Heya there Thoughts on an information sharing pact with respect to Italy? We don't have to attack them right away, but neither of us benefits if they get too big ya Agreed. Obviously England and Germany are more immediate concerns for me (as are Austria and Russia for you). But neither of us wants to see Italy expand too far, and it would be of mutual benefit to share any information that we hear about them. On a related note, have you heard from Russia or Austria? I'm curious to see if Russia plans to send A Moscow north or south. I don't really have a good read on Russia to be honest Unless you have a sea lion going with him tho, I doubt he'd go north Austria is telling me they're going for Russia, but that's what every Austria tells turkey lol You hear anything on your end about England / Germany? Haven't heard from Germany England told me that Germany reached out to him about an alliance but he would rather ally with me. I'm very confident in the first part, the second remains to be seen. Italy is saying that a French-Italy war is a waste of time for both us, which is true but may not be good news for Turkey unless you want to ally with them against Austria Haven't heard anything from Austria or Russia either. Hm thanks for the advice, I'll keep an eye out for the Lepanto then Update on Italy - they just told me that they don't feel it wise to get into an early fight with Austria. Assuming that they've been telling me the truth (a big if) that makes the Lepanto highly likely I guess it's too much to hope for that they just sit on their hands for a few years lol Indeed... Hard to get a read on a group that is organized in such an unusual way, but it feels like it's mostly experienced players here Seems to be, yea All the moves are pointing to a pretty stock standard Lepanto here in the East, so if you want to swing your fleet down into the med, that'd be appreciated on my end, and you should have a good shot at making progress if Italy commits any further this way Yeah, that's the plan. Will move F MAO - Spa sc, which should give me some presence in the Med and put a little bit of pressure on Italy. How is your relationship with Russia? Are you planning to allow them into Rumania? I'm thinking I'll try to contest just so they can't get a fleet into bla. I haven't been hearing too much from my neighbors so I'm kinda nervous 😅 Really? Russia has been pretty talkative with me, actually. Haven't heard much from Austria though Hear anything interesting ? Russia was really stressed about whether Germany would bounce them in Denmark, and then Germany opened to Netherlands In general they strike me as a fairly cautious, defensive player Mm, thanks If you want to tap Tyr, I can crash into Ion I don't have the firepower to get anywhere after tapping Tyr Mm I see Well, just putting the option out there I guess you have anything else in mind? I guess I'd also be happy to support you into getting Tun after I'm in ion if you'd be interested in that? That would be interesting, but I think I want the position with England to improve before committing to anything