Bribe

Bribe is offering that sometimes will come through empires that have minus relation with you, mainly Warriors and Zealots. However, sometimes other empires take bribe. Also bribe can be offered in Civilization stage.

What is bribe
At the bribe, the empire say that they need some money, and you must give it to them. If you decline, there was some penalty to relation. If you accept, there was some + as giving gift. If you have not enough money, you may ignore it.