To Eden Arcologies: Spoiler
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The response is an agreement to the plan. However, we'd wish you wouldn't announce our participation to the world before we actually agree.
As for the markets, I'm sure you're self-sufficient in all the basics and many luxury items too, but there's always exotics, goods built in foreign lands that your people might want to try. And trading away your surplus builds up your capital if you want to make any larger acquisitions later on
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Three massive airborne vessels lower from the sky nearby, hovering above the valley as the area has no suitable landing zone. They're roughly oval-shaped, but the stern has a large metallic framed engine.
Large hatches open in the ships, and a dozen small helicopters lower down, landing nearby, a few more staying in the air to keep watch. A bunch of men slide down with ropes and start setting up lightweight ladders for the rest of the crew as well as machinery to raise the cargo into the ships.
One official-looking figure walks to the Eden personnel from a chopper. "Good morning. I am Captain Stavsky, and I heard you had some seeds for us that should help the lands ravaged by the virus. Do you have a spreading plan as to where I should leave them? We can make the arrangements to help the infected territories in the EU, Africa and Asia, but since you're the provider, you get the final say in where the stuff goes and when."
To Australia: Spoiler
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Russia has good relations to most nations. We will fly over the high seas if necessary, but we're sure to be able to secure our routes overland with almost any state on Earth. After all, they trade with us already and planes already fly between us; what's the difference now?