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part 2

Chapter 5: Controlling Your Empire
Chapter 6: Terraforming
Chapter 7: The Art of War Chapter 8: Diplomacy
    Contact
    Commlink
    Give and Take
    Council Meetings
Chapter 9: Situational Awareness

Chapter 8: Diplomacy

Council Meetings

Salvage Unity Fusion Core
When this motion is passed by the council, all factions gain +500 energy credits. While this may sound like a good thing, it has a definite double edge. If your enemies are casting votes to salvage the fusion core, that usually means they lack the energy required to build up their army and are looking for a quick fix. If you're not in this situation, you should vote against this measure and make the factions work for their armies. If the measure passes, you can be sure a rival faction will pump out a few high-powered units!

Global Trade Pact
Passing the Global Trade Pact will only benefit those factions that have entered into a pact. Commerce between friendly factions will double. If, for whatever reason, you have few friends, passing this measure will do you little good. On the other hand, if you have several friends, this is a valuable measure to see through and an easy way to pump up your economy.

Launch Solar Shade
Passing this measure will instigate global cooling, in turn lowering the sea levels. This may not sound like much, but, depending on the circumstances within the game, can have a huge impact on yours and other factions. If your empire is made mostly of water-based cities, lowering the sea level could suddenly find them on land, voiding out any water-terraforming you've engaged in, making those cities virtually useless!

Melt Polar Caps
The opposite of the solar shade, this measure will cause the sea levels to rise. This runs the risk of drowning any city that doesn't have a pressure dome built. If you're one of those, your city will be wiped out! Carefully take your empire into consideration before voting for or against this measure.

Repeal U.N. Charter
This is a tough measure to get passed, but if you do, it can really turn the tide of the game. Simply put, repealing the U.N. charter lifts the prohibition on atrocities. This means you can launch planet busters and drop nerve gas to your heart's content without fear of sanctions and faction vendettas. Only try to pass this measure if your arsenal is overflowing with atrocity weapons you're itching to use. On the other hand, be very careful when passing this measure because the chances are good that someone like Yang, who likes to build planet busters, will welcome it, too!