by Cordo
Crazy negotiation continues.AUC followed Cartel's pass on Zona de Convencia by essentially accepting the government's deal and rallying in Cucuta, Ibague, Antioquia (creating a base), Atlantico (creating a base for two there that are unprotected), Santa Marta, Cartagena, and Cali. The government paid four of that cost, and he extorted in Atlantico and Antioquia so only paid one himself.
Air Bridge (61) came down, revealing Deserters and Defectors (54).
The cartels seemed to be giving up on his bases in the cities to some degree and didn't rally there, and rallied with no special activity (defensively to prevent the event from going off). Surprisingly he spent 7 resources to rally primarily in FARC controlled-departments, namely Guaviare, Meta East, Narino, Choco, and Huila. He also rallied to create bases in Vaupes and Guiana. That seems like an overcommitment to messing with FARC to me but I'm interested to see what happens.
With the Deserters and Defectors (54) card the obvious play for AUC is in Huila, and I know he sees this. However, the government started negotiating with him to try to get him to replace the Cartel units in Santa Marta and Cartagena. (To allow him to Assault the four bases out of his cities), which he is offering to pay for. I'm involved in the talks because that would mean I need to take a limited event on air bridge rather than passing to take a full turn after the AUC event on Deserters.