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RB Wrote:Decebal,
We have no plans for war currently, but we need to protect ourselves. We currently have a neighbor that is refusing a longer term NAP while whipping in military buildings and teching military techs, so we're concerned that they have plans to attack us. That neighbor is you guys. We're not interested in war this early in the game when there is still land to be settled. However, you guys are showing signs of war buildup mode, so of course we are concerned. A 10 turn NAP cooldown is not much time at all. Either way, you guys are avoiding any talks of a longer NAP, so until you are willing to sign a longer NAP, we're going to make sure our defenses are extremely strong. I hope you can understand that type of prudence. If you guys are building up to attack a different neighbor, we're of course happy to give you a longer NAP so you can do that without worrying about us. You don't seem interested, though, and that's concerning to us.
That said, we have NAPs with all our other immediate neighbors, and they all last longer than the NAP with your team. So to be clear, if you try to get aggressive with us, we will be extremely prepared to handle things. Your teching of Theology and the units you are pre-whipping for the eventual Theocracy bonus has not gone unnoticed. However, I do hope we can come to an agreement where conflict won't be necessary as it'll just hurt both of us.
We would also prefer we get an agreement about the land between our cities. Specifically, any plant from either of us between Brick By Brick, Tlaxcala, and Xothicalco would be A) on very bad land and B) very aggressive. We both would get much better peace of mind to just leave that land alone and settle elsewhere. We would be happy to promise not to settle in that region if you will do the same. Let me know what you think about this.
Thanks,
scooter - Team RB