The Royal Council

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Event 1: Liberation of Hierosolyma!

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Rules:

1) Any Strategoi may join the Liberation of Hierosolyma, except Satraps. All Strategoi must declare their intention to join the Cause by the end of the 269 BC Council Session by sending a PM to Ibn-Khaldun. All Strategoi who join the Cause will be known as Liberators for the duration of the Event. Whoever is elected Chancellor in the 269 BC election cannot join the Cause.

2) Every Strategos will be instantly transported to Seleukeia after the 269 BC Council Session has ended. They will arrive with only their personal bodyguard; all other armies under their command will be left behind.

3) Once assembled in Seleukeia, every Strategos will have a small army generated for their personal use during the Cause. The army, including the avatar's bodyguard, will be no more than six units in size, and no less than three units in size. The number, type, and quality of units will depend on the traits of the avatar himself. The exact distribution will be determined by Ibn-Khaldun.

4) Only the units received in #3 can be taken on to the Liberation of Hierosolyma. The Chancellor is barred from providing the Strategoi with any additional units in any way until Hierosolyma is captured.
Strategoi are free to join forces with their armies prior to leaving Seleukeia or besiege of Hierosolyma.
Strategoi may abandon any other Strategoi they have joined with at any point after reaching to Judaea. Anyone who splits away in this manner will take all of their surviving units with them.
All rank limitations on command are abolished for Strategoi for the duration of the Cause.
No Strategoi may move his own army for the duration of the Event. All movement of Strategoi and their armies will be done by Ibn-Khaldun.

5) Once all Strategoi have determined whether to join their army with others or remain separate they will all start moving towards Hierosolyma at the start of the second turn of the Chancellor’ term.
Every turn Ibn-Khaldun will roll a die for each army. This will simulate random factors effecting movement, such as weather, provisioning, delays, etc. Good rolls will result in full movement, perhaps even bonus movement. Bad rolls will result in reduced movement, or perhaps none at all. Armies of 6 units or fewer will receive a +1 to their movement rolls. Armies of 13 units or more will receive a -1 to their movement rolls.

6) Every turn, any Strategoi may attempt to sabotage the movement of another Strategoi army or even while besieging Hierosolyma. A die will be rolled to determine if this is successful. Successful sabotage will slow down the movement of the target army. Successful sabotage while besieging a city will prevent the army from assaulting until the next turn. There will be a small chance that the Strategos who attempted the sabotage will have his identity revealed, regardless of whether the sabotage succeeds or not.

7) When each army gets near Hierosolyma then Strategoi must send PM to Ibn-Khaldun to indicate whether they want to go diractly against Hierosolyma or wait for other Strategoi first. At this point, if the garrisons of Alexandria and Cairo are below 10 units, they will be increased to 10 units. No city may be attacked other than Hierosolyma. If there are AI controlled armies along the marching path, Ibn-Khaldun may require them to be destroyed before the city can be besieged. For the duration of the Cause only the Liberators may attack Hierosolyma.

8) The Liberators army that conquers Hierosolyma will gain ownership of that city. This city ownership will completely bypass any usual rule regarding to land ownership. Whoever conquers Hierosolyma will obtain control over it directly. If there are multiple Strategoi in the conquering army, they must all agree on who will command the attack and who will receive the city prior to assaulting the city. If they cannot agree before the Chancellor declares the turn over, they must wait until the next turn to assault it. The Strategoi who gains possession of Hierosolyma will be given two to four additional units by Ibn-Khaldun. The Strategos who conquers Hierosolyma will be known as "King of Judaea" and have all the powers of Satrap. All units commanded by other Strategoi will be used to form a Satraps Army for the new King.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Antiochos raises and speaks..

I declare the Second Council Session open! It will stay open for debate and legislation until 10 am GMT on Friday, October 3rd, at which point there will be 48 hours alloted for voting.

[Rodrico Stak]

Attalos Pergamou Mysiakes stands and begins to speak.

I would like to take this opportunity to point out that the only units in Sidon are of the Baselius' royal army, and that some will need to be recruited to keep order once that army leaves. The new Chancellor (whomever we elect) will need to know this.

[Celtic_Punk]

Euripedes stands up "Members of the council, I bring a message from Cunobelinus. It will be EDICT 2.1: After the 1st Syrian Army regroups at Antioch and retrains an expedition to Libya and to Alexandria and sack it."
Euripedes clears his throat
"He says that this will fund further exploits by the empire, and although bold, it will be totally unexpected and therefore will work."

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haha bold is bold

[00jebus]

I second Edict 2.1, especally if the expadition is timed to attack at the same time as the liberators.

[johnhughthom]

Polyxenidos Lykikos stood looking rather perplexed

Have I really heard this correctly? Have two Strategos of the Arche Seleukiea actually advised we should loot and sack Alexandria? Think about the name of the city, then reflect on its history and ask if we should be contemplating such actions.

The Babylonian sat down shaking his head and muttering to his companion.

[kingsnake]

Aratos who arrived from campaigning rose.

"Indeed, Polyxenidos Lykikos is right, Alexandria is an important city linked to our culture and history. We are not barbarians fellow strategoi and we would dishonour our ancestors by sacking it. Though I don't oppose the idea of conquering it from Ptolemaic hands."

He sat and whispered with surprise to Akakios, his representative in the council. "I sincerely hope my friend Arrhenides did not forget whose great tomb, lays in Alexandria."