ND FA thread 1

[Beta]

From mav_son of NeuD:

RE: Fw: Greetings, and Engineering
Dear BetaHound,

I am very busy these days. But we keep in contact about that question.

Just the following: We started yesterday the discussion about this deal. Usually we take us about three days, until we make a decision (so nearly 100 % of the team has made a statement).
Ist that okay for You?

By the way:
King Togas of Roleplay stopped to communicate with me (without any clear reason). We believe, that this could be the beginning of a crisis or even the first clouds of war! We are very concerned about that!

With highest respect and the best wishes to Your operations
mav_son,
Governeur of ND


quote:


Greetings mav_son!

I had sent this message last week to Darekill who forwarded it on to you. I appreciate that you are busy. But we would appreciate a response. The war progresses well, but funding is required to sustain it. Also- as I have mentioned, this will help cement a future relationship.

Please get back to me when you can. Thank-you!

Regards ... Beta.

[Wittlich]

Interesting...Could it be that RP is gearing up to go against ND? If this is the case, I wonder where GoW fits into this...

[Beta]

Turning up the heat on NeuD...

"Greetings mav_son.

Your lack of response to our recent letter and proposal is both curious and distressing. The world is becoming smaller, and alliances are cementing. I appreciate your desire to not get involved in a war that does not involve you, but what you may have failed to realize is that others have, either directly or indirectly.

Sufficient resources will be applied to win this war. And when we are victorious, we will remember who was there to help. I appreciate your precarious position on the continent - being sandwiched in between two other civs. But that is even more reason to make alliances now.

I urge you to consider not just our offer regarding engineering, as the stakes have clearly risen beyond that - but also to actually getting involved in the Estonian conflict with troops.

I look forward to your response, and our future alliance.

Sincerely - BetaHound, Vox Controli."

[Beta]

Hmmm- finally - a response from NeuD. This should be fun to respond to.

[HarryH]

Does that mean they responded but said nothing?

[Wittlich]

So Beta, stop teasing us! What did they have to say for themselves?

[HarryH]

I am still wondering what ND said.

Can we make a dela with ND for horses? If we had just a few horses we could take Monsoon and possibly much more.

[Beta]

Damn - sorry guys. I have been busy lately - and the new machine seems to be causing hiccups. Forgot to copy the message. Good thing the game is moving slowly.

Dear BetaHound from the glorious people of Vox Controli,

we are a little bit confused by your letter. It is naturally that you will
"remember those who helped you" with your war, but why do you tell us this?
Our people have supported your case from the beginning: Our priests include
the people of Vox Controli in every of their prayers. People are writing
encouraging comments in our papyrus-newspapers.

But I cannot imagine that you expect help from our troops. You might know
that we don't posess a city at the East Coast of our continent. Plus - we
don't even have a fleet. If you really think that our armies would help you,
we could promise you to begin to build a ship, that could send our men to
your continent. But it would need several years to get to the East Ocean
(which would be your West Ocean). And the agreement of the glorious nation
of Roleplay to cross their southern borders.

As for the secret of engineering, our wise men tell us that they have made
their own thoughts about it. We don't want to offend them, that's why I
think we will let them continue their researching.

If you really need help beyond the prayers of our priests, we could offer to
advance you a small amount of money. We know that telling your warriors how
to become an Immortal is an expensive thing. And fortunatly we don't plan a
war or something similar costly at this time so we could spare some gold
coins for a certain time. But I would have to discuss this proposal with our
parliament.

Or, if you think that the war will go on for some years, we can begin within
the next turns to build a ship...

Sincerest regards
Louis
Ambassador of New Demogyptica

[Wittlich]

Beta, Please ask them if they have any spare horses...

[Beta]

Hmmm- great idea! I will check the world map.

And guess what? I see two horses in NeuD territory.We need a harbor.

[Wittlich]

Then I say let's build one.

[Beta]

Wittlich City in 8 turns - 7 after last turn. And also of note - RP has a second supply of horses - which from the latest map - is not connected. Maybe we could send them a worker for a colony.

[HarryH]

If ND is serious about helping how about a free gift of horses. I have not looked at the world map lately. If ND has a road connection to GoW the trade route will go through the GoW harbor.

[Beta]

Message to NeuD:

Greetings Darekill.

It has been awhile since we talked. The public debate right now is quite entertaining. I think Vox will take a sideline seat on this one.

Your earlier support of 'masking' our original invasion of GS was appreciated. However, the primary reasons for this war still exist. If anything GS has become even stronger.

I admit the war has not gone as originally planned. We were about 10 turns too late in launching our offensive - and feudalism and pikemen make a significant difference for GS.

However - their recent landings can be countered. We still have significant troop concentrations - as your F3 screen will indicate. So - we will not be extinct shortly. But GS has grown militarily.

So you are aware of the situation, all the other world powers are providing support - either directly or indirectly. And in significant ways.

So - we are approaching Neu Demogyptica to ask for a war contribution. We do not have horses. You have two sources. It would be a very useful contribution to our war effort against GS. We have a harbor so a trade route should be available.

Please advise if you can make this contribution. We have held war planning chats with RP and GoW and would like to include you in a more active way in our alliance. Vox remains committed to this war. Much blood has been spilled - but much more needs to be spilled before it is decided.

We trust all is well within ND. Greetings to borc. And we look forward to hearing back from you. If you need to discuss any aspects of this further - please PM me and we can discuss at length.

Sincerely - Beta.

[Beta]

Doh - I have no idea how to respond to this one.

(Thanks - but a little late?)

from Borc of ND:

How are you?
Hello Beta,
At the moment i try to coordinate the diplomatic efforts for our team. Please can you tell me a bit how your war is going on? will you be able to sign a peace treaty with GS or to tell us what future vox will have on estonia? is there still anything we can do for you?
Good luck
Borc