OOC: Well, while we are clarifying things, let me add that Thermolias attack on the D-O was in response to their attack on my ally. Some type of war was bound to happen, but this is what forced the issue. Also let me add that there seems to be a lot of confusion between in character and out of character Messages. All in game Messages are IC unless marked otherwise. Forum Posts can be either, and as such should be tagged. Same would hold true of email. Now, some would seem to have found the default text of Thermolian in game Messages offensive. This was the intent when the file was created. There have been some Messages in the game where I forgot to replace this text and there have also been some where I intentionally left it in place. I have apologized to the person who got one accidentally and I would ask the rest of you to remember that they are IC Messages. The Thermolians have been around longer than SE4 and they are a race lead by a revivified dead guy, polite conversation is not something they are known for. They are good honorable allies, but not the kind of people you would invite to dinner at your moms house. The actual intent of the message texts was to cause anger when the Thermolians were used as an AI. That seems to be a success

. None of the Messages were sent as or intended to be taken OOC.