I can't see any reason why Spullla wouldn't be allowed to give Goa (ie conduct diplo), but having Dantski move his troops to defend the city would be a bit borderline. Therefore I think HRE would have had a very good opportunity to raze Goa [IF they realise the implication on the cultural control zones, they should be willing to take a few risks to do it].
I have a bit mixed feeling about Spullla (or more exactly Sullla) on this 'affair'.
- He can quite honestly have forgotten (or not known) the rule
But
- He can't really pretend he didn't see my post in time, especially when he was able to spot Athlete mis-posting (thanks to the auto-notification)
So he (very likely) decided to ignore the possible 'rule breaking' by playing on.
HRE probably didn't realise that because :
1. they are already in the 'losing' position and don't care (too much)
2. they didn't look carefully into the log so have no idea that Dantski and Spullla had mixed their attack
3. they might not even be aware of the rule
I have a bit mixed feeling about Spullla (or more exactly Sullla) on this 'affair'.
- He can quite honestly have forgotten (or not known) the rule
But
- He can't really pretend he didn't see my post in time, especially when he was able to spot Athlete mis-posting (thanks to the auto-notification)
So he (very likely) decided to ignore the possible 'rule breaking' by playing on.
HRE probably didn't realise that because :
1. they are already in the 'losing' position and don't care (too much)
2. they didn't look carefully into the log so have no idea that Dantski and Spullla had mixed their attack
3. they might not even be aware of the rule