gcold said
That's ok, the second Empire was funded with the help of Akavir.

Schradinger said
It was either that or have him start being manipulated behind the scenes by someone else in the empire, perhaps a powerful Mage or the leader of the Penitus Oculatus. Then after a bit have another figure rise to prominence, expose the plot, and replace the current emperor. It just doesn't feel right to kill off an emperor without some sort of intrigue.Edit: Perhaps the Mage secretly sympathizes with the Akaviri, and so begins to subtly manipulate the emperor into taking a more friendly stance toward them. It could make for all kinds of excellent political intrigue RP.

GreivousKhan said
Seems everyone and their mother is going to join the Akaviri club. Pretty soon they will have nothing to conquer. XD

LimeyPanda said
#Akaviri_resistance

Schradinger said
Before I get to work on updating the cyrodiil NS tomorrow, how big exactly is an acceptable number for the imperial legion? I was originally going to base it off the size of roman legions, but that would put the total numbers of all 18 legions at around 100,000 troops. Judging by gcolds latest post and his mention of an invading force numbering in the thousands and being exceedingly powerful, I get the impression that that number is a little high.

GreivousKhan said
Well Demographics should help allot, as it stands Cyrodiil's estimated strength (using the general rule of thumb of 0.5% of the population recruited into the army) would be around the sum total of 51,936 or so troops under ideal conditions. This takes into account geography and economy. But does not account for losses and damage to infrastructure from the great war.However that is recruiting solely from Cyrodiil, I'm sure a census is also taken from High Rocks population as well. Which would put the legions total strength, without causing massive economical disaster, in the realm of... roughly 78,101 to be split between the legions. You could easily round that off at 80,000 but that's what I estimated, beats the living hell out of every other province that's for sure.

Schradinger said
Where are you getting that figure? I haven't been able to find any population estimates for Cyrodiil. Am I overlooking something?

GreivousKhan said Black Marsh is fairly unique in that it is almost unlivable except for Argonians. As a side note, Black Marsh came out with the most powerful force if all things are taken into consideration at the start of this, for one they suffered least from the Oblivion crisis, lead a ver successful campaign in Morrowind, and had all that time to rebuild well everyone else was bleeding themselves dry in the Great War. Out of all the provinces/kingdoms, They would certainly be among the top 3 most powerful realms atm. At least in the start of this, now they've called in more with the hist....The Akaviri really chose the worst place to start their conquest. :P

Schradinger said
You mean I'll be forced to emulate the most effective fighting force of the pre-industrial era? Oh bummer... ;)Joking aside, you're saying that I would have 12 legions to work with right off the bat (including the two composed of Breton conscripts), each composed of around 5000 soldiers, mostly heavy infantry and skirmishers? Then if the need arises, I can call upon six more legions of citizen-soldiers that will take more time to mobilize and have less training and experience than the professional legions (I'm trying to stay true to the 18 legions in elder scrolls canon).

gcold said
Sounds about right. Though I would say 10 legions on stand-by, with the Bretons taking up time and resources to mobilize. I wouldn't go with 6 more legions, since the empire took a big hit from Skyrim's departure. 4 or 5 more Cyrodiilic citizen legions would be more accurate. These legions will be operating at a lower effectiveness than the 10 regulars.