[President_Elect_Shang]

That would work really good Will. The Legion's policy is pretty much as you stated. In fact I am a member of the Defiance Cohort. When a Legion member in my range is attacked they ask for help. An Admiral has to ok the deceleration of help first so there are no accidental treaty violations. Once it is ok'ed if the attacker is in my Cohort range I declare war. Someone from the Legion delivers a nasty gram and if the message is ignored we are let off our chains to ZI them.