                               Command : OFFER

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: offer loan <CNUM/CNAME> <AMOUNT> <DURATION> <RATE>

SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: offer treaty <CNUM/CNAME>

The  offer command is used to offer either a loan or a treaty to another coun-
try.

In the case of a loan:

    <CNUM/CNAME> is the number or name of the country to whom you are offering
    the loan,

    <AMOUNT> is the size of the loan.  (NOTE: do not use a dollar sign),

    <DURATION> is the length of the loan in days,

    <RATE> is the interest rate, (per <DURATION>), on the loan.

                               Command : OFFER

    The  program  prompts  with  various questions concerning any terms of the
    loan not provided on the command line and sends a telegram to <CNUM/CNAME>
    announcing the loan offer.

    If  the  other country accepts the loan, (using the consider command), the
    money will be transferred from your account and you will be notified  that
    the loan duration has started.

    Note  that  the  dependence of rate on the duration makes a 30 day loan at
    10% a worse deal than a 60 day loan at 15%.

In the case of a treaty:

    <CNUM/CNAME> is the name or number of the country  to  whom  you  wish  to
    offer the treaty.

    You  will  be  asked  to  set both the conditions for yourself and for the
    other country.

                               Command : OFFER

    The conditions from which you may choose are:

           Condition               Command(s) affected
           no attacks on ships     board
           no shelling ships       fire, fly, torp
           no sector attacks       assault, attack
           no shelling land        fire, fly
           no enlistments          enlist
           no building             build

    Note that the first five terms apply to interactions between the two  par-
    ties to the treaty while the last three apply to ANY actions of the speci-
    fied type.

    Once you have offered the treaty, a telegram will be  sent  to  the  other
    country  indicating  the  offer.  If the other country accepts the treaty,
    (using the consider command), you will be notified that it has  gone  into
    effect.

                               Command : OFFER

    Once  signed,  the  treaty  is not binding!  However, any violation of the
    treaty will be pointed out to the violator in time for him/her  to  recon-
    sider the action and will find its way into the news.

See also : collect, consider, ledger, repay, treaty

NOTE THAT ALL TREATY RELATED COMMANDS ARE DISABLED.  THIS INFO FILE IS OF HIS-
TORICAL INTEREST ONLY!

