I follow your stream-of-consciousness fully MB. 
I will prepare a draft to send over to India and see what they reply.
Re CoL, like I said before, we'll be in a pretty good position to get it once we finish HBR. I don't think we need to bother Krill more about at the moment, let's see how the game evolves. Thanks for giving us an idea on where we'll be in 15 turns.
I agree that diplomatically, we are in a very good position, with many of the Cartel members joining because of our hard work. They will look to us for guidance. I'm thinking that we shouldn't tie ourselves too much to India and Azteca. Azteca will be seriously crippled in the short term, and with India hellbent on eradicating Exploit, there will not be much help coming from that side as well.
Therefore, I would prefer to work closely with Ottomans ofcourse, and add both Carthage and England to our inner alliance. This doesn't mean we will be cutting our ties with Aztec and India, but in the long term, I think it is in our interest to form an alliance with Ottomans/Carthage/England. We are all relatively new to MP, and I think we can convince them that it is in their interest as well to join forces. Geographically, this Alliance would make more sense, as we'd form a solid block, with Ottomans to Carthage's north, and HRE to England's north.
We shouldn't approach them initially, but I'd like to broach the subject with Ottomans when we have the chance.
I will prepare a draft to send over to India and see what they reply.
Re CoL, like I said before, we'll be in a pretty good position to get it once we finish HBR. I don't think we need to bother Krill more about at the moment, let's see how the game evolves. Thanks for giving us an idea on where we'll be in 15 turns.
I agree that diplomatically, we are in a very good position, with many of the Cartel members joining because of our hard work. They will look to us for guidance. I'm thinking that we shouldn't tie ourselves too much to India and Azteca. Azteca will be seriously crippled in the short term, and with India hellbent on eradicating Exploit, there will not be much help coming from that side as well.
Therefore, I would prefer to work closely with Ottomans ofcourse, and add both Carthage and England to our inner alliance. This doesn't mean we will be cutting our ties with Aztec and India, but in the long term, I think it is in our interest to form an alliance with Ottomans/Carthage/England. We are all relatively new to MP, and I think we can convince them that it is in their interest as well to join forces. Geographically, this Alliance would make more sense, as we'd form a solid block, with Ottomans to Carthage's north, and HRE to England's north.
We shouldn't approach them initially, but I'd like to broach the subject with Ottomans when we have the chance.