@Academia Nut a few questions.
1. In case you missed it the first time, what is the progress remaining on Grand Docks? Its rather a different option if its 1 progress left and will finish it vs 1-2 and can vs 2 and won't.
2. To confirm for the quests, when it says "counters start next main", that means for, say, the Patrician quest wiht a deadline of 2 turns:
Turn 0 (This turn) - Quest shown
Turn 1 - First turn Hero has control
Turn 2 - Last turn to complete Patrician Quest, at any point before turn ends
Turn 3 - When main action choice update for this turn drops, quest fails and penalty taken if conditions are not met.
3. Very very minor thing, but wealth income should be [+6-3] with the new Pirate status, shouldn't it?
4. If we do not take the Enforce Justice option this turn, how likely is it that Hethytn will take it this coming main turn?
5. Would the mercenary company being founded to hunt deserters be naval focused, or "just" a regular mercenary company like the red banner that are then put on boats?
6. What exactly is the narrative in Personal Divinity uses? It sounds like its just People taking their own initiative to manage the land more than the State requires, but i'm not sure how that lowers centralization...is it the State granting additional land management rights to people? If so, are those rights hereditary?
The Khemetri are very spiritual and probably have several to choose from. I consider the risk of God-King shenanigans low, because our systems are so different. I will not be bummed out if this loses though since it is a gamble.
Note that the update has our priests explicitly worried about importing the Khemetri's ideas on religion:
"Of course, some of that might be jealousy over the powers the priests of the Khemetri had, now that they were in communication with them, and had a better idea about them. While obviously the People's gods favoured locally, the priests of the Khemetri were backed up extensively by their king, and the People were so welcoming of others that the priests were clearly worried."
While part of that is from losing power, i think it does suggest that this could nontrivially change our religion.
I'm pretty sure we're not, as it happens. But if we were, I'd expect it to cost a cent.
...Why wouldn't we? We're at 3/4 progress to a new province, a secondary new settlement gives +1 progress, and the action specifically says it meets the Yeoman Faction demands, which require a new province