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Re: NAP Violation Thu, 12 May 2011 15:44 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Scorpius

 
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 I feel that I need to defend my honour. I'm not interested in a mud-slinging match so this will be my only post.

The NAP states in clause 1a that "3 years notice must be given before hostilities can begin". Note that there has been no definition of "hostilities". (Although the NAP does then goes on to define "aggressive actions" in clause 2.)

We are interpreting an (admittedly unsuccessful) attack on our ships as "hostilities". As such, we consider Grendal to have breached the terms of the NAP. As LittleEddie points out, fleets will only sweep minefields if they have orders to attack the owners. We had (and still have) no minefields in the region. If we had, we might have reached a different conclusion. Also, if this were the first offence I think we would all agree that it was an accident.

Whilst we agree that events previous to the initiation of the NAP should not be taken into account, it is hard not to when Grendal had previously initiated an identical incident (when we had an informal agreement). As Jagophile states, it was Grendal who requested that we set each other to neutral and set battle orders to attack enemies only. We complied and he did not. We assumed that this was an accident.

These are excerpts from the discussions that follow the first incident (and I believe that this is the "offensive" bit):

Jagophile: In future I will pip you to a planet. Then what? Pretend that you didn't see the 50K people on the ground?

Grendal: This statement implies implicitly that you think I am a dishonest player and that I can't be trusted.  

Anyway, Grendal assured us that his battle orders had been corrected (we believed him) and a couple of years later we entered into the NAP. Two gens after this, a similar incident occurs in which Grendal's ships engage ours and his ship is shot down. I accept that Grendal hadn't submitted a turn, but we are still left to assume that Grendal has altered his battle orders so that his ships attacks us. (Just think, if he had submitted, he may have made a successful attack!) On seeing his turn, Jagophile sent the following message (quoting the above conversation).

Jagophile: It is always the dishonest who protest most strongly their trustworthiness. Unless you have another explanation for your ships engaging mine at <planet name>?

Now, personally, I wouldn't find this offensive but each to their own. The reply we get from Grendal is:

Grendal: You know what?  You have always accused me of being dishonest in every statement you made... There is a very good explanation but you seem to point the finger first and blame then ask questions later... so I am not going to bother... F*CK YOU

To prevent offending people I have removed the U... Anyway, this email was swiftly followed by another email to all members of the NAP:

Grendal: Hi All, Adam is a total pr*ck... but for your benefit here is what happened. <explanation follows>

(*=i, obviously.) It is worth noting that (to Grendal's credit) we later received an apology for the above emails.

The above are the facts. What follows is my opinion.

Despite the apology, I think that most players would consider that:
a. attacking our ships counts as "hostilities" (especially after the assurances we were given following the first incident); and
b. the emails are blatantly aggressive.

I'm sure that if you were in our position, you would assume the NAP to have been violated and terminated.

When we enter into an alliance we expect competency and honesty from our allies. This is because a "victim" cannot distinguish between the two (nor can we verify sob-stories). Had Grendal's response to Jagophile's email been more... polite, we may well have given him a third chance. However, we do feel inclined to give extra chances to a player who, through either dishonesty or incompetency, breaches an NAP and who then launches into an abusive tirade against us. His actions were hostile and he has breached the ...

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