it is full of opportunity, yet also rife with potential danger. Your recent efforts, like ours, have surely been in attempt to "civilize" this planet. One mark of a civilized people is the basic understanding of geography. Alas, most of this world is still shrouded in darkness. But word of your empire has reached our ears from afar! We long to know more about you. Where on this planet do you call "home"?

I'm sure you've already anticipated my proposal, but let me lay it out: would Lux Invicta be interested in trading minimaps with Gathering Storm? These "minimaps" would be from the very beginning of time itself, around 4000BC.

I cannot understate how beneficial this would be for both our peoples. Among many other things, it would bring us closer to more advanced forms of trading, and forewarn contact with other potential friends or enemies. Above all, it would satisfy the curiosity that is eating away at us all (I'm sad to report firsthand that curiosity does not only kill cats...).

Whether or not Lux Invicta is interested in such a trade, please contact me by PM as soon as possible. I look forward to your response.


Dominae of Gathering Storm
Ambassador to Lux Invicta

[Dominae]

Dominae wrote on January 8:


Greetings Trip!

This is Dominae from Gathering Storm. I recently sent the message below to Admiral PJ, your team's Foreign Affairs Minister. I'm simply forwarding it to you as well in case he is away or does not check his PMs on a regular basis. Please let us know your position soon.

Best of luck!


Dominae of Gathering Storm
Ambassador to Lux Invicta

I enclosed the previous message to Admiral PJ.

[Theseus]

Did you mean 'overstate'?

[Dominae]

Originally posted by Theseus
Did you mean 'overstate'?

Ah yes, silly me. I noticed a few other errors after re-reading it today. Hopefully they'll get the gist of what I'm saying, because I'm not sure anyone wants to edit these things (for mistakes, not content).


Dominae

[Dominae]

Dominae wrote on January 10th, 2003 10:56 am:

Trip,

I see you're online now. I sent you a PM concerning the PTW DG a couple of days ago. If you got it, could you please confirm this? I just want to know if I should be trying to contact your team through other channels.


Dominae of Gathering Storm
Ambassador to Lux Invicta

[Dominae]

Trip wrote on 10-01-2003 13:46:

Forgive me for the circumstances. I replied to your PM, but it appears to have not reached its destination, or some other oddity. My team and I are discussing the proposition, and should have an answer for you very soon.

Yours,

Trip, Administrator Lux Invicta Demo Game

[Dominae]

Trip wrote on January 15:

Forgive me for the time it took to respond to your message. Internal affairs within our team have been rather pressing, as have been many out-of-game affairs for me.

My team has been rather negative towards the idea of trading mini-maps with any teams as of yet. We have not engaged in a trade with any other team. My team has not reached a conclusive decision with our poll, and so regrettebly I must inform you that due to these circumstances I am not authorized to negotiate a trade.

I will discuss this matter futher with my team, and hopefully we might conclusively reach a decision to engage in some sort of trade with your team. We hope to meet you in the game soon, and wish you the best of luck.

Yours,
Trip, Administrator Lux Invicta Demo Game

[Dominae]

Trip's PM box is currently full, but here is my planned response:

Dominae wrote on January 15

Trip,

We are sorry to hear about your team's decision, though we do understand the benefits of your isolationist choice. But please keep Gathering Storm in mind as a possible trading partner as the game progresses.

May your corruption be low and your citizens happy.


Dominae of Gathering Storm
Ambassador to Lux Invicta

[Harovan]

This just arrived by PM.

Hello!
I sent this to NYE, but he has gone offline. Trip suggested to send it to you, too.
BigFurryMonster

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Hello NYE, leader of Gathering Storm!

Let me introduce myself. I am BigFurryMonster, Minister of Peace and Furry Things of Lux Invicta, a Civilization you have probably heard rumours about, but whom you have not met yet. Let me just say - this can change.

We have information that a sea separates our continents. At one point, though, this sea is quite narrow. If you could get one of your scouts to this location, and we send a unit as well, we could yell to each other across the strait if the winds are favorable. In other words - we could trade technologies.

Let me inform you of the location of this place. It is just outside a cave, on a white cliff, at the north-western point of your continent. We have heard voices there before...

Let me know if this interests you.

Greetings from across the strait,

BigFurryMonster of Lux Invicta

Interesting, ain't it?

[Harovan]

My first response:

Dear BigFurryMonster!

Your message has arrived and was published to the people of Gathering Storm. We appreciate the information regarding contact and will discuss this matter in our team. Please be patient and wait for the response of Dominae, our Official Ambassador to Lux Invicta.

Sincerely,

Sir Ralph
Leader of Gathering Storm

[Harovan]

We need to write a response ASAP! Where's Dominae?

Hello Sir Ralph! I hope my messenger finds you in good health.

I was just wondering: have your people already decided on a response to my message?

BFM

EDIT: Just tried to write a quick response and noticed, that BFM's PM-box is full. That may also serve as an excuse for the missing response.

[Dominae]

BigFurryMonster's PM is indeed full, so I've fowarded this to Trip instead.

Greetings BigFurryMonster, from Gathering Storm!

First, I must apologize for the tardiness of my reply. Although I did read your message last week, I was away during the weekend and could not produce an adequate response. I hope this will not hurt my function as ambassador to your team. Please know that zeit has now taken the Chief Diplomat's seat within Gathering Storm, and you may contact him if I am not available.

On to business.

To be frank, I was quite surprised to read your message: after refusing to trade minimaps, I was certain you were planning an isolationist game. But progress knows no bounds, and you have surely met other teams, which brings promises of glory, either through warfare or diplomacy. Gathering Storm wants the latter.

To be sure, Gathering Storm wishes very much to contact Lux Invicta in-game. But the situation with Vox Controli on our continent prevents us from sending a unit up to the designated location. Thus, we will probably be meeting each other either by Galley or through Contact purchase. We're currently taking steps to ensure one of these two possibilities becomes a reality, but obviously the process would be greatly accelerated if Lux Invicta were to make efforts in this regard as well. Sending your own Galley down either coast of our continent would surely do the trick, as would buying Contact from Vox.

Concerning our future relationship: who knows the future? But let me say that Gathering Storm wants an equitable trading partnership above all. Thinking of war just a few hundred years after the dawn of civilization makes us cringe. Any fair proposal that would bring our peoples closer together and jointly increase our power will definitely be considered. Please, speak your mind.

I'm afraid I cannot provide anything of more substance at this time. I will gladly answer any questions you have, if I am permitted. For now, some questions of our own:

1. How many other civs have you contacted?

2. How far ahead are you in the tech tree?

3. What kinds of Luxuries do you have access to?

4. Do you have any military plans at the current time?

5. Would you be interested in a partnership with us?

Of course, you answer these questions at your discretion.

With this, I leave you for now. May your Settlers never be caught alone with bloodthirsty barbarians (which do exist, by the way).


Dominae of Gathering Storm
Ambassador to Lux Invicta