[quote name='the rebel' timestamp='1317561115' post='2813819']
Whether your estimate was correct or not, they wasnt provided with the battle reports and math, which from the looks of it NG didnt have. But instead it was a blind estimate off NS loss, so they counter-offered with an other blind estimate.
So both parties ended up seeming to insult each other, due to stab in the dark reperation amounts...
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So why is that a problem for NG? They are the ones who would (and are) smashing the other side if it came to war. Both sides knew this, so at the end it is just dumb for UPN to react the way they did. Plus given the way politics on planet Bob have evolved lately would it be surprising if an alliance didn't take a run at their allies despite UPN asking them to stay out? Hell NPO got run for not having an allies back, even though they weren't asked for assistance. The fact is that UPN's reaction not only endangered their own alliance, but their allies as well.