Don't bother, twaddle... Their lore changes in Red's mind anytime it's convenient. The guy has no idea what Role Playing is, doesn't know that what he knows is not necessarily known by his characters... All actions have ooRP reasons, so don't bother arguing...
By the way, don't thank people for wrong information. THAT treaty of bethlehem was canceled a loooong time ago. We just negotiated a new treaty, se it here: http://discoverygc.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=124684
Ames is out of it, and for now it's still in theory a Phoenix base. But, if I were you, I would wait, they will soon cease to be zoners, and therefore will lose almost all bases they have now.
