This order is used to convince elements of a neutral (Non-Player) Empire to join your Empire without a fight. Even if you use threatening means to ‘encourage’ them to join you, no actual combat will take place, whatever the results of the Diplomacy mission. Having a Diplomat aboard your Fleet helps, as do a large number of other factors such as lifeform details, gifts, Fleet strength, government types, diplomatic option and so on. More details on the various options involved are listed in the main rulebook.
Requires 1 Action Pt to execute.
DIP, Fleet #, Population Group #, Diplomacy Option, Item, Quantity
Fleet #: The Fleet # that is conducting the Diplomacy mission.
Population Group #: The Population Group # that is the target of the Diplomacy mission. It is possible to convince one Population Group on a planet to join your Empire while leaving others out of your control, even if the others are owned by the same alien Empire. Your Fleet must be stationed over the planet where the Population Group is located or this order will fail. For the special case of “Declare War”, enter the Empire # upon which you are Declaring War instead of a specific Population Group #.
Diplomacy Option: The type of Diplomacy mission that your negotiation teams are executing.
Item: If you are giving an Item to the aliens as part of th emission, the name of the Item is given here. Enter a zero if you are not giving anything to the aliens. In the special case of the “Slander” Diplomacy Option, enter the Player Empire # that you are slandering here, with a Quantity of zero.
Quantity: The quantity of the Item that you are giving. Enter a zero if you are not giving the aliens any Items.
DIP, 101, 15421, Slander, 1120
Diplomats aboard Fleet # 101 try to convince the inhabitants of Population Group # 15421 that Empire # 1120 is not to be trusted.
DIP, 54, 3160, Subversion, Weapons, 50
Diplomats aboard Fleet # 54 provide 50 tons of Weapons to a selected segment of Population Group # 3160 in an attempt to convince them to overthrow their government and join your Empire.
Content contributed by Raven Zachary from the SuperNova: Rise of the Empire Orders Supplement by Rolling Thunder Games