Quote Originally Posted by Tarkus
Thaatu,

What's actually happening is that a foreign diplomat is standing outside my city and, during that faction's activities for the given turn, he is clearly seen negotiating (the "diplomat talking" animation). Since I don't have a diplomat in the city, there's no direct opportunity for the negotiation scroll to come up. Immediately after he's negotiated for a few moments, there's a change in the income for that city only -- indicating an apparent direct consequence of the negotiation with that city. This is in addition to the general change in income for all cities that immediately the "end turn" action...so it seems different to me than the income generated from farming, mining, etc.
Um, you don't need a diplomat to bring up the diplomacy scroll, you only need a diplomat to initiate diplomatic proceedings. If the diplomat wished to talk, he would talk with your general (or if you didn't have a general, I assume with the captain of the garrison - I have no idea what happens if the city is empty, I imagine that they couldn't do anything on it). The diplomat is definately attempting a bribe and failing. Whether the income is connected is impossible to say, but its not because of any successful diplomatic agreement (bribe or otherwise).

Foot