You form an alliance by sending an allies add command. For example, to offer an alliance to the Privateers (player 5), write a message to yourself with this command:

allies add 5

To confirm the alliance, the Privateers must send the same command, with your race number. If you are Birds (player 3), he has to write

allies add 3

To revoke an alliance, or take back an offer, you send an allies drop command:

allies drop 5
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