For a complete list of the meanings of all the different types of
relations, see "info relations".
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-GOING TO WAR
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-(Note: the following stuff is only in effect if the SLOW_WAR option is selected)
-With the SLOW_WAR option in use, you cannot attack the land of someone you are
-not at war with. When you declare war on
-someone, your relation goes to \*Qmobilizing\*U. You still can't attack them.
-After the next update, your relation goes to \*Qsitzkrieg\*U, and you still
-can't attack them. After the NEXT update, you're at war with them, and anything
-goes.
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-If someone is \*Qmobilizing\*U or in \*Qsitzkrieg\*U, or at war with you,
-and you
-declare war against them, your relation is set to be the same as theirs, so
-there is no way to gain any advantage through this stuff. It just means that
-you can't sneak-attack people.
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-The first person who declares war pays $1000. Return declarations are
-free.
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-There is an exception to the SLOW_WAR restrictions. If you are listed as
-the old owner of a sector, you are still allowed to attack it. This is to
-prevent someone from declaring war with you, taking some sectors, then
-declaring neutrality before you declare war. (Assuming you didn't notice
-their declaration of war)
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The newspaper is very interested in declarations of war or alliance --
don't expect to keep such declarations secret.
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