Empire:Diplomatic Affairs
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Diplomatic Guidelines for Diplomats of the EMPIRE
Peace Treaties
Peace treaties are easy and bear no risks. Although peace treaties with smaller alliances don't help us much we accept peace treaties with everyone at this time.
Pacts
Be very careful with pacts. They are more dangerous because they imply the obligation to help some other alliance in times of war. We had already a couple of bad experiences in the past.
Things to consider when it comes to pacts:
- We should only do Defense-Pacts without any obligation to attack someone proactively just because a partner-alliance says so. If a partner provokes a war we should always retain the right to decide not to join in. We should make this very clear at the time we sign such a pact!
- We should never sign a pact with a smaller alliance. There no gain put a lot risk for us in such deals. If a smaller alliance with whom we have a pact gets attacked by a bigger alliance then we have to go to war with a bigger alliance. That's bad! If we get attacked by a bigger alliance then a much smaller alliance will not be of much help. So this is clearly a LOSE/LOSE situation.
- Don't accept pacts in high risk areas (see below).
Asking small alliances or individuals to join us
In the past we had some successes with asking individuals and smaller alliances to join us. Before you invite outsiders to join our alliances check if they are in a high risk area (see "Dangerous areas")? If they are, we probably don't want them to join, except if they are strong enough to defend themselves. So don't just look at their points and ranking, also make sure that they have a good fleet or arm.
If they are not in a risky area then send the Admin with the highest rank a mail. Toxins drafted the following which proved very successful for me and for him.
Greetings my Lord,
I am ____ of the mighty [Empire] alliance and come to you to ask for your support. We are an alliance that is going places, we have well over 150 members, many of whom have a lot of experience with Inselkampf.
- [Empire] offers everyone equal opportunities for promotion, indeed we are always looking for talents who can take over the responsibilities of Diplomats, Admirals or Senators.
- [Empire] will come to the aid of its members quickly should they be plundered or attacked, and will help in the rebuilding of damaged structures.
- [Empire] is ranked highly and has peace treaties with most top alliances, including some valuable pacts.
I offer you today to merge your alliance with ours and to become part of something truly great!
Lord ______ Diplomat of the [Empire]
If you get a positive response please forward it to one of the Administrators. Sometimes the Admins of the smaller alliance want to break a deal with us and tries to secure a higher position for themselves. This is Admin work.
Area Risk Rating (ARR)
HIGH RISK Ocean 1 - Aggressive Orc activity Ocean 2 - Mixed Orc and G|E activity Ocean 3 - Aggressive G|E activity
RISKY Ocean 11, Ocean 12, Ocean 13 and Ocean 4
LOW RISK or NO RISK All other oceans
