But with the coming Mongol invasion of Russia, there is the opportunity to reestablish the Varangians with a bunch of hardened Rus with no home to go back to.
Wait, wouldn't the Imperial Fleet blockade Trebizond? And also I'm not seeing how Dioceretes wouldn't get slaughter by the citizens of Trebizond before the year is out.
We need an extended period of no major hegemon in Anatolia, the Ottomans need to suffer a major defeat somewhere that draws their attention away, while Trebizond stabilises and reclaim the Pontic area. Maybe expanding into the Caucacus or attempting to absorb the turks on the Anatolian Black Sea...
It would seem Alexandros sees an opportunity to regain the Throne, although one should trust the Genoese as one should the Venetian, that is not at all.
Sarcasm is dead, and we have killed it.
On another note, I strongly doubt the Valiants would see combat other than being fixed emplacements used to defend Calais. Even then the existence of the Valiant might or might not kick the Germans into a higher gear in regards to heavy tank, and it's...
Trebizond really got its worked cut out for them.
It was really a shame Alexios I got super unlucky. Hopefully his descendants can regain the Black Sea coast at least. Watched.
I don't know it this has been patched, but somehow the Free France owns an island or two south of Madagascar. I can only surmise the last known communications these Island received were De Gaulle's OTL broadcast.