RP FA thread 1

[HarryH]

I am Catholic. I do not have a problem with it. Afterall, it is just a game. I can easily separate the game from RL.

[Beta]

I was wonering how long before we got this request. Any thoughts? We do need cash in the short term.

Re: Convert Sinners!!! The end of the World is coming!!!
Hello Beta, old chap,
I and my team really believe catholicism can give you guys peace of spirit to endure the harsh times your people are going through. We ourselves are in times of great danger and war mobilization in Spain, as the greedy Neu Demogyptians turn their greedy eyes toward lands that are spanish by right. To make things worse, there is even the rumours that Glory fo War is preparing to betray the old friendship it has with us in order to try and take it´s share of Spain... Of course, it is our job to make sure the Spannish Paella is a dish they won´t taste...
As for the engineering deal, we in Spain would [/quote]love to get, it, it could be THE tech to change the tides of the war to our side, but we also need to keep our coffers intact for war emergencies... so we humbly ask Vox Controli to give us the tech now, and let us pay it later, and to make this deal sweeter for your team, we have agreed to give you 2 luxuries now PLUSthe gold after the war is over. We believe your team will be compreensive with us and aid Spain in this times of need.
We would also like to schedule a chat with your team, so please tell me when you guys will be available, and we will be there.

Regards,
Nuke

[Beta]

And sent to Big Free to close that part of the discussion.

HI BF. Sorry I did not get back to you sooner. Unfortunatley we do not have chivalry. And to be honest it is not clear when we will get it. I suspect it may not be for 20 turns - and then only if we have something worth trading for it by then

I wish we could help out in this regards, but you have to appreciate we are strapped right now. We will soon be down to one city - with a large civilian and small military force to maintain - so cash is a big issue for us.

NW wrote about re-negotiating the engineering deal. We will see what we can do - but no promises.

I sense that tensions are rising - especially if the length of turns is any indication. We wish our friends to the south all the best.

.....Beta.

[Eli]

Btw, I think we dont NEED Chivalry.

[Beta]

Eli - agreed.

[HarryH]

Agreed about chivalry.

As for the luxuries RP wants to send us, they will not do any good for a while. We need to get a harbor and our pop needs to grow before happiness is an issue. As for the gold, we might be able to get by without it for a while if we use anarchy to cover all the turns between giving all the cities to GS until we get the first set of cities settled. I will have to think about it.

[HarryH]

You should let the other teams know to get in touch with Rhoth or myself if they need to contact the team while you are away.

[Beta]

I have replied to RP, saying we want to stick to the original deal - and agreeing to religious conversion.

This was my response - I am trying to keep them on-side long enough to get them to finalize the engineering deal.

And Harry - yup - I will contact the other teams 0- including RP to send the save to you and Witt.

Hello again NW.

I sensed some urgency in your note - so I have been busy running between the accounting office and temporary accomodation that houses or clergy. I have good news and bad news.

First the good - the clergy - in fact the entire Voxian population, is looking for spiritual anchors to ground them during a period of upheaval as we are currently experiencing. Therefore - we would like to join the Spansih church. There may be some slight modifications to some of the processes required to reconcile our cultural basis with the Catholic Church, but I am sure we can work these out.

Any thoughts on how we convert an entire population - and when and where we do it. Our entire population is on the move right now, and very soon we will only have one city - so logistics may be difficult. But I am sure we can work it out.

Now - the bad news from accounting. As you can see from above - we are into a dire period economically. As our cities have been converted into workers and settlers, and we are still maintaining a nominal military force, our cash flow has been wretched. We have had to scrape together funds to stay afloat - and will need to for the next number of turns. The gold we are to receive for engineering has been built into our cash flow projections, and is critical to prevent us from losing units. We would very much like - in fact - it is a bit of a necessity- to stick to the original deal. If a few turns in we think we are in OK shape - then we may able to revisit the deal.

I'm sorry for this. We would like to help. But we do have issues of our own right now. BTW - we are moving galleys over the north shore of GoW, so if there is any information you would like us to relay in that regard, please let us know. That we can and are willing to do.

All the best to you and the people of Spain. We look forward to our spiritual union.

Regards ... Beta.

[Beta]

OK - as per the other thread - I got talking to RP last night. We struck a deal for engineering - as long as they stay quiet about where they got it from. Here is the deal.

We agree to give you 40g + 3gpt + 1 luxury for Engineering.

--Togas

That will give us a total of 115 gold now. (35 from GoW, 40 from Gow not tp trade it to RP, 40 from RP) 60 in gpt, a free tech, and two free luxuries for enginerring.

