>>5276796>>5276891Summarizing my votes for the QM's convenience and yours too if you choose to support me.
>Allow the sabotage mission to go through. But don't just stop at just the ships, attack their logistical supply lines on land too.>Allow Armentarius to carry out his risky strategy. I have trust in his defensive fort architecture knowledge. Forts, and especially naval forts have historically been incredibly hard to crack. >Issue a decree for the Maniakes family to dedicate their ships for naval service.>The garrisons have to be filled. Issue decrees for general conscription to fill up the forts. 40 servants dropping rocks was good enough to hold Corfe castle for 3 years.>Perhaps you have other you wish to converse with ? Both for war or for mere pleasure of the conversation ? (Whom and about what ?) Contact the Patriarch for griffin divebombings. Tell him that the Akeonians are filthy heretics in needing of purging. >Write ins:>Replace the military alliance with the Tarrizans with a one-time purchase of Tarrizan ships with silk. They'll be crewed by our own men. >Hire just enough mercs to have experienced officers leading the conscript garrisons. >Search the Imperial archives for the Greek fire recipe to arm the griffins, ships, saboteurs, and the forts' siege engines, it will work better than just plain burning tar and crude oil. Make sure the saboteurs will guard the recipe with their lives, eating the recipe sheets and committing suicide if captured, if they'll produce the Greek fire in situ behind enemy lines>Perform a good cop bad cop interrogation with Durant over dinner, being nice has proven to work more effectively than torture, especially if you pretend you already know the secret intel you are trying to seek. Pretend you have already captured the Akeoinian spooks they have definitely sent months ago and interrogated them for info. 