Diplomacy

In Sigma Theory: Global Cold War, **diplomacy** is one of many strategic choices that players may take. The player may choose to negotiate with other nation's Sigma head in order to advance their team's global position.

A diplomatic meeting can occur every two days, and you can have no more than one per day. To set up a meeting, select the country you want to meet with and choose "Contact". A dialogue box will pop up showing you when that Sigma head is next available. If the date suits, Confirm and the meeting will be added to your calendar for that day. If not, try again later for a different date.

Before the meeting there are several things you can do to prepare, to ensure the best outcome for your country. These include:

* Hacking the country to plant Ransomware
* Investigating the Sigma head for intel and secrets
* Moving drones into position above the country
* Locating scientists in that country

Not all of these are necessary, some will help you in all diplomatic meetings, some will only help when trying to accomplish a certain thing.

A diplomatic meeting is the first thing that happens each day, but any tasks (such as hacking or investigating) that were due to finish that day will be completed before the meeting. For example, it's possible to Investigate the Sigma head the day before the meeting, and have the intel ready for the meeting the next day.

There is an Achievement for completing the game without any diplomatic meetings, "Shy".

## Phases of a diplomatic meeting:

### Greeting

When the meeting begins, you first choose a greeting for the Sigma head you're meeting with. If you have no intel, you can choose randomly. Some options will improve the diplomacy meter, some will lower it. If you have intel on the Sigma head, you can choose the option that will resonate with them, for a guaranteed boost. If you've managed to acquire any compromising secrets about them, you can use that option for a larger boost, but the secret will be used up, regardless of how well the meeting goes afterwards.

If you don't have any intel, and don't want to risk a negative greeting, you can always use the neutral greeting at the top ("How is your research going?") which will not affect the diplomacy meter at all.

### Request

There are several options for what you can ask of the Sigma head, all of them useful in their own way. Most of them will lower the diplomacy meter when you ask for them, some more than others, so be prepared if you're asking for something big. The things you can request are:

### Offer

Once you've made your request, you'll have to offer them something in return. What you have to offer depends on how much preparation you've done for the meeting. Some options improve the chances of success more than others. The possible options are:

You only lose what you offered if the deal is accepted by the opposing Sigma head. If the deal is rejected, then nothing changes.

### Result

Once you've made your offer, the Sigma head you're negotiating with will either accept or reject your offer. The chances of success are based on the diplomacy meter, the higher it is, the more likely you are to succeed. However, a high meter doesn't always guarantee success, and a low meter doesn't always guarantee failure.

Note that there is no permanent effect if they reject your offer, meaning that there's no downside to having as many diplomatic meetings as possible. Therefore, it's best to schedule them as often as you can, as each meeting has a chance to help you, even in a small way.