Too big a reply to post from mobile so was going to wait until I got to a computer. This is what I recall but was unsure without going back to look at what was said. I wanted to discuss Mallice with you as if you really wanted it I was going to let you have it for a concession and I had an eye on Silvano instead. That planet would be quite good for me gaining Hyper Metabolism this round. I weighed the pro's and con's and it was more likely that it'd be taken from me before Technology was played. However, if you'd have come to me with something then I may have changed my mind. Anyway, what I was thinking after our short and brief conversation was that you don't mind me having Mallice as long as I protect it, and not relinquish it. Which to be fair is what i'd want to do with any of my planets.
Tattersail_, on 12 February 2019 - 10:09 PM, said:
Tapper, on 12 February 2019 - 09:42 PM, said:
Tattersail_, on 12 February 2019 - 08:25 PM, said:
At Tapper would you like to come to a deal regarding Mallice? I go before you so can land troops there first but I'm just wondering what you have in mind before doing anything concrete.
Settle, fortify and ultimately shoot PDS II at anything that moves on a wormhole hex while reaping a CT a turn from it.
I am not going to start a war over Mallice with you over it, though. But if you take it, as your neighbour in Lodor I do expect you to protect not only the planet but also its airspace.
I see what you are saying.
You want me to have a ship in there most of the time. I haven't thought that far ahead but I won't want to relinquish the planet any time soon.
If you had offered anything to have it then I may have considered it as there was another option I was contemplating but it was too risky without further boons.
Now as to the underlined, most of the time is not all of the time. There may be times where I have to move ships in and out, to refortify or move infantry/fighters. I have to move those ships to re-take my homeworld. However that leaves MY planet undefended. Someone like Gnaw/Blend/IH/Yourself could move ships in and take it from me. This is a high probability, I won't like it but they may do it. IH says he just wants to park a ship in there and that is a friendly way of doing things without coming in to conflict with me, he says he won't invade. That is a good deal. I keep my system. He gains extra pillaging. You get security from people passing through into Lodor. That's the crux, I assumed the ship in the system would mean no one could pass through into Lodor without stopping in Mallice first. I thought that is what you wanted. I don't intend to let IH stay there and I have said as much to him.
Tapper, on 18 February 2019 - 06:51 PM, said:
And here you said to me you would NOT let other players park ships on Mallice.
I have no choice but to the letter of what we discussed this was not included. I keep my planet and I will defend it when the time comes.
Tapper, on 18 February 2019 - 08:23 PM, said:
And anyway Tatts, if "I did not see X coming, so I will just go back on this thing Y I agreed on with player Z" is a valid excuse, don't expect others to want to deal with you for anything except short term deals or deals where you pay upfront.
Now understandable. This game includes deals in the rules. Binding and non binding deals. I hope I have never broken a binding deal. That first game that IH won we had a binding deal that stuck. Other games non binding deals may have been scrapped due to hostility or some other reason, I cannot think. I can think of a deal Khell and I had that he broke and destroyed my game. I even gave him TG's to do it. Not knowingly, but trustingly.
Between you and myself we have had a good understanding and amicable relationship in every game so far to my understanding. That hasn't changed here or is going to. My negotiation with IH was not instigated by myself, it was by him.