Law&Faith - TTT

[Kirov]

But you'll leave the HGP for me, right? Please?

[Misotu]

Of course Brother Kirov. As a mark of the eternal friendship between Law and Faith, we give you our solemn word that we will make no attempt on the HGP.

[Kirov]

Well, it's pending completion anyway. That was a good turn. Praise the Lord!

[Misotu]

This was not a good couple of turns for us. Blind research has scored yet another miss. Our researchers are starting to speak fondly of the Altar Days ...

[Kirov]

Yep, seems the blind is always finding some crap you didn't even know you could research. Well, at least it's much more fun than the IA beeline.

[Misotu]

It is. But sometimes ... 

Congrats on the HGP by the way.

[Kirov]

Well, DA called the election.

As you can see, Zak is the front runner. Even with my votes, you're not going to win. You need either Dee or Domai on your side. Why don't you check your previous turn to consider your current relations with them? And what you can offer me, techwise. The very first thing I'd demand is Pact and only then I'd expect the normal price for voting. I guess we can now check what we can sell to each other.

Although I'd perfectly understand if you didn't want to risk losing due to a lack of agreement with Dee or Domai. Zak seems to have secured some massive backing now. Maybe next time?

My turn is opened in the background until you decide.

[Misotu]

Aha, ok, thanks for this. I haven't done this in a long while. I can't get it this time, whatever happens I don't think, given Zak's position, so you can carry on.

I might try bribing the AI, just to see what they want - I am allowed to do this in MP, right? Just not bribing human players through this screen because the AI decides for them?

[Kirov]

Yes, but with no deal between us, I'm gonna vote for Zak, so bribing the two won't get you much. You okay with that? I hope you understand...

[Misotu]

Funnily enough, I just opened the reply screen to say "Of course, you'll vote for Zak. I would in your shoes."

Heh heh

[Kirov]

I reread your post and you wanted to continue anyway, so here it is.

[Misotu]

Peacekeeper ambassadors returned empty-handed from talks with various factions. The sums demanded were far beyond the reach of a poor faction struggling to make ends meet on a hostile planet.

Zak elected   

[Kirov]

With turns like this, I know the Lord watches over us.

Can you sell me anything? I didn't fail to notice that you're leading with techs.

[Misotu]

I am in the lead with techs, but not by much. You have more than I thought   

I checked the few I have that you don't and there isn't anything that wouldn't do me harm. Now, if you were to offer industrial automation, we would be talking. The way things are going I don't expect to have that before the game ends   

Are there any techs you have that I don't?

That's my last turn for this evening by the way, so no hurry!

[Kirov]

You know how I'd love to help you with the IA, but we just don't have so many floppy discs at hand. Who'd think we could need more than twenty?!