Morals - what morals. If you guys completely disagree with this - well - get back to RP. But the longer we can drag out the Bobian war - the better for all. Let's try and make some money off of it.

If you are on side - can someone please get back to Togas and confirm the deal - and the secrecy required - and send them engineering next turn.

Now - I also committed to talkiing to both GS and Lego about helping RP. That can wait.

RP wants us to invade the GoW island off the west coast of Bob. I said we could not do that right now - given our circumstances - but could visit the possibility down the road.

AND - GET THIS - RP say they have proof that GoW was actively working with GS during the latter stages of the war. Now - I said we need proof. They say they have it. I said OK - produce it. They said they will. So - can someone also caontact Arnelos or E_T regarding the info and proof. It may be helpful to us.

In my view - we have little or no indebtedness to any of the Bobian civs. So lets just try to make the most of this war - given our situation - and as I feel some of the Bobians did with us.

[HarryH]

Received this from Togas with the 30 BC save:

We stayed up well into the midnight hour finishing this turn. Future turns will
not take this long, I can assure you.

I have unfortunate news for you, though. It seems your team is an unwitting
victim in this war as well. We received a benefactor who offered us Engineering
for Free and we couldn't turn them down.

I am gravely sorry. If we survive this first onslaught I will do my best to try
to get money gifted to your people to help you settle ... Vox is a member of the
One True Faith, and the Church will find a way to protect it's own.

--Togas

This is the reply I sent back (I wantied to keep the lines of communcation open):

No problem with the delay. I am glad for you that you got Engineering, although our team could have used the cash. We look forward to opportunities for future trades.

BTW, this is our last turn on Estonia. Next turn we will be in our new home. Be sure to pass this along to the people at the Church so they don't go looking for us on Estonia. As soon as we can get ourselves established we will setup a residence for your Church representatives to make it easier for them to communicate with the people of Vox.

[Rhothaerill]

Probably a good idea to keep the lines open. But unless they do gift us the money they had originally said they would (assuming they don't get kicked out of the game by GoW and ND), then I wouldn't trust their word too much. They've already essentially broken two deals with us in the short time I've been a member of Vox.

[Wittlich]

Good point Rhoth.

[Beta]

Originally posted by Rhothaerill
Probably a good idea to keep the lines open. But unless they do gift us the money they had originally said they would (assuming they don't get kicked out of the game by GoW and ND), then I wouldn't trust their word too much. They've already essentially broken two deals with us in the short time I've been a member of Vox.

And that's why my favorite name for RP is "The Weasels".

[Beta]

A PM received from Nuclear Winter on the 20th.

RE: Re: Convert Sinners!!! The end of the World is coming!!!
Dear frined Beta,
Sorry for the delay,
the new Pope, Calixtus the I (History Guy), was very glad to hear of your nation´s will to convert, and is soon to tell me how to make it official. (I am converting your people since I first went to Voxia, at the begining of the Vox-GS war, so by now most will already be converted...)
Ah, BTW, the Pope declared a crusade against the GoWians and the ND heathens... (calm down, you won´t be forced into war with anyone... just perhaps a little help, eh? )
Kindest Regards,
Nuke

[Beta]

And received on the 23rd. I have a great idea about the "Voxian Reform Church". I will do up a SPIN article. We have now been blessed:

Thou art converted
And with the Holy water I thus convert you to the catholic religion!
Wasn´t it easy?And now you can convert the rest of your nation. If you want to make it public also no problem since the Vatican shall soon open a thread and a chat for itself.
I appoint you, Beta, First Voxian convert, as Archbishop of Vox Controlli. You are the highest authority on religion in Vox Controlli hencefort, and are to choose 3 men to be the bishops of Vox Controlli, plus yourself, and one of them must be teh missionary bishop (you can also be the missionary bishop, all we need is this missionary to be communicative and try to convert another nation to the catholic church
From times to times (when your cahracter dies, I dunno how you foreigners fo this ) you must gather teh 3 bishops of Vox Controlli to choose amongst themselves the next Archbishop.
And when the Pope dies, all the archbishops and cardinals shall gather to choose the new one.
Apart form that, all your team has to do is to vote and obey the pope´s Councils, mandates and laws, and you guys are encouraged to suggest things to the Pope via messages (Pms...). Might I add that this Pope is specially very open to sugestions and new ideas (not that the old one was not) and few things would make him happier than a Pm regarding church matters... hints , ideas of cool things, sugestions, complains, asking of inquisitional trials...

Well, that´s it,
have a nice day, and may God bless you,
Pablo Winterius,
Archbishop of Spain