Not that I know anything about strat or give a shit, but isn't this sort of treachery part and parcel of the Strategus Experience? I thought most people wanted sanboxy freedom à la EVE where duplicity and double-dealing aren't restricted by arbitrary rules.
Why I remember the time when I cut a deal with the BashiBazouks. Oh how long ago it was!
I purchased 100,000 strat gold from them for c-rpg gold.
A seemingly normal transaction. They'ed sold gold before and would sell it again.
I hung around for a couple of days in the middle of their territory. I sat there for a reason, to watch their trading habits. The somali sea horse pirates had already done some digging around and I'd been informed of some habbits before I ventured down there. But I still had to figues out exactly what was going on.
And I did! I found a caravan with 10,000 creates poorly gaurded. I worked out it's direction and target destination from the information I already had. Went to an NPC castle along it's path and used the money I had brought to arm myself to the teeth. I then waited and is the caravan passed by the gates I raped it sideways. I was with in the "safe" distance for a quick march back to the NPC fief.
After the battle I found that I had stolen a rather massive load of goods as well as 5000 sumpter horses...
A bunch of naimless people then took the goods and spread them on the wind as well as taking all my gear and horses.
I sat and plotted some more, and what I had hoped came to pass!
A bounty, a glourious bounty was placed on my head!
A bounty I quickly collected, they placed another! I collected that at well!
Great joy and adulation filled the hearts of the Bashi as they watched my twist in the wind. Little did they realise I had robbed them not once, but thrice!
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I love you strat.
