Team Info and Contacts - Imperio

[ruff_hi]

well done mh!

email sent ...

Greetings,

It is good to get your email address. Can you please reply to this to let me know that I got your email address correct.

I understand that your team is a Spanish speaking team - please let me know if I have this incorrect. My team is an English speaking team. This will make communication difficult as we have to deal with written as well as different languages. As such, I suggest that we try to communicate as plainly as possible.

Have you had any contact with PAL or Templars?

I shall send another email shortly.

Ruff
Your Voice to the Realms Beyond Team

What do we want to say in a fuller email? The above screenie shows them talking about a NAP which is a shorthand for Non-Aggression Pact that I think they picked up from Templar.

[ruff_hi]

reply ...

Greetings,

The address is correct.

We speak spanish but could try write in english. We try communicate as
plainly we can.

We have contact with bouths.

Un saludo.

So - what do we want to say?

[darrelljs]

If you get me something in English, I can get a translation within 48 hours (likely within 24 hours).

Darrell

[Zeviz]

Good job making contact.

I think NAP with them might be a good idea, since we are planning to focus any potential agression on Templars, and it's good to have some trading partners besides PAL. What does everybody else think?

[darrelljs]

Originally posted by Zeviz
I think NAP with them might be a good idea, since we are planning to focus any potential agression on Templars, and it's good to have some trading partners besides PAL. What does everybody else think?

Yeah...and if we can somehow work it out so we can trade techs with them, but they and PAL aren't trading techs, we can really focus on production. That would be quite the coup, but I doubt it is very likely.

Darrell

[mostly-harmless]

We have to keep in mind, that tech brokering is not allowed, IIRC.

I am happy for an official NAP with Imperio.
Also Open Borders, when we have a realistic chance to get Islam & trade from them.
(btw. Founding Islam at the doorstep of the Templars, sure is a slap in the face :-))
Judging from their regular turn misses, I would not go into a more detailed and close relationship, i.e. no tech pact or anything.

mh

[ruff_hi]

draft email

MiTH,

We would like to discuss a Non-Aggression Pact with you. The main points are what this means, how do we define it, renewal options and time frame. We are also interested in discussing the possibility of trading some technologies.

Cheers,

Ruff
Your Voice to the Realms Beyond Team

[mostly-harmless]

Sounds good.

mh

[Zeviz]

One small correction: please add "in the future" on the end of the sentence about tech trading.

Although, should we even talk about tech trading now, months before we buy Alphabet?

[mostly-harmless]

Also, please send in Spanish & English as a backup.

mh

[darrelljs]

Originally posted by mostly-harmless
Also, please send in Spanish & English as a backup.

The request is in!

Darrell

[darrelljs]

Queremos discutir un "Non-Aggressive Pact" con ustedes. Los puntos mayores son: que siginifica esto, como lo definimos, opciones de renovacion y perÃodo de tiempo. Tambien nos gustaria compartir sobre intercambios de tecnologÃa.

The above is my wife's best shot at it. She said it would definitely be understood, but is probably not the best translation. I have forwarded her translation to a friend in Spain to double check it, but that might take some time. I suggest we just send this as is, along with the english.

Darrell

[ruff_hi]

latest draft ... and apologies to darrelljs' wife for the few small changes ...

MiTH,

We would like to discuss a Non-Aggression Pact with you. The main points are what this means, how do we define it, renewal options and time frame. We are also interested in discussing the possibility of trading some technologies in the future.

While we aren't Spanish speakers - here is the best translation of the above that we can produce ... Queremos discutir un "Non-Aggressive Pact" con ustedes. Los puntos mayores son: que siginifica esto, como lo definimos, opciones de renovacion y perÃodo de tiempo. Tambien nos gustaria compartir sobre intercambios de tecnologÃa.

Cheers,

Ruff
Your Voice to the Realms Beyond Team

[Zeviz]

Darrell, thanks for the translation.

The draft looks good, but the dash after Spanish speakers should be a comma. And I don't know Spanish, so can't comment on translation.

[mostly-harmless]

Shall we mention, that they should press "Enter" at the end of their turn? Or just enquire whether they do that on purpose? We are always waiting for the turn timer to run out because Imperio does not press "Enter".

mh