[quote=@Andreyich]
[@VoiD]
Would I be able to have my guy be a colour Sergeant there to act as a drill Sergeant to bully new recruits and such? 
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Not as a colour sergeant, as that's the equivalent of a liuetenant-colonel for an enlisted man and I don't want anyone starting at that rank quite yet. However you can still act as a drill "sergeant" as a corporal/lance corporal.


[quote=@Brocktree]
[@VoiD] hey what is the byzantine empire's major port for the middle east? Or is this a timeline where the Suez was completed early, allowing the aegean to be the heart of imperial naval power?
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The major sea port would be Alexandria, with other notable ports in the area being Tripoli (levant), Omone (horn of Africa), and Suez. The canal is under construction and has not yet been completed. The rebellion in the area five years earlier caused major delays in the construction.

Alexandria is the second largest city in the empire behind Constantinople, and is a major naval base. Crete, Naples, and Venice are home to the other major Imperial naval bases in the Mediterranean.