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Allying with Computer Factions against Humans Aggressing against computer opponents early in the game can spell disaster if you're hoping to defeat an experienced human opponent. Make contact with any computer factions you locate and attempt to maintain friendly relations. A treaty or a pact can mean technology advances, assistance during wartime, and financial help. Best of all, if you've gained favor with several computer-controlled factions, they could very well come to your aid if you engage in battle with the human opponent. Upon making contact with a computer faction, you might have to give up more than you receive to maintain peaceful relations. While you shouldn't "sell the farm," so to speak, you should make every effort to remain friendly. Combating a human opponent, both militarily and up the technology tree, becomes much easier with a few allies by your side. Allying with Human Factions
against the Computer As in most of Alpha Centauri,
there's two (or even three or four) ways to play every situation. Say,
for instance, you ally with the human opponent early in the game. Though
you agree to a treaty or pact and begin the exchange of technologies,
don't feel the need to give him everything you've got. Your human opponent
won't know what technology advances you've secured. Instead of giving
him the three advances you have, only trade him one. Tell him you just
aren't researching that well. Meanwhile, you are, hopefully, gathering
plenty of new advances from his coffers. Further, you can make alliances
or pacts with computer factions at the same time in a possible move to
stab your human "friend" in the back. Chances do exist, of course, that
your opponent is doing the same thing to you. The possibilities are endless.
Stay on your toes and don't sell your faction short. Get the most out
of your negotiations, be it with a computer or a human adversary.
Next -
Situational Awareness and Matching Wits with a Human Opponent
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