Hmmm.. Interesting stuff.
I don't think Commodore is warning us, because I don't know how he would have gotten the info that dtay is attacking us in 25 turns. Dtay would not have asked him to do it, because we don't share border with Commodore. So yeah, I interpret it as an attack plan, but who knows how serious that is.
How about we offer next turn same cities, 24 gold and iron-for-iron and indicate that we have understood are potentially on board? Dtay is now vulnerable and mack is not yet so threatening (I see he accepted peace) so 25 turns is too far for my taste so we could suggest 20 turns, but maybe Commodore is not ready yet. Well, anyways, this might not lead into anything good, but a conflict between Commodore and dtay would be great for us (and also great for scooter, which hopefully makes mack+plako realize that they need to do something about it) and I think we should do whatever possible to increase its possibility.
Re tech path: Happy to put the overflow into Physics, we still have several turns time to think about where we really commit our beakers.
I don't think Commodore is warning us, because I don't know how he would have gotten the info that dtay is attacking us in 25 turns. Dtay would not have asked him to do it, because we don't share border with Commodore. So yeah, I interpret it as an attack plan, but who knows how serious that is.
How about we offer next turn same cities, 24 gold and iron-for-iron and indicate that we have understood are potentially on board? Dtay is now vulnerable and mack is not yet so threatening (I see he accepted peace) so 25 turns is too far for my taste so we could suggest 20 turns, but maybe Commodore is not ready yet. Well, anyways, this might not lead into anything good, but a conflict between Commodore and dtay would be great for us (and also great for scooter, which hopefully makes mack+plako realize that they need to do something about it) and I think we should do whatever possible to increase its possibility.
Re tech path: Happy to put the overflow into Physics, we still have several turns time to think about where we really commit our beakers.