Megas Logothetes' and Senators' Reports

[Ignoramus]

http://rapidshare.com/files/176619789/LOTR-1173.zip

Report for 1171:

I have purchased the castle of Benghazi from the Sicilians. This came at the cost of a tribute of 4200 florins to the Sicilian Crown for 4 and half years(3 turns). I also concluded an alliance with them, which should assist us in driving out the Venetians and avenging the deaths of Savvas and Tiverios.

I note that the town of Bari has fallen to the Sicilians. Thus I shall be forced to make my invasion of Italy at the north of the peninsula.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Taking the save!

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Moved Theo to Tortosa. Lowered taxes in Theopolis and raised taxes in Antiokheia.

http://www.mizus.com/pbm/LOTR-1173-1.rar

[Rowan]

Taking save.

Save back.

[TinCow]

Custom Battle, as part of the remainder of the War of Words. This custom battle is being fought by YLC to determine the fate of the war between Nikolaos Aristenos and Michail Arianitis. Avatars that are killed in this battle will be eliminated in the game, and casualties will be represented by disbanding units. If Nikolaos Aristenos wins, Durazzo will be considered captured and will become his possession. This battle is being fought by YLC against the AI with the explicit permission of both YLC and pevergreen. This is how they wish to resolve the war.

The setup has been created to mimic the in-game situation as accurately as possible.

Nikolaos Aristenos' Army (Byzantium Faction):
1 General's Bodyguard with 2 silver chevrons
3 Spear Militia
1 Militia Cavalry

Nikolaos' army has been supplied with 2 ladders and 1 ram. As the army is small and has few build points, I decided that siege towers could not have been constructed in the short time that has elapsed since Nikolaos arrived outside of Durazzo.

Michail Arianitis' Army (Portugal Faction - Chosen as the unit stats match Byantium's perfectly, except for the General's Bodyguard which is missing 1 point in Charge)
1 General's Bodyguard
3 Town Militia with 1 Bronze Chevron each

(Note: In the game, Michail's army has a heavily depleted (around 25 men) unit of Spear Militia with 1 bronze chevron. As I cannot duplicate a partial unit in-game, all three town militia have been given a chevron of experience to compensate.)

Nikolaos Aristenos vs. Michail Arianitis - 1173

YLC may download and fight the battle whenever is most convenient, as it does not impact the current save.

To install the custom battle, unzip it to this folder:
\Medieval II Total War\Stainless_Steel_Mod\custom\

Then go to Single Player -> Custom Battle -> Load Battle

Please take a screenshot of the final results. Please also attempt to save the replay, which is done by pressing the camera button on the results screen. Then upload the replay to the Org.

[ULC]

Victory is complete and total, with the Michail the Brave (or Foolish, depends on who you ask) having died in battle during the siege while trying to rally his men. Nikolaos Aristenos has signed the proper papers and has now retired, leaving the Protoasecretes to execute his will.

[TinCow]

This save implements the results of the Battle of Durazzo. Michail Arianitis was killed in the battle and has been killed off in the game. Nikolaos Aristenos retired from public life after the battle (IC), and has been killed off in the game (OOC). As per Nikolaos' will, his newly conquered province of Durazzo and his Veteran Warrior have been transfered to YLC's next avatar, Helarionas Anargiros, who has also been moved to Durazzo. As YLC's only action this turn was to fight a battle which involved no movement, he may still move Helarionas this turn if he wants to.

Casualties in the battle have been resolved as follows:
Nikolaos' Militia Cav took few casualties and have thus been left as they are. 1.5 regiments of the 3 Spear Militia were killed. However, Nikolaos also captured about 100 of Michail's Town Militia. For IC purposes, some of these men have agreed to join the militia of their new Lord and have filled up the ranks left in the depleted Spear Militia regiment. Thus, the total losses are both avatars, one of Nikolaos' Spear Militia, and all of the defenders. This leaves 2 regiments of Spear Militia, the Militia Cavalry, and Helarionas Anargiros (YLC) as the new Durazzo garrison.

LOTR 1173-3

I am aware that there are a very large number of retinue changes that need to be made in-game. I know I'm procrastinating by not doing them now, but I will get around to them very shortly.