54 lines
2.3 KiB
Perl
54 lines
2.3 KiB
Perl
.TH Command DECLARE
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.NA declare "Formally declare alliance, friendly, neutrality, hostile or war"
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.LV Basic
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.SY "declare <POSITION> <NATS>"
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The declare command allows you to officially declare
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your diplomatic relations with other countries.
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.s1
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<POSITION> may be \*Qalliance\*U, \*Qfriendly\*U, \*Qneutrality\*U,
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\*Qhostile\*U, or \*Qwar\*U;
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.s1
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<NATS> can be the name or number of
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a country you want to declare relations towards, or it can be * in
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which case you will declare <POSITION> towards all nations.
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.s1
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For a complete list of the meanings of all the different types of
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relations, see "info relations".
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.s1
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GOING TO WAR
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.s1
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(Note: the following stuff is only in effect if the SLOW_WAR option is selected)
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With the SLOW_WAR option in use, you cannot attack the land of someone you are
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not at war with. When you declare war on
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someone, your relation goes to \*Qmobilizing\*U. You still can't attack them.
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After the next update, your relation goes to \*Qsitzkrieg\*U, and you still
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can't attack them. After the NEXT update, you're at war with them, and anything
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goes.
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.s1
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If someone is \*Qmobilizing\*U or in \*Qsitzkrieg\*U, or at war with you,
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and you
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declare war against them, your relation is set to be the same as theirs, so
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there is no way to gain any advantage through this stuff. It just means that
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you can't sneak-attack people.
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.s1
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The first person who declares war pays $1000. Return declarations are
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free.
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.s1
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There is an exception to the SLOW_WAR restrictions. If you are listed as
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the old owner of a sector, you are still allowed to attack it. This is to
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prevent someone from declaring war with you, taking some sectors, then
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declaring neutrality before you declare war. (Assuming you didn't notice
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their declaration of war)
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.s1
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Also, if the SNEAK_ATTACK option is enabled, you make make one attack upon
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someone you're not at war with. You'll pay $5K for the privilege, however.
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Once the sneak attack is over (win or lose), war is automatically declare.
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(The normal $1K cost is waived in this case)
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.s1
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The newspaper is very interested in declarations of war or alliance --
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don't expect to keep such declarations secret.
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.s1
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Deities can will be prompted for a third parameter, the country to make
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the declaration for. The default is to make it for the deity's country.
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.s1
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.SA "fly, nation, spy, relations, Diplomacy"
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