"Now if you say you didnt want war, all I can do is accept that, but you were definitely giving off very warlike vibes."
We were just done with one cripplefight with bows, we had another going with HR apparently (we upset them by retalling consequent fort hits by adding same number of their planets as p-targs [they do not have forts to hit back], so they hit a fort again and so on). Quite a few deals ended and not renewed (yes, we also do short term deals), so, no, at the point we were not looking for a war, but as it was coming (your side leaks too + munkee said it himself) we hit each other on the same night and now we're at it. Much fun