Araraukar wrote:Gastash wrote:Don't you think there's a higher chance that they aren't intent on immediately killing you?
OOC: Regardless of what I actually think or what I RP as, I'm trying to explain to you that this is going to be the attitude that you'll be fighting against not just drafting but also in vote. If you can't give a better answer but "give peace a chance!", you're going to lose.
I do have a better answer, which I tried to put in the preamble. When encountering a nation for the first time, you have absolutely no knowledge of their tech level, population, allies, etc., so you can't possibly know if you'll win if you start a war with them. The same goes for the other nation. If both sides acted logically, there wouldn't be any fighting during a first contact, at least until they got more information.
Unfortunately, people sometimes do attack due to the uncertainty and fear in meeting a new civilization. We can stop a WA nation from attacking, so under this proposal a first contact between two WA nations would never be violent.
The worst possible thing that could happen is a nonmember nation attacks you and "gets the first strike". This is not a big deal. If they're advanced enough to destroy you in one hit, they're advanced enough to get the first strike anyway. Otherwise, one shot doesn't decide a battle.
To summarize:
- Attacking makes no sense.
- We can stop WA nations from attacking out of fear, so we should.
- Worst case scenario: one bullet in your wall.
I have put this in the OP.