If a Military Ally attacks a Defensive Ally, whichever choice you make will cause a hit for failing to join your ally, whether attacking or defending. If you decline the defender, you suffer a hit.Ī Defensive Alliance is not as bad as a Military Alliance in this regard, because if a Defensive Ally attacks a faction you have a trade agreement, military access or non-aggression pact with, you are not obligated to assist either of them (and you will not even be prompted to)Ī Military Alliance is even worse. If you have a Defensive Alliance with 2 factions, and 1 of those factions attacks the other, either way you are going to suffer a negative hit to your reliability if you join the defender then you will declare war on the attacking ally, which is a nasty hit, especially if you had other treaties with them. Guide to Diplomacy in Warhammer II Beware of Alliances