I'm now the head of the research department for Imperia Romana. Upon reviewing the current team we have together I have made a number of conclusions:

1) Little Organisation

2) Few people who are actually studying/have studied an area as part of a career/education. Basically however useful they are, people who have a few Osprey books are not enough (and I would still say that people can submit them at will, since any kind of publication on the matter is useful in some way.

3) VERY poor motivation. We dont have any researchers really doing much

4) Research is the first step in making the mod. As a result I need to get this up and running ASAP.

I'm now centering the research around "specialists" in fields. For example rez is now our specialist in the Sassanids. He will be the main person responsible for gathering together our information. He's studying Persia specifically, so this is his field of study, and as a result is perfect for the position.

I know we wont be able to find people for all of the factions, but the more people we have who have access to the relevant knowledge and information, and who are accomplished historians the better. I know we wont have a full team of university students/graduates on every faction, so I will look at anyone really, providing they can provide evidence of extended knowledge of a faction/ region. Currently I need people for the following catagories:

* The Late Roman Empire (circa 363ad-476ad, possibly up to 580ad eventually)
* The Germanic tribes during the era (VERY important)
* The People of the Steppes
* Sassanid Persia (I already have one, but the more the better)
* Britain during the fall/ after the romans left


So if you feel you are highly competant in any of these catagories, feel free to join our IRC channel, PM me or post here.

A little about research practice:

I will be setting goals on a Sunday night (say about 8pm GMT), which will have a completion date of the following Sunday morning. I will then try to gather all the researchers I can to post what they have. I'll put this into a standard format, that will enable the development team to begin looking at implementation.