Agreements and payments

Read every clause#

A Truce protects the two signatories from each other. Market access permits a particular trade relationship. Shared vision grants direct sight sharing. Trade or vision alone does not make the other ruler peaceful. Friendship through a third ruler grants no extra protection or vision.

An offer is a proposal, not a completed exchange. It reserves no resources. Acceptance checks the actual available stocks again and applies the exchange atomically. A counteroffer replaces the proposed terms and requires agreement to the new revision. Paid immediate exchanges are not undone when later rights end.

Ending one agreement#

Ending an enduring agreement gives notice rather than instantly reversing its history. Other signed agreements remain independent. If two Truces protect the same pair, ending one does not remove protection while the other is active. Read the effective end and the remaining public agreements before attacking.

Scheduled payments are promises, not money already received. A failed installment transfers nothing and begins ordinary notice for that bundle. It creates no debt to collect later; later installments can still be attempted while the bundle remains active. Default does not cancel another agreement's protection.

For the consequences of losing market access, see caravan trade.