[quote]I highly encourage politics to be more than "I want gold you have gold war now". Have some fun. Diplomats living in embassies coping with alien customs, long and formal meetings, spies and intrigue, etc. It's more fun for all of us that way, especially the guy with the gold.[/quote]

Typical azu response to first contact scenarios:

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