Hey, guys....Did you capture and obtain a confession from any of these hostile diplos?
Without proof as to the identity of the assailant, there is little anyone can help you with.
In the meantime, here are some things you can do to protect yourselves...
Increase your Consulate Level.
Build more Basic Scouts, Basic Spies, Basic Thieves, Basic Sabos. These are the units that will capture hostile diplos.
Make sure you have researched Interrogation. With this tech, you have a chance to solicit a confession from a captured hostile diplo.
Put up a killing rune (Death Rune, Killing Glyph, etc) to kill Sabos and Thieves. Dead diplos never come back for follow-up attacks.
Also, Which Players and which cities are being hassled is helpful info.
On Chat, TCO said No_Mercy is the assailant. How do you know this?
This is odd since NM is about 1,000 squares from TCO. It is also odd because NM is in Strike Team which I have never heard of causing problems before. My 2nd account has always been very near most of ST members and has never had any trouble. Also, ST is mostly composed of inactive accounts now. Even Tomicus, the founder, is hardly active anymore - he has only added 99 population in 1 month (adding all cities, only 99 pop inc.).
Some aggressive players enjoy hearing public pleas from their victims.
So posting your plight on Global Chat and this Forum many actually increase the hostilities against you. Consider seeking advice and assistance in private from your allies and friends.
Lastly, you advertise your alliance as being very tough
... 'steel vs. steel', etc. This is a public taunt that invites aggression against you. People are compelled to test your metal when you run around in public bragging about how tough you are.
I suggest you tone down your public bravado and beef up your defenses then, perhaps, trouble will find a new victim.
Edited by The_Dude - 10 Dec 2010 at 20:11