[Kungfoo]

Perhaps you're right; I chose to view it as an internal matter. From my viewpoint, as Gath's ability to make war had been effectively neutered, there was little difference in the actions open to him whether his nation was controlled by sentience, AI, or uncontrolled entirely - so I simply followed my initial course of action, which was necessitated by his actions in the first place.

I also second the vote for postponement until the Caelum sub, at least, can take over that nation - finding a sub for Gath at this point is unnecessary, although I certainly wouldn't mind someone taking them over if they wanted to. I'd argue against having someone set them to AI, as the AI's handling of siege mechanics is pitiful and it's frankly more difficult to beat a staled army in a siege.