I am now only waiting on Unoptimized to get back to me with a Pretender choice. I have sent another PM in case the original one didn't get delivered.
I hope it won't take me too long to get the mod created once I get all the Pretenders in, although apologies in advance if I have problems since I have never done any Dominions modding before. I might have time to start the mod tonight (since I only need all the Pretenders to complete the mod, but can start it without knowing them all) but failing that I won't have much free time again until Monday evening (GMT). Edit: Having just read what I wrote above, I realise I can go ahead and create two mods, and just use whichever one corresponds to Unoptimized's choice.
But I hope those mighty AI created beasts can be unleashed by the end of Monday at the latest
(provided I hear back from Unoptimized of course).