I understand Factionheir. However, as far as I can make out, Warluster has not manually fought a KotR battle in last six months since he resigned as Kaiser. I am wondering now if he has been unable even to consult savegames for quite a while; if so, it does change somethings - he may need other players to act as his "eyes" so to speak.

AussieGiant will be autocalcing the battle when he gets back to the game. I know there will be fraught military and perhaps political implications of what is likely to be a defeat, but it would be good if we try to discuss them in character rather than OOC. The Diet/House threads need a shot in the arm and debating strategy in character is one way to keep things lively.