RBP3 - [SPOILERS] - Team DIM (Mehmed of HRE)

[Ilios]

---- Important Diplo Update ----

Egypt (Krill):

Subject: France

HRE,

Thanks for the email, but I'm afraid that I may have to suggest something that you find to be a complete anathema. I think we need to ask France into the Alliance.

I'll give you reasons why here: We have 2 Fin and 1 Phi civ without France. The counter alliance has 5 Fin and 2 Phi civs, if they have France. 3/2 v 4/1 sounds slightly more in our favour. It also means that HRE, England, Eygpt and Portugal only have to deal with a single front, instead of dealing with a possible enemy stack coming up from around France. Without France me and England might find it difficult to mount a strong attack on France, because we have other borders to protect, due to hte lay out of our front (we are both on the corners in the south).

Now, I know France have been rude and aggressive, and I agree with you that they need to be exterminated, but we have bigger fish to fry right now. You have aggressive Rome to your NE, aligned against you. Me Carthage and England have the entire row south of us aligned against us, with the row behind them stuck in a 3v3 war, so have no worries on that flank. They might be backward now, but remember the lesson of the NUTA, it doesn't take long to catch up.

FWIW, I agree with you that France need to die, and I'm willing to agree to a long term (hidden) agreement to remove France from the game, but right now they are a tool that we need to use.

I know Ilios is a great used car salesman, so if you agree with this, please can you try and grab France into the Alliance as fast as you can?

Thanks in advance,

Krill

Well, we'll have to think this over...