Can someone help me with two particular problems.


Our current feudal chain is something like this.

Comes - Ammonathas Kalameteros (once he is granted Thessaloniki)

Comes - Sophronius Komnenous

Domestikos - Andreas Dermokaitis

Antypatos - Zigavinos Vasilakios

Antypatos (not enough turns for Patrikos) - Magnetios Kalameteros

Antypatos (not enough turns for Dux) - Savvas ek Militou

Patrikios (not enough turns for Megas Dux) - Aleksios ek Ikoniou

Dux (not enough turns for Megas Dux) - Ioannis Kalameteros


The rules state that a Megas Dux
Quote Originally Posted by The Rules
Penalties:
(1) Cannot swear an Oath of Fealty to another Senator.
As Aleksios needs another 15 turns to reach this rank (5 as Patrikios, 10 as Dux) it is unlikely it will happen but what would be the result of Aleksios reaching the Megas Dux rank? He can no longer be a vassel to Ioannis Kalameteros. Does that mean he has to stay as Dux or does Ioannis get the carpet yanked from out underneath him?




My second problem is about this statement for each rank's prioritized buildings/units allocation.
Quote Originally Posted by The Rules
If this rank is held during a Normal Senate Session...unless the [rank] is loyal to another Senator.
Does this mean the rank at the beginning of a normal senate session, as oaths cannot be officially recognised until the senate session closes?

If this is so our feudal chain has a big problem as at the beginning of the session, our ranks were:

Strator - Ammonathas Kalameteros (unaligned)

Comes - Sophronius Komnenous

Comes - Andreas Dermokaitis

Hypatos - Zigavinos Vasilakios (excluded from swearing an oath for 5 turns)


Comes - Magnetios Kalameteros

Comes - Savvas ek Militou

Comes - Aleksios ek Ikoniou

Comes - Ioannis Kalameteros

Which would mean from our 8 strong feudal chain, we are only entitled to a Hypatos's number of PUs and no PBs.