Declaring War With Allies

What do you mean you are "forced" to go to war?

Sounds to me iike Super Organizer.

Are the Altarians in your game?

~ Wyndstar

It is Altarian: but I think he is saying that even if you decline to go to war, you do.

Do you?

I think the Altarians' ability is to force all civs of good alignment to go to war against any civ that attacks the Altarians.

It asks you if you want to, though.

I can't remember the exact phrasing of the message but basically when an ally or friendly race declares war or has war declared on them, I am given to option to help out my friendly race by declaring war as well. However regardless of whether I accept or decline it seems I always end up at war.

I have only gone the Terran Alliance (noob :P) and I don't know whether this is a glitch or if it is a race ability which some of you have been alluding to.

Anyway thanks for the help keep 'em coming.

If the Altarians are attacked, all of the other good civs will come to their aid. This is due to their super-ability, called "Super Organizer". Since you have (evidently) chosen good as your alignment, you are also being asked to declare war. You can refuse, and, other than a *possible* hit to your diplomatic relations with the Altarians, will suffer no ill effects.

There is no way that you can be forced to declare war against your will. There is, however, nothing to keep the AI from declaring war on you. Are you sure that this isn't what's happening? Pay attention to the GNN next time. When you declare war, it will read something like "The Terrans have declared war on race x". If the AI declares war on you, it will, of course, read the other way 'round.

I have seen this event many times, while playing as various races; I have always declined, and have never experienced what you are describing. I have never, in TA at least, played the Terrans as good, so this may be tied in to that particular scenario. If so, then this is a bug. Most likely you are missing or maybe mis-seeing something. Until someone else comes along that has seen this, I would just try and figure things out at your end.

This very same thing happens to me.

Probably happened a half dozen times in my last game, where the Alterians are attacked and it asks if I'll come to their aid because I'm similarly aligned. I always choose "No" but regardless I go to war against their attackers anyway.

Wasn't too terribly bad, just reloaded from an autosave every time, but it is annoying.