[quote=So Boerd]
Want a player controlled Byzantine empire? The story could be the better for an alternate perspective.
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This would actually help me a great deal. 

You would not have a tech tree however, and all bonuses would stem directly from the IC (the humans will develop certain 'tactics' as the RP progresses, but they're tied into the loose story i'm trying to operate). 

Also to stop you from storming across the world in the first post, I'd have to ask you start at half your unit cap.