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Tichy said:
If you hire away a mercenary by outbidding a nation they're working for, sometimes they show up with a build order. (i.e. they're building a fortification before you tell them to do anything)
I assume this has something to do with not clearing the orders they have from their previous employer?
I've seen it twice, only forts, not lab or temple orders.
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I've seen this as well. Although I haven't tested this, this could allow 2 players colluding a chance to gain a free (ish) fort for one of the players. The merc building the fort is employed by antother player, the new employer gets a fort built for the costs of the merc but the previous employer (I assume) still has a fort half built? So for the cost of employing a merc you gain a fort. Not sure whether you can get a "better" fort or not.
Incidentally, if you cancel the fort, you get the cash back but the game "accuses" you of cheating
Cheers
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