Shireroth

in an Anitcan glove.

http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... f=4&t=9352

http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... f=4&t=9352

During one of my struggles with Hasan, Antican envoys came wanting me to trade Melangia to them in exchange for their assistance in gaining the Throne.

I politely refused.

We have made our interest in the territory public. I believed that they want to use this as a chip to trade us out of Melangia.

Instead, I believe we should claim a piece of vacant coast adjacent to their border.

Antica is formerly Shirerothian, so I think we can get away with that.

I also feel that this is 2nd degree pressure attempting to push us into the BASh treaty the Babkhans are promoting.

I don't want to start a war over this, or look like big bad Shireroth in the MCS.

Ideas?

What is the BASH treaty?

And we can always say that we want that part of Mar Sara...

Antica is, in my eyes, worthy of holding that territory, and I don't think we should contest their claim. The possible "bargaining chip" issue is completely moot; even if they happen to plan to use that territory as one, I think we pretty much all agree that we're much more fond of Melangia. It's where the Atterock was held after all .

As for BASh (a Babkha-Antica-Shireroth treaty being negotiated at http://www.nafticon.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=22), I think that's a separate issue. We'll see the terms they're offering later, and if they ask for our land, we'll just back out.

We need to respond in some fashion. Believe it or not, I am capable of diplomatic goobledegook.

In the meantime, I think we do nothing in MCS until the Landsraad acts on Ari's request to regularize our actions there.

EXCEPT,

Go ahead with the Ari/Jonas/Andreas plan to get Appollo sites. It's too Nifty to ignore.

Go for it, and THEN we'll codify...