Neu Demogyptica - correspondence & foreign affairs

[lmtoops]

What does the ISDG have to do with this game?

Is there some pending attack in ISDG that is similar to our situation? I guessing here. I'm not part of ISDG at all.

[vondrack]

It no longer makes sense in this thread... Tibi referred to something from ISDG that is supposed to be kept secret. NM objected (IMHO, for no good reason - we do not have members that could reveal the secret to "the other party") and Tibi took that part out of his post.

Just ignore the whole thing - Tibi's post makes sense even without that reference (actually, for those not part of ISDG, it makes even better sense now... ).

[lmtoops]

Got it!

[vondrack]

Received the following message from Darekill today:

Hi Vondrack,
As planed we accepted peace and offered unaceppted spices.
The bug seems to be gone since I was able to open the active Deals Screen.

As for our Transport. We will move it so, that it won't provoke you. GoW needs to be distracted a bit. So there will be still some Transports moving within our cultural borders but a single Transport isn't capable to pose a major threat to you.

As for GS. The only thing I can asure you that there is something cooking. Something you already know.Better be good prepared. We try to prepared for any stupidity of GoW...

Greetings Darekill

He's responding to my line about GS cooking something up I added to a PM regarding the fake war. So, I believe it's crystal clear now. Even ND knows that GS is after us. Even ND is not sure where GoW stands - and better get prepared for everything.

[Kloreep]

Or they just want us to think GoW is an uncertain factor. Let's not trust them too much.

[vondrack]

Anyone else noticed Darekill's post in the public forum?

Originally posted by Darekill
1200AD to GoW

This was my last turn as Ministerpräsident (Prime Minister). I still don't know who will do the next turn for ND so please be patient if it will need more than 24 hours to do the turn...

This is interesting. It may be he's just not having time to play (that would fit with his remark regarding the player to replace him)... but it may be that his anti-Lego policy led ND to a position their member base did not like.

Who knows... once their new turn-player is known, it will be time to give some trading a try. ND lacks Atomic Theory, at the very least. Or lacked, last turn.

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by vondrack
but it may be that his anti-Lego policy led ND to a position their member base did not like.

It'd be beautiful, but I don't really think so. That's probably only wishful thinking.

Anyway, I definitely agree to try and talk with the new ND leader. Maybe it'll be Zayxus again

[ZargonX]

Well, whomever it is, let's just hope they aren't as stridently anti-us as Darekill was...

[Kloreep]

Or perhaps Zayxus simply wanted to stab us in the back eventually, and Darekill wanted to go the more honorable route of cutting off relations before any attack.

Your bit of gloom for the day has been brought to you by Kloreeps for Pessimism.

[vondrack]

ND is puzzling me more and more... two turns played by zerialienguru, now one turn by Flati (but apparently with some guidance or assistance by Darekill)... WTF?

[vondrack]

The chat with Darekill was worth the time, I believe. Very much worth the time.

We agreed on total confidentiality - on the private level. So... I'm not going to post the log, nor disclose details. I am really sorry for that - I am not trying to keep you out of the loop, but I am only able to get certain information this way.

Just trust me with my judgment when it comes to ND these days, please.

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by vondrack
The chat with Darekill was worth the time, I believe. Very much worth the time.

We agreed on total confidentiality - on the private level. So... I'm not going to post the log, nor disclose details. I am really sorry for that - I am not trying to keep you out of the loop, but I am only able to get certain information this way.

Just trust me with my judgment when it comes to ND these days, please.

Can you PM the log to me?

[ZargonX]

Just trust me with my judgment when it comes to ND these days, please.

Of course we trust you, V. Unless thing go terribly wrong, at which point we lynch you.

[Kloreep]

Originally posted by ZargonX
Of course we trust you, V. Unless thing go terribly wrong, at which point we lynch you.

Exactly.

[vondrack]

If you wanna have a look at what this is about, check the 1250AD war thread. There are two ND vessels in our territorial waters - NDS Haudruff & NDT Schlepper.

From what Darekill told me yesterday, this is kind of a test. We shoot, they shoot. We turn hostile and/or take a hardline stance, they turn hostile and/or take a hardline stance. We ask them to leave and they may get pissed. We ignore them and things may start moving in the wrong way.

So, a delicate situation it is... talking to some of you in the chatroom, an idea crossed my mind... using a little bit of roleplaying might allow us to send the message, while still keeping our face.

Let me sketch a draft here:

Honourable Nation of Neu Demogyptica!

It is in sad times that we send you this message. As you have probably heard already, we were attacked by the nations of Gathering Storm and Glory of War. This attack was unprovoked, coming while we struggle to keep pace with the fast-evolving world.

With reports of our ships being sunk all over the world, it will sure come to you as no surprise that an alarm was rang in Crossing today at 5:21am, when our coastal batteries spotted a mighty battleship in the morning mist. Having been enjoying peaceful relations with our esteemed neighbour for centuries there, batteries were alerted, but ordered to hold - and thank God they were! Once the mist faded away in the rising sun, the friendly flag of Neu Demogyptica appeared flying high and we were able to identify the battleship as NDS Haudruff. And behind her, a smaller transport vessel, NDT Schlepper.

As we have not been informed about your ships entering our territorial waters and there have been no communication from your ships despite numerous attempts from our side, we fear the worst - perhaps an outbreak of a deadly disease aboard or a serious engine malfunction? Have the navigation systems failed and your ships got stuck in the treacherous shallow waters around Crossing?

Although we have no repair ships in the area, we are ready to give you whatever help we can - there is a couple of our warships around and they would be able to assist you. Unfortunately, with the current tension in the world, we fear that sending a warship ahead might lead the commander of your ship, if uninformed, to believe we mean harm - and cause him to open fire.

An incident like that would be most unfortunate, as we highly value our long, friendly relations. Fighting your nation for no good reason would be a true disaster at any time, but even moreso at this moment, where we struggle for survival - facing the deadly war machines of GS and GoW.

We are looking forward to your response.

Yours sincerely,
Legoland

OK, it's just quick and dirty, but you get the idea... I am going to play the "obvious" moves now, so read this and give me your thoughts.