Megas Logothetes' and Senators' Reports

[TinCow]

FYI, the Org uploaders are working once again.

[Privateerkev]

taking the save.

[Privateerkev]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=3909

I hope this works. This is my first time using the new file system.

I moved Armatos back to Antioch province to resupply and to escort the mighty peasant defense force. I had the 4 Sergeants siege Aleppo. While doing so, the merchant got knocked out of the way. I merged the merchant in with the Sergeants so he could keep trading.

[Cecil XIX]

Taking the save.

[Cecil XIX]

Um, nevermind.

[Ituralde]

Taking the Save!

PKs that is...

[Ituralde]

Moved towards Trebizond and discovered some lousy Seljuks besieging it.
To listen to the Megas or not...

LOTR-1099-2

[OverKnight]

Taking the save to get rid of some rebels near Bucharest.

[OverKnight]

Rebels crushed. I returned to Bucharest.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1099-3.zip

[Andres]

Taking the save.

[Andres]

And here it is again.

http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1099-04.zip

Moved Savvas ek Militou and his army further up North.

[_Tristan_]

Taking save

[_Tristan_]

New save :

http://www.mizus.com/files/pbm/LOTR-1099-5.rar

Simply moved Methodios around... and back to Belgrade

[flyd]

Taking the save.

[flyd]

Report for 1099

Military Affairs

Pontic Frontier

Pavlos Chrysovergos has reached Trebizond and saw that it was besieged by troops of the Turkish Sultan. This may prove to be our casus belli. I have asked Pavlos Chrysovergos to hold his attack until the offensive armies are assembled. He has held his attack for this year, but does not seemed to have made a final decision yet.

Caesar Ioannis still makes no progress towards Sinop.

Syria

Aleppo is now under siege, while most of the Order's army is in Antioch. The armies in Syria are poorly supplied, and a ship has been dispatched to the Eastern Med to ferry supplies from Cyprus.

Eastern Frontier

Ioannis Kalameteros has arrived in Smyrna with reinforcements from Greece. The pair of Asteri private armies is essentially complete and sits in Smyrna. They are not fully built to specification, however, since a pair of regiments revolted on their way from Dardanellia, and the armies are short on missile troops. They will have to be supplemented with mercenaries.

Interior and Sea

I am three years' march away from the Turkish border.

Savvas ek Militou continues toward Belgrade. Kosmas Mavrozomis is heading to the east.

After ships were detached for the Eastern Med, the Aegean fleet consists of 4 ships.

Civilian Affairs

Anna Komnene has arrived in Smyrna.

A French diplomat at Belgrade offered trade rights, which was accepted.

The King of the Germans has declared war on the Fatimids of Egypt, who are currently in possession of Jerusalem. I believe this means that the Germans have assembled a crusade, which will be passing through our lands shortly. Also, the Fatimid Sultan has died.

An abbey was started in Antioch, and a drill square in Corinth. Both of these will be essential, the first one in pacifying the populace of Antioch and the second with providing advanced, sword-bearing troops of great use in hand-to-hand fighting in cities.

Recruitment was mainly priests and a ship.

3000 florins had to be drawn from the treasury reserves.

http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1101-0.zip

[Cecil XIX]

Taking the save.

[Cecil XIX]

http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1101-1.zip

Changed 'Antioch' to 'Antiokheia'.

[Privateerkev]

taking the save

[Privateerkev]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=3991

Moved Armatos to siege Aleppo. Moved Sergeants into his stack so Armatos is in command of the stack. Moved merchant back to trade resource since the agent was in the Sergeant stack.

[TheFlax]

Taking the save.

[TheFlax]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local...id=193&id=3992

Married Anna to Ioannis Kalameteros.

[flyd]

Taking the save.

[flyd]

Report for 1101

1101 was a year of little activity. It was also the halfway point of my term as Megas Logothetes, which is why I will dedicate the report to overall strategy, and list the events at the end.

There will be a war against the Turks. I predict that the official declaration will come within three years. At the same time, the main attack force will cross into Seljuk-held Anatolia. The attack force comprises 2000 soldiers in total, and will initially be split into two armies, the northern under my own command, and the southern under the command of Ioannis Kalameteros. The first one is in Thrace now and expected to arrive at the border in three years. The second, which is the combination of the private armies of Ioannis Kalameteros and Hypatios Machonios, is assembled in Smyrna.

Meanwhile, Pavlos Chrysovergos watches the Turks at Trebizond, and will attack simultaneously, or even before the main attack.

The West and the Danube are defended by Savvas ek Militou and Basileus Alexios. They have sufficient troops for the task, and it is up to them how to deploy them. If a German crusade comes about, I would ask them to keep an eye on it.

Ceasar Ioannis's lack of progress towards Sinop is disturbing. There is no useful reason for Sinop to remain rebellious. This will not impede the progress of the attack in southern Anatolia, but it would be nice to have back.

The Order continues to attempt to expand slowly around Antioch. Hopefully it won't be long before their lands are contiguous with the rest of the Empire.

The fleet has gone to Crete as a show of force. The Venetian fleet there is of similar size and quality to ours.

Recruitment has slowed down at this time, except for the Navy, which expects to receive another ship years year, and except for priests in Antioch, which have been recruited each year for the past three years.

Construction continues at a decent rate despite the tight budget. A bowyer was started in Nicosia, and it will be the Empire's first, though many archers tend to be available as mercenaries. The complete lack of siege equipment will be addressed when the ballista maker in Nicaea is completed. Roads have been started in Athens, and will complete the road network in the contiguous parts of the Empire. Finally, I have it from a reliable source that brothels are good at attracting spies, and since we have only one spy, I have used Imperial funds to commission a brothel in Thessalonike.

And as the last bit of news, something that everyone already knows, Ioannis Kalameteros and Anna Komnene have been married.

The treasury reserve decreased by 1000 florins this year.

http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1102-0.zip

[Ignoramus]

Taking the save.

[Ignoramus]

Moved Ioannis to besiege Sinop.

http://rapidshare.com/files/128816463/LOTR-1102-1.zip

[flyd]

Taking the save.

[flyd]

Sinop has sallied. Aleppo will sally next.

http://mizus.org/files/pbm/LOTR-1102-2.zip

[Ignoramus]

Taking the save.

[Ignoramus]

Battle won with minimal casualties. Report to follow. Aleppo has sallied.

http://rapidshare.com/files/129026833/LOTR-1102-3.zip

[Ignoramus]

File up!