He speaks of establishing alliances, with big brother continuing to help little brother.

Players can establish alliances to assist in rebuilding their cities and battling for global domination.

Despite the unstable nature of the independent circuit, some of these upstarts have managed to influence the larger companies or establish alliances with international counterparts.

It costs one to do things like establish alliances, declare war, sue for peace, or even something as simple as annexing new territories into your empire.

However, this speculation was proven incorrect with newspaper and telegraph companies establishing an alliance that allowed reporters to use the telegraph to instantly transport breaking stories back to the office.