Quote Originally Posted by Lifthrasir View Post
Or we can do something similar to the Siphonatores. That means they're available from the start but after an event, they can only be retrained in some settlements.
I think it should be the opposite. As you know, the loss of Anatolia deprived the ERE of their main recruiting grounds for soldiers. In Anatolian Principalities mod, the Romans can train mostly militia plus a very limited number of professional units, but after you have 25 regions or more an event pops up (I think it's called thematic armies) which unlocks other higher tier units. I believe something like this would be perfect for SSHIP. The event could be called Komnenian restoration and text would say that the player managed to undo the damage Empire suffered after Manzikert or something along that line.