How to establish full communications

[martinuzz (OP)]

So I found this alien race, I assigned a diplomatic team to them, and pressed the initiate communication button, which is now greyed out.
Still, it tells me that I did not establish full communications..

How do I do this?

[Erik L]

You need to wait until it occurs. It does not happen instantaneously.

[Hawkeye]

To elaborate on what Eric said, you will get a message in the log every 5 days about how your linguists are doing. Sometimes, they can translate the alien language after only a few weeks, somtimes they tell you, the language is too alien to ever be translated after trying for a couple of months.

[iamlenb]

I'm unable to find the reference, but I believe Steve said in one of his posts on Diplomacy from earlier versions that you WILL eventually be able to communicate with an NPR.  If I remember correctly, Communication is influenced by the NPR Xenophobia stat, your race's Xenophobia stat and Translation Skill stat and your diplomatic team skill.

You can see your race stats on the right side of the CTRL-F2 View Race Stat window, accessed from the main menu bar.  You can even change it in SM Mode if you've started with your random race at -26 Translation Skill, like mine did.

[UnLimiTeD]

Just blast them.
Always a solution.
If you conquer them, they can suddenly talk to you.^^