Megas Logothetes' and Senators' Reports

[TinCow]

I'm going to render nothing more than a personal opinion here, but this forced PvP battle appears in conflict with rule 5.1. It states that once you declare war on an opponent, that player can have one free turn of movement. IC, if I'm Andreas, I'm running for Ragusa and force a siege.

It would seem to me that since Helarionas has only now officially joined the Tagaris rebellion, his declaration of war is only effective at the start of this turn, and by Rule 5.1 should allow Andreas (whoever controls his avatar) to have his free move. My

If nothing else, I would just ask for a clarification on when the declaration of war on the part of Helarionas took effect so that I have a clearer understanding of the rules.

You're entirely correct. I simply added YLC to the Tagarian Rebellion civil war, then later looked and saw that he was at war with Marcus Agrippa and went from there. I erred by forgetting that he had just now become a rebel. Under the new rules for rebels, when a person becomes a rebel they make the declaration of war:

Penalties:
(1) When this rank is obtained, the Rebel is considered to have made an automatic declaration of war against all Senators who are still part of the Empire. Rebels cannot make Peace Treaties.

This means that YLC just declared war on Marcus Agrippa this turn. Thus, under 5.1, Marcus Agrippa can attack YLC this turn, but YLC cannot attack Marcus Agrippa until next turn. Thank you for pointing out this error. The above battle is now CANCELLED unless Marcus Agrippa appears and states that he wants to fight it. The game may proceed as normal, and the turn may be ended whenever the Megas wishes. YLC may not attack anyone except the Basileus this turn, as the other two people he was at war with are now (ironically) his allies.

(Yes, this game is now so complex that even I have difficulty remembering all the rules all the time.)