"Reinforcements delayed?

Your co-consul, like Fabius, is more cautious than you, and is waiting for a safe moment to attack. Whether or not you are still alive by then is another thing."

But I don't see what that has to do with Europa Universalis AI, which does exist and work on normal PCs. I don't know what EUIII's AI is like, because I haven't played it, but I feel that EUII's AI was just as bloody minded as RTW.

As for co-operation between the companies. I suppose it's possible, but very unlikely since they are competitors.