Backstabber! Attacked by forces given safe passage.

[johnhughthom]

Anybody else had this on the diplomacy screen? I have it from the Iriquois who I went to war against when they attacked the Thirteen Colonies as I was the colonies protector, I haven't even fought them though so I don't really undestand how it came about.

[Quillan]

It shows up whenever you declare war on someone with whom you had military access. I got it once when I used military access to get an army next to Hindustan and then took it out from under the Mughals. However, in that case I marched an army for three turns through Mughal territory before attacking their capital. I don't know if that modifier will show up if you declare war and have no armies in their territory at all.

[johnhughthom]

That make sense, cheers. I don't think I ever had military access with them though, unless the Thirteen Colonies had and that message passed onto me when I absorbed them?

[Quillan]

Really no telling. Every time a faction emerges in the game I have mysterious diplomatic modifiers with them, like -60 territorial expansion when I haven't captured a single territory since they existed or negatives for "assassination attempts" when I hadn't tried a single assassination in the entire game.

[Fondor_Yards]

I've had that show up even after canceling military access before declaring war, it's rather annoying since it's already so easy for factions to hate you.