sunrise, I guess that your question is exactly the issue here. Spullla are sure that they could capture and gift the city. Nobody so far told them, that they could not because Krills ruling includes ingame diplomacy as well - something they would not accept probably.
But as long as they are not told otherwise they will assume that the ruling is for not killing on their own one redlined defender. And I think it then becomes understandable why they are so reluctant to comply with this ruling.
I think, the best thing would be to explain to all players:
- why this rule is in place
- what exactly it covers (movements, ingame diplomacy, ...) and for what reason
before going on to talk about the ruling for this situation.
But as long as they are not told otherwise they will assume that the ruling is for not killing on their own one redlined defender. And I think it then becomes understandable why they are so reluctant to comply with this ruling.
I think, the best thing would be to explain to all players:
- why this rule is in place
- what exactly it covers (movements, ingame diplomacy, ...) and for what reason
before going on to talk about the ruling for this situation.