                               Command : OFFER

NAME
   offer - Offer a loan or treaty to another country

Level: Expert

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.

    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.

    The conditions from which you may choose are:

           Condition                 Command(s) affected
           no attacks on land units  lboard
           no attacks on ships       board
           no sector attacks         assault, attack, paradrop
           no shelling ships         fire
           no depth-charging subs    fire
           no shelling land          fire
           no enlistments            enlist
           no building               build

    Note that the first six terms apply to interactions between the  two  par-
    ties  to  the treaty while the last two 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.

    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, Loans

