Imperial Diet III

[FactionHeir]

I wish it were, but I am afraid the rocky terrain and limited supplies will not lead you further than the border to Durazzo.

[AussieGiant]

Scheisse!!

[OverKnight]

Otto raises an eyebrow as Arnold's loud oath echoes throughout the Diet.

I understand that we need many ships to transport the new Crusade and to maintain shipping lanes to Outremer. However, with Milan unwisely landing troops again in Italy, this highlights the current lack of our own naval forces in the western Mediterranean. Perhaps we should have finished them when we had the chance.

Otto rubs his facial scar.

Still the past is the past, I hope the Chancellor will address this temporary lack of ships so that are coasts in the southwest are not subject to any more invasions or possible blockades.

[OverKnight]

Having reviewed the latest reports, Otto speaks again:

It seems the BHA is the closest army to relieve Zagreb. Due to Gerhard's illness, there is no knight leading the force. I would ask the Diet's permission to give Lothar Steffen temporary leave to command the BHA despite his status as a mere Squire. He indeed has not been knighted, but this is an emergency situation. I would not lose Zagreb to the Hungarians because we obstinately stuck to tradition.

This move would be with precedent, Prinz Jobst himself led an army as a Squire during Sigismund der Stoltze's Chancellorship.

The boy is young, but he does have a talent for command.

What say all of you?


OOC: BHA is NE of Venice, two turns away from Zagreb.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Conrad Salier:

I for one support King Otto's proposal with the BHA. Desperate times, my friends. Are we going to let Italy be threatened and not do anything about it because of procedural limitations? I sure hope not. It would be most humiliating.

[FactionHeir]

King Otto.
If you read my reports closely, we have a fleet defending Italy and the west, but I chose not to engage the Milanese fleet as we currently are not at war with them and attacking them pre-emptively would require an edict of the diet. Instead, I have sunk several Hungarian fleets passing these waters. This fleet is now underway to Iberia, but if there should be problems surfacing closer to our capital, I will build another fleet.

I too am concerned about the Milanese landing party, but unless you invoke your right to hostility under the charter if a neutral army enters Duchal territory, my hands are bound in that matter.

[OverKnight]

Otto inclines his head at Hans.

Thank you for your quick reply, Chancellor. I am not overly concerned about the Milanese, it is only a small force. The Hungarians are the more dire threat at this point.

It would be Steward Gerhard's decision whether he wished to declare war against the merchant interlopers or not. Personally, I would let them strike first to bring down the ire of the Church on them and to keep our diplomatic reputation intact.

Thank you.

[Warluster]

Dieter von Darmstadt stands,bearing a message

I have here a message from Prinz Jobst himself.

I shan't read it out, but he fully agrees with the Count of Thorn, and proposes to head north and stop the two Danish Armies coming forth.

I,Dieter, Prinz Jobst's messenger, shall notify Prinz Jobst on all things happening, andPrinz Jobst shall be back soon.

Also one of my colleagues, shall investigate the battle grohnd mre if mein lordz wish.

Dieter leaves the Diet,closely followed by Fritz