User Guide

DIPLOMACY

Diplomacy is conducted by negotiations between yourself and the ruler of a

rival civilization. Negotiations may occur when a rival sends an envoy to talk or

when you present initiatives for agreement. Diplomacy is conducted face-to-face

with one rival ruler at a time and can lead to exchanges of technology, offers of

peace, international extortion, or declarations of war.

A rival may contact you when units from each of your civilizations are adjacent

to each other. A rival envoy may also arrive at any time. You may start

negotiations by sending a Diplomat into a rival city and selecting the option

“Meet with Ruler.”

The tone and result of any negotiations are greatly influenced by the mood of

your rival. The opposing leader may be antagonistic, supplicating, or somewhere

in between. This mood depends on the leader’s personality and how your two

civilizations compare to each other and to the rest of the world. You may be able

to pick up cues about a rival’s mood from facial expressions or background music.

A rival leader’s personality may be aggressive, friendly, or neutral. Aggressive

leaders are more likely to lean toward war or demand high payments for peace.

Friendly leaders are more likely to offer peace and may only be bluffing when

asking for payment. If you have broken previous peace agreements with this

civilization, that is remembered and also influences the degree of antagonism.

If you are the largest, most powerful, and richest civilization in the world, all

rivals are likely to be very demanding or antagonistic. However, if the opponent is

puny in comparison, the natural tendency toward being belligerent may be

overridden. A civilization threatened with extinction is more interested in survival.

All negotiations end with either an agreement of peace or a declaration of war.

Even the most antagonistic rival may concede peace for a suitable payment of cash

or technology. This may purchase peace only temporarily, however.

Establishing embassies with other civilizations can be very useful in preparation

for negotiations. Your Intelligence Advisor collects information from all of your

embassies and from him you can learn important facts about your opponents,

including their size and the personalities of their leaders. This information is not

available for civilizations with which you have not established an embassy.

When your civilization achieves the technology of Fusion Power, the risk of

meltdown disappears. Your Nuclear Plants convert automatically to the

technology of fusion power, which is free of the risk of meltdown.

